A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 184 Lu Xiangsheng Inspection
In September of the tenth year of Chongzhen, in order to sew [-] sets of mandarin duck battle jackets, Lin Daofu and Qi Tianliang wiped out the stocks of all the cloth shops in Zhoucheng, making the merchants a fortune, and the demand was far from enough. It is necessary to vigorously increase the orders to activate the minds of many merchants in the state city. Seeing the momentum of Mr. Morality, there will be a lot of cloth, cotton and fur in the future. If I can win this exclusive supply right, then in the future...

There have been precedents. In the past, Wansheng and Rice Store in Zhoucheng were just small shops, but because they hugged the thighs of ethical adults, they have rapidly expanded in the past two years, becoming one of the best rice shops in Zhoucheng.Although the scale is large, no one dares to touch them. It's a joke, not to mention the support of the moral integrity, that is, Zheng Jinglun's two nieces are married to the moral integrity, Han Chao and Han Zhong brothers, who would dare to do anything to them?Now that Zheng Jinglun walked into the chamber of commerce, who wouldn't respectfully call him, "Fourth Master?"

Thinking of that wonderful prospect, many people couldn't sit still, and more people went to Lin Daofu and Qi Tianliang's side.

With the purchase of cloth, cotton and leather materials, the Shunxiang Fort Quilt Factory also quickly started. The girls and daughters-in-law recruited from all over the fort and the city used their hardworking hands to earn their own rations and wages. Greatly subsidized the family.

At the same time, more than [-] young and strong military households selected from the state city and various places in the territory also gathered in Shunxiang Fort for a three-month closed-off training.For these people, the old method is still used. Among them, the leaders of the army, such as the chief of the armor, the team officer, etc., are selected from the veterans of the generals.The combination of old and new can speed up the formation of these young and strong people.

After these people formed an army, Wang Dou estimated that he would have a total of more than a dozen troops on hand.

He attached great importance to Wang Dou, the new army, and went to Shunxiang Fort to train him in person.After the formation is completed, the formal training begins.These new troops lived in the newly built barracks outside the fort. Before the training, they lived a good life for a few days. The white flour steamed buns and large pieces of meat made them feel like they were in heaven.

But the harsh training that followed made them cry for their fathers and mothers, suffering unspeakably.Many of the new army were from Zhoucheng, and they were more aggressive than the original Shunxiangbao military households, and they couldn't bear the hardships. In just a few days, many people felt like fleeing.

However, the instructors have made it clear before the drill that anyone who dares to be a deserter will be severely punished. Not only that, but their families will also be affected.They cited the example of Baojiao Jiugao and others in Shun Township in the past, and the example of those military households whose entire families were expelled from Xinjinzhou City, and asked these recruits to think about what the consequences would be if they dared to escape?
The captains of the new recruit teams and the management officers also do the ideological work of these people in their spare time, saying that they also came here like this, thinking back then... well, needless to say, I finally made it through.Hearing that the officers had suffered like this, the new soldiers felt much more comfortable. Everyone is the same. If these old guys can survive, they must be able to do it themselves.

After the psychological counseling of the officers, the mood of the recruits has gradually stabilized. In addition, each general has now added a new officer who specializes in appeasing the sergeant's psychology.

The officer was selected from the literate personnel of the various headquarters, and they all looked more elegant, more careful, and more patient.Their job is to pay attention to the psychological trends of the sergeants in the General Central Committee, find those who are emotionally unstable, listen to their confidances or cries, explain to them the necessity of drills, and casually mention that they have suffered so much back then. .

These people are obviously more popular with the non-commissioned officers than the rude officers in their own team. There is a long line of non-commissioned officers crying to this person, although most of the officers are not interested in this person.

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The training of the new army was carried out in an orderly manner. In October of the tenth year of Chongzhen, when Wang Dou was busy in Zhoucheng, he received the news that Li Yi'an, the defender of the Weicheng, had died of illness.

