At this time, an expanded meeting was being held in the government hall.

That was the meeting of the Forces nouvelles.

The traditional Sixth Army is no longer sufficient to meet operational needs. It can be seen that after the main army set out for Italy, the mainland can only maintain the offensive posture against Wallachia by conscripting militia.

Both Qin Cang and Zhengshitang felt that the army was going to be expanded. But how much? Now it is a regular army of 20,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry.

"Thirty thousand! At least thirty thousand! Chen Hanlin slapped the table and shouted!

Obviously, the princes of the political hall are not willing to lose money so much. "Fifteen thousand at most! Chen Hanlin, give me some attention, who do you think is responsible for the military expenditure of 170,000 or 80,000 yuan a month? Your army is not like the navy can be self-sufficient, why do you call such a high price? ”

"Of course I have my conscience! Do you know how tired soldiers are from fighting outside? How miserable is it? You are still calculating, if you ......." After Chen Hanlin became a privy envoy, his scolding skills were quite good. Alone against the political affairs hall, a large number of people are not afraid at all.

The two groups of people were scolding happily here, and the officials over there were already calculating how much more food they would have.

Along the way, Vlad III and Stefan III, who were shocked by the prosperity of Chijing, stood cautiously aside. Compared to Chijing, Argesh and Suceava are simply rural villages, and they are unsightly. In their minds, Constantinople was no more than that.

After arguing all day, it was finally decided to add another 20,000 new troops to form four infantry corps.

The numbers were set on the spot, the Xianning Army, the Shouning Army, the Changning Army and the Wanning Army.

Of course, this Ning character was used by the political hall to disgust Chen Hanlin. This guy is rolling around in the political hall, and of course the princes want him to be honest. However, the situation is not waiting for us, and the army should still be there.

This time, I won't play any melee combat, this is still the result of the joint efforts of the three big iron supervisors under Chu Jing's control.

Chen Hanlin, the princes of the political hall, and Vlad III and Stefan III, who were spectators, came to the big iron prison in the mining area outside the city.

From afar, they had already seen where Qin Cang was.

For Qin Cang, Vlad and Stefan's impression is that they are young, very young. And then there's majesty. This is made up of a combination of momentum and costume.

And Qin Cang didn't pay attention to Vlad and Stefan.

"Is a bayonet really workable?" Qin Cang asked Chu Jing.

Chu Jing personally picked up the new flintlock pistol, which was named the five-year flintlock pistol of the Han Dynasty, and was made of stacked wrought iron, unlike the rotten goods tied with hemp rope in the late Ming and Qing dynasties. After reinforcement with wire, the bayonet base had a gun body that could be fixed.

The bayonet was about forty centimeters long and had a meter** length inserted into the flintlock pistol. However, at this time, the bayonet was not under the gun, but on the right side of the muzzle, which was convenient for assassination.

"In order to study the bayonet, we compared several specifications of the triangular pyramid, and finally decided that this ratio was the most suitable for our carbon steel production. In addition, all our bayonets are made of carbon steel to avoid the bayonet breaking due to poor quality. The bayonet seat is also ........" Chu Jing gushed endlessly, and the two barbarians and outsiders from afar had to stare dryly on the side.

"Get a guard and try it." Qin Cang would not listen to Chu Jing's family. One of the guards immediately arrived at the grass target with an exemplary flintlock pistol and bayonet.

"Kill!" He stabbed through the grass target with a neat thrust.

"Try again!"

Grass targets, wooden planks, and even iron sheets were taken out and tried. Until the iron sheet was pierced, the triangular bayonet was still intact.

"Very nice. Equipped with the whole army. After finishing speaking, Qin Cang continued to ask: "Has the production of flintlock pistols come up?" We still have 20,000 new soldiers, and the outfits of the veterans, and the redress of the border troops in Moldavia, and this is all a problem. ”

Chu Jing wiped the sweat on his head, he was also sweating in his heart when he tested it just now, what if something went wrong?

"Now Nissan has reached 500 barrels a day. Together with the stocks, I am confident that in a month I will solve the problem of the soldier's gun. Chu Jing said.

Qin Cang nodded with satisfaction.

"Hanlin, what about the rest?" Qin Cang asked.

Chen Hanlin immediately ran out and said: "The other problem is that recruit instructors are relatively scarce, and I think we can officially open up martial arts." ”

"Draw up a charter, hand it over to the government hall to manage, and let's go to the recruit camp together."

Qin Cang is no longer in charge of specific domestic political affairs. This is all the task of the Cabinet. If you do a good job, of course you will be rewarded, but if you don't do a good job, then you step down and another person will come up. In this way, Qin Cang basically won't be saddled with notoriety, so the saying that Shoufu is basically carrying the black cauldron is correct.

Vlad and Stefan were very shocked by the advanced technology of the flintlock pistol. They looked left and right with flintlock pistols, as if they had seen a beautiful wife.

It wasn't until the West Hill Ranch arrived that they let go of the flintlock pistols in their hands.

Xishan Ranch has undergone three functional transformations. In the beginning, it was a pasture for wool harvesting; After the arrival of the army, Wang Chun, the chief of animal husbandry, began to be in charge of logistics work part-time, and the Xishan Ranch also became the Xishan Fortress, and began to carry out the transformation of bricks and petrifications and fortresses; And now, after most of the garrisons have fought in all directions, it has become a new barracks.

Wang Chun, who used to work meticulously here, has gone to Jinguancheng with Yang Hongda to be embarrassed, and now the person in charge here is a good temporary worker of the Han Dynasty - Li Jingpo. This one is indeed unlucky, at the foot of the royal city, he is looking for anything. This time, there was no long-term official appointment, so Li Jingpo, who had served as a temporary worker many times, was pulled out again as a temporary worker.

"Recruitment is already underway in the early stages. I'm working hard to get supplies everywhere. The Privy Council and the Ministry of War are already working hard to communicate and establish a temporary yamen. Li Jingpo wiped the dust off his head, he was originally inspecting the dusty beds.

The temporary yamen is another Han specialty. Inspired by the stacked bed frame houses of the Song Dynasty and the special affairs of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Han Dynasty began to implement the temporary yamen after the integration. It is the same as the modern centralized management, and the officials of their own posts are temporarily sent to a small group to improve the efficiency of work.

Li Jingpo is naturally the team leader, and there are commissioners from the Privy Council, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household and other departments.

Of course, there are also people who are pro-army in the Central Union.

"The soldier's costume is here. They are a set of bright red dresses, made of flying fish suits; There are also three sets of training uniforms, which are used for training on weekdays; These are two formal suits, worn during combat.

In addition, there are epaulettes, belts, and so on. We are already preparing these supplies. ”

Li Jingpo, who was gushing endlessly, introduced them one by one.