Keeping his word, he promised everyone that he could not miss the appointment, and early in the morning Menes came to the playground with money and a large amount of food, and the beggar army was already in full battle.

In just two days, Nacht had already taught everyone to stand in line.

Menes, dressed in military uniform, appeared in front of everyone, looked at everyone and said loudly, "I, Menes, said that three days is three days, reputation is supreme, military orders are like mountains, and what I owe you will be returned to you!"

With a wave of his hand, several servants picked up the bag from the donkey cart and scattered the money on the ground.

Hundreds of silver coins and tens of thousands of small copper coins fell to the ground with a clink, making a pleasant sound.

Everyone stared at the money on the ground with wide eyes, their faces full of hunger and surprise.

"I've brought the money, the food is here, my promise has been fulfilled, where is your promise?" Menis shouted.

"Stand up!" "Stand up!" Nacht shouted at the lead.

All the soldiers instantly stood straight, straightened their waists, and shouted excitedly!

Menes looked at everyone and said, "From today onwards, you are my Menes' army, and my orders are military orders, and those who disobey will be killed!"

"Swear allegiance!" everyone shouted in unison again!

"You don't have to be in such a hurry to show your loyalty, now I am going to issue a new ordinance of rewards and punishments, you all listen well, if you can accept it, it must be strictly enforced in the future, if not, you can be discharged from the army now, and the veterans will be given 10 silver coins as severance money each. Menes finished and handed a roll of paper to Nacht.

Nacht opened it and looked at it, reading it aloud.

Menes's military merit rewards and punishments include the daily discipline requirements of the army, punishment for violations, rewards for killing enemies, training rewards, etc., with monetary rewards and honorary awards, and at the same time clarifying everyone's military salary, military rank, authority and obligations, and clearly proposing a retirement pension and sacrifice pension system.

Some of these things have existed before, but there has never been an official document to confirm them, and some of them have not, such as pensions and military pensions.

Joining the army to fight is unpredictable, since you came to fight, it is normal to die, and now you still have money to get when you die in battle? Will it be cheaper for that stinky woman in my family, taking Lao Tzu's hard-earned money to find a little white face?

The veterans' pension system is really good, and when he gets old in the future, he can't move, and Lao Tzu will retire, and he can still get a sum of money? It's just that this service period is a bit long, fifteen years? When he retires, he will be a grandfather.

The most important thing is that everyone hears that if you have outstanding military achievements can be allocated land, there are still opportunities for promotion, and there is no cap on the top, which means that a capable person can become a general.

This is incredible, how can a common man become a general? Only nobles can become generals, Nacht has served for twelve years, and he has only survived to the rank of centurion in the local army, how can an ordinary soldier become a general?

This decree is like a joke, everyone doesn't believe it, but the merit can be allocated to the land, this temptation is too great, it is the dream of ordinary people to have their own land, as long as they farm, they will have food, as long as they hand it over to His Majesty for taxes, and the rest will belong to themselves, this is a bit like a dream, how much military merit does it take to get the land?

There is also the calculation method of military merit is so complicated, killing the enemy is considered military merit, arresting thieves is considered military merit, saving comrades-in-arms is also considered military merit, and training well to be outstanding is also considered military merit, so it is estimated that it will not take long to have your own land!

Menes knows that it is still a little difficult to make everyone believe it immediately, you can take your time, at least some people believe it, after all, the adults said that if you pay the military in three days, you will pay the military in three days, and you have not broken your promise, we believe it.

Everyone immediately expressed their willingness to work for Menes, whether they are sincere or not, you must do it if you agree, otherwise there will be punishment regulations!

The issue of military salaries has finally been solved temporarily, but the weapons and equipment are still in tatters, which cannot be solved with a little money, because it is difficult to buy even if there is money.

The Kemert Kingdom itself lacks iron ore resources, and trees are also in short supply, except for some date palms planted in the farmland by the river are palm trees in the courtyard, so the iron of the Kemert Kingdom can only be imported, not to mention the price is very expensive, and the supply is also very limited.

Most of the weapons in the Kemert Kingdom are bronze weapons, and copper ore is relatively rich, but tin ore also depends on imports, and the fuel for smelting is still lacking, so ordinary soldiers can only be equipped with spears and go to the battlefield with a bronze spearhead.

Menes first had to solve the problem of raw materials, a large number of imported iron tools were unrealistic, there was no market for them, it was difficult to buy, the price of bronze was extremely high, and it was impossible to equip the army in large quantities, so there was only one way, to smelt steel by themselves.

It is impossible for such a large kingdom to be completely free of iron ore, if you can't find it in the river valley, go to the southern Noa Kingdom to find it, and if you can't find it, you can definitely find it, at most, the quality is a little worse, Menes firmly believes that there is iron ore, and now there is a need for minerals and geologists.

As for the lack of fuel, I don't need a lot of wood at the moment, and a small amount of wood should be able to cope with it, and I will also need to find a coal mine in the future.

Before finding mineral deposits, it is necessary to make technical preparations for steel smelting, and large-scale steel smelting blast furnaces need to be studied in advance, so as not to find iron ore in the future and cannot be produced.

The first thing that the metallurgical blast furnace needs to solve is to increase the temperature, the smelting method of Kemert is not suitable for smelting a large number of steel, Menes wants to smelt molten iron, which requires high temperature, high temperature of more than 1500 degrees.

The Kemerts made bellows out of skins and blew them by hand, up to a little more than a thousand degrees.

Menes plans to make large hydraulic blowers to improve the sealing and thermal insulation of the blast furnace mouth, and at the same time to burn charcoal or coke, so that it is possible to raise the temperature of the furnace for iron smelting and even steelmaking, and one thing is the traditional craft of our great motherland, the firing of porcelain also needs high temperatures.

Menes could easily make drawings of hydraulic blowers and iron-making blast furnaces, but no one could read them, and they had to make them themselves, which was very time-consuming, and Menes felt that he needed to teach some people new knowledge, and if someone could understand Menes's drawings, it would be much easier.

In the evenings, Menes made plans for the future at home, drawing large hydraulic blowers and metallurgical blast furnaces, which Menes drew in his own customary way, including the extensive use of Arabic numerals.

In fact, Menes also considered the matter of making gunpowder directly in one step, but after thinking about it again and again, it is not reliable at present, and the difficulty is quite high, just the raw materials sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal are very lacking, especially saltpeter, the local people do not know how to mine, and the process of developing gunpowder, Menes is not particularly clear, or someone needs to continue to study it.

Besides, gunpowder alone is not enough, without the support of steel smelting technology, it is impossible to produce on a large scale, and guns and artillery need smelting and casting technology as support, otherwise it is useless, at best, make some gunpowder to blow up the city wall, and the most important thing is that far water cannot quench the thirst of the near!