Li Feibai smiled and said, "Could it be that in the eyes of the eldest brother, only garbage full of bad deeds can be used as soldiers to fight?" Why does a good man like the eldest brother become a soldier and fight! Look a little further and recruit from farmers or artisans! Preferably, recruit from the readers. In war, many times it is not brute force but brains! ”

Qian Zijun hesitated: "It's not easy to recruit soldiers from farmers or craftsmen, let alone scholars!" After all, the bad deeds of being a soldier, the bad reputation and low status, the peasants or craftsmen may not be able to apply, let alone the scholars! ”

Li Feibai said: "There will be brave men under the heavy reward!" In other armies, ordinary soldiers were paid one or two taels of silver a month, and the Qian family army was paid five taels of silver a month. In other armies, pig food is eaten every day, and the Qian family army has four dishes and one soup at a meal. Let everyone understand that if you go to other armies to be a soldier or have a low status, you can live in the Qian family's army with more face than the county order! ”

He paused for a moment, and then said: "As for how to get scholars to be called into the army, first give them a high-ranking official and a try." Where Xiucai enlists, he enlists in the army for 100 households, lifts people directly to 1,000 households, and the monthly salary is more than three times that of other soldiers! ”

Qian Zijun was shocked when he heard this, and said: "This is how much money can be recruited, but how much money does it cost!" I'm afraid that I will get more than 10,000 taels a month, and 134,000 taels a year! ”

Li Feibai said: "Big brother doesn't need to worry about money, since I said that the whole process will be sponsored, I will sponsor the whole process!" Leave the weapons alone, come back and get 1,200 new firecrackers from our arsenal. ”

Speaking of the fire gun, his eyes lit up and said: "This fire gun is definitely refreshing to you, the rate of fire is comparable to a bow and arrow, and it is equipped with a bayonet!" ”

Qian Zijun said: "Bayonet? What's that? ”

Li Feibai said: "The bayonet is used on the firecracker, and you can directly use the firecracker as a spear!" However, the toughness of the iron we smelted is still insufficient, and it is very easy to break, so I have ordered them to continue to develop and temporarily make the bayonet into a triangular shape, so that it is not easy to break, that is, it has a lot less function, but the lethality is still there! ”

When the two of them said this, they ate about the same amount of food, and they had their own maids to clean up. The two of them moved to sit at the coffee table and continued to talk while drinking tea!

Li Feibai said: "As for how to use the new firecracker, Deng Bao will teach you how to use it when you go to get the firecracker!" ”

Qian Zijun nodded and said, "What about the armor?" Do I buy heavy or light armor? ”

Li Feibai said: "My opinion is not to use A!" Our firearms have a longer range than bows and arrows, and as long as the firepower can be suppressed, there is no need to use armor. On the contrary, the use of armor affects flexibility, and it is impossible to shoot quickly! But then again, the number of the Qian family's army is too small to resist the enemy's massive attack, since this is the case, it is better not to use armor! When you really want to fight the people, try to avoid contact with the enemy's large-scale troops, and only make an invasion and sneak attack! ”

Qian Zijun said: "Then listen to you, don't use A!" ”

Li Feibai said: "Although A is not used, the military uniform still has to be made." If you do it, you can't do it ordinary, and go out to make people look down on you. Do it so that the soldiers are proud of it, and those who see it are envious and jealous! ”

Qian Zijun said: "Isn't the military uniform like that, just let people be able to tell that they are soldiers, how can they make people envious and jealous!" ”

Li Feibai said: "Use the best materials, analogous to the wearing of Jinyiwei!" This is a ceremonial dress, that is, it is worn to make people see. There are two sets of ceremonial uniforms, one for cold weather and one for hot weather, so that the soldiers can wear them with pride. I am proud to be able to stay in the Qian family's army, and I am ashamed to be kicked out of the Qian family's army. ”

Qian Zijun was stunned again. Jin Yiwei's outfit costs tens of taels or hundreds of taels of silver, even if it is done in the most simplified way, one set will cost twenty or thirty taels of silver, and two sets will cost tens of thousands of taels.

He wanted to persuade Li Feibai that money is not spent like this. It can be seen that Li Feibai's eyes are shining, and it seems that he must build the Qian family army for him in this way.

I couldn't help but have a thought in my heart: "There is such a brother who is willing to spend so much money for himself, it's worth it!" "Secretly determined, we must build the Qian family army into a more elite army than the three major battalions.

Li Feibai continued: "As for the clothes I wore during the war, I will go to Quanzhou, and I will walk along the way to see if I can find a strong and durable fabric. If you can do the best, if you can't, you can pry some weaving craftsmen in the south, bring them back and think about it, and see if you can make camouflage uniforms! ”

What the hell is a camouflage uniform?

Qian Zijun shook his head! This brother of his, has too many ideas and too strange ideas. asked, Li Feibai explained to him that he didn't understand it very well, so he should wait for the camouflage uniform to be made, and then it would be clear at a glance!

He said, "What about the horses?" Is it to buy some horses in the health center in Henan? Or go to the frontier and dump some horses? ”

Li Feibai said: "You don't need a horse!" ”

Qian Zijun was stunned for a moment and said, "Aren't we going to build the Qian family army into an elite that is better than the three thousand battalions?" How can you outdo them without horses? ”

Li Feibai said: "Who are the people in the three thousand camps? Mongol! These people have been dealing with horses since childhood, and it is almost impossible to outdo them by riding! ”

Qian Zijun sighed and said, "That's the reason! It seems that it is hopeless to defeat the three thousand battalions! ”

Li Feibai said: "Why is it hopeless? Hopefully! He smiled and said, "So I found another way, gathered a group of craftsmen, and made a new thing!" ”

Qian Zijun asked, "What's new?" ”

Li Feibai said: "Bicycle! However, everything is not yet mature, at least the rubber can't be found, so it has to be replaced by animal skins! ”

His eyes lit up, and he said, "From ancient times to the present, why can't the infantry beat the cavalry? It's not that the cavalry is mobile, so the infantry suffers every time! It's not the same with bicycles, at least in terms of mobility, the gap with the cavalry is greatly shortened, so that the infantry has the strength to fight the cavalry! ”

Qian Zijun's eyes also lit up, and he really wanted to see what a bicycle was? And how can you make the infantry and cavalry face off, and say, "This time, will I also take 1,200 bicycles?" ”

Li Feibai said: "At present, only five have been made, you take them first." First, it is to see what disadvantages and disadvantages the bicycle has when walking on different terrains. Second, it is also to use this time to let all the soldiers learn to ride bicycles! ”

Qian Zijun said secretly: "It turns out that bicycles are about cars rather than horses, in a sentence that Feibai often says, it's terrible to have no culture!" Fortunately, it's my own brother, so he won't laugh at me! ”

He said, "Do you still need to learn bicycles?" ”

Li Feibai said: "It's the same as riding a horse, you have to learn!" It's much easier than horseback riding, though! Horseback riding, learning for two years is not necessarily proficient. Riding a bicycle will become proficient in a month or two. ”

Qian Zijun said: "If you can be proficient in one or two months, and there is not much difference between it and horseback riding, the bicycle is the best thing in the world!" ”

After talking about all the things that an army needs, Li Feibai said: "The hardware is the best, and the software can't be left behind!" ”

has been with Li Feibai for a long time, and Qian Zijun can also make up for some new terms. Combined with what we talked about earlier, the so-called hardware is weapons and equipment, while software must be the structure and rules and regulations of the army.

He said, "What good advice do you have, brother! ”

Li Feibai said with a smile: "The military rank structure of the Ming army is too unreasonable, I think it is necessary to change it!" ”

If he really thinks that the structure of the Ming army is unreasonable? Not necessarily! After all, I crossed over, and I still feel that the military divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, and small sappers in the company are smooth.

Qian Zijun put on a humble posture and said, "How to change?" ”

Li Feibai said: "What, the head flag of Xiaoqi is calmed by hundreds of households, and it hurts people's heads when they hear it!" Besides, a general flag is in charge of five small flags, and a thousand households are in charge of ten hundred households, can it be managed? You may be able to manage it in peacetime, but you can't manage it in a war! One person's energy is limited, so the total flag can only be dispatched to five small flags, and one thousand households can be dispatched to ten hundred households! ”