Chen Ping continued: "The first thing in this army is to train soldiers in different categories, and they must not be trained together. Just like Qi Nantang's Qi family army, although the recruitment is to recruit miners and loyal and reliable farmers who dare to fight, they also undertake different tasks according to the ability and character of the soldiers.

For example, the captain must be brave and resourceful, the rattan soldier must be physically strong, and the spearman must be calm and reliable. The first thing we need to do is to divide the ....... of the troops. ”

Li Zhaoji listened carefully to Chen Ping's words and nodded in satisfaction.

First, Chen Ping's attitude is very friendly, although he has some intention of flattering Yang Yandi, but this just shows that he wants to have a good relationship and do things seriously. In the second place, Li Zhaoji felt that Chen Ping's proposal to divide the brothers into different arms according to their personality and ability was also set by him from the beginning.

Chen Ping has been in the army for many years, and he knows that the authority of the boss must not be provoked, he just opened the case, and did not elaborate, if he said too much, although he proved his ability, it also damaged the face of Li Zhaoji, the shopkeeper, so after mentioning it slightly, Chen Ping asked: "Shopkeeper, what do you think?" ”

Li Zhaoji nodded: "What Brother Chen said is exactly what I want." This is not only the case for soldiers, but also for us people, who have to be assigned to their own positions. ”

When everyone heard this, they were interested one by one, which was obviously about to seal the officials and divide power.

"I have a plan in my heart, and I will tell you at this time." Li Zhaoji said with a stern face. As for the personnel arrangement, he did not discuss with anyone, nor did he want to discuss it with everyone, but he also exchanged opinions with the personnel involved in advance, and only announced it at this time.

As he spoke, Li Zhaoji brought a few boxes on the table and placed one in front of everyone, and everyone opened their own boxes, which contained several small flags and an iron seal.

Li Zhaoji said: "When the trading company was first established, I, Li Zhaoji, became the shopkeeper, and the brothers should also have a name. When he was in the South Seas, the captain of the Dongfang promised the sixth brother, and the sixth brother will naturally be in charge of the Dongfang in the future. Liu Mingde Brother Liu has been in business for many years and is responsible for the trade money and grain of the trading company, Liu Li, you are sober-minded and help your uncle do things.

The team in the company is divided into two teams, one team is the escort team, which is temporarily handed over to the Chen Ping brothers for training, with a quota of 150 people. The first team is the vanguard, Yandi, you will lead, tentatively fifty people. The escort team is the division of the company's economic system, and it must be trained in the skills of battle formation, and it is the main force in the future.

However, the trading company crisscrosses the sea, and the sea is connected, and there are jumping gangs to catch the ship, and the land is against the enemy, and it is necessary to be brave and fearless as the vanguard. ”

Everyone is satisfied with their jobs, but there are also suspicions, that is, Chen Ping's escort team, Chen Ping's new joining, or even temporary, is in charge of the strongest force in the society, it seems that there is something wrong, but no one has publicly said it.

Chen Ping felt flattered and said: "The shopkeeper, the subordinate guard is just a general flag, where can I bring a hundred and fifty people." ”

Li Zhaoji smiled: "Military training is the top priority in the company, and only you, Brother Chen Ping, can take on this great responsibility." You must not shirk it, and of course, I will help you on a daily basis. ”

As soon as Chen Ping heard that Li Zhaoji would participate in it, he was a little relieved, and with the participation of the shopkeeper, he could also block Youyou's mouth, lest someone say that he would seize power.

"Lao Liu, Ali, you first take someone to unload the goods on the Dongfang, check it clearly, and register it." Li Zhaoji took the lead in taking out a list and handed it to Liu Mingde, obviously this is the person for him to drive, Liu Mingde took a look and found that the list was all the surviving old and weak of the Dongfang, a total of nine people.

Now that military training and martial arts are the first, Li Zhaoji, as the shopkeeper, only needs one retinue by his side, and can give nine people, Liu Mingde is already very satisfied.

After arranging Liu Mingde, Li Zhaoji began to distribute manpower, and everyone was full of hope, although the number was set, but what kind of people were assigned to it, the result was different.

And the most important thing is the Dongfang, the ship is a technical job, so experienced sailors, carpenters and blacksmiths and other professionals are all handed over to Chen Liuzi. But most of the arquebuses on the ship were transferred out and enriched into Chen Ping's escort.

Most of the people on the Dongfang were Nanyang sailors, and Li Zhaoji originally promised them that they would be free when they sold the Nanyang goods on board in Guangzhou, but now that the situation has changed, they can only give up temporarily, but fortunately, everyone has received Li Zhaoji's favor, and the salary promised is a lot of distribution, and let them continue to be sailors instead of soldiers, so few people complain, and they also promised to serve for a few more months.

Among the remaining people, Yang Yandi was given priority to select fifty fierce and daring ones as the vanguard, and the rest were assigned to the escort team, and then eliminated in the selection.

White sand clearing.

"Turn left...... Kill! ”

"Turn right...... Kill! ”

The soldiers of the convoy and the vanguard, twenty people in a row, lined up in ten rows, on the flat sand, constantly turning according to the slogan, making simple assassination actions one by one.