In the seventh year of Chongzhen, because of Wang Dou's merits, Li Yi'an, who was the commander of the security guard at that time, was promoted to the commander of Wanquandu Division.In the ninth year of Chongzhen, because of Wang Dou's merits, he was promoted to the commander of the commander of the Wanquan capital.Li Yi'an made great achievements in the last few years in Bao'an. After his death, the ministers agreed to give him a funeral. , a son of Jinyiwei and a hundred households."

After Li Yi'an's death, Xu Zucheng, the guard of the Department, took over as the guard of the security guard.

Not long after paying homage to Li Yi'an, at the end of October, Wang Dou suddenly received another news that Lu Xiangsheng, Governor of Xuanda, came to Baoanzhou City for inspection.

Lu Xiangsheng's Xuanda Governor's Mansion is located in Yanghe, but it will be moved to Xuanfu Town as usual in autumn. Lu Xiangsheng has always been diligent, and he has traveled almost all over Xuanda after taking office.This time he inspected Xuanfu Town East Road, the first stop was Baoanzhou City.

Compared with last year, Lu Xiangsheng's guard of honor this time was greatly reduced. It was just some accompanying guards and officials. When he arrived in Zhoucheng, Lu Xiangsheng rejected Wang Dou's banquet proposal. He waved his hand and said impatiently: "Wang Dou, show me around look."

After carefully looking at the inside and outside of Baoanzhou City, the military barracks and teaching grounds, and even the farmland outside the city, Lu Xiangsheng remained silent for a long time, while the officials around him showed expressions of admiration and exclamation.

After Lu Xiangsheng took office, he vigorously supervised the training of soldiers and horses in various places, and supervised the management of food, and achieved quite good results.However, after looking at Baoanzhou City, I realized that the efforts here are even greater. Hundreds of thousands of acres of land have been reclaimed in one go, and all the wells have been filled with water trucks. This kind of boldness is refreshing.What's more difficult is that the local soldiers and civilians live in stability, the state city is very clean, all the refugees have relief, and everyone feels like a paradise.

After inspecting all parts of the state city, Wang Dou invited Lu Xiangsheng to rest in the ethics mansion. Lu Xiangsheng walked up and down in the meeting hall, seeming excited. Dou, you have done a good job, even the governor is ashamed of himself."

Wang Dou was taken aback, Lu Xiangsheng's praise was too heavy, he was about to speak, Lu Xiangsheng waved his hand, and he said: "Wang Dou, I don't know something about this governor. You must have spent a lot of money and food for training in the fields. How did you raise money?" Yes, maybe tell the governor?"

Lu Xiangsheng was good at governing the army and farming the fields, and he has achieved good results since he took office, but Lu Xiangsheng is still not satisfied, thinking that he has not achieved what he wanted.The main reason is that there is not enough money and food, and there is no food and salary. How to train soldiers? Soldiers have to be full before they can practice, right?

Especially now that the soldiers of the Daming battalion are all soldiers, they don't see the food and pay at all, so he has to persuade him again and again, always be loyal, and share the joys and sorrows with his subordinates. As the days go by, Lu Xiangsheng feels exhausted physically and mentally.

Seeing that Wang Dou's three commander-in-chiefs in Zhoucheng were all extremely sturdy, Lu Xiangsheng could only shake his head and sigh. These guards were not paid by the imperial court, and they needed the guards to be self-sufficient, but Wang Dou was able to practice such .Leaving aside Wang Dou's talent for training soldiers, Lu Xiangsheng really wanted to know how Wang Dou got the money to raise these soldiers, and he also wanted to learn a thing or two.

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Old White Bull:
Back to the book friends of the lion rolling the hydrangea ball, the mandarin duck battle jacket is also called the fat jacket, and the article on the military uniform of the Ming Dynasty: "Fan Zhezheng. In the 11th year of Hongzhi, the fat jackets in Datong, Shanxi, Taiyuan, etc. were collected as usual. Pingyang, Bingze Lu Wuzhou's fat jackets, which should be sent to the chief secretary's treasury, will be converted into silver for one tael or five yuan per piece according to previous regulations. When the funds are exhausted, the original color will still be collected."

(End of this chapter)