The selection of recruits is in full swing.

Since the last time Wu Zhi invited guests to dinner in Alum Tower, Yan Sheng and Li Tingyu were even more enthusiastic, and Liu Quan also took the initiative to participate in it, coupled with the assistance of Lin Chong, Wang Jin and other officers and soldiers of the Red Guard Battalion, the selection of recruits was carried out particularly smoothly. Moreover, the construction of the new army camp of the Huaxia Army is also progressing smoothly.

A few days later, before the Chinese New Year, the selection of new recruits was finally successfully completed. The reason why the selection was successfully completed was because the holy decree stipulated that the salary of the Huaxia Army was equivalent to that of the Fourth Army and that it was guaranteed to be paid in full. In the past, when military salaries were paid, they had to be deducted about 10 to 20 percent by their superiors! But they all dare to be angry but dare not speak.

At this time, the new army camp of the Huaxia Army had also been built, and the officers and soldiers of the original Red Guard Battalion moved out of the Tianwu Army camp and led all the recruits to be stationed in the new army camp of the Huaxia Army.

In the past few tens of days, nearly 30,000 recruits who are young, strong, and able to endure hardships and stand hard work have been selected, and with the Red Guard Battalion, the Huaxia Army has a total establishment of about 31,000 people, divided into one army, three divisions, nine brigades, 27 regiments, 81 battalions, 243 companies, 729 platoons, and 2,187 squads, of which the first and second divisions each have more than 10,500 people, and the third division has more than 10,000 people. All the officers and men of the Red Guard Battalion were promoted to the first level of recruitment, and according to their rank, they were appointed to the principal and deputy posts in the brigade, regiment, battalion, company, and platoon, and the insufficient number of principal and deputy posts were promoted to one level and selected from among the generals and officers of the newly selected army in Beijing.

After Yan Sheng submitted the selection list of the chief and deputy positions of the brigade, battalion, battalion, and platoon to the imperial court, within three days, Zhao Xu approved it, and only changed a few positions, and the leadership establishment of the Huaxia Army at all levels was given in this way. All the generals who were promoted and hired were overjoyed and grateful. The squad leader of the class is appointed directly from the selected recruits according to their grade and ability, and does not need to report to the imperial court.

Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo also got their wish and served as the commanders of the first, second and third regiments of the first division of the Huaxia Army respectively.

In the process of forming the Huaxia Army, Wu Zhi spent several nights compiling a set of rules and regulations and a training manual, in which he covered the discipline, internal affairs, rewards and punishments, and drills of the later army. In the training manual, he wrote down the training subjects such as queue, drill, cross-country training, physical fitness, individual tactics and team tactics, and grappling in military training in later generations, and sprinkled nearly 10,000 words. After revisions and polishing, Wu Zhi arranged for Liu Quan to transcribe the records, compile them into a booklet, affix a letter from the military headquarters, and distribute them to every officer and soldier of the former Red Guard Battalion, demanding that every officer and soldier study them conscientiously, and ordered that the management and training of the Huaxia Army should be carried out in the same way in the future, and those who disobeyed the order would be dealt with by military law. Liu Quan, Yan Sheng and Li Tingyu also each had a copy, and the three of them looked at these two booklets, their hearts were full of curiosity, there were a lot of management and training contents, they were all unheard of. After the formation of the Huaxia Army was completed, Wu Zhi asked Liu Quan to arrange for personnel to transcribe a sufficient number of copies and distribute them to other selected generals, and also asked them to conscientiously study and experience them, and follow them.

At the same time, after the formation of the Huaxia Army was completed, Wu Zhi took advantage of the arrival of Chinese New Year's Eve to gather together the principal and deputy posts at all levels above the platoon level and the principal and deputy posts of other logistics support departments in Beijing (the personnel of the staff department had not yet been in place), held a mobilization meeting in the spacious New Army Square, and gave a detailed explanation of the ideology, objectives, management measures, reward and punishment regulations, and training rules and methods for the formation of the Huaxia Army. After the Chinese New Year, systematic training will begin. Everyone was very curious and looking forward to it.

