Chapter One Hundred and One
After Ying'er finished freshening up and a few people finished breakfast together, the three sisters went to chat and do things, and he went to the conference cabin, at which time all the generals had been waiting for him for a long time.
Ladies and gentlemen, from yesterday afternoon's sudden accident to now, this official is late, and I really have a last resort, please forgive me.
Adults don't have to be like this, the subordinates already know, this is human nature, but the adults are still the spirit of Ryoma today and the subordinates are surprised, what is the secret The adults also teach their subordinates, so that the subordinates can also learn a trick and a half, anyway, everyone is a protégé of the adult, and it is also what the disciples should do to ask the master for teaching. Zhao Gang is still the biggest among the crowd and joked with him on behalf of everyone, although he said that he would be punished according to military law if he was not able to discuss the matter or was late, but Wang Wenle has been fulfilling his duties on weekdays, and there must have been an accident when this kind of thing suddenly appeared, plus Wang Wenle is the chief officer, so it is naturally a joke, and the above things are less to worry about, as long as the subordinates comply with the requirements of the chief officer.
Wang Wenle was also inconvenient to explain, and said with a smile: "If I had as much experience as you, I wouldn't be so embarrassed, to get back to the point, did you gain anything from eliminating this Harada Jiro yesterday?" ”
My lord, this artillery is really a weapon of naval warfare, and from now on this naval battle will be the world of artillery.
That's right, since the artillery has exerted its due power, the way of naval warfare has changed, we are discussing with you today the study of the new tactics of naval warfare, the artillery is still in the trial production stage, so the entire Ming Dynasty is only we are equipped with artillery, because at present, the Ming Dynasty is leading in both land and sea fighting methods and tactics, and it is not suitable for frequent adjustments, so we will experiment as the pioneer of artillery fighting. After the artillery is really finalized, and the ship meets the requirements, mass production will begin, and we will be prioritized for installation, and then for Lord Zheng's fleet.
Listening to him say this, there was a buzzing discussion below, of course, the main reason was that the emperor had invested a lot of money in them, knowing that Lord Wang was powerful, but the emperor was so incomprehensible to everyone, but everyone was willing to follow a Shangguan who was valued by the emperor, and it was easy to get promoted.
It's not convenient for you to be surprised, Lord Zheng's fleet is too large, if you need to invest a lot of money to change clothes, the ministers have resisted the voyage for a day or two, and it is difficult for the emperor to spend the money of the treasury, so he will rank Zheng Daren's fleet in second place, as for the money we spend is the money of the emperor's inner treasury, plus we are a newly established fleet with a small scale, so the emperor will give priority to us.
Hearing him say this, everyone was shocked again, no wonder they never have to wait for money here, it turned out to be directly spending the emperor's private money, and there was no need to report it layer by layer to wait for approval and questioning the loan, of course, it was used smoothly, and now everyone remembered Zheng Yi's honest conclusion, yes, it is definitely an illegitimate child, even the prince does not dare to spend his father's money, let alone spend it so happily, this guy is the emperor's favorite son, think about it, if you have an illegitimate child, you can't give a name, and you can't inherit the family business, It's nothing more than spending a little more money and doing a little more.
But we spent the money of the emperor's treasury and naturally had to earn it back for the emperor, and the emperor kept accounts, so we had to work hard to make money. Give priority to everything, don't give us anything until the end, and we can't even fill this hole. That's why we go to sea with cargo ships to do business. Let's do business while exterminating the pirates and pirates, and we will soon be able to close this hole.
As soon as he said this, everyone understood, and originally thought that he was bringing private goods out to make money, and he made money for the emperor for a long time, although everyone didn't score, but after thinking about it, this is also a great achievement, no matter how you do it, you won't suffer.
Judging from the results of yesterday's battle, artillery will be the main mode of combat in the future, through the deployment before the war and the unified command during the battle, and the flexible handling of problems by each ship according to its own actual situation, in the final analysis, the purpose of artillery battle is to sink or severely damage the enemy ship; Yesterday, we must take this as a warning, and we must not take risks if we are not sure, if it weren't for me, we would have capsized yesterday, it seems that a white-knuckle battle can capture the ship and the goods and prisoners on board, but the risk is extremely great, so in the future, except for me, you can only severely damage or sink the opponent's warship, and can only capture the enemy's cargo ship, this is a military order, do you understand?
The last will obey!
Zhao Qianhu, let's talk about yesterday's results.
My lord, yesterday's battle sank two Cangshan boats, captured a sea boat, killed the enemy leader Harada Jiro and more than 200 people, and captured more than 60 people; We only injured eleven people, all of whom were accidentally injured due to nervousness; After the generals counted together, all kinds of gold, silver, jewelry and goods were converted into more than 80,000 taels of silver.
Well, thanks to the concerted efforts of all of you and this official, this great victory, Zhao Qianhu, you report the list of military merits, according to the rules I set for you before, you settle the accounts yourself, and then work with your subordinates to calculate the accounts clearly, is it good for everyone to be hungry and clothed on weekdays and wait for the time of the war? Or is it okay for everyone to live comfortably on weekdays, and when you fight, you don't have to calculate how much money you rob, how much you share? There will always be a day when this pirate will be exterminated, and when the peaceful day comes, where will there be this kind of oil and water for everyone to fish.
My lord, my subordinates have understood, and everyone is willing to follow the adult's method, but the subordinates are afraid that the adult's method will not last long, and if the outside world learns about it, everyone will be red. Our Daming military household is four taels of silver every year, and we have to pay four taels of silver for rice grain rent, which is actually equivalent to supporting ourselves, and our recruits' first year's military salary is four taels or five dollars of silver, and we also exempt them from the rice grain rent is equivalent to they really got the four taels of silver, and the second year is six taels of silver, and the third year is seven taels of silver. In the past three years, the military households have been farming for three years to feed themselves, and if the harvest is not good, they will have to paste it upside down, and our sergeants can earn seventeen taels of silver without farming for three years, and this is not counting the daily food, our sergeants' food standards are high, how can three meals a day cost six to eight copper coins, and then count the benefits of the New Year's holidays, how can it cost four taels of silver this year.
My lord, as the saying goes, if you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, your subordinates are shocked, this new soldier and veteran and the official are so mixed with other expenses, calculated that a thousand households will cost 12,000 to 15,000 taels of silver a year, this is a lot of money, can we hold it?