open sea

Chapter 261
Chen Mu didn't expect Zhang Juzheng to write a letter to him.

After he arrived at Xuanfu, he saw the battered and riddled Wanquan Dusi, faced the unique cold wind from the northern part of the Great Wall along the Great Wall, and felt the desolation and vastness of the north, which made him feel very relieved.

The guards are still bad, and the guards are still severely short of vacancies, but the vacancies of the Xuanfu guards are different from those of the southern guards.

Although there are only [-] adults, and some guards have only [-] adults, but these guards know that the banner army and servants are their life, there is no shortage of soldiers and their combat power is strong.Whether the armor is good or bad, put it all on the body; whether the weapon is rough or not, take it all in your hand.

What can't be changed is that their greed is worse than that of the southern guards. They are more greedy, but at least they are not like the southern guards who don't control the flag army at all. Sometimes Wei Cai can be equated, and he still has a surplus, but it is far beyond Chen Mu's expectations.

Of course, this is nonsense.

This is the case on the Nine Sides. If there are less than [-] guerrillas, participating generals, commanders, and commanders killed along the Great Wall in any year, then the courtiers can say that the Nine Sides is calm this year.

Those who can fight and those who cannot fight will die, and the survival ability of the generals on the nine sides will be forcibly increased by the protracted war.

For example, almost every guard post has as few as three hundred cavalry, as many as seven or eight hundred cavalry, and more sergeants in the chariot battalion, or in other words, except for the cavalry, they are all chariot battalions.It is interesting to say that Chen Mu did not find any Mongols in the guards, there were seven or eight or more, and they served as the riding instructors of the guards or the heads of the generals and soldiers.

This is the trace left by Ma Fang, the general soldier of Datong and the former general soldier of Xuanfu.

Ma Fang didn't use the Banner Army to fight, but he also realized that the Banner Army had potential, but Ma Fang's era in Xuanfu was too short, and it was time to use soldiers, so he couldn't breathe when he managed the battalion and recruited soldiers. In charge of the flag army?
Just pick up a stall, and get busy going out to kick my camp.

Now it's cheap for Daming's professional farmer-Chen Mu and Chen Zongbing.

When Zhang Juzheng’s letter was sent to Xuanfu, Chen Muzheng took Dong Yikui and Dong Yiyuan, two brothers, as deputy commander-in-chiefs, along the Great Wall to inspect the garrisons in various places. The Xuanfu’s 13 garrisons sounded good, but in fact there were only more than 3 guards and a battalion in the early [-]s. Soldiers, including those who feed horses and donkeys, are only half of the full amount.

The two brothers were not convinced by Chen Mu. Chen Mu heard privately that Dong Yiyuan praised Chen Mu's flag army for training well, but Dong Yikui told his younger brother: I don't know if he trained that soldier.

The two of them were also from the guards, and their starting point was much higher than that of Chen Mu. They were avant-garde military households in Xuanfu. Their ancestors were Dong Zhongshu in the Han Dynasty. Deputy Commander.

If it weren't for Chen Mu, General Zhenshuo would probably choose from them, and it would probably be the slightly older Dong Yikui.

Dong Yiyuan admired Chen Mu quite a lot, but his elder brother Dong Yikui could see clearly that he was convinced of Chen Mu's command of everything in the past, but the chief soldier of Xuanfu was the result of Mei Shangmei.

It's not okay if you don't have any real skills.

Then Zhang Juzheng's letter came, just right.

"General, write back to Cifu first, and wait until we finish reading the rest of the guard camp soldiers, and then discuss military affairs." Dong Yikui got up and clasped his fists and said, "Then our brothers will retreat first."

Chen Mu put down the letter, raised his hand and said, "Don't worry, it's been a while since I saw the soldiers, and Chen generally understands the situation, and the difference between the three guards and battalion soldiers is probably not that big, is it big?"

Dong Yiyuan smiled and said, "It's almost the same."

