Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 401 Staff General
Taichang has returned to Beijing, but the wharf of Wubei City is still very lively.

Because the Battle of Dongpu was over, the Shenji Battalion and Shenwu Battalion would naturally return in triumph.

Moreover, the Shenji Battalion and the Shenwu Battalion have a total of 80 troops, and they will definitely not be able to pull them back.

Although the Beiyang Navy and the Dongyang Navy have greatly increased their capacity at the moment, each fleet can barely pull back 5 horses in one trip at the moment.

Therefore, the Beiyang Navy and the Dongyang Navy have never stopped. They took turns to go to sea to pull back the soldiers of Shenji Battalion and Shenwu Battalion.

When the family members of the Shenji Camp and Shenwu Camp heard the news, they rushed desperately to the wharf of Wubei City, just to meet their long-lost relatives.

There is no way, the emperor did not decree that the soldiers of Shenji Battalion and Shenwu Battalion gradually disarm and return to the field and return to the guard, or take a long vacation to go home for the New Year or something.

They can only run to the pier to meet their relatives.

Taichang can't help it either.

Because the Ming Dynasty's struggle for world hegemony has just begun, and there are still many battles to come. Naturally, these elite troops who have fought in all directions cannot be disbanded.

In other words, where will the 80 troops be stationed if they are not disbanded?
It is definitely not possible to return to the capital to settle in, because at this moment, the capital of the Ming Dynasty can only accommodate a total of one million people, and it is almost full, and 80 horses must not be able to fit in.

There is not such a large open space near the capital, which can allow so many people to camp or even build a barracks.

Taichang had already thought about it.

Isn't there enough space on both sides of the Haihe River? Moreover, there are less than twenty Gecheng cities in total, and the north and south banks are far from being filled.

He simply ordered the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion and the Shenwu Battalion to start from the mouth of the Sancha River where the Tianjin Acropolis is located, from the north and the south, and build Gecheng along both sides of the Haihe River toward the mouth of the Haihe River, striving to build Gecheng on both sides of the river. In one piece.

At the same time, Gecheng, which is close to the direction of the capital, can also be used as a station for the Shenji Battalion and the Shenwu Battalion.

This not only speeds up the construction of Gecheng, but also facilitates the Shenjiying, er Shenwuying to go out to sea by boat, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

By the way, it's already November now, and the capital is about to enter the freezing season. Is it too late for the soldiers of Shenji Battalion and Shenwu Battalion to start building the garrison at this time?
If it was the past, it would definitely be too late.

Just kidding, not to mention building a series of grid cities in a month or so, even building a grid city alone is laborious. No matter how many people there are, it is not bad to be able to build the walls of a grid city.

It's different now, because Daming's building materials are becoming more and more abundant.

Cement, for example, sets fast and sticks firmly. It is not too convenient to build houses with city walls.

Another example is steel bars. With this thing, it is not too fast to build columns and frames.

There is also wood, there is no need to go to the mountains to cut it at the moment, the wood shipped from Dongying is simply not too much, just use it directly.

Even now, there are brick kilns dedicated to burning bricks among the people, so you don’t need to burn the bricks yourself, just buy them directly.

As for stone materials, there is no need to mine them now. With cement and steel bars, stone materials are basically useless.

Building a city now is not too simple, especially building a city wall. You only need to dig the foundation of the wall and build it up. There is no need to cut trees and logs, let alone dig mountains to get stones.

The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion and the Shenwu Battalion also have a lot of experience in building cities, because this is a project they have practiced for a long time. Many veterans are experts in city building.

In short, the speed at which the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion and Shenwu Battalion built the city was astonishingly fast.

As soon as the 5 people came back, they went directly to the designated place, pitched the tents in the middle, and then dug frantically around. In a few days, the foundation of the city wall was dug out, and all the materials for the construction of the city wall were delivered.

Then the reinforced concrete sand is lowered down, and in a few days, the wall foundation is completed.

Immediately afterwards, it was crazy to build the city wall upwards.

In fact, the grid city is not very big. The standard grid city they built is a square with a length and width of five miles.

