The first rays of sunlight in the morning broke through the ridge and shone into the windows of the small courtyard, illuminating the small mountain house.

Zhu Pingjin packed up and walked towards the barracks not far from the bottom of the hillside, followed by Luo Jingyun. Since accepting the official appointment, Luo Jingyun has transformed from his sister's tail to his brother-in-law's tail. Looking down, Zhu Pingjin could see that an army of more than 300 people was hurriedly assembling the whole team according to He Youyi's orders, and Xiao Song was standing beside him. Da Song and Shu Guoping were standing by the barracks, chatting about something.

Seeing Zhu Pingjin, Song Zhenzong and Shu Guoping all came up. Shu Guoping said first: "Yu Shizi, according to the establishment, this caravan has a battalion company, and there must be a platoon team, the last general and General Song have discussed, now that there are not enough manpower, it is better to divide these people into four companies first, each company is about eighty or ninety people." The platoon squad leader should be set down as soon as possible, so that each company can conduct drills as soon as possible. ”

Song Zhenzong added: "Those guards, drummers, and clerks in the establishment, there are none of them now, so we will train them as recruits first." ”

Zhu Pingjin waved his hand and continued walking, and the four of them said as they walked.

Zhu Pingjin instructed: "In the future, the new soldiers will first conduct two or three months of drills, and when they are trained like a soldier, they will be sent to the troops for use. ”

Song Zhenzong and Shu Guoping both smiled and replied yes.

Zhu Pingjin also instructed: "Officers have the right to command, and they must be selected through selection, and they cannot be appointed arbitrarily. The squad leader is a mid- and low-level non-commissioned officer, and the soldiers are self-elected. Only two people are allowed to nominate each person. There are ...... in total," Zhu Pingjin did a quick calculation in his heart, "The candidates are ...... Twenty-eight squad leaders and fifty-six team leaders. These men were appointed, and each company was divided equally, and each company had seven shifts. The platoon commander is an officer, and the generation method will be thought about again in this world. ”

Song Zhenzong and Shu Guoping glanced at each other. Song Zhenzong hesitated a little: "Shizi, it is best for the squad leader to be elected by the officer, and then appointed by the Shizi himself." ”

Shu Guoping said: "The last general thinks that this is the method of court officials. They were elected, and the appointment was still made by the son. ”

For the first time, the military and political chiefs were divided. Zhu Pingjin looked at the two of them with a smile, and said to Song Zhenzong: "The superior is in charge of the subordinate, and the superior officer can of course nominate the junior non-commissioned officer!" The participation of superiors and subordinates in the election allows the elected people to represent the greatest public opinion. Now that General Song has a candidate, you can also participate in the election! ”

Song Zhenzong hurriedly said: "I think that tall man Chen Youfu is good......"

Zhu Pingjin had already turned his head to Shu Guoping and said: "Each company is divided into people, pay attention to separating the soldiers' origins!" At the beginning of the founding of the army, the rules must be set! ”

Today, with a new outfit, the spirit of the team is very different.

Yesterday, when Zhu Pingjin first saw him, the entire beggar gang meeting looked like an army today. Each wore a long gray jacket with small lapels and narrow sleeves, which reached the knees, and a pair of cotton pants of the same color. Inside, it is a coarse cloth with narrow sleeves of the same color, and pants are worn underneath. Taking off their padded jackets, the soldiers were dressed like ordinary people. This outfit was designed by Luo Yuhong and finalized by Zhu Pingjin. The style is first in line with Luo Yuhong's personal aesthetic views; Secondly, the appearance is simple, and the production is time-saving and labor-saving. The clothes are straight up and straight down, which is convenient for adding combat equipment to the soldiers; The narrow sleeves make it easier for soldiers to wield knives and guns. The coat is gray because gray is the best to dye. Ordinary plant ash is the dye, so the cost is minimal. Clothes and trousers are available, but there are still three things missing: hats, belts, and cotton shoes. Cotton shoes and belts are not in a hurry to prepare, and they will have to wait a few days to arrive. The hat was forgotten by Zhu Pingjian, and now the bun on the soldier's head can only be tied with cloth rope, hemp rope, and even straw rope.

Among Zhu Pingjian's several generals, He Youyi, Xiao Song and Luo Jingyun also changed into gray cotton jackets and cotton pants, but Song Zhensi still used the copper buckle belt of the Ming army. Shu Guoping was still wearing what he wore yesterday. The biggest change in the type is Song Zhenzong, the iron scale armor he wore yesterday was replaced by a mandarin duck cotton armor of the standard of officers and soldiers, and it finally stopped making a noise. Only on his head, he still meticulously wore his red cherry phoenix winged iron helmet.

Zhu Pingjin inspected his new-style army with great interest. He could feel that where his figure was, it was always like a magnet, attracting the attention of many eyes.

Chen Youfu stood first to the right in the first row of the queue because he was the tallest in the line. Today, he didn't have a team flag to raise, so according to the drill standard, his hands were hanging down, and his palms were on his trousers; Keep your legs together and your toes apart; Keep your back straight and look straight ahead. In short, he meticulously followed the military posture taught by Lord Song. Chen Youfu looked at Zhu Pingjian while feeling that the rice in his stomach was full, and there was the salty aroma of pickles in his mouth. The padded jacket on his body was tightly wrapped in heat.

