The first rays of sunlight in the morning broke through the ridge and shone into the windows of the small courtyard, illuminating the small mountain house. Zhu Pingjin packed up and walked towards the barracks not far from the bottom of the hillside, followed by Luo Jingyun. Since accepting the official appointment, Luo Jingyun has transformed from his sister's tail to his brother-in-law's tail. At a glance, Zhu Pingjin could see that an army of more than 300 people was hurriedly assembling the whole team according to He Youyi's order, and Xiao Song was standing beside him. Da Song and Shu Guoping were standing by the barracks, chatting about something.

Seeing Zhu Pingjin, Song Zhenzong and Shu Guoping all came up. Shu Guoping said first: "Yu Shizi, according to the establishment, this caravan has a battalion company, and there must be a platoon team, the last general and General Song have discussed, now that there are not enough manpower, it is better to divide these people into four companies first, each company is about eighty or ninety people." The platoon squad leader should be set down as soon as possible, so that each company can conduct drills as soon as possible. ”

Song Zhenzong added: "Those guards, drummers, and clerks in the establishment, there are none of them now, so we will train them as recruits first." ”

Zhu Pingjin waved his hand and continued walking, and the four of them said as they walked.

Zhu Pingjin instructed: "In the future, the new soldiers will first conduct two or three months of drills, and when they are trained like a soldier, they will be sent to the troops for use. ”

Song Zhenzong and Shu Guoping both smiled and replied yes.

Zhu Pingjin also instructed: "Officers have the right to command, and they must be selected through selection, and they cannot be appointed arbitrarily. The squad leader is a mid- and low-level non-commissioned officer, and the soldiers are self-elected. Only two people are allowed to nominate each person. It's ...... in total," Zhu Pingjin did a quick calculation in his heart, "It's a total of ...... Twenty-eight squad leaders, fifty-six candidates for team leaders. These men were set out, and each company was divided equally, and each company had seven shifts. The platoon commander is an officer, and the generation method will be thought about again in this world. ”

Song Zhenzong and Shu Guoping glanced at each other, and Song Zhenzong hesitated: "Shizi, it is better for the squad leader to be elected by the officer, and then appointed by Shizi himself." ”

Shu Guoping said: "The last general thinks that this is the method of court officials. They were elected, and the appointment was still made by the son. ”

Zhu Pingjin looked at the two of them with a smile, and said to Song Zhenzong: "Of course, a higher-level officer can nominate a lower-level non-commissioned officer, and the first level is responsible for the first level!" The participation of superiors and subordinates in the election allows the elected people to represent the greatest public opinion. Now that General Song has a candidate, you can also participate in the election! ”

Song Zhenzong hurriedly said: "I think that tall man Chen Youfu is good......"

Zhu Pingjin had already turned his head to Shu Guoping and said: "Each company is divided into people, pay attention to separating the soldiers' origins!" At the beginning of the founding of the army, the rules must be set! ”

With a new outfit, the spirit of the team today is very different from yesterday.

Yesterday, when Zhu Pingjin first saw him, the entire beggar gang meeting looked like an army today. Each wore a long gray jacket with small lapels and narrow sleeves, which reached the knees, and a pair of cotton pants of the same color. Inside, it is a coarse cloth with narrow sleeves of the same color, and pants are worn underneath. Taking off their padded jackets, the soldiers were dressed like ordinary people. This outfit was designed by Luo Yuhong and finalized by Zhu Pingjin. The style is first in line with Luo Yuhong's personal aesthetic views; Secondly, the appearance is simple, and the production is time-saving and labor-saving. The clothes are straight up and straight down, which is convenient for adding combat equipment to the soldiers; The narrow sleeves make it easier for soldiers to wield knives and guns. The coat is gray because gray is the best to dye. Ordinary plant ash is the dye, so the cost is minimal. Clothes and trousers are available, but there are still three things missing: hats, belts, and cotton shoes. Cotton shoes and belts are not in a hurry to prepare, and they will have to wait a few days to arrive. The hat was forgotten by Zhu Pingjian, and now the bun on the soldier's head can only be tied with cloth rope, hemp rope, and even straw rope. The belt around the waist is also absent, and it is also a straw rope.

