If you want to get down to business, you still have to rely on the soldiers in Liu Yu's hands.

Bai Yunhang didn't know the concept of organizational ability, but he had a vague understanding.

With the little manpower in the state capital, it is absolutely impossible to complete the statewide census, measure the acres of land, and teach the technology of planting and relieving grain.

Wendeng Prefecture is not too big, but it also needs at least three or four hundred people to be able to "power the village", which is impossible to achieve in all dynasties.

The army in the past could not reach it, but Bai Yunhang believed that these officers in Liu Yu's hands could do it. Because these officers were all born in the camp school or higher Wude Palace, they were literate, educated, and had been disciplined and practiced by the camp school since childhood.

"Lord Liu, although I thank Lord Liu and look forward to Lord Liu's help, I can't just think about myself. Master Liu's military training is a top priority, and it cannot be abandoned because of this. ”

"You don't have to worry about this. The recruits were hungry and skinny, and it took a month to train, to say the least. Now I'm afraid that they will die of eating too much, but I am responsible for the recovery of these people's diet, and it will not take many people. ”

Liu Yu had thought about this for a long time.

Although the new army he organized and trained learned some formation change techniques from Westerners at this time, in fact, in terms of tactical system, what he really learned was the new tactical system of Lazar Canau's Revolutionary Military Public Security Committee in France in 1791, which did not exist at this time.

Emphasizing the speed of column change and maneuvering, with battalions and companies as the most basic units, the time consumed to turn a horizontal formation into a hollow formation has been reduced from an average of 25 minutes to 4 minutes.

These are not produced out of thin air, but the focus of training is different, Liu Yu pondered and practiced and modified it himself, coupled with some Western drill rules and regulations obtained before, focusing on mobility and changing formations.

It is difficult to say what the effect of the exercise will be in the future.

But in terms of tactical theory alone, it must have been the Prussian level of the clumsy Seven Years' War. The Prussian level of the Seven Years' War basically represented a new height in the theory of the European army in the next thirty years.

This is a question of thinking, and there is a need for more company-level and subordinate platoon-level officers.

Liu Yu trained the first batch of soldiers from Liangjiazi who were given by the emperor to press the formation as company and platoon level officers, and his organization and learning ability were very high.

Now those recruits may not be able to walk the road of hunger, and the officers have learned almost everything, and it is a time to spare time to do some disaster relief civilians.

The two of them discussed it, and this matter could not be done in vain. Although Liu Yu could order these officers to do it for nothing, he didn't want to, so the state had to pay for it.

Bai Yunhang originally wanted to give Liu Yu gold as a thank you, but when he heard Liu Yu say that he wanted to pay, he was also happy. The yamen paid a part, and he personally contributed another part, and according to two thousand taels, he hired 400 alternate officers and alternate non-commissioned officers of the Qingzhou Army.

Liu Yu trained these officers, and in seven or eight days, they could learn how to plant rice and sweet potatoes.

Some old peasants were hired on the ship, and these alternate officers from the battalion did not have the burden of "learning crops is despised by villains and gentlemen".

The details had already been discussed, so Bai Yunhang went to get the money and asked someone to send it to Liu Yu.

When I returned to Weihai, I learned from the old farmer how to grow sweet potatoes, how to dig vegetable cellars for storage, and some weekday management, etc., and compiled them into a book.

After four days of waiting, according to the plan drawn up by the staff officers, the recruits from all over the place have arrived. According to the plan of the trainee logistics staff, some cooking manpower was also recruited in advance, and some nearby houses were rented for temporary use as barracks.

The staff officers were counting the manpower of the various units, and the recruits were all young and strong, but now they were hungry and swollen, like bean sprouts, and they had to wait until they were full before they could choose which ones would be the army, which would be the navy, which would be immigrants, and which would work.

The rest of the women and children are also to be sorted out separately.

