I, the prince in distress, send money

Chapter 59 Military Reform (II)

"One two one, one two one..."

A chaotic sound was heard from the training ground which had just been leveled yesterday. Militiamen in green clothes and black hats were carrying heavy muskets and undergoing line-up training there.

Training illiterate people is a very painful thing, and training a group of illiterate people is a disaster among disasters.

Just like now, when a group of rough guys who can't even tell left from right are doing formation training, they can definitely anger the instructor to death.

So, Chris chose someone who would not get angry to be their instructor, and tied strips of cloth of different colors on their arms so that they could distinguish between left and right.

Four expressionless men holding batons walked among them. When they found that the militiamen made a mistake, they would walk over and hit the militiamen on the legs with a baton, with a force that would make people feel pain but not actually hurt.

Several players were watching, laughing as they watched, enjoying the militiamen's funny performance, much like college seniors watching their juniors suffer through military training.

In addition to having fun, players are also testing the abilities of the "instructors".

"He looks just like our university military training instructor."

"Did your instructor hit you with a stick?"

"That's not true."

"It seems worthwhile to have an instructor follower. It can save me energy in training soldiers."

After watching for a while, a player stood up and wanted to try the instructor's ability for himself.

The four instructors quickly entered adjutant mode.

The player who stood up was Lin Ruoyu. After the command mode was turned on, three command options appeared in front of him.

Movement orders, formation orders, firing orders.

Lin Ruoyu opened the formation command. There were not many options on it, only a skirmish formation and a three-column shooting formation.

There was nothing much to say about the skirmish formation. Instead, Lin Ruoyu moved his mind and opened the three-row shooting formation. He found that some triangular cursors appeared on the open space in his field of vision.

You can adjust the length, width, and density of the virtual queue according to its prompts.

Lin Ruoyu thought for a moment, and then he lengthened the three rows of virtual cursors a little, with each infantry unit half a meter apart.

After completing the formation setting, Lin Ruoyu found that his mouth and hands began to move uncontrollably.

"Three firing arrays, infantry density 3..."

As Lin Ruoyu spoke, he drew the saber from his waist and pointed it at the open space where the virtual cursor was.

The four instructors who served as temporary adjutants and sergeants also took action immediately. They used scolding, punching and kicking to drive away the militiamen who were holding muskets but had no bullets.

It was a very difficult task to get these stubborn men to line up, but the four instructors managed to accomplish this feat within three minutes, arranging the one hundred militiamen into three crooked rows.

The muskets on their shoulders were placed on gun racks, with the muzzles pointing forward, not behind the militia in front.

The formation was not straight, but Lin Ruoyu was very satisfied because he found that the instructors really arranged the militiamen to achieve the effect he wanted.

If the militiamen had bullets in their guns, they could have fired a shocking salvo.

What about the second salvo?
Hey, these militiamen have only been training for a few days, and they can form a formation like this. This is a concrete manifestation of the instructor's outstanding ability.

Lin Ruoyu was very satisfied. He withdrew from the command system, and the four instructors shouted at the militia.

"Disband!" The militiamen dispersed, carrying their matchlock rifles and running to the edge of the training ground. There were five iron buckets filled with sweet water... This was one of the reasons why the militiamen were willing to cooperate.

The militiamen can reap the benefits of training activities like this.

Lin Ruoyu left the training ground with the other players with satisfaction, and then went straight to the armory on the other side of the barracks.

Lin Ruoyu and nine old players formed a battle group called "Ultimate Warriors", so he needed NPC followers to share some work and buy some new equipment.

Lin Ruoyu and his companions entered the big tent of the Armament Department. What caught their eyes was an expressionless face. A man in a green military uniform was sitting behind a chair, looking at the players.

The green military uniform is the uniform of the Bagnian Defense Force that Chris ordered. He found a clothing factory on an online shopping platform to make it, imitating the 20th century People's Liberation Army uniform.

"This is the Defense Force Quartermaster Department. What do you need?"

"We want to recruit followers."

The quartermaster didn't say anything. He raised his hand, took out a piece of paper from the desk drawer and handed it to Lin Ruoyu.

The latter took it and saw that it was a recruitment form, which indicated the reputation required to recruit followers.

There are many types of followers, including military instructors, messengers, sergeants, adjutants, and field doctors.

Under these options, there are different classifications, such as infantry, cavalry, artillery, and crossbowmen, and under them, there are more detailed subdivisions, sword and shield, spearmen, and musketeer instructors.

There are so many of them that it’s dizzying.

However, when Lin Ruoyu noticed the reputation requirements behind these followers, he found that although the list seemed long, he could actually only choose three... Infantry-Musketeer/Spearman Instructor, Infantry Company Adjutant.

The recruitment requirements for these three are the lowest, players only need to have ten points of reputation, and the maintenance fee is 10 silver dollars per month.

Lin Ruoyu has twenty points in reputation because he has a second-class medal of bravery, but he has a problem.

"What is this silver dollar? Is it a silver coin?"

The quartermaster didn't say anything. He just took something out of his pocket and put it on the table. Lin Ruoyu picked it up and saw that it was a silver coin with a double-headed eagle printed on the front and a number on the back. It was 25 mm in diameter and had fine serrations on the edge.

"One dollar? Are there other denominations?"

The quartermaster took out another silver coin that was slightly larger, with a more exquisite surface and more patterns, and placed it on the table.

Lin Ruoyu picked it up and touched it. It was a ten-yuan silver coin. It was heavier and had a diameter of about twenty-seven millimeters.

“Are there other denominations?”

"A dime, there are three denominations of silver dollars: ten yuan, one yuan, and a dime.

The ten-yuan and one-yuan coins are silver coins, while the ten-cent coin is a copper coin."

This is the currency that Chris customized from a processing factory on an online shopping platform. Among the three denominations of currency, the ten-yuan and one-yuan denominations contain silver components, and the factory wholesale prices are also ten yuan and one yuan respectively.

The cost price of a dime is one yuan. It is made of copper-zinc alloy and contains some copper. As for how much copper there is... it depends on the conscience of the merchant.

This set of currency is an attempt by Chris. He plans to give it a try by issuing his own currency. Otherwise, relying on the silver coins of Bagnia or Bohemia to cope with the players' recharges will definitely not be enough.

"How do you get this money?"

"Silver coin exchange, or top-up."

(End of this chapter)