"That's it. It's better than what Chen imagined, much better. This way, the follow-up matters will be easier to handle." Chen Mu nodded, asked the Dong brothers to sit down, and then asked: "Except for the ones that can be seen at a glance. Yes. How can the two generals tell Chen about the problem of Xuanfu's soldiers?"

Chen Mu was too optimistic, because he was very pessimistic when he was promoted to the general of the Xuanfu, and it was already difficult for the three guards of Yanqing, let alone asking him to manage a dozen guards and a large number of battalions at once, it would be too many problems.

But it seems to be okay now, at least the army here has a certain combat effectiveness, and the rest of the matter is much easier to solve than this.

"Invisible?"

Chen Mu nodded, as a response to Dong Yiyuan's question. In his opinion, the two brothers were the bosses of the Xuanfu, and they should understand any problems.

Dong Yiyuan couldn't make a fuss for a long time, but Dong Yikuis knew everything in his chest for a moment, and said: "General, don't think highly of them. They seem to be able to fight, and they can indeed go to the battlefield. But fighting with the northern captives, field battles outside the city can only lead to death; The reason why the perfect line of defense is difficult to break through is because of the servants of the generals."

"They can block the northern captives, and they can block or even beat the northern captives in field battles. But no one wants to fight. An elite guard, three to five hundred people, can tear open the gap in the enemy's formation, and then three to five thousand soldiers can swarm up and fight a battle. Great victory, servants are too expensive."

"Other than that, it's Tian and Qian." Dong Yikui looked serious, but looked at Chen Mu with a playful look, "The military land is less than [-]%, and it can't be recovered. Because the one who occupies the land is not a guard like Yanqing, at most It is the Yanqing government."

Chen Mu frowned, what kind of bullshit is it for the government to occupy the military land?This is more than Juntian in the sea.

"To raise Liantian, the imperial court wants to support the family members of the border generals. The family members are very effective, but where does the Yanglian farmland come from? The people of Xuanfu fled, and they would rather go outside the Great Wall to farm land than in the Great Wall, because the Xuanfu has no land, and the only remaining land for the people is not enough. Thirty percent, a lot of land has been set aside for border generals to raise land, and if there is not enough land to pay land taxes to the court, they will be exchanged with the guards, some military land will be paid for taxes, and generals will have land to support their families, and the court will be happy if they can guard the border."

Chen Mu couldn't help laughing out loud, because Dong Yikui was right, he really couldn't get the land back.

He laughed because he thought of what he said to Tan Lun not long ago, to maintain, and to maintain, the whole Xuanfu was also maintaining, just like the princes in the court.

It seems that this is not a good thing, but in fact they have tried their best to maintain their combat power and stability.

"What about money, what's the problem with money?"

"The general still can't see it?" Dong Yikui also laughed, and spread his hands and said: "Half the banner army, half the army field, we must maintain our combat power, otherwise the northern captives will ride into the Great Wall and beheaded; Arming servants with oil and water, but there is no bottomless pit, there will never be enough. No matter what the general wants to do, there will be no new money."

No new money?
What is Master Chen doing?
The ruined place needs money but no money, no land and no hope in sight.

Doesn't this force people to go in the direction of big factories?This is so easy to handle!

"Silver? Let me just say one thing. Xuanfu Town is going to open a military bureau, not in Zhuwei, but in Xuanfu's family. Zhuwei will leave behind the craftsmen who basically repair armor, and all other craftsmen will be sent to Xuanfu. According to His Majesty's will, Chen wants to make cannons."

Chen Mu paused heavily on the table with his fingers, "But except for the artillery, the Xuanfu made all the guns, armors, grenades, mines, and rockets; in order to prevent the frontier army from selling these weapons outside the Great Wall, all of them were bartered. All the armies of the government treat each other equally, want guns? Wool, coal, gold, silver, copper, iron and lead ore, cotton cloth cotton, animal skins and horses, come in exchange."

"I don't know how to make these things, I write books to teach them."

"For a year and a half, whoever is short of ordnance, also change, change!"

Who do you ask for money?

(End of this chapter)