Jia Ke was a little embarrassed when he heard Chen Xi's words, but he couldn't help but carry out military training. After thinking about it, he just had tens of thousands of taels of silver in his account this year, so he simply made up for it. Otherwise, if the training is delayed until next year, in case the Tatars are coming in the spring, what is good?

After Jia Ke figured it out, he asked Chen Xidao: "If each soldier makes up half a liter of food, do you think it is enough?" ”

Chen Xi calculated carefully, and then said to Jia Ke: "My lord, it is enough for each soldier to supplement half a liter of food. But if you count these 10,000 people. It costs an extra fifty taels a day, and our training will take at least three months. ”

Jia Ke interrupted him: "According to the calculation of one hundred days, it means that I have to make up another five thousand taels, isn't it?" ”

"Yes, my lord must make up another five thousand taels of silver."

Jia Ke hesitated, although he had some money now, he still had to give Wei Kun two hundred taels of silver every month. In this way, he will have to pay 7,000 taels out of his own pocket this year. It would be a lie to say that you don't feel sorry, but at this time, you have to grit your teeth and persevere.

Jia Ke said to Chen Xi without hesitation: "Then each person will make up half a liter of food every day, and the silver will be taken from me to make up for the food gap and ensure a hundred days of training." ”

Chen Xi's eyes flashed with admiration at this time, he had never seen the chief officer making money, and he had never seen someone like Jia Ke, who paid out of his own pocket in order to train soldiers.

After Jia Ke finished instructing about the grain, he said to Chen Xi: "Your task is still very heavy, the problem of food has been solved, and there is also the problem of our armor." You say, when will you hand over 20,000 pieces of paper armor to me? ”

Chen Xi didn't pay much attention to this matter, and thought about it for a while: "My lord, I made 20,000 pieces of paper armor, I thought about it, before the adults finished training, I could make 10,000 pieces, and the remaining 10,000 pieces would take three months." It will be completed in April next year. ”

Jia Ke was still very happy to hear what he said, at least after the training, all the soldiers would be able to wear paper armor, even if they fought the Tatars, they didn't have to be afraid.

Seeing that the logistics had been arranged, Jia Ke said to the generals below: "You have all heard, I have done my best to raise supplies for you." The rest is up to you. I want you to train these 10,000 people in three months just like our original soldiers. Can it be done? ”

The generals below shouted together: "Yes." ”

Jia Ke heard their neat answers, and was very satisfied that these people already had the appearance of some modern soldiers, and at the same time they also branded themselves, and Jia Ke was very satisfied with this phenomenon.

Jia Ke said: "In this case, we will separate the team today, and everyone will take their own thousands of households well, and don't make a mess when the formal training is conducted tomorrow." ”

After Jia Ke said this, he looked up and down again, found Huang Baifeng in the crowd, and said to him: "It's up to you to do this matter of Huang Baifeng, you work hard today." They are grouped according to their dormitories. Then put our 2,000 soldiers in. Let them go to be the chief of the army, what do you think? ”

What else do people have to say? Jia Ke thought of everything he could think of. All they had to do was do what Jia Ke told them to do.

Jia Ke saw that there was no reaction below, so he said: "In this case, let's do it according to this method, and start formal training tomorrow. Our Kaiping Town is different from those bear soldiers. ”

The officers below listened to Jia Ke's words, and they all raised their heads proudly. In the whole border pass, they were the only ones who fought a victorious battle against the Tatars. How can they not be proud.

Jia Ke explained everything that should be explained, and finally said: "Do you have anything else, if not, we will all disperse." Let's do our own thing. ”

The generals below naturally had nothing to do, so they dispersed today and went back to prepare for tomorrow's training.

After Jia Ke saw that everyone was leaving, he left Fan Kang and Chen Xi behind, and then said to them: "The affairs in the army are too busy, and I can't handle them alone." From now on, I will only be in charge of military affairs, and these government affairs and logistics will all be handled by Fan Kang, and Chen Xi will cooperate. ”

Fan Kang hurriedly refused, saying: "My lord, such a major matter should be decided by the main general, and it is not good for me to interfere in such a matter with a county order." ”

Jia Ke had actually thought about it a long time ago, and asked Fan Kang to help him deal with government affairs, and Chen Xi assisted him. And concentrate on military affairs by himself. As long as he holds the military power in his hands, he is not afraid of anything.

So now, seeing Fan Kang's resignation, he generously waved his hand and said to him: "I will let you be responsible, you will concentrate on being responsible, and I will naturally handle other things." What taboos are you afraid of? Besides, no, there is Chen Xi by your side to assist you. ”

Fan Kang saw that Jia Ke trusted him so much, and as soon as he came, he entrusted him with big things. I was also moved in my heart, so I no longer shirked, and was determined to do my best to do a good job in government affairs and solve Jia Ke's worries.

Jia Ke finished solving the affairs of government affairs and sent Fan Kang and Chen Xi away. Then in the lobby, he began to deal with the official affairs of the garrison, and there were some things that no one else could touch.

The next day, Jia Ke came to the teaching ground early, although this teaching field was large, it really could not accommodate 10,000 people to train at the same time, and only four or five thousand people trained here. There are the rest, most of them training outside the city.

The soldiers on the teaching field, under the leadership of their respective commanders, began the most basic training, standing in a military posture, turning left and right, walking in unison, etc., although these actions seem simple, but they are useless. In fact, this is the foundation and soul of an army. Only when there are new benefits and foundations can we talk about combat effectiveness. And most of the time, this basis itself is combat effectiveness.

And many of the problems encountered in training have been solved by Jia Ke when he was in Caozhuang. For example, if you can't distinguish between left and right, when you train in Xia Caozhuang, you tie a strip of cloth to your arm to distinguish it. Now, like a cat painting a tiger, a strip of cloth is tied to a person's left arm.

When the officer shouts to turn left, it is like turning in the direction of a strip of cloth, and when he shouts to turn right, it is like turning in a direction without a strip of cloth.

After a week of training, the troops slowly formed a habit. There was something to look like in the army, but it wasn't enough, so the most basic training took at least a month. And this month is something they will never forget in their lives, and they will be engraved in the bones of every soldier. It is a feeling of pride to make them feel different from ordinary people.

After the basic queue training is completed, it is to follow the drum sound to move forward and retreat when the queue is formed, and the formation changes according to the different flags.

Because the battlefield is too big, it is impossible to convey orders by shouting. Only the sound of loud drums, crisp gongs, and clear flags can play a role in conveying orders.

Therefore, after the queue training, the second training is to memorize various commands, and then carry out various queue changes under the condition of neat queues.

In these first two trainings, there were often people who made mistakes, and the first time they made mistakes, their captain just warned them if they didn't change their ways. If you don't have anything to say, pulling it out is a military stick.

This time, many of them were old oilmen in the army, these people were oily and slippery, and they didn't train seriously at first, but they were honest immediately after being beaten. As he continued to train, he became less and less oily, and finally disappeared completely and became a real soldier.

This change was reborn, and these more than 9,000 stragglers who were not wanted by other troops really became a soldier after coming to Kaiping Town.

This is only the first step in their training, and it is not a transformation of their souls. The next step is to improve their combat effectiveness.