"Yes, Your Majesty." Ouyang Jianqing said, feeling quite touched when he saw me calling him by his first name.
Ouyang Jianqing had seen me and my appearance after disguise. But he didn't know that the emperor and Mr. Huyan were the same person. I had to admire Yao Chaohui's disguise skills. It was really miraculous.
"Jianqing. Are you used to it in the navy camp?"
"Your Majesty, I have long been accustomed to following Mr. Li. I have learned a lot."
"Well, Li Aiqing is well versed in water warfare. You have to study hard. Jianqing. I asked you to come this time for two reasons.
"Please give me your Majesty's orders. Mountains of swords and seas of fire. Jianqing did not hesitate."
I smiled and said, "Haha. Jianqing. It's not that serious."
Ouyang Jianqing also laughed and said sheepishly: "Your Majesty, please give me your instructions."
I took out a pamphlet and said: "Jianqing. Take a look. This is a draft plan written by me on the training content of our soldiers. It is for the daily training of our soldiers. I plan to start implementing it in all war zones. .”
This training plan is based on the training programs of the People's Liberation Army in later generations combined with the existing training methods. Most of the content has been implemented in the Youth Guard for half a year. The results are good. So I plan to promote it throughout the army. The content includes military discipline. .Queue.Physical fitness.Individual fighting.Throwing (preparing for grenades).Weapon fighting (mainly spears.Preparing for future muskets.Choose one from the rest).Individual tactics.Combined attack techniques, etc.
After reading it, Ouyang Jianqing said: "Your Majesty, this is still somewhat different from the navy's training."
"Jianqing, don't be anxious. This is for the army. As for the navy's training methods, Li Beiyang should be proficient in it. Jianqing, I plan to let you go back and teach this training method to General Gundam and General Zhang Jue. Let's They train soldiers in this way. The second half of the booklet is for special soldiers of each army. At the same time, you can also go home and see your parents. By the way, ask the head of the Ouyang family if he is willing to serve as an instructor in the army."
"Yes. I obey your decree. Your Majesty, when will I set off?" Ouyang Jianqing was very happy to hear that he could go home.
"No rush. We still have to wait a few days. In the next few days, you can go to the Youth Guard and learn this training method from Wen Zhang, the commander of the Youth Guard. As for the specific departure time, I will inform you."
I plan to discuss the final version of the training method with Li Tingzhi before making a final decision. This is also one of the reasons why I asked Li Tingzhi to come to Beijing. After all, I have no experience as a soldier, so I still want to discuss it with Li Tingzhi, who has been in the army all year round.
"Yes, Your Majesty. I will go to the Youth Guard in the afternoon."
"Haha. There's no need to be in such a hurry. Wen Zhang won't be able to return to Lin'an until tonight. Just go tomorrow." I continued. "What about the second thing? I plan to establish the Royal Military University of the Song Dynasty. The first thing to set up is the Navy. .The two major departments of the Army. I want you, Xia Song and Su Bingyi to be in charge."
"Military University. Your Majesty, I have no experience at all."
"No one has experience. But everything is made from scratch. I will personally serve as the president of the university. You and Xia Songyuan's military positions remain unchanged. You can be regarded as learning from Li Beiyang. And Xia Song is Xia Song. Your son, you have actual combat experience. I hope that the military university can combine military theory with actual combat experience and cultivate a group of military backbones. In two years, they will be in various units of our army. You and Xia Song learn and work at the same time. Military affairs and university affairs are being carried out simultaneously. Although Su Bingyi has no practical experience, he has a solid foundation in civil and military theory. So I will let him specialize in university affairs."
"Since the Emperor said so, I will give it a try."
