"The Inspectorate?"

Ning Xiu frowned, feeling a little incredulous.

"Why did Brother Mao go to the Inspectorate?"

Sun Wufan scratched his head and said, "I don't know about this, you have to ask him." Oh, is there anything bad about the Inspectorate? ”

Ning Xiu shook his head and said, "It's not bad. I just feel that Brother Emao's temperament is probably not suitable for there. ”

Sun Wufan waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about this." Anyway, his father is the first assistant of the dynasty, who dares to embarrass him? ”

Ning Xiu smiled bitterly: "This is also true. ”

Sun Wufan stuffed another piece of pastry into his mouth, poured a sip of tea and moistened it.

"Seriously, you're the best of the three of us right now. Mao Xiu is now just a seven-rank imperial history. ”

"What am I doing?" Ning Xiu said helplessly: "The Holy Lord has entrusted me with the task of compiling and training water masters, this pressure is too great. ”

"The more pressure you have, the more motivation you have. This is what you said, Brother Ning Xian. ”

Sun Wufan paused and said, "Seriously, when you take me to see your sailor, you will also open my eyes." ”

"Okay, it's better to choose a day than to hit the day, I think it's just today."

Ning Xiu said with a smile.

"In such a hurry?"

Sun Wufan said with round eyes.

"What, what else do you do?"

"Not really. Come on, I'll go with you to see it. ”

said that the two of them gathered their hands and took a boat at the pier to Wuzhushan Island.

Nowadays, most of the Guangzhou ships and Fu ships have been placed on Wuzhushan Island by Ning Xiu, and there are no big ships in Xiangshan County.

This surprised Sun Wufan.

He originally thought that Ning Xiu's sailors were all in Xiangshan County, but he didn't see any of them.

Ning Xiu explained that there is no good port in Xiangshan County, and at most it can only dock small boats, and it is impossible to stop large ships.

"I see. So if I want to go to the sea, I can't start from Xiangshan County? ”

"Of course. However, with the relationship between you and my brother, I can let you dock the ship on Wuzhushan Island, where you can replenish and load and unload cargo. ”

"Well, I'd better go check it out first."

Sun Wufan still has a cunning face, and he doesn't scatter eagles when he doesn't see rabbits.

Gradually, Sun Wufan saw a black dot on the boat, this black dot became clearer and clearer, and he said excitedly: "Is this Wuzhushan Island?" ”

Ning Xiu nodded.

"How did it get to you?"

"Bandits."

"Haha, it's worthy of Brother Ning Xian, I really have you."

After the boat docked, Ning Xiu and his party disembarked in turn.

Qi Wen and others ushered in one after another, and when they saw Ning Xiu and Sun Wufan talking and laughing, they were very careful.

Sun Wufan also faintly felt that the atmosphere of this Wuzhushan Island was very different from other places, but he couldn't say what was the difference.

Ning Xiu first introduced Sun Wufan to the fleet docked in the harbor, which were all the family funds he had accumulated with his hard work.

"Well, these ships look imposing, they shouldn't be merchant ships, right?"

The corners of Ning Xiu's mouth rose: "You can't say that." On weekdays, you can go to sea trade if you have nothing to do. However, if there are really pirates to commit it, this official will not blindly trap it. ”

"Haha, no wonder people say that Lord Ning is extremely powerful, and it is difficult to have such a sailor without being majestic."

In front of people, Sun Wufan still called Ning Xiu an adult, giving Ning Xiu enough face.

"Come this way."

Ning Xiu walked inside on the long plank road, followed by Sun Wufan, Qi Wen and others.

"Although this Wuzhushan Island is not big, it is also the size of Xiangshan County, and it is enough for military training."

Ning Xiu pointed to the recruits who were training on the school ground.

"I've calculated that this island can accommodate up to forty or fifty thousand people, and no more casual clothes can fit in."

"Lord Ning wants to train forty or fifty thousand soldiers?"

"I'm afraid it's more than that."

Ning Xiu sighed and said, "The imperial court asked me to train the entire Guangdong Navy, but I have only recruited 20,000 people now. Most of them are recruits who have been trained for no more than three months. Part of the reason is that many sons and daughters feel that being a soldier is hard, and I can't afford to support so many people. ”

"Isn't it the imperial court?"

"Of course, it's the imperial court's salary. But it's not enough to rely on the imperial court to allocate salaries. ”

Ning Xiu said with emotion: "Since I am a new army, I can't be as dull as other battalion soldiers. If you want the soldiers to train hard, it is natural to let them eat and drink well. To tell you the truth, these soldiers of this officer eat no worse than your family. Think about the scene of tens of thousands of people eating at the same time? ”

Sun Wufan shrunk his neck when he listened.

Now there are only a dozen people in the family who directly obey Sun Wufan's orders, and it is the food and clothing of these dozen people that makes Sun Wufan worried, not to mention tens of thousands of people.

His Majesty the Emperor is rich all over the world, and tens of millions of people are his people, so wouldn't His Majesty the Emperor have to worry about the food of tens of millions of people?

It's tingling to think about.

Ning Xiu continued to walk inside, and when he came to the school grounds, he heard the earth-shattering shouts of killing.

It turned out that at this moment, the soldiers were engaged in actual combat drills, and they were divided into two camps, fighting with real swords and guns.

During this process, the instructors, battalion officers, management officers, and even fire commanders will guide at any time to ensure that the soldiers under their command master the essentials of movement.

"I've seen Lord Ning!"

Seeing that Ning Xiu was coming, all the soldiers stopped to salute Ning Xiu.

"You go on."

Ning Xiu waved his hand, signaling everyone not to stop because of him, what should they do.

Only then did the soldiers start training again.

"What does Brother Sun think of my army?"

Ning Xiu's words were full of pride.

"A strong army, it's really a strong army."

Sun Wufan had also seen the personal guard battalion of the Governor of Huguang because of his father's relationship, and in his opinion, the army trained by Ning Xiu was much stronger than the standard battalion personal guard of the Governor of Huguang, not to mention those guards who could only farm.

"Lord Ning, how did you train them like this?"

Sun Wufan asked curiously.

"Give them hope." There is no need to scruple about Sun Wu Fan Ningxiu, and he said his true thoughts in his heart.

"In my opinion, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, whether they are battalion soldiers or guard soldiers, have a common characteristic, that is, they can't see hope."

After a pause, Ning Xiu continued: "The battalion soldiers are better, after all, there is such a model as the Qi family army, needless to say, the guards are numb to being oppressed by the officials and soldiers, as long as they can make a living, they will be satisfied." How can a soldier be asked to have a high mood in such a situation? ”

Although Sun Wufan had never thought about these questions, he also felt that it made sense when he heard Ning Xiu talk about it this time.

"So what the officer has to do is to give them hope. The sons and daughters have worked hard and should not be despised and squeezed, and have become a tool for officers to grab profits. ”

The more Ning Xiu spoke, the more excited he became: "In my new army, merit will be rewarded, even if it is just to kill a bandit, you will be rewarded, and you don't have to worry about being embezzled by the officer." ”

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