The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 154 Recruiting Fubing Meeting
Before Jia Min could find them, Feng Ziying and the others came to Jia Min first.Each of the three of them has allocated 200 soldiers for training.

They also encountered similar problems, lack of people, lack of money.However, their situation is better than that of historians. Although there are no people, they still have some money.

Hearing that Jia Min took the job of training soldiers in Jia's house, they came to Jia Min for advice in view of their trust in Jia Min.

Feng Ziying and Jia Min are now not only business partners, but also good friends.Jia Min was also blunt, told them about the historians, and suggested that they should also bring their soldiers to Jia's house.

In doing so, the benefits are obvious.After expanding in scale, the per capita can be reduced, and at the same time, you can receive high-level training here.

For Jia Min, with the joining of these three companies, the total number of staff has reached 1300.If these 1300 people are trained into a well-disciplined, well-equipped and well-trained army, in this era, it will always be a terrifying force.Not only is it launching a small battle, it can even be used as a special force.

Several people were very excited when they heard this, and immediately went home to discuss with the elders, and soon brought back the news, and decided to merge their posts with Jia's mansion.Each family pays each soldier 80 taels of silver a year, and selects their own family members to serve in the army together.

Feng Ziying and Chen Yejun were respectively appointed as the leaders of their own families.

The budget of 80 taels of silver per person per year is actually not enough.However, being able to take these out at present is already considered good.

According to information obtained by Feng Ziying, many other families have a budget of 50 taels, and basically none of them exceed 100 taels.

However, for the time being, the money is enough.After all, the money is not spent all at once, so there is a buffer time.

During this period of time, Jia Min has a way to earn enough money for military expenses through doing business.

The problem of money is not too big, the key is the problem of people.Among the human problems, the first is the problem of the officers.

Without a team of qualified mid-level and low-level officers, even the most brilliant commanders will find it difficult to realize their war intentions.

Officers must first be selected from the children of various families.

Doing so is actually a helpless choice.

First of all, the children of each family have more or less received some education, and their cultural level is relatively high.This is their biggest advantage.

In the current Daedeok Dynasty army, many middle and low-level officers are still illiterate.This point may not be a big deal there, but in Jia Min's case, it is a huge flaw.

Secondly, the imperial decree also requires that all males of the right age from each family join the army.At the same time, many descendants of aristocratic families also took this as an opportunity to gain fame and accumulate military merit.Of course, there are also many who just want to be gilded.

Another advantage of being military officers is that they are masters in the family, and the soldiers they draw are all their slaves.In this way, it is also convenient for them to control and direct their families.In the spirit of loyalty and obedience, there are benefits.

The first meeting to train the soldiers was held in Jia Min's study in Yeduju.

This is the first official meeting on the training of soldiers.There were four people present: Jia Min.Feng Ziying, Chen Yejun, Wei Ruolan.

Jia Min appointed Wei Ruolan to take notes, and everyone's speeches must be recorded.At first the three people didn't understand this, but they also knew Jia Min's usual style, and they knew that it must be reasonable to do so, so they obeyed.

Because it was the first time, Wei Ruolan didn't know how to record it, so Jia Min first listed a format for him.

Meeting name: Preparatory Meeting for Drilling Soldiers.

Meeting time: the sixth day of September in the 12th year of Yuanheng (Bingzi)

Participants: Jia Min, Feng Ziying, Chen Yejun, Wei Ruolan.

Purpose of the meeting: To prepare for the military affairs.

Moderator: Jia Min.

The following is the transcript of the meeting.

Jia Min spoke first.

"This time, we have a total of 1300 people. At present, we will temporarily determine this number, and we will no longer accept other families to join."

"Because it's just training soldiers, not a formal army, there are no requirements on the organization in the imperial decree. Therefore, we don't have to follow the current military practice. This time, we will temporarily adopt our own If there are instructions from the Ministry of War in the future, follow the method of the Ministry of War."

"These 1300 people are currently organized into three battalions. One battalion has 360 people. Each battalion has three companies under its jurisdiction, and each company has 120 people. Each company has three platoons under its jurisdiction, each with 40 people. Each platoon has three squads under its jurisdiction. , 3 people per class."

"Each squad has one squad leader and one deputy squad leader. Each platoon has one platoon leader and one deputy platoon leader. There is one orderly and one on duty. Each company has one company commander, one deputy company commander, one orderly and one on duty. One person. Each battalion has one battalion commander, one deputy battalion commander, two messengers, two servicemen, and one chief of staff."

"The rest of them will be incorporated into auxiliary teams such as cooks, grooms, coachmen, and military doctors."

"For the detailed compilation situation, I have listed the form, and you can check it carefully after the meeting is over."

"The first task now is to establish the logistics facilities as soon as possible, to build the barracks, dormitories, and kitchens. There are three kitchens in total, one for each battalion, and each fires. At the same time, we must seize the time to purchase food, tableware, weapons, and war horses. Waiting for supplies. Wei Ruolan will be solely responsible for this matter. I have made a list for the specific purchase details, and I will give you the list later, and purchase according to the order."