Among Zhu Pingjin's several generals, He Youyi, Xiao Song and Luo Jingyun also changed into gray cotton jackets and cotton pants, but Song Zhensi still used a copper buckle belt of the Ming army, and He Youyi wrapped a scholar's brocade belt, and a red embroidered edge was tied inside the brocade belt to protect the abdomen. Shu Guoping was still wearing what he wore yesterday. The biggest change in the type is Song Zhenzong, the iron scale armor he wore yesterday was replaced by a mandarin duck cotton armor of the standard of officers and soldiers, and it finally stopped making a noise. Only on his head, still meticulously wearing his red cherry iron helmet.

Zhu Pingjin inspected his new-style army with great interest. He could feel that where his figure was, it was always like a magnet, attracting the attention of many eyes.

Chen Youfu stood first to the right in the first row of the queue because he was the tallest in the line. Today, he didn't have a team flag to raise, so according to the drill standard, his hands were hanging down, and his palms were on his trousers; Keep your legs together and your toes apart; Keep your back straight and look straight ahead. In short, he meticulously followed the military posture taught by Lord Song. Chen Youfu looked at Zhu Pingjian while feeling that the rice in his stomach was full, and there was the salty aroma of pickles in his mouth. The padded jacket on his body was tightly wrapped in heat. That's great! Shi Ziye is right, he can finally be fed and clothed, and it would be better if he would be like this every day in the future. The mountain, the water, the tree, and the air he breathes, every bit is like the small mountain village where his ancestors lived in his hometown of Xinning County, familiar and friendly. My mother and sister can also eat enough, I don't know where they are now? But the prince is such a good person, and he will never be cold or hungry if he follows him. Chen Youfu's eyes followed Zhu Pingjian's movements, but he thought of his mother and sister, and thought of his father and second brother who were stoned to death by a local thug, as well as his daughter-in-law who didn't run away with a big belly, and tears inadvertently filled his eyes. The sun leapt over the top of the mountain, dispelling all the haze in the valley, and the sun filled every corner of the mountain brightly. Chen Youfu suddenly saw that on the edge of the big red dragon robe of the prince, there was a circle of gold edges. The eight-beam small golden crown on the head of the prince exudes a circle of shining light wheels!

"Could it be true that what the brothers said is that the son of the world is really the reincarnation of the boy next to Guanyin Bodhisattva to save us poor?"

Chen Youfu's heart was churning, and he suddenly heard Mr. He call his name. He reflexively shouted "Here!" He was called to a table. Mr. Shu, who is usually amiable, asked him who he wanted to elect as the squad leader and team leader.

Chen Youfu was just stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "I choose myself!" ”

Mr. Shu smiled at him and asked, "Why did you choose yourself?" ”

A trace of perseverance appeared on Chen Youfu's face: "I want to take my brothers and follow the world to fight the world!" Let my mother, my sister-in-law, and all the poor people in the world live! ”

Mr. Shu nodded, wrote a few words on a piece of paper, raised his head and said to Chen Youfu, "You have to choose another one." ”

Chen Youfu thought for a while and said, "I choose Liu Sangen from our village. He was the one who hit the thug in the head and helped me escape. ”

Mr. Shu asked as he wrote: "Liu Sangen's name?" ”

Chen Youfu said: "His name is Liu Sangen, and we have called him Liu Sangen since we were children." ”

Mr. Shu finished writing on the paper, and then asked Chen Youfu to return to the team.

