Tang Qi Tan

And when Jiang Tian finished the follow-up of the Lower Alps province/border area and returned to the base camp of Avignon, he received another news; the first round of auction hosted by Miss Flandre in Marseilles has ended, Bring 77 ECUs to the Free Army.

Therefore, Jiang Tian ordered the accounting team and engineering construction consultants headed by Xiao Eju to plan based on this income; Provinces, roads connecting major cities were widened.

At the same time, the more than 20 temporary military depots set up in the cities along the route were converted into permanent fixed establishments; at the same time, manpower and livestock were recruited from the eliminated soldiers to restore the kingdom's long-abandoned postal and post system; Improve the efficiency of troop mobilization and material transfer.

And another good news is that after the resumption of work, the Kingdom Iron Works has already produced the first batch of products.In addition to the traditional weapons used to equip the army: swords, guns, spears and arrows, a batch of roller bearings were produced in accordance with the standard requirements specified by Jiang Tian, ​​and they were indeed roller bearings.

Although it looks very rough, after simple debugging, grinding and oiling, it can be used in the production of new cargo carriages; although this time and space is due to the communication between the East and the West, the West Continent has four-wheeled carriages with live axle steering. But no rollers and shock springs.

Therefore, after the first batch of new-type freight wagons in production are put into use, they can be replaced by the existing long-box postal stagecoach and flat-bed freight ox-mule cart with a basic carrying capacity of one ton to one and a half tons. Several times; and greatly improve the efficiency of logistics support and transportation with the army.

Of course, the benefits of taking over the port of Marseilles are still emerging.For example, after suppressing those royalist nobles and other hostile forces, all kinds of valuables other than real estate seized, and even various agricultural products confiscated under the Free Army's rule, also have a place to cash.

The large amount of wealth accumulated in a short period of time in the hands of the Free Army also has a large-scale coin-style multi-buyer procurement channel.Because, the port of Marseille is not only a port city, but also the central hub and leader of many ports in the southern part of the kingdom, and it also connects many overseas provinces and colonies.

More importantly, it also gained the ability to cross the Italian peninsula and conduct trade with the Eastern Empire, which occupies the hub position of the three continents, and even contact and negotiate with the Seris merchants who are active in the Eastern Empire, known as the People of Silver. Opportunity to get more information about the times.

In this way, Jiang Tian doesn’t have to worry about the Freedom Army, because it purchases the territory of the Southwest Five Elements provinces extensively; it leads to the risk of local inflation; because wherever the Freedom Army passes, in addition to suppressing and inspecting the middle and upper classes, it also purchases local farmers and handicraftsmen on a large scale remaining products in hand.

Today, it has brought about a significant increase in prices.There are also some resources that are relatively scarce or unproductive in the kingdom, and they can also obtain a relatively long-term and stable source at a relatively appropriate bargaining price; such as nitrate, asphalt, and ore in North Africa.

After the source of gunpowder is guaranteed, Jiang Tian can also start to advance, and uniformly transform, upgrade and replace the existing matchlock guns of various models and calibers; guns; and produce paper-packed bullets.

On the other hand, as the common sense and self-cultivation that all traversers must have, the Freedom Army has begun to hire ships to go to sea to mine the guano stones that have accumulated on the coastal islands all the year round; After mixing, it can fertilize the fields and increase production.

You must know that Provence, and the surrounding Dole, Vaucluse, and Maritime provinces are all in the Rhone Valley in the Greater Provence region; it is also the most developed and productive area of ​​agriculture and animal husbandry in the south of the Kingdom; and The Great Crown Territory occupies the best land among them.

At the same time, many noble territories, knight fiefs, and jazz farms were entrusted; among them, they are rich in various grains, wine, olive oil, figs, citrus, sugar beets, and a large number of herds of cattle, sheep, and horses; Timber required for some naval shipbuilding.

The coastal zone also has a considerable amount of fishing and income from the trade line around the Mediterranean Sea.Therefore, the province of Provence, as the central region, can support and maintain a larger number of knights than other places, and in the era of the classical kingdom, it was called the hometown of knights.

In addition, the coastlines of Provence and Côte d'Azur are complex, but most of them are relatively rugged headlands and tidal flats, so they are not suitable for traditional sun-dried salt operations; , using cheap coal brought in from the nearest river to cook the salt.

After all, the human capital in this era is quite cheap, and Provence is a large province with a rich population; it does not even need to be paid in money, as long as grain, cloth, grease and bacon are used as Remuneration; there must be people willing to come to work in the coastal areas.

