"There are people in Lu'an Prefecture who incite refusal to serve in the military, and there are many mobs to make trouble......"

The words in the public room were not loud, but they clearly came into Zhu Mingzhong's ears, and he looked down at the official document and said directly.

"Transfer a battalion to Lu'an Prefecture, incite military service, the leader will be dealt with for disobeying military law, there is no need to prosecute and judge, the leader will be beheaded, his wife and daughter will be used as camp prostitutes, and his family will be reduced to untouchables! The Servant was exiled to Taiwan at one rate! ”

Words without the slightest emotion burst out from Zhu Mingzhong's throat, and in the month since the implementation of the "A Soldier System," Jiangbei, which seems to be calm, is actually an undercurrent, and the smooth appearance cannot hide the fact that the people are resistant to military service.

Zhu Mingzhong knew very well that at this time, he could not be allowed to retreat or show weakness in the slightest, and as soon as he showed any weakness, this undercurrent would turn into a huge wave, which would not only lead to the failure of the "A Soldier System", but would even shake the foundation of his rule in Jiangbei. And all this is unacceptable to him.

It is precisely because of this that he will show an extremely ruthless side, camp prostitutes, untouchables, a year ago, Zhu Mingzhong would never say such a thing, but now, he can easily "collude" hundreds of people, and turn those unknown women into camp prostitutes.

Time changes a person, and a cruel environment makes a person more cruel to adapt to the environment. Now, he's got used to it all.

Zhu Daxian did not make the slightest objection to Jinglu's decision, and as a member of the Left Senator, he naturally knew the importance of the "A Soldier System" to the Loyal and Righteous Army. Subsequently, he reported on the punishment and arrest of the families of the deserters.

"So far, there are only 3176 deserters, fortunately, the proportion of deserters is not even 4%, which is a little better than originally thought,"

Nodding slightly, Zhu Mingzhong was very satisfied with this ratio, originally he thought that 1 percent of people would choose to escape, but he never thought that there were only more than 3,000 people, and the proportion was far less than the original estimate.

"So what now? Was it to be sentenced to hard labor as originally planned, or was it to be? ”

Zhu Daxian asked.

"Troubled times use heavy codes, now is wartime, well......"

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Mingzhong replied.

"The deserters who are caught will be beheaded for public display, and their families will be demoted to lowly status, and they will be passed on to all battalions to make them take warning!"

If the number of deserters was 10%, Zhu Mingzhong would naturally choose hard labor, but now, because the number is small, he will choose a simpler and more deterrent disposal - beheading.

"In addition, it is ordered that all prefectures and counties, and all security armor must assist military families to do a good job of cultivating the fields and ensure their harvests, and if the fields of military families are abandoned because of their service, the chief security officer and the first chief shall be fined to support the military families."

Give a slap to a sweet date. After severe punishment, appropriate comfort is necessary to attract people's hearts and minds, and it is also necessary to calm people's hearts.

"In addition, once again, all prefectures and counties have been ordered that their families will be exempted from conscription during their service, and if the local government disobeys the order, they will be severely punished."

Then Zhu Mingzhong added,

"Well, there is also the exemption of the family of the military family, which must be done well, neither let people take advantage of it, nor chill the hearts of the soldiers......"

Although it is not clear whether these preferential policies can make people accept military service and accept the "A Soldier System", Zhu Mingzhong is very clear that more than 270 years later, before the largest catastrophe in modern Chinese history, the military service law implemented based on the need to prepare for war was also resisted by the people, but the people finally chose to accept it.

People always have to have a process of adaptation and acceptance for new things, and the chaotic times use heavy codes in order to force people to accept, just like the people of the world accepted braids in front of knives, and even two and a half centuries later, when cutting braids, they are still crying "my braids" there. In any case, they had to accept military service, even if it was forced with a knife.

"Well, there's one more thing ......"

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Mingzhong said to Zhu Daxian,

"Bi Qin, you go and inform him, let every issue of the newspaper at least one issue of the article to promote the "A Soldier System" and "Military Service", to let the people know that this is the tradition of our Han people to fight as a soldier, and the foundation of our Han people's foothold in the world, so that the people of the world know that although there are many Han people, they can't just think about how others are, and only when everyone in our Han people actively joins the army can we exterminate the barbarians in Saibei and protect the safety of the family and country. ”

Listening to the mention of his brother, Zhu Daxian's expression seemed a little unnatural, his father has always complained about his brother, complaining that he had been obedient to the people, and his brother's remorse, in his father's opinion, was just a time shift, and he naturally looked down on him even more.

