Zhu Houzhao, the lonely Ming Dynasty, angrily snatched Yan Shenggong at the beginning!

Chapter 38 The three major battalions of Megatron are back again! (Kneeling for further reading, investment, collection!)

Passing the playbook in his hand to Gao Feng beside him, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, and the door was closed by two boy scouts.

"Since you are here, it means that you believe that I can give you everything, so I won't say any more polite words and nonsense, let's get straight to the point!"

Wang Zhi nodded slightly, he is not a person who likes to talk nonsense, it is best to go straight.

Zhu Houzhao stretched out a finger, "I want you to train me a 10-strong army, the kind that only obeys my orders!"

Wang Zhi seemed to have been prepared for a long time, but after a little pondering, he replied: "Slaves need 5 years. They also need money, food, and weapons."

"How many?"

Zhu Houzhao didn't talk nonsense, and directly asked the other party how much he needed.

"You have an iron smelting workshop. The servants took a look at it. Although the scale is small, it can be self-sufficient for a few years, and the weapons and armor can be counted separately."

"Others need money to buy, plus the soldiers' salaries. In the first two years, slaves and maidservants will need 200 million taels of silver, and then there will be an increase of 50 taels each year. After training, there will be no major wars, and 250 million taels will be needed for management every year."

The corners of Zhu Houzhao's mouth trembled. He was just a small processing factory owner in his previous life. He knew that it was very expensive to raise soldiers, but he had no idea how much it would cost.

However, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he heard the required expenses today: It's really expensive to raise soldiers.

This is only 10 troops. If it increases to one million in the future, the annual consumption of money and food will be at least nearly ten million taels of silver.

Taking a deep breath, Zhu Houzhao gritted his teeth.

"Okay, I'll give you all these, but I also have a request..."

Looking at Wang Zhi said: "Five years later, if the army meets my requirements and achieves great results in the future, I won't be as picky as grandpa. I can give you promotion and fortune, or even a knighthood."

"But if it doesn't meet my requirements..."

Before Zhu Houzhao could tell the consequences, Wang Zhi knelt down on one knee, "Your maidservant, come and see me!"

"it is good!"

Zhu Houzhao patted the table, took out the tiger talisman and token that he secretly made in private, and handed them to Wang Zhi in person.

"Whether Gu can do something in the future depends entirely on Wang Gong."

Looking at the tiger talisman and token on the tray in his hand, Wang Zhi took a deep breath and knelt down on the ground, "I will follow Your Highness to the death."

"Hahaha…"

Zhu Houzhao laughed, stretched out his hand to pull it up, and handed him another fruit by the way.

"What are your thoughts on recruiting?"

Although the army was handed over to Wang Zhi, Zhu Houzhao wanted to hear how the other party developed.

"His Royal Highness's boy scouts, slaves and maidservants need half."

Wang Zhi didn't talk about his plan first, but first asked Zhu Houzhao for half of the Boy Scouts.

Zhu Houzhao showed a hint of appreciation in his eyes, nodded and said: "You can pick whatever you want, including my guards, you can take away whatever you like!"

"During the investigation, the servants found that His Highness seems to be interested in recruiting salt workers and miners as the basis for the source of troops."

Zhu Houzhao nodded, "Salt workers have been absent from work all year round, and their bodies are stronger than ordinary people. In addition, they often fight in mines and salt fields. Their bravery and ruthlessness are beyond the reach of ordinary people. With a little training, they are good soldiers. "

Wang Zhi nodded in agreement, took out a pamphlet from his arms, asked Gao Feng to fetch pen and ink, and wrote down the words "salt worker and miner".

Zhu Houzhao was even more satisfied. It seemed that Wang Zhi had indeed investigated carefully, and he knew exactly what his subordinates had explained.

Zhu Houzhao always felt that a good memory is not as good as a bad pen, so all his subordinates carry small notebooks with them, and let them write down everything Zhu Houzhao explained, so as not to forget or ignore important things.

"Your Highness seems to like firearms very much!"

After asking the question of the source of troops, Wang Zhi began to consider the question of the military.

He is just the commander, not the boss. Although Zhu Houzhao has given him all the rights, it still needs Zhu Houzhao, the boss, to decide what kind of army to form.

Otherwise, Zhu Houzhao, the boss, wanted him to train a team of sailors, but he ended up training a bunch of land soldiers, which would be ridiculous.

Zhu Houzhao gave him a thumbs up, turned around and went back to the cabinet, took out a small box from the bottom, took off the key on his neck, opened it and found a small book, returned to the place and handed it to the Wang Zhi.

