Although Chen Wenzhao did not study Marxist philosophy, this dialectical materialism, which is applicable to both ancient and modern times and Chinese and foreign countries, still convinced him sincerely.

So Chen Wenzhao was silent for a long time, and finally sighed: "On the day of the reorganization of my Qi family's army, will I entrust my future and fate to Lord Ji?" I just don't know if Lord Ji is really someone you can rely on? ”

Ji Qingwen heard that Chen Wenzhao's attitude had been significantly relaxed, so he hurriedly took the hot iron and said: "Can I be trusted, no matter how much I say, it's useless." But one of the things I often say is, 'If I can live a comfortable life, everyone will have a comfortable life.'" There are no eternal friends in this world, only eternal interests, I will pay you full salary, and you will give me your life, so it is fair and reasonable, and no one will betray anyone. General Chen, do you think that's the truth? ”

Chen Wenzhao was almost persuaded by Ji Qingwen, but the painful experience in the past couldn't help but make him feel a little longer, and asked tentatively: "Then what if one day Lord Ji can't pay his military salary?" ”

Ji Qingwen pondered for a moment: "The difficulty of capital turnover is also uncertain. In this way, if one day I can't pay the military salary, then you will sell me an extra month's life, and after this month, if the military salary is not in place, then let you go away on your own, okay? ”

If Ji Qingwen didn't want to think about it, so he agreed with his mouth, then Chen Wenzhao might not be able to fully trust the Lord Ji in front of him. But Ji Qingwen added a grace period of "one month", which seemed that he made a decision after careful consideration.

Having said this, Chen Wenzhao finally let down all his vigilance, and said deeply to Ji Qingwen: "Lord Ji, since you are honest with each other, then Chen Mou can't be hypocritical. The matter of recruiting soldiers in Yiwu again, I agreed to come down! ”

Ji Qingwen saw that he had tried his best to finally invite Chen Wenzhao, the descendant of the Qi family's army, to come out of the mountain, so he was naturally overjoyed, stretched out his hand and patted Chen Wenzhao's shoulder hard, and said with a smile: "General Chen's words are true, I am also relieved to have your words." It's just that I don't know if General Chen is still in the military register, do you want me to write to the emperor and restore the general's military position? ”

Chen Wenzhao shook his hand with a firm face and replied: "Lord Ji recruited the Township Warrior Regiment Training, and it is not the regular army of the imperial court, what is the purpose of restoring Chen's military position?" However, I will have to discuss the details of recruitment, training, salaries, weapons, and so on, with the adults. ”

Ji Qingwen didn't force Chen Wenzhao either, but said: "I am only shallow in my studies, and I am afraid that I can't explain so many details for a while." What's more, the mine here is very cold, and it is not a place to speak. Let's go back to the tent and discuss it with Brother Li, who came with me. ”

So Ji Qingwen and Chen Wenzhao returned to the tent along the way they came, ordered someone to fetch a few oil lamps, and carefully discussed the details of the formation of the Xiangyong League with Li Yan and Li Yuanyin.

The first is the issue of command authority.

For this, the supreme command is naturally in the hands of Ji Qingwen, who paid for the recruitment, but although he had played several war simulation games such as "Warcraft", "Total War", and "Three Kingdoms" before crossing over, he had no actual military experience. Therefore, at the beginning, the army's operations were commanded by Chen Wenzhao, and when Ji Qingwen learned poorly, he slowly handed over the command to Ji Qingwen. However, in the event of a major military situation, Chen Wenzhao still has the right to consult on military affairs, so as not to prevent Ji Qingwen from having a hot mind and using troops indiscriminately, and losing his hard-won troops in vain.

The second is the question of recruiting and training soldiers.

When talking about this issue, Li Yan immediately took out a copy of "Ji Xiao's New Book" and said quite proudly: "In the past few days, I have read this military book of General Qi Jiguang several times, and the recruitment and training are also the first glimpses, so I think I can help General Chen Wenzhao." ”

Chen Wenzhao said with a smile: "Mr. Li might as well think about it, this "Ji Xiao Xinshu" is not a banned book, it is published all over the world, and it can be purchased as far as North Korea, Japan, and Annan. But in this world, who can train an army like the Qi family's army? It can be seen that reading books and using soldiers are two different things. Therefore, Mr. Li wants to help me, and Chen welcomes it, but this matter must be led by me, and I will decide who to recruit and who not to recruit. ”

In his words, he tried his best to be polite, but the semantics were still extremely blunt, which made Li Yan, who was also arrogant, feel uncomfortable to listen to, but his words were full of arguments and logic, so that Li Yan, who was full of poetry and books and had a shrewd mind, could not refute it.

