The carriage stopped outside the city of Shenzhou, and most of the people in the carriage got out of the car and hurried on their way. The rest of the people were all merchants who went to Shulu County, and they felt a little lonely watching their fellow travelers disperse.

Later generations could not imagine the isolation of this era at all. A businessman who seems to travel from south to north may not be able to obtain the amount of information received by an otaku watching the news at home for a day in his life. In the same way, the strangers they meet in their lifetimes may not be as many as the people they meet in a week in later generations.

Even Wang Yi, who had seen the "great world", was a little depressed when he watched the carriage go away, until the excitement brought by going to the station completely diluted this inexplicable reluctance.

Hu Er took Wang Yi to the camp, first went to the camp headquarters to register Wang Yi, signed and signed the pledge, and then took the list issued by the quartermaster to the warehouse to pick up the individual equipment.

Although Wang Yi is a sergeant, he still belongs to the soldier class. In the Ming Dynasty, a society with clear classes, he received a bright helmet decorated with bright red tassels, two sets of natural linen shirts, two sets of red fat jackets, a pair of cotton armor decorated with iron sheets, a belt, and a coconut scoop.

Ambassador Ku is a third-class non-commissioned officer, and after issuing the basic equipment, he mechanically said: "Be careful not to drop the three guns on the helmet, otherwise you will be fined half a month's salary." The belt is changed every six months, don't use it too much. If the coconut scoop is broken, you will come to receive it, and this does not cost money. What weapons do you use? ”

"Guns." Wang Yi said simply and clearly.

Ambassador Ku's eyes swept over Wang Yi's shoulder, and he took out a spear with an old bamboo pole and stick from a pile of spears, handed it to Wang Yi, and said, "See if the head of the spear is damaged, if not, sign for it." Do you know how to use a bow? ”

"No, it won't." Wang Yi replied while lowering the four-foot-long gun to check whether the head of the gun was sharp and whether there was a curled blade. He saw that Curry still had a spear with a wooden stick. I'm very happy that I got this gun. Under the same thickness, the gun with the old bamboo stick body is more durable and durable, with better toughness, and the weight is extremely light.

"No, I won't give it." Ambassador Ku drew crosses behind "one joint bow", "two strings", "thirty large arrows", "bow insertion", and "arrow insertion".

"Your military rank is ...... Vice-Flag Captain? Ambassador Ku looked at the information of the recipient in front of the list, pouted helplessly, and said, "Wait here." He put down the list. When I went to the warehouse, I heard him say loudly to the people inside: "If the deputy position is equipped with the main position, is the waist knife worthy?" The people inside replied in a low voice, and saw Ambassador Ku walking out quickly with a straight face, muttering: "The knife is not worthy of the flag, and the knife is not worthy of the flag......

Wang Yi looked at a pile of six-foot-and-five-inch (about 2.1 meters) long knives, his face twitched, and said, "I'm a spearman, and I also use such a long knife?" ”

"Back, back." Ambassador Ku said impatiently, "This is for the long knife hand and the fire gunner. ”

Wang Yi crossed the long knife. I saw a four-foot-long waist knife behind me, and I was finally relieved. Although he didn't know how to use a knife, he knew that the waist knife in the army was a status symbol, and only had a military commander above the rank of flag captain, and when he arrived at the battalion officer, he changed it to a sword.

"Go take a shower first and then change your clothes, so as not to break down in three or two days." Ambassador Ku saw that Wang Yi was ready, and handed over the weapon list: "Sign for it." ”

Wang Yi obediently signed his name and came out with Hu Er. asked in a low voice: "I didn't offend him, why did you throw my face." ”

"It's good I didn't offend him." Hu Er also whispered: "In the future, you will have to deal with him when you receive weapons or something." Let's go to the bathhouse to take a bath. ”

Each division has its own bathroom, and each bureau has its own toilet, which cannot be mixed. Because it is a military camp, the people cannot come in, and the auxiliary soldiers do everything to fetch water and dung.

Wang Yi always felt a little awkward to write his own number on the toilet. But I have to admit that this is really easy to distinguish and will not go wrong.

waited for the bathroom, but Wang Yi had another sigh of soil buns entering the city.

Not only do the bathrooms have a row of faucets like the boot barracks, but there are also small rooms. It is made of all pine wood, and the joints are pasted with cement. Airless. The floor was made of wooden planks, and a dark red glow could be seen through the gaps, which was the coal-burning kiln next to it. Directly above the kiln chamber is a slightly reddish iron plate.

