Fa vigorously walked among the river networks and water towns with Jiangnan characteristics, and only felt that there was a certain restless atmosphere and blind optimism everywhere; All sorts of armed forces entrenched in the villages and towns were like carnivals in the mansions of the big families and the wealthy;

The streets and alleys are filled with all kinds of people in brown clothes and short crotches, etc., who are surrounding the looted household goods and belongings, eating and drinking and having fun, or taking turns to brutalize those women who used to be high and do not take a single look at them. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

And this impetuous atmosphere reached a peak and climax when he traveled all the way through the state and county and arrived at the location of the main altar of the Great Cloud Sect.

Several flamboyant and ceremonial guards of all sorts were shouting and arguing under the city gates for the order of entry; And the number on the banner they hold high is also the "XX Prime Minister", "XX Captain" and "XX Servant" who are bluffing.

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And in Xuzhou City, I am also promulgating a series of winter orders,

Among them, it is planned to rename the Qingzhou Garrison Army, which has swelled to more than 40 battalions, and upgrade it to the Huaidong Garrison Army;

From the original left and right compartments, it was divided into four wings, front, rear, left and right, and each wing led ten battalions to prepare for the needs of the theater in the east, west, north and south directions; And the rest are the mobile troops and field troops in the hands of the capture envoys and regimental training envoys.

After such a round of rearmament, there will be a shortage of new equipment, and we can only temporarily use the old equipment that the original main battle battalion and the front-ranking garrison battalion have replaced to temporarily replace it.

In addition, the Yaqian soldiers, the Ya Army, and the Yu Hou Army, which were directly subordinate to the ranks, were also expanded and expanded; Among them, the teaching brigade was expanded from 1,000 to 1,500 people, the pacesetter battalion was expanded to the first, second and third pacesetter battalions, and the pro-direct battalion was split and expanded to the left and right pro-direct battalions of the city;

Other special formations of the ** regiment were expanded into artillery battalions, and the heavy vehicle regiments were expanded into heavy vehicle battalions; In addition to the four hussar battalions and the five cavalry hunting battalions, because of the relative abundance of war horses, three battalions of auxiliary cavalry and three battalions of mounted infantry were added, but the establishment rate was only about 60 to 80 percent, and further training and supplementation were needed.

On the contrary, the deployment and expansion of the combat engineering battalion is the simplest, and after being directly selected and assessed from tens of thousands of Jiansheng troops, it can easily be organized into a scale of five battalions.

In addition to the auxiliary establishment, my direct force has faintly exceeded the scale of 10,000 and 5, and on the bright side, the establishment that the imperial court can provide food and salary is only three battalions, and it is still a bit of a broken water.

In the main battle order, although there are no major changes in the current establishment of more than 40 battalion heads, it has further strengthened the mule and horse, that is, the training and riding of infantry; At least ensure that the first five to six battalions and regiments of each military order have basically realized the attachment of mobile mules and horses.

Among them, under the number of the Imperial Left and Right Guards, and the former army, half of the battalions and regiments have basically realized the subordination of artillery teams, although they are all some light artillery and scattered small guns for field use, or simply three-type runners.

Only the seven battalions that have newly joined the model military headquarters have been newly formed, and at present they are still lightly armed units that mainly use all kinds of firearms, and the staffing rate of them is only about 80 percent, and the others can only use cold weapons such as swords, guns, bows, and crossbows.

So invisibly, in addition to the half-out garrison regiment, the various military forces under the jurisdiction of Huaizhen have also broken through the 100,000 mark. Once again, the limit of three or four households to raise one soldier was reached.

In addition, I have just ordered the establishment of a daily organization under the Liuhou Mansion to manage all kinds of feudal soldiers, the Domain and Taiwan Division, with Luo Hussar and Wu Jue as the chief and deputy chiefs, to effectively manage and control the logistical supply, personnel and equipment, training, and internal affairs of more than a dozen feudal soldiers of all kinds from several major regions in Huaizhen.

The specific daily military service and wartime tasks are assigned and assigned by the local defense envoys, regimental training envoys, and even front-line soldiers and horses envoys or metropolitan supervisors.

In this way, it is calculated that the needs and guarantees of more than 100,000 people are needed, and the financial pressure on daily maintenance and operation is further expanded.

Fortunately, the resources to support these feudal soldiers were mainly provided by the princes and feudal families who were under the protection of Huaizhen, and then managed and distributed by the yamen in a unified manner to maximize their effectiveness.

