Chapter 277: Expansion of the Army

"Uncle, no, helmsman, look at this big ship. XsHuotXT", Su Changquan was wearing a straight naval uniform, pointing to the third-class battleship in front, "It's not me bragging, with these three ships, there is no one in the entire Fujian sea who can fight with us, no matter whether it is the Fujian sailors or those pirates, I can send them to see the Dragon King as many as I come!" ”

"Hehe, this is the third class battleship of the British! There are also larger, 1st and 1st class battleships with more guns on it! Besides, our gunners and sailors are far from them. ", Chen Jialuo sighed, since Liu Daxia burned the charts, the Chinese have fallen behind the West in navigation, and in three years the British Empire will completely defeat France in the Seven Years' War, George III's country will achieve world maritime hegemony after this victory, and the title of the empire on which the sun never sets will officially fall on the heads of the British; At present, his own strength is not enough to give the British Empire a gap.

"The British are far away from us!" , Su Changquan muttered disappreciatively at first, but after all, it was the pirate's unruly temper that played a role, he glared and said, "I see that those instructors also have two eyes and one nose, nothing unusual, they can build such a big ship and train such a powerful sailor, we can also do it!" ”

"Good! You're right! ", Chen Jialuo patted Su Changquan on the shoulder, as long as the ruler is not a pig brain forbidden sea, we Chinese can also cross the seven seas, "But the British are not far away, now they are all fighting Tianzhu, if we don't work harder, we will be unlucky in less than a hundred years." In the three-year battle of Prassy, the British routed Bengal's 70,000-strong army and gained control of the Indian state of Bengal at the cost of only 72 dead and wounded (22 dead and 53 wounded).

"Hey, hey. Chief helmsman, there are so many ships now, and we don't have enough people now! ”。 Su Changquan touched his head and said.

"You're waiting for me here!" , Chen Jialuo laughed. "Just go and recruit people! Fourth Brother Zhao is also gathering heroes from all walks of life in Zhejiang and Guangdong, and it won't be long before our people can multiply several times! When you practice it, let's take down the Taiwan government! No matter how bad the Fujian Navy Division is, there are more than 300 ships and tens of thousands of people, and the current strength of the navy is acceptable for self-protection, and the attack is not enough! Taiwan Island's rich mineral resources and superior geographical location have been repeated many times.

"I'm much happier than I used to be with this helmsman!" , Su Changquan patted the clean and neat navy uniform, "Everyone says that this dress is good-looking." Ever since I put on this dress, I can't see anything unclean on the ship! Dressed into the city, the people also know that we are heroes of the navy! Every time I go to the restaurant, someone shouts for a treat! ”

"That's in Fuding, right? Funing is not so good now! Chen Jialuo did not forget to remind, "Don't really let the family entertain, if you are caught by the twelve masters, you will be confined!" Shi Shuangying is also responsible for the gendarmerie.

"We all remember the military regulations!" Seeing that Chen Jialuo was in a good mood, Su Changquan asked tentatively, "Chief helmsman, some of my brothers originally took the land deed assigned by the chief helmsman and went ashore to enjoy happiness, but after a long time, some of them wanted to come back. Helmsman, do you think Kai Grace has put them back? ”

Put it back? Chen Jialuo frowned and thought about it, since he chose to go home in the first place, it means that he doesn't trust the Red Flower Society very much, and now he wants to come back when he sees a new ship? Chen Jialuo doesn't like this kind of speculative character from the bottom of his heart. What if they are allowed to enter the navy again and bring bad morale in the army? Besides, it was not easy to weaken Lin Zhennan's imprint in the navy, wouldn't it be strengthened again when they came back? No, you can't let them come back, but if you say it directly, it will hurt Su Changquan's heart, so it's better to deal with it like this, "Changquan!" I happen to have some things on the sea to do, and it is inconvenient for the navy to go out; In their words, it's just right, aren't we idle some boats useless? Just allocate it to them, and let them go to sea to do their old jobs. We provide port and ammunition support, and we will deal with what we get. But it's up to me to decide who should be robbed and who should not be robbed. ”

Chen Jialuo is planning to issue privateer warrants to pirates. Su Changquan also vaguely felt that it was not suitable for these people to return to the army, and it was not enough to save face when he spoke out. Chen Jialuo's way of dealing with it happened to be very happy, and he nodded hurriedly and agreed.

After inspecting the navy, it was the turn of the army, the number of conscripts in the navy was much smaller, and there were many places where new recruits could be recruited. To expand the army by 20,000 people at once, the majority of the troops must come out of Funing, except for Fuding, which has a mass base and quickly overcompletes the conscription task, several other places have not recruited one-third of the manpower after half of the time. Among the people who came to sign up, there were many ruffians, bandits, bandits, and people from the old green camp, who were brushed down before they even passed the first level.

To sum up the reasons, in addition to the ancient precept that a good man should not be a soldier, there is also the question of whether the local residents can have confidence in the Red Flower Society for a long time, of course, those ruffians and hooligans were not admitted to spread rumors everywhere is also one of the reasons.

In response to this situation, Chen Jialuo formulated a number of countermeasures: first, the existing soldiers went out to clean the streets and help the peasants work in between military training to get closer to each other, sort out the sense of trust among the people, and improve their long-standing bad impression of the army; Then send the martial arts masters in the army to show their martial arts in the bazaar to attract young people who are still enthusiastic; The veterans were given holidays in batches, and they were allowed to go to the market with their salaries to spend lavishly, and soon rumors of being rich soldiers spread throughout Funing; Luo Bing's storytellers and You Fanglang also made a difference, spreading the conscription treatment of the Red Flower Society, such as the number of military salaries for soldiers at all levels, and the distribution of land to military dependents. Eventually, as more and more people came to consult, the barracks were opened for three days in a row for the young people to visit. The vast majority of young people were conquered by the large pots of braised pork in the cafeteria. They all went to the conscription office to sign up with their saliva, the land, the silver, the future or something is too far, this meat is real, in their words, they can live a few days of eating meat and being full, and it is worth it to die!

Under all these measures, the conscription task was finally completed within the planned time, and the number of troops in the Red Flower Society increased to 30,000, and the additional 20,000 people will officially enter the establishment after completing the training of recruits. The Red Flower Society's army can finally be formed as an army. (To be continued)

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