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Chapter 187 Industry
Hundreds of Banner troops died in Xiangshan, and close to [-] Banner troops were disabled and downsized. In this way, there are not enough military households.

After returning to Xiangshan, the first thing Chen Mu did when he came out of the Military Weapons Bureau was to reorganize the banner army.

Dan people are not blessed with many sons. In the past, the number of banner troops killed in battle was small, but now there are many banner troops killed in battle. They suddenly want to continue to enlist the army, but they can't. If it weren't for the hundreds of households sent to Gouding Complaining, Chen Mu didn't know that seventy or eighty child soldiers like Wei Balang had already appeared under his command.

This is roughly the dilemma faced by all guards. The military households are full, but the banner army is not full. Either children are used as the main army, or they can only face the reality of insufficient banner troops.

"Why don't thousands of households compile them into a hundred households, and I will bring them!"

Wei Balang clapped his hands on his chest and looked like an adult, "They can also practice, and they can kill people in a year or two!"

"Soldiers are more expensive than good ones. Xiangshan still doesn't lack such soldiers. Why are you in a hurry?" Chen Mu seemed to be smiling, although Xiao Hachiro was about to grow up, but there was still a strong desire to prove himself in his heart Thoughts, "You want to take them easy, and I have that thought too."

Chen Mu was writing at the desk, while Wei Balang stood by. Not long after, Chen Mu raised his head and tore off the paper and stuffed it into Wei Ba's hands, "The little dolls will be handed over to you. According to this, let's start with reading, writing, arithmetic, and swordsmanship." , Gunslinger, riding, gunnery, ship handling, astronomy, geography, art of war, baggage, everything you know, you should teach them, if you don’t, hurry up and learn it, and teach them after you have learned it.”

"Qi Shuai's Art of War in Ji Town, this is a copy that I have annotated and copied. You can keep it, but don't copy it mechanically." Chen Mu said to Wei Balang: "The new book is to guard against Japanese pirates, and it is also a copy. Based on the experience gained in fighting the Japanese pirates, our future enemies may not necessarily be Japanese pirates, reading a book is the same as listening to a person’s speech, we must see what he didn’t say—adapt to the enemy’s conditions.”

Adapting measures to the enemy's conditions is Chen Mu's summary of Qi Jiguang's art of war written during the Nanping Japanese Rebellion.

In the art of war in the past, it was all about adapting measures to local conditions and what important things need to be considered when fighting the enemy in different environments; but here, Qi Jiguang not only analyzed the environment, but also paid more attention to the strengths and weaknesses of the enemy. Thoughts helped him invent new armaments and use new tactics, so that he restrained the Japanese pirates to death.

For the same thing, the wolf gun has tried everything against the Japanese pirates, but it is only a way to kill the armored infantry; the tiger squatting gun, which is extremely powerful in the security war, can only switch from long-range attack to short-range defense in the northern Xinjiang conflict.

This is a methodology that almost everyone understands in later generations, but it is extremely rare in this era.

Chen Mu didn't intend to let Wei Ba really train these little dolls into killing machines, and even if they would be killing machines in the future, Chen Mu didn't intend to let them go into battle before they learned it.

The extermination of Zeng Yiben's fleet is a major event for the entire Minguang, and it is also of great significance to Chen Mu. This means that in the next year or two, apart from Lin Daogan, who returned to Minguang, there will be only Lin Feng. This is a big pirate force.

The sea is relatively calm, and business and trade will be more prosperous.

It's just that Chen Mu still has no leisure, and there are many and chaotic things in front of him.

After this battle, most of the survivors of the Xiangshan Banner Army were elite soldiers who defeated the powerful enemy with their own hands, bringing unparalleled morale and courage to the Xiangshan Banner Army. Having enough food and energy and being able to get enough rewards made their family wealth relatively rich in the past.

Affirm the discipline, and it can be put on the agenda.

It is not the discipline of the past that one cannot escape on the battlefield and those who flee die; or that one cannot pick up money on the battlefield and those who pick up money die.

Instead, during rest, during drills, and during combat, various rules and disciplines are formulated to achieve the purpose of further increasing cohesion and combat effectiveness.

The warehouse knows the honor and disgrace, and the same flag army has received Chen Mu's support, meritorious service on the battlefield, and rewards for working in spare time. Only after meeting the basic needs of survival can they go to strict discipline, otherwise it is just empty talk.

When stealing a little loot on the battlefield is richer than his whole family's property, even if the sword hangs on his neck, he will still take risks. The law has always been a dead letter to the real barefoot.

Only when they are no longer barefoot and their wives and children have enough food and clothing, and they all know that obeying orders is good for them, can they carry out orders better.

In addition to military discipline, there is also civil discipline.

Xiangshan bought imitation looms last year and started weaving silk and brocade. The rest of Xiangshan can weave a lot of silk and satin, but the channels to buy raw silk are very limited, not to mention that they can't go against farming, which sets the upper limit for their silk and satin production.

Even so, there were still [-] pieces of silk and satin in the warehouse from Xiangshan to Pingding Haikou Zengben.

"Father, Xiangshan's silks and satins are not ranked high in the market. They have chain linking and hollowing out skills, and they sell the best to Fanyi. The silk weaves in Xiangshan can't be sold at a high price."

Li Dan took some from Xiangshan, and he was still shouldering the mission of changing a big black ship for the Xiangshan shipyard, so he ran back to the yamen of the Qianhu Subsidiary of Xiangshan to report the price to Chen Mu, saying: "Sixteen pieces of the best silk and satin It can be sold for nearly a hundred gold coins, but the sixteen horses in Xiangshan can only be sold for twenty or thirty gold coins."

Chen Mu frowned slightly. He didn't consider the difference in price due to the different quality of silk. In this way, they actually didn't make a lot of profit. Even after deducting the cost, the manpower remuneration was extremely low.

Probably in comparison, the profit has only doubled.

Eight hundred bolts of silk and satin can only be sold for more than 2000 taels of silver. If Chen Mu expects four points for the military households, three points for the treasury, and three points for him, the military households will only get one tael of silver if they don’t get it. .

The part allocated to the Qianhu Treasury is not even enough to exchange for a big black boat.

Talking is better than nothing, probably every military household can get two shimi more for weaving silk, which is considered a bit of remuneration.

"What about the ones that the governor dialed down?"

Speaking of this, Li Dan was happy, and said: "The government allocated a lot of good things, some of which can be sold for hundreds of gold coins, and the worst one is also the price of [-] horses and [-] gold coins."

While speaking, Li Dan explained to Chen Mu: "I asked specifically, they are different from us, our silks and satins can be bought by ordinary farmers with land at home, but they can't, they buy silks and satins from high-ranking officials and dignitaries, so This ordinary silk and satin is not easy to sell with them, and the price will not go up."

Li Dan also offered a plan to Chen Mu, saying: "Father, don't sell the silks and satins we weave in Xiangshan next year to Haojing, but find merchants in Guangzhou to sell them. Three silks can buy two of the best silks and satins, and they can be exchanged for food." Come in, and then sell the best silk and satin into Haojing, and you will get five times more profit!"

The brain can.

If we can find the next home to take over these silks and satins in Daming, and then find the top home to sell the silks and satins, this industry can continue to develop.

"How about 120 bolts of silk and satin, and Pereira can buy a big black ship from Manciga?"

Chen Mu nodded, this time the barbarian merchants came to make Xiangshan enough money, "Sell it, sell it all, let him send someone to drive the big boat to Haojing before winter comes!"

　I was really tired yesterday. I went out for a day in the sun. I'm sorry to affect today's update time. Thank you Haihan.

　　
　
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