(2nd Update)

In addition to the new army in Thirty-six Towns, it is a very risky thing to form a new army, not to mention that the War Department will not give military salaries, maybe it will not even be distributed, and in serious cases, it will be charged with recruiting soldiers without permission, but since he has torn his face with Yi-Xuan, Ye Kai basically ignored his orders. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Sitting in the southeast, with his wings gradually growing, Ye Kai must strengthen his strength, among them, the most practical and effective way is to form a new army.

Ye Kai's goal is to raise soldiers and horses in three towns, but the declared establishment is only one town, which is also to reduce the attention of the outside world, the new army will be dominated by officers, and the soldiers will be few, and it can be greatly expanded in wartime, similar to the set in Germany after World War I.

Of course, this new army will not be equated with any in history.

First of all, Ye Kai does not plan to recruit new recruits, and then zero-based training, mainly considering that the revolutionary ideology in the Jiangnan area is rampant, there are many revolutionary parties, and once the new army is built, it is very likely to become a revolutionary team, so as to break away from Ye Kai's command and control.

Second, the new army being prepared this time is mainly based on the principle of "training the new army with the old army" to dismantle the original banner soldiers, the old army, the militia, the green battalion, the Jiangfang battalion and regiment, the Beiyang forces, and the local military system in the Jiangnan area, and then, on the basis of the original personnel and horses, disrupt and mix the formations, and then train them and transform them into a new-style army under the command of Ye Kai.

Of course, in order to complete this plan, you must encounter immeasurable resistance in the middle, and you must be prepared for a big fight.

However, when it comes to it, there is also the issue of money.

This new army naturally cannot be supplied according to the standards of the Praetorian Guard, at best it can only be regarded as a simplified version of the Praetorian Guard, after all, with the strong support of Zaifeng Zaize, it took countless silver and energy to Ye Kaicai to come up with the Three Towns Praetorian Guard, and now there are no such conditions.

According to his assumption, the military expenditure of the new army is only half of that of the Praetorian Guard, and if Yang Wenkai can successfully complete the transformation of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, the cost of producing weapons and ammunition will be greatly reduced, so that military spending can drop a lot.

In short, 20,000 guns, plus 15,000 people, Ye Kai has to get them together within a year.

Thinking about it, he habitually measured it on paper.

"Shuai, someone from the Governor's Office has arrived, saying that there is an urgent report."

Zhang Xiaoguang's voice suddenly sounded outside the door.

"Come in"

Zhang Xiaoguang entered the door, Ye Kai stopped writing and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"The people in the newspaper bureau said that last night the revolutionary party thieves gathered to make trouble, smashed the facilities in the bureau, and several people were injured as a result."

"Revolutionary party?" Ye Kai drew a circle on the paper and said, "Why are you making trouble?" ”

Zhang Xiaoguang didn't know, "I don't know much about the specific lowly position, just wait below, Dashuai go and take a look." ”

"Got it, I'll go later."

Ye Kai cleaned up the table and rushed downstairs, the group fidgeted in the lobby, and when they saw the governor, they bowed and saluted.

"I've seen the master of the table"

"Excuse me, you came to Ben Du in a hurry, tell me, what's wrong?" Ye Kai asked directly.

"Report to the good governor, the day before yesterday, the "Minhu Daily" published revolutionary rumors, wantonly disseminated, demagogic people, and the newspaper management bureau closed down according to the law, perhaps this incident annoyed those revolutionary parties who did not know whether they were alive or dead, and last night they sent people to smash the windows and door lights of the newspaper bureau in an attempt to set fire, but fortunately, the police arrived in time and arrested a few revolutionary parties who could not escape." The person speaking should be an official of the newspaper management bureau, which is responsible for controlling Chinese-language newspapers in Shanghai, especially after the "Su report" shocked the world, and the "mission" of the newspaper management bureau is particularly important.

"Who? Have you been interrogated? Ye Kai asked.

"A self-proclaimed member of the Patriotic Society," replied someone from the Bureau.

"Patriotic Society?" Ye Kai didn't know what kind of club this was.

Several officials of the newspaper bureau looked at each other for a while, and then one of them replied: "When Governor Liang first arrived in Shanghai, I am afraid that he did not know that this patriotic society is a group of lawless and poor students, who are bewitched by this revolutionary ideology, and clamoring every day to make a revolution and destroy the Qing Dynasty. In the past few years, it has been banned by the government, but it seems that it has recently changed its appearance and revived, and these people harass the people every day, which is really damned. ”

"So, these 'revolutionaries' arrested are also students?"

"Yes, it's all students, oh, and there's a faculty member who should be the head of these people." The other party quickly replied.

After listening to it for so long, Ye Kai finally heard a little eyebrows, the reason was that the newspaper bureau seized this "Minhu Daily", and then these students were indignant, and secretly came to retaliate at night, using the most clumsy method, to put it mildly, it was just a small incident, isn't it just a group of students who made a revolution, Ye Kai doesn't plan to care, there are still few people like this in China at the moment, the revolutionary party is sparkling, thousands, can it be extinguished? Forget it, a few students, let him go.

"These students have just read a few books by Sun Wen, and they have grown a little heroic, forget it, it's insignificant, they will be strictly educated, and they will be released tomorrow." Ye Kai waved his hand and gave an order.

"My lord! My lord! These officials from the newspaper bureau did not seem to be satisfied, and then said strongly: "These people are students of Nanyang Public School, Aurora Public School, and Fudan Public School. ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Xiaoguang said: "Presumptuous! Your Excellency has issued an order yourself, and you can point to me! ”

"Yes, yes, yes.."

Several people hurriedly lowered their heads, regretting that they had just said nothing, and beads of sweat trembled.

"What the hell is going on?" Ye Kai sensed a hint of clues.

"If you conceal it and don't report it, you will be dismissed after this inspection and verification!" Ye Kai rebuked unceremoniously.

Several people glanced at each other, their heads drooping lower, and one of them raised his head and said with a sour face.

"Returning to my lord, Nanyang, Aurora, and Fudan schools, I heard that some students were arrested, all of them went on strike, and they also threatened to incite a strike in the whole city of Shanghai, and today hundreds of people 'took to the streets to provoke', saying that they would punish the newspaper bureau and do 'unfinished business for their predecessors'.

Ye Kai only now understood why he was looking for him. (To be continued.) )