"The second thing is to set up a team of officers. The officers will be filled by the masters and clansmen of each mansion. They will be recruited according to the ratio of two people for every one hundred posts. They will be between the ages of 15 and 35. According to this ratio, Jia's mansion There are 12 people in the two prefectures of the east and the west, 2 historians, and 4 people in each of your three families. Together, there are 26 people in total.”

"Three days later, ask all the family members to report here, and I will personally train them. When reporting, you are not allowed to bring maidservants, and you are not allowed to bring the servants with you. You only wear one piece of clothing, and you are not allowed to bring any other items. This matter Chen Yejun will be in charge."

"The third thing is to recruit soldiers. The recruitment is divided into two parts. The first part is the soldiers drawn from each government. In the past few days, the number must be finalized as soon as possible. The second part is to go out to recruit soldiers."

"Currently, all the prefectures are doing military training, so it is already difficult to recruit soldiers in the imperial capital. We are about to go to other places to recruit. Where should we go? Go to the North Zhili area. First, there is Yanzhao The land where martial arts has been practiced has been popular since ancient times. The second is that it is poorer there, with more people and less land, and the young and middle-aged are relatively rich. For each recruit, 5 taels of silver will be given to the family, and here, one tael of silver will be given every month. With such treatment, recruitment It shouldn't be difficult. At this time, Feng Ziying will be in charge of handling it. At the latest, it will be completed within a month."

"If the money is given in this way, it will not be difficult to recruit soldiers. With such an income, even if he is farming and doing business at home, he may not be able to get it. Isn't it higher?"

Feng Ziying was a little worried.

"The height is a bit higher, but it's hard work here, and it's not easy to get the money. You will know in the future that my military training is different from other military training. Even if you don't fight, it's very difficult." Those who endure hardships. There are also those who may injure and kill people. This will be even more so when they go to the battlefield one day in the future."

"What if you are killed or injured?"

"You tell them clearly that there are pensions for the injured and disabled. The money we give is three times that of the official family. For those who die, it is five times that of the official family."

"Nowadays, the officials who died in battle are 30 taels of silver. If it is five times, it will be 150 taels. This amount is quite a lot."

"It's not much. One day in the future, I'm going to give some more. How much is a life worth? Even if it's an ordinary family and servants, it's still a life. They also have parents, brothers and sisters. Actually , Our lives are not worth more than others."

"It's easier to do without a maid. This is a military camp, and there are all men. After all, it's not so convenient. If you don't let the leader and the easy-going servant, this...?"

Chen Yejun hesitated.

"If you really want to lead the easygoing servants, it's fine, but you tell them that when they come, they will serve as soldiers, just like other soldiers. Or if they don't come, they have to obey military orders, otherwise they will be subject to military law." disposal."

"Not to mention anything else, as for the second brother Bao in your mansion, I'm afraid he will be the first to disobey. He is spoiled by nature. If you want to change it, I think it will be difficult. If you want to deal with him, your old lady I’m afraid I’m the first one to disagree.”

"Hey, if he's at home, I don't care about him. If he's here, I can't help him. Don't worry, as long as he comes, I have 1 ways to deal with him."

"If Baoyu is managed to be obedient, I don't think anyone else would dare to be disobedient. It's just that those servants are used to following the master. When they come here, they may have to serve the master like they are at home. This is also a difficulty.”

Wei Ruolan's worry is actually quite reasonable.

Most of the children of these aristocratic families are idlers and pleasure-seekers. Even their servants have already formed the habit of serving them.This habit is almost innate, and it is not easy to change it here.

"It doesn't matter. When the time comes, whoever is disobedient will be dealt with. After two rounds, they will be dealt with honestly."

"In addition, Ruolan, when you arrive in the city, find Qiu Liang and ask him to send me ten strong soldiers. I want them to come to me to enforce the military law, so I also ask Lin Dajiang to lead the team."

After the task was assigned, the four of them discussed for a while, and Jia Min led the three of them to the pigsty.

Liu Tieshan is leading a small worker to install an iron cage here.

The iron cage was three feet square, and if a person entered it alone, he would not be able to stand up straight, nor could he lie down, so he could only hunched over and stayed inside.

"What is this for?"

Chen Yejun asked.

"The confinement room, if anyone is disobedient, he will be locked up here."

Jia Min wrote lightly.

"Oh, then you will suffer. When you get here, you just can't live, you can't die."

Wei Ruolan said with emotion.

"So, when the time comes, you guys will also have to train well. If you are not good, you will also be imprisoned here. We are all good brothers, so don't say it is unpredictable."

After Jia Min finished speaking, he left by himself.

The three of Feng Ziying looked at each other, feeling a chill all over their bodies.

(End of this chapter)