The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 26 New Army
"It is said that the Chuangkou Gao Yigong Department has been recruited, and the emperor named it Zhongzhenying. His department has also achieved some results near Jingzhou."

"I've heard that too. Right now, all Azige's men in the Qing army are returning to Beijing to recuperate, and the troops in Huguang are very weak. It's just that He Tengjiao doesn't want to make progress. Otherwise, if he takes the opportunity to mobilize his [-] soldiers and horses to cooperate with the Zhongzheng Battalion to go north, Jianlu will be devastated. "

"The Jianlu brigade has recently returned to the north, waiting for the next year's summer grain harvest. Duoduo in Nanjing has also returned to Beijing. Now they only have Baylor named Luck Dehun on the Yangtze River, and most of his men are surrendered troops."

"If King Lu's Fang Guoan Department is going north to Nanjing at this time, and He Tengjiao is going north to Wuchang, this so-called "soul" must be the first and cannot be taken care of!"

"Forget it, as long as King Lu can guard his front line of Qiantang River, it will be good if he doesn't send the Qing army to Fujing."

"However, the situation in Ganzhou is not optimistic."

"After the Jin Shenghuan came to the Qing Dynasty, he continued to attack Ji'an, Linjiang and other places, and his command was said to be more than [-]. Yang Butang was very struggling..."

Zhu Linmei listened quietly from the sidelines, and what the officers said about the battle situation was basically the same as the historical materials he had known before.

In the first year of Longwu, the Qing army returned to the north for repairs. Now the so-called main force of the Qing army is basically the surrendered army of traitors such as Hong Chengchou and Zuo Menggeng.In fact, Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan was putting a lot of pressure on the Qing army at this time, and it was now Nanming's respite.

When the Qing army is finished repairing next year, it will launch a fierce offensive in May and June, and the seemingly stable situation will immediately collapse.In less than a year, Nanzhili, Jiangxi, Fujian, and even parts of Huguang and Guangdong will fall, and by then Daming will really be helpless.

There is not much time left for myself, and I must train an invincible army before the Qing army's general attack!

After a simple meal, Zhu Linmi and several officers came to the school grounds.I saw that the soldiers had been cleaned up, and they had eaten a dinner with a large piece of fat just now, and the previous listless demeanor was no longer obvious.

Zhu Linmi gave the second order to the soldiers - go back to the barracks and sleep.

In the next few days, he gathered the officers every day and asked them to learn his newly prepared training plan, including standing at attention and walking in unison, and let the officers preview it first.

As for the soldiers, Zhu Linmi only let them run briefly, helped build the barracks, and drove them back to the camp to rest after dinner every day.The food is a big piece of meat to eat every day.Getting the soldiers back into shape is key right now.

Soon, the Zhen family and Xue Ji Leather Goods delivered the first batch of supplies customized by Long Weijun.There are a thousand sets of military uniforms, leather boots, wooden guns for training, and forty officers' sabers.

Zhu Linmi asked someone to check, and after confirming that there was no problem, she generously paid for the batch of goods.

What he didn't expect was that the neat payment this time played a very good role model for the Longwei Army's bidding and procurement.For merchants, there is no need to bribe officials to do business, the transaction speed is fast, the competition is on the surface, and the payment is not delayed. There is no business that attracts them more than this!As a result, when the Longwei New Army invited bids again not long after, even Zhejiang and Huizhou merchants in the "enemy-occupied areas" came to bid one after another.

The total payment for the goods was more than 800 taels. A while ago, the purchase of the iron yard, the manufacture of crucible steelmaking equipment, and the purchase of watchmaking workshops also cost a lot.Fortunately, the 8000 taels of "labor army silver" had already arrived, and even so, there was only less than 4000 taels of silver left in Zhu Linmi's hands, among which the troops' food and salary expenses had to be left.

When he was worrying about money, two boxes of silver came from Suji Iron Works, a total of more than 1000 taels!
Zhu Lin hurriedly opened the list to check. It said: Hoes and shovels cost three yuan each, and a total of 92 were sold.Sickles cost two dollars each, and a total of 98 sickles were sold.Each plow costs eight dollars, and a total of 24 are sold.Steel knives are seven taels each, and a total of 120 are sold.Each steel spear is twelve taels, and a total of 35 are sold.The ore, coke, wages and other expenses are two hundred and three thirty taels.A total of one thousand and twenty-three taels of money.

It's a cash cow!In just a few days, I made a net profit of 1000 taels!He immediately ordered the car to go to Suji Iron Works.

Steel ingots are placed everywhere in the iron yard, and the craftsmen are so busy that their feet do not touch the ground.

Chanyi was not as excited as she imagined, but looked a little worried, "Master, the steel ingots produced by this iron yard can be filled with thousands of steel knives, axes, spears, etc., but the sales... If this continues, there will be no I'm afraid it will accumulate more and more. See if you can lower the price."

Zhu Linmei inquired in detail about the sales situation in the past few days.When the nearby farmers learned that there were farm tools made of fine steel for sale, they all gritted their teeth and took out their savings to buy them, preparing to pass them on as treasures to their grandchildren.As for knives, spears and the like, the rich and powerful buy more, and they buy thirty or forty each time.But the sales volume is basically so much that it cannot digest the production capacity of the iron yard.

"It seems that everyone is very satisfied with our goods." He nodded and said, "Well, let the craftsmen make a batch of daggers, attach a post from our iron factory, and send them to big households and military officers in Longnan and several nearby counties It means that knives and spears of the same quality can be supplied in large quantities.

"In addition, if the steel ingots can't be consumed, they can also be sold to other blacksmiths, but the price should not be too low. Make sure that they use our steel to make knives, spears and other items at a higher price than ours."

Chanyi is well versed in business affairs, and immediately understood what was said, and went to make arrangements after she agreed.

However, Zhu Linmi turned her eyes to the southeast, planning whether she could find an opportunity to sell steel products overseas.

Two days later, two generals, Wei Hua and Qian Dapeng, led the troops to Longnan.There were more than 300 people in total, but they carried two No. 230 Franc cannons, each weighing more than 30 kilograms, plus a dozen sub-guns weighing more than [-] kilograms.It is indeed difficult for them to transport them from Fujian to Longnan relying on human shoulders and hands.

They were originally from the North of Huaihe River, but after being dispersed by the Qing captives, they moved into Fujian.Afterwards, they were all listed as dissidents by Zheng Zhilong, and mixed together with Yu Xinbu.

At this point, the crowd finally gathered.Zhu Linmei asked Yu Xin to count the number of troops and equipment first, and make a unified list.

On the school field, all the new Longwei soldiers put on new military uniforms and leather boots, held training wooden guns, and conducted the first collective drill of the whole army.

In recent days, the food of the soldiers is as good as the New Year, and they rest early every morning. At this time, their faces are a little rosy.After putting on the new military uniform and leather boots, his whole mental outlook changed suddenly, and the traces of that malaise were almost gone.

Although the so-called drill was simply running around the school field, even in a mess, but against the backdrop of the majestic military uniform, there was still a faint taste of a mighty teacher.

The day after all the officers and soldiers of the Longwei New Army arrived in Longnan, Yu Xin completed the inventory of the personnel and equipment of the entire battalion.At this time, he was holding a booklet and was reporting to Zhu Linmi while standing in the camp.

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