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Chapter 319 The Army Believes in the Autumn Harvest
Soon, news spread that the Governor-General intended to open a military academy in Wuzhaibao, and everyone from all parties was moved.Wuzhai Academy is now quite famous in Shanxi Town. I wonder what will happen to the Wuzhai Fort Military Academy?

In Huang Laifu's plan, the instructors in the military academy are of course recruited from among the experienced generals of the various armies in the town, and those students who enter the school, except for the good children in the fort, are more professional in each army. The outstanding sergeants in the military and the outstanding students in the Wuzhai Academy are eligible to enroll.

For this military academy, in addition to cultivating military talents, Huang Laifu also has a plan to set up ideological and political courses in the academy to instill the national ideas, beliefs and beliefs he needs.

At Huang Laifu's current level, it's not just for fighting and killing, getting promoted and getting rich, but should consider some more in-depth issues.Right now, Huang Laifu's direct army is well-equipped with fine food and strong combat power, but how to maintain it and prevent this army from degenerating is a problem that Huang Laifu needs to consider.

After all, the army is well paid and powerful, so it does not necessarily mean that there will be no problems. The separatist regimes at the end of the Tang Dynasty and the arrogant soldiers who caused disasters for the whole country are a lesson from the past!

Looking forward, only an army with faith, thought, and discipline can sweep the world and maintain its combat power for a long time.

In this way, it is necessary to instill a certain belief in the sergeants, so that they understand why they fight and what they join the army for, rather than simply being a soldier and eating food.However, what kind of beliefs should be instilled in the generals and where to start, this is another problem.

The nation-state thought that emerged in later generations may be used as a reference for oneself.

After the chaos of the Mongols and the Yuan Dynasty, the Han nationalism of the Ming Dynasty was actually very strong, and the debate between Hua and Barbarians was the mainstream at that time.Maybe I can start from this aspect, guide the national thinking of the army, and lead the passion of the future army and citizens to the outside.

Of course, a faith-based army, and future military and national ideology, all need a good educational foundation and a fairly high literacy rate.These things all require a lot of management by yourself, and it is difficult to see results in 20 years without ten years.

However, there are advantages and disadvantages to doing so. The army maintains its combat power for a long time, and the rise of the national ideology of the people requires external passionate interests. It is manifested in the desire to launch wars continuously to obtain land and wealth. Military society would collapse with a bang.

But fortunately, now is a good time, the whole world is in the vigorous colonial era, and there are enough external interests to attract.I can draw the water out of the disaster. I believe that the current land wealth in the world is enough to let the water out of the disaster for 300 years.

As for the situation after 300 years, children and grandchildren will have their own blessings, and let them figure out what will happen in the future.

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However, this kind of belief in the army cannot be established in a year or two. The most important thing in the past ten years is how to continue to maintain the combat power of the Wuzhaibao army and prevent them from thinking that they will be peaceful when they get rich and not enterprising.

At present, the situation of Huang Laifu's several battalions is good. Sufficient food and pay, coupled with sophisticated weapons and equipment, and a strict military merit recognition and reward system ensure the combat effectiveness and morale of the soldiers, allowing them to obtain a steady stream of success .

The current Wuzhaibao army is an excellent place that all the towns and generals on the Nine Sides are eager to enter.

In Wuzhaiwei, although there are also officials in charge of the "Qing Army Command" in charge of military status, who are in charge of the soldiers' escape and other affairs, but since Huang Laifu took office in Wuzhai Fort, it has only been heard that the soldiers are eager to enter. I have never heard of them fleeing.

As for the rest of the military town guards, the sergeants kept fleeing, so that in the past few years, Emperor Wanli specially issued a decree, if the governors and senior officials of the towns, the generals of the battalions and guards, all of them If more than three points of the soldiers in the army escaped, they would be demoted by one level, and those who escaped by five points or more would be demoted by two levels.

Despite such strict control, the fleeing situation of sergeants and military households in the camps and guards in various places is still continuous. This is in stark contrast to the land of Wuzhai Fort, and it has attracted the attention of the governors and officers from all over the country.

Although the situation is very good, but be prepared for danger in times of peace, to prevent the disintegration of our own army in the future, and the belief of the army cannot be established in a short period of time, so Huang Laifu decided to adopt another emergency method: a strict hierarchy and a sharply contrasting social status!
No matter in what era, ancient or modern, China or foreign countries, being a superior person, standing above others, artificially dividing the treatment levels of different groups of people is always an effective way to improve people's self-motivation.

No matter how rich and knowledgeable you are, officials can always suppress you, and no matter how turbulent you are, your superiors can always suppress you.Therefore, constantly improving one's social status will become a powerful driving force for struggle.

In fact, in the Wuzhaibao army, the hierarchical system is still very strict. Huang Laifu's first rule of military etiquette is to be respectful and humble, and to avoid sudden overreach.

Usually in the army, when a sergeant sees the captain, he needs to bow and stand.When the team leader sees the head of the flag, he also needs to bow and stand.When Banner sees Mr. Bai, he needs to kneel and bow.When Baizong sees the general, he needs to bow and kneel.No matter where you are usually, when a lower official meets a superior official, if there is a horse riding on the way, he must dismount.Usually when there is nothing to do, when the team leader, chief executive officer, chief executive officer Bai, etc. are sitting together, they can talk about their hometown, but they must also sit side by side, and they are not allowed to sit shoulder-to-shoulder.

