"Hahaha! You really can't it. Back at Shanhaiguan, Mao Wenlong personally welcomed Li Xiao to the Army Military Academy at the gate of the city.

"Standing in Beijing is a scene, and in the countryside is another scene. The excerpts reported by those local officials are all good news and not bad news. Now I understand those emperors, it's strange to be able to come out of the Ming Dynasty by sitting in the palace all day long and watching these things. Li Xiao sat on the sofa and sighed helplessly.

"You're just worried about your life! We in China have implemented the county system since the Shang Dynasty changed the law, and for thousands of years, officials could only be sent to the county level. The rest of the villages and towns can only be maintained by local clan elders and others. Most of us in China live in groups of the same ethnicity. Often a village is a family with one surname, and the elders can play a pivotal role in speaking.

The advantage of this is that the imperial court only maintains a few people who eat imperial grain in the county. The state rules the locality, and it doesn't cost much silver. Besides, there are only a few literate people, and the country does not have so many people to fill in the villages and towns.

You're good now, even the village chief has to be appointed by the official. Is this not going to make a fuss? It's just that the village chief you appointed can convince people's hearts, if the village chiefs are not qualified enough, and they are not crushed to death by those clan elders? It's normal for this kind of thing to happen, and it's a fluke if something doesn't happen. Mao Wenlong personally poured a cup of tea for Li Xiao and put it on the coffee table on the jade countertop.

"Hey......! There are just not enough people right now, especially when there are too few people available. Thinking about the retreat of more officers from the ranks, but in this way, the combat effectiveness of the ranks will inevitably decline. How about your old guy here, more than 700 people graduate in a year, it's really too few. Can it be increased to more than a thousand next year? "Li Xiao came to Shanhaiguan this time to discuss whether the Army Military Academy can train more officers every year.

In the past, when he was only a platoon commander, Li Xiao only thought about his more than 20 brothers. But when he left the capital, Sun Chengzong told him a shocking news. In addition to the expansion of the four main divisions to 120,000 people, the Liao army expanded to 50 garrison divisions in two years. Although each garrison division had only 5,000 men, the 50 garrison divisions were 250,000 people.

Together with the Navy and the Marine Corps, there were already 410,000 troops under Li Xiao's command before he knew it.

With so many troops, what is most needed is not ordnance and military spending. What is most needed are officers, qualified officers who can lead troops into battle. Mao Wenlong, the more than 700 students who graduated here, were divided up by the four main divisions as soon as they left the school. The garrison division couldn't even see a single figure, so it could only ask some squad leaders from the main division to act as officers.

Fortunately, the garrison divisions were generally poorly equipped, and most of them still used old-fashioned guns with breech loading. A mortar division is only equipped with 12 guns, and some still use knives and guns in their hands. The requirements for officers are far less high than those of the main divisions.

"I said handsome! We are training the future generals of the Liao army, not raising pigs. Seven hundred pigs will be slaughtered this year, and a thousand more pigs will be caught next year? With so many people graduating at once, it is inevitable that there will be indiscriminate filling.

They will all be the ones who lead the troops in the future, and if they don't get it right, they will kill the soldiers in rows and rows. I know that you are short of manpower, but you can't turn out the radish quickly and not wash the mud. Graduates of our Army Military Academy must not only ensure quantity but also quality. Mao Wenlong lit a cigarette and reasoned with Li Xiao.

This old bastard has long been an old fox who has become a spirit. Li Xiao didn't speak, he knew that this old fox would definitely have something to say after a while.

"Of course, the imperial court is really short of people now. I'm the principal of a military academy, and I can't stand on the sidelines and watch the excitement. However, to increase the number of graduates, it is necessary to expand the training ground and expand the dormitory. In addition, there are more instructors, and armaments have to be purchased. You need money everywhere, but the little money allocated by the imperial court ......! Mao Wenlong turned on the mode of complaining and spit out his bitterness to Li Xiao.

