Chapter 225 Lathe

After several days of eating and drinking, a lot of money and material reserves in the treasury were spent, and real results were also obtained. The people's enthusiasm for joining the army became high again, and the governor's government pushed the boat down the river, and transferred more than 1,000 people from the government soldiers to supplement the tooth soldiers, bringing the number of tooth soldiers to 4,000, and re-recruited more than 3,000 people in the north to supplement the guards and government soldiers.

The trapping camp replenished the previous attrition caused by the battle, and restored the establishment of 1,000 men. Although many people were killed in the battle, and some people were transferred to other posts because of injuries, making the cooperative combat ability of this ace not as strong as before, as long as a little training, the combat effectiveness can be restored. Because of the reasons for participating in actual combat, many soldiers have rich combat experience, and officers have also experienced the training of war, and this unit will become stronger.

The Flying Bear Hussars not only made up for the losses, but also increased the number of 1,000 men to 2,000. The newly added troops no longer use intensive charging as the main means of attack, but use traditional cavalry shooting, guerrilla fighting and other methods as auxiliary forces.

In previous battles, the Flying Bear Hussars were not numerous enough and, without the cover of the wings, could easily suffer unnecessary losses. At the end of the war, the officers reacted that it would be better to have a light cavalry with them at any time than to temporarily draw light cavalry from other units to support each battle.

Although the frontal impact ability of the light cavalry is much worse, it is able to be flexible, adaptable, and able to do a lot of miscellaneous work. Whether it is reconnaissance, or pursuit and cover, the presence of light cavalry is indispensable. Relying on a thousand assault cavalry alone is still not enough in a big battle with tens of thousands of people at every turn.

Of course, the treatment of light cavalry will naturally be lower than that of assault cavalry, and generally the apprentice tooth soldier or the tooth soldier who is called Hu Servant or Righteous Servant will serve as the main force, and the sergeant class in the tooth soldier will serve as the officer. The assault cavalry, on the other hand, was dominated by sergeants and knights as officers at all levels.

Hierarchies, while not very universal, are indispensable. As long as the fairness and impartiality of the upper and lower channels can be ensured, and the liquidity between the grades can be ensured, then the grades can stimulate vigorous vitality. Of course, there are also negative examples, the "Jiupin Zhongzheng System", which is a system of "dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and the sons of mice will make holes", can only create those waste materials in the Western Jin Dynasty that can be frightened when they see horses.

In addition to the expansion of some troops, a crash course has recently opened in Yacheng, north of Yinchuan, next to the school. That place was originally reserved for the Army Elementary School, but the opening of the Army Elementary School has been postponed again and again, and it will be postponed until next year. The place is idle, and it is idle, so it will be used for the crash course first. Anyway, the training time of the crash course is only three months, and it will be disbanded after the beginning of spring.

The participants in the "crash course" training were all low-level officers who had participated in previous battles, and most of them were from the "trapped camp" and "flying bear hussars" within the tooth soldiers, and some of them were from the national soldiers of Beidi County and Qianghu Yicong. Dang Xiangqiang and Xianbei people each have a place, and unsurprisingly, they are all given to the relatives of the commanders.

This crash course is clearly here to gild, and after three months of study, it will be promoted to one level. If it weren't for Chen Cheng's repeated emphasis on officers at the two levels of commander and team leader, if it weren't for Zhao Yun's black face and blocking all the intercessors, I am afraid that all the more than 30 places would be occupied by the relatives of the generals.

No one is a fool, and the higher you go, the less chance you have of coming out. If you can occupy a few positions early, maybe it will be of great use in the future. It's just a pity that Zhao Yun's face is not white at all, on the contrary, everyone now agrees that his face is very dark and he has never been emotional.

As the commander of the chamberlain and the commander of the tooth soldiers, Zhao Yun can not only review the promotion of the military attaché, but also manage the "teaching battalion", and also hold the most elite tooth soldiers in his hands, and can directly mobilize the "trapped camp" and "flying bear hussar", and there is no need to compromise with anyone at all.

The small regime established by Chen Cheng and Yan Zhong has only been established for less than two years, and it is in a period of rise, and the people's hearts are still high-spirited. Zhao Yun was selfless, and he beat all kinds of intercessions back with a black face, but no one slandered him. However, this may also be because Zhao Yun's own martial arts are too strong, and he personally participated in the compilation of the "Cavalry Drill Code", and trained a strong army like the "Flying Bear Hussar", his prestige in the army is too high, and he has also won Chen Cheng's full trust, so no one dares to challenge him for the time being.

In a war, we should pay attention to two things, on the one hand, people, and on the other hand, equipment. The blacksmiths and workshops under the Ministry of Industry began to fully switch to the production of weapons and armor, and less than a fifth of the blacksmiths continued to produce agricultural tools and tools. The molten iron flowing out of the blast furnace contains much less carbon, and it can barely be called steel. However, this kind of steel is okay to be used as agricultural tools, but it cannot be directly used to make weapons, and it needs further processing before it can be turned into qualified weapons and armor.

