King's Landing in France

Chapter 118 The problem is the economy, idiot

Tranquility's manor is very lively these days.

A large number of women and former military officers lined up to enlist in Anning.

Anning handed over the review of the women to Christina and her regimental commander, and then worked with Lazar Kano to review the officers who came to enlist.

Because there were so many officers who came to apply for the enlistment, An Ning suddenly had a new idea. He took Lazarcano to the hut next to the study room used by the interviewing officers, and seriously asked for advice: "With so many officers, it is impossible Send them all to train and teach the brigade?"

Lazar Kano: "Since there are so many officers, why not just send them to the army."

An Ning: "Do you think there is no problem?"

Lazar Cano curled his lips: "There will definitely be problems. The soldiers of the National Guard have been enlightened by the revolution, and they are very disrespectful to the old officers, and your army has such things as the Soldiers Committee. Soon the soldiers will be at odds with the officers."

"That's why!" An Ning clapped her hands, "I see it this way, let's directly form a troop composed of old officers and non-commissioned officers, and call it a 'demonstration troop'."

Lazar Kano: "You mean to gather all the non-commissioned officers and officers of noble origin?"

"Yes, the non-commissioned officer is a private, the platoon leader is a second lieutenant, and the company commander is a captain or even a captain..."

"This will cost a lot of money. It's not appropriate to spend so much money just to build a demonstration unit?" Lazarcano asked inexplicably.

An Ning: "You don't have to worry about money. I confiscated a lot of church property in Konta. I can still support a company of noble origin."

Lazar Kano: "Since you said so, I have no objection. Moreover, there is such an army of noble origin, and if it operates properly in the future, it can ignite the competitiveness of the army of civilian origin."

An Ning clapped her hands: "Okay, then it's settled."

Kano: "So, what is the name of this all-noble army? I don't think it's good to call it a demonstration army directly. It means that the common people should learn from the nobles. The common people will have opinions."

An Ning scratched his head. He didn't think about it when he first mentioned it. The inspiration came directly from Denikin's White Guards 200 years later during the Russian Revolution. When the company commander.

After thinking for a few seconds, An Ning slapped his head: "Why don't we call it Xingui Company, after all, they are all new nobles loyal to the new regime."

Lazarcano frowned: "Xingui Company... sounds weird."

Apparently Lazar Kano had a problem with this name, and An Ning himself felt that something was wrong, but he was very bad at naming names, so he could only find them from existing names, so after holding back for a few seconds, he came up with a New formulation: "Then it's called Ultramarines?"

Kano: "It sounds like I have nothing to do with nobles."

"The Emperor's Fist?"

Kano: "So this has become the army of the King of France, and will be regarded as the King's Party. Your friends are all Mountaineers, and even the Girondins are few. And, most importantly, we are not an empire. , the king of France is not the emperor..."

An Ning was a little shattered, and said nonsense: "They are the afterglow of the feudal era that has passed away. Let's call them the afterglow knights, or gray knights for short."

"Huh?" Kano raised his eyebrows, "Not bad, this name is wonderful."

——what the hell, is it wonderful?Are you sure?
Carnot: "The afterglow of the setting sun of the feudal era is fighting for the new French constitutional monarchy. The intention is very good!"

Is it good?I'm talking nonsense!
Kano: "Just do it. It's better than stuffing them into your troops and causing conflict between soldiers and officers.

"I think your army should establish a principle that the army only use non-commissioned officers of civilian origin, and all those of noble origin join the Sunset Knights.

"When counting the battle results in the future, it will be announced to everyone whether the civilians or the nobles have more victories! The side with more will receive special awards."

An Ning: "Just do it! You have perfectly understood my intention! This is what I want!"

After that, he patted Kano on the shoulder.

"Then I'll do it like this." Kano turned and opened the door, and went back to the hall where the enlisted officers were waiting.

Kano: "Everyone, I just discussed with Mr. Frost. All of you don't need to be reviewed. People from noble backgrounds will be incorporated into a troop called Sunset Knights! Those from civilian backgrounds will be directly added to the troop. !"

An Ning handed over the marshalling work to Lazar Kano, and walked around to check on the situation with the ladies.

The selection of the cavalry was placed in the manor's compound. As soon as An Ning went out and stood on the steps of the manor's main building, she was startled by the dark crowd in the manor.

The key is obviously to recruit female cavalry, but there are still many old men and little kids in the yard, An Ning is a little confused.

At this time, Christina ran over and said with a sad face: "Andy! You are here. Let's see, who are the people here? Many aunts and families have come, saying that they can find a job here !"

An Ning frowned: "The whole family is here? What do they think we are doing?"

As soon as the words fell, an aunt who was close to me spoke up: "Master Frost! Please, you see, our family is all agile people. When my husband is strong, my two little babies are also strong." I can run errands for you!"

An Ning was very surprised, so she asked, "Ma'am, hasn't the price of food come down now? Life in Paris should be better. Why are you still looking for me?"

"Now in Paris, although food prices have come down, it's hard to find a job! The factory manager where my husband used to work killed him and refused to raise his wages. We went to him and he said that the situation has changed now. The husband and he are in the same group. If you don't give you a salary increase, you won't get a raise!

"The council also banned the guild, and the National Guard of General Lafayette forcibly closed the guild! The original guild leader, the respected old John, is now a representative of the district, and he doesn't care about us!"

An Ning frowned, he didn't expect Paris to look like this now.

The aunt stretched out a hand and pulled An Ning's sleeve: "Master Frost, everyone says you are the savior, you should think of a way, we don't want a high salary, you just need to give us twenty sous a week, no , fifteen sous is enough to keep us alive! We will work for you and fight for you!"

An Ning frowned, he wasn't really the savior.

The parliament was busy formulating the constitution, but ignored economic issues. The new aristocrats took advantage of the changes to reap the benefits without caring about the lives of the people.

That's why there was a series of turmoil afterwards. The Peiyang faction representing the big nobles and big bankers was overthrown by the Girondin faction, but the life of the masses still did not improve, so the Jacobin faction rose again and took the Girondists The special mission is overturned...

It can be said that what An Ning sees now is the root cause of the turmoil in the entire Legal Revolution era.

This kind of problem is not something a 21st century programmer can solve.

But An Ning couldn't bear to drive away this aunt like this.

So An Ning turned her head and looked for Fanny.

"Are you looking for me?" Fanny suddenly refreshed!

An Ning was startled: "Fuck, why are you so elusive?"

"Where the master needs me, I will be there. I am a professional maid." Fanny paused, and then said, "The manor doesn't have that much manpower, so you'd better not think about taking in all the people in this yard. come down."

An Ning pouted.

At this time, a sergeant promoted by An Ning came over and said: "General, it can be done like this. I think this lady's husband should be very good as an infantry soldier. Just as your army is preparing to expand, you can use men as infantry. When she enters the army, the lady will let her go home and take care of the children, and with the infantry’s military pay, the family should barely be able to live.”

The aunt immediately said: "Good sir, I can also be a cavalry soldier, and my child can also run errands for the army. He is very excited. Send a letter or something!"

An Ning shook her head again and again: "No, we only want young and middle-aged men and women. You and your children are not of the right age."

After finishing speaking, An Ning turned to the sergeant and said, "You organize it immediately, call a few non-commissioned officers over here, and set up a recruiting position here. But pay attention, we only recruit one husband and wife, as for the children, We can't involve such a young child in a war, not at all!"

(End of this chapter)