Li Xiao smiled slightly, this old fox really played tricks with himself. What I said before should be a fart, and the last sentence is true if it requires funds.

"The financial matter can be solved for you, but you must make sure that it is guaranteed. Within three years, the number of graduates of the Army Officer School should increase to at least 2,000 per year. This is the minimum requirement, and you can report the silver matter. Li Xiao also knows that if you want the horse to run, you have to let the horse eat the night grass.

"As long as the funds are sufficient, I'll have no problem here." Mao Wenlong took a hard puff of his cigarette, and his face immediately became enthusiastic.

"The navy is going to build a ship master academy on the navy's side, and you will give a few people here. I borrowed it from you personally, and the second child dreamed of a fleet. I'm a brother, so I have to put up a shelf for him. ”

"I didn't say this, I must be satisfied with the second master. Whatever you like, even if it's my old man. This principal, let's stop doing it immediately, and run away with the second master. As soon as he heard that Li Xiao was borrowing someone in a private capacity, Mao Wenlong's attitude immediately took a 180-degree turn, showing the true colors of the old fritters in officialdom.

"I thank you for my second child!"

"Let's ...... What do you thank, the lunch is ready, just waiting for your handsome appreciation. After eating, I gave a speech to the students. These little cubs, worship you to death. They all say that you are the god of war, and some people say that you are the reincarnation of Yue Wumu. ”

"That's what you're taught in the military academy?" With such a principal, Li Xiao is very worried about the overall quality of the army officers.

"It's all from outside, Brother Hao also arrived at Shanhaiguan a few nights ago. I have to praise Brother Hao'er, from Jinzhou to Shanhaiguan, I don't know how many times I walked back and forth with two feet. Surveying the terrain everywhere, trying to find a suitable roadbed to build the railway.

When I returned to Shanhaiguan this time, everyone was tired. It seems that he still has an injury on his leg, and he is limping when he walks. That's it, I have to go to Daling River to have a look. As a result, I was grounded, and the railway is important, and I can't fight for my life. He is only sixteen years old this year, and he still has a long way to go. Speaking of Li Hao, Mao Wenlong's face was solemn.

"When he was asked to do this errand, he also wanted to experience his temperament. I didn't expect this child's temperament to be so tenacious. Such a hard errand has been done, and the court has already decided. According to the route he explored, the construction of the railway from Jinzhou to Shanhaiguan began this summer. In the future, the railway will be extended, from Jinzhou to Beijing.

This railway really needs to be built, and it is only a night's work from Jinzhou to the capital. If you extend further, it is only two or three days from Shenyang to Guangzhou in the south. ”

"Really?" Mao Wenlong's eyes widened, he didn't expect the railway to be so convenient.

"Will this be fake? In the future, there will be an engineering school to teach these manufacturing knowledge. In the future, it is estimated that it will be a matter of one night to build an airship that can fly in the sky, and it will be a matter of one night from Shenyang to Guangzhou. In the evening you are in Shenyang, sleep overnight, and tomorrow morning you will be in Guangzhou. ”

"Isn't that a fog?" Mao Wenlong has followed the Liao army all these years, and he can be regarded as a person who has seen the world. But after listening to Li Xiao's words, he was still bluffed for a while.

"Almost, airships are flying in the sky."

"That's a great thing, my old man has never tasted what God is like in his life. The last time I tinkered with a hot air balloon, the old man wanted to go up and have a look. As a result, a group of people stopped and did not let them go, and finally flew into the sky. Unable to fly, the old man regretted it. Well, this time, you've got an airship again. It must be better than a hot air balloon, and the old man will have to go up and see it when the time comes. Mao Wenlong had a rare vision for the future.

"If the airship is really successful in the test flight, it will be nothing for you to go up. In winter, you can fly to Hainan for a vacation. I heard that you have a cough in winter, and this problem can be raised in Hainan for a few days, and it will work. ”

"Oh, the old man is going to try."