The fires in the blacksmith shops outside the city were lit day and night, and the sound of tinkling was heard every day. However, people inside and outside the city have become accustomed to it, and at first they would find it noisy, but now they are accustomed to it. In order to improve the armor rate, Chen Cheng made a further simplification of the armor, except for the two pieces in the middle are made of repeatedly beaten steel plates, other places can be saved, which can not only save steel, but more importantly, it can save man-hours, suitable for soldiers to provide a large number of equipment.

Of course, the helmet still needs to be made thicker.

After explaining the work, Chen Cheng began to redesign the new textile machinery. After four days of drawing three views and another 10 days to build the machine, the new machine was more than three times more efficient than the old textile machine. If you are a skilled hand, this multiplier can be magnified to five times.

Although it has not yet reached the efficiency that Chen Cheng expected, it is already a great improvement. As a result, a new weaving bureau was set up under the Ministry of Industry, and the previous operation of factories such as timber mills and coal factories was the same, the government provided technology and a part of the funds and manpower, and the rest was distributed to officials at all levels headed by Yan Zhong, but most of the small shareholders only contributed money and people, and could also participate in supervision in the quarterly review, but did not have the right to directly participate in management.

Textiles are a very labor-intensive industry, and Chen Cheng does not intend to be directly managed by the government for a long time, and after three or four years, he will distribute these industries. On the one hand, it is to use interests to win over the generals and local heroes, and on the other hand, it is because although the textile industry is very profitable, it also needs a lot of manpower.

Now Liangzhou is full of heroes, and there are hundreds of thousands of tribes. Rather than spending time to liberate the manpower in the hands of Haoqiangshi people, it is better to directly involve them in production. Eat the first wave of dividends first, and then sell the machinery and equipment to the heroes under the rule and eat the second wave of dividends. Wait for Haoqiang to fatten, and then upgrade the technology, and harvest the Haoqiang again, isn't it beautiful?

You know, if you don't cut leeks, they won't grow fast.

In order to be able to eat more dividends, Chen Cheng also discussed with Yan Zhong for an hour, and promulgated a new law called the "Patent Law" to ensure that every time a new textile machinery is launched in the future, it can swing the sickle again. Now there is no one in Zhongshu Province, which is in charge of legislation, and as soon as he and Yan Zhong put it together, the new law will come out.

While thinking about how to wield the sickle more efficiently, Chen Cheng used a hammer to nail the last nail down, and said to the surrounding workers and young students: "Okay, I announce that our first lathe in Liangzhou has been completed!" ”

The workers and students on the side cheered together, they were involved in the production on the front line, and naturally knew how useful such a machine tool could be.

A teenage student shouted, "Teacher, let me try it first!" ”

With that, he couldn't wait to sit down. Look at this knife holder, look at this gear, this is the power?

While everyone was watching the efficient work of the lathe, several teenagers squeezed out and said to Chen Cheng: "Teacher, we still want to go to the army primary school!" ”

"Got it figured?"

The teenagers' expressions were very firm, and they said in unison: "Think about it!" ”

"If you think about it, do it!"

"Uh, teacher, aren't you angry?"

"Hey, what do I have to be angry about?" Chen Cheng said with a smile: "Everyone has their own ambitions, and besides, you can continue to study in the army, and when you retire one day, or you don't want to fight, you can continue to come back to learn machinery." ”

"Yes!"

Chen Cheng can understand the idea that the teenagers want to join the army. Most of them are orphans whose parents have died, and the fastest way to climb up is to fight in the army. The Han family has always had a tradition of not being a marquis without military merits, and although it may make a lot of money in other industries, how can it compare to the road of joining the army?

Besides, they have been in the city of Tooth for more than a year, and they live with disciplined brave soldiers every day, and it is normal for them to have the desire to join the army. Although Chen Cheng himself thinks that Liangzhou needs all kinds of talents, the current environment is like this, and he can't reverse it all at once.

Just when there were continuous shouts from inside the factory, the sound of horses' hooves outside was urgent, and the tooth soldier then walked in and said loudly: "Yan Shangshu sent someone to send a message, please return to the house immediately, there are important matters to discuss." ”

It had only snowed a long time ago, and the roads outside were frozen hard, and the horses were already able to run on the roads. Chen Cheng rode a horse and quickly ran back to the state governor's mansion from the east of the city, and after he entered the door, he jumped off the horse directly, and then walked in the direction of the lobby. Gollum is getting smarter now, and he doesn't hesitate to ask someone to take care of it, and it will go back to the stables on its own.

Stamped his feet at the entrance of the lobby to get rid of the snowflakes on his boots, Chen Cheng took off his boots and walked up. There is usually no fire in the lobby, but since Yan Zhong is here, it is naturally different. The four large copper tripods placed in the corner were burned red, and the heat was continuously dissipated.

"Junhou," Yan Zhong shook things out first without waiting for Chen Cheng to speak, "Han Sui has come to Yinchuan!" ”