After the pacification of New Guinea, Li Xiao immediately arranged for the establishment of New Guinea Province, the capital of which was Port Morbiz, the best port on the island of New Guinea. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the same time, Li Xiao planned to build a large city at this important port where he would continue to attack southward in the future, and named it after the port, the city of Morbiz, as the capital of these new provinces.

As for the governor of these new provinces, Li Xiao let Hua Yuncheng, the current vice governor of Luzon Province, serve as the governor.

He believed that Hua Yuncheng would be able to build the new provinces in an orderly manner and carry out all kinds of development work in an orderly and orderly manner, as well as his experience in doing practical things in Luzon Province.

Next, Li Xiao began to reorganize the existing soldiers and horses of the two towns, Xingzhong Town and Andong Town.

Because the technology has matured and reached the point where it can be vigorously popularized and used in the army after continuous experiments and improvements, Li Xiao believes that in future battles, this weapon, which can accurately shoot at enemy soldiers 150 paces away, will certainly become a new main force in the Tang army. Therefore, Li Xiao decided to reorganize the existing structure of military towns.

Li Xiao's plan was to change the soldiers and horses of the existing three battalions of A, B, and C in Xingzhong Town and Andong Town into the general soldiers and horses of each battalion, and all the soldiers in it were composed of firecrackers holding Lumi guns.

Such a total of 4,500 firefighters are divided into three posts with 1,500 men each, and then divided into 10 teams with 150 men each.

In this way, each of the three battalions of A, B, and C has a powerful firearms unit, so that it can carry out extremely effective long-range strikes against the enemy and truly achieve the operational purpose of attacking and retreating.

As for the traditional gun and shield troops that were withdrawn from Xingzhong Town and Andong Town, they were just used to expand the current Zhengxi Battalion and Dingbei Battalion.

Li Xiao ordered that from now on, the Zhengxi Battalion and the Dingbei Battalion will also be expanded into towns, the Zhengxi Battalion will be changed to Zhengxi Town, and the Dingbei Battalion will be changed to Dingbei Town. to counter the threat of increasingly powerful rogues.

Among them, the mayor of Zhengxi Town is the former commander of the Xiying camp, and the deputy mayor is Mo Changrong, the deputy head of the former Zhengxi Camp. In addition, Monk An also served as the commander of Battalion A of Zhengxi Town, and Mo Changrong concurrently served as the commander of Battalion B of Zhengxi Town.

The mayor of Dingbei Town is Duan Shidi, the former head of the North Camp, and the deputy mayor is Liu Wenxiu, the deputy head of the original North Camp. Among them, Duan Shidi concurrently served as the commander of Battalion A of Dingbei Town, and Liu Wenxiu concurrently served as the commander of Battalion B of Dingbei Town.

The establishment of these two new towns, like Anton Town and Xingzhong Town, is divided into three battalions of soldiers and horses, and the two general units are traditional gun and shield combat troops, and General C is also the same as Xingzhong Town and Anton Town.

From Xingzhong Town and Andong Town, there are a total of six soldiers and horses in the traditional gun and shield battle array, all of which are just expanded to Zhengxi Town and Dingbei Town, and the soldiers of these two towns only need to recruit firecrackers.

Therefore, in each town, a total of 13,500 musketeers need to be expanded by three generals, so the total number of musketeers to be expanded in the four towns is 54,000.

Since up to now, in fact, there are more than 2,000 Lu Mi soldiers in each town, so the entire army expansion plan only needs more than 40,000 people.

According to the existing population under Li Xiao's rule and the performance of the common people enthusiastically joining the army, these more than 50,000 soldiers and horses may be recruited in ten and a half months at most.

In Li Xiao's plan, after these troops were recruited, they were all concentrated in Dengzhou, Shandong, for all kinds of related training, and finally distributed to various military towns.

At the same time, the firearms factory in Tielongcheng, Shandong, and the firearms factory in Changhua, Taiwan, the two most important firearms production bases of Li Xiao, were working overtime, with workers working in three shifts 24 hours a day to speed up the production of Lumi guns, which had already become standard weapons.

With the support of Li Xiao's abundant financial and manpower resources, the combined output of Lu Mi Gong in the two places reached nearly 2,000 rods per month. The produced Lu Mi guns are being sent to the fire gun recruits who are training in Shandong.

Of course, this amount is far from enough for the firearms players that Li Xiao wants to arrange, so Li Xiao asked these two firearms factories to increase their output and increase their speed, so as to strive for the Lumi guns that can be produced every month, which is close to 3,000 rods.

From then on, Li Xiao's subordinates will have the soldiers and horses of the five major military towns, each town is basically nearly 60,000 soldiers and horses, enough to stand alone, and all of Li Xiao's soldiers and horses combined, there are 300,000 elite soldiers and horses, in the Ming Dynasty, it can be said that it is the first in the world, and it is the best.

Li Xiao's plan for this military reform was that the rectification of the soldiers and horses in these four towns should be completed first by Xingzhong Town and Andong Town, and then Zhengxi Town and Dingbei Town should be carried out again. At most, within a year or so, the work of military reform in the whole army should be completely completed.

