Lord of Ming Dynasty

The older generation is getting old, and the new young people have grown up. The different atmospheres in the core area of ​​the Chinese Empire and the governor's area make them feel the alien atmosphere of the Middle East in Central Asia in the environment of Central Asia, so they The feelings for the Chinese Empire are weaker, and Sa Lei and the others have been in the Mediterranean Sea, the Caspian Sea, and the Black Sea for several years, and I am about to become a Westerner, so the feelings for such a nation are very weak.

Westerners can't feel the pride and excitement of a person who is a unified nation. There are so many countries in the West. A small place with a radius of only a dozen kilometers dares to call itself a country. In the Chinese Empire, even a Medium-sized towns can't be evaluated, and a housekeeper under a county magistrate, or even a second housekeeper of a big family can manage this group of people in an orderly manner.

Not only are there many countries, but there are also many ethnic groups. There are so many that it is impossible to count. On this small island alone, there are British, French, Newfoundlanders, Inuit, Indians, Iliads, and other Han Chinese. , Russians, Romanians, Spaniards, etc.

Sa Lei is an old fisherman, just sit still, anyway, I don't get in your way, so don't touch me, you can't touch me, now the entire mercenary group says they know how to sail a boat and are familiar with the surrounding sea conditions, he is First, no one can replace him.

Li Ya knew that he, the leader, was in danger. Since the empire took over here, there were too many officers in the Guards who knew how to maintain and build a territory, but his thoughts just flashed, and Zhao Shuai said to him: "Leader Li is still in charge. All this, the empire does not come forward, but the empire will give you support, and you are still a mercenary group of exiles in name.

Now the people and materials I brought are allocated by you. I am only responsible for liaising with superiors and building the Military Intelligence Department. Is the Military Intelligence Department a public intelligence department? So now I will build a Military Intelligence Department here to be responsible for external investigations and give you information. To provide intelligence support, you just need to use me as an ordinary officer. "

After hearing Zhao Shuai's first half, Li Ya was very happy. He was still in charge here. He was very dissatisfied after hearing Zhao Shuai's second half. , The manpower you bring directly exceeds the result of my one and a half years of hard work.

Dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction in his heart. On the surface, he still needs to save face. Chinese people are fine, but face cannot be lost. The country has the face of the country, a collective has the face of the collective, several people form a team, and the face of the team. There is personal face, but sometimes it is often that the country does not want face, the collective does not want face, a team of several people does not want face, but individuals want face, but the higher-ups do not give face, and if they do not give you, what can you do to us?Cross, fire you out, so the individual is often miserable.

Further promotion, when the team loses face, the face of a few people is not important, so the team dissolves, when the collective loses face, the collective also declines, when the country loses face, the people below The interests of the country are all damaged, so the country is in danger. The West has democracy, the East has conspiracies, and the people of the country have guns, and the change of dynasty begins. Therefore, under such a cycle, China, for the sake of face, keeps repeating, hindering the progress of productivity , just for face.

Li Ya knew that he must maintain this face, otherwise his own mercenary group would disintegrate.

The two exchanged pleasantries for a long time, and then finalized some details. Afterwards, Zhao Shuai led his people back out, and Li Ya arranged for his guards to take them to the arranged resting place to rest.

The resting place is the southeast corner of the camp facing the water village, just on the line with the northeast corner of Wen Ruxin’s original camp, where there is a fort to defend the beach. The huge fort is exactly a 128 mm imitation cast The artillery, the rate of fire is not as fast as the two old 128mm cast artillery made by the Chinese Empire they brought, but they are not small. They can fire solid bullets and shot bullets, and they can also fire modified 128mm copper shell shells.

Less than 100 meters behind the fort is a Chinese-style courtyard house with three main houses, all of which are decorated like the homes of Chinese officials. This is a house that Wen Ruxin bought for himself back then, and Li Ya and the others all Not in the mood to do this kind of thing, Zhao Shuai is cheaper now.

The front greenhouse can accommodate servants and guards, and the wing rooms on both sides can accommodate his confidant officers, which can also be used as warehouses. There is a patio in the yard, where you can practice martial arts, exercise your body, or gather some people for meetings. Small meetings can be held in the main house. In the living room, guests can also be entertained.

After seeing off Zhao Shuai, Wu Kejing lowered his head and waited for the scolding. Li Ya came over and patted Wu Kejing on the shoulder. Wu Kejing felt a little moved in his heart. Li Ya whispered: "Sit down, tell me about your departure. , it must be very difficult, after leaving for more than half a year, I see that only two of the people you brought back followed you, and it is impossible for the others to come back."

"Yes, chief, they are all dead. We have recruited more than 1000 people, but I know that there are not enough people. We have to get ships. Without money, it is difficult for us to get ships to bring these people back. These are all Han Chinese. I know that there is a shortage of Han Chinese in our mercenary corps, without these compatriots, even if we conquer a large area, it will still be Westerners, so the people I recruit are all Han Chinese."

