On November 20, Xu Shiyang returned to his dock fort.

At this time, the population of Wuxiantun reached 3,000 for the first time, of which there were 700 people in Dingkou and Banding, which has broken through the upper limit of the population of Wubao in today's Jiangbei.

But Xu Shiyang is still not satisfied, he plans to restore the two other Wubao forts destroyed by the Tartars this year (one of which is Zhao Shan and Zhao Lin's hometown) as soon as the spring of next year begins.

Moreover, there is no threat of bandits now, and the fifteen tun can completely expand the surrounding cultivated land, and these 700 dingkou can be fed in a dock fort.

So, Xu Shiyang set his sights on the homeless.

It's winter, and it's the second saddest day for the displaced people – winter is because it's cold, and the saddest thing is spring, because the grain accumulated in the previous year is generally eaten at this time.

And Xu Shiyang had some surplus grain in his hand at this time, and he also handed over all the money and silk seized from Fulai Mountain to the family fleet to go to the south to exchange grain, and it is estimated that a large amount of grain will be credited to the account in 2 or 3 months.

In this case, Xu Shiyang generously took out a sum of grain, mixed acorn noodles to make three or two multigrain cakes, and used them to recruit homeless people.

In these days, life is cheap, and as long as there is food, you can always recruit people who are willing to eat this bread of selling your body.

Xu Shiyang also did not refuse, men, women and children all accepted, and even some extremely weak old homeless people, who ate cakes and drank porridge, and let out a breath of death, and actually died contentedly in the place where the grain was put in the fifteenth .......

Xu Shiyang didn't care about this, and the dead were all buried on a thin mat, and they continued to put grain to recruit people. Just to prevent those hungry people from eating hayes and strangling themselves to death, each person can only get one cake and half a bowl of gruel, and then pat the stomach first.

After the grain was released, the Dingkou of the fifteenth tun was expanded to 1,000, and finally he had the human capital to restore the two dilapidated dock forts next year.

A few days ago, Xu Shiyang had already sent Old Man Hu to the west to see, just like he thought, the dock fort was destroyed after the harvest this year, and the surrounding area was cooked land, and next year if someone was sent over to plant sorghum millet, and when the autumn harvest was made, there would be grain to recruit new people.

It's a positive cycle of gratification, and it's definitely going to take this step!

Of course, the big bandits in Fulai Mountain have been wiped out, and there are still many other small bandits, and even the dock forts that are not very familiar with each other around may reach out and grab a handful, and the newly opened sub-base must have a certain self-defense capability.

Xu Shiyang decided to keep 300 dingkou in each dock fort, including the 15th Tun, and transfer another 100 people to form a standing army that was out of production as a mobile force.

In this way, the security of the dock fort and the establishment of a new army can be taken into account.

The new-style army with full training was something that Xu Shiyang had been thinking about since he crossed over, and now as soon as he had the opportunity, he naturally formed it immediately.

In terms of establishment, Xu Shiyang now has 50 semi-full-time children to personally soldier, and ten of them are sent to other docks in the family to teach the skills of using muskets, and there are still 40 people left.

Xu Shiyang abolished the establishment of his own soldiers, and included them all in the ranks of the new army, and the armament was tentatively 10 short serpentine arquebuses (these weapons had not yet been produced), 20 old muskets with serpentine rods, and wooden cannons.

In addition, Xie Zhen Jiebao's reconnaissance team was also incorporated into the new army, this small unit has actual combat experience (although it is very stinky), the average physical fitness is also very good, equipped with a full range of cold weapons (even armor, Xu Shiyang gave them the leather armor and cotton armor captured from the Tartars), and it is already the elite of the elite among the traditional dock soldiers.

The remaining 50 places were filled by the ordinary burgers who reacted the fastest, walked the best formation, and were the most determined when they were attacked in the last battle on Floating Mountain.

Xu Shiyang planned to equip them with spears and a small round shield hanging on his left arm to form the modern "large" phalanx of spears and firearms that he had coveted for a long time.

Of course, Xu Shiyang did not dare to treat his militia as Swiss, Spanish, and Swedish phalanx pikemen, and could not expect them to resist the surprise attack of elite melee soldiers with only a combination of spears and a phalanx, or even push back.

Therefore, this team also needs to be equipped with some melee weapons such as waist knives to make a last-ditch fight when the gun array is broken.

After the formation of a full-time training team of 100 people, Xu Shiyang was naturally the commander, and also served as the standard-bearer and trumpeter (there was no military horn, and a bamboo whistle was used instead).

Launched together with the new army, there is also a new level structure that is only tested in a small range of the Xujia 15 Tun system.

This structure is plagiarized from the military rank system of the modern armies of another world, from the lowest to the highest, there are junior and upper third sergeants, junior middle and upper third lieutenants, the same third rank and third rank generals, and a separate first class marshal.

Below corporal, there are two ranks: veterans who have served in the tun for more than three years, and recruits who have served for less than three years.

There are a total of 15 levels, because the Xu family is essentially a large army tun (the so-called one to fifteen tun that tun character, which is the meaning of tuntian), Xu Shiyang announced that within the control of this tun, whether it is the new army or the militia, even women who are not counted as Dingkou, as long as they are adult men and women between 14 and 60 years old, this hierarchy is applicable.

Except for the new and veterans who are distinguished by the length of service, the other thirteen rank promotions all require credit.

All within the scope of the 15th Tun, including but not limited to going into battle to fight and kill the enemy, carefully farming and reaping more than three or five buckets, producing more high-quality weapons and farm tools, inventing or improving weapons and farm tools, directing production and combat, etc., can be credited for making outstanding deeds.

Xu Shiyang intends to add the specific merit evaluation rules in the future, in order to give the following people a rough standard for this, Xu Shiyang officially announced a series of personnel appointments:

Xu Shiyang himself, as a captain, manages the military and civilian affairs of the entire dock fort (including the newly built dock fort of the 15th Tun itself), and at the same time, he will also serve as the direct commander of a new dock fort (not yet named) next year.

The number two man, Gongsun Sheng, will next year be acting for another new fort, with the rank of second lieutenant, and will also oversee the production of gunpowder.

Hu Lanshan, the second lieutenant in the tie, acted for the work of the 15th Tun Headquarters and was responsible for supervising agricultural production.

These three people are a standard, telling the villagers that the second lieutenant level of Gongsun Sheng and Hu Lanshan can act as an agent for a dock fort, and then the lieutenant rank can probably be awarded the position of castle master.

In addition, some guys who have ambitions for their future will probably imagine at this time: Xu Shiyang will be in charge of the three dock forts next year, but he is just a captain, if someone can become a colonel, what kind of real position can he get?

What about even generals?

Xu Shiyang's ambition is probably not limited to one state and one government, right?