"Jianqing, you, Xia Song, and Su Bingyi are both young people. Except for Xia Song, who has a few actual combat experiences, neither you nor Su Bingyi have experienced it. They are lacking in experience. But what I value is You are young. You are young. You are rich in imagination and full of hope for the future. You will be much less shackles on your thoughts. Naturally, your thinking will be relatively active. Society is progressing and the pattern of war will gradually change. Older people The generals have had too many successful experiences. It is extremely difficult for them to change their thinking. You and Li Beiyang have been to the Gunpowder Department together. The development of muskets and artillery means that cold weapons will gradually be eliminated from war. The development of weapons will lead to changes in the mode of war. This is not easy for veteran generals who are accustomed to using broadswords and spears. Of course, the experience of veteran generals is a valuable asset to the army. This is unquestionable .”
"Your Majesty, I understand that your Majesty's intention is to continuously introduce new things based on the predecessors to adapt to the evolving needs of war."
"That's right. That's basically it." I praised. "I have three plans for the construction of the army. The first is to make all our soldiers have excellent basic qualities. This is the first condition for being a qualified soldier; the second is to make We must have a large number of generals who are both good at fighting and leading troops; thirdly, we must constantly develop new weapons. As long as these three points are achieved, I believe that our army will be invincible."
"The Emperor's Holy Ming."
The Mongolian Ashu troops came to Luzhou, which made me start to organize the army in advance. I should not dogmatically copy history. Regardless of whether the battle of Luzhou exists in history, I should take a more proactive approach. I originally hoped that all It may be too idealistic to rely on the New Army. Although the industry of the Southern Song Dynasty is ahead of the world, due to the limitations of basic industry, it is not an easy task to create real muskets and artillery hundreds of years later. .According to the current speed, by the time of the Battle of Xiangyang two years later, the Gunpowder Department can only build 10,000 matchlocks at most. Ten thousand musketeers will be more than enough to defend a Xiangyang theater. However, the Northern Expedition must be fully launched. But it is far from enough. You must know that the matchlock gun is not a modern gun after all.
Even though the Ming Dynasty in later generations had red cannons, it was still defeated by the Qing soldiers. Therefore, the basic quality of the army is the foundation. It is people who determine the outcome of the war. Unless I can produce a large number of later generations of guns and cannons. Ten thousand. No. Even just a thousand soldiers armed with AK-47s can easily defeat the invincible Mongolian cavalry.
"By the way, Jianqing, let me ask you, are you familiar with Xia Song and Xia Qing?"
"Back to the emperor, my father and General Xia Gui once had a relationship. After I joined the navy, I also visited. Xia Song and Xia Qing were both there at that time. Xia Song liked martial arts. After learning that I was a member of the Ouyang family in central Sichuan, The empress insisted on competing with me, but I was lucky enough to win one and a half moves. From then on, Xia Song and me had many contacts, and they gradually became familiar with each other."
The Ouyang family is one of the three major martial arts families. As the leader of the younger generation of the Ouyang family, Ouyang Jianqing is naturally very skilled in martial arts. The so-called victory by luck is probably Ouyang Jianqing's humble words.
"Then what do you think of the Xia family?"
"Your Majesty, I don't know General Xia very well, but I feel very good about Xia Song and Xia Qing. I originally thought that the sons of officials and officials were all idle people in the government office. However, the Xia family brothers behaved in a low-key manner and were upright. .When I chatted with them sometimes, I would also comment on the affairs of the court one by one. The two of them did not have a good impression of Jia Sidao and Taishi Jia. It could even be said that they were disgusted."
Li Beiyang and Jia Sidao were at odds. This affected Ouyang Jianqing to a certain extent. Therefore, in Ouyang Jianqing's mind, he subconsciously believed that those who opposed Jia Sidao were loyal people.
If Xia Song and Xia Qing had this view, then Xia Gui and Jia Sidao would not be close. Jia Sidao's recommendation of Xia Gui to go to Luzhou just illustrates this point.
Since focusing on MSG, Tongle Restaurant's business has grown to a higher level and it has become the leading restaurant in Lin'an City. Even the ministers of the DPRK and China often visit it.
I put on a mask and quietly entered Tianzi No. 1 room through the back door.
