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Although Xiao Tianjian has reorganized the combat battalion and divided the current battalion into three classes, but this kind of establishment is only temporary, not immutable, the first battalion will always be the first battalion, and the C battalion will always be the C battalion, which depends on the performance of their battalions in the future, if the A battalion or the B battalion does not perform well in the future operations, it can be demoted and become a B battalion or a C battalion, and once the C battalion performs well in the battle, it can also be promoted to a battalion A and B. In this way, it is equivalent to the introduction of a competition mechanism among the troops of the Xingtian Army, so that the generals and soldiers of the various battalions will secretly compete with each other, and in the future, they will exert stronger combat effectiveness on the battlefield.

In short, as long as it is the army of the Xingtian Army, Xiao Tianjian will never allow the kind of mess among them to be similar to the other rebel armies, and the worst thing is that the equipment is poor, but in terms of structure, it must be built in accordance with the regular structure of the Xingtian Army, so that every soldier has someone to manage, and they will not be allowed to become a swarm of rabble.

As for the water camp, Xiao Tianjian did not forget that when Yang Kunshan was still in the Xiangjiang area, and followed Li Xin to support Li Xin and Gao Jian's department through the southern part of Luohu Guangzhou, Xiao Tianjian used Yang Kunshan's deputy nicknamed Water Duck named Zhang Chi, and ordered him and Liu Jiang to reorganize the water camps currently assembled in Wuchang, Hanyang and Chuzhou, eliminate most of the unsuitable fishing boats in the navy, dismiss a number of unqualified sailors, and only retain the warships and cargo ships that are used together, and reorganize them. It is divided into three water battalions, two of which are warship battalions, which are mainly responsible for fighting with the officers and military sailors on the Yangtze River in the future, and the other is basically equipped with cargo ships, which are used as special transportation of soldiers and horses, mainly equipped with more than 300 warships of all kinds and more than 300 large cargo ships of all kinds.

At the same time, Xiao Tianjian ordered Zhang Chi, Liu Jiang and other generals of the water battalion to use this time to conduct large-scale training on the river, so that before the end of the year, they can have considerable combat power, for the two warship battalions, Xiao Tianjian collected some kinds of Fran cannons as much as possible, and armed these warships. Even compared to the various types of artillery used by the Xingtian Army's infantry army, it did not suffer a loss, and at the same time, in order to strengthen the firepower of these warships, some tiger squat cannons and bowl-mouth guns were also armed on the ships, and even the cargo ships were also equipped with some of them for use as armed cargo ships.

Just when Xiao Tianjian was busy with the axle in Wuchang Mansion, Luo Li sent someone to send back the news that he led his subordinates to defeat Daye County in southern Ezhou.

Hearing this news, Xiao Tianjian was immediately overjoyed, he went to Jinnan to control Yangcheng, in order to produce iron in Yangcheng, can use the resources there, to provide more abundant weapons for the Xingtian Army, now the entire Jinnan has been controlled by the Xingtian Army, the iron ore and iron furnace produced by the current Xingtian Army control, although it is basically enough for the Xingtian Army, but these iron produced will be transferred to Henan through the Yellow River, delivered to the craftsmen in Henan throughout the river, in this era, only by land transportation, It takes a lot of manpower and material resources and also requires a large number of mules and horses, and the transportation problem alone is a big burden for the Xingtian Army.

Now Huguang has basically been taken, but weapons, especially firearms, have to rely on Henan and Jinnan to solve, just transporting these materials will cost a lot, and now Luo Li has laid Daye County, which undoubtedly solved a big trouble for him.

As we all know, Daye is a place to smelt copper and iron since ancient times, there are large copper and iron mines, and there are thousands of years of smelting history here, it is the birthplace of Chinese bronze culture, and it is also the foundation of Wuchang's modern industry in later generations.

Now Daye has been taken, Xingtianjun has a resource here, plus Daye has a long history of experience in iron smelting and copper smelting since ancient times, even in the Ming Dynasty, it is also one of the iron-smelting centers of the Ming Dynasty, where there are a large number of miners who live by mining, and there are also a large number of smelting furnaces, so that as long as a group of skilled blacksmiths from the north are sent to the south, they can immediately use the resource advantages here to create various weapons for the Xingtian Army in the Huguang area.

After Xiao Tianjian learned the news, he immediately ordered Luo Li's department to be rewarded, and at the same time ordered them to immediately find blacksmiths on the spot, appease the local miners, and resume production as quickly as possible, and the local iron-producing furnaces are basically the family property of the magnates, don't be polite to them, confiscate and confiscate, temporarily change to the public ownership of Xingtianjun, in addition, he immediately drafted an order and sent people to the General Logistics Department of Song County in Henan, ordering them to immediately send a group of craftsmen to the south in Henan and Jinnan, and rush to Daye. A large-scale craftsman battalion was built on the spot in Daye, and the next step was to build weapons for the Xingtian Army in Daye.

