"General, I only have a thousand trained soldiers in Jingbian Fort, and the rest are militiamen who have only undergone basic training, if we finish picking people from the main army, Jingbian Fort and Liujiabao will have no soldiers to defend!" Li Jiye realized this problem, so he reminded his family to be the main way.

"I know this, and now I can recruit another 1,000 troops from Jingbian Fort and Liujiabao to defend our two military forts after training. Wait until we exterminate the thieves, recruit more homeless, and recruit more soldiers. Ergou, you do the work of conscription, and you are also in charge of training, and in addition to these things, there is another very important thing that you need to do. Liu Renyu said to He Ergou.

"General, you just have to tell me what to do." He Ergou said.

"The thieves are good at fleeing, once the army is defeated, they always flee to the mountains and forests, and it is difficult for our army to find their traces, so I specially order you to select a good breed of hunting dog for training, so that it becomes a military dog, and when our army goes out to fight and suppress the thief, once the thief escapes into the mountain, then use the military dog to search the mountain, and the result is twice the result with half the effort." Liu Renyu said.

"Yes, General, the humble duty has been written." He Ergou replied loudly.

"Very well, gentlemen, after our wounded soldiers come back, if there are any more who can no longer go on the expedition, let them be prepared, either enter the school as the director of discipline, or enter the boot camp to train the recruits." Liu Renyu commanded.

"Yes, General." The generals responded in unison.

"Ergou, I let you raise a dog, but it's not just a dog, you must find me the best dog breed in Daming, these military dogs are our soldiers after being incorporated into the military, you have to be good at raising, don't slack off, if the military dog can't be raised well, can't be trained well, I only ask you, you can hear clearly." Liu Renyu reminded He Ergou emphatically.

"It's clear to hear the lowly position." He Ergou responded.

"Very good, Renjie, you are responsible for the recruitment of soldiers, it is still the old rule, good family, the recruit training period is three months." Liu Renyu advised.

"Yes, General." Liu Renjie responded.

"Renjie, although you didn't go on the expedition this time, but when you were talking about the merits, I added you, and you will be a general." Liu Renyu said with a smile.

"I have thanked the general for his humble position, but Danqing is in charge of the news investigation department, and he has worked hard all these years, I don't know if the general is ......." Liu Renjie hesitated.

"Ha, you care about your old brother very much, don't worry, Chen Danqing's name is also on the list of meritorious workers, and he can't run for the position of a general." Liu Renyu said with a smile.

"The lowly Dai Danqing thanked the general for his love." Liu Renjie was overjoyed.

"That's it, you can go and tell Danqing about the good news later." Liu Renyu said with a smile.

"Yes, General." Liu Renjie replied.

"That's it, gentlemen, let me tell you, the recruits we recruit are all equipped with horses, and the ownership of these horses belongs to our Jingbian Fort Army, and the right to use them still belongs to the soldiers, and the soldiers can use horses no matter whether they are training or going home. I regularly send people to check on the health of the horses, and if any horses have serious fat loss and mixed coats, they will be severely punished by the soldiers who use the horses, and you must make this clear to the soldiers. Liu Renyu said.

"Yes, General." The generals responded in unison.

"Jiye, how many horses do we have available at the moment?" Liu Renyu asked.

"There are more than 7,000 horses available." Li Jiye replied.

"Very well, Heavenly Monarch, are the horses we got from the Mongols still in the horse farm?" Liu Renyu asked Ma Tianjun.

"Exactly."

"Divide the foals, make sure that every boy in every house has a horse, and let the men ride on the horse all day, and when there are not enough horses, let the man who has a man give a pack horse, or foal. Generally speaking, the people here in Jingbian Fort have fields, and there are quite a lot of collections, so they should be able to afford to raise horses. Liu Renyu asked.

"General, if you only let the people of Zhenbeibao and Jingbianbao raise horses, they can afford to raise them, but if you let the people of Liujiabao raise horses, they are afraid that they will not be able to raise them, because most of them have not been allocated fields now, they have no livelihood, naturally they have no money and food, and they can't afford to raise horses." Ma Tianjun replied.

"I will buy it, as long as our factory in Liujiabao starts, we will produce our special products at full capacity, and sell them to Xi'an, Taiyuan, Lanzhou, Shuzhong, Henan, Jingshi, and Shandong, and we will pay them when we come back with money."

When Liu Renyu said this, he suddenly seemed to think of something, and said to Zhao Da Railway: "Daddy Zhao, our army sometimes needs pocket watches to unify the time, I will let Ruonan Road buy pocket watches in Guangzhou, Fujian, and come back, and then ask Father Zhao to take someone to study, and then imitate the pocket watch, this matter, if any craftsman can do it, reward 1,000 taels of silver, give a set of Western villas, in addition, can imitate the bell from the bell, and the same as the craftsman who imitated the pocket watch, the same treatment, Daddy Zhao can write it down?" ”

"The general just rest assured, the old Zhao Tou has written it down." Zhao Datie said in a downward voice.

"Very good, gentlemen, Father Zhao, please tell you what I said. When we finish fighting the thieves and recruit new homeless people to come in, our Jingbianbao army will expand the army again, 3,000 people is too little, at least 10,000 people are enough, otherwise you will complain to me again, saying that it is a dignified general, only with a few hundred soldiers, it is too unreasonable. Liu Renyu said with a smile.

"General, do you really want to recruit troops?" As soon as Li Jiye and the other generals heard that their strength could rise, they were all extremely excited.

"That's natural, our Jingbian Fort is different from other places in Daming, we attach importance to business here, money is rolling in, raising soldiers is naturally not a problem, we now only need to survive this period of infrastructure construction, as long as the new factory in Liujiabao is put into operation, within Shanhaiguan, west to Lanzhou, southwest to Shuzhong, east to Denglai, south to the Yangtze River, this area, can sell our Liujiabao goods.

Outside the customs, there is a factory in charge of Ma Wenshan to sell goods, you must know that the military salary of the Liao army is given priority to supply, and the Liao army has money. Nanzhili, the gentry and people in Zhejiang have money, and as long as our factory in Jiangnan is opened, we can count the money.

When we have expanded our army, the first thing we will do is to go back to the steppe, go to the Mongolian friends to be guests, kill all their men and rob all the livestock, so that we can get more war horses without spending money, and at that time, our army will become an all-cavalry force. Ladies and gentlemen, does this idea of mine suit your appetite? Liu Renyu smiled.

"General, if there is really such a day, our military exploits will not be piled up, and I am afraid that the emperor will only be able to give us a prince Wandai." Li Jiye said excitedly.

"Jiye, you're right to say that, let's work in this direction first. Break the meeting and go and get the things I have to say. Liu Renyu said.