Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 61 Raising the Army with High Standards

"Your Highness, there are four guards and one battalion of the Imperial Horse Supervisor. After the selection, there are still [-] people left..."

At the end of the election, less than one-third of the [-] soldiers were selected.

Zhu Youjian stood up and looked at them, nodded and said:

"Your official position is still the same, don't worry, these days continue to lead people to dig a moat for the camp."

"Three days later, the Qi family's army arrived at the barracks, cleared out the barracks for them in advance, they will bring new armor and ordnance, and four days later, the army will change their outfits and receive training from the Qi's army."

"Yes!" Hearing Zhu Youjian's words, Sun Yingyuan and others cheered up.

They didn't expect that they and others could get advice from the Qi family army.

The news of the Qi family's army going north has already spread, especially the fact that the leading general is actually Qi Jin who fought with Qi Shaobao back then, which made them even more insane.

But Zhu Youjian didn't care about their spirit, what he cared about was how to make his army tough.

He glanced at the queue on the school field, and sure enough, they were all big men over five feet five. The only fly in the ointment was that most of them were a bit thin.

A soldier with a size like this should practice hard and eat hard.

Therefore, in order to train the army, eating is an essential link.

"Sun Yingyuan, take Yuma Jian and Yubayashi Sanwei to dig trenches, Lu Wenzhao, you stay."

"Take orders!" Hearing this, Sun Yingyuan was not afraid of the work of the three guards of Habayashi, who led the imperial army, and directly used his proficient semaphore to direct the army out of the school grounds.

After they all walked out of the school grounds, Yang Lian also got up and said:

"His Highness Fifth, the old man needs to go to Qingling to see the current situation of Qingling."

"Okay." Hearing this, Zhu Youjian said to Lu Wenzhao, "Arrange a Jinyi Guard from the General Banner to protect Yang Jizhong and them."

In this way, Yang Lian also left the school grounds, and after he left, Zhu Youjian also said to Wang Chengen:

"Cheng'en, tell us about the money we have now, and the livestock in the Yumajian."

"Yes..." Wang Chengen saluted slightly, then asked the little eunuch to fetch the imperial horse supervisor's document, handed it to Zhu Youjian and explained:

"Currently, there are [-] army horses, [-] stallions, and [-] mares in the Imperial Horse Prison."

"In addition, there are [-] cattle and [-] sheep."

"There are also three hundred and seventy-five camels, thirty-four Siamese elephants, and six hundred and forty-seven donkeys."

"In Huangzhuang, there are [-] cattle, [-] draft horses, [-] rough horses, and [-] donkeys."

"There are more than [-] chickens, more than [-] ducks, more than [-] geese, and [-] pigs."

Compared with half a month ago, the various livestock data of the Yumajian has increased a lot, and Wang Chengen also continued to report:
"Early this morning, those generals handed over the embezzled silver. Right now, the Yumajian has [-] cents and [-] cents and [-] cents of silver."

"However, more than [-] people have been abolished just now. The Beijing soldiers have five taels a year, and I am afraid that nearly [-] taels will be removed."

"That's about three hundred thousand taels."

"In addition, there are [-] million taels sent by the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households to repair the imperial mausoleum."

"Hmm..." After hearing all the family background, Zhu Youjian thought for a moment.

First of all, geese must not be eaten by soldiers. In the Ming Dynasty, geese were a luxury item. One goose cost four hundred Wen, which was enough to buy five or six chickens.

He can ask the Yumajian to sell the goose, and he can also help him.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian began to spend a lot of money:
"Ask the Ministry of Households to send the wasteland yellow books from Huairou, Miyun and other places as soon as possible."

"After the moat is dug, Cheng En, you will bring one hundred thousand taels of silver to Changping, Huairou, and Miyun to buy enough chickens, ducks, and pigs. They will be divided into three hundred places and raised in captivity on the wasteland."

"The maidservant takes orders." Seeing Zhu Youjian finished speaking, Wang Chengen could only sigh that it was another hard job, but Zhu Youjian looked at Lu Wenzhao and said:
"When Cheng'en has bought enough chickens, ducks and pigs, he will first choose from various Huangzhuang in the Yumajian."

"In the future, the food of the Yanshan military camp will be two catties of noodles and two eggs per person in the morning. Occasionally, corn bread and an egg can be replaced."

"Lunch must be one meat, three vegetables and one soup, and dinner is the same."

"Building a big kitchen in the southwest corner must be able to feed [-] people."

"If the barracks are not enough right now, we will expand to the east and west."

"This..." Zhu Youjian's words were too advanced, and Lu Wenzhao couldn't help saluting with a little embarrassment:

"Your Highness, if the current requirements are followed, there will be no problem in expanding the barracks and building a large chef's canteen, but isn't the food too extravagant?"

He continued: "At present, there are 11232 people in the army, and a chicken will cost three catties, and the three will share the food. Then, the whole army will eat nearly [-] chickens for lunch and dinner a day."

"One catty of vegetarian vegetables per person, you have to eat more than [-] catties per day, and more than [-] eggs..."

"If things go on like this, based on Changping's commodity prices, the barracks now cost six hundred taels of silver a day, and a year's worth of more than a hundred thousand taels..."

"If you add rice and noodles, I'm afraid you'll have to eat [-] taels of rice noodles and nearly [-] taels of meat and vegetables a year. In total, you need at least [-] taels."

A [-]-strong army would spend [-] taels of silver just for food, so by the time the Seven Guards and One Battalion were fully formed, they would have to spend at least one million taels of silver every year.

The money and the money are more flowing than running water, and Lu Wenzhao felt sorry for Zhu Youjian.

Of course, more importantly, this money may not be available.

However, Zhu Youjian has his own plans.

He had already figured it out, after training enough troops, he would send troops to surprise Engedel, and then do business with the Fourth Division of Nekarka.

As long as the business can be done, he will naturally be able to support more than [-] horses like Qiwei.

If it doesn't work, he directly asks the emperor brother for money, and the method is even simpler.

If the seven guards and one battalion are directly transferred to Liaodong, the Liao Town in Liaodong can simply be abolished.

Right now is the reign of Tianqi, not the reign of Chongzhen.

Especially four years before the apocalypse, Daming's taxation was still normal, and the majesty was in the hearts of the people, and no one dared to make mistakes.

Nurhachi is not the great enemy of Ming Dynasty. The real enemy of Ming Dynasty is the coming low temperature period of the Little Ice River and the severe drought covering almost the entire Ming Dynasty.

He had to dismantle the Weisuo system little by little before the drought.

Even if the conflict of land annexation cannot be resolved by then, at least Daming still has food for disaster relief and an army capable of fighting.

As soon as the Little Ice Age came, as long as Nurhachi could not break through Liaoshen and take down the Liaodong Peninsula, what awaited him would be exhausted and trapped to death by Xiong Tingbi in Hetuala.

Thinking so, Zhu Youjian patted Lu Wenzhao, and comforted him:

"You can do it for the time being. Not enough money is not a problem. I will solve it one by one."

"This..." Lu Wenzhao smiled wryly. He really didn't know how to solve it, and it was hard to believe that after Zhu Youjian trained an army of tens of thousands, what effect this army could play.

Lu Wenzhao also wants to change the world, but as far as the current situation is concerned, he can't change it.

Therefore, he could only bow his hand to Zhu Youjian, who he had the grace to support and support, and then retreated.

As for Wang Chengen, although he was helpless, he had no choice but to follow suit.

In this way, the two of them did the things that Zhu Youjian explained little by little, and the time passed like this little by little...

　Regarding whether high-standard military training can be achieved, everyone thinks it is impossible, so can it be achieved?

　　I have already created a special post in the comment area based on the Ming Dynasty literature. If you are interested, you can go and have a look. In addition, the "Ming Dynasty Population Density Map" is attached

　　
　
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