What kind of army is this? Which country’s army is this?
Even though I was mentally prepared before coming and didn't have high hopes for the New Army, at least the word "New Army" was still hanging around anyway. How could it be any worse?
But what is it that appears in front of us at this moment?
Wang Hengyue felt frustrated for the first time since he came to this era!
He rushed to Rong County excitedly and went straight to the military camp in the west of the city. He originally thought that he would officially take office and start a big fight, but what kind of thing did he see in front of him?
A few dilapidated thatched houses were surrounded by a fence. Even if they were regarded as "military camps", there was not even a guard standing guard at the door.
The harsh conditions were bearable, but those "new troops" were simply miserable.
Altogether there are between 40 and 50 people. The old one can be Wang Hengyue's grandfather. The younger ones are only thirteen or fourteen years old. What's even worse is that more than half of them have this obvious look on their faces.
The color of the smoke is obviously that of a heavy cigarette smoker.
Let’s look at the weapons again. Good guy, Wang Hengyue just feels like he’s in a primitive society.
A blunt and shabby broadsword, a spear tied with a rope... Well, at least this can scare people, but there are more than a dozen people, and what they are holding in their hands is actually——
It’s actually a wooden stick!
This "new army" is far inferior to the bandit Lu Baogen who fought against him!
"Are we in the wrong place?" Peter shouted again, and then he nodded with certainty: "Well, the guide is not good, we are in the wrong place, thank you, where is the army? Please tell us the army
where?"
The person who was called "Xie" by Peter was Xie Shuixiang, who acted for Wang Hengyue when the team officer Wang Hengyue did not take office. His name was Dongliu.
Xie Shuixiang had a serious background. He graduated from Nanjing Military Academy. He was originally going to be detained in school, but he insisted on returning to Sichuan to help organize and train the Sichuan New Army.
After listening to Peter's words, Xie Shuixiang lazily pointed to the "soldiers" in front of him: "Well, isn't this an army?"
"This is an army? No, this is not an army, it is worse than bandits!" Pete was so excited that he waved his fist and shouted: "An army composed of just any children can defeat them! This, this is simply,
I simply don’t know what to say!”
It was rare for Pete to use the right idiom. Unfortunately, everyone was preoccupied with it and no one praised him.
Xie Shuixiang rolled his eyes at Peter: "What do you know, you foreign devil? I also want to organize a decent army, but where is the money? Where are the weapons?"
Then he turned to Wang Hengyue: "Officer Wang, I have a humble job. Ever since I received this assignment, I wanted to refuse it, but the stone pipe leader repeatedly refused and said that I would come first and the money would arrive later. But I'm here.
I have been waiting for more than two months and haven’t seen a cent of money. These are from the original green camp. I have really tried my best.”
Wang Hengyue heard the difficulty in his words, and Yu Lei suddenly asked: "Master Xie, did you offend Shi Guandai?"
Xie Shuixiang smiled bitterly and did not answer. If he hadn't offended Shi Fengrong, how could he be in such an embarrassing situation?
At this time, everyone was disheartened, but Yu Lei bowed to Wang Hengyue: "Congratulations, sir, congratulations, sir, for getting an elite division out of thin air, the division of tigers and wolves!"
"Fuck you!" Wang Hengyue finally couldn't help but cursed: "Take this army to fight for me!"
Yu Lei didn't care at all: "My lord, in fact, the imperial army is often in this situation. The so-called new army is half adapted from the original old army. This is the name that my lord wants. With the new army
Name, won't your Excellency dismiss all these people and recruit them again? It's not difficult, I'm just afraid of those who are willing. When Yuan Shikai was training troops at the small station, the students thought that they might not be much better than your Excellency.
What Yuan Shikai can do, adults can do too."
The anger in Wang Hengyue's heart gradually disappeared. Although what Yu Lei said made sense, it was really difficult to do it.
If you want to recruit again, the first thing you need is money! But the difficulty lies in money. Where can you get money? I still have less than 10,000 taels of silver in my pocket. That is enough to recruit troops, but the weapons are not there.
Where can I get money to buy it?
Yu Lei actually compared himself