Chapter 391: Army Formation
However, the idea of establishing a workshop proposed by Joseph, as well as the so-called theories such as "industrial upgrading" and "deep processing", made the girl show strong interest. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
Under Sophia's arrangement, the workshop quickly bought a small amount of leather and wool and some raw materials for production, and the quality of the first batch of finished products was quite satisfactory, and this batch of goods was sold directly to the city of Valen in Kannai, excluding freight and costs, and about a few hundred gold coins were earned for José.
Although the first profit was not large, it inspired Jose to run the workshop, and with Sophia's management and operation, the production of the workshop was slowly becoming regular. In just two or three months, the Sadrand workshop was able to produce large quantities of work, and the number of workers and craftsmen working had expanded to 200. This commodity boom undoubtedly attracted many caravans to Sadland, and also contributed no small amount to the increase in commercial taxes.
After three months, the Sadran Workshop was able to maintain a steady production, and Joseph was even preparing to recruit some master refiners from the big trading houses and workshops in Turan Province. However, at present, the Sadran Workshop is still in the initial stage of establishment, and the craftsmanship may not reach the level of building large ordnance, but it is still possible to forge some ordinary swords and armor equipment.
Therefore, during these three months, the workshop set up near the county guard mansion was not only making some ordinary daily necessities, but also rushing to make a large number of armor and equipment. Even some of the craftsmen in charge of ordnance forging in the original county town were transferred by Joseph, and under the continuous work day and night, a large number of leather armor and standing armor were also produced, but armor with higher defensive power such as iron deck armor could not be produced now due to the lack of pig iron and forging technology.
In the past two or three months, the workshop has also produced more than 5,000 sets of ordinary leather armor, which were secretly transported to Boulder Town in batches in the name of commodities for hoarding. After a few months, the recruits had become good under the training of Gould and Allocke. Whether it is marching in a queue or some ordinary assassination techniques, they have been trained quite proficiently.
Of course, even if the main generals are generals like Gould and Aloke, they naturally can't train any elite divisions in just a few months. This recruit is only proficient in some military skills, but it is definitely not as good as the veterans of the Northwest Army who have been fighting all year round. However, the only advantage of this private army is that these recruited recruits are far stronger than the Northwest Army in terms of military discipline because they are all young and strong refugees.
Joseph originally also paid attention to the cultivation of military discipline, after all, the level of civilization of a human society like the Ceylon continent, the quality of soldiers naturally could not be very high. The Northwest Army is a clear example, although the soldiers are veterans of war all year round, and their combat effectiveness and elite level are among the best in the empire, but the military discipline is almost a disaster.
Therefore, on the first day of Joseph's mastery of this new army, the discipline of the army was clearly stipulated, and a resounding command was issued: "It is the duty of a soldier to obey orders!"
It should be said that Joseph attaches great importance to military discipline, and at his request, many strict military regulations have been established. Even generals like Gould and Alok felt that the military rules were too tough, but they had to enforce them. Initially, the new army was required to train for half a day every day, with a rest for three days, then one day for training every day, one day off for five days, and finally one day for training every day, plus two hours of intensive training at night, and one rest for ten days.
José deliberately intensified his training, but not to the point of being unbearable, trying not to give the recruit free time. With the gradual increase in the intensity of such training, the recruits quickly adapted from the initial discomfort to the slow adaptation, and their physical fitness has also been greatly improved. However, under such an intensity of training, as for the convenience of treatment, Joseph was not ambiguous at all, he bought a large number of cattle and sheep from the caravans of the steppe, and then let these recruits get sufficient food supplies. In addition, at the end of each month, José would personally come to Boulder Town to check the results of the training and personally pay these recruits.
At the same time, he ordered Gould and Yarok to pay attention to the training of recruits, selected some outstanding recruits for training as non-commissioned officers, and promoted a large number of low-level officers. Every half a month, Jose would come to Boulder Town regularly, and at the same time summon these officers, just to talk to them to understand the military situation, and at the same time to win the hearts of these officers by the way. In Joseph's subconscious, he has regarded this private army as his own capital, and for such an army that has always belonged to him, it is indeed necessary to train some excellent officers and generals in the barracks.
So prompted by this idea, Chaseer decided to boldly carry out his own military reform of this new army!
According to his knowledge of the Bright Empire, the local soldiers generally recruited were ordinary peasants and low-class people, and few citizens with slightly better lives were willing to serve as soldiers. After all, there is no glorious slogan for joining the army in this era, and as long as they are ordinary peasants who can make ends meet, few are willing to serve as soldiers, so in addition to the Central Army, the quality of the troops in various provinces is also uneven, and it can even be said that it is quite low.
According to the general history of the Empire of Light, after the Empire of Light unified the continent, there was no official military for a long time. In earlier wars, those soldiers were often made up of paupers, slaves, and some mercenaries. Only those nobles who had lands and subjects could still afford to form an army, and the salaries of the army were borne by their respective lords. Under these chaotic military systems, the human world naturally decomposed into many small states.
In the end, the founding emperor of the Bright Empire, Maude the Great, completed the unification war, but at the same time established the aristocratic system, so in the unified Bright Empire, there was still no formal military system for a considerable period of time. It was not until later, when the steppe people rose, and then the empire split into three empires, that the emperor of the Bright Empire, at the suggestion of the imperial marshal at the time, established a military system under each province, and the Bright Empire began a formal conscription system.
The conscription system has developed to this day, although it is still very imperfect, but it is much better than at the beginning of the founding of the country. After all, in the realistic environment of the three empires, the reform of the military system of the Bright Empire is also a measure that conforms to reality, and if there is no strong military strength, the Bright Empire will not be able to stand for hundreds of years.