From the beginning, Zhu Youjian had high hopes for this new army. Whether it was the establishment of the soldier committee or the method of distributing pay, he ensured absolute control of this army so that the army would no longer be the private soldiers of the generals.

Now it seems that the results achieved are quite good.

After the condolences, the soldiers dispersed and went to eat delicious food happily.

In the Nuan Pavilion, after Zhu Youjian gave Lu Xiangsheng a seat, he began to inquire about the details of the military training.

"These recruits are very obedient and hard-working. After this period of military training, they have become like a regular army.

I plan to let them train like this for another month, so that they can have obedience and cooperation deep into their bones.

Then began to reorganize the battalions according to the types of troops. With 10,000 people, I planned to set up three battalions. Each battalion would be composed of gunmen, artillerymen, chariot troops, spearmen, sword and shield men, etc. Then I would train a thousand cavalry.

, all equipped with three-eyed blazing guns and sabers."

Lu Xiangsheng began to explain to Zhu Youjian the organization of the new army in his mind.

"Your organization is very similar to the Shenji Battalion that Qi Jiguang trained in the past?" Zhu Youjian thought.

Lu Xiangsheng nodded: "I refer to Qi Shaobao's army establishment. Your Majesty established the new army to kill enemies on the battlefield, not to defend the city. Therefore, the new army will be equipped with a large number of firecrackers and artillery. Three thousand people and at least one thousand people are firecrackers.

, and then loaded a large number of Folang machines, tiger squatting cannons, as well as swarm of bees, flying dragons and other firearms in side trucks.

In field battles, first use the Folang machine and the Crouching Tiger cannon to kill the enemy from a long distance, then swarm the enemy with Flying Dragon rockets, and then fire blunderbuss. When the enemy attacks, use sidecars to defend the enemy cavalry, accompanied by swords, shields, and spearmen.

Hold the line and use cavalry to protect the left, right and rear. When the enemy flees, use cavalry to pursue them and expand the victory."

According to Lu Xiangsheng's plan, this army was equipped with a large number of firearms, which surprised Zhu Youjian.

"Currently, the border troops are reluctant to equip firearms. Why do you trust firearms so much?" Zhu Youjian asked curiously.

Lu Xiangsheng said: "The reason why the army is unwilling to equip firecrackers is because the quality of the firecrackers is too poor and they often explode and injure the soldiers themselves.

However, I heard that your Majesty changed the military situation into a royal arsenal and put Sun Yuanhua in charge of the arsenal. Sun Yuanhua was proficient in firearms under Xu Shangshu. I also heard that your Majesty summoned more than a thousand blacksmiths from Guangdong, including Gao Bishen.

Folangjiren. The firearms produced by the arsenal in the future will surely be of good quality.

The soldiers of the New Army were all farmers, and their personal martial arts skills were certainly far inferior to those of the Eight Banners soldiers of the Jiannu Army. If they wanted to win the battle, they could only rely on firearms to suppress and kill the enemy.

Fortunately, firearms are easy to use. No matter how stupid a soldier is, they can master the use of firearms after spending a month or two training. On the contrary, the use of bows and arrows is much more troublesome. It takes several years of practice to shoot accurately.

It only takes a few months of training, and then being sent out to fight in a battle, and the new army will be considered complete. Then we can expand the army according to this model. With the population strength of our Ming Dynasty, there is no problem in expanding an army of one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand. That is

The pile can also kill the slaves whose population is only a few hundred thousand!"

Lu Xiangsheng said it very easily, but Zhu Youjian smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Don't talk about a hundred thousand troops, just these ten thousand people, how much money does it cost a year? Lu Aiqing, have you ever thought about it?"

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head: "I am only responsible for training the army. I don't care about the expenses."

Of course Lu Xiangsheng knew how much it would cost to follow his idea. But don’t you, Your Majesty, want to build a strong army? If you don’t have money, what can you do?

A Rumi gun costs about thirty taels of silver with the labor cost. A thirty-six kilogram tiger crouching cannon costs more than ten taels. As for a Folang gun weighing several hundred kilograms, each one costs dozens of taels or even ten taels.

Hundreds of taels, plus projectiles, gunpowder and other consumables, as well as swarms of flying dragons and other firearms, to equip an army of ten thousand people, the cost of the weapons alone is three to four hundred thousand taels, plus the military uniforms worn by the soldiers.

Clothes and armor, daily meals, monthly wages, and even seven or eight hundred thousand taels of silver in a year would not be enough.

This amount of money will never come out of the Treasury of the Ministry of Revenue, so Zhu Youjian can only pay it out of his own pocket. Fortunately, he just ransacked the homes of Wei Zhongxian and other eunuchs, and got five to six million taels of silver in his hands, but in a few months

Later, the cabinet and the Ministry of Household Affairs complained repeatedly and took away more than two million taels from him.

Either there was an earthquake here, or there was a locust plague there, plus droughts and floods. Anyway, there were few places in the entire Ming Dynasty that made people feel at ease.

It's not enough if we don't pay money. Otherwise, civil unrest will occur, and even more money will be spent.

After rough calculation, the little money in Zhu Youjian's hand could not last for long, so he decided to target King Fu and Shanxi merchants in order to expand financial resources and train more troops.

Of course, these words are useless to talk to Lu Xiangsheng.

"Don't worry, dear, I will do my best to equip the Imperial Guard with the best firearms. I just hope that dear, you can train diligently and train me a new army as soon as possible!" Zhu Youjian said hopefully.

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, if the new army fails, I will ask you!"

With a very good source of soldiers, a large number of outstanding officers, a unique system, sufficient pay and good food, and equipped with advanced firearms, if he failed to practice well, Lu Xiangsheng felt that he could die.

"Those honorable disciples and martial scholars, who can be used, who can't be used, and where they are used, Lu Aiqing, after you think about it, tell me as soon as possible." Zhu Youjian finally said.

Lu Xiangsheng thought for a while: "Your Majesty, those martial arts scholars are easy to say. After rigorous training, they are all good candidates for military officers. They are the noble sons and daughters. Can we transfer them?"

Zhu Youjian asked hurriedly, "What's wrong? Are these people disobedient?"

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head: "They are doing well so far, and they are disciplined. But after all, they were born noble, and all the recruits in the camp are from ordinary farmers or even refugees. The two are naturally incompatible. Let them lead the troops for a long time.

I'm afraid it will have some bad influence on the soldiers. You know, most of these soldiers are very simple."

Zhu Youjian thought for a while and nodded: "I haven't thought about it. Let's do this. I will transfer them and make my Han generals responsible for the security of the palace, or put them in the Jinyi Guards."

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Of course, not all noble disciples are incompetent. For example, a few people such as Zhang Shize are able to put their minds down and lead troops, but others are not. They only think about going home and enjoying themselves all day long, and do not want to live with soldiers.

You can't mix with the soldiers in a dormitory. In short, please leave it to your majesty to decide."

Zhu Youjian nodded: "I understand."
Chapter completed!