Fang Yuan first announced the appointment order for the promotion and change of personnel in the Xuanjia Army.

"The Xuanjia Army was officially expanded to five battalions, with a total of 10,000 people, 4,000 cavalry battalions, 1,000 artillery battalions, 3,000 infantry battalions, 1,000 naval battalions, and 1,000 UAV teams and logistics."

"Jing Jie, you are the commander of the Xuanjia Army, commanding the military affairs of the five battalions of the cavalry battalion, the artillery battalion, the infantry battalion, the naval battalion, and the drone team, and the rank and treatment are better than those of the commander of the same military guard."

The commander of the military guard is a third-grade official position, and he is already a member of the imperial court, which is a big promotion, and Jing Jie is busy giving his hands to thank him.

In the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, the concubines were small officials from the fifth grade, and the fathers of the Zhu family in the Ming Dynasty still loved their daughters very much. Although the rules for choosing horses are perverted, and the captains usually have no real power, they are first-class and super-grade official positions, and the rank is still above the earl, and the official position is above the governor of the five armies. The standing position in the court is higher than that of Zhou Kui and Tian Hongyu.

A lieutenant like Fang Yuan, as well as the governor's military and political power, is really a supreme minister, and he is above 10,000 people in the court.

Within his jurisdiction, it is justified to reward the official position of a three-rank commander.

"Chigutai, the deputy commander of the Xuanjia Army, and the commander of the cavalry battalion, has a better rank and treatment than the same as the Military Guard Command Division."

The Military Guard Command Department also knew that Fang Yuan was greatly promoted to Chigutai from the official position of Sanpin, which was also a reward for his great contributions in this battle.

Chigutai is a Mongolian, bold by nature, and does not hide his inner ecstasy, brandishing his saber in public and shouting incessantly.

"Li Zongze, the commander of the artillery battalion of the Xuanjia Army, has a rank and salary that is better than that of the commander of the same guard."

Li Zongze was stunned for a moment, Wei Commander Si Qianhu is a fifth-grade official position, three levels lower than Chigutai's third-grade, and the official position is two levels lower. He was originally a general at the same level as Chigutai, but now he was pressed by Chigutai for one or two ends, and he couldn't help but be a little stunned.

Fang Yuan turned a blind eye to his dissatisfaction and continued, "Ma Lin, the commander of the Xuanjia Army's infantry battalion, has a rank and treatment that is better than that of the commander of the guard. ”

Ma Lin is a newly promoted officer, and it is an unexpected surprise to be able to be a thousand households, not to mention that there are 3,000 people in the infantry battalion, which can be said to be strong and strong, so he is not dissatisfied, and he is busy giving up his orders.

"Su Hongyu, the commander of the Xuanjia Army's drone team and logistics, has a higher rank and treatment than the commander of the same guard."

Su Hongyu is Jing Jie's wife, and her husband is the coach, although she has not improved, she is still standing still, but she is also overjoyed.

Fang Yuan continued, "From today onwards, the Xuanjia Army will also have an additional water military camp, Liang Min, who is the commander of the Xuanjia Army's water military camp, and his rank and treatment are better than those of the military guard commander. ”

The commander of the military guard is an official position of the fourth grade.

The commander of the water military camp should have been treated by a thousand households, but Fang Yuan raised Liang Min's treatment by one level, because Liang Min brought three thousand Liangshan brothers into the house, which is considered a small half of the partners, and the treatment is naturally higher than that of the other thousand households.

Fang Yuan organized the 3,000 brothers who defected from Liangshan into three battalions, and arranged the leaders of Liangshan in the naval barracks, just to prevent Liangshan's power from being too great and difficult to control.

He looked around for a week, and the only one among the generals who was sullen was Li Zongze, and explained slightly, "Chigutai was promoted two levels in a row because of his military exploits in the Yanzhou Great Victory. In the Xuanjia Army, whether it is Han or Mongolian, only daring to fight and not being afraid of war is the only way to be promoted. Anyone who fears the enemy will be demoted once and demoted twice. ”

Li Zongze, who bore the brunt of the attack, stood up and arched his hand and said, "Okay, Lord Junmen, I will admit it this time." Our artillery battalion will report first, line up, and next time there is any battle, our artillery battalion will go first. ”

Fang Yuan is now the governor with the right to fight independently, and the honorific title of the governor in the Ming Dynasty is the military gate.

He was straightforward, Fang Yuan smiled, and didn't care about his confrontation.

After Fang Yuan announced the news of the expansion of the Xuanjia Army, the topic that continued was the question of how to raise the Xuanjia Army.