That's great! Shi Ziye is right, he can finally be fed and clothed, and it would be better if he would be like this every day in the future. The mountain, the water, the tree, and the air he breathes, every bit is like the small mountain village where his ancestors lived in his hometown of Xinning County, familiar and friendly. My mother and sister can also eat enough, I don't know where they are now? But the prince is such a good person, and he will never be cold or hungry if he follows him. Chen Youfu's eyes followed Zhu Pingjian's movements, but he thought of his mother and sister, and thought of his father and second brother who were stoned to death by a local thug, as well as his daughter-in-law who didn't run away with a big belly, and tears inadvertently filled his eyes. The sun leapt over the top of the mountain, dispelling all the haze in the valley, and the sun filled every corner of the mountain brightly. Chen Youfu suddenly saw that on the edge of the big red dragon robe of the prince, there was a circle of gold edges. The eight-beam small golden crown on the head of the prince exudes a circle of shining light wheels!

"Are the brothers telling the truth? The son of the world is really the reincarnation of the boy next to Guanyin Bodhisattva, who came to save our poor people! ”

Chen Youfu's heart was churning, and he suddenly heard Mr. He call his name. He reflexively shouted "Here!" He was called to a table. Mr. Shu, who is usually amiable, asked him who he wanted to elect as the squad leader and team leader.

Chen Youfu was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "I choose myself!" ”

Mr. Shu smiled at him and asked, "Why did you choose yourself?" ”

A trace of perseverance appeared on Chen Youfu's face: "I want to take my brothers and follow the world to fight the world!" Let my mother, my sister-in-law, and all the poor people in the world live! ”

Mr. Shu nodded, wrote a few words on a piece of paper, raised his head and said to Chen Youfu, "You have to choose another one." ”

Chen Youfu thought for a while and said, "I choose Liu Sangen from our village. He was the one who hit the thug in the head and helped me escape! ”

Mr. Shu asked as he put down his pen: "Liu Sangen's name?" ”

"The roots of the roots. We have called him Liu Sangen since he was a child! ”

Mr. Shu finished writing on the paper, and then asked Chen Youfu to return to the team.

One by one, the people in the line were called out, and one by one they returned to the queue. It wasn't until all the soldiers said their candidates for squad leader and team leader that He Youyi announced that the team was disbanded and rested. Chen Youfu took this opportunity to hurry towards the thatched house, and then he heard a person behind him scolding in a low voice: "Damn X, I don't know what I'm doing!" Standing Lao Tzu's feet are numb! Chen Youfu's face changed drastically, and he looked back suddenly. But there were so many people in the team that he couldn't tell who was saying strange things.

After the team reassembled, He Youyi announced that the named ones were out of the ranks. Chen Youfu was the first to arrive, and then seventy or eighty others were also called out. They stood in a row again, among them were Liu Sangen and several people that Chen Youfu was familiar with.

Chen Youfu's eyes followed Shizi until he came to the platoon. The prince of the world announces that according to the joint election of all the officers and soldiers, the prince of the world now appoints you as the non-commissioned officer of the caravan! You will be the class leader and group leader, managing the class or the group. Remember, from this day forward, you are no ordinary soldier. I hope that you will play an exemplary role and be strict with yourself......

After Shizi's speech, Mr. Shu announced the specific position of each team leader. Then, several officers took the rosters in their hands, called out the soldiers one by one, and stood behind the squad leader to which they belonged. The four rows of horizontal formations on the drying field turned into twenty-eight vertical formations in a blink of an eye. Song Zhenzong and the other four company commanders started from Chen Youfu's squad and took one squad from each company in the order of one, two, three, and four. The twenty-eight vertical formations on the drying field turned into four phalanxes in a blink of an eye.

A brand-new army is beginning to take shape.

After forming a class of twenty-eight twelve, there were still more than a dozen people left. According to Zhu Pingjin's orders, these people were temporarily distributed equally to each class. When Sun Hong arrives tomorrow with Wang Daniu, Zhu Pingjin plans to organize Wang Daniu's people into a separate platoon and direct command from the battalion headquarters. These remainders will be replenished into Wang Da Niu's chop.

In the current social environment, it is not a fuel-efficient lamp that can bring hundreds of people to the streets with hoes and poles in hand to make trouble. Wang Daniu himself is a small peasant leader who has some influence in the local countryside of Qiongzhou. After formal training, with his leadership skills, being a platoon commander is more than enough. Wang Daniu has his own brothers under him, as well as hardcore supporters who are willing to go with him, and rashly breaking up and assigning them to various classes may cause them to resent it. Wang Daniu and his subordinates are all commoners, that is, commoners, not domestic slaves bought by Zhu Pingjin in the human market. In the Ming Dynasty, the identities of mins and slaves were completely different, and the legal status between the two was not equal. If Wang Da Niu's people are completely mixed, there may be contradictions or even conflicts between the two, which is not conducive to the unity of the caravan. At the present stage of the new army's initial establishment, such risks should be avoided as much as possible.

Before the lunch began, Zhu Pingjin once again reiterated that everyone would have three meals a day in the future, which once again caused a cheer. But Zhu Pingjin did not have lunch with the soldiers, but took a few people back to his small courtyard HAPPY. No matter how good Zhu Pingjin shouted when he stood on his royal bench, the essence of this army was still Zhu Pingjin's private army, not some kind of People's Liberation Army. Zhu Pingjin's identity and status also determined that he could not really be commensurate with his soldier comrades and get along with his brothers. Even if Zhu Pingjin doesn't care about this personally, the courtiers around him will also maintain his status. You must understand that when they maintain Zhu Pingjin's status, they are also safeguarding their own status. On this point, the fundamental interests of the landlord class and its spokesmen, or their general representatives, are always the same.

Zhu Pingjin asked a few people to open a small stove, not just to treat everyone to a meal. After building the organizational structure of the army, he should devote his next energy to the training of the army.

How to conduct military training, everyone just discussed it at lunchtime.