The unilateral conversion of five miles is only 500 meters, and the four walls add up to only 5 meters. Once [-] people are scattered, there are five people per meter. It is conceivable how fast they built the city wall.

Moreover, the city wall of this grid does not need to be built too high, a height of more than ten feet is enough.

Therefore, it didn't take them many days to build the wall of the city wall, but the arrow stacks and towers on it were a little troublesome.

However, there is no rush to build these things at this time, because it is impossible for anyone to call at this moment!
When the wall was finished, they went on to build the barracks in the city.

The main purpose of the barracks is to keep warm. It does not need to be built too high, nor does it need to be beautifully built. It is square and neat.

Therefore, at this moment, whether it is the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion or the Shenwu Battalion, with 5 horses, it will not take a month to simply build a grid city that can barely live in people.

Taichang returned to Beijing to live for a few days, but he was still a little worried about these soldiers. Early this morning, just after the morning court, he came to Wubei City by fast boat again.

At this moment, the Shenji Camp and the Shenwu Camp have brought back 5 horses each, and the construction of the two grid cities has just started, but the walls of one grid city have already begun, and the wall foundation of the other grid city is almost completed.

He carefully looked at the progress, then looked at the meals of the soldiers, and then he took Lu Xiangsheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, to confess: "Jiandou, the meals of the soldiers must not be sloppy, the meals should be rice and noodles, and there should be more varieties of dishes. , Every meal must have fish and meat. In short, these soldiers who fought for the country must not be treated badly, let alone other things, first of all let them eat well."

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he couldn't help but said cautiously: "Your Majesty, if this happens, the cost of food will probably double!"

Without hesitation, Taichang said: "When they were fighting abroad, their conditions were limited, and they couldn't eat well. Now that they're all back, can they still eat the same thing? If the cost of food doubles, it will double. You just need to apply for it from the internal treasury."

It's easy to have money.

Lu Xiangsheng immediately cupped his hands without hesitation and said, "I understand, thank you for your kindness."

The two of them were discussing here. It was a coincidence that Xu Yunzhen, the son of Duke Dingguo, just came by boat from Nanzhili.

When he heard that the emperor was in Wubei City, he was overjoyed, and immediately ran over, cupped his hands and bowed flatteringly, and said, "I see the emperor, congratulations to the emperor for conquering Dongpu. .”

This kid, is sick?
Taichang waved his hands again and again and said: "Okay, okay, there is nothing to be courteous, it's either rape or robbery, tell me, what's the matter?"

Xu Yunzhen couldn't help laughing awkwardly when he heard the words: "Your Majesty, this humble minister just wants to follow the Emperor and expand the territory for the Ming Dynasty."

Well, the huge rewards after winning the Japanese Ocean were really effective, and these silent nobles of Yongle began to make progress aggressively.

This is a good thing.

However, these people could not be put into the army as generals or even coaches from the very beginning, because they did not have any actual combat experience.

Taichang has actually been thinking about this issue for a few days.

He has also thought about the positions of these people.

Originally, he wanted to call these people together to talk about it in a few days, but now that Xu Yunzhen took the initiative to find him, let's talk to this kid first.

Thinking of this, he nodded slightly and said: "Well, it's a good thing for you to think about expanding the territory and conquering all directions for Daming. I don’t know how to command the battle either. How about this, you will follow me as a staff general first.”

Staff General!

What kind of job is this?
In fact, there is no official position of general staff at this moment.

Taichang also thought of a scene in a certain play to come up with such a position.

That part of the plot is, in the Lower Seven Provinces, the No. [-] Scholar and Staff General, who is known as the king of the king of the king of the opposite piercing intestines!
Of course, he didn't let these noble children fight against each other, he let these noble children serve as staff.

The post of staff officer was available in the later generations of the army, but not now.

At this moment, even the position of military adviser is gone.

Therefore, he specifically thought of the post of general staff officer.

The staff general is actually following him to make suggestions, and at the same time learn how to command battles from those veterans.

(End of this chapter)