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Chapter 236 Rape and tricksters, don't want one

In the courtyard on the north side of Xinzhuang Castle in the northwest of Xuanfu Town, torches were shining.

Zhang Chenggang took Chi Chengfang and other 38 people under his command, and changed his name to Zhang Chengfang, and even regarded him as his adopted son. After everyone retreated, Zhang Cheng led Zhang Chengfang and others back to the room.

He asked: "Cheng Fang, how old are you this year?"

"Repay foster father, Cheng Fang just turned 15 years old this year." Zhang Chengfang knelt on the ground and reported.

Zhang Cheng nodded, and said: "Cheng Fang, in a few days, I will send a gentleman to teach you how to read and write. Before that, you should follow Team Officer Lin to practice armaments and riding skills.

You have to take these children seriously and practice hard, don't dare to be lazy. "

Then he said to Lin Fangping again: "Xiao Linzi, all ten members of your sentinel team will stay here, and you choose five people who will be responsible for teaching these children the skills of boxing, foot and horse stance, spear and stick martial arts, bow and arrow archery, firearm firing, and horse riding." surgery,
Remember to teach them separately according to their ages. Those under 12 years old will only learn boxing, horse stance and spear and stick martial arts; Start teaching how to fire a firearm;
The necessary firearms, bows and arrows, armor, ordnance, just go to Wu Zhizhong to get them, and you have to choose the best quality. "

Lin Fangping stood aside, answering loudly.

Zhang Cheng went on to say: "Su Zhenxiang still has a hundred healthy women, and the remaining five in your team will be responsible for teaching them to stand in line, starting with the spear stabbing technique,
There is no need for any pretentiousness, just practice stabbing. Put 20 of them into a team and give them a guard to teach them. To let them know how to stand in line, the basic military orders,

Learn the spear stabbing exercises neatly, and the stabbing must be fast, accurate, and ruthless, and that's it;
You have to put more thought into it. These people have not practiced before, and there may be some difficulties. You have to try your best to overcome them, but if you need anything, just come to Ben Jiang. "

"Please rest assured, General, Fang Ping will do her best to live up to the General's expectations."

Zhang Cheng sat in the chair, took a sip of tea, and said again: "Su Zhenxiang, in the next time, you have to pay more attention. In addition to selecting a hundred healthy women to practice, you also need to conduct a clear training for the rest of the women. division of labor,

According to what everyone is good at, they can be divided into laundry, cleaning, sewing, cooking, etc., so that everyone has a division of labor and cooperates with each other according to their respective division of labor.

In addition, all boys and girls should be organized and divided according to age, so that they can participate in labor. Those orphans and children who are homeless should all be gathered together, and a few strong women should be arranged to take care of them and live together. "

Speaking of this, Zhang Cheng paused, and after he pondered for a while, he continued: "Hu Cheng, this village castle has been renamed Xinzhuang Castle, and you are still the head of the village here;

He Shihui, from tomorrow onwards, men and women will no longer be separated in this village. Anyone with a family can share a house and live together as a family. Those without a family will still have separate men and women. Every four people can share a house and live together;

In this matter, you, Ma Zhongli, Feng Yuanshan, and you need to assist He Shihui, and carefully identify each person's situation. There must be no mistakes in this matter, and you, Hu Cheng, must also seriously cooperate with He Shihui in this matter. "

After everyone responded and took orders, Zhang Cheng continued: "He Shihui, now that the construction of canals and land reclamation in this village has come to an end, you can choose healthy people from among the more than [-] young men to join the army.

Remember, he chooses honest and responsible people, and those who steal, rape and play tricks, no matter how strong they are, he will not want any of them, and he doesn't need too many people. Let's choose according to 200 people first. "

After all matters were assigned, Zhang Cheng didn't wait too long. Under the watchful eyes of He Shihui, Lin Fangping, Ma Zhongli, Feng Yuanshan and others, he and Chen Zhong rode their horses towards Xuanfu town under the moonlight.

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In the past few days, Zhang Cheng has not been able to take a good rest. He went to visit the hundreds of craftsmen who followed to Xuan Town. They were temporarily placed in a small school yard in the eastern suburb of Xuanfu Town.

A piece of military tent was set up, but fortunately the weather has turned warm at this time, and their life has always been poor, such living conditions are really good for them, especially they can eat enough.

Although it has been nearly ten days since I arrived in the town, I only ate one meal of meat, but I was full on weekdays, and Zhang Cheng also rewarded each of them with a tael of silver. All the craftsmen were extremely excited. Repairing some armors and weapons will be treated like this, and they all talked about Zhang Cheng's good work.

At the same time, the recruitment of soldiers by Wu Zhizhong went quite smoothly. Zhang Cheng did not recruit sergeants according to the food and salary standards stipulated by the court. In fact, everyone was well aware of this.

Although this town of Xuanfu has a large population, 90.00% of them are from military households, and there are very few civilian households. The accumulated malpractices of these military ranks are clear from the town to the governor, general soldier, and ordinary military households. of.

In the entire Xuanfu, there is not a single military camp that pays the full amount of food and salaries. The food and salaries are not enough, and with the addition of layers of deductions, when they are in the hands of the military leaders everywhere, they are all cut short.

They divide their soldiers into three parts, they don't care about the old and the weak, but some young and strong will give some food from time to time, so that they can feel the grace, so that they can select the strong people from them to fill their own servants .

And almost all the salaries they save are used to support those servants who are good at fighting. Some generals even subsidize money to support these servants, because this is the capital of their wealth.

In the late Ming Dynasty, one of the criteria for evaluating the strength of generals was the number of servants supported by their subordinates, and these servants were indeed useful.

They are really strong in battle. If the general is alive during the war, they will really fight on the battlefield. If the battle is unfavorable, they will protect the general and escape. That's why the generals from all over the country have to pay for them. Serve some loyal servants.

When Zhang Cheng recruited sergeants outside the town this time, he raised a banner, making it clear that each recruited sergeant would be given three taels of Anjia silver first, and thereafter a monthly salary of one tael, which would never be in arrears.

At this time, the initial recruitment of soldiers in the camps of various military towns in the north of the Ming Dynasty was about two to three taels of An Jiayin, but many generals were directly recruited from the various guards, so there was no need to pay An Jiayin.

This is also a disadvantage, Zhang Cheng doesn't care about these, military households come to raise funds, and they still give Anjia silver three taels, especially civilian households, this alone is enough to attract people's attention.

What's more, battalion soldiers still have monthly rations, salt salaries, etc. according to the system, but at this time, they have been converted into silver for settlement. There is also soybean silver, more than twenty taels per point.

However, at this time, the deduction of salary and silver among the various armies is serious, and almost no one actually pays it. Wu Zhizhong here is holding a banner saying that the Anjia silver is three taels, and the monthly salary is about one tael of silver. There are many onlookers, but few believers. .

Even if some deeds of Zhang Cheng's entry into the Queen of Weiqin are being spread throughout Xuan Town, making many young people in Xuan Town envious, at the beginning, no one dared to believe it.

(End of this chapter)