Room Tianzi No. 1 is never open to the public. Even dignitaries are not allowed to enter.
"Xiao Tian, your restaurant's business is always full every day. It's really enviable." Fang Lingle said with a smile.
"Miss Fang, isn't the business of your Chengwei Escort Agency the same? Last time I met Mr. Fang, the escort chief, he kept saying he was busy."
"That's right. My uncle always said that our Chengwei Escort Agency needs to expand. Otherwise, we will be too busy with MSG alone. Besides, Shifeng Trading Company has more and more varieties of goods, and the areas involved are also getting wider and wider."
"This is good. I think it won't take long. Ling'er's escort agency will become the number one escort agency in the Song Dynasty."
"That's right. With brother here, it's not a trivial matter." Fang Ling continued. "Brother, my father wrote a letter a few days ago saying that he has other things to do. Coming to Lin'an to see you has to be postponed. As for the cooperation between the two parties, My father has given me full authority to handle the matter."
I smiled and said, "Ling'er has been promoted."
"What? Ling'er doesn't care about it. If you have too many things to do, you won't have time to spend time with your brother."
"That's right. Otherwise, Xiao Tian would find another escort agency."
Xiao Tian smiled and said: "Young master, I don't know. Almost every escort agency in Lin'an has come to see me. But I think it's better to cooperate with Chengwei. Otherwise, master, you will be in big trouble."
"Well. How do you say this?"
"Master, Miss Fang is very skilled in martial arts. I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Master, you won't be able to defeat her."
"Xiao Tian. Ask for a beating." Fang Ling scolded with a smile. "Serve tea. Apologize."
"Haha. Serve tea."
I took a sip of tea and said, "Ling'er. Did your father mention how to cooperate?"
"Brother, my father only mentioned in the letter that Mr. Huyan of Shifeng Trading Company is very wise and wise. He also told Ling'er that all cooperation matters between the two parties should be carried out in accordance with the method set by Mr. Huyan."
"Xiao Tian, how much do you estimate our bank's sales volume will increase by the end of this year?"
"Sir, this depends on the output of the production workshops. Although we have cooperated with many workshops and acquired some workshops, the growth of production capacity still cannot keep up with the growth of sales. Even if we do not add new varieties, it is a conservative estimate. It can also grow more than three times.”
"Well, that means Ling'er's escort agency must be expanded at least three times to be satisfied."
"yes."
"Ling'er, ask your uncle to recruit people quickly. I estimate that it may grow faster next year."
"Brother, my uncle is already recruiting people. My father has handed over all the branches in various places to his uncle for coordination. If it is three times the amount, it should be able to handle it. If it is bigger, it will be difficult."
"There is still some time until next year. Since your father has handed over all the power to your uncle, let your uncle notify the escort agencies in various places to expand together. You can recruit new people. You can also buy other escort agencies that are not doing well. I think Let’s proceed based on the tenfold expansion of our capabilities. If there are any problems with funds, Shifeng Commercial Bank can provide them first.”
"OK."
"Ling'er, the principle of cooperation is very simple. According to the ratio of Shifeng's 50% to 100% sincerity and 49%, we will cooperate to form a new business. As for the specific cooperation method, I haven't thought about it yet. You and Xiao Tian should also think about it carefully. .”
"Well, I understand. With Xiao Tian here, I will figure it out soon."
"Haha. Ling'er wants to be lazy."
"Brother, didn't you say that there is a specialization in martial arts? This is Xiao Tian's strength. Of course he should think more about it."
"Ah. Oh. Okay. Xiao Tian, please think about it more."
Xiao Tian chuckled and said, "Yes, Young Master."
"The food is here. Let's chat while eating."
"Sir, due to production capacity issues, I have an idea recently. Please give me your advice."
"Say it."
"Sir, I, Tongle House, can open branches in various places. Miss Fang and her escort agency also have branches in many places. So, can we also open Shifeng branches in various places?"