"Where is the military power?" Wang Changfu was blocked by Sun Yao for a moment, and he felt unhappy and his tone was not very polite.

"In terms of military strength, it is definitely enough when it is built in the early stage." Sun Yao said tepidly: "In the early stage, the artillery teams followed up. According to our calculations, the first division's troops pushed the four-point base gun teams to accompany them. Even if they encountered tens of thousands of enemies, they could be defeated. If artillery and cavalry were all used in the early stage fort repair, the Beilu mobilized more than 100,000 people, and when they were 100,000 people, they would be able to escape. When 10% of the major forts and advanced to Qingcheng to the territory of the old Fengzhou, they might encounter fierce resistance at this time. The scale of the existing army should be at least doubled, and the cavalry should be expanded from the current force that is less than one division to two to three divisions or even more, so that they can be used. However, according to calculations, the response of the Beilu and the loose alliance-style warfare of each division will not be too intense. The final battle should be when we advance to Qingcheng, and from the perspective of time, it should still be abundant."

Sun Yao pointed to the sand table again and said calmly: "The first fort built in the early stage should be on the banks of the Dahei River. It is one and a half miles in the square, and it takes 200,000 bricks. It takes about one and a half months to burn in the early stage. The more people mobilized, the better. The idea of ​​the General Staff Department is to mainly invest the baggage and employed civilians here. Whether it is firing bricks or digging moats, the faster the better."

The firing of bricks is not a profound technology. Zhang Han often saw small furnaces in rural areas in later generations. Several farmers joined forces and could continuously make red bricks with a few strong laborers. First, the brick embryo was made, the moisture in the brick was dried in the sun, and then the water in the brick was burned with coal fire. There was no difficulty in both manpower and technology. The difficulty was time... To burn a large number of bricks in the shortest time, the embryo must be accelerated at the beginning, otherwise it would be a big deal to wait until the brick was dried...

In addition, the construction and defense in the city require a lot of iron and woodwork, which also requires a lot of manpower.

"Now it seems that the steps of the brigade camp are getting smaller..." Zhang Han said with a frown.

There are about 3,000 people in a baggage battalion, all of which have to undergo military training and physical training. Of course, they also need to be trained in their work. Unlike combat engineers, baggage battalion is more militarized and training rather than battlefield combat and institutional equipment. In order to improve the ability of baggage battalion, the treatment is not low, and it is used to attract qualified talents. I thought it would be a big deal to expand a battalion all at once. Now, from the scale of construction, Zhang Han feels that his steps are getting smaller.

"The Military Command and the Attendant Department must make plans..." Zhang Han said: "The number of baggage soldiers is at least ten times or even twenty times more than what is now imagined. Of course, it is not just a sudden arrival, and recruit one battalion after another..."

"Good guy..." Li Shenming exclaimed: "Thirty thousand or sixty thousand?"

Sun Jingting turned to Tian Jitang and asked, "Is there any financial difficulties?"

In the second year of the Apocalypse, the war soldiers were no longer planning to expand on a large scale. They just kept recruiting students and teaching mathematics and geometry to serve as reserves for artillery and infantry officers. The cavalry was also qualified to recruit, while the infantry was no longer recruiting on a large scale. It is expected that in the second year of the Apocalypse, the entire army would remain below 11,000 people.

However, this trick of the baggage soldiers is equivalent to raising tens of thousands of more soldiers at once. Even if Zhang Han uses Zhang Han's method to attack slowly, it will be delayed by about half a year at most.

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"If it weren't for large-scale shipbuilding," Tian Jitang said: "With the current income level, it's not a big problem to raise 200,000 baggage troops."

Tian Jitang was inconvenient to say more, but in fact, Li Shenming also understood that the income had increased significantly. Overseas trade was expected to have a net income of 500,000 to 800,000 yuan, and the capital and northern pig iron and ironware income was also hundreds of thousands. These two were more than one million. The income from the account and mule and horse shops was more than one million a year, plus the income from smuggling business... The income from the first year of the Tianqi was less than two million yuan, and the income from the second year of the Tianqi should be more than three million. However, this specific number was top secret. Even if these people in front of him were Zhang Hanxin's confidants, Tian Jitang would never be able to say it in public.

"Zhao Shiwu's Qingcheng Division stationed in Banshengcheng and transferred the two departments of Li Laibin Tiancheng Division and Wang Yikui's Zhenlu Division to the north to guard the army. Li Congye led Lingqiu Division, Wang Changfu and Liang Xing to personally lead the First and Second Divisions to prepare the warning troops for strategic preparation... At the same time, when stationing on the city by the Xiaohei River, a battalion was adjusted and 5,000 to 10,000 civilians were recruited. In addition to building a fort, a military platform and a fire road piers were also needed. The project was huge, and the preliminary work could be carried out now..."

Liang Xing said: "There is no problem for the army to undertake defense. What is worrying about is the safety of Banshengcheng and Yang Sisun on the east side. Also, we must beware of the emergency of the northern empires, and attack the various troops in conjunction with the Tumote troops, and wander around invading the border... Once the imperial court is furious, it will be difficult for us to explain..."

