The purpose of his establishment of this military academy was naturally to train a large number of middle- and lower-ranking officers, but more importantly, he used the military academy as a place to cultivate ideology to conduct a kind of political education for these middle- and lower-ranking officers. Let them all finally come under their own leadership.

The generals trained by the ancient military schools may not be as good as the hot weapons period. However, he only hoped that these middle- and lower-level officers who had been trained would be able to learn the most basic knowledge of the art of war, as well as improve some cultural qualities. In ancient armies, ninety-nine out of almost a hundred soldiers were illiterate, and an army without a suzhì was a rabble. Of course, there are many kinds of "su zhì", just like Yue's army is based on patriotic sentiments.

It's just that Yue Jiajun's essence is not something that can be cultivated in a few months, so Zhou Bo can't take this way for the time being. If the spiritual element cannot be improved, then the cultural element can be improved. He does not require every soldier to be educated, at least the officers at the grassroots level must be educated.

Therefore, the military school he envisioned was actually a study school under militarized management, except that the textbooks were not sage books, and the rest were almost taught in the way of the school.

He had already thought that in the future, the honesty of the military academy could allow the honest substitute teachers of the official school, and occasionally he could invite the famous generals of the Yue family army to come and give a guest speech.

Zhou Bo pondered for a moment and said: "In this way, the military academy will be temporarily named the Guanghua Army Army Officer Academy, and the teaching location is temporarily uncertain, anyway, the official academy and the military camp can be classed." Cadets are selected from among the soldiers on active duty and recommended by generals at all levels. Li Xuzhong, you can help me draft a plan for the Army Officer Academy, and give it to me in five days!!"

Li Xuzhong was a little embarrassed, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said, "Zhou Envoy, but...... Don't you know how a military school should work......? It's just a government school, because I have studied county school, and I barely understand it. But the military academy is an unprecedented new school, and I don't know anything about it. ”

Zhou Bo smiled and said, "It's okay. How the official school is run, and how the military academy is also run. If there is anything that needs to be revised, after you give me the draft, I will revise it myself, and you can do it with confidence!"

After Lieutenant Li Xu handed over the draft, he had no choice but to add some tutorials on actual combat exercises.

Li Xuzhong had no choice but to nod.

Zhou Bo said again: "The matter of the Military Academy is actually not urgent, I just want to predict the effect of the Academy for the time being." At the moment, the most important issue is the mining of iron ore. Now that the bandits in the iron mine have subsided, the matter of mining will naturally be much more convenient, so we must hurry up and do this. ”

After thinking about it, Li Xiaoyu said: "Since the iron mine has been mined before, then that mine should be able to be used directly, and we don't need to bother to open the mine again." Nowadays, it is only necessary to organize miners to mine. ”

Zhou Bo said: "Whether it can be mined directly or not, now that we have a steam engine, it is not difficult to reopen the mine." I'll take care of the iron ore mining myself, and you just need to help me coordinate the recruitment of miners. ”

He paused, and then said: "Now that the Guanghua Army is in ruins, many people have nothing to do. Iron ore mining can also be regarded as solving the work problems of ordinary people. All miners are paid labor, and the wages are the responsibility of our government. As for the proceeds from mining, they naturally go to our government. ”

"Zhou Yuanjun, are we going to set up a mining association or something like that?" Li Xuzhong asked.

According to Zhou Bo's meaning, that is, the government hired people to mine, and the iron ore mined was also owned by the government, which was understandable. Because in ancient times, mining ore had to be a cooperation between the government and the people, for the simple reason that ore was a valuable item. In particular, iron ore, copper ore, gold mine, and so on, if there is no government supervision, the common people can mine them privately, and at least they will privately mint copper coins and gold coins to disrupt the market, and at worst they will produce weapons with the intention of rebelling.

Therefore, mining is a major event that can be taken lightly and seriously.

At present, Zhoubo is fully official and does not need to cooperate with the private sector, so there must be a special person in charge of management and operation procedures.

"How does this sound like an organization organized by the common people? An independent management department is necessary, and it will be summarized in the Academy of Sciences for the time being, and tomorrow I will go to the Academy of Sciences to study this matter carefully. Zhou Bo said-

The next day, Zhou Bo specially summoned all the craftsmen of the Academy of Sciences.