Jing Jie reported, "Lord Junmen, according to the preferential treatment of the Xuanjia Army, each person's salary is 5 taels per month, and 10,000 people are 50,000 silver per month." In addition, food and housing must be managed well, at least 100,000 taels of silver per month, which is 1.2 million taels a year. ”

1.2 million taels of silver a year, which is indeed a lot of expenses. Of course, saving expenses must not deduct non-commissioned officers in terms of food, housing, and treatment, otherwise, the evil consequences will be revealed on the battlefield.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang's solution to raising the army was to replace the payment of monthly salary with military households planting military fields that were free of land.

Later, as there was no war for one or two hundred years, and the situation of land annexation became more and more serious, there were countless cases of military households selling military land for silver. As long as they spent money to buy off the commanders and acquaintances of the guard posts, these officers turned a blind eye and allowed these military fields to be bought and sold, and even spent their own money to buy these military fields at a low price, becoming big landlords.

The sergeants of the military household sold their land, lost their livelihood, and fled when they could in the event of war. Due to the flight of the military households, the successor guards could not find enough sergeants to serve as soldiers, so they could only deceive their superiors and subordinates and continue to mess around.

First, after two hundred years, how many military households still have military fields in the guard, it is simply a confused account, and no one can calculate it clearly. Once the superiors come to check the army, they can only find some old, weak, sick and disabled people to fill the number; Once on the battlefield, although there are 10,000 soldiers in name, only God knows how many actually there are.

Therefore, when Xu Guangqi inspected the army, he saw only 20% of the sergeants who could be called soldiers; At that time, Xiong Tingbi, who had an upright temperament, put forward the same number of requirements to pacify Liaodong, and the 180,000 troops who could clear the heads of people one by one were to stab the hornet's nest of officialdom and expose the emperor's new clothes.

Fang Yuan could think of the same method as Zhu Yuanzhang, which was to use the field endowment of the military field to deduct the monthly salary of the sergeant.

He asked unhurriedly, "I still have 30,000 mu of arable land in my hands, can I use the military household system to deduct my monthly salary?" ”

Jing Jie said, "This is a method, part of it is organized into a monthly salary recruitment, and part of it is incorporated into military households, which can indeed save a lot of expenses." How many acres are the military gate going to raise a military household? ”

Fang Yuan secretly pondered for a moment, and said slowly, "3 acres of land for a military household." ”

Suzhou Prefecture grows two seasons of rice and wheat, with a yield of 300 catties per mu of rice and 150 catties of wheat. Among them, 80 catties of rice are handed over to the field, 30 catties of wheat are handed over to the field, and 330 catties of land are paid for 3 acres of land. 3 acres of land to raise a sergeant, no matter how you calculate it, it will be a loss. It is customary to raise a sergeant on at least 5 acres of land.

Jing Jie was taken aback and said, "My lord, 3 acres of land to raise a sergeant, no one wants to be a military household at all!" ”

Fang Yuan said unhurriedly, "The yield of one mu of land is 300 catties, of course, no one wants to be a military household." What if the output is 600 catties? What if you could grow two crops of rice? It is estimated that everyone in the Xuanjia Army wants to be a military household! ”

Jing Jie and others are looking at each other, the yield of 1 mu is 600 catties, and they can also plant two seasons of high-yield rice, what is this not a fantasy?

Fang Yuan's idea was to buy high-quality rice seeds-hybrid rice on Taobao. Before the crossing, the yield per mu of hybrid rice with chemical fertilizers and pesticides has reached 1800 kg/mu.

The cost of hybrid rice seeds per mu is about 25 yuan, and the price of buying from Taobao is about 2.5 taels of silver. That is, one mu of rice, if you switch to high-quality hybrid rice seeds, the increased seed cost is about one stone.

However, chemical fertilizers and pesticides are not only too costly, but also cause too much damage to the fertility of the land, so Fang Yuan will not consider introducing them for the time being.

One mu of hybrid rice, without chemical fertilizers and pesticides, how much rice can be produced per mu in one season? How much higher can it be than the current yield of 300 catties per mu?

Fang Yuan was really unsure about this, so he could only plant two crops on the military field to give it a try.

The most important thing in promoting hybrid rice is that the seeds of hybrid rice cannot be reused, and new seeds must be purchased every time they are planted. In this way, Fang Yuan, who has a monopoly on the source of seeds, has enough capital to control those military households who want to use hybrid rice cultivation.

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "You don't believe it? You can try it! Jing Jie, who is willing to try to plant military Toda, can apply to me. I can provide seeds, and I only need to pay 250 catties of grain per season. ”

Each military household not only has three acres of land, but also has to pay 250 catties of grain per mu and each season, and the grain produced is almost squeezed out.

There was an embarrassing silence at the scene, and everyone didn't know what to say.

Fresh things are always unacceptable, Fang Yuan can also understand, and said with a smile, "There is only one chance to pay 250 catties of grain per mu, and when the planting results are achieved, it will be 350 catties of grain per mu." ”

Jing Jie was silent for a while, then sighed and said, "Then I'll try it!" ”