The eldest son of the red mansion

Wei Kun is a very smart person, otherwise it would be impossible for him to follow Fan Kang for such a long time without him noticing. After hearing Jia Ke's words, he understood that Jia Ke wanted him to continue to do intelligence work.

Wei Kun thought for a while, being in charge of intelligence matters is no less powerful than being a hundred householder, and he will be the uncle's confidant in the future, so why would he not want to?So in front of Jia Ke, he said: "If the master doesn't let me become a hundred householder, I won't be. I will do whatever the master asks me to do."

Jia Ke saw that this kid was still very smart, why was there such a big gap with his appearance?

Jia Ke said: "I won't let you become a hundred households, but I won't let you go back to be a leader. From now on, you will be directly responsible to me alone. Let's set up a department to inquire about intelligence and hunt down spies. Name I have already thought it out for you, called the Dark Guard, and you are the first leader of the Dark Guard. From today onwards, I will give you 200 taels of activity funds every month. You can recruit people to work now, and if the money is not enough, you can do it again. Tell me."

When Wei Kun heard it, there was no reason for his reluctance. How much power did he have to let him monitor all the officials in Kaiping Town and the spies of the Tatars?

At this time, Wei Kun's eyes flashed vividly, and he firmly assured Jia Ke: "Don't worry, sir, I will take care of this matter now. I must organize this unit in the shortest possible time and let him invest in it as soon as possible." action."

Jia Ke nodded in satisfaction, and said to him with a smile at night: "You don't have a lot of personnel or funds. Your main task is to monitor the entire Kaiping Town. Report to me immediately if there is any trouble."

Wei Kun repeatedly assured that there would be no mistakes. Jia Ke was very satisfied and let him go down. After Wei Kun went down, he looked at his back and smiled mysteriously.

After Wei Kun left, Jia Ke thought about it carefully in the room. In this way, he had two sources of intelligence, Wei Kun's secret guard, and Tang Kuai's intelligence organization.

These two lines should make them restrict each other, even fight each other.Only in this way can Jia Ke control the situation.Just like how Bald Jiang manipulated the military and central government back then.

Jia Ke is very satisfied with this arrangement, and these two people will be his two dogs in the future.Guards are by his side at all times.

Early the next morning, Jia Ke sounded the Jujiang Drum again, summoning officials from more than a thousand households in Kaiping Town to the lobby of the Garrison Mansion.

Before the three-way drum was over, everyone had already arrived. The lobby was full of uniformed generals, and there were only two civil servants. One was the new county magistrate of Kaiping Town, Fan Kang, and the other was the chief secretary of Kaiping Town, Chen Xi.

After the three-tone drum was played, Jia Ke came from the back hall to the lobby of the Garrison Mansion, where he was sitting in the middle.All the generals paid homage together, Jia Ke looked down at them, it was just that those people were generally promoted to a higher level.There used to be hundreds of households, but now there are thousands of households, sub-thousand households.

Jia Ke said to the generals below with no expression on his face: "Yesterday, the new soldier took a day off, and I think it's about the same. This man, the more he rests, the more lazy he becomes. Besides, the weather is getting colder and colder now. I am afraid that I will not be able to start training until next spring. This is not possible. From tomorrow, everyone will train together. According to the method I will give you, start training bit by bit from the beginning, and make these The new recruits are trained to be the same as the old veterans."

As soon as Jia Ke finished speaking, Chen Xi stepped forward impatiently and said, "Your Excellency, if we start training in winter, the consumption of our soldiers will inevitably increase. According to the food provided by the court, I am afraid that we will not last until the next time." Let the food go."

Jia Ke frowned and asked, "Why is it not enough? How is our food distributed now?"

Chen Xi quickly replied: "My lord, because we are at the border, the food is distributed in full. The ration of each soldier is one and a half liters per day (40 people in the division, about 1.5 shi of solar eclipse rice is an average of [-] liters per person) l), if the whole army is training together in winter, such a small amount of food is not enough for the soldiers to consume.”

Jia Ke felt like asking, "Then why didn't this happen when we had 2000 people last time?"

"My lord, last time we still had a lot of food in the warehouse, a large part of which was stored privately by the previous thousand households."

This sentence refers to learning. It is said to be privately reserved, but it is actually secretly deducted.

Chapter 142 Winter Training

Jia Ke was a little embarrassed when he heard Chen Xi's words, but the military training had to go on.After thinking about it, he just had tens of thousands of taels in the account this year, so he might as well make up for it.Otherwise, if the training is delayed until next year, what should we do if the Tatars come in spring?

After Jia Ke figured it out, she asked Chen Xi, "If each soldier gets half a liter of food, do you think it's enough?"

Chen Xi calculated carefully, and then said to Jia Ke: "My lord, half a liter of food is enough for each soldier. But if the 1 people are counted, it will cost an extra 50 taels a day. Our training must at least Three months."

Jia Ke interrupted him: "Based on one hundred days, that means I have to make up another 5000 taels, right?"

"Yes, my lord must make up another 5000 taels of silver."

Jia Ke hesitated for a moment. Although he has some money now, he still needs to give Wei Kun 200 taels of silver every month.Calculated in this way, he will have to pay 7000 taels out of his own pocket this year.It would be a lie to say that you don't feel bad, but at this time, you have to grit your teeth and stick to it.

Jia Ke then said to Chen Xi without hesitation: "Then each person will make up half a liter of food every day, and the money will be raised from me to make up for the food gap and guarantee a hundred days of training."

At this time, Chen Xi's eyes shone with admiration. He had never seen chief officers making money, but he had never seen Jia Ke pay for the training of soldiers.