They held a long wooden pole in their hands as a spear, and a stone was tied to the front of the pole as a counterweight, which, although not a real spear, weighed twice as much as a real spear.

After a series of assassination actions were completed, Li Zhaoji ordered everyone to rest in the forest, and after a quarter of an hour to run and exercise, after receiving the order, the soldiers ran to the forest, picked up the coconut scoop, and kept drinking water, under the blazing sun, sweating, salty and light, and the cool water was the most suitable to replenish the salt lost by the body.

Chen Ping was sitting on a stone and was stunned, Li Zhaoji woke him up and asked, "Chen Ping, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Oh, it's nothing ......., no, shopkeeper, I think you're a natural fit to be a commander." Chen Ping said.

When it comes to training soldiers, Li Zhaoji is a big fan of Qi Jiguang, and he doesn't think soldiers have innate courage, he believes that the first duty of a soldier is obedience, which requires a desire for reward, a fear of punishment, and a physical instinct formed by long-term training.

Therefore, he will reward and promote soldiers who train hard and seriously, and he will also execute and punish those who evade, and simple and repetitive actions are the most suitable in the early stage.

But all this exceeded Chen Ping and Yang Yandi's expectations, both of them thought that after allocating manpower, they would train separately, but they did not expect that Li Zhaoji personally formulated the training outline and personally led the training, starting from waking up in the morning, they had to carry out queue training and running drills, and in the afternoon, they would conduct formation and steering training.

From eating to drinking water and even pooping and peeing, the soldiers were set up with rules, starting with him, the supreme leader of the trading company, and the rest of the people had to follow him.

"A lot of people still say that what I'm asking people to do is useless." Li Zhaoji took a sip of water and said.

Chen Ping immediately said: "The person who said this is definitely a fool. You are doing the right thing, if we follow the training method in the Ming army, we need to eliminate a considerable number of people, and we can't guarantee the obedience of the soldiers. And your training, though simple and tedious, can train any able-bodied man into a qualified soldier, or at least a spearman in battle. ”

"Now it's just the beginning." Lee Siu Kee said.

"But this is to lay the foundation, if I become a general in the future, I will definitely train the army of the Ming Dynasty in the same way you train soldiers." Chen Ping gritted his teeth and said, but when he said this, he also felt that it was wishful thinking, not to mention the current situation, that is, to return to the Ming Dynasty, he didn't want to say that being a general, how to survive the persecution of Lin Cha, the general soldier of Guangdong, is a big problem.

Li Zhaoji saw that Chen Ping's eyes were lonely, and he said: "Chen Ping, I think you can definitely become a general who commands the army." ”

After that, he laughed, turned to leave, blew the bamboo whistle, and assembled in the queue to start physical training.

In the evening, Li Zhaoji came to the stone building, and when Liu Mingde saw him, he immediately followed him into the room.

"Lao Liu, it's not like that, I'll take a shower, and you'll follow up?" Li Zhaoji asked quippedly.

"The shopkeeper, I have a few private words, and I want to talk to you alone." Liu Mingde said cautiously.

Li Zhaoji nodded, and said while mixing the bath water: "Then you can tell me about it." ”

Liu Mingde said: "I have already checked the goods unloaded on the Dongfang, they have all been put into storage, the accounts have been completed, and the daily material allocation and salary payment have been accounted for. ”

"Isn't that great?" Li Zhaoji is very satisfied, Liu Mingde was born in business, and he is as careful as a hair, and he is very handy in handling these affairs.

Liu Mingde continued: "Shopkeeper, let's sit and eat now. Now we have 277 people to eat, and the daily consumption of grain is not a small amount, and in the long run, the accumulated money will be exhausted sooner or later. ”

"You're not going to let me dismiss them, are you?" Li Zhaoji said that without waiting for Liu Mingde to answer, Li Zhaoji immediately expressed his attitude: "Lao Liu, money is the most useful and the most useless. One or two pieces of silver, buy rice, and you will eat it for half a year, but if you buy a knife, you can eat it for a lifetime. ”

"That's the reason, but our trading company has to make money." Liu Mingde said.

Li Zhaoji nodded: "This is reasonable, yesterday I discussed with the sixth son, the Dongfang ran aground for repair this time, and it was almost handled, and it will be launched tomorrow, and then debug the sail rope and rudder, and it will take five days." I thought that when the Dongfang was properly prepared, I would load the remaining Nanyang cargo and pull it to Macao to sell.

If you can get some food supplies from Macao, it will be better if you can get some weapons. ”

"Isn't this still sitting on the empty side?" Liu Mingde was still a little apprehensive.

Li Zhaoji said: "Lao Liu, let's just have two ships, and the red enemy is too small, so we can feed a family." The Dongfang is too eye-catching, and now the imperial court is sweeping the sea and suppressing thieves, and it is definitely not safe to enter and exit the ocean.

And now there are 300 small people under his command, and to feed them, if you want to do business, you have to do a big business, and there is no point in making a small fuss at all. ”

"So, the shopkeeper has a plan?" Liu Mingde said.

Li Zhaoji nodded: "That's nature." ”