There are many ambitions, and a strong army of only 1,000 people will be trained next year. While camping, the soldiers lit a bonfire, took out an iron cup to melt the lead, pinched it out with bullet tongs, and put it in the water to cool it. One, the wrong bullet is done. Especially if there is a mold, it can be cast in large quantities.

It takes at least three years to train a qualified archer, and there are extremely strict requirements for the height and arm length of soldiers, plus the bow and arrow equipment is expensive, which is really expensive.

In fact, in this era, musket technology is far from mature, and there is a mixture of hot and cold weapons, and if you have a large number of qualified archers in your hands, you can still have an advantage on the battlefield. Later in the 17th century, Zheng Chenggong's archers overshadowed the Dutch riflemen with their skillful archery.

However, due to the cost and difficulty of training, the archers were eliminated in the Wang Dou army. There is also a sword and shield hand, which is also extremely difficult to practice, and a qualified sword and shield hand also needs to practice for up to a year, which is much slower than the pikeman and musketeer, so let's cancel it.

Of course, if there are only musketeers and spearmen in the army, this composition is still very disadvantageous.

In this era, muskets have all kinds of defects, and under the psychological pressure of facing the enemy, complicated firearms operations are easy to cause mistakes.

The arquebus also has many disadvantages and cannot be used in rainy days. Ignited fire ropes can easily expose the target and cannot be sneak attacked at night. The fire rope is easy to burn out, and the operation is also complicated. Even if Wang Dou improved the paper tube to order gunpowder, this was the case. Even if there are annoying guns in the future, there are still many problems.

But there are always pros and cons to anything, and as long as the pros outweigh the cons, it's worth doing!

The assembly line production soldiers of the Ming Dynasty started from themselves, Wang Dou was full of pride in his heart!

On October 22, the eighth year of Chongzhen, after returning from Huiyao Fort, Wang Dou immediately gathered a cadre of officers in the fort in the hall of the official hall to discuss affairs.

"Lord Lin, from today onwards, you will be in charge of the camp and tuntian affairs in the fort!"

Wang Dou Zhengse said solemnly to Lin Daofu, who was sitting on the lower left.

After these days of observation, Wang Douxian Lin Daofu is still open-minded about all things in the castle, and with his ability, he can be entrusted with important tasks! ”

Feng Dachang sat on the right, with a smile on his face all the time, quite an elegant scribe, at this time he got up with a smile and arched his hand: "The student receives the order, and in a few days, the document will be presented to the adult's case." ”

Wang Dou glanced at him and nodded, people say that officials are as smooth as oil, but at least on the surface, this Feng Dachang still supports himself.

Then Wang Dou issued a few more orders, and the command was determined, and he was calm and relaxed. Seeing that Wang Dou was doing things in an orderly manner, everyone in the audience showed a look of surprise, this Wang Dou really had two brushes. In the past, everyone saw that he was just patrolling around and did not move at all, but now this move is vigorous and resolute, and he has a majesty.

In Wang Dou's calculations, in addition to Jingbian Fort under his own independent command, all the affairs of Shunxiang Fort in the future will be handed over to Lin Daofu, and after the training of troops in the fort is on the track, Lin Daofu will also manage all the military exercises.

And he also plans to abolish all the officers' homes in the future.

Family, the private property of the general, the army general invades the army, the family is paid and the soldier is thin. Favoritism, those abandoned sergeants are not thoughtless robots, treated as waste, how can there be no resentment? These people are often the first to collapse on the battlefield, and they create a very bad situation, even if the family members can fight, it will not help.

The family system has seriously weakened the combat effectiveness of the army. Speaking of which, the treatment of the sergeants of Jingbianbao is not very good, they only eat enough every day, and they don't even have military salaries. But they have now. Erer sincerity is because of the atmosphere of military colleagues and the small system of fighting and crying in the state.

Upward and downward effects, if Wang Dou also makes a family, what should his subordinates do by themselves? At that time, there were a large number of family members in the army, and the remaining sergeants became waste, and they retreated to the old way in the Ming army, and trained in vain.

Of course, the reasons for the emergence of the Ming family system are complex, and without private soldiers, it is easy to be swayed by others, especially the imperial court.

Moreover, the family members are the private property of the officers, and many of them are still the domestic slaves of the generals, and the officers, in addition to embezzling military salaries, occupy a large amount of land to support their families! ”

Lin Daofu sat down again, Wang Dou could quietly train more than 100 strong soldiers in Jingbian Fort, presumably he had his own way!

Not to mention that Lin Daofu and Feng Dachang went to count the young and strong population in the fort afterwards, and the news that Wang Dou was going to pay the sergeants stirred up a thousand waves in Shunxiang Fort like a gust of wind.

Many people heard the news, for the first time on their faces showed a smile, half a year, there is not a grain of rice in Shunxiang Fort, the military households in the fort are already hungry and cold, the sky is pitiful, the adults above are finally paid.

On the 23rd of October, the north wind seemed to sweep through everything, and the snow wind flew and fell to the ground and quickly froze into ice. However, all this did not stop the enthusiasm of the military households in Shunxiangbao, they wrapped their leather jackets and cotton jackets on their bodies, rubbed their hands, and held the cold, just clustered in front of the thousands of official halls, one by one to receive their own food and other things.