However, there is really no way to save the cost of maintaining the corresponding training and equipment, even if it is with the second-hand armor that has been captured and eliminated, the corresponding refurbishment and repair costs are accumulated as a large sum.

In addition to the more than 1 million normal registered population who have been settled, there are probably hundreds of thousands of free laborers of all kinds under compulsory supervision, which are filled with all kinds of heavy and dangerous places and posts, which can provide long-term exploitation and oppression;

There is also a considerable number of displaced people in quarantine camps or in the management of the field, and the value of labor created by a fairly low level of demand; In addition, a considerable part of the enclaves and local people can suck blood in disguise; Therefore, in exchange for and maintaining the core standard of living in the six states of Huaidong, the most basic standard of living on the market.

In addition, the loss and pension of the sailors of the two routes to the south, the recruitment and training of follow-up personnel, the increased maintenance costs due to the expansion of the establishment, and the investment required to build the new ship and its various supporting facilities;

Although the large amount of various inputs collected by the southward trip to Yizhou seems to be a lot, after determining the purpose and direction, in the blink of an eye, it is like a sponge absorbing water, and there is not much left of the assigned and diverted items.

Although there is still a large amount of gold and silver available on the books, it is the basic margin and credit base used by the enigmatic creatures to establish the economic system and the circulation of money.

Therefore, in the spring of next year, I will have to find a way to use troops abroad, and the surplus grain and baggage will be converted into land, population, and other resources that may be lacking through the act of war, and then further digested into Huaizhen, which can be used freely as part of the productive forces and mobilization system.

At present, the best object is to take advantage of the opportunity of Liu Yanqing to lead the team to stay in Jiangbei to develop and utilize Chuzhou and other places on the south bank of the Huai River;

The so-called rich land of the two Huai, thousands of miles of fertile fields, Huaibei and Huainan are all indispensable parts; Even if it is only to restore the Chuzhou belt along the river, it can produce immediate results;

After all, there is a Huainan camp here to recruit displaced people, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians integrated to reclaim and recultivate; In addition to the shortage of materials, even the barracks and warehouses and other public facilities are ready-made, and with a little regulation and rest, spring planting can be carried out in the following year.

The most urgent task at present is to take advantage of the lowest water level in the winter dry season to repair and strengthen the damaged embankment caused by the flooding of the Huai River a few years ago. On this basis, the canals that had been washed away and diverted by the flood were dredged and reconnected.

This is not a simple project, involving the Huai River, a large water system connecting the north and south and the east and west, local treatment and long-term planning projects; It is also a great challenge and adventure for Huaibei Province under my rule.

After all, after the amount of work and the scope of work reach a certain level, it is no longer a simple accumulation of labor and equipment, and it can be easily solved. It requires comprehensive and overall planning, systematic layout and preparation, as well as long-term vision deduction and calculation, and perseverance without much deviation to ensure the final ideal effect.

More than 2.6 million migrant workers gathered on the Huai River, and 16,000 water conservancy experts, scientific research and technical personnel basically achieved the goal of taming the Huai River in the third phase of the project.

Although the environment and foundation that I need to face in front of me are not so bad, neither through the diversion of the Yellow River to seize the Huai Huai like a sea, nor through the ravages of some brain-dead people in power in the past generations who broke the embankment and released water, but the resources in my hands are also quite limited.

However, as the saying goes, the rice can be eaten one bite at a time, and things can be done one after another according to the priority; At present, in winter, we should first reclaim and base the inland land on the other side of the Huai River that has not yet been affected by the Huai Flood Area, and then connect the main Caoyun road in Huainan.

In this way, it will be possible to use vehicles and ships to cross the Huai River and go deep into Huainan to carry out the transfer and deployment of materials and personnel, and even to transport troops and grain and maintain logistics, so as to meet the needs of other military mobility, so as to strengthen the ties and control between the north and south of the Huai River.

The only thing I need to worry about is that the interference from the external environment and the destruction of unexpected factors will lead to such a long-term planning and huge investment in stages.

Therefore, it is necessary for Liu Yanqing, who is stationed in Jiangbei, to carry out a new round of winter military training activities in the Huainan Road eyeline, which is to strike down and deter.

In addition, there are certain policy risk factors. Just like the results of the previous Huainan camp since the beginning of the year, and now most of them have made wedding dresses for my Huaizhen, I must also try my best to prevent attracting the attention and covetousness of the national and Korean sides. (To be continued.) )