Women want to move or "sell" to villages and communities in Songhua River where the ratio of men to women is seriously imbalanced; The younger children are also sorted out to be apprentices in the future, and the younger ones are educated in the Volunteer School.

A few victims were crying in the distance, Liu Yu walked over to take a look, and found that it was a bunch of people recruited by Mantou.

A little girl of about ten years old was pulling a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy and hiding behind the young man.

The young man was hungry and thin, but he stood up straight in front of the little girl, asking the registered soldier what the little girl was going to do.

Liu Yu thought it was the story of Amir and Gulandam, and asked the steamed bun next to him, "What's the matter?" Doll pro? Child bride? ”

"No, it's his sister. I'm afraid we're giving the little girl to the old bustard. When I first recruited, I had already made a fuss once. ”

After asking about the general situation, Liu Yu walked up to the young man. He was wearing an official uniform, and under the official authority accumulated over thousands of years, this dress seemed to have endless magic, and the noisy young man didn't dare to speak as soon as he passed.

"What's your name?"

"Big ...... My name, my name is Zhang Hu. This is my sister, that's my cousin's cousin, Da Dun, Er Dun. ”

"Why, I'm afraid we won't do good things?"

deliberately said that it was a little heavier, Zhang Hu looked at the blue official uniform, and his legs trembled a little with fright.

After shaking for a moment, he still plucked up his strength and said, "My lord! I heard that being a soldier also requires a salary, so I wondered, can I not pay silver, just give my sister more food? ”

Liu Yu Yile asked, "That's what you said." Zi Ming, Zi Ming! You come here. ”

Steamed bun heard Liu Yu call him Ziming, and hurriedly ran over and called Mr. Sheng.

"What's the matter with you? Didn't tell him clearly? I'm going to run a school of righteousness and provide food and drink? ”

"I said it."

Zhang Hu knew that this person had really said it, and at this time he didn't know where the courage came from, and said, "I don't believe it!" Teaching female dolls to read? Do you still want to take care of the food? There is no such thing in the world! ”

"Bold!"

Several officers next to him scolded loudly, Liu Yu waved his hand and said with a smile: "You don't believe it? ”

was scolded by the person next to him, looking at the sharp bayonet and muzzle next to him, Zhang Hu was very panicked, but he had to clench his teeth, and said with his head held high: "Yes, I don't believe it!" ”

Liu Yu looked at the group of people surrounding him and asked, "Who else doesn't believe it?" ”

There were also a few bold people next to him, and they all stood up. Zhang Dadun stretched out his hand and pulled Zhang Hu, signaling not to be aggressive, but Zhang Hu shook off his cousin's sleeve.

Liu Yu counted about forty or fifty people who dared to stand up and say that they didn't believe it, so he turned around and said to the officer in charge of the record: "Write down these people for a while and arrange them directly in the navy." ”

"Yes!"

The officer didn't know Liu Yu's intentions, although he hadn't made the selection after he was full, but Liu Yu had spoken, and he did it directly.

Liu Yu cleared his throat and stood on a table next to him.

"What do you not believe? Well? Is it difficult for the imperial court to be trusted? ”

"Since you are from Pingdu Prefecture, you need to know that the governor is called the state pastor. What is the state pastor? He is a sheep herder. To put it mildly, in the eyes of the court, you are a bunch of brutes. Have you ever raised cattle? ”

In Liu Yu's opinion, what he said was unpleasant, but in the eyes of these people, it was normal, Zhang Hu came forward and said: "I have raised it before." ”

"Yes, then I'll ask you. What are cattle for? ”

"Cultivated land."

"Do you have to feed grass to raise cattle? Can't let the cow starve to death? ”

"Yes."

"When you are working, especially when you are busy with farming, do you still have to give something good?"