One by one, the people in the line were called out, and one by one they returned to the queue. It wasn't until all the soldiers said their candidates for squad leader and team leader that He Youyi announced that the team was disbanded and rested. Chen Youfu took this opportunity to hurry towards the thatched house, and then he heard a person behind him scolding in a low voice: "Damn X, I don't know what I'm doing!" It made my feet numb! Chen Youfu's face changed drastically, and he looked back suddenly. But there were so many people in the team that he couldn't see who was scolding.

After the team reassembled, He Youyi announced that the named ones were out of the ranks. Chen Youfu was the first to arrive, and then seventy or eighty others were also called out. They stood in a row again, among them were Liu Sangen and several people that Chen Youfu was familiar with.

Chen Youfu's eyes followed Zhu Pingjin all the way to the front of the row. Zhu Pingjin said: "According to the joint recommendation of all the officers and soldiers, this prince now appoints you as a non-commissioned officer of the caravan!" You will be the class leader and group leader, managing the class or the group. Remember, from this day forward, you are no ordinary soldier. I hope you will play an exemplary role and be strict with yourself......"

After Zhu Pingjin finished speaking, Shu Guoping announced the specific appointment of each team leader. Then, several generals took the rosters in their hands, called out the soldiers one by one, and stood behind the squad leaders to which they belonged. The four rows of horizontal formations on the drying field turned into twenty-eight vertical formations in a blink of an eye. Song Zhenzong, Shu Guoping, Song Zhensi, and He Youyi started from Chen Youfu's class, and each company was brought back to one squad in four squads, and each company was brought back one squad in the order of one, two, three, and four. The twenty-eight vertical formations on the drying field turned into four phalanxes in a blink of an eye.

As for the remaining dozen or so people after being organized into a 28-person squad, according to Zhu Pingjin's orders, these people were temporarily distributed equally among the classes. When Sun Hong and Wang Daniu arrived tomorrow, Zhu Pingjin planned to organize Wang Daniu's people into a separate platoon, which would be directly commanded by the battalion headquarters, and these people would be added to Wang Daniu's platoon. Wang Da Niu himself is a small peasant leader. Among the people he brought, except for his own brothers, they were all hardcore supporters who were willing to go with him, and rashly breaking up and assigning them to various classes might cause the disgust of Wang Daniu's group. According to Zhu Pingjin's understanding and observation, Wang Daniu has some influence in the local countryside of Qiongzhou. After all, in the current environment, it is not a fuel-efficient lamp that can bring hundreds of people to the street with hoes and poles in hand. After formal training, with Wang Daniu's ability to lead troops, it is more than enough to be a platoon commander. Wang Daniu and his subordinates are all commoners, that is, commoners, not domestic slaves bought by Zhu Pingjin in the human market. In the Ming Dynasty, the identities of mins and slaves were completely different, and the legal status between the two was not equal. Zhu Pingjin is worried that after the complete mixing, there may be contradictions and even conflicts between the two. At the present stage of the establishment of the new army, such internal risks should be avoided as much as possible.

At noon, before the caravan started to eat, Zhu Pingjin clearly announced that he would eat three meals a day in the future, and everyone would be full, which once again caused a cheer. But Zhu Pingjin did not have lunch with the soldiers, but took a few people back to his small courtyard HAPPY. No matter how good Zhu Pingjin shouted when he stood on his royal bench, the essence of this army was still Zhu Pingjin's private army, not some kind of People's Liberation Army. Zhu Pingjin's identity and status also determined that he could not really be commensurate with his soldier comrades and get along with his brothers. Even if he personally doesn't care about this, Song Zhenzong, Shu Guoping, He Youyi and others around him will definitely not support him. They are defending Zhu Pingjian's status, that is, they are defending their own status. On this point, the fundamental interests of the landlord class and its spokesmen, or their general representatives and chieftains, are always the same.

Zhu Pingjin asked a few people to open a small stove, not just to treat everyone to a meal. After building the organizational structure of the army, he should devote his next energy to the training of the army. How to do the drill, everyone just discussed it at lunch.