Since the last time the iron ore was surveyed and the mountain bandit kidnapped accident, several craftsmen of the Academy of Sciences have been a little worried and frightened. But fortunately, the mountain bandits were successfully recruited, and Li Shuping and Li Xuzhong assured these craftsmen that no matter what actions they had in the future, they would definitely send additional troops to assist.

After receiving Zhou Bo's summons, thirteen craftsmen from the Academy of Sciences came to the lobby early in the morning. In fact, in the past three months, the Academy of Sciences has had a lot of contacts with some local people in the Guanghua Army, and often teaches young people some simple craftsman techniques. Although the Academy of Sciences is not openly recruiting new craftsmen, these young apprentices who have been learning can immediately respond to the call if needed.

Everyone sat down one after another, and Zhou Bo briefly greeted him for a while and asked about the work of the Academy of Sciences during this time. For the first time in the past few months, he has been concerned about the progress of the Academy of Sciences.

The craftsmen reported to each other, and most of them were teaching some young men of the Guanghua Army, which could be regarded as training apprentices. There are also some people who are responsible for the construction of the Gwanghwa Military City, but whenever the common people encounter any problems and need to use the steam engine, they must come to the Academy of Sciences for help. However, there are still two craftsmen who have spent some time studying the steam locomotive, and these two craftsmen are working on the steam locomotive according to Zhou Bo's original idea.

After listening to the report, Zhou Bo was very pleased, at least these craftsmen have been doing things for three months.

After nodding slightly, he said: "Very good, you have left your hometown and come to this border land, not only to endure the hardships of post-war reconstruction, but also to endure the longing for your relatives in your heart. I am very touched by your spirit, and I solemnly reiterate that I will not break my promise to you back then. ”

Everyone smiled and thanked Zhou Bo one after another.

In fact, they have a very good impression of Zhou Bo, just take the last time the mountain bandits kidnapped the craftsman, Zhou Bo's first request was to save the craftsman, and he also dispatched all his troops to suppress the bandits. It can be seen that Zhou Bo treats them quite seriously.

Zhou Bo continued: "I have summoned you here today to make a special trip to discuss the matter of iron ore. ”

The general director of the Academy of Sciences immediately asked, "Zhou Yuanjun, is iron ore going to be mined soon?"

Zhou Bo nodded and said, "That's right, now that the foundation for things inside and outside the Guanghua Military City has almost been laid, it is natural to expand other resources." What's more, the iron ore mine was originally planned, and if we can start mining iron ore as much as possible, it will be more helpful for future development. ”

The general director of the Academy of Sciences naturally had no opinion, and said: "Since Zhou Yuanjun wants to mine iron ore, this is a good thing, and now whether it is the need for tools or workers, our side can solve the problem." ”

Another craftsman said: "Nowadays, there are more than 100 young and strong people who come to our academy every day to study, and these people can come in handy. ”

Zhou Bo said: "That's the best. You have surveyed the situation of the iron mine, and you must have already known how to mine it. So I'm going to leave this matter to you. You do your best to draw up the mining plan and the manpower needs. As for other material support, I have already arranged for the Department of Civil Affairs to assist. ”

The crowd whispered and talked for a while. At this time, a craftsman said with some embarrassment: "Zhou Yuanjun, we did survey the iron ore mine last time, but it is only a preliminary understanding, and we must investigate in depth again before we can formulate a mining plan." ”

"Yes, Zhou Yuanjun, the last time we went to see it, we just learned about the terrain near the mine, and the situation at the entrance of the mine. Although we can infer that iron ore was indeed mined there, the cave has been altered after several mining attempts and will have to be investigated in-depth to determine it. Another craftsman also spoke.

"This is easy to do, I will send a battalion of troops to be stationed on the side of the iron mine for a long time, and you can take your time to survey. I'll give you a time, and in a month the mine must be opened. Zhou Bo said solemnly.

"This ...... It should be fine. The vice president of the Academy of Sciences made a simple calculation, and felt that a month was still enough time, so he said.

Zhou Bo nodded and said, "That's the best." After the mine was opened, all miners were controlled by the Academy of Sciences. If you are not easy to manage, you can set up another subordinate department, which is called the 'Mining Department', and I will try to arrange some administrative staff to assist you in managing the administrative affairs of the department. ”

All the craftsmen nodded in agreement.

Next, Zhou Bo discussed some details with the craftsmen, such as the work and rest of the miners, whether the number of miners should be stationed in the iron mine at that time, or whether to find another way. Talking all the way to the afternoon, there are finally some rudiments. Everyone agreed that the iron mine should be developed into a small town, although the location of the iron mine is close to the Qi country, but there is a barrier from the deep mountains and wild forests, it should not be a problem.