Next, Li Ya listened quietly to Wu Kejing's narration, and knew Wu Kejing's identity as an intelligence officer of the Military Intelligence Department, and also knew that he had joined the Military Intelligence Department and was now the team leader of the action team, and this was the first time that the Military Intelligence Department was in the military intelligence department. Their existence was exposed in front of the Huaxia people, confirming everyone's guess.

Li Ya doesn't care about this at all. The Military Intelligence Department is the emperor's knife. It is impossible to cut it at anyone. Although the knife has come to him, the person who actually operates it is still the person from the Military Intelligence Department. I knew there must be some in my army, the military academy is not for nothing, and the colonel of the Guards is not for nothing.

The situation he has to face now is to immediately organize his troops, population, and territory. This is the first territory of the Huaxia Empire in the west. Although it is only more than thirty kilometers long and eleven or twelve kilometers wide, the narrowest point is only five kilometers. of a peninsula.

But now I have nearly 2 people alone, and more than 1 soldiers and horses in battle. Why are there more than 1 people? Because many people are actually mercenaries, and the general population and population are actually not many. Here is a military camp.

The first thousand 210 chapter four expanded strength

After some calculations in his mind, he told the assembled officers that the entire gathering hall was full, and there were two chairs next to the main seat, these were usually the chairs of Sa Lei and Wu Kejing, they were mercenary regiments second and third in command.

Now it's the two of them sitting.

Below the stairs are Sao Tianlei and Tang Yaweng on the left and right, and Sao Tianlei is on the left, respecting Huaxia's left hand side, which means that the status of soldiers in the mercenary regiment is higher. Although Tang Yaweng is also a soldier, he is generally responsible for logistics and some chores. Therefore, he is actually the great steward of the Huaxia Empire.

These two people have been active recently, especially in the past six months. Tang Yaweng has managed the entire site in an orderly manner, and Sweeping Thunder has arranged the recaptured British strongholds in an orderly manner, and has trained and expanded many troops. Although these Most of the soldiers in the army are Indians and Iliads, mixed with some Inuit and Newfoundlanders, and even some British and French, but this army is firmly in their hands and becomes a mercenary group a sharp blade.

Compared with these troops, the troops in Li Ya's hands are controlled by the remaining 30 officers, and Li Ya didn't train them at all because of too many troubles to improve their combat effectiveness. Although it is the main force of the mercenary regiment, the equipment With a lot of advanced weapons and equipment, but a little too loose.

The pirate squadron, there are many foreigners in it, the officers under control are Han Chinese, nearly 600 people, but they have nothing to do. Loose habits, these people often make troubles, arousing everyone's resentment.

The Han Chinese squadron, seven squadrons, one to control the pirate squadron, one to control the sailor squadron, one to control the overseer brigade, and the other to strengthen the Indians and Iliads, dispatched by Tianlei, trained the armies of the two tribes, and the rest The three of them were arranged to defend in Xinxianju Town, one was stationed in Shuizhai, one was stationed in the city wall Tunpu, and one was stationed in the camp.

Cavalry squadron, six squadrons, one dispatched by Li Ya, stationed in the camp, one dispatched by Sweeping Thunder, patrolling the site, delivering information, and one stationed at the border with the British, dispatched at any time to support various strongholds, assigned by Li Ya Dispatch, the remaining three cavalry squads are stationed in the French town of St. Lawrence Port, and adjacent to the port, defending the port, and also Li Ya's strategic reserve.

From time to time, he was dispatched to follow Li Ya to patrol the territory, monitor the captives in the factories and mines of various mercenary regiments in the territory, and be ready to eliminate their riots at any time.

After the expansion of the Sailor Squadron into the Sailor Brigade, there are many vacancies, that is to say, it has the name of a brigade, but does not have the strength of a brigade. In fact, many teams have only one team with 35 people, and there are only three full-staffed teams with 100 people.

The dissatisfied teams operate a sailboat in various ports and docks, guard and communicate, transport food and supplies, and pass information.

The three full squads are the main battleships of the fleet, and the sailors and gunners on the four steam warships.However, all the produced ships and captured ships have not been filled up yet, because there are not so many Han Chinese manpower, and without Han Chinese manpower, it is irresponsible to the mercenary regiment to hand over a ship to foreign mercenaries.

Moreover, the sailor brigade is full of captured French sailors and British soldiers, Newfoundlanders, and Inuit. These are also unstable factors, but these people still have to be used now.

In addition, an artillery squadron was formed, five artillery squadrons, three of which were in Xinxianju Town, one was in St. Lawrence Port, and the other was in the front-line stronghold port facing the British.

The artillery squadron is also understaffed now, because the artillery requires too many manpower. If it is necessary, manpower from other troops must be transferred. Therefore, most artillery squadrons are not full. There are only about 50 or 60 people, which is more than half of them. The hands were captives, British and French, Inuit, Newfoundlanders.

As for the Indians and Iliads, their IQs are too low to be a handyman carrying cannonballs. If a cannonball or a shot of gunpowder is ignited, the loss must be not small.

It's all right now, too many people have arrived, and Li Ya is going to transfer them to join various troops.