The third issue is the issue of military salaries.

Before Ji Qingwen came to find Chen Wenzhao, he had already planned the standard of military salary - he weaved the craftsmen and weavers under the Yamen, if he went out to work, he could earn one or two taels of silver a day, and he could earn more than one hundred and eighty taels in half of the work a year; However, after all, the weavers had ancestral crafts and had to provide for the whole family, and the soldiers could not compare with them; Therefore, he prepared that each soldier could be paid a hundred taels of silver every year, and that all food and drink would be reimbursed by the weaving yamen.

Chen Wenzhao was also stunned when he heard this amount, and said: "Although Yiwu is also in the rich land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it is located in the mountainous area, and the degree of wealth is far less than that of those fish and rice towns in the plains, and ordinary people can earn twenty or thirty taels of silver a year. Miners earn a little more, earning more than forty taels of silver, but it is a chore after all. Lord Ji promised each sergeant a hundred taels of silver every year, which was too high and could be reduced by half. ”

Ji Qingwen knows that whether it is the modern era of the 21st century or the end of the Ming Dynasty in the 17th century, the most important thing is talent first, and silver second.

As long as you have enough money, the first thing you need to do is to keep the talent with you at any cost.

So Ji Qingwen thought about it carefully, thought of a compromise, and said: "According to General Chen's idea, each sergeant will be paid fifty taels of silver every year. However, I still prepared according to the number of 100 taels per person, and the extra 50 taels could be used as a subsidy for training and combat, and it could also be used to reward soldiers who were serious in training and brave in battle. As for the rewards for military merit, they are not included in the list of military salaries. ”

When Chen Wenzhao heard this, he also felt that the silver in his hand that he could reward the sergeant at any time was also an incentive to morale, so he readily agreed.

The third is the issue of weapons.

According to Chen Wenzhao's briefing, the reason why the Qi family army has outstanding combat effectiveness is that it is important to recruit and train soldiers, and the elite ordnance used is also one of the important reasons.

Ji Qingwen traveled from later generations, although he is not a pure weapon theorist, but he also knows that if there is a generation gap between the two armies, it will bring great combat pressure to the side with backward weapons.

So he asked Huang Degong to untie the saber at his waist, handed it to Chen Wenzhao, and asked: "I also brought a knife as a sample, please ask General Chen to evaluate it, I don't know if General Chen can see it." ”

Chen Wenzhao took the saber handed over by Huang Degong, and immediately released a fierce light in his eyes, and asked, "Lord Ji, this is a sword!" Where did you get that? ”

The Qi family army was formed in the 38th year of Jiajing, and the original intention was to fight against the Japanese who were ravaging the southeast coast at that time. Chen Wenzhao, who was born in the military line of the Qi family, was naturally very blushing when he saw the weapons used by the Japanese invaders back then.

Ji Qingwen hurriedly explained: "I asked a friend named Zheng Zhilong to import it from Japan. He is well known and well-known in Japan, and even the silk used to weave the yamen is sold overseas through him, so it should be very reliable. ”

Chen Wenzhao took out the blade of the Japanese sword, looked at it countless times, both front and back, above and below, and said with emotion: "It is said that the Japanese sword was sharp and tenacious back then, and General Qi Lao paid a lot of money to imitate it many times, but he never found the way, and the quality of the sword made was far inferior to that of the Japanese Emperor, but it was barely enough. Today, the village warrior sergeants under Lord Ji can use authentic swords, and they no longer have to worry about suffering losses in hand-to-hand combat. ”

Ji Qingwen was happy to hear this, and said, "Okay, I have already asked that Zheng Zhilong to purchase such a sword." In fact, the price of Japanese knives in Japan is not expensive, and there are good ones, like the one I brought today, about ten taels of silver......"