Li Xiao believes that after the completion of the military reform of the whole army, a brand-new era of firearms will come.

On the third day of Li Xiao's military reform measures, Gao Jie and his entourage, who went all the way south from Jintang City, Xuanfu Town, finally came to Jinan City.

When he saw the Xing family who came with Gao Jie, Li Xiao couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it seems that this Gao Jie is really for the same reason as in history, because he stole Li Zicheng's wife, so he came to defect and take refuge.

It's just that what Li Xiao didn't expect was that Gao Jie didn't take refuge nearby, but did not hesitate to go to Shaanxi for a long distance, and then came to take refuge with himself, which was really beyond Li Xiao's expectations.

Next, Li Xiaozi warmly welcomed them and warmly entertained Gao Jie and others.

During the banquet, Li Xiao and Gao Jie and the others were drunk, and Gao Jie, who looked drunk, asked in a low voice: "Lord Li, I came to vote this time, but I don't know, how does Lord Li plan to settle us?" ”

As soon as he said this, Li Chengdong on the side unconsciously put down his wine glass and looked at Li Xiao with an inexplicable expression.

Li Xiao smiled lightly, but did not answer directly, he coughed lightly and said, "Two of you, you are willing to come to vote for me, my father welcomes me." But there is one thing that my father-in-law also wants to tell you ahead. That is, those who have defected to our army, although they can not be blamed in the past, but from now on, they must work hard to reform themselves and abide by the systems and laws of our army. ”

As soon as Li Xiao's words of hidden murder came out, Gao Jie and Li Chengdong both felt their whole bodies froze.

It was as if they had been thrown into the freezer in the middle of summer, leaving them cold from head to toe.

Gao Jie said: "Your army has strict laws, the army is cleaned, and the lowly position has been taught. The two generals of our army, Wu Shengzhao and Li Benshen, were captured by your army because they wanted to escape privately in Jintangcheng, and they were sent to the sulfur mine in Jintangcheng to mine and reform through labor, which can be regarded as a punishment for them. Anyway, please rest assured, Lord Li, although Gao Jie has had many domineering actions in the past, but since he is serving in your army, all these rules and regulations and laws will be effectively observed. ”

Li Xiao smiled and said: "General Gao has such an understanding, and my father is very relieved. After the banquet, my father will arrange specific duties and places for you, but General Gao doesn't have to worry about this. ”

Gao Jie clenched his fists and arched his hand: "Gao is all up to the Tang State Inquisition, if there is a dissenting heart, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed!" ”

Seeing Gao Jie's flattery and loyalty, Li Xiao was sneering in his heart.

Hmph, you guy who cuckolded Li Zicheng, I'm afraid that in this world, no rogue can tolerate you anymore. If you don't take refuge in the Ming army, is there any other way out?

And now, he has the strongest army in the world, and the Ming army from all walks of life is afraid of him, this Gao Jie, even if he wants to defect to the Ming army elsewhere, he is afraid that no one will dare to take him in.

Although Li Xiao thought like this in his heart, he said with a smile on his face: "Okay, it will depend on General Gao's performance in the future." If from now on, if you can serve your husband wholeheartedly and make meritorious contributions in battle, your father will definitely not be stingy with rewards. ”

Gao Jie was overjoyed when he heard this, and he exchanged cups with Li Xiao again, and the guests and hosts were very happy.

After a short time, the welcome banquet ended, Li Xiao invited Gao Jie and others into the living room to continue chatting, and finally here, he made future arrangements for them.

Considering that Gao Jie and the others had done a lot of evil in the past, and they had a lot of habits, and after returning to their own army, they still defected, Li Xiao decided to demote them by one level to see the after-effects.

On the contrary, Gao Jie and the others had nowhere to go, but they were not afraid that he would be dissatisfied. This is for such a fearful and unvirtuous rogue, Li Xiao is also ruthless.

In the end, Gao Jie was appointed as the deputy chief of Xingzhong Town.

Li Chengdong was appointed as the deputy chief of the C post of the C General of the A Battalion C in Andong Town.

As for Wu Shengzhao and Li Benshen, Li Xiao planned to let them first work in Jintang City for half a year, and then see their performance, and then arrange a position for the two of them in Dingbei Town.

As for the more than 2,000 rogues brought by Gao Jie and others, considering that they had many bad habits and were difficult to control, Li Xiao ordered them to disperse on the spot, distribute the land, and scatter them all over Shandong to become ordinary people.

Gao Jie, Li Chengdong and others have a lot of complaints about Li Xiao's arrangement. And I also feel a little disappointed that I haven't been able to become a real leader. But both of them were thinking, anyway, now that they have just come to Li Xiao's army, the Tang army is full of talented soldiers, and they are a rogue soldier, and it is indeed impossible to get the trust immediately. But as long as you work hard, you still have a good chance to stand out in the future.