Wang Zhi stretched out his hand to take it, and saw the booklet read "Shenji Camp Training Manual" in large characters.

While Wang Zhi was flipping through the pamphlet, Zhu Houzhao went on to say: "Emperor Taizong conquered Mobei five times with the help of Shenjiying, and Yu Shaobao defended Beiping City with the help of sharp firearms. It can be seen that firearms have great restraint on cavalry. Gu also feels that firearms have a lot of room for development.”

"So my plan is to divide the 10 troops into three battalions, namely the 1 Shenji Battalion, the [-] Military Battalion, and the [-] Battalion!"

"Gu hopes that the new three battalions will be like the three battalions in the hands of Emperor Taizong, and that they can accompany Gu to conquer the world."

Wang Zhi, who recovered from the various training and combat methods in the booklet, nodded with a serious expression, and wrote down the three camps and the number of troops trained in the booklet.

"Firearms require a lot of gunpowder and steel to make weapons. Your Highness, you must be prepared for this. For the first two years, slaves can be replaced by basic training. Later, they will use real things. Otherwise, wait until the soldiers are about to go to the battlefield before issuing weapons. A strong army cannot win a war."

Zhu Houzhao naturally knew this, "Don't worry about this, I have already asked people to prepare these, and the first batch of gunpowder and muskets will be delivered by the end of next year."

Wang Zhi nodded, and made a note behind Shenji Camp.

"As for the horses of the cavalry, I will also find a way to solve them for you as soon as possible. I will deliver all these horses to you within two years."

Wang Zhi nodded again, recording everything Zhu Houzhao said.

After discussing the construction of the army and its weapons and equipment, Zhu Hou looked at Wang Zhi and asked, "Where do you plan to station the barracks, so that I can make arrangements in advance and hide this army as much as possible."

Wang Zhi seemed to have thought about this a long time ago. He took out a piece of paper from his pocket and put it in front of Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao looked down and saw a simple map of Shandong drawn on it. From Lingshanwei to the Bohai Sea in the north, it was broken by a red line, and the protruding Shandong Peninsula was circled.

"This place is the most suitable. As long as these prefectures are under control, there are no special circumstances, and the higher-ups will not notice this place at all."

"The Jinyiwei Qianhu here has been helped by his servants before, so he can be recruited to our side."

"In this way, this place becomes Your Highness's private land."

"And more importantly..."

There was a sneer at the corner of Wang Zhi's mouth, "There are battles going on here, which can give the soldiers plenty of opportunities to exercise."

Zhu Houzhao naturally knew what Wang Zhi said about the training opportunity, it was nothing more than the Japanese pirates and the stick on the opposite side.

Next, the two discussed the future army building for a full afternoon, and it was not until dusk that Wang Zhi led his people away.

Zhu Houzhao didn't care how Wang Zhi recruited or trained soldiers, he only wanted the final result.

Wang Zhi has completed the task, and everyone is safe and sound. If it cannot be completed, then we will discuss the consequences of failure.

"Your Highness, you have given him such great power, what if he has something different?"

Liu Jin, who had been squatting in a corner all afternoon, gained Zhu Houzhao's trust when she saw Wang Zhi who had just arrived, and was given such a great power, so jealous that she was sour.

I think Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao have been following him for several years, and he is still a flattering role, and he is threatened to clean the toilet every now and then.

If this continues, when will Liu Jin become the eunuch king?

So he thought, and he had a hand in it too.

Accepting Zhu Houzhao, who was skilled in military training and in a very good mood, he looked up at him.

"Envy, envy, hate!"

Liu Jin shook her head hastily, "I don't have any, I'm just worried about Your Highness."

"Hehehe..."

Zhu Houzhao chuckled, stretched out his hand to stroke Liu Jin's godfather's dog's head, and said slowly, "Hehe, you better not..."

Ignoring Liu Jin who was already sweating on his forehead, Zhu Houzhao told Gao Feng next to him: "Let Luo Xiang take over from Qiu Ju, and let him tell Qiu Ju by the way that he doesn't have to come back, and let him pick up Wang Zhi's class to sweep Xiaoling." go!"

Gao Feng and Liu Jin felt a shudder when they heard the words, knowing that Qiu Ju was over and Zhu Passport had given up on him.

ps: Brothers, begging for collection, investment and follow-up.

If you have any ideas, you can talk about it. At present, my data belongs to the middle and lower classes. If everyone keeps raising it, I will be completely cold.

(End of this chapter)