After Jia Ke finished ordering the food, she said to Chen Xi: "Your task is still very heavy. The problem of food has been solved, and there is also the problem of our armor. Tell me, when will you hand over [-] pieces to me?" Paper armor."

Chen Xi didn't pay much attention to this matter, and thought about it for a while: "Sir, let me make [-] pieces of paper armor. I thought about it for a while. Before my lord finishes training, I can make [-] pieces, and the rest It will take three months to complete [-] pieces. It will be completed in April next year."

Jia Ke was very happy when he heard his words. At least after the training, all soldiers can wear paper armor, so they don't have to be afraid even if they hit the Tatars.

Seeing that the logistics had been arranged, Jia Ke said to the generals below: "You have heard that, I have tried my best to raise supplies for you. The rest is up to you. I want you for three months Inside, train these 1 people the same as our original soldiers. Can it be done?"

The generals below shouted together: "Yes."

Hearing their neat answers, Jia Ke was very satisfied that these people already had the appearance of some modern soldiers, and at the same time they had stamped their own brand. Jia Ke was very satisfied with this phenomenon.

Jia Ke said: "Since that's the case, let's separate the teams today, and everyone will take care of their own thousands of households. Don't make a mess during the formal training tomorrow."

After Jia Ke finished speaking, she looked up and down again, found Huang Bofeng in the crowd, and said to him: "You can take care of Huang Bofeng, work hard today. Let's organize them according to their dormitories. Then insert our [-] soldiers into it. Let them be the commanders of the corps, what do you think?"

How can everyone have any opinions?Jia Ke thought of everything he could think of.All they had to do was follow Jia Ke's orders.

Seeing that there was no response from the following, Jia Ke said: "In that case, let's follow this method and start formal training tomorrow. Anyone who cheats on me and doesn't train seriously will be beaten to death. We can fight with those bears in Kaiping Town. Soldiers are different."

After hearing Jia Ke's words, the officers below all raised their heads proudly.They were the only ones in Kaiping Town in the entire border, and they won the battle against the Tatars.How can they not be proud.

Jia Ke explained everything that should be explained, and finally said: "Do you have anything else to do? If not, we will all break up. Let's do our own things."

The generals below are naturally fine, so today they dispersed and went back to prepare for tomorrow's training.

Seeing that everyone had left, Jia Ke left Fan Kang and Chen Xi behind, and said to them, "The affairs in the military are too busy for me to handle alone. From now on, I will only take care of military matters. All government affairs and logistics are handled by Fan Kang, and Chen Xi cooperates."

Fan Kang quickly refused, saying: "Sir, such a major matter should be decided by the general. It is not good for me, a county magistrate, to interfere in such a matter."

In fact, Jia Ke had already planned to ask Fan Kang to help her with government affairs, and Chen Xi would assist her.And concentrate on handling military affairs.As long as he holds military power in his hands, he is not afraid of anything.

So now seeing Fan Kang resigning, he waved his hand generously and said to him: "I let you be responsible, you just concentrate on being responsible, and I will take care of other things naturally. What taboos are you afraid of? Besides, there is Chen Xi by your side assist you."

Seeing that Jia Ke trusted him so much, Fan Kang entrusted him with important matters as soon as he came.I was also moved in my heart, so I no longer declined, determined to do my best to handle government affairs well, and solve Jia Ke's worries for the future.

After Jia Ke settled the government affairs, he sent Fan Kang and Chen Xi away.Then in the lobby, he began to deal with the official affairs of the garrison. There are some things that others cannot touch.

The next day, Jia Ke came to the teaching field early. Although the teaching field is large, it can't accommodate 1 people to train at the same time. There are only 5000 people training here.And the rest, most of them are training outside the city.

Soldiers on the teaching field, under the leadership of their respective corporal leaders, started the most basic training, standing in a military posture, turning left and right, walking in unison, etc. Although these movements seemed simple, they were useless.In fact, this is the foundation and soul of an army.Only when there are new benefits and foundations can we talk about combat effectiveness.And most of the time, this foundation itself is combat effectiveness.

As for many problems encountered in training, Jia Ke had already solved them when he left Caozhuang.For example, the problem of not being able to tell the left from the right is to tie a cloth strip on the arm to distinguish when training in Caozhuang.Now, just like cats and tigers, a cloth strip is tied around each person's left arm.

When the officer yells to turn left, it is like turning in the direction of tying cloth strips, and when he yells to turn right, it is like turning in the direction without tying cloth strips.

In this way, after a week of training, the troops slowly formed a habit.At first it looked like an army, but it was not enough. The most basic training would take at least one month.And this month is something they will never forget in their lifetime, and they will be engraved in the bones of every soldier.It is a proud feeling to make them feel different from ordinary people.

After the basic formation training is completed, it is to listen to the sound of drums to advance, and to retreat in accordance with the different flags.

Because the battlefield is too big, it is impossible to convey orders by shouting.Only loud drums, crisp gongs, and bright flags can convey orders.

So after the queue training, the second training is to memorize various commands, and then perform various queue changes when the queue is neat.

In the first two training sessions, people often made mistakes, and the first time they made a mistake, their corporal chief just warned them that if they persisted in repeated admonitions.Nothing to say, pulling it out is a meal of army sticks.

Many of the people who came this time were veterans in the army. These people had a slippery air and didn't train seriously at first, but they became honest immediately after being beaten up.During the continuous training, the slickness on his body became less and less, and finally disappeared completely, becoming a real soldier.

This change was completely reborn. These more than 9000 stragglers who were not needed by other troops really became soldiers after they came to Kaiping Town.