"Pingchen, logically speaking, the family affairs between your brothers have nothing to do with me, and I shouldn't interfere, but since Bi Qin has remorse, it is better for you to persuade him, after all, he is also the son of the master!"

Zhu Mingzhong's persuasion made Zhu Daxian nod, and finally he smiled bitterly.

"Xia Guan knows, it's just ...... Father's temper, you don't know, hey, I hope there will be a chance in the future! ”

After Zhu Daxian left, Zhu Mingzhong smiled helplessly, there are some things that cannot be persuaded by others, and his master is really too upright.

After a little sigh, Zhu Mingzhong continued to look at the report in his hand, and after reading the content of one of the official documents, he asked him to immediately order someone to call Qian Lei.

"Can't supply new recruits right now?"

Looking at Qian Lei, Zhu Mingzhong asked rhetorically, although there is a logistics department in the military command department of the Loyal and Righteous Army, the production of military supplies such as military uniforms and military shoes is assisted by the government office, and this procurement method is the set of methods that Zhu Mingzhong learned from later generations - subcontracting, the procurement of military uniforms and military shoes is subcontracted to the counties, and then the counties are entrusted to sew by the women who are good at needlework.

Last year, it was precisely by virtue of this method that the production of military uniforms, tents, and other materials for tens of thousands of recruits was solved, after all, on average, there were only one or two thousand sets per county. Logically speaking, such a thing should not happen.

"There was no problem last year, why is there a problem this year?"

Zhu Mingzhong asked a little puzzled.

"Back to the scriptures, when we procured military uniforms and tents last year, we only required quantity, not quality, so that the stitches of the uniforms were different, so that when the officers and soldiers were drilling, the stitches of their clothes were torn from time to time, and the officers and soldiers all complained about this, so when the pattern was issued this time, there were requirements for the stitches of the sewing clothes, a few stitches per inch, and two stitches were required, so as to be solid, so as to avoid the soldiers from tearing the military uniforms because of their movements during training......

Zhu Daxian's explanation made Zhu Mingzhong slightly stunned, and he remembered that the sewing clothes in this era were all hand-sewn, and even his clothes were sewn by female workers, but they were more finely sewn than ordinary military uniforms.

"This is because the old military uniform only needs to be sewn with loose needles and threads, and the new military uniform, because of its style requirements, needs to use dense stitches, so not only the processing price of the military uniform is high, and the sewing female workers are not fast, so that the supply of this military uniform is naturally problematic, and there are military shoes, six days a week according to the loyal military camp system, there are five days need to practice day and night, every day at sunrise, you need to be armed to train ten miles, and then practice formation on the training ground, day after day, this cloth shoes are naturally not resistant to drilling, According to the battalion system, four pairs of cloth shoes per year, two orders and two cotton, are not enough for soldiers to use......"

Qian Lei's explanation made Zhu Mingzhong only feel that his head was big for a while, and he from later generations had never considered these problems at all.

According to the new battalion system, during the three-year service period, each person will be issued two sets of winter clothes, two sets of spring and autumn clothes, one coat, and two sets of middle clothes, and now the whole army of the Loyal and Righteous Army, including recruits, is nearly 170,000 troops, and hundreds of thousands of sets of military uniforms are needed alone.

How come no one has said this in the past?

Zhu Mingzhong, who frowned, never thought that there would be so many problems, and even the sewing of woolen wool also encountered problems - many female workers have never sewn such thick materials. For Zhu Mingzhong, who was accustomed to the large-scale production of the industrial society in later generations, all these problems were unexpected, and now they are placed in front of him, and he naturally seems a little overwhelmed.

In the end, he still had some reluctance to say a solution to the problem.

"Okay, let's not think about these for the time being, well, first ensure that each person has two sets of cotton spring and autumn clothes and underwear, as for winter clothes, now that the weather has warmed, there is no need to make winter clothes now, first come to the urgently needed ones......

Spring and autumn clothes are actually single clothes sewn from cotton cloth, and thin spring and autumn clothes are easier to sew than winter clothes.