Everyone here knows that this time the construction of the military platform was a relationship between the inner court, and the cabinet and the Ministry of War were not willing to agree to this matter... The Northern Barbarians did not invade in large quantities. When the pressure on the Eastern Barbarians was getting stronger and stronger, it was not the wish of the court's officials to take the initiative to cause trouble. They would rather suffer some losses in the west than to cause big setbacks.

A small war is not afraid of being controlled within the scope of Datong Town. If the war burns to Yansui Town and Ningxia Gansu, the entire west is in chaos, from the perspective of the court, it is indeed not the time to cause trouble.

"I'll go to Datong now..." Li Shenming stood up and said, "The Military Order Command wants to mobilize. Xiaozheng has no time. But there should be another person going to Yansui and say hello to Lao Du in advance."

There are police officers at the border, of course, depending on the size, and whether they are within the control range. As long as the scale is not large, if Yansui Town can downplay the alarm, then the pressure on Datong and Zhang Han will be much less.

Zhang Han thought for a while and said, "Can you please ask Kong Zhizhi to go?"

Li Shenming said: "It is certainly appropriate for Kong Zhizhi to go. He had been familiar with Lao Du before and had enough status. He just had one name. What name did he use? He can't be said to be your aide?"

"I want to do this," Zhang Han said: "I will go to see him later and ask him to leave Governor Wen and come to Governor Zheng's side, but we usually have our salary and salary, of course we will pay him with the best conditions..."

Kong Minxing has been in Lizhuang for more than two months and has not returned to Baoding during the Chinese New Year. His family is not in Baoding, and he only stays in his original hometown to farm. After the New Year, Mrs. Kong took her two children to Lizhuang and Kong Minxing to reunite... Zhang Han inquired that Kong Minxing's family was ordinary. After passing the imperial examination, he participated in an imperial examination and never passed the Jinshi. Later, he felt that his writing skills were still needed to be polished. In addition, he also wanted to learn from Sun Chengzong and try harder himself at the border.

(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page), increase your experience and ability, and also expand your connections... Being a staff member of a local senior official is one of the best ways. Once you have connections, you will also have experience.

With Kong Minxing's identity, it's still too wrong to be an aide to the guards of the Acropolis now, and Zhang Han's method is the best of both worlds.

"You can try..." Li Shenming said: "He should probably agree."

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After the military discussion was dispersed, each department went to prepare. The supervisors of the military department all looked solemn. They had a lot of things to do, and they were very complicated and difficult. Everyone was in a hurry and quickly did what they were doing.

However, the military leaders all looked relaxed. The army's mobilization was in place, and everything was done according to the rules. Moreover, daily training, remote training, and off-road armed training were subjects that were implemented every once in a while. Compared to the embarrassment of the Ming army's attempt to drive out might cause mutiny when they heard that they wanted to drive out, it was already very normal for Lizhuang to drive out. Whether it was garrison, change defense, or to fight against bandits, it was very normal for the army to do so.

Zhang Han pulled Li Shenming and Sun Jingting to meet Kong Minxing. The one who really had a friendship with Kong Minxing here in Lizhuang was that he and these two people.

Zhang Han also felt a little emotional. He now has many subordinates in the civil and military team, but when he really wants to show off major events, there are still too few talents.

It is difficult for many well-known figures in history and outstanding talents. Zhang Han’s current identity and status are attracted to him, but Zhang Han is not interested... There are not many so-called famous people who have real abilities.

Kong Minxing is different, and the literati who came with Kong Minxing are also capable... They are all disciples or disciples of Xu Guangqi, and they have profound attainments in agriculture, mathematics and geometry. These people are also able to play around with them. Zhang Han opened his eyes and knew what the smart people of this era were like.

Zhang Han also knew in his heart that Kong Minxing had the intention of being a guest here, and his main interest was also on farming. It should be that these Xu Guangqi's disciples arrived in Lizhuang because of this interest... Zhang Han was also tactful. Although they were all scholars and few juren, he rarely went to win over... Whether these people stayed or not was not something that Zhang Han could influence or influence.

"Brother Zhizhi and a few new classmates went to the Firearms Bureau?"

Kong Minxing was not here. His wife chatted with Li Shenming through the door and explained where Kong Minxing was going.

Due to his special and transcendent identity, Kong Minxing did not live in the large courtyard area in Lizhuang, but found a small farmyard near the original Guanzhuang to live in... Zhang Han was responsible for the rent payment, and Kong Minxing was not so pretentious that he was not treated.

"Mrs. Sister-in-law is cooking?"

It was almost dusk, and it would have been dark in winter. After the Spring Festival, the day was getting longer and longer. Through the door, Zhang Han saw smoke coming out of the kitchen.

Zhang Han didn't wait for Mrs. Kong to let her go, and pushed the door in. A servant came up quickly and stood behind Mrs. Kong. He went straight to the kitchen and saw two little kids with bright scalp playing in the kitchen. The pot was boiled with yellow millet porridge and soft muddy beside it... Zhang Han looked at Mrs. Kong and complained: "Madam is too underestimating Zhang Han. Even the soldiers in the barracks eat better than the Zun family. Why is it so cold that it is so cold?"

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