There is a space for passenger planes in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 67 Group Guard

Outside Fugu City, there is Sitong Village.

In the open space outside the conference hall, more than a hundred security guards were lining up for training.

Some time ago, Lin Feng had been in space looking at the book "Infantry Command Basics" and briefly copied some training methods suitable for the Ming Dynasty. Combined with some of the military training knowledge he had gained from reading time-travel novels in later generations, he compiled a book "Guards" "Training Manual", which highlighted physical fitness, discipline and firearms training, was handed over to Fang Dashan for organization and implementation.

After looking around, I can see that these escorts are much stronger, and their formation, marching, and training all reflect strong discipline. It seems that the training during this period has been very effective.

At this time, the escort team was organizing physical training, and the subject was log carrying listed in the manual. A log of 30 to 40 centimeters in diameter weighs 200 kilograms. Two team members can carry it and run in groups. It is a great way to exercise physical fitness and cooperate with each other.

Lin Feng was very interested when he saw it and wanted to test whether his power had increased recently.

So I changed into some physical training clothes, picked up a log and started running. I ran more than 100 meters in one breath and reached the finish line.

"Bah bang bang!" The guards at the finish line burst into warm applause. Everyone was amazed that Mr. Lin had such power.

Lin Feng put down the log, took the towel handed by Fang Dashan and wiped his sweat, then asked the team members who had outstanding training results and were quite strong: "What's the young man's name?"

"Sir, my name is Ma Ang." The young man replied.

"Ma Ang, where are you from? How did you join the escort?" Lin Feng then asked.

"The younger one is from Hanzhong Prefecture, Shaanxi Province. He fled all the way north to Fugu due to the rebellion caused by the peasant army. If it hadn't been for your escort to take him in, he might have starved to death," Ma Ang replied.

"Is there anyone else at home?" Lin Feng asked with concern.

"Sir, there are none. Those who were killed by the rebels and those who starved to death are all dead." Ma Ang said in a low voice.

Lin Feng patted him on the shoulder and asked the others: "Is this common?"

"many!"

"Everyone in my family is dead too."

"My brother and I are the only ones left in my family."

……

Everyone responded one after another, each with his or her own misery, which really made the listener sad and the listener shed tears.

Lin Feng stood on a rock and said to everyone: "Brothers, our family members have been killed one after another due to the war. How can we protect our surviving family members at this time? Protect our future family members?"

No one knew how to respond.

"Power, only our own power can protect us, don't you think so?" Lin Feng guided.

"Yes! Yes! Yes!" All the guards shouted in unison.

"So we have formed this group guard team. We must train well and strengthen our strength to protect the living and avenge our dead relatives! Do you agree?" Lin Feng continued.

"Okay! Okay! Okay!" The training morale of the escort team members was instantly ignited again.

Li Xiongzhen looked at Lin Feng standing at a high place, and instantly felt the radiance on his body. Only at this moment did he really feel that there was hope for a change.

After leaving the training ground, the group came to the cottage blacksmith shop again, where Zhao Zhixin was already waiting.

Lin Feng came in and saw that the blacksmith shop had been divided into three main groups to make firecrackers. One group specialized in making gun tubes, one group made flintlock devices, and another group made bayonets, gun stocks and other accessories. It seemed that it had been achieved Assembly line production started.

"Zhixin, how is the production of Xidian Type 1 fireguns going now?" Lin Feng asked as he walked. “Sir, after several adjustments, this fire gun has become more mature.

According to the assembly line production specified by the adults, the production speed has also been greatly increased. Now there are about 15 people in our blacksmith shop, and we have made more than 20 pieces in a month. " Zhao Zhixin replied.

"Very good. You have to continue to improve the process and work hard to increase production capacity. If you don't have enough manpower, you can raise it and we will add more for you right away." Lin Feng replied.

"Sir, the main reason now is that there is a lack of skilled blunderbuss-making masters. It is difficult for ordinary blacksmiths to be competent. If blunderbuss cannot be made, it will be useless if there are many other people." Zhao Zhixin pointed out the technical bottleneck of making fire blunderbuss.

After listening to this, Lin Feng focused on the group that was making gun tubes. Several more experienced blacksmiths were concentrating on making gun tubes by hand, and the speed was indeed very slow.

Lin Feng then remembered that as recorded in "A Brief History of the Development of Small Arms in the World", the key to speeding up the production of gun tubes is to use drilling to replace the current iron sheet rolling.

But to achieve drilling of gun tubes, one requires a hard drill bit, and the other requires power. How to implement this? You have to search the space carefully to see if there are suitable tools in the box of the outdoor address survey engineer.

After watching the construction of the fire gun, Lin Feng took Li Xiongzhen and several others to the meeting hall, preparing to discuss the construction of the escort team.

After a few people sat down, Lin Feng asked: "How many escorts are there in total now?"

"There are 110 people now." Fang Dashan replied.

“What are the monthly expenses required?”

"The current rate is 2 taels per person per month and 0.6 taels for food." Fang Dashan replied.

After listening to this, Lin Feng simply did some calculations. There are 110 people in the escort team, and the capitation fee needs to be around 300 taels per month. This does not include the bulk of the ordnance expenses. Raising troops at any time is a big expense.

"Zhixin, how much does it cost to make a fire gun?" Lin Feng then asked.

"Sir, all the iron used now is provided by Shanzhai, and the manpower is also readily available. If you count the material cost alone, it will cost about 2-3 taels of silver each, which is much cheaper than the cost of the imperial palace, which often costs to taels. " Zhao Zhixin replied.

"Okay, I understand. Do you have any other suggestions about the construction of the escort team?" Lin Feng then asked.

"Yuanshan, the Guard is an armed force after all, and we still need to ensure the unity of military power. Now the group has a lot of industrial development business, and I don't have the energy to manage the matters of the Guard. I suggest that you should take charge of it yourself. "

Li Xiongzhen saw the development of the escort team today and felt that it was no longer a pure commercial escort team and must be left to Lin Feng's personal control.

Lin Feng glanced at Li Xiongzhen. He was indeed a good brother and knew how to avoid suspicion when it came to military power. So he said:
  "Considering the particularity of the escort team, especially since the escort team does not directly produce economic benefits and is a department that simply needs funding guarantees, it is necessary to maintain independence and prepare a separate budget.

Therefore, Xiong Zhen's suggestion just now is very good. From now on, those who manage the escort will not participate in commercial operations, and those in charge of commercial operations will generally not participate in the affairs of the escort.

From now on, the escort team will be directly led by me. Fang Dashan will serve as the captain of the escort team. Wang Qin from the county government's Minzhuang Team will be transferred as the deputy captain. Zhao Zhixin will also serve as the deputy captain of the escort team and the director of the ordnance factory. The Shanzhai Blacksmith Shop will be changed to the escort team. The Army Ordnance Factory became independent from Sledgehammer Iron Art. "

Lin Feng considered that in the future, the combat effectiveness of the escort team would mainly rely on firecrackers, and a separate ordnance factory must be established. Although Fang Dashan is now very reliable, trust cannot replace supervision, so Lin Feng specially transferred Wang Qin to strengthen his control over the escort team.

"Understood!" Fang Dashan clasped his fists and said.

"Thank you for your trust, sir!" Zhao Zhixin also stood up and clasped his fists.

　It’s time to develop our military strength.

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)