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"Chief of Staff, at present, our conscription notice has been issued to all counties. There are a lot of applicants, far more than the 130,000 people we want to recruit! Major General Sun Hao, chief of operations of the General Staff, said excitedly. Although the Chinese in the Nanyang area are also very enthusiastic about joining the army, because of the sparse population, the source of soldiers is too small. Now, this problem has finally been fundamentally solved.

"Ha Lu Ha, that's good!" Lieutenant General Niu Meng said with a smile, and the worries that had been there were all swept away at this moment.

It is said that "good iron does not hit nails, and good men are not soldiers", many of the green battalion soldiers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were recruited by people who couldn't get along. Those who can really get by, rarely go to the army. The military discipline of the green battalion soldiers is corrupt, and they oppress the people a lot, which makes the people's perception of being a soldier even worse, and they will not let their children become soldiers. But the Xinhua Army is different, the Xinhua Army easily defeated the Manchus, and treated the common people without committing any crimes, as if they were their relatives. In addition, the treatment of the Xinhua Army is also very good, even the lowest-ranking privates have a military salary of five Chinese yuan per month, that is, five taels of silver. In this day and age, this is already a lot of money. In addition, young men who are willing to immigrate to Nanyang can also receive a settling-in allowance of 50 yuan if they want to become a soldier and are selected, as well as an additional 50 acres of land and two indigenous slaves. If you calculate it this way, it is really cost-effective to be a soldier. That's why so many people have signed up.

"Chief of Staff. Among the captured Green Battalion soldiers, there were quite a few left, except for those who had been selected to join the police. Is it possible to pick some suitable soldiers from among them? Major General Sun Hao asked. Although the combat effectiveness of the Green Battalion is rather rubbish, that is the reason why they have not undergone professional training. If you had received regular training from the Xinhua Army, the result would have been different.

Lieutenant General Niu Meng thought for a moment, but still rejected the proposal. The green battalion soldiers in the prisoner of war camp are all veterans, and they are full of vices, and they even smoke opium. If you don't even want the police, if you are elected to the Xinhua Army, it will affect the Xinhua Army. Besides. It's not that there is no way to recruit new soldiers, and there is no need to fight these prisoners of war at all. Those simple recruits are more malleable, after being trained by the Xinhua Army. I will definitely be able to become a qualified soldier.

"Those prisoners of war. Detention is nothing more than a waste of food. After a while, hand them over to the local government. The official road from Guangzhou to the west and north needs to be renovated. Because of the roads, the logistical supply of our front-line troops has been greatly affected. All these prisoners of war can be sent to build roads. Lieutenant General Niu Meng said.

Major General Sun Hao nodded, if it weren't for the influence of logistics supply lines, maybe the Xinhua Army would have continued to attack. For now, we can only stop for a while. After digesting Guangdong, we will plan for the next step of development. Of course. After the twenty infantry brigades were recruited and trained, the strength gap of the Xinhua Army would be solved. At that time, the Xinhua Army had sufficient forces to launch an attack on the provinces surrounding Guangdong.

On November 20, 1842, Long Yufei, the king of Xinhua, traveled to Guangdong on a naval warship to inspect the new territory of the kingdom. He was accompanied by the Kingdom's Minister of Industry, Wu Wending, Minister of Industry, Zhou Zishan, and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lin Zihao. After taking Guangdong, Guangdong's infrastructure construction and industrial construction need to start immediately. In this way, the speed of Xinhua's industrialization will not be affected. The purpose of the visit of the Minister of Industry and the Minister of Communications is to determine the transportation and industrial construction of Guangdong Province.

The fleet docked at Shunde, and Guangdong Provincial Governor Liang Baochang, Vice Governor Fang Minghong, Lieutenant General Niu Meng, Chief of the General Staff of the Xinhua Army, and Major General Sun Hao, Chief of Operations of the New China Army, went to the dock to greet them. This is the first time that King Long Yufei has set foot in China, and everyone attaches great importance to it, especially in terms of security.

"Greetings to Your Majesty!" When Long Yufei walked down the ramp of the warship, everyone bowed and saluted. Among them, Liang Baochang's bare head is particularly eye-catching.

"Let's excuse me!" Long Yufei said. Xinhua does not practice kneeling, even if you see the king, you only need to bow. This is a little difficult for Liang Baochang to adapt. After all, during the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he knelt in front of the emperor several times. However, he also felt that standing seemed to be better than kneeling.

"Your Majesty, this is Governor Liang Baochang, when he attacked Guangzhou, it was Governor Liang who understood the righteousness, and we were able to take Guangzhou City at the lowest cost, and the hundreds of thousands of people in Guangzhou City were able to avoid war." Lieutenant General Niu Meng, Chief of the General Staff, introduced Long Yufei.