"Yes, you have to eat more food when you work. Eggs that people are reluctant to eat will also be mixed into the ingredients and eat two. ”

"That's it. You are all starving to death, who is the court looking for to collect taxes? Who to call for servitude? If you don't believe it or not, even if you are treated as animals, you can't starve to death, right? ”

Mantou listened on the side, and said in his heart: "If any official is raised as an animal, then it's okay." Cattle have to mow and dry grass, and they have to get up at night to add hay. If the officials really raised the people as their own animals, then the water of the Yellow River would be clear, and it would be really prosperous. ”

Liu Yu saw that everyone seemed to listen, and said: "In the last years of the previous dynasty, people were not treated as animals, but as wooden cattle and horses, and military salaries were owed, so they were only allowed to work and not eat. In this dynasty, people are really treated as animals, at least they are soldiers to eat, they are paid enough for silver, and their families are also taken care of. Now that you have become soldiers, will it be difficult for you to send your sisters and relatives to the Sect Division? This dynasty has not yet been deaf to the point of treating soldiers as wooden oxen and horses, what do you have to believe? ”

These people have little culture, but they have heard the story of the Three Kingdoms, and they also know what it means to be a wooden cow and a flowing horse. When I think about it, it seems that there is a lot of truth in this.

Seeing Zhang Hu's head sullen, Liu Yu asked in a lofty position: "Why, you still don't believe it?" ”

"Your Excellency...... It's not that I don't believe it. Can...... But animals don't need to be literate. ”

"I mean, as I said before. The weather of this dynasty is naturally different. Although it cannot be done at this time, it will be for the people to be human beings in the future. Literacy, can a person be illiterate? Now I have recruited you, your sisters, and of course they will learn to read. In the future, we will teach more people to read and write, and teach people how to farm better, so that there will not be so much famine and suffering in the future. You say, okay? ”

Zhang Huxin said that this is of course good, thinking that he is a big official, and when it comes to this, he can't help but believe it, and finally nodded.

Seeing that the rest of the people also believed it, Liu Yu jumped off the table, thinking about Zhang Da Dun and Er Dun, and then thinking about the word "tiger", and said with a smile: "Okay, you are not only brothers and sisters, but also want to join the army, I think so, I will change your name." Zhang Dabiao, Er Biao, Third Biao, this little girl is not good to call Biao, I think she is called Zhang Simei. Well, scattered, scattered. ”

The interrupted work continued.

Zhang Hu looked at Liu Yu who was far away, thinking that this adult spoke very differently. Thinking again, the name of this Erbiao is reserved for himself, and his cousin Erdun has to be called Sanbiao, and he said in his heart, maybe what this adult said is true?

Zhang Simei didn't understand what was going on, so she just held her brother's hand. Zhang Erbiao turned around, squatted on the ground, touched his sister's face and said, "Nini, don't be afraid, follow them." If you really learn to read and write in the future, remember to study hard. ”

"Brother...... I ......"

"Well, don't be afraid. Go, go. ”

hugged my sister to the front to register, sent to the pile of girls in the back, and saw that my sister was still looking back, and finally made a ruthless heart, and turned around and went to the side with my cousin and cousin to register.

In the distance, the steamed bun accompanied Liu Yu to a secluded place, thinking about the topic of "people" just now, and couldn't help but think of the day when he followed Liu Yu to eat when he was a person for the first time. It's really nice to be a human being, but ......

But what Liu Yu said just now was too straightforward, only saying that if the court officials could treat the people as their own animals, then it would be regarded as governing the world. This is true, but this is not the same as what Liu Yu usually teaches him.