Once the vicinity of the iron mine develops into a small town, the mined iron ore can be transported by a lot of manpower, and it can be completely refined on the spot.

In addition to this, the safety of the mine interior is also a major issue. Zhou Bo emphasized that human life is precious, and no matter what the circumstances, we must pay attention to the safety of miners. Of course, he also knew very well that in the case of underdeveloped science and technology in ancient times, there was no way to take corresponding protective measures.

That night, Zhou Bo sent people to the military camp outside the city, called Li Shuping and Li Xuzhong into the city, and instructed them to send a battalion of troops to the iron mine three days later. There was originally a mountain bandit village behind the iron mine, but after the encirclement and suppression, this village was not destroyed, and the soldiers could temporarily live in this village.

At the same time, he also asked Li Shuping and Li Xuzhong to arrange that another battalion would be sent to take over the garrison every two months. This can avoid the psychological and spiritual burden caused by the soldiers who have been squatting in the mountains for a long time.

In the next three days, the Academy of Sciences has announced the recruitment of miners in the Gwanghwa Military City.

Li Xiaoyu and Li Xuzhong have drawn up a draft of miner management, which includes the treatment of miners, work schedules, emergency response measures, etc., almost all aspects they can think of are taken into account. Moreover, the treatment of miners is also based on a detailed assessment and current market prices.

The salary is paid on a monthly basis, which was proposed by Zhou Bo. In ancient times, there was no uniformity in the settlement of wages, and generally speaking, officials were paid according to the annual salary, and the situation in the civil society was even more complicated. Therefore, he unified the Gwanghwa military wage regulations, all industries must pay monthly wages, and the same is true for the package government.

The recruitment regulations promulgated by the Academy of Sciences are based on this draft.

In order to prepare for mining and management, the Academy of Sciences established a mining department under the department in accordance with Zhou Bo's plan, which was responsible for managing the operation of the mine.

After seeing the news of the government's recruitment of workers, the people of the Guanghua Army responded very much.

In ancient times, the largest industry was agriculture, although the Guanghua Army arranged land for every common man. However, not everyone wants to engage in farming, and it is not the season for farming, and farming is a long-term job, and it can only be profitable after a busy year.

It's different when you become a worker, you have a salary every month, which can not only solve the employment problem, but also solve the problem of food and clothing, why not.

Just two days later, the Ministry of Mines had recruited more than 300 miners. Because it is uncertain how many people can be accommodated in the iron ore mine, there is no clear indicator of recruitment. After the results of the iron ore mine survey come out, if there are too many people, some of them can be screened, if there are only more of them, they can be assigned to two mining teams and take turns to mine, and if there are fewer people, they can continue to recruit.

During the period when the Academy of Sciences went to investigate iron ore in depth, the craftsmen left behind by the Academy of Sciences were still working hard. They gathered many apprentices to step up the production of tools for mining, as well as to transform the steam engine into a working machine suitable for entering the mines. In addition, the Department of Civil Affairs also called on the common people in the city to set up some iron ore smelting factories.

In the early stage, before the iron mine was fully developed into a small town, the ore had to be transported back to the Gwanghwa Military City to be smelted.

Of course, this move by the Department of Civil Affairs is also to borrow the resources of iron mines to promote the development of private industry.

In the blink of an eye, we entered August. The weather is getting cooler, and it's already autumn.

After some preparation and development, the Guanghua Army has made great changes in August. First of all, the official school was officially opened, and the first batch of students who applied for admission reached more than 100 people, most of whom were teenagers and children.

It is more convenient for young students, because there is a shortage of textbooks in the official school, and if you really want to read a subset of scriptures and history, I am afraid that it will not be enough for ten people to read one book. And these children start from the beginning of enlightenment education, that is, to teach them to read and write, usually requiring them to memorize the three books of "Thousand Character Text", "Hundred Family Names" and "Three Character Classic", but now there are not enough textbooks, as long as it is a book, these children can be used to recognize words.

In addition to the official school, the Gwanghwa Army Army Officer Academy was also established.

For the sake of the affairs of the officer academy, Zhou Bo also went back and forth to Xiangyang City several times some time ago, specifically discussed with Marshal Yue, and invited some generals of Yue's army to come to the academy to teach strategic experience. (To be continued.) )