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Chapter 500 Improvement
Since Annan won, Mo Jingdian had no intention of sending troops to the east, and all matters that should be reported to the court for decision were also reported, so there was no military guard here.

For the next defense and deterrence, the two veteran generals Yu Dayou and Liu Xian are much more experienced than Chen Mujun. The defense was taken over by Yu and Liu. Fifteen days off in rotation.

Of course, this holiday is only relative. They are not allowed to stay out of camp at night, are not allowed to rape and plunder, are not allowed to commit crimes, and are not allowed to drink and have fun. They also have to practice for two hours a day.

The so-called holidays are nothing more than [-] households rotating for two hours each day, limiting the number of people entering the city to no more than [-] per day, taking the flag troops under their command to visit Shenglong City, and each person is allowed to buy a hundred catties of special products to send home.

Chen Mu was reluctant to let Tongbao go out, and he himself was reluctant to spend it. Of course, he would not give Tongbao to the Banner Army. He didn't even give money. They spend it themselves.

In short, after hearing the news of the victory, merchants from Fujian, Guangzhou and Nanyang came here to pay the "profit tax" to the military guards. They have everything in a mess, and half of a shipment is given to him. The goods are piled up like a mountain, just to be distributed For the Banner Army, part of the reward expenses can also be made up.

The profit sharing tax is actually the tariff that should have been handed over to the court of Annan. In the current situation, who can collect taxes from merchants in Annan?But after all, it is a powerful country with 20 soldiers, and it doesn't even have tariffs. Isn't it a joke?

This matter depends on our Governor Chen.

However, since the Banner Army was on holiday, Bai Yuanjie was in charge of taxation and the Nanyang Army camp outside Thang Long City, and Dudu Chen went to Guangzhou Mansion for business.

At this juncture, Mo Jingdian still has tens of thousands of Chen soldiers in Nanshan, so it is absolutely impossible to sit back and relax, but Chen Mu still has to take a short errand, he has to run two official duties.

The first thing is the most important thing. The sailors on the Chihai ship have all changed the flag guards of the military government, and all the sailors are pulled by hundreds of households, not counting the accompanying soldiers such as Chen Mu, Deng Zilong, Zhang Shijue, and Juniper. The famous flag officer went to Guangzhou with the boat.

They had three days to live in the naval lecture hall, and gathered with the lecturers of the academy to exchange Annan's experience in several battles.

After proofreading and annotating the notes written by each of them in Annan for several months, together with Annan's drawings and other military documents, they delivered them to the Jiangwutang War Collection Library, which will be used as materials for future supplementary textbooks. The obligations of Wutang graduates.

Their teachers in the martial arts lecture hall will consider their notes one by one, record them in their resumes, and select outstanding generals. This kind of evaluation has no interest in the promotion of generals, but if they are injured in battle in the future, If they can't continue to lead the troops to fight, then the notes they edited are very important to life.

If they are good enough, they will be transferred to the lecture hall, and they will serve as military officers of various subjects or weapons research officers according to the talents shown in the notes, and continue to serve the country.

Speaking of which, the second event of Chen Mu's return to Guangdong was also related to the Navy Lecture Hall, but it was mainly led by the Military Weapons Bureau under the Nanyang Military Mansion.

Guan Zunban, chief officer of the Military Weapons Bureau, carried a private letter with the former merchants when they delivered the goods, and handed over to Chen Mu the idea of ​​the Military Weapons Bureau's plan to comprehensively improve the ordnance, involving major weapons and armor.

Even though Lu Ting, the head of Wutang Mountain, urged him many times, Chen Mu didn't know and didn't make a decision, and Guan Zun's class didn't dare to do it.

This season boarded a ship from the Red River Estuary to go to Guangzhou Mansion via Qiongzhou in the north of the Beibu Gulf.

In the cabin belonging to Chen Mu on the Chihai ship, the cabin of Chen Mushuai, the governor of the Nanyang Minister and Military Mansion, was in a mess at this time.