"Sir, you say that an army that knows what it is fighting for will be invincible. You just said, "Well, does this beast need to know why it's plowing the land?" ”

When Liu Yu heard this, he laughed, and when he saw that there was no one else around, he said: "When Emperor Taizong was still the general of Taizu's rear battalion, he once killed a person named Yuan Shizhong. This person also pulled the pole to start the incident back then, called 'Xiao Yuan Ying'. ”

"In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen in the previous dynasty, the Tatars entered the Kou, invaded Shandong, Zhejiang, and Haizhou. Xiao Yuan's battalion was fighting there at the time. ”

"There was such an incident in the previous dynasty's "Imperial History Wu Lv Zhong Inscription". Near Haizhou, Xiao Yuan's camp killed the Tartars and avoided them into the city. And he burned the tartries, wounded the camels, and dug and fortified them. shouted for the refugees to come to the trenches. His soldiers, who were half-green and half-red, said, 'Your people have been taken captive, and your parents want to want it, and each of them will be rewarded with fifty yuan, so go back quickly.'" ”

"This is a matter of Xiao Yuanying, and Taizong Jingxiang mentioned it more than once later. Let's talk about the dynasty, Emperor Taizu entered the capital, smashed the plaque of 'respecting heaven and law' in Qianqing Palace, and replaced it with a plaque of 'respecting heaven and loving the people'. Even the holy decree of Taizu is not carried by heaven, but 'obeyed the heavens'. Not to mention that the Xiaoyuan battalion was later merged into the Taizu army, but it is said that some old battalion soldiers in the Taizu army do they know why they are fighting? Do you know how to fight for 'loving the people and responding to the people'? ”

Mantou pondered for a moment and said, "There should be some people who know and believe it." ”

"Yes. However, the battle of a piece of stone is not mentioned for special reasons. And what about the Battle of Tongguan after that? Do the Tartars know what they are fighting for? Don't talk about the Tartar soldiers, but say that those surrendered troops with shaved heads, do you know why they are fighting? ”

Steamed bun thought about it and shook his head.

"Although it can be said that it is for the sake of money, I understand what Mr. means, according to Mr. Meaning, this is not a team that knows why to fight."

Liu Yu nodded and said, "Yes." Therefore, a well-trained army that knows why it is fighting is invincible; Well-trained and somehow fighting, second; I know why I am fighting but I don't train much, again; Neither trained nor fighting for any reason, and even more so; Those who don't even pay their military salaries are the second. ”

"I know how to train and I know what to fight for. But this Qingzhou army does not need and has no way to know, or even know why it is fighting. It is still the strongest army in the world. Maybe one day they will know what they are fighting for, and then they will know who to fight against. But not now. ”

Mantou understood what Liu Yu meant, and also understood more meaning, so he didn't ask more, and nodded yes.

Liu Yu thought to himself, this strong army in these years, you don't need to know why you are fighting, and you don't even need the so-called nationalist bonus, which is not something that a so-called "modern army" must have.

The Bengali lancers of Indian origin went to fight the Bali Bridge, and the Mongol cavalry who fought the same was at a loss, and commented that it was "difficult to catch, but once it was close, it was easy to deal with".

The Indians were colonized, do these colonial armies know what they are fighting for? Do you know why the Polish and Albanian soldiers under the emperor are fighting? Just as invincible.

The stimulant is not very effective, at least not as miraculously effective as many people think.

In this era, a team that fights for no reason, but is well-trained, well-paid, not backward in tactical system and tactical thinking, and has a sufficient proportion of officers, is invincible. There is no need to fight for, and it is not clear why to fight.

At least, the Qingzhou soldiers didn't need to know what they were fighting for, and Liu Yu didn't want to teach them what they were fighting for. A general "fight for Your Majesty, worthy of the military salary" is enough.

In the old era, there was no new soil for what to fight, and the new era needed the emperor's change as an introduction, this Qingzhou army was raised by the stepmother in Liu Yu's eyes, but it was just to let the emperor and the court see clearly that "the outside world is already terrible, and I am afraid that it will be over".

Since it was raised by the stepmother, the quality of the soldiers did not need to be so concerned, so Liu Yu ordered the steamed bun again.

"Then tell them that they must ask if they are literate when they register. Those who are literate can be directly registered in the navy roster first. ”

"In addition, let them hurry up and hand over the officers who have completed and have no new tasks, and return to the camp as soon as possible. There is something else to do. ”