The monthly ration of the sergeant of the Daming Guard, the monthly branch of the Ma Army is given to two stones, the monthly branch of the general flag of the infantry army is given to one stone and five buckets of rice, the monthly branch of the small flag is given to one stone and two buckets of rice, and the sergeant is given one stone to the month, and the defenders of the city are given as many as possible, and half of the people who are tuntian are given. Sergeant monthly salt, two catties for those who have a family, and one catty for those who don't.

Monthly grain can be converted into silver, and rice can be converted into silver for one stone and one tael, but now rice is expensive and silver is cheap, and everyone is willing to receive rice. There are also the families of the teams of Shunxiang Fort, who receive one tael of silver per month, five buckets of rice in their true color, and one by one Wang Dou.

Wang Dou moved a chair and sat under a large tree, he personally named the soldiers according to the military register, and personally put the grain card in the hands of each sergeant to occupy each soldier who received the grain is a thousand thanks, and their families are also beaming with joy when they look at the back.

Han Chao stood beside Wang Dou, he just watched quietly, at this time Wang Dou was naming an old army, the old army came up, I am afraid that they are all sixty years old, with a gray beard, looking at him like this, can he still fight?

Wang Dou handed him the grain card, and the old soldier cracked and laughed, and his front teeth were long gone.

Han Chao suddenly asked him: "Whose food do you eat, and who do you die for?" ”

The old soldier opened his mouth and smiled: Xiao Horn begs Lord Wang's rice villain's whole family to work for Lord Wang. There are 315 households and 1,417 mouths, including artisan households. Among them, 630 men, 575 were adults, and 55 were non-men.

There were 787 women, 715 strong women, and 72 young girls. According to statistics, there are 437 young men in the fort! ”

Wang Dou sighed, took the document book and looked through it carefully, a few days ago, Lin Daofu said to himself that there were 357 households in the fort, and obviously some of them were deserters.

Wang Dou looked at it carefully, this Feng Dachang is still very careful in his work, the year of each household, the color of the army, the men and women, the adults, etc., are all noted one by one, all the circumstances are clear at a glance, and he is a very capable person.

After seeing it for a while, Wang Dou sighed: "There are still fewer people in the castle!" ”

Lin Daofu stood next to him and said, "Military households everywhere are fleeing, and Shunbao is no exception!" ”

Wang Dou nodded, and carefully flipped through the Chinese book in his hand.

While Wang Dou was watching carefully, Feng Dachang just looked at Wang Dou's face carefully.

After a long time, Wang Dou closed the Chinese book in his hand, and he said to Feng Dachang with satisfaction: "Mr. Feng is able to do things well, my Wang Dou will be rewarded for his merits, you will receive double money this month." ”

Feng Dachang was overjoyed, he thanked Wang Dou, and then said with a smile: "Speaking of which, Mr. Zhong has also contributed a lot to this statistical book, and he can be regarded as the left arm and right arm of the student. ”

"Oh." Wang Dou was a little surprised, he didn't expect his uncle to be praised by Feng Dachang like this.

Feng Dachang explained a few words with a smile, it turned out that although Zhong Zhengxian was lazy, he was very good at counting, and he was quite accomplished in logic. This statistical book is indeed a lot of strength, and the remarks of each household are his proposal.

Being praised by Feng Dachang like this, Zhong Zhengxian couldn't help but be proud, and he also said a few words modestly: "This is all Mr. Feng's leadership, what credit does Zhong have?" ”

Wang Dou smiled and said, "Mr. Zhong will also add two buckets of rice this month."

The matter of Tuntian, Wang Dou was handed over to Lin Daofu, and the new army was organized and trained, and the brothers Fu Chao and Han Zhong were in charge.

October 26, 8th year of Chongzhen.

The cold wind was even worse on this day, and the four hundred and thirty-seven young men in the fort braved the severe cold, and all of them were concentrated in the teaching ground outside the fort.

These people are all young and strong men from the age of sixteen to forty, and in the future, Wang Dou will train all of them into a new army.

According to the rules of Jingbian Fort, after they became an army, they could eat enough every day, but there was no military salary, and their future food and salary would depend on the income captured from the war. Their families can be given 50 acres of land, cattle and farm tools, and free grain for the first year. At this point, Wang Dou will go to the state city as soon as possible.

These men will become full-time soldiers, and their wives and children will work in the fields. Wang Dou didn't have time for them to plough and practice, and after a few months of training, Wang Dou would take them out to suppress the bandits and use some of the captured to raise these people.

Next to the men at the entrance of these cars, there were still some of the original sergeants of Shunxiang Fort, and the number was only more than 100.

After his dismissal of the old and weak, the six teams of soldiers in Shunxiang Fort, except for Xu Lu's team, the number of family members remained basically unchanged, and the remaining five team officers, each team had only a dozen people left, all of whom were their family members.

The officer in charge led ten soldiers and became the first captain, and the officer who attached the team led several soldiers and became the captain.

They can't help it, it's hard to find this young and strong population, especially Shunxiangbao wants to reclaim new fields, and each new army family can get fifty acres of land. They were also exempted from grain for the first year, and only one or two buckets of grain were levied in the second and third years, which was too attractive to them, and none of them wanted to enter the old army.

Looking at some of the people around me. The officers of the management team could not help but complain in private.