Six bayonets of different styles and lengths are spread out on the table, three birdcracks of slightly different styles are hung horizontally on the weapon rack on the wall, and there are also armor plates held by the flag army or armored soldiers arranged on the ground. .

Three breastplates, two armor skirts, two armbands, four helmets, four types of military shoes, two types of carrying belts, three backpacks, two water bottles, three types of rice bowls, and even two standard notebooks and maps. backup option.

Chen Mu has roughly seen these things. Some of them he understands the improvement, and some he can't see at all. What's more, the data is too huge. Guan Zun's class has to wait for Chen Mu to return to the military guard to explain it face to face, so Chen Mu is not in a hurry .

Guan Zunban has been in charge of the military guard for two years, and his work has been reliable without any major disturbances. The weapons and armor sent this time show that he is bound to improve the ordnance system.

Although these ordnance can be understood by Chen Mu at a glance, there are also many improvements that can make soldiers maintain their combat power, such as adding padding to the helmet and armor, changing the liner to densely woven canvas, etc., which he will not understand for a while, but this does not mean important.

When he arrives in Guangzhou, Guan Zunban will naturally tell him the reasons and results.

What he has to do now is to add a few small items to the armament, such as haircuts and beards, combs and face cleansing. The lice in the Ming army's hair.

Usually the army has a garrison, and every few days there are special holidays for cleaning and sanitation. After daily drills, they can boil water for bathing. In Luzon, there are bright people from Fujian and Guangzhou who live in Manila and open barbershops.

By the way, after Chen Mu occupied Manila because of the various shops of the Ming Dynasty, including the barber shop, a dozen Spaniards hoped to still live in Macheng. After all, the living facilities here are far superior to those nearby. Not everyone lives in Madrid either.

However, during the Annan War, the Ming army did not have such an opportunity to clean their personal hygiene, and the conditions were extremely poor.

Not taking a bath for ten days and a half months is already unbearable in a place like Annan, but in the current war, patience is over; but not washing your hair for ten days and a half months, I am afraid it is not much more uncomfortable than beheading.

Of course, Chen Mu didn't want the soldiers to shave their heads. Although he really wanted all the soldiers under his command to shave their heads bald, it was the most convenient hairstyle for fighting, easy to clean and hygienic, but it was a big deal, and he had no intention of challenging the tradition No such preparation, nor such determination.

He prefers to find a way from the rules and regulations.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the logistics of the Nanyang Army is the second best in the world, but this is not a matter that logistics can solve. Tools must be distributed to people. He is thinking about what tools should be added to the backpack of the Banner Army, what rules should be formulated, and tools How to get it again.

"Handsome, it's not far from the mouth of the Pearl River. Should we go to Guangzhou Mansion or Weigang first?"

On the afternoon of the fifth day since Shenglong set sail, the Chihai, which had been sailing all the way, arrived in the waters of Guangzhou. Juniper came in to report the news, and was startled by the ordnance spread all over the floor.

"Pack all these up and pack them up. Go to Weigang and put me down first. Let Commander Zhang take the students to the lecture hall and do what he should do. You and Lian Dou will follow me." Chen Mu pointed to the cabin The messy ordnance, said: "Let's go and finalize the ordnance regulations."

　Note: It is not that the ancients did not cut their hair, but in most cases, except for monks and criminals, men and women will not cut their hair for life.

　　The earliest craftsmen who specialized in hairdressing appeared in the Han Dynasty, mainly caring for beard and hair, repairing cheek hair, head massage and maintenance, and trimming hairstyles.

　　The word "haircut" first appeared in the Song Dynasty. There was a Jingfa combing and shaving club in Lin'an City, and the barber was called "Daizhao".

　　The "Yongle Dadian" of the Ming Dynasty recorded an article "Guidelines for Cleaning Hair", which records the professional rules and lingo of the hairdressing industry.

　　The unprecedented development of the hairdressing industry in the Song and Ming Dynasties should be related to the progress of social wealth, the increase of social interactions, and people paying more attention to their image.

　　
　
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