In all fairness, the cooking skills of the Huadi Daying cooking class are not good, Guan Tianpei hastily picked up two large bowls of rice, only then did he wipe his mouth, and said with emotion: "Even in Guangzhou, ordinary people, it is rare to see a few times in January, but Yuanqi group practice is **** is not lacking, in addition, there are two oceans every month, and being a squad leader is three oceans. ”

Yi Zhixiang served him a bowl of soup and said slowly: "If you are not so generous, how can you win the hearts of the army?" The regimental training is not as good as the green camp, this is called to come, linger away, ask them to work hard, and naturally have to be treated well. ”

Guan Tianpei nodded and said, "I heard that the Yuanqi regiment is also divided into three, six, nine and so on?" Why is it so finely divided? Is it also modeled after the Western military system? ”

Yi Zhishu nodded and said: "It is modeled after the army rank system of Citigroup, the soldiers are divided into three, six, nine and so on, and the treatment is also different, the purpose is to motivate the soldiers, encourage the soldiers to be promoted, and give the soldiers a promotion channel, simply put, it is to give the soldiers hope, so that it is conducive to the commander."

As the saying goes, if there is no desire, there is no hope for the soldiers, and if they have no desire and no hope, they will not be able to manage it at all, and this is especially obvious for temporary regimental training. ”

Guan Tianpei has led most of his life's soldiers, and has been in the officialdom for decades, so he is naturally thorough, there is hope for promotion and a channel for promotion, these regimental warriors will be obedient and obedient, so that they can be prohibited, of course, this is not enough, it is not enough to make the regiment brave and not afraid of death, and he groaned slightly, he said: "For casualty compensation, what is Yuanqi's charter?" ”

"Disability, in addition to a one-time disability allowance, Yuanqi is also responsible for arranging errands, and brothers and children can arrange one person to enter Yuanqi." Yi Zhishu said slowly: "If you die in battle, in addition to the pension and the arrangement of one brother and child, you will also be given two percent of Yuanqi's body shares, which are dead shares." Priority distribution, can be received for 20 years. ”

Guan Tianpei said curiously: "Yuanqi is two percent of shares, how many dividends can I pay in a year?" ”

"The minimum standard, forty oceans a year." Yi Zhizhi said with a smile: "If Yuanqi's two-percent body stock is lower than this number, it will be distributed according to this standard, and the set is high or not low." ”

Guan Tianpei was speechless when he heard it. He said with emotion: "If this is a thousand oceans, good guy, this Yuan Qi Tuan Yong is really worth it." With that, he stood up and said, "Let's go, look around." ”

From noon to afternoon, Guan Tianpei made a detailed inspection and understanding of all aspects of the Huadi camp with great interest, and it was not until dusk that the group left the Huadi camp and boarded the ship at the wharf. Guan Tianpei didn't get on his official boat, but got on the easy-to-be clipper, but he never asked anything.

Yi Zhixiang smoked a cigar leisurely, and did not speak, today, Guan Tianpei should have a comprehensive and detailed understanding of Yuanqi's group practice, and he was touched, which is normal. But this is not the key, the key is what is Guan Tianpei's attitude towards Yuanqi group training?

The clipper entered the White Goose Pond. Guan Tianpei, who had been silent, spoke: "It can be seen that the effort spent on Yuanqi's group training is not small, and the amount of money invested is not a small amount, if the war with England is over, contentment is willing to disband Yuanqi's group training?" ”

"Your arms are still over your thighs?" Yi Zhizhi laughed and said: "If the imperial court or the officials of Guangzhou order the disbandment of the Yuanqi group training, will they dare to disobey?" ”

Slightly groaned. Guan Tianpeicai said: "The Yuanqi regiment trained the troops to Dinghai, and contentment and Lin Butang should be a hit, and contentment wants to recover Dinghai, so that Yuanqi regiment can practice and establish outstanding military exploits, so that the world will pay attention to it." In order to retain the Yuanqi group practice, but so? ”

Yi Zhizu shook his head slightly, and said: "Even if you don't send troops to Dinghai, the Yuanqi group training will sooner or later attract the attention of the government and the opposition. After a pause, he continued: "Let's put it bluntly, Dinghai was defeated, the British army is very likely to go north to Tianjin, Lin Butang is worried about the imperial court's guilt, and he is transferred from Liangguang, Yuanqi group training is Lin Butang's single-handed supervision, he is afraid that Yuanqi group training will form a big trend in the future." ”

And this layer of meaning? Thinking about it, it is not impossible to think about this possibility, Yuan Qi's group practice was formed into such a large scale under Lin Zexu's repeated supervision, he was in Guangzhou for a day, so he was naturally not worried, but if he was transferred out of Guangzhou, it would be difficult to say that if Yuan Qi caused any trouble, he, the initiator, would definitely be implicated.