"Governor Liang, you are doing a very good job. Xinhuaguo needs talents like you. I hope that you will be able to exert greater talents in Xinhua in the future! Long Yufei encouraged. Of course, he did not hesitate to praise these talents.

"Your Majesty Xie, the ministers will be the liver and brain of the great cause of Xinhuaguo!" Liang Baochang said excitedly. Being able to get Long Yufei's praise made him very excited, and he even came up with the idea of dying as a confidant. In the Manchu Qing Dynasty, these Han officials were just slaves raised by the emperor, trembling all day long, for fear that they would lose their heads because they had done something wrong, where would it be like now?

Fang Minghong, the former consul of Xinhuaguo in Guangzhou, also performed very well in this operation, so he was appointed vice governor of Guangdong Province. This time, Long Yufei also affirmed his achievements.

In addition, Zhou Lin, the former guard of the north gate of Guangzhou City, and now the director of the Guangdong Provincial Police Department, was also praised by Long Yufei, which made Zhou Lin grateful, and felt as if his bones were lighter. This is the emperor's approval, which is enough to make him glorify his ancestors. Zhou Lin also patted his chest and promised that he would definitely ensure the stability of Guangdong, and he would definitely find out all the hostile elements who wanted to destroy the stability of Guangdong!

Subsequently, Long Yu flew into the carriage prepared by the Xinhua Army, and under the escort of the palace guards, he went to Guangzhou. The road from Shunde to Guangzhou has undergone a special rest and is very stable. The group rode horses and cars and arrived in Guangzhou in the afternoon.

Long Yufei's trip to Guangzhou this time was secret, and the people in Guangzhou City did not know about it, after all, Xinhua had just occupied Guangdong, and there were still many hidden hostile elements that had not been found. If he came to Guangzhou with great fanfare, wouldn't he provide those people with a chance to assassinate? Although Long Yufei believed in the ability of the palace guards very much, he didn't want to joke with his own life. After hanging up last time, it was because of good luck that I traveled to this era. This time I hung up again, but I don't know if there is such good luck in Lu Dao. Besides, now that his huge empire has laid the foundation, and the next time is for rapid development, of course he hopes to see the empire he has built can become stronger and stronger, and eventually become the overlord of the world!

After arriving in Guangzhou, Long Yufei did not immediately listen to the report of the Guangdong Provincial Government and the military, but chose to make a private visit to Weifu. Because he came to Guangzhou in secret, he was not afraid of being assassinated.

During the personal visit, Long Yufei fully listened to the public opinion. One of the most important points is that the people of Guangzhou City have no resistance to joining Xinhua Kingdom, but are very happy. A series of policies of Xinhuaguo have made the people feel the benefits. In the Opium War, the British attacked Guangzhou, but the common people suffered. They also want the country to be strong, so that they don't have to be bullied by foreigners. The Manchus were unreliable, and the new China had become their hope. And this is exactly what Long Yufei wants to see.

"Your Majesty, the current immigration work has begun. In the whole of Guangdong, there are four million people who apply for immigration. The government is carrying out a unified plan, and in the next six months, these four million people will gradually move to Nanyang to enrich Nanyang. Liang Baochang, governor of Guangdong Province, said. Although the population of Guangdong Province has decreased by 40 percent all of a sudden, the population is smaller, and the land will be more, and with the Chinese's ability to reproduce, perhaps the population will increase in ten or eight years.

"Well, well done. At present, there is a special shortage of people in Xinhua, especially in Nanyang, and we have a lot of land that has not been developed. The migration of 4 million people to Nanyang can just promote the development of Nanyang. Long Yufei said with a smile. Before taking Guangdong, the total population of Xinhua was only four million. Now, four million immigrants from Guangdong can be immigrated to Nanyang at once, and the population crisis in Xinhua can be regarded as being resolved.

"Your Majesty, the expansion of the army is also going very well. The 130,000 soldiers we needed were recruited in just five days. These troops have already entered the new barracks and started training. It is expected that after three months, it will be able to initially form combat effectiveness. When the time comes, we will launch a new round of attacks on the Manchus. Lieutenant General Niu Meng, Chief of the General Staff, introduced. Three months of recruit training, which is enough. After mastering the basic combat literacy, all that remains is to experience it on the battlefield. After seeing blood, he is naturally a real warrior.

"What about the Qing army? Haven't they launched a counterattack yet? Long Yufei asked.

"Your Majesty, the Qing army, like us, has also taken a defensive position. At present, the Qing army has deployed more than 100,000 troops on the borders of Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Guangdong. Moreover, according to the information we have received, the follow-up forces of the Qing army are still moving south. I believe that it will not be long before the battle begins! Lieutenant General Niu Meng said. (To be continued......)