The salt from the coast, like the sugar in the New World, is the inland of the Western Continent, which is now chaotic, and can be directly used as one of the hard currencies that can be used and paid instead of money.At the same time, it can also be used as a trade product and sold to overseas provinces and colonies on the other side that lack the ability to produce salt.

And Provence is worthy of being the hometown of classical knights; under the strong appeal of Duval and others, in the name of recruiting retinues, they quickly summoned from local knights, jazz, merchants and other property owners' families to bring their own mounts. More than 3000 people; almost all the young people of the right age were swept away.

In this way, the Free Army not only obtained reserve soldiers of at least a dozen cavalry companies, but also eliminated the last hidden danger to local security in a disguised form.Young people who have undergone armed training since childhood and have nothing to do, with no way out, are undoubtedly potential factors of instability.

You know, some of their family members or relatives died fighting under the city of Avignon as knight servants.Although the Third Corps of the Free Army is currently only liquidating and confiscating noble groups related to the royal party; but many people were coerced and instigated before;

Joined the small-scale riots and mass resistance incidents successively initiated by the remnants of the local nobles; but when Duval and others publicly promoted the Free Army, and visited the corresponding families one by one with promises and guarantees; these resistances quickly Falling apart from within.

Because, compared with those rich upper-ranking nobles, these fief knights and jazz families at the bottom of the country undoubtedly understand the local folk customs better; they also have appeal and influence.It is also because the leader of the Freedom Army is also born as a fief knight and has a perfect bloodline.

In addition, according to the propaganda of the Free Army, in addition to retaining their family property, during their service, they can also be exempted from taxation on a certain scale of land and corresponding corvee collection according to their military rank; therefore, these newly defected knights, Often brought three or five followers.

It can also be organized into at least twenty or thirty auxiliary/white soldier companies with their own donkeys and mules; therefore, the city of Avignon was full of excitement and drums for a while.As the saying goes, red flags are waving, crowds of people... The firing of firecrackers on the training ground merges with the sound of artillery fire.

However, it was mixed with the continuous neighing of many livestock and horses; because these were the soldiers of the Free Army, the animals and mounts that accompanied the army were recruited from various places during the training, and the sounds of all kinds of noisy sounds under the bombardment of artillery and the salvo of firecrackers were heard. Adaptability; to eliminate some untimely existence.

However, as the supreme commander, Jiang Tian gradually became more relaxed as all aspects were on the right track. Therefore, he finally had time and leisure to calm down and write a standardized military doctrine and training code. ; This is also a process of slowly recalling.

Because the current free army only has a simple military rule called "Ten Commandments and Seven Covenants", which is popularized among most soldiers through morning exercises after getting up every day and group recitation before three meals.Among them, the Ten Commandments are the military discipline in wartime, and the Seven Covenants are the norms of daily behavior.

The content is also quite simple and straightforward.For example, in this era, it is impossible to completely prohibit soldiers from looting; then it is stipulated that under the leadership of officers, non-commissioned officers and non-commissioned officers at all levels, robbery must be carried out in an organized and orderly manner; and redundant killing and destruction are prohibited.

Because, the ultimate value of looting loot determines how much everyone will share afterwards; therefore, soldiers will also take the initiative to ensure that the loot is intact, and do everything they can to search every corner; acts of plagiarism.

Another example is the daily physical problems of soldiers with excess energy. In addition to increasing recreational activities such as competitive sports, they will also hire professionals in the local city in the name of the city hall to conduct regular comfort activities and health checks, and severely punish all those who violate their will. acts of violence.

However, after the territory and scale of the Freedom Army have expanded, they have encountered endless problems of large and small sizes, and they also need more precise and detailed specifications; follow-up guidance for army building.But fortunately, Jiang Tian didn't come out of nothing, he had ready-made teaching materials and templates from another world, Tang Dynasty.

That was the peak period of the classical feudal dynasty and cold weapons, and Jiang Tian had roughly read all the books that were sent to the little round face world/Haidong regime before, and it was more or less [-]% to [-]%; therefore, as long as the daily memoirs To do things, just slowly dictate and write them out.

In addition, Jiang Tian is still in the Freedom Army in private, offering rewards to solicit various details and opinions; there are also a large number of members who were former officers and non-commissioned officers of the Kingdom who are willing to offer advice and suggestions for this purpose, just for the sake of the preliminary compiled "Code of Exercises" Among them, leave your own traces and even your name.

Just after this "Code of Exercises" had been compiled into a small part; Jiang Tian also received the news that the Third Corps led by Paulina had completed most of the tasks of suppression and purge; the defense was changed and returned to the outskirts of Avignon for repairs.