Frowning unconsciously, Guan Tianpei said in a sullen voice: "Lin Butang will be transferred out of Guangzhou?" ”

Yi Zhishu nodded and said, "If Yuan Qi can't recover Dinghai in a short period of time, there is a good chance that Lin Butang will be dismissed and exiled." ”

Guan Tianpei lost his voice and said: "Dismissal and exile? So serious? ”

Yi Zhizhi said quietly: "The ban on smoking is not effective, it betrays the grace of the gods, provokes border provocations, and harms the world, is this crime enough to be dismissed and exiled?" Not to mention that the emperor will be angry with the forest department, there are many ministers in Beijing who oppose the strict ban on smoking, how can they not take the opportunity to play the problem and fall into the ground? There is also - Yingyi, Yingyi regards Lin Butang as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, and once he negotiates with the imperial court, he will inevitably demand that Lin Butang be severely punished. ”

Hearing him say this, Guan Tianpei realized that Lin Zexu's situation was really precarious, originally he asked Lin Zexu to ask the Yuanqi regiment to train to regain Dinghai, and he felt that it was a little too much, but now it seems that he was also forced to be helpless, and he pondered for a long time before he said in a deep voice: "Contentment spares no effort to form the Yuanqi regiment to practice, why?" ”

Hearing this, Yi Zhicontent laughed and said, "For what? Of course, for Yuan Qi, with all due respect, for the Eight Banners Green Battalion, Zai Xia never dared to count on it, if the British fleet attacked Guangzhou, the military gate was confident that it could be defended? Don't hide it from the military, Zaixia originally planned to relocate a few factories, but Lin Butang asked Yuan Qi to set up a group training of such a scale, which was promising in Xiajue, and he trained the team training with great effort.

It is not only to protect Yuanqi's factories in Guangzhou from being destroyed by the British army, but also to try to avoid Guangzhou from being poisoned by the British army, and Guangzhou's prosperity for more than 100 years was destroyed in the war, which is also a heavy loss for Yuanqi. ”

Speaking of this, he sighed lightly: "Yuan Qi, is this a thankless effort?" spent a lot of money to form a group practice, but in the end it was subjected to unwarranted suspicion from a group of big people, rather than this, it is better to simply disband, a big deal. Yuanqi's factories were relocated to Foshan or Sanshui, and the Foshan-Guangzhou Railway will be opened to traffic next year, and the transportation is also convenient. ”

Hearing him complain, Guan Tianpei smiled, of course he knew that what the other party said was angry, and the Yuanqi group practice, which had been trained so hard. If you don't fight a war and disband, how will the other party be willing? After a slight groan, he said, "Send troops to recover Dinghai?" Can contentment be assured? ”

"The military gate now has a general understanding of Yuanqi's group training." Yi Zhizhi didn't answer and asked: "Does the military gate think that Yuanqi Tuanlian has the ability to recover Dinghai?" ”

Guan Tianpei smiled and said: "Whether the military training is good or not, you have to go to the battlefield to know, however, the Yuanqi regiment has strict training orders and strict military discipline. Well-trained, well-ranked, well-promoted, and well-paid, a pension for the disabled and killed in the war is incomparable, and it has the conditions of an elite army, as for whether it has the ability to recover Dinghai. The old man will see the live-fire training tomorrow before he dares to make a conclusion. ”

Yi Zhizhi said: "Then let's understand that we will go to the shooting range of Xiaohoop." ”

"It seems that contentment is full of confidence in team training." Guan Tianpei said with a smile: "The old man will not return to Guangzhou today." Go to Henan Daying to stay for a night, and be content with the arrangement. ”

Hearing this, Yi Zhizhi smiled, Guan Tianpei was reluctant to go back to Guangzhou, naturally he hadn't thought about how to reply to Lin Zexu, he immediately raised his voice and said: "Little Liu." Turn around and go to Henan Daying. ”

Henan Daying is in the northwest of Henan Island, some distance from the river bank, Yi Zhicontent, Guan Tianpei went ashore at the wharf, and the sky was already dark. Looking at it from a distance, the Henan camp was brightly lit, and Guan Tianpei said a little strangely: "Contentment, isn't it to notify the camp to welcome you?" ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled contentedly, "I don't like those pomp and circumstance, but the military gate feels that the camp is brightly lit and a little abnormal?" ”

"Isn't it?" Guan Tianpei said: "As soon as the ordinary camp enters the night, it is all dark and silent, why is the regimental training camp brightly lit? ”

"Reading." Yi Zhizhi said: "The camp stipulates that you go to bed at ten o'clock, and before ten o'clock, many people are hurrying to study. ”

"Reading?" Guan Tianpei pursed his lips, Yuan Qituan is a farmer, he doesn't know a single big character, and he reads Shilaozishu, this is not a joke.

