"Habitually, most of them used to live in thatched houses, when have they ever lived in such clean and tidy brick houses."

Lu Zhen is very satisfied with the current barracks, this is the first time he has seen this kind of house built with blue bricks, wooden beams, and red tiles.

Moreover, the walls of the barracks are now painted white with plaster, red and white, neatly and uniformly, which is unique.

As they spoke, the three of them came to a barracks, and Lin Mu walked directly in.

As the supreme commander of the Ning Army, he naturally has to supervise the implementation of the infantry drill code, and in the current situation, army building is the top priority, and there must be no carelessness.

"Now the barracks live in each room of ten people, that is, one squad, according to the infantry discipline, we have set strict work and rest times and hygiene standards for soldiers to avoid the spread of diseases caused by uncleanness." Lin Rui introduced to Lin Mu.

Nodding slightly, Lin Mu's gaze swept over the bunk beds, these bunk beds were made by the Lin family's carpenter's shop, which were strong and durable, and could also save space in the barracks, so that each barracks only needed five beds.

In the corner of the room was a basin rack with a basin for the soldiers' washing.

In the nineteenth century, the main factor in the attrition of soldiers on the battlefield was not the casualties caused by bullets, but the various infectious diseases that pervaded the barracks.

Because of this, cleaning products such as soap would shine in the nineteenth century, because the use of soap reduced the probability of soldiers contracting diseases, so he also paid attention to such problems in the Ningjun camp.

In addition to sanitation, a complete set of logistics systems for the Ning army has also been established, such as the storage system of military rations, ordnance, ammunition, and clothing, the procurement system of materials, and the verification system of soldiers' firearms.

"How's the food for the soldiers?"

At the end of World War I, when German soldiers rushed to the British trenches and found that British soldiers ate canned beef, but they ate like pig food, many soldiers were psychologically unbalanced.

"The rice is enough, and there is a dish at noon and night, and sometimes a little meat is added." Lu Zhen's eyes lit up when he spoke, compared to the food in the Chinese Dynasty army, the two were one in the sky and one in the ground.

Lin Mu frowned, but he couldn't say anything, three dishes and one soup, two vegetables and one meat, he couldn't afford to play in the Hua Dynasty.

This is not just a matter of silver, in the economic state of the Hua Dynasty, he has money and can not buy enough vegetables, very simply, there is no such thing as large-scale vegetable cultivation in the Hua Dynasty, let alone aquaculture.

In order to enrich the materials, the Hua Dynasty not only had to establish industry, but also to develop breeding and planting, but these were still far away for the Hua Dynasty.

"I'm afraid it's very difficult to expect to buy vegetables and meat from outside, but we can't sit back and wait, so you recruit another 2,000 logistics soldiers, and let these soldiers be responsible for growing vegetables, raising pigs, herding sheep and other miscellaneous chores, and from today onwards, the 1,000 acres of fertile land outside Wubao will belong to the army." Lin Mu hesitated for a while and said, the current army food is not good, he can't count on the imperial court, he can only count on himself, self-sufficient, and have enough food and clothing.

After inspecting the barracks, Lin Mu was very satisfied with the current construction of the Ning Army, and now just wait for the weapons to be in place, and the Ning Army will become a division of tigers and wolves.

After completing the inspection of logistics, Lin Mu came to the martial arts academy of the Ning army, and when there was no military academy in the current Chinese Dynasty, the establishment of the military academy was the best way to improve the command ability of the generals.

However, in addition to cultivating generals, Ning Jun's martial arts academy is also responsible for the ideological education of Ning Jun.

For Lin Mu, the importance of soldiers' ideological education is not weaker than weapons, especially in the Chinese Dynasty, soldiers have a low status, they don't know a single basic big character when they are soldiers, what is the national righteousness, they don't understand the family and the country at all, they just come to be soldiers and eat food.

If the Ning army is not ideologically educated and their awareness of fighting is raised, the Ning army is nothing more than an ordinary army of the Chinese Dynasty with slightly better hardware, and this army is just sending supplies to the enemy.

"Expelle the Tartars and restore China."

Lin Mu read a slogan in the school, which is one of the ideological outlines of Ning Jun, the second slogan is to eliminate evil and Kuang Zheng, reform the old and welcome the new, and the third is to fight for the rise of China.

"Now the soldiers have understood the meaning of these three slogans." Lin Mu asked in a solemn voice, comparing the army to a person, weapons and equipment are just a person's body, and the army's mind is a person's soul.

"According to the order of the captain, the last general included ideological education in the basic class meeting, and the squad leader of the class meeting every day will carry out ideological education for the soldiers in his class, so that the soldiers can understand the thoughts of our Ning Army, and the generals above the company will come to the martial arts academy every night, in addition to learning to read and write, the most important thing is to discipline them." Lu Zhen said truthfully.

Lin Mu was determined in his heart, using such a system to brainwash soldiers every day, and the army's will to fight was invisibly improved.

"Yes, now that the framework of the Ning Army is basically mature, the Ning Army will develop and grow in this way in the future." Lin Mu said loudly.

"Yes, Captain." Lu Zhen and Lin Rui responded in unison.

Satisfied with the construction of the Ning Army, Lin Mu chatted with the two for a while and left the camp.

Now that both the military factory and the Ning army are on the right track, they can take a break from these two complicated affairs and think about how to make more money.

Weapons, ideas, military spending, he solved two of the three major mountains of the Ning army, and the rest is military spending.

It costs money to build a military camp, money to eat, money to pay for military salaries, and even more money for weapons and equipment, if Ning's army expands, the cost will only be more, and with only the current industry, the silver he earns will be squeezed out sooner or later.

Moreover, at the time of the war between the Jin and the Hua Dynasty, the business of both the Hua Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty was not good, and he thought that it was necessary to expand the foreign trade of foreign merchants, and at the same time establish an ocean-going armed merchant fleet to sell his goods to the world.

In this way, he will be able to obtain a broader source of funds, and he will not have to worry about his economic lifeline being stuck.

There is also a deeper consideration in this, that is, to build up the navy of the Ning army by taking advantage of the opportunity to build an armed merchant fleet.

After the 16th century, the advent of the era of sea power made the status of the sea very important, and it can be said that the sea route is the lifeblood of the world economy.

There is no navy that can only go abroad, whether it is his trade or the trade of China and the DPRK, it is pinched in the hands of others, and it may face a blockade at any time, let alone have a say in trade negotiations.