"What is this for?" Wang Yi said that he wanted to go inside.

Hu Eryi grabbed Wang Yi: "This is a place for steam bathing, and only officers and people from the jujube nuclear team can use it." We can't go in. ”

Wang Yi sighed, but he was still very interested in the steam bath. He stood under the faucet, letting the warm water wash away, but he still thought about how to wash the steam bath and what it tasted like.

After a while, a team of strong men hula broke in, each of them was a head taller than Wang Yi, and their bodies were two of Wang Yi's. Hu Er whispered beside him: "This is the jujube nuclear team." ”

Wang Yi watched these strong men enter the steam room in groups, and after a while, there was a hissing sound of water vapor inside. Soon, wisps of water vapor came out of the cracks in the door that was not tightly closed.

"Doesn't this steam people to death?" Wang Yi asked.

"I haven't steamed it," Hu Er also shook his head in frustration, "I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince made it, anyway, those people seem to be very comfortable." Alas, it would be nice if I could be an officer sometime. ”

"Not a non-commissioned officer?"

"When a non-commissioned officer reaches the top, he is still a soldier." Hu Er sighed: "But look at me, the training is not less than yours, and the allowance is less than yours." ”

The firefighters were of the same class as the auxiliaries at the beginning, and later the auxiliaries were recruited, and they were weaker than the people who were eliminated as firefighters in the old guard battalion, so the firefighters naturally rose and were included in the ranks of the soldiers. Although the true color and silver are the same as those of the soldiers, the soldiers also have allowances, such as the allowance of the rattan player is the highest, followed by the commanders of each army, the spearman, the boring palladium hand, and even the flag and drum division also have subsidies, but the subsidy of the firefighter can almost be omitted.

"Do a good job, and it will be good to be promoted to a serious soldier in the future." Wang Yi comforted and sighed casually: "If only I could be promoted to an officer soon." ”

……

"All adjutant officers at all levels will be converted into officers, and they will be assigned military ranks according to their actual military positions, and they will go to the recruit camp overnight to pick up soldiers!"

In a side room in the Metropolitan Governor's Hall of Jinan Prefecture, Xiao Mo finally got a full set of approvals, and he could enter the Zuihou of the battalion expansion division one step: pick up troops.

As the first large army to expand and expand, of course, it is necessary to take advantage of this good opportunity to pick out all the good seedlings among the recruits. This is not the time to talk about comradeship, if the main force is loosened, it will be a catastrophe in the future, and maybe it will be demoted to the inspection department at some point.

Speaking of the Inspection Division, this organization is really a little transparent in the Ming armed liliang sequence.

This institution was founded before the first year of Hongwu, and at the beginning it was not only a local armed force, but also an administrative power, similar to the armed police force whose functions were expanded in later generations. From the Hongzhi period, large-scale layoffs began, and finally stabilized into an armed liliang under the command of the prefecture and county, and had no administrative power.

These inspection divisions are often set up in key areas and checkpoints, one in each county, or several in one county. The soldiers, all local villagers, formed archers and were responsible for catching robbers, deserters, and sometimes suppressing local riots and rebellions.

With the deflection of the Donggong strategy to Shanxi and Henan, the troops originally stationed on the Jiaodong Peninsula had to move to the Luxi area. In this way, there is a vacuum in Jiaodong's armed liliang, which must be filled without affecting combat effectiveness.

So Zhu Cihong thought of the Inspection Division.

The new inspection department is still under the leadership of the prefecture and county, and priority is given to veterans at all levels.

Nowadays, there are only soldiers and officers who have been discharged from the army due to injuries, and the number is not large, so if you want to train strictly, it is naturally not a matter of overnight to build this local armed force.

However, the soldiers of the inspection department are no longer locals, but active soldiers.

Those soldiers who have been eliminated from the recruit camp can apply to be transferred to the Inspection Division if they do not want to serve as auxiliaries. Although they are not strong enough to fight the enemy, they are enough to destroy the remaining bandits in a stable rear.

The ensuing change of the functions and powers of the county-level yamen also made the land of Shandong lively in October of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen. The once gloomy and depressing days seem to be gradually gone, and a new shijie slowly unfolds. (To be continued......)

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