Yi Zhizu walked slowly and said: "Huadi Camp and Henan Battalion, January 1, assessment regimental brave queue, physical fitness, shooting, assassination and other training, as well as reciting military regulations and military discipline, distinguishing military horn sound and other subjects, twenty battalions, each battalion and company all participate in the assessment ranking, the ranking is behind, the position is replaced, and the vacant position is replaced by the top one, so at night, most of them are reciting military regulations and military discipline.

In addition, the battalion also runs a night school to eradicate illiteracy, and the regiment is brave enough to read and write, which is voluntary, but there are regulations in the Yuanqi regiment that the illiterate cannot be allowed to hold platoon level posts in the future, and the enthusiasm of the regiments to study night school is quite high. ”

"There are many ways to be content." Guan Tianpei smiled: "This shouldn't be an imitation of the West, right?" ”

"It's not." Yi Zhi's voice was muffled and said: "The level of education in Western countries is much higher than that of the Qing Dynasty, and about sixty percent of adults are educated and can read and write, how many of us have?" Less than one percent, almost all of the Tuan Yong recruited by Yuan Qi are illiterate, and they can't find a few who can write their names. ”

After a pause, he continued: "Western countries have regarded war as a discipline and specialized in research, and there are naval academies and army academies that specialize in training officers and soldiers, and the vast majority of officers have graduated from military academies, in other words, their officers are all talented or talented. ”

"It's very strange." Guan Tianpei said disapprerovingly: "We don't have martial arts in the Qing Dynasty, and there is no shortage of martial arts talents, martial artists, and martial arts commanders. ”

Yi Zhishu said with a smile: "Our martial arts in the Qing Dynasty and the military academies in the West are completely different things, and I will give the military gate a detailed explanation when I have time in the evening." ”

"Regarding the Western military system, the old man wants to know more." After Guan Tianpei finished speaking, he was silent, and walked silently for a long time before he said: "The battalion and company positions such as the battalion and company platoon of Yuanqi's regimental training are all won by competition, can the commander of the regimental training be like an arm?" ”

"A soldier takes obedience as his duty." Yi Zhizhi said: "Obeying the orders of the superiors, this is the most basic ethics of the Yuanqi regiment training officers at all levels, disobeying orders or disobeying orders, at least they will be replaced, and at worst they will be dealt with by military law." After a slight sigh, he continued: "The Yuanqi regiment was formed in a hurry, and the competition for positions was also out of helplessness, in order to screen out a group of qualified officials at all levels as soon as possible, this method can be adopted among middle and lower-level officials, and it can prompt some talents to stand out." ”

Guan Tianpei bowed slightly, but did not say anything, he was originally worried about the loyalty of the battalion and company-level leaders of Yuanqi regimental training, and he was also worried that they would be bewitched by others and make some moves to advocate chaos, listening to Yi Zhizhi's words, he couldn't help but laugh at his own worries, Yuanqi regiment training twenty battalions, there will definitely be positions set up above, that must be easy to know and trust people, and Yuanqi's situation, even if the leader has the intention to advocate chaos, I am afraid that Tuanyong below will not follow, after all, Yuanqi Tuanyong's treatment is too good.

The next morning, the small hoop encircles the island, the shooting range.

One after another, the dense gunfire rang out continuously, and the fight was lively, but there was not much lead bullet left on a slip target card one hundred and fifty yards away, and Guan Tianpei, who was standing on the side of the queue and holding a telescope to watch, frowned, wasting so much ammunition, and training to such a level? It doesn't look much stronger than the musketeers of the sailors.

Putting down the binoculars, he glanced at Yi Zhi, who was smoking a cigar from the old god, and said, "Is the target a little farther away?" ”

Yi Zhishu secretly laughed in his heart, today's live ammunition shooting is not a mini bullet, but a lead bullet used in a smoothbore gun, the bullet is small, the clearance is large, not only the power is greatly reduced, the accuracy is even worse, once the gun is fired, the bullet does not know where to fly, listening to Guan Tianpei's words, he said seriously: "The shooting distance of the British musketeers is generally one hundred and fifty yards, which is specially aimed at the training of the British army."

The accuracy is a little worse, but the musket is supposed to make up for the lack of shooting accuracy with dense firepower, and the British army has a hit rate of less than 30% at this distance, which can be regarded as half a catty and eight taels. ”

Guan Tianpei looked at him suspiciously and said, "How did the old man hear that the British army was shooting at a distance of a hundred yards?" And the hit rate can be as high as 60%. ”

Yi Zhizhi said seriously: "Yuanqi regimental training is a new recruit, the psychological endurance of musket shooting is poor, it can't be compared with the British army, naturally we have to shoot a little farther, let's fight more and less, as long as the formation does not collapse, we will win." ”

Guan Tianpei shook his head disapprovingly, and said: "Contentment has not experienced the war, the musket is fired, and the battle damage exceeds two percent, and the formation will collapse, so it is unrealistic to fight more and less." ”

"Of course it doesn't stop there." Yi Zhisuff said with a smile: "The Yuanqi regiment has a way to win, and the military gate will wait." (To be continued.) )