After all, there is a precedent for such a promotion in the Tang Army, such as Liu Wenxiu, the deputy mayor of Nadingbei Town, is a typical example. This person also used to do nonsense, and he was still Zhang Xianzhong's righteous son, but now he is also thriving under Li Xiao and has become a general who guards one side?

After arranging Gao Jie and the others, Li Xiao sat alone in the Tang Guogong Mansion in Jinan, but he was thinking about what he was going to do next.

So, do you really have to obey the emperor's will and start a war with those rogues?

After careful consideration, Li Xiao denied this idea in his heart.

Li Xiao believes that from now to a period of time in the future, these rogues who attacked cities and plundered land everywhere in the Ming Dynasty will become an effective help for themselves, and they can only adopt a tacit and tolerant attitude towards them.

Because, every time the current Liukou captured the city of the Ming Dynasty, the captured Ming Dynasty people would basically be sold to the Tang Army, and then, these people captured by the Liukou became the main immigrants of the Tang Army to open up Nanyang.

In addition, another very important role of these rogues is that they have inadvertently destroyed the rich and rich gentry everywhere, so that they have lost their wealth and connections, and they can only obediently accept the fate of going to Nanyang for reclamation and development like ordinary people. This is what Li Xiao wants to do, but he can't do it because of his identity.

Besides, if the squires and rich people in these places, their huge and intricate forces, were all destroyed by the rogues, it would be much easier for Li Xiao to develop these borderless lands in the future.

Anyway, the wicked people who offended people have already done it to those rogues, so Li Xiao at that time can completely reoccupy these ownerless fields reasonably and legally under the banner of a righteous and strict defender of order.

In the end, these locust-like rogues, after turning this piece of Ming Dynasty land into an ethereal and uninhabited no-man's land, will actually eventually limit their self-development. After all, in the end, there will be nothing to eat. From this point of view, it is absolutely impossible for the power of the rogues to be expanded indefinitely.

Of course, the rogues who are now wreaking havoc everywhere have not thought of this for the time being. Perhaps, by the time they think of this, they are afraid that it will be too late, and Li Xiao will not give them a chance to regret it.

What Li Xiao values most now is the development of various parts of Nanyang.

At present, more than 3 million people have been deployed in the Philippine provinces in the South Seas region since last year. According to Li Xiao's original plan, another 6 million people can be arranged in the three provinces of the Philippines.

And the Tang army in the South Seas, still triumphantly singing, and took the huge and fertile island of New Guinea, then on this largest island in the Pacific Ocean, at least another five million people can be settled.

If in the future, if he takes the whole of Australia, New Zealand, and many islands in the Coral Sea, it will not be a problem for Li Xiao to settle more than 10 million people in these places. You know, Australia now, with a population of 25 million, is still the most sparsely populated continent in the world except for Antarctica.

In addition, in addition to the land acquired by Nanyang, Li Xiao has newly acquired the whole province of Shandong, and after the completion of the land inventory results, even if only the existing land is developed, it is completely possible to arrange for the three million displaced people in Shandong.

As a result, Li Xiao's current population gap is nearly 25 million people, that is, a quarter of the population at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and Li Xiao can still be resettled overseas.

In this way, with the Han immigrants from Taiwan and Jeju, Ezo, Sakhalin and other places who immigrated earlier, Li Xiao predicts that the total number of immigrants can reach more than 40 million!

You must know that in the real history of the late Ming Dynasty, the total population of the country was 150 million, and Li Xiao was able to transfer one-third of the Chinese people overseas, which was too much help for the dying Ming Dynasty.

In the materials of the late Ming Dynasty, the number of people who were slaughtered and starved to death was recorded as much as more than 40 million. From this point of view, Li Xiao can be said to be an out-and-out Buddha of ten thousand families, saving these people who will die under the blood, fire and sword soldiers at the end of the Ming Dynasty from the brink of death. In the end, these people not only survived, but also became the seeds of Chinese civilization, which he sowed overseas, so that the countless desolate and barbaric overseas territories have become China's eternal inherent territory and will never be lost.

Of course, Li Xiao will not let these rogues go forever, after all, after all, after the rogues are fully strengthened, if he wants to eliminate them, I'm afraid it will be much more troublesome. Therefore, Li Xiao plans to do it to them in a year and a half at most.

Of course, if only such a long time has passed, the number of immigrants in this overseas territory may not be enough, but Li Xiao can only choose the lesser of two evils, and the most important thing is to contain and eliminate the growing rogues first.

This expansion of overseas resettlement of displaced people, and the eradication of the outcasts to prevent their growth, are all things that need to be carefully controlled, and they must not be sloppy or slack, Li Xiao believes that he will be able to do this work well.

After Li Xiao stayed in Jinan for more than a month, Wu Zhuang, the mayor of Andong Town, sent a letter to Li Xiaofeige from Miaojiebao at the mouth of Heilongjiang.

In the letter, he told Li Xiao that just a few days ago, a group of Russian businessmen had come to Miaojie Fort in the hope of starting trade and cooperation with the Tang Army.