At the mobilization meeting, Wu Zhi also made a special statement that the salary of the Huaxia Army is equivalent to that of the superior forbidden army, that is to say, the salary of ordinary soldiers is the same as that of the military guards of the four armies, except for the military salaries of the same money per person every month, military rations, clothing subsidies, special expenses, snow and cold money, and other subsidies are equivalent to those of the superior guards, and they must be paid in full, and the commanders at all levels cannot deduct from them, and violators will be severely punished. As for the squad leader (that is, the former team leader, each squad only has one head, that is, the squad leader), Wu Zhi set a consistent half a cent per person per month, and another half a cent per person per month. Lined up

The chief and deputy positions, the staff officers, and the logistics support personnel are all held by military attachés from the ninth rank and above, and in addition to the royal court's salary, Wu Zhi stipulates that each person will be given a consistent amount of money every month, and the excess part will be filled by him.

When the generals and officers heard this, they couldn't help but be startled while rejoicing, according to this calculation, the Huaxia Army's overspending of military salaries every month will exceed more than 3,300 yuan, and the overexpenditure of nearly 40,000 yuan a year! This is a huge sum of money that is out of reach for many people, and their commander-in-chief has taken it on like this? How much strength and courage does this have to be!

The generals and officers attending the meeting looked at Wu Zhi as if they were seeing a monster, and felt incredible, they really had never encountered such a boss and commander who paid money outside! In an instant, everyone's hearts were filled with awe, and their five bodies fell to the ground, and they sincerely surrendered to Wu Zhi's personality charm.

But what they didn't know was that Wu Zhi's champion series of liquor business could earn more than 7,100 yuan a day, and the income in six days could cover the Huaxia Army's military salary expenses for a year.

At the same time, at the mobilization meeting, Wu Zhi announced that he would hire Zhou Tong as the chief martial arts instructor of the Huaxia Army, responsible for teaching the fighting and grappling skills of the Huaxia Army soldiers, aiming to improve the individual combat ability of the Huaxia Army soldiers.

After the mobilization meeting of the New Army was held, Wu Zhi paid all the officers and men of the Huaxia Army a month's salary in advance on the same day. All the new officers and men received the full amount of their new salaries, and all of them were smiling. The imperial court has not yet paid the military salary, so Wu Zhi paid out of his own pocket to advance the payment! This arrogant move made Yan Sheng, Li Tingyu, Zeng Kuan, Zhang Zhen, Liang Zhuo and others who knew the inside story dumbfounded and shocked.

In the Huaxia Army, most of the leaders are the officers and soldiers of the former Red Guard Battalion, they are loyal to Wu Zhi, and they obey their words, and the Huaxia Army ostensibly belongs to the imperial court, but in fact it is in the hands of Wu Zhi alone.

At the same time, the notice on the implementation of the apportionment into the mu has also begun to be gradually sent to all parts of the country, and the preparatory work for the pilot project in Kaifeng Prefecture is also gradually unfolding. Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, and it is waiting for the implementation of the big move after the Chinese New Year.

Similarly, the decoration, expansion and renovation projects of the Hou Mansion also went relatively smoothly, especially the renovation and reconstruction projects, under the guidance and supervision of Wu Zhi, the craftsmen gradually mastered the construction essentials, and the construction became more efficient.

As long as he is free, Wu Zhi will also come to the Firearms Bureau to check on the preparations for the establishment of the Firearms Bureau.

Under the leadership of Shen Chong, the firearms bureau has carried out the preparatory work quite smoothly. Today, the Firearms Bureau has recruited more than 1,000 craftsmen, some of whom are coming from all over the country, and various workshops are also in full swing. Wu Zhi put forward some suggestions and requirements, and at the same time designed some workshop drawings to Shen Chong, the superintendent of armaments, and asked him to lead the crowd to transform and prepare for construction according to the drawings.

As for the process of purifying potassium nitrate and the formula of the new gunpowder, he did not say, this is a secret and cannot be leaked, he wants to leave it to all the craftsmen in place, and choose some reliable people to teach, and he has not seriously considered how to do it yet. Shen Chong obeyed his words, because the Firearms Bureau itself served the Huaxia Army, and Wu Zhi was the supreme commander of the Huaxia Army, how dare he disobey his orders.

