In the study room behind the main courtyard of Hushan, the atmosphere is extremely warm.

In the face of the laughter of Xu Hongji and others, Zhu Daolin could only admit that his seniority was low, and turned to Zhang Gongwei, whose eyes were full of expectation: "Uncle Zhang, the first batch of more than 9,800 new officers and soldiers who are about to end their training are of the same level and have the same equipment, and the two artillery battalions have the best performance, and the more than 600 horses that were snatched this time, except for 15 that were sent to the horse farm as stallions, were all assigned to two cavalry battalions. ”

"If Uncle Zhang allows, the little nephew plans to transfer Wu Jicheng's artillery battalion, Qi Gongliang's cavalry battalion and five spear battalions to build the Jinzhou Wei team, and then transfer 1,200 young men without families from the major workshops and the third batch of recruits to form a craftsman battalion and a baggage battalion, and transfer them to the Fushan Thousand Households in Jiaozhou Bay in advance, so as to adapt to the cold weather in the north and carry out targeted training on the one hand."

"As for the remaining 1 artillery battalion, 1 cavalry battalion and 5 spear battalions, Uncle Zhang can take them away with the equipment."

Zhang Gongwei originally thought that Zhu Daolin would take away the first batch of 9,800 elite recruits and keep the second batch of 12,000 recruits who had not yet completed the equipment to himself, so he was very reluctant and embarrassed to speak.

But now that Zhu Daolin has only taken half of them, leaving the other half of the equally well-equipped and well-trained elite soldiers for himself, how can Zhang Gongwei not be deeply grateful?

Without waiting for Zhang Gongwei to say anything, Zhu Daolin had already turned to Zhao Zhilong: "Uncle Long, after Wu Jicheng led the artillery battalion to leave, I am afraid that the second batch of 1,500 artillery soldiers trained with the artillery instructor group will be delayed, including the 500 city defense artillery you have scheduled for old, do you think you should take people back to train by yourself, or follow other artillery to Baoshanwei to continue training?" ”

Zhao Zhilong was puzzled when he heard this: "Why did you go to Baoshanwei for training?" Wouldn't it be nice to stay in Nandaying? If you don't have enough instructors, you can make up for a few more. Do your sailors need to replenish artillery? ”

Zhu Daolin patiently explained: "The three new ships of the shipbuilding workshop have just completed sea trials, the 300-ton fast warship has been handed over to Jiujiangwei, who is about to launch a crackdown on bandits, and the two 500-ton military transport ships have sailed to Baoshan Port to join the main fleet and transport immigrants to Yingzhou. ”

"Within 10 days, the Francophone trading fleet will arrive and deliver the two 700-ton long-distance cargo ships that have been ordered. As soon as the ship arrives, it will be refitted and equipped with artillery, and within 20 days at the latest, it will join the Baoshan Water Division together with the two new 550-ton warships that are on trial, and these four large ships will need a total of 850 officers and men, half of whom are artillerymen. ”

"In order not to delay the northward operation, I can only pull the second batch of New Army artillerymen who have been trained for four months to the ship to carry out live-fire training, and select 450 people from them to supplement the four new warships."

At this moment, Zhao Zhilong hesitated, and after thinking about it for a long time, he made a decision: "Since this is the case." In the past two days, I sent 500 of them to the Jubaoshan camp in the southern suburbs to continue training, so as to save the delay of going back and forth......"

"If you can, you can help me order 10 24-pound bronze cannons from the Franco, just say hello for how much, I earned more than 100,000 yuan last time I cleaned up those family gate valves, which was just used to replace the old artillery in the city."

"No problem."

Zhu Daolin agreed very happily, and there was no displeasure on his face, but he had secretly decided in his heart. The fourth batch of recruits was no longer recruited, and the third batch of recruits was immediately abandoned after training.

Xu Hongji was very envious of Zhu Daolin's large-scale expansion. In the past six months, five 300-ton fast warships and 12 80-150 sail and oar patrol clippers have been added one after another, and all the veterans who can be called upon have been exhausted.

saw that Zhao Zhilong made Zhu Daolin's cheapness. Xu Hongji immediately put his mind on Zhu Daolin: "Daolin, the training of thousands of recruits at Shangyuan Wharf seems to have been trained for more than half a year, right?" If you're rich, can you give me 500 people? ”

"I don't dare to agree to this, it's really difficult!"

Zhu Dao was on the verge of slander, but he maintained a respectful smile on his face: "There are currently more than 3,500 recruits trained in Shangyuan Qianhu. They were all carefully selected from two groups of more than 20,000 recruits six months ago, and they have just finished their six-month basic training, and they are learning professional skills such as rope sails, steering wheels, flags, and damage management. ”

"Including the 480 officers of the Baoshan Water Division who are receiving special training in the Nanda Battalion, they will soon be assigned to transport ships for internship, and they will take advantage of the round-trip time of transporting combat materials by sea to carry out training with the help of instructors and veterans of various sections, and the final assessment will be conducted at the end of the year.

"According to the practice of my Daming Shui Division, three years of training is considered qualified, and the little nephew has no choice but to increase the difficulty of training and compress the training time, and at the end of the year, the Baoshan Landscape Division will add a few ocean-going transport ships to transport back the sulfur and shipbuilding timber mined in Yingzhou, otherwise it will be difficult to continue, and there will be no shortage of people and horses in hand!"

"Otherwise, you will recruit 2,000 military children to be sent to Baoshan Port for training for half a year, and the two new 550-ton warships ordered by your old will be delivered just after half a year, and there will be no delay on both sides."

Xu Hongji had no choice but to give up, but he still adopted Zhu Daolin's suggestion, and decided to recruit 3,000 young military children to send them to Baoshan Port again, and hand them over to Zhu Daolin's gradually increasing number and more and more formal instructor corps for rigorous training, and strive to restore the Jiangnan Navy Division to the scale of 20 fast warships of more than 300 tons, 50 new sail and oar patrol fast ships of 80-150 tons, and 80 military transport ships of more than 150 tons within three years, and then successively equip five marine battalions with a total of 2,500 soldiers. The total number of officers and soldiers reached 50,000.

Zhang Gongwei, the Marquis of Longping, who had been silent for a long time, finally made up her mind and asked Zhu Daolin to participate in the war:

"Dao Lin, can you let me lead the new army of my headquarters to fight north with you? The new army needs to fight a battle and see blood......"

"I plan to follow your example, put the first batch of 4,900 new troops under the banner of the left right guard, let Dezhong act as the commander of the guard, and send a group of young and brave hundred household officers to the new army to serve as deputy positions at all levels, and then select 1,200 skilled craftsmen and young soldiers from other guards to form a baggage battalion and a craftsman battalion to replenish the personnel, do you think this will work?"

Zhu Daolin was quite surprised, thought for a moment, and asked solemnly: "Brothers, fighting tiger father and son, what can make me feel more at ease than Uncle Zhang and Brother Dezhong fighting side by side?" ”

"It's just...... Once it goes north, the establishment, equipment and strength of the new army will be in broad daylight, and the little nephew doesn't care here, after the fight, he will go to Jinzhouwei and fight face-to-face with the Manchu Tartars. ”

"The new army is differently equipped, and it can't get enough ammunition from the north, unless Dongjiang Town, which is close to the little nephew, is watching each other, it's very dangerous, and my brother is too loyal, I'm worried that he will be calculated by others, so Uncle Zhang, you need to think about it."

Xu Hongji and Zhao Zhilong were very surprised when they heard this, and they all looked at Zhang Gongwei with concern. (To be continued.) )