After solving this problem, thinking of shoes with a large amount of wear, Zhu Mingzhong pondered for a while, and looked at the leather boots on his feet, which did not belong to traditional Chinese boots. Rather, it was a "Prussian-style" boot he designed, but because of its complexity and relative cost, it was only worn by officers and guards of the government office. The reason why it is expensive is because the stitching of cowhide is time-consuming and laborious, so it is limited to a few people.

"Perhaps, leather boots can be promoted in the army......"

Looking at the black leather boots on his feet, Zhu Mingzhong secretly thought to himself, but if you want to promote leather boots in the army, you must solve a problem - the sewing of military boots, although these leather boots are sewn with tung oil twine, but they are sewn by hand, and the sewing can be the same laborious and laborious, and more importantly, the cost is expensive, which is the fundamental reason that prevents its promotion.

"If you want to find a way, solve this problem first......"

Pondering in the bottom of my heart, I knew that I was looking at the inconspicuous shoes. Zhu Mingzhong, who is directly related to the combat effectiveness of the army, instructed while thinking about how to solve the problem of military shoes.

"The shoes are worn, there is no way to do this now, after all, these leather boots are purchased by the officials at their own expense, well, you can temporarily promote straw shoes first, let the soldiers make their own straw shoes, as for the cloth shoes, keep them for when they march and fight, and then wear them, and reluctantly deal with them first......"

Almost naturally, Zhu Mingzhong thought of straw sandals, in fact, he is no stranger to straw sandals, when the Loyal and Righteous Army was just established, most of the soldiers' shoes were straw sandals, for the officers and soldiers who have been in a state of poverty for a long time, before they became soldiers, many of them were born as coolies, and they could not afford to wear cloth shoes in the past, so they could only wear straw shoes. Straw sandals cost almost nothing, and can be made by yourself using materials from anywhere. Second, there is habit. Straw sandals were commonly worn by southern peasants, and most of the loyal soldiers were basically recruited by southern peasants, and wearing straw sandals was also a habit developed since childhood. In fact, straw sandals may indeed be more convenient than cloth shoes for the south, which is full of water networks.

Because of this, straw sandals were also their "standard" even until a large number of salt were replenished into the army, but later with the popularization of cloth shoes, especially the improvement of economic conditions, the loyal and righteous soldiers could issue standard cloth shoes to soldiers and leather boots to officers.

However, despite this, cloth shoes still did not replace straw shoes in the army, and the soldiers of the Loyal and Righteous Army would make straw shoes by themselves as long as they had free time, which almost became an important snapshot of the life of soldiers in this era. Always carry two or three pairs of straw sandals with you on the march, ready to replace the old shoes when they wear out. Straw shoes are basically made of straw, and if you want to be stronger and more durable, you will also mix hemp threads or cloth strips in the middle of the straw if possible.

When the soldiers were cleaning the battlefield, the torn uniforms and even the strips of rag cloth that could not be worn on the corpses of the enemy soldiers had to be removed and preserved for later straw sandals. Later, because of the generous salary of the Loyal and Righteous Army, and the cheap cloth shoes, the Loyal and Righteous Army basically no longer saw straw shoes, especially the kind of straw nest shoes in winter were not suitable for the queue training of the Loyal and Righteous Army, so from the beginning of winter, the Loyal and Righteous Army required soldiers to wear cloth shoes, and not to wear straw nest shoes.

But now, in the face of the sudden expansion of the army, the civilian shoe-making workshops will naturally not be able to meet the demand, and more importantly, the new conscripts are all conscripts, not as in the past, and they are paid as in the past.

In fact, it is not only this problem, the expansion of the number of troops has brought too many problems, and these problems can ultimately be attributed to one problem - logistics.

"It seems that the time has come to create a modern military logistics agency!"

Thinking of the kind of logistical support that has been carried out with the assistance of the localities in the form of division of labor since the entry into Jiangbei, Zhu Mingzhong realized that this kind of logistical support can no longer meet the needs of the army's development, and it is necessary to establish a modern logistical support mechanism.

Thinking so deep in his heart, Zhu Mingzhong began to think about some of the logistics support mechanisms that would be used in various countries in later generations, although he did not know much about those mechanisms, but at least it was certain that the current subcontracted production was no longer suitable for the development needs of the army.

"Well, perhaps, it should be possible to build a few quilt factories and military boot factories"