The reason why Wu Zhi wanted to dedicate the formula of the new gunpowder to the imperial court was because he knew that he had been targeted by some well-intentioned people and Zhao Xu. In the war against the Western Xia, he made his own bamboo grenades, and their power was terrifying. If he hadn't handed over the formula of this new gunpowder and the production method of the bamboo grenade to Zhao Xu in time, with his current position, it would inevitably not arouse the suspicion and concern of Zhao Xu and the people in the court, and over time he would be suspected of plotting rebellion, which would be fatal. Therefore, as early as a few days ago, Wu Zhi had already handed over the notebook, saying that after the preparation of the Firearms Bureau was completed, he would give out all the recipes and methods for making new gunpowder and grenades, teach them to the craftsmen of the Firearms Bureau, and ask the imperial court to do a good job of secrecy. Zhao Xu and the civil and military officials of the court and the central government finally put their minds at ease.

As everything gradually got on the right track, Wu Zhi would wear it into the study every day when he returned home from duty, and began to design the new military uniform of the Huaxia Army according to the appearance of the military uniforms of later generations. Wu Zhi found that some of the clothes of the forbidden army were flashy, while many were uneven and tattered. Because it was issued by the imperial court at that time

The soldiers of the army are not uniformly dressed, but are issued to the soldiers cloth, and the soldiers themselves tailor their military uniforms, so the army is like a kaleidoscope, and many soldiers have to take care of their families, and the clothes they make for themselves are not so good, and many of them are still tattered.

As a new army, it must have the appearance of a new army, so Wu Zhi must dress uniformly and change all officers and soldiers of the Huaxia Army into new military uniforms.

After several days and nights of design, continuous drawing and deletion, the final design of two sets of clothing for summer and winter, the top and bottom pants, respectively with a short shirt and a long shirt, both of which are turquoise. Short-sleeved summer jacket with short shirt and trousers, with sewn pockets; A long-sleeved winter jacket with a long shirt and trousers, lined with fleece cotton, double-layered, and the trousers are also sewn with pockets. And design military shoes and military hats, military shoes changed to wide-headed black leather bottom low-top blue-green cloth shoes, military hats for large-brimmed hats, hats for turquoise, brim for black, with black cloth wrapped in leather, the hat wrapped around an apricot yellow ribbon, embroidered with an apricot yellow border circle above the brim, embroidered with a big red five-pointed star in the circle. At the same time, he also designed military belts and belts on which grenades could be hung.

After the design was completed, Wu Zhi showed the drawings to Feng Niang and Jin Lian, asked them about the materials and sewing, and helped them estimate how much it would cost.

"What kind of clothes is this?" Why is it so strange?" Feng Niang and Jin Lian were confused when they saw the drawings he had drawn, they had never heard of such military uniforms, they had never heard of them, they had never seen them, it was very strange, Feng Niang asked curiously.

"The new military uniform of the Huaxia Army." After Wu Zhi slowly explained to them in detail, the two slowly had a clue, but they still felt strange.

The two estimated that the summer clothes were cut from linen, and each set cost about 300 yuan; Winter clothes are also made of linen, made of double layers, the outer layer of linen, the inner layer of cotton cloth, and the inner layer of kapok lining, each set of about 1,500 yuan; Each pair of military shoes costs about 100 wen; Each military hat costs about 100 wen; Two belts cost about 100 wen, two sets of summer and winter clothes cost about 3,600 wen, plus two pairs of military shoes, two military hats, and two belts per person totaling about 500 wen, and each soldier needs to spend about 4,100 wen to change his clothes, and the whole army of more than 31,000 people will probably cost more than 128,000 yuan.

More than 128,000 yuan, if it was put aside, Wu Zhi wouldn't even dare to think about it, but now it's only about eighteen days of wine income, so he decided to do it. Collectively change clothes, and customize two sets of summer and winter clothes for each Chinese officer and soldier!

Just do it, Wu Zhi asked Lin Chong, Wang Jin, and Feng Kun to count the height, weight, shoulder, width, and waist circumference of the officers and soldiers of each division one by one, and summarize them according to the three grades of thin, not fat, not thin, and fat. After spending a few days comparing and summarizing, he found several well-known garment workshops in Bianliang City, and placed orders for custom winter clothes, summer clothes, military shoes, military hats and belts. There are too many customizations, and it is estimated that it will take at least more than a month to make it, and it will take more than a month to make it.

Wu Zhi is now wealthy, and his shot is very arrogant!