Looking at the list given by Wu Kejing, Li Ya, Wu Kejing, and Sa Lei discussed it and set up several Han Chinese teams, each with 120 people. The current Han Chinese team has been expanded to 120 people, with half of the officers staffed by Wu Kejing and the others. The officers, half of our own officers, some Han Chinese teams added Iliads and Newfoundlanders to make a few mixed Han Chinese teams.

There are three Han brigades, ten Han squads in total, five purely Han squads, five mixed Han squads, and one cavalry squad joining the Han brigade, each with a total strength of 380.

In this way, one-third of the Han people brought by Wu Kejing and Zhao Shuai were basically used, plus the Iliads and Newfoundlanders, the total strength of these three brigades was nearly 4000, which can be said to be strong.

Five hundred Han people were transferred to fill the cavalry squadron, and the cavalry squadron was changed into a cavalry brigade. There were also ten cavalry squads, each with 120 people. The insufficient manpower was supplemented by Iliads and Indians, or British and French captives.

The sailor brigade filled the establishment with Han people, so that the Han people would not be weak, and the foreigners would be strong, and all the original ships could be used. As for the ships brought back by Wu Kejing and the others, they could only be parked in the port as a presence. The fleet is gone, because there are still not so many Han Chinese to replenish, although there are still many foreigners, surrendering does not mean that they want to work for you, and many prisoners have to continue to work in the place where they served their sentences until they repent.

The remaining Han people added to the other alien troops brought by Wu Kejing and Zhao Shuai to control their troops and population. Nearly a few thousand people cannot exist in vain. Their use is to open up wasteland, cultivate land, and build ports. Or become a newly formed army to conquer the British territory.

Of course, there is no need to crusade against the British. We must first digest the previous territory. Now we only occupy it, but not digest it. To become our own, we must have population and industry. The population is not too much now, plus the original Han population. As for the tribal population, the population brought back by Wu Kejing and the others, the immigrant population of the French and the British, now has about 5000 common people, and at least 5000 of these 2000 people are half-civilian and half-military.

The others are soldiers, whether they are sailors or artillery, cavalry, tribal warriors, or British and French, they are all combat forces that can go to war.

In addition to the Han people used by the troops on the island, and then filled with some British and French captives, and then some Iliads were recruited, and the Indians were added to the team to expand the strength of the Han troops. It is also a mercenary regiment. In addition to the strength of the original troops on the island, this time Wu Kejing and the others brought a lot of foreigners and alien troops. Apart from selecting some people to add to the troops, after digesting them, Li Ya didn't make any big moves for the rest of the troops. .

Mobilize some manpower to supplement the sailor brigade, and then mobilize some people to expand the pirate squadron beyond the pirate brigade. Now there are a total of three Han Chinese brigades, one cavalry brigade, one artillery brigade, one sailor brigade, and one overseer brigade.

The remaining Turks, three to 4000 Africans, and hundreds of pirates were first allocated to various ports and strongholds for dismantling and use. This was for him to prevent them from making trouble and seize his military power and leadership.

210th [-]th chapter five report

After a month and a half, Zhang Qiang, who was already a bit old while sitting in the palace, received a report from Zhao Shuai, the Military Intelligence Department.

People in their 80s are of course old. Listening to the guards reading the report to him, Zhang Qiang felt a little bit embarrassed. There are capable people in China who landed on an island and wiped out [-] British and [-] French. Ru Xin and the others also took these captives to capture the Avalan Peninsula where the enemy's heavy troops were assembled. The empire has created a territory, and the opposition in the country will have a place to settle in the future.

Let them go somewhere to expand the territory of the empire. It is their fate to die, and their blessing to survive.

Under the rule of bravery, the Huaxia Empire is now increasingly prosperous and powerful. The two-army model of the field army and the garrison has brought great convenience to army management. Although there are still a small number of garrison troops and a small number of cavalry troops, they are not large in number. The two armies have no more than 30 people, and each army has no more than [-] people. The garrison is used to guard strategic and royal places, and key domestic secret places. The previous one-half or even more is reduced to one-third, and the freed income is used for economic development.

The field army defends the frontier and the border of the core area, guards the capital and accompanying capital, as well as several strategic locations, and the other places are guarded by the garrison.

Although there are many garrison establishments, the establishment of each unit has been reduced to one-third or one-fifth of the original one-fifth, and they are deployed according to priorities. .

The garrison is 600 million, the field army is 300 million, the cavalry and garrison are 30 in total, and the guard is 30. The total strength is close to 1000 million.

In agriculture, not only the necessary agricultural input and agricultural income are available everywhere, but also the land tax, population tax, and other miscellaneous taxes are completely cancelled, and only grain sales tax is charged, which means that you will be charged a fixed amount when you sell grain to others [-]% of the tax, plus the price difference tax, almost [-]% or two points of tax, there is no need to pay the fixed tax when selling to the government, only the price difference tax.

This is at least 80.00% less burden on the common people than before when the landlords and wealthy, powerful and evil gentry did not even abolish rural taxes.

Every year, the domestic grain is not only surplus, but can also be exported to other countries. The Qing Dynasty, Russia, Turkey, and Sweden are the major customers of the Chinese Empire who buy grain regularly.