The Ming Dynasty did not attach much importance to industry, although the folk mining and metallurgical industry also developed well, but the imperial court did not pay much attention to this aspect, which may also have something to do with Zhu Yuanzhang's birth as a farmer, it seems that in this era, China's iron output is still in the forefront of the world, but if it goes on like this, it is difficult to make a breakthrough in technology only by relying on the folk workshop-style operation, so Xiao Tianjian thinks that if he seizes the world one day, then industry is the object of his attention, He must abandon the small workshop-style industry in China in the past, set up large-scale industrial and mining industries, and integrate resources to develop technology, so that in the future, China will always control the frontiers of all kinds of science and technology in the world, and can no longer shrink its neck and be arrogant, so that when the country's gates are bombarded by people's gunboats, they will know how far behind they have become.

Therefore, since he took control of Yangcheng, he attaches great importance to the development of the mining and metallurgical industry, and now there are tens of thousands of miners and various craftsmen working for the Xingtian Army, in addition to steel, there are various handicrafts that have been destroyed by the war, and he is also very concerned, whenever he captures a place, he orders the local civil officials to find ways to support the development of the local handicraft industry, including textiles, ceramics, and papermaking in various places, and hopes that they can also produce world-renowned brands in the future.

At present, Yuzhou's Jun porcelain has begun to gradually resume production, before Jun porcelain is only the palace can have something in the palace, Yuzhou Jun porcelain is also the official kiln is responsible for management, now after the resumption of production, you can allow the private to buy, so the early output of a batch, soon by Fan Yaoshan all the round, sold to Jiangnan, both profits are quite good, and this is just one of the examples.

After Xiao Tianjian led his troops south, he knew that Huguang was really a rich land, at least the impact of the Xiaoice River period here was much lighter than that in the north, it is not false to say that this is the land of fish and rice, the rice here is twice a year, and the yield is higher than that of the grain crops in the northern dry fields, not that Huguang is ripe in the world, but the grain produced in the Huguang area is basically enough to supply the grain gap in Henan.

It was only less than October, Xiao Tianjian saw with his own eyes that some places in Huguang had already harvested two seasons of grain, just from the grain harvested from the homes of the gentry who had been confiscated along the way, in addition to leaving it for the local people, Xingtianjun obtained a large amount of grain, this time Xiao Tianjian finally did not have to worry about the supply of military food, which was also the most important reason why he went south to attack Huguang, with the land of Huguang, he did not worry about the food of the soldiers and had nowhere to raise, although he did not dare to say that the soldiers under his command guaranteed to eat well, But at least in the future, the soldiers can be fed with an open stomach, and only when they have a full stomach can they have the strength to fight, and it is estimated that it is unlikely that the imperial court will want to strangle the Xingtian Army in the future.

The weather has begun to cool down in October, but compared to the weather in the north, although it is cold here, it is far from the feeling of the cold in the north.

Seeing Li Jinde coming, Xiao Tianjian finally breathed a long sigh of relief, at present, after the lack of Li Xin by his side, many things have to be handled by him personally, he is busy with his feet not touching the ground, military and civil affairs, he has to take care of it, and now that Li Jinde has arrived in Wuchang Mansion, he can give Li Jinde the pick in this aspect of civil affairs to carry it! So he laughed and welcomed Li Jinde into the lobby, gave him a seat, and asked him to sit down and talk.

Li Jinde entered Huguang from Huaiqing Mansion directly through Runing Mansion and Gwangju, and then crossed the river in Hanyang to Wuchang Mansion, after seeing Xiao Tianjian, he saw Xiao Tianjian lose weight again, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was quite emotional, and hurriedly saw Xiao Tianjian, saying that the lord had worked hard.

"Not bitter, not bitter! Hehe! It's just a little tired! At present, Li Xin and I sent him to Changsha to conduct a strategy in the south of Huguang, and there are few capable people here, so ...... Hehe! Don't talk about this, it's good that you're here now, there's a big mess of civil affairs here, and it's much easier for me if you take it over!

In addition, I have one more thing to discuss with you, it is not a way to go on like this, and now that our jurisdiction is getting bigger and bigger, it is obviously not appropriate to arrange officials to manage civil affairs just like before! That's why I summoned you, and I wanted to discuss with you about opening a bachelor's office......"

"Open a school?" Li Jinde stood up in shock after hearing this, but the expression on his face was one of surprise.

(During this time, the back pain has been committed again, and it really hurts so much that I can't sit and lie down!) As long as the butt sits down, the back hurts like a needle prick, and if you have the heart to write more, you can't sit for a long time, so it's hard to break out, and you can guarantee two more times a day, which is good! Anyone who has a good way to treat acanthylitis may wish to leave a message to me in the comment area! This kind of pain is really uncomfortable! Let me get out of the sea of suffering as soon as possible! Thank you very much! ）