Those who disobey the above will be punished by military law.

The reason why Wuzhai Fort's army is strong is that apart from strict training, well-equipped food and armor, the emphasis on this strict level is also a big reason. Who doesn't want to be superior and enjoy the admiration of others?
If you want to climb up, you can only make military merits. The perfect military merit recognition system in the Wuzhaibao army also guarantees that your credit will not be falsely claimed by others, so that the soldiers can fight with peace of mind.Everyone wants to do meritorious service and fight for their lives, which naturally makes the entire army shine like a charm.
Of course, Wuzhaibao's army is powerful, but there is another point that is difficult to mention, that is, the punishment system in the army is also very strict!
During the battle, there is a supervising team, and the whole army needs to move forward bravely. If the whole team retreats, the captain will be killed.When the captain dies in battle, the corporal leader automatically assumes the position of captain, and if the corporal leader dies in battle, the senior veterans automatically take the position until the battle reaches the end of the battle.

Generals and sergeants who flee at will will be punished, and their families will also be implicated.Soldiers who fought bravely and made meritorious service, they were rewarded, and their families also benefited.This made the soldiers only dare to move forward, not backward.

Moreover, this kind of reward and punishment is strictly in accordance with the military law, there are not many personal likes and dislikes, and free testimonials ensure the seriousness of the military law and convince the soldiers.

All kinds of strict military system and treatment have created the current powerful and invincible Wuzhaibao army.

To keep this invincible army alive.Huang Laifu decided to introduce this strict hierarchy outside the Wuzhaibao army. The status of soldiers is the first class, and there will be corresponding etiquette and treatment at that time.

No matter how famous you are, no matter how wealthy a business household is, you have to respect and bow to them in front of the soldiers.They want to change all this, only if they join the army themselves, or obtain some kind of military merit in their own family, can they obtain the corresponding social status.Ordinary servants, civilians, if they have made military achievements, they can also obtain a corresponding social status and obtain their own private property...

The higher the position in the army, the higher the social status!

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If it is said that Huang Laifu intends to open a military academy in Wuzhaibao, it is just a matter of discussion and anticipation, but when he implements a military merit grade treatment system outside the Wuzhaibao army, one can imagine what kind of sensation it will cause.

This matter is of great importance, Huang Laifu needs to plan slowly, and the Governor's Mansion has a lot of affairs, Huang Laifu can only order his confidants to study this matter carefully in his busy schedule.

And now there is another major event that needs Huang Laifu's attention, that is, the new year's autumn harvest has begun again.

Wuzhaibao and other farms are the foundation of Huang Laifu's family, so he can't help but focus on it.

August 27th, [-]th year of Wanli.

After eating moon cakes and celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival, the whole Wuzhai Fort mobilized and began harvesting wheat from the farms in the fort.

During these years, the farms in Wuzhaibao have been fixed at a field size of 40 mu, and the grain production is basically set at around 90 shi.

As for the various farms in Bajiaobao, there are 20 mu of fields, and the grain production is roughly set at about 30 shi.

There are also Pianguan and Laoyingbao, with a total of 30 mu of land and a grain production of about 35 shi.

In addition to the forts directly controlled by Huang Laifu, there is also the Qingshui River and Huangpuchuan River area outside the Great Wall. After years of farming and reclamation, the farms he owns and the land taxes paid by the immigrants can also collect hundreds of thousands. Stone grain is around, and the immigrants outside the Great Wall can be self-sufficient, and can own so much land, everyone's enthusiasm is very high.

Over the years, Huang Laifu has widely adopted the four-zone crop rotation system in these places, planting alfalfa, wheat, radish and barley respectively, so the field fertility of each farm has remained good and the annual grain production has been stable.Moreover, the many soybeans, sugar beet, flax, rapeseed and other things planted in the various farms not only fertilize the land, but also provide a steady stream of raw materials for the various factories in Wuzhaibao.

Wuzhaibao Matui No. [-] harvester was successfully developed several years ago and is widely used in various farms in Wuzhaibao.This kind of harvester is driven by two horses, and there is a rotating blade device with a wooden turning wheel inside, which can grasp the wheat deftly. After a pair of toothed blades cut the wheat, it will be thrown by the wing wheel to a It is very easy to use when it is tied on the top of the canvas.

In addition to Wuzhai Fort, many farms are in use due to the flat terrain and sparsely populated land outside the Great Wall.

Of course, because it is too expensive, it is very difficult for this Wuzhaibao Horse Push No. [-] harvester to gain traction in the Daming market.

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After the Wuzhai Fort and other fort farms harvested bumper harvests one after another, all of the forts were once again crowded with rice merchants.Because the forts in northwestern Shanxi, headed by Wuzhaibao, are not only self-sufficient, but also have spare capacity to supply other places, which greatly reduces the pressure on the transportation of food in the court.

In previous years, the imperial court had to transport grain to Shanxi Town, Datong Town, Yansui Town and other places.In order to transport grain, the concept of color-folding silver came into being, which also led to the prosperity of Shanxi merchants.

Well now, after the rise of Wuzhaibao and other places, not only Shanxi Town, but also Datong Town and Yansui Town have taken advantage of it, and they can buy grain nearby, greatly reducing the pressure on the court.

Regarding Huang Laifu's achievements, even if many officials were not convinced, they still had to admit his excellence.

(End of this chapter)