Chapter 245: Han and Tang are the best in my country

"In the Tang Dynasty, there were 16 guards on the army, as well as the Southern Ya and the Northern Ya forbidden army, and the two forbidden armies covered the elite soldiers such as the Longwu Army, the Shence Army, and the Shenwu Army. We don't need their training methods, but we can use their military systems. ”

After Huang Chunyao finished speaking, Chen Cao knocked on the table and took over the conversation: "What my father means, taking the Dingwu Army as an example, the actual army is organized into eight levels: army, division, brigade, regiment, battalion, company, platoon, and squad.

And the Tianxiong Army led by Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting, its structure is also the same as the Dingwu Army, in the past, we were not enough manpower, now everyone knows my thoughts, in the future, there will be more and more places to use troops, just the strength of the Dingwu Army will be overstretched, therefore, under the premise that the establishment of the three divisions of the Dingwu Army of 50,000 people remains unchanged, the new Longwu Army, the Shenwu Army, and the Shence Army, each army will maintain its strength at about 50,000 people, and the new army will be recruited immediately, in addition, the military salary will be increased..."

According to Chen Cao's current financial resources and the harvest of trade with the Three Kingdoms, it is indeed no problem to increase the military salary for the sergeant, but obviously, Xia Yunyi, who is in charge of finance as a civilian official, couldn't help frowning when he heard this: "Grandpa, the ordinary soldiers of the Dingwu Army are now paid one tael of silver per month, and the officers at all levels are increasing in turn, and the monthly military expenditure is also 100,000 taels of silver..."

This is to remind Chen Cao that the monthly military expenditure is not small, and after the current army expansion, the five armies together will be as many as 200,000 people, and it will not work if the monthly military expenditure is not 1 million.

Chen Cao knew Xia Yunyi's kindness, but the military salary was a big deal for the generals who led the troops, and they all looked at Chen Cao with a light in their eyes, they had never embezzled the military salaries of their subordinates for so long, and besides, they had no way to embezzle.

The payment of military salaries is directly issued from the logistics department of the Dingwu Army, and it is no more than the hands of the officers, even a high-level division commander and general like Tang Kainian has to send his relatives to the logistics office to receive his share of military salary.

If the salaries of the soldiers under his command increase, then they will be more energetic in training and more energetic in battle.

"Well, the prince you said also has some calculations in his heart, in this way, in non-war times, all the non-commissioned officers of the five armies will be paid according to one or two, and the military salaries of officers at all levels will remain unchanged;

In wartime, it was increased to three taels, and officers at all levels increased in turn according to the military salary system, Yi Zhong (Xia Yunyi), this matter will be handed over to you to deal with with with it all, in addition, you will discuss the pension of each army again, and increase it appropriately, and you must not chill the hearts of the soldiers. ”

The original pension of the Dingwu Army can be said to be the highest in the entire Ming Dynasty, and now Chen Cao once again talked about increasing the pension, so that those generals must preach to those soldiers under their own command after they go back.

In fact, there is no need for generals to speak, and now Chen Cao has trained many of his cronies, and specially went down to the camp to the battalion at the class level, mainly to preach a basic belief to the soldiers, that is, 'protecting the family and defending the country'.

In addition to being loyal to the monarch and loving the people, defending the country has become the basic belief of the Dingwu Army.

Chen Cao had a limited number of senior generals in his hands, and the candidates for the general soldiers of the newly established three armies could only be selected from the original Dingwu Army.

Chen Cao clearly saw the thoughts of these people, so he said loudly: "This prince has decided to take Song Che, the deputy chief soldier of the Dingwu Army, as the chief soldier of the Dingwu Army, Tang Yannian will be promoted to the deputy chief soldier of the Dingwu Army, Tang Kainian will be promoted to the chief soldier of the Longwu Army, and Man Gui will be promoted to the deputy chief soldier of the Longwu Army;

Hong Chengchou is the chief soldier of the Shence Army, and Li Shaokuan is the deputy chief soldier of the Shence Army; Wang Xiaojie is the chief soldier of the Shenwu Army, and Yuan Shizhong is the deputy chief soldier of the Shenwu Army..."

A few people who read the names were overjoyed, and Chen Cao's arrangements were also thought about a lot, but it was a pity that there were indeed too few generals under him, and there were only a few capable ones.

"Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao's uncle and nephew are okay, they have been with Wang Xiaojie for a long time, Wang Xiaojie has been promoted to the chief soldier of the Shenwu Army this time, let their uncle and nephew be the commanders of a division under the command of the Shenwu Army..."

"In addition, the officers of the various departments of the new army are selected from the officers and men who have returned from the Dingwu Army and Quang Ninh City, and of course, all the assessment and training systems are handled in accordance with the Dingwu Army, and those who are not qualified will be eliminated all."

Zhao Xin walked into the lobby quickly, whispered a few words in Chen Cao's ear, and then handed Chen Cao a lacquered official document.

After a long time, Chen Cao put down the official document and sneered: "This matter is also good news, the emperor ordered to arrest Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Liaodong, and go to Beijing for questioning." ”

The people in the hall didn't have a good impression of Yuan Chonghuan, after all, everyone had never been involved, but the generals in Guangning City who Yuan Chonghuan assassinated Chen Cao at that time still knew.

Tang Yannian scolded: "This guy wanted to assassinate his grandfather at the time, damn it." ”

Chen Cao turned his head to look at Zhao Xin: "Inside? ”

Zhao Xindao: "I heard that the emperor did not have murderous intentions at that time, but the next day for some reason suddenly ordered the arrest of Yuan Chonghuan, at this moment the news has been stagnant for seven days, presumably Yuan Chonghuan has been taken down by Jinyiwei at this time." ”

It is not enough for the news of the capital to arrive in Songjiang for seven days, it is okay to take the waterway, but seven days is enough to go from Beijing to Shanhaiguan, and now the time is delayed, maybe Yuan Chonghuan is on the way back to Beijing.

"Jiannu will definitely make a move after learning the news, but the emperor is a little strange to take him down at this time, send someone to investigate carefully, find out the origin of the matter, and let's do it."

"Yes, my subordinates will do it..."

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'Brush...'

'Bang...'

Chen Cao put down his rifle and nodded to the group of people behind him with great satisfaction: "After this gun is stabilized, the whole army will eliminate the flintlock pistol and gradually equip it with this gun in all armies." ”

Under Chen Cao's strong request, the arsenal in Puxi can now produce 100 rifles and 300 copper bullets in one day.

Although the output is impressive, it is also a new progress from scratch.

When Chen Cao stepped into the newly established Nanjing Military Academy in Puxi, he wanted to meet Cao Shiyun, who was tinkering with the steam engine.

When Chen Cao walked into the courtyard located in the mechanical department, he could clearly hear the roar of the steam engine.

"The student has seen Grandpa,"

Seeing Chen Cao standing in front of the door, Cao Shiyun approached excitedly: "According to Grandpa's teachings, don't blow up the oven now." ”

Chen Cao laughed: "It's good if you don't blow it up, how far can you run?" Load-bearing geometry? And how much speed? ”

The steel rails in the courtyard were laid for less than two miles, and they were in a straight line, but Chen Cao had already seen the steam locomotive driving back from the wasteland in the distance.

"As long as you carry enough coal and water, you don't have to ask if you run from here to Shanhaiguan, the steel wheels made in the workshop, a carriage should be more than 3,000 catties, the speed... Students and others have tried it, and different loads have run from here to Takasakaji, and the average is about one cup of tea...

Forehead... By the way, it's three minutes of Tessie time. ”

Running for three minutes in two miles is a bit excessive, this speed cannot keep up, and if it is a troop carrier, this speed is simply not up to the requirement.

"The speed will continue to increase..."

Chen Cao vaguely remembered that during the First World War, the steam train could reach a speed of 45 kilometers per hour when fully loaded, and the simultaneous movement of multiple locomotives could reach about 60 kilometers per hour.

"The laying of the railroad track will start from Shanghai County, our Ming Dynasty, no, it is the world's first railway when it is our Songjiang Railway, in the past, it took at least two and a half hours to go to Huating from Shanghai County, and when the track was laid, I wanted to go back and forth between Shanghai and Huating in a stick of incense..."

Cao Shiyun didn't feel a headache for this kind of request, but felt that this was a thing that could go down in history, so he said in high spirits: "As long as Grandpa lays the railway, the steam locomotive built by our academy can go anywhere." ”

"Then in your opinion, when will this steam locomotive be officially used?"

Cao Shiyun frowned at this time, and after thinking for a long time, his eyes lit up: "After the students improve their speed, they can let the craftsmen and craftsmen of the academy immediately build carriages, as long as the rails are laid properly, they can be officially used within a month, well, within a month." ”

Chen Cao patted Cao Shiyun on the shoulder: "Work hard, after I go back, I will immediately arrange for the workshop to open and lay the railroad tracks from Shanghai County to Huating County, and the day after the rails are laid, your steam locomotive will have to go on the road, how about it?" ”

Cao Shiyun immediately stood up straight and saluted: "Grandpa, don't worry, the students will definitely hurry up." ”

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"The distance from Shanghai County to Huating County is more than 30 miles of official roads, if you lay straight rails, you need more than 5,000 people to work at the same time, and you also need to consider that laying rails is the required gravel, sleepers and other auxiliary materials, which can not be completed in three months."

In addition to Li Maocai's ability to build houses, he completed the railroad tracks laid between the camps of the Longjiang Sailors back then, but the railroad tracks laid at that time only pulled horses.

Now it is a steam locomotive that is being towed, and there are many requirements.

Chen Cao naturally considered this, so he came to the workshop to find him: "Three months is too long, now everything is ready, only the division of labor is needed, I will increase the number of people for you, increase the number of people from 5,000 to 30,000, and then lay the railroad tracks in batches." ”

Li Maocai thought for a while: "It's okay to have enough manpower, but grandpa, the paving ground can only follow the official road, if the route is not selected correctly in the early stage, and we encounter rivers and mountains, we can't do anything, and the bending degree of the rail is only so much, and it can't make a sharp turn, if it's a big turn, it's a lot of waste." ”

"I don't care,"

Chen Cao shook his head: "If you can't do it, my father will find someone else to do it." ”

Now Li Maocai didn't dare to hold it up, he wanted to buy more time, after all, the construction of Puxi is still in full swing, and the entire Shanghai County is still under construction.

"As long as the grandfather can mobilize enough materials and manpower, the lower officials will definitely go all out to lay it, and strive to get it done within two months..."

Chen Cao turned around and left: "Okay, give you a month..."

Li Maocai: "......"