Chapter 36: Recruiting Craftsmen

"Gendarme?" Zhang Juntai asked Li Wenyuan with a confused expression.

"Yes, the gendarmerie is primarily responsible for maintaining discipline in the army, guaranteeing the execution of army orders, organizing military tribunals." Li Wenyuan said.

"Court-martial?" Zhang Juntai continued to be confused.

"It is where the behavior of soldiers is regulated in strict accordance with military law, without favoritism or bribery." Li Wenyuan explained to Zhang Juntaidao.

"Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there will be favors, and it is too difficult to achieve absolute justice." Zhang Juntai said with emotion.

Li Wenyuan also deeply felt that the law should be a norm for the people where they should not be involved and where they can boldly explore, and they must be strictly enforced. And the so-called subjective considerations did not bring any benefit to the people, but left a loophole for some powerful people to exploit.

But this time, he was prepared: "In order to deal with this so-called favor, I have prepared two hundred dead soldiers over the years, which is enough to control the current three thousand." ”

"Then gradually use these three thousand people as the backbone to control the soldiers of the Western Regions?" Zhang Juntai said with a smile.

Li Wenyuan nodded with a smile and continued: "Military discipline is very important, whether it is winning the Central Plains or expanding the territory, we must strictly abide by military discipline, and we must not relax, after all, our soldiers still have to retire and return to their hometowns." ”

Zhang Juntai nodded, and Li Wenyuan suddenly asked, "What about these temporarily promoted officers?" ”

Zhang Juntai nodded and said: "Most of these people are the leaders of the original defeated army, and this time the army is reorganized, and it is very popular to promote officers according to their talents." ”

Li Wenyuan's heart calmed down a little when he heard this, the fire commanders in the army all use the martial arts test, and the number one who can rank in the armed forces can be posted. However, from the battalion commander to the brigade commander, it involves the assessment of some necessary knowledge of the art of war and the necessary knowledge of marching such as camping, which Zhang Juntai is responsible for, and he no longer cares about it.

In order to rapidly expand his officer corps, Li Wenyuan has two deputy commanders next to each commander, so as to make up for the shortcomings of his own lineage.

Now there are 3,000 people in his hands, and according to the establishment, it is a division, Li Wenyuan took over the position of division commander, and Zhang Juntai was in charge of the affairs of the whole division as the deputy division commander.

In accordance with the building of the army in later generations, Li Wenyuan also emphasized the cultivation of spiritual outlook, and often arranged for military exercises between various brigades so that the soldiers could have a sense of belonging and honor.

Zhang Juntai was very interested in the military exercises, and combined with some of his own experience, he was ready to deepen and refine the aspects of the exercises. Li Wenyuan didn't ask any questions about this, and the only requirement was that it must be as realistic as possible, and there should be absolutely no scripted exercises.

After the affairs of the army were almost arranged, Li Wenyuan left the barracks, and Zhang Juntai didn't know how many streets he had dumped in terms of military training, and there was no need for him to stay in the barracks to be a layman to lead an insider, so he simply left Zhang Juntai in charge. Li Wenyuan came out this time to find the shopkeeper who had built the Wuhou Repeater before.

That shopkeeper is definitely not the only one in this golden city, there are definitely people who have escaped here from the original craftsmen.

Li Wenyuan pushed open the door of the shopkeeper and walked straight in, and without seeing the shopkeeper standing behind the counter, he shouted directly: "Lao Jin, where is Lao Jin?" I'm looking for you. ”

After a while, the shopkeeper came out from behind, brushed off the thread on his body, and said, "It's that gust of wind that blows you, sit down." ”

Li Wenyuan saw that there were a lot of threads on the shopkeeper's body, and it was not possible to clean them up in a while, so he said: "I'll just leave after a few words, and I don't need to get those useless ones." But then again, do you really work as a tailor? ”

The golden shopkeeper smiled: "Who can't eat?" Some time ago, the guys in the store returned to their hometowns, and they had to do their own work if they were not enough. ”

Li Wenyuan looked at the store and saw that there was no one in the store, and said to the golden shopkeeper in a low voice: "I want to recruit a group of craftsmen who can build weapons to go to the Western Regions, you go with me, I can incorporate you into the official register, and you don't have to serve in the military." ”

When the golden shopkeeper heard Li Wenyuan's words, he just opened his mouth to say that he didn't know that there were other exiled craftsmen in Jincheng, but when he saw Li Wenyuan's face full of sincerity, he lowered his head and hesitated.

Li Wenyuan saw that the golden shopkeeper did not answer, so he took off the waist card from his waist and handed it to the golden shopkeeper: "You are also a craftsman who came out of the forbidden middle, and you should know that my waist card does not look like a forgery." As the governor of the Western Regions, I don't need to lie to you, as long as you come with me, the government will be responsible for all the settlement expenses. ”

The golden shopkeeper trembled and said, "The cost of settling in? Could it be that the chief manager even wants to take my family members to the Western Regions? ”

Li Wenyuan nodded and said, "That's natural, you can build weapons with peace of mind when your family is around." I need your skills, you can live with your family, we take what we need. ”

The golden shopkeeper gritted his teeth and said: "There are more than 100 craftsmen like me, all of whom are exiled craftsmen from the previous dynasty. ”

Li Wenyuan smiled, stretched out his hand and handed him a document, and said, "After everyone gathers, use this document to find me in the military camp outside the city, and let's set off together." ”

Walking out of the tailor shop of the golden shopkeeper, Li Wenyuan stretched his waist, he has been pulling all kinds of talents non-stop in the past two days, busy with his feet hitting the back of the head, but he has not had time to deal with his own family affairs, thinking of this, Li Wenyuan led the horse and walked home, and on the way he was still planning things after he arrived in the Western Regions.

Li Wenyuan was thinking as he walked, and he was distracted for a while, and when he heard the noise in front of him, he woke up from his contemplation. I saw Qiu Niang's figure from a long distance, at this time Qiu Niang was directing some people to move a few large boxes into the courtyard, and there were several women standing next to her, among which only Gai Suzhen recognized herself, and the rest no longer knew her.

Li Wenyuan curiously walked quietly to Qiu Niang's vicinity, wanting to surprise Qiu Niang, but before he could get closer, several women he didn't recognize held the handle of the knife on his waist with one hand, and suddenly turned his head, a pair of eyes were shining, Li Wenyuan, who had practiced martial arts over the years, knew that these people were people with some martial arts, and they had a keen perception, so they should be the martial servants that Qiu Niang said.

Li Wenyuan nodded, and secretly said in his heart that he was very skilled, and these people could rest assured that they were by Qiu Niang's side. Qiu Niang also noticed the abnormality at this time, and hurriedly turned her head to see that it was Li Wenyuan who said something to the few people around her, and those people took their knives and saluted. Li Wenyuan nodded to them, and then stretched out his hand, wanting to wrap his arms around Qiu Niang's waist, but Qiu Niang pushed him and said, "Don't make trouble, it's public." As a general, be aware of the impact. ”

Li Wenyuan had no choice but to give up and said to Qiu Niang: "I have found all the people you want, and I don't care about the rest, I just want the result." With that, he laughed and walked into the courtyard, leaving a little woman who was about to crush her silver teeth and stomp her little feet angrily under the surprised gazes of several people next to her.