"What about the military?" Wang Changfu was just blocked by Sun Yao, he was unhappy in his heart, and his tone was not very polite.

"In terms of military strength, it will definitely be enough in the early stage of construction." Sun Yao said tepidly: "In the early stage of the war, all the artillery crews followed up, according to our calculations, a division of troops with four base artillery crews to accompany it, even if the enemy 10,000 people can also be frustrated, if the artillery and cavalry are all used in the early stage of repairing the fort, the northern captives are mobilized more than 100,000 people and there is nothing to lose, and when several large military forts are completed, and then advance to Qingcheng to the boundary of the old Fengzhou, at this time may encounter fierce resistance, the size of the existing army must be at least doubled, and the cavalry should be expanded from the current strength of less than one division to two or three divisions or even more, That's how it works. However, according to the calculations, the reaction of the northern captives and the loose alliance of the various divisions of the way of fighting, their resistance will not be too fierce, and the final battle should be when we advance to the vicinity of Qingcheng, from the point of view of time, it should still be abundant. ”

Sun Yao pointed to the sand table again, and said very calmly: "The first fort built in the early stage should be on the bank of the Dahei River, Fang Guang is one and a half miles, and 200,000 bricks will be used, and it will take about a month and a half to fire in the early stage. ”

Firing bricks is not a sophisticated technology, Zhang Han often saw small furnaces in the countryside in later generations, several farmers, united, a few strong laborers can continue to make red bricks, first hit the brick embryo, dry in the sun to volatilize the water vapor in the bricks, and then put into the kiln to burn with coal fire, whether it is manpower or technology There is no difficulty, the difficulty is time...... In order to make a large number of bricks in the shortest time, the embryo must be made quickly, otherwise waiting for the bricks to dry can wait for annoyance......

In addition, the construction and defense of the city required a lot of iron and wood tools, and also required a large number of manpower.

"Now it seems that the steps of the barracks have taken a small step...... Zhang Han said with a frown.

There are about 3,000 people in a baggage battalion, all of whom have to go through military training and physical training, and of course they must also be trained in their ability to do things, and the combat engineers are different, the baggage soldiers are biased towards militarized construction training, rather than battlefield combat and training of organized equipment, in order to improve the ability of the baggage battalion, the salary is not low, used to attract qualified talents, I thought that expanding a battalion at once was already a big deal, but now from the scale of construction, Zhang Han feels that his steps are small.

"The Military Command Department and the Attendant Department must make a plan...... "Zhang Han said: "The number of soldiers should be at least ten or even twenty times more than what is now envisaged, of course, it is not all at once, and the recruitment of one battalion after another ...... first."

"Good fellow......" Li Shenming exclaimed, "30,000 or 60,000? ”

Sun Jingting turned to Tian Jitang and asked, "Are there any financial difficulties?" ”

In the second year of the Apocalypse, the soldiers did not plan to expand on a large scale, but they kept recruiting cadets, teaching arithmetic and geometry, and used them as reserves for artillery and infantry officers, and the cavalry was also recruited if they were qualified, and the infantry was no longer recruited on a large scale, and it was expected that in the second year of the Apocalypse, the entire army would remain below 11,000 people.

However, if the soldiers are so done, it is equivalent to raising tens of thousands of soldiers at once, even if Zhang Han's method is used to recruit slowly, it will take about half a year at most.

"If you don't build ships on a large scale." Tian Jitang said: "With the current income level, the problem of raising 200,000 soldiers is not very big. ”

Tian Jitang is inconvenient to say more, but in fact, even Li Shenming also understands that the income has increased significantly, and the net income from overseas trade is expected to be 500,000 to 800,000 yuan, and the income of Jingshi and northern pig iron and iron tools is also hundreds of thousands, which is more than one million, and the income of the account bureau and the mule and horse shop is also more than one million a year, plus the income from the smuggling business...... The income in the first year of the Apocalypse is less than two million, and the income in the second year of the Apocalypse should be more than three million, but this specific number is top secret, even if these people in front of him are Zhang Hanxin's henchmen, it is impossible for Tian Jitang to say it in public.

"Zhao Shiwu's Qingcheng Division was stationed in Bansheng City, and Li Laibin Tiancheng Division and Wang Yikui's Zhenyu Division were transferred to the north to escort them, and Li Zhiye led the Lingqiu Division, Wang Changfu and Liang Xing personally led the First Division and the Second Division as strategic reserve alert troops...... At the same time, when garrisoning the city on the bank of the Xiaohei River, a barracks were adjusted and 5,000 to 10,000 people were recruited to accompany them, in addition to building forts, they also had to build military platforms and fire piers, the project was huge, and the preliminary work could now be carried out......"

Liang Xing said: "There is no problem for the army to assume defense, but the worry is the safety of Bansheng City and Yang Sisun in the east...... Once we make the court angry, it will be difficult for us to explain it......"

Everyone here knows that this time the construction of the military platform is a matter of the inner court, and the cabinet and the military department are actually unwilling to agree to this matter...... The northern captives did not invade on a large scale, and when the pressure of the eastern captives was greater day by day, it was not the will of the princes of the imperial court to take the initiative to make trouble, and they would rather suffer some losses in the west than make great troubles.

If the war burns to Yansui Town and Ningxia and Gansu, the entire west will be in chaos, from the perspective of fairness from the imperial court, it is indeed not the time to make trouble.

"I'll go to Datong now......" Li Shenming got up and said: "The Military Order Department is going to mobilize, Xiaozheng is not available, but there should be another person to go to Yansui and say hello to Lao Du in advance." ”

There are police at the border, of course, it also depends on the size, and it also depends on whether it is within the control range, as long as the scale is not large, if Yansui Town can dilute the police signal, then the pressure on Datong and Zhang Han will be much less.

Zhang Han thought for a while and said, "Can you ask Kong Zhizhi to go?" ”

Li Shenming said: "Of course it is appropriate for Kong Zhizhi to go, he was familiar with Lao Du before, and his identity is enough, but there is one, what name does he use?" Can't you say it's your staff? ”

"I want to do this," Zhang Han said, "I'll go see him in a while, and ask him to leave Governor Wen and come to Governor Zheng's side, but it's usually with us, and the salary is paid, of course, we will give him the best conditions......"

Kong Minxing has been here in Lizhuang for more than two months, and he has not returned to Baoding for the Chinese New Year, and his family is not in Baoding, only staying in his hometown to farm...... Zhang Han inquired, Kong Minxing's family background is ordinary, he participated in a meeting examination after the middle lift, and he never made it to the Jinshi, and later felt that he still had to polish his pen skills, and he also wanted to learn from Sun Chengzong, sharpen himself more at the border, increase his knowledge and ability, and also expand his network...... Being a staff member of a high-ranking local official is one of the best ways, and you have connections and experience.

As Kong Minxing, it is still too aggrieved to be a staff member of the Acropolis garrison, and Zhang Han's method can be regarded as the best of both worlds.

"You can try it......" Li Shenming said, "He should probably agree." ”

……

After the military conference was disbanded, all the departments went to prepare, and the directors of the military departments were all solemn, they had a lot to do, and it was very difficult to do a thousand things, and everyone was in a hurry, and hurried to do what they were doing.

On the contrary, the military leaders are all relaxed, the mobilization of the army has its own rules, everything is done according to the rules, and the daily training on weekdays, remote training, and cross-country armed training are all subjects that are implemented every once in a while. Compared with the embarrassment that the Ming army might cause a mutiny as soon as they heard that they were going to be pulled, here in Lizhuang, it is already a very normal thing to pull out, whether it is to garrison or change the guard, or to fight against bandits, it is a very normal thing for the army to fight.

Zhang Han took Li Shenming and Sun Jingting to meet Kong Minxing together, and the one who really had a relationship with Kong Minxing here in Li Zhuang was him and these two people.

Zhang Han also felt a little emotion in his heart, he now has a lot of subordinates in the civil and military team, but when he really wants to show big things, there are still too few talents.

Many well-known figures in history, outstanding talents, Zhang Han's current identity and status are difficult to recruit and win, but Zhang Han is not rare...... Few of those so-called celebrities have real skills.

Kong Minxing is different, and those literati who came with Kong Minxing are also capable...... is worthy of being Xu Guangqi's disciples or disciples, and they all have a deep understanding of agriculture, arithmetic, and geometry.

Zhang Han also knew in his heart that Kong Minxing had the intention of being a guest here, and his main interest was also in agricultural affairs, and it should be that these disciples of Xu Guangqi arrived in Lizhuang because of this interest...... Zhang Han is also interested, although he is all talented, and there are very few people, he rarely tries to win over him...... Whether these people stay or not is not something that Zhang Han can influence and influence.

"Brother Zhi and a few newcomers went to the Firearms Bureau?"

Kong Minxing was not there, his wife chatted with Li Shenming through the door and explained Kong Minxing's whereabouts.

Due to his special and detached identity, Kong Minxing did not live in the compound area here in Lizhuang, but found a small farm courtyard near the original Guanzhuang to live...... Zhang Han was responsible for the rent, and Kong Minxing was not pretentious to the point of not being entertained.

"Sister-in-law cooking?"

It was almost dusk, if it was dark in winter, and after the Spring Festival, the days were getting longer and longer, and through the door, Zhang Han saw smoke in the kitchen.

Zhang Han didn't wait for Mrs. Kong to let in, pushed the door in, and a servant woman hurriedly greeted her and stood behind Mrs. Kong. He went to the kitchen and saw two bare-scaled little babies frolicking in the stove, with yellow millet porridge boiling in the pot and soft paste on the side...... Zhang Han looked at Mrs. Kong and complained: "Madame also underestimates Zhang Han, even the soldiers in the barracks eat better than the Zun family, why is it so cold?" ”