The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

Chapter 158 The feudal inbred military management structure!
"Starting tomorrow, Deputy Commander Song Xueliang will be in charge of conscription in the Yungu area. This conscription will be carried out village by village. Anyone who has reached the age of [-], is under [-], and is in good health shall not be excused for any reason, and must participate in the selection process. In the first round, about [-] reserve soldiers were selected. Then, according to the principle that only one regular soldier should be left for the father and brother, [-] soldiers should be left to serve in the army. After Yungu’s conscription work is completed, Carry out a second round of conscription for the Wuying area, and then recruit about [-] soldiers. After this round of conscription, the total number of soldiers in the army should be about [-]." In February of the fourth year of Jingli, the Yungu Army held the first new year At the military affairs meeting, Song Yingkui was the first to announce the plan to recruit troops and expand the army.

The number of people counted far exceeds previous estimates. According to the roster data, there are currently about [-] soldiers between sixteen and forty in the jurisdiction.Young adults are divided into three parts: one-third join the army, one-third engage in industrial and commercial production, and one-third work in agriculture. This structure should not be too abnormal, and society can still maintain stability.

In addition to the young and strong labor force, women, the elderly and the weak can share part of the tasks of agricultural and industrial production.After the textile industry spreads, the entire Yungu Army's sphere of influence will be a composite interest group of workers, peasants, and soldiers with a higher labor utilization rate than most regions in the current era.When there is insufficient land and population, the only way to survive in a complex and dangerous environment is by taking this path.

Fortunately, potatoes, a relatively high-yielding crop, are available, otherwise it would be unrealistic to maintain a stable internal food supply given the agricultural conditions in the northwest frontier.

Having said that, relying solely on potatoes is not a safe solution. We must find ways to further improve the efficiency of agricultural production.According to the standards of later generations, the per capita annual grain consumption must exceed 150 kilograms to be considered as an overall solution to food and clothing.At present, all the grains produced in Yungu and Wuyingchang are added up, which is equal to about [-] kilograms per person, which means that most people today are actually in a state of hunger.

Before crossing, Song Yingkui read a report by chance, saying that it was not until the widespread use of double-row mulched corn that provinces similar to the area where he is now realized complete self-sufficiency in staple food.When I think of this, I feel a little powerless.In other words, only with the support of mulch film, high-yielding corn, and chemical fertilizers can everyone truly have enough to eat?This is also a bit too difficult.

Mulch, high-yielding corn, and chemical fertilizers are things that are unthinkable.After all, he had worked in a fertilizer factory before traveling through time. Song Yingkui had seen pigs running away. No matter how hard he climbed the technology tree, he couldn't produce fertilizer.If we are to be able to mass-produce chemical fertilizers, we must have accumulated the technological level of the second industrial revolution.Plastic mulch is also a chemical product and cannot be produced.Given the current conditions, it seems difficult to increase agricultural production levels on a large scale!

Take your time, everyone is hungry. Isn't it different that we are still surviving and reproducing?Cultivate improved varieties, summarize and promote the best agricultural technology at this stage, make appropriate improvements to agricultural tools, improve water conservancy facilities where conditions permit, and then promote the mudflats of Qijia Beach as a substitute for chemical fertilizers among the private sector. It is the most realistic direction to increase grain production at present.Even if we cannot increase grain production, we must improve the labor efficiency of agricultural production to a certain extent and free up as much labor force as possible.

Improving the current situation of agricultural production is a slow and long-term project. At the same time, the premise is to have a stable production environment. To put it bluntly, the top priority is to clarify the military construction in advance.

"While the recruitment work is being carried out, the army must also be reorganized accordingly. This general has decided that the entire army will be organized into three garrison brigades, two main battle battalions, a gunnery brigade, and a city lord's palace guard squadron.

The garrison brigade is divided into a 30-man crossbow squadron, a 30-man sword and shield squadron, and a 30-man spear squadron.In addition, there are two heavy cannons, two crossbows, three small cannons, ten muskets, and forty soldiers form the city's fire protection squadron.There is also a small team of cooks and miscellaneous teams, as well as a team of ten people including the captain and deputy team leader, orderly officer, messenger, and sentry.A total of 150 nuclear officers are stationed in Yanchuan, Langguan and Yungu to guard the entrance for our army.

The two main battle battalions are the infantry main battle battalion and the cavalry main battle battalion.The main infantry battalion has three infantry brigades of 360 people, two artillery squads, two musket squads, a sentinel messenger squad, an agency cooker miscellaneous squad and an agency squad consisting of 40 nuclear personnel.The three infantry brigades are a spear brigade, a sword and shield brigade, and a crossbow brigade.The main cavalry battalion is composed of three brigades of fan cavalry, regular cavalry, and musketeer cavalry, plus a battalion mixed squadron of 340 people, with [-] nuclear personnel.The fan cavalry has the same equipment as the regular cavalry, all equipped with crossbow knives and fire mines!

The artillery brigade is divided into two artillery squadrons composed of 50 people, two musketry squadrons composed of 210 men, and a machine squadron directly under the brigade, with 50 nuclear personnel!The City Lord's Mansion Guard Squadron has been established with [-] personnel, with Song Yingxiao serving as squadron leader and general service secretary.Next, let’s discuss the main officer candidates for the relevant organizations. "

After arranging the recruitment work, Song Yingkui immediately announced the army reorganization plan in one breath.The number of troops has expanded to about [-], and the previous establishment can no longer be used.The new system announced is more hierarchical and more formal than the previous system.The biggest change is the establishment of a garrison brigade, a main battle battalion and a professional firearms brigade.The main battle battalion and the firearms brigade are used as mobile forces, and the garrison brigade is used to guard and store troops.

In the military council that day, it was decided that Yang Shunan and Song Xueliang would concurrently serve as commanders of the cavalry and infantry main battle battalions respectively. Song Yingqing and others would serve as captains of the three garrison brigades. Song Yingkui would also serve as the captain of the gun brigade, and daily affairs would be handled by The second brother Song Yingfang, the deputy captain, came to preside over it.

In terms of personnel configuration, the Yungu Army is an army dominated by the Song family, with the original leaders of Yangjiabao, Liujiaying and Yanchuanzhuang as the backbone.People from other places in the Fifth Battalion, as well as the Yungu soldiers who will be added in the future, can only serve as the foundation in this system.Compared with the government system, the military system is more closely related to feudalism.

There are definitely problems with such a structure, but there is no way. Since we want to centralize power, and the original people have been with us for a long time, who else can we use if we don't use them?Let's do this for now. After this round of recruitment and reorganization is completed, we will intentionally strengthen the quality improvement of grassroots officers, appropriately promote some others, and gradually improve this shameless situation!
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