"What's your name?" Liu Renyu asked.

"Villain Deng Changsong."

"I heard you know how to make a firecracker, right?"

"The villain has been beaten before, but I don't know if it will be now."

"How difficult is it to make a firecracker, how can you craftsmen forget. What kind of firebolt did you make before, and was it a bird's gun? ”

"Back to the words of the general adult, the villain used to be a bird gun."

"Why don't you stop making birds?"

"Back to the words of the general manager, when the villain used to make firecrackers, Shangguan never issued enough materials, but he kept urging the villains to make firecrackers according to the weight of sufficient materials, and the villains did not dare to disobey Shangguan's orders, so they had to make the remnants of firecrackers. The sergeants who were lucky enough to return returned to the station, did not dare to find trouble with the officials, but they wanted to kill the villain and other craftsmen, and the villain ate the sergeant's beating, and luckily did not die, because he was no longer willing to make the musket, and the soldiers in the army did not like to use the musket. ”

"In this case, if I give you enough material and enough time, how many bird guns can you make for me a month?"

"Villain...............," Deng Changsong thought for a moment, and then said: "You can make 3 firecrackers a month." ”

"I'll teach you one more method, but it can increase the speed at which you can make firecrackers."

"Dare to ask your lord, what is the method, this method is called hydraulic drilling method, that is, the drill bit is installed on the base, and the drill bit is driven by hydraulic power to drill out of the body, do you understand?"

"The villain roughly understands that if this method is available, he should be able to make a few more firecrackers every month."

"Well, that's good, you'll be making firecrackers in the future, can you make a note?" This trick of hydraulic drilling was learned by Liu Renyu from watching Lao Bainiu's "A Small Soldier of the Border Army in the Late Ming Dynasty", and it is used here.

"Yes, villain, made a note of it." Deng Changsong said.

"Very good." Liu Renyu bowed slightly.

After talking to Deng Changsong about making firecrackers, Liu Renyu asked about the armor made earlier.

"Blacksmith Zhao, how is the cotton armor made?"

"Now that I have someone to help me, I can make 25 cotton armors a month."

"Well, very good, the armor is related to the lives of the soldiers, it must be done solidly, if I find that the armor is not done well, resulting in the death of the sergeant, whoever does it, I will punish whom, understand?"

"Understand, understand, you must do it with your heart."

"Well, that's good." Liu Renyu was satisfied.

After three months, the recruit training period of the Zhenbei Fort Army ended, and according to the system, routine assessment was a big deal, and Liu Renyu planned to hold an assessment meeting to conduct a special assessment.

On the first day of the seventh month of the second year of Chongzhen, in the Beibao military camp school field of Yansui Town, Daming Dynasty, Liu Renyu in full uniform sat on the temporary rostrum, and beside him, stood Li Jiye, Yang Desheng, Zhang Tieniu, He Ergou, and Liu Renjie.

Today is the end of the training of recruits, and the day of the whole army's military exercises, because from Liu Renyu and below, everyone is dressed in military uniforms, which is extremely formal.

The officers were so formal, and the soldiers under the stage were naturally more nervous, and after three months of training, we will see what kind of training they were like.

After the troops were assembled, Liu Renyu got up and made an opening speech, "Ladies and gentlemen, you volunteered to join the army three months ago and became one of the troops in Beibao, my town, at that time, the purpose of your joining the army may be just to let your family share a few pieces of good land. Now I want to tell you that this understanding is far from enough, the fields are distributed to you, and if there is no army to protect them, the harvest may not be yours, because the reality tells us that in our northern Shaanxi, the Mongols will rob the harvest of the land, and the thieves will rob it, so you are only soldiers to protect your own harvest, so that your own family can have food. In addition to this, I also want to tell you that your land is my share, and only I recognize the title deed in your hands, and if we lose the battle and I die, a new one will most likely collect you 5% of the rent, and also occupy your land, and then it will be a problem for you to eat yourself, and how can you have an inheritance to pass on to future generations. That's why you practice so hard every day, for what, to win the battle, so that I can live well, and I can protect your property if I live. Besides, I told you that our Zhenbeibao army implements a system of rewarding military merits, if you practice well and are strong in martial arts, then if you touch the enemy, the enemy will die, you live, you can make meritorious service if you live, and you can get more land, earn more money, and live a life that can only be lived by the landlord's old wealth. Even if you can't listen to this, take 10,000 steps back, if you don't practice martial arts well, and you ask someone to kill you on the battlefield, and your parents send white-haired people to black-haired people, aren't they sad, who do your wives and children call to feed them, although we pay pensions, but there is no man in the family, can this life be smooth? ”

Liu Renyu said a lot of things in one breath because he thought that the army with faith is the most powerful, but in view of the limited cultural level of the soldiers in Zhenbeibao, it is impossible for him to say anything about "all nationalities in the land of the Ming Dynasty, all strata of the people are equal, restrain power, implement the democratic system, implement the system of public opinion representation, build a parliament, so that the rights of the people are guaranteed, and there will be no more cannibalism" and so on, he can only say something real, the so-called permanent people have perseverance, It is a matter of course to defend one's own property.

He can only regard the defense of his own family property as the belief of the Zhenbeibao army, although this belief will be invalidated after the Zhenbeibao sergeant becomes a big landlord and a rich man, but at least for now, it is still useful. Liu Renyu plans to wait for him to become bigger and stronger, and after the people under his rule open up the wisdom of the people, he will instill new beliefs.

Sure enough, the soldiers of Zhenbeibao in the audience all understood, and they all understood that Liu Renyu was the guarantee of their property, fighting for Liu Renyu was fighting for their own property, and training well was to kill the enemy and save themselves, so that they could enjoy a better life in the future.

After the sergeant of Zhenbeibao listened to Liu Renyu's words, these sergeants who had been very miserable in the weekday training and were somewhat resentful were slightly relieved, and they followed the pre-arranged procedures, and after Liu Renyu finished speaking, Shan shouted: "We will win, we will win, we will use me in the first battle, and we will win with me." ”

After the sergeants finished calling out, Liu Renyu called out the horn and signaled the start of the army assessment.

First of all, each department assesses itself, and the assessment items are three, running 5 miles with weights, 300 push-ups, and 300 pull-ups. The results of the assessment are recorded by the auditor.

Next is the team assessment project, this assessment is only one, that is, Yang Desheng and other 3 flags, any one of the flags to form a phalanx, first walk in unison, and then kick the step across the rostrum to accept the review, the judges are only Liu Renyu, Liu Renyu will select the best and the worst to commend and punish.

It turned out that it was simply too strange and uncoordinated to let the army dressed in Ming Dynasty costumes walk in a phalanx and kick the right step. Moreover, the military band that came out according to Liu Renyu's requirements was simply foolish, blowing and beating all the way, just like marrying a daughter-in-law, very festive, but not like the music of a military parade.

Liu Renyu once asked left and right: "What kind of road is this band?" ”

"My lord, this is a grass platform group of people who can play and sing in our fort, usually when someone in the fort marries, they help join in the fun, today our military parade is also a festive day, you said you want a military band, I will let them come. What's the matter, aren't you satisfied, my lord? This is Li Jiye, the organizer of the military parade and assessment activities, replying.

"That's it, you remember, we are an army, not a troupe, and in the future, we are not allowed to use the music played when we got married."

As soon as Li Jiye heard it, he knew that he had messed things up, so he hurriedly confessed, Liu Renyu did not reprimand, he just wanted to wait for the strength in the future, and he must find some people who are engaged in art to arrange military music well, and he also plans to quote Western musical instruments, because it is destined to use firearms on a large scale in the future. Weapons combat.

Liu Renyu thought, thought, the military band playing the marriage music finally walked past the rostrum, followed by Yang Desheng's department, the flag is composed of a flag bearer, and two officers, the flag general and the deputy flag general form the first column, walking in the front, behind is a phalanx, kicking and walking across the rostrum, followed by the flag under the jurisdiction of Zhang Tieniu, the flag under the jurisdiction of He Ergou.

After these three flags were completed, Liu Renyu decided that the banner under Yang Desheng's jurisdiction was the best, followed by Zhang Tieniu, and He Ergou's was the worst.

After the assessment of the whole army, the next step is to take the stage to receive the award for good performance. In the army-wide assessment, Liu Renyu personally met with those who won the first place in the self-assessment of each department, issued silver taels, mobile medals, and encouraged them; The second prize was received by Yang Desheng, He Ergou and Zhang Tieniu, and two silver medals were issued, and the mobile medal was awarded; The third prize will be received by the general manager of each flag and deputy flag, and two silver medals will be awarded. When each wave of people came to receive the award, the audience had to applaud to express congratulations and congratulations.

After the individual award was issued, followed by the group award, Liu Renyu personally handed over the mobile red flag of the honorary title of "Excellent Group" to Yang Desheng, Yang Desheng proudly waved the red flag, and the audience naturally thundered applause.

After the award is distributed, the punishment is followed, because the military assessment and military parade end early, and the punished person in the individual event is hungry for lunch, and the punished person in the group event is hungry for dinner.

The recruit training period is over, and the sergeant of Zhenbeibao begins to train the method of killing, among which Yang Desheng's banner began to practice spears, Zhang Tieniu's banner practiced bows and arrows, and He Ergou's banner practiced swords and shields.

Originally, according to Liu Renyu's idea, his army should be equipped with bird guns and cannons, become a modern army, and then kill the enemy, but the output of firecrackers could not keep up, and second, he still wanted to let the sergeants be familiar with cold weapons first, and wait until they had trained their military courage and strong enough to resist pressure, and then changed to firearms. Therefore, these sergeants first practiced their skills in killing the enemy according to the routine of cold weapons.

These sergeants were busy with physical training, formation, archery, stabbing, slashing, and shield resistance.

Under such rigorous training, some sergeants seemed to be unable to bear it, and some sergeants faintly wanted to make trouble.

In order to resolutely strangle such dangerous ideas in the cradle, Liu Renyu thought of many ways, such as organizing boxing matches, organizing football matches (according to the modern competition system), organizing large-scale theatrical performances, and repeatedly performing the tragedy of homeless people wandering around, having no fixed place, and cannibalism, so that everyone can remember the bittersweet feelings, cherish the good life now, and train to defend their hard-won fields.

In addition to these measures, Liu Renyu also opened a general mailbox for the soldiers to write down the depression in their hearts in the letter and leave it for him to see.

After reading the letter from the sergeants, Liu Renyu would send a psychological counselor to guide her, but Zhao Cuizhi took over this job.

has such a beautiful woman doing psychological counseling, so that even if everyone has no psychological problems, they have to find ways to create one in order to talk to Zhao Cuizhi.

Liu Renyu knew these Qiu Ba's careful thoughts, but he didn't want to interfere, because, in this case, the resentment in the hearts of the sergeants would naturally be dissipated a little, so good.

In this way, under the effect of Liu Renyu's various decompression methods, the pain of the sergeants being beaten by Shangguan during training and the shame of being knocked down during the fight during training have been alleviated.

However, even so, the negative emotions brought about by the long-term and harsh training were still like a volcano, as if waiting to erupt, and in order to dispel this emotion, Liu Renyu decided to take these sergeants to see the blood at the appropriate time.

Liu Renyu had just had this idea in his heart, and a perfect opportunity appeared.

One day, Ma Tianjun came to Liu Renyu's mansion and regretfully informed the general manager of Zhenbei Fort that the silver collected in the fort was about to be exhausted, and it could be supported for two months at most, and after two months, if there was no input, Zhenbei Fort would go bankrupt.

Hearing the news, Liu Renyu resolutely decided to adopt a new method to open up the way to wealth, and this method was to suppress bandits.