Yang Congyi thought for a while, and then said: "Then let's do it, first practice land warfare, weapon formation, bow shooting, march, naval battle, and wait for the warship to arrive, and then we will discuss." I think the method of training together with marching and archery is very good, I have walked the whole island before, this island is about 90 miles long from north to south, about 40 miles wide from east to west, and there are barren hills in the middle of the island, which is suitable as a bow training camp. Tomorrow I will go to the Changguo County Government and ask the County Government to help open up the training ground. As for how the whole army is going to be trained, you will arrange it, I will leave soon, and I will come back with you to discuss naval combat training after the warship is built. The training of the Xuanwei Army will be handed over to you, you talk about it carefully, I still have something to ask Shen to join the army. ”

Zhao An said: "Don't worry, the matter of training the army will be done." ”

Wu Qian also nodded slightly to Yang Congyi, reassuring him that they would keep an eye on it and help him train the new army.

Yang Congyi got up and walked out of the conference hall and went directly to Shen Jin.

Officers above the battalion command level have separate barracks, and Shen Jin joined the army, so naturally he also left an independent barracks.

The lights in the room were on, and Yang Congyi said outside the door: "Hasn't Shen Joined the Army slept yet?" ”

After a few breaths, the door opened, and Shen Jin smiled and said, "Yang Jianjun, please come in." ”

"What do you think of this place?" Yang Congyi entered the house and sat down. Each individual barracks is equipped with desks and chairs to facilitate temporary meetings.

Shen Jin closed the door, sat down again, and said with a smile: "This place is much better than on land, quiet and open, if you can, it's no problem to live here forever." ”

"Brother Shen likes it. I just arranged a task for Brother Shen, I don't know what Brother Shen thinks? Yang Congyi asked with a smile.

Shen Jin said: "I was just about to ask you, I don't know what military knowledge should I popularize with the soldiers, as well as the improvement of ordnance, what to change?" ”

Yang Congyi said: "The main thing is to let you teach officers at all levels to read and write, and then tell them the content of the military book "Wei Xuanzi", and use the rest time to tell the soldiers some deeds and legends that have advocated righteousness, courage, and serving the country throughout the ages. Usually you can also study how to be ten zhang away, do not need to speak, only use gestures and flags to transmit information, after all, at sea, the distance between ships is dozens of zhang or hundreds of zhang, and there is something to exchange news. ”

Shen Jin hurriedly picked up the pen and recorded what Yang Congyi said, since he was ordered to join the army, he had to do what he should do well.

"What about the ordnance, how to change it?" Shen Jin asked.

Yang Congyi said: "You can look at the ordnance, there should be a lot of practical techniques in "Mengxi Pen Talk" that can be used in the army, such as the magnetic needle you made, if it is made into a portable needle plate, teach the officers to use it, whether it is at sea, or in the future, it can be of great use." There are also * rockets, bow and crossbow making, and steel-making methods, which can be studied and studied, and may be of great use in the future. If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, and you must rely on military training to march and fight, and you must also rely on the sharp weapons and sharp weapons in your hands, so that you can get twice the result with half the effort when you start a war. The ordnance received by the Xuanwei army had nothing but swords, guns, bows and arrows, and with these things, it might suffer a loss when going to sea in the future. ”

Shen Jin listened and memorized, and wrote down everything he could do and what he had to do.

"When I was studying martial arts, I saw a book called "The General Essentials of the Martial Arts", which recorded a lot of ordnance, but at that time, I just flipped through it casually, and I didn't read it too seriously, but I was more interested in new things, and I read the production method of *."

Shen Jin picked up the pen and asked, "What does *?" ”

Yang Congyi was stunned for a moment, and then he understood, * is not a necessity of life, and it is normal for readers not to care about it and not know*, so he asked: "Have you ever seen fireworks?" ”

Shen Jin nodded and said: "Of course I have seen the fireworks, in Lin'an City, they are often set off on the edge of the West Lake." ”

"There's * in the fireworks. Same as grabbing medicine, the formula is different, the dosage is different, and the power of the product is different, and the pyrotechnics are the one with less power. I'll write you a few recipes and buy some ingredients to try when I have time. * Powerful, easy to hurt people, if you want to try in the future, you must be outside the three zhang, otherwise you will be injured and lose your life. These are all recipes that can be used directly, and the power is different, if you make it, don't put it in the barracks, it's too dangerous. As for how to use it, I still remember a few, and I will write it down for you when I go back at night, you can try to do it, but you must pay attention to safety and ensure that safety comes first. ”

After speaking, Yang Congyi wrote down several * recipes for Shen Jin.

Then he said: "When I return to Lin'an, find the "Wujing General Essentials", you have time to look at it yourself." The key is to teach officers at all levels to read and write, to tell the whole army stories of loyalty, courage, and temperament, and to communicate with each other from a long distance. ”

"Okay, I've got it all down. Brother Yang, don't worry, I'll do my best to do everything well. Shen Jin finished writing and put down the pen in his hand.

"Then for now, I'll be away for a while to see how the merchant ships and warships are being built. I don't know when I will come back, but if I have something to do during this period, I can write to Lin'an to return to the Yi Supervision Office. After speaking, Yang Congyi got up and left.

It has been almost four months since the construction of the Quanzhou sea ship, no one has ever seen it, I don't know how far it has been built now, they will do the training of the Xuanwei Army in the future, there is no need to ask so much, and the logistics will be explained again, Yang Congyi can already leave Changguo.

Although the procurement and supply of logistics materials has been handed over to Guo Qing to do, he cannot represent the Xuanwei Army, he is only the material provider, and someone in the Xuanwei Army needs to manage the procurement.

On the way from Huaining all the way to Mingzhou, Yang Congyi, the material management of the new army, has always intended to involve Jiang Kai, through observation he found that Jiang Kai is honest and principled, and the management of property is also organized, and in the ten days he left Taihu County, the lives and military discipline of more than 700 people can be managed in an orderly manner, and at that time it was found that he has the potential to manage logistics and military discipline.

Now that the new army has arrived at the camp and merged into the Xuanwei Army, there is a fixed camp, a stable supply of materials, most of the Xuanwei Army comes from the forbidden army, and the military discipline is also strict.

Yang Congyi came to Jiang Kai's barracks again, and the lights were still on.

He knocked on the door: "Jiang joins the army?" ”

Not long after, the door opened, and Jiang Kai came out.

"Lord Yang, you haven't rested so late." As he spoke, he dodged and let Yang Congyi into the room.

"You didn't sleep either. What are you busy with so late? Yang Congyi entered the room and found that there was a booklet on the table, and the ink had not dried.

Jiang Kai said with a smile: "I didn't do anything, I just calculated the cost of the whole army's materials, and I knew it." ”

Yang Congyi found a chair and sat down and said, "It's very fast to enter the state, and you will start settling accounts so soon." The whole army now has 4,500 people, and each person has to eat two catties of grain and two catties of meat every day. ”

Seeing that Jiang Kai was a little surprised, Yang Congyi smiled and said: "Don't be so surprised, there is meat to eat on this island, and there are enough fish and shrimp, and the county government sends people to send it every day, one catty and ten wen." This is previously negotiated with the Changguo County Order, I feel that I was deceived by the county order, there are countless fish here, don't say two catties per person a day, even ten catties They can also send it, you can talk to him and talk about the price again. ”

Jiang Kai suddenly realized, he thought it was pork, it really scared him, two catties a day, where can there be so many pigs, how can four or five thousand people afford to eat it every day, but the meat it was fish and shrimp.

"Lord Yang, since you have negotiated the price of fish and shrimp with the county order, will it be bad for me to renegotiate the price?" Jiang Kai was a little hesitant, the prison army had negotiated, and he had to talk about it again when he joined the army, so the authority of the prison army was not greatly damaged.

Yang Congyi said with a smile: "It's okay, I'm also careless, I think this Changguo County is pearls in addition to fish and shrimp, pearls are difficult to pick, fish and shrimp are easy to catch but difficult to sell, five pounds is not cheap, I didn't know the truth when I first came to Guochang, I spent a lot of money, and when I leave, you will go to the county order to talk again." ”

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

"There are other things to come to you tonight, the establishment of the Xuanwei Army is 5,000 people, and now there is a shortage of 500, two days ago I was going to recruit in Mingzhou, but I only recruited five people in two days there, and now I want to go to the mainland to recruit, and I can't transfer manpower. I think so, an army of 5,000 people, some of them are fighting, some are doing logistics, and the battalion of 4,500 people will start training immediately, and no matter how many recruits are recruited, they will not be able to keep up with the progress of training, so they can only directly lower the requirements and recruit a group of logistics troops, not to fight, but only to do logistics.

These people can be recruited from the displaced people, as far as I know, Changguo County often has drought and wind disasters, and Mingzhou often has floods, this island has not rained for more than a month, and it will soon be the typhoon season, and when the disaster comes, the displaced people will be everywhere, and there will be no problem in recruiting 500 or 1,000 people by then. The Xuanwei Army is the protective force of the southbound Huiyi fleet, but the fleet also needs labor, and the temporarily recruited labor has potential safety hazards, so it is better to include all of them in the management of the army. ”

"What do you mean by recruiting displaced people into the Xuanwei Army, but managing them separately from the current 4,500 people? Train them as labourers and just do logistics? "Jiang Kai can understand it at one point.

"You understand it very correctly, that's it, the fleet needs six or seven thousand people to go south, except for the unreplaceable ones, such as the return personnel, sailors, helmsmen, craftsmen, and lang, all the others use the Xuanwei Army, and the safety of the fleet is guaranteed, and it is also convenient to manage." Yang Congyi further explained.

"There's a question, how do you calculate the cost of this person? The cost of the Xuanwei Army is military expenditure, in addition to daily life, there is also military salary expenditure, which is a lot of money. If other people are included in the Xuanwei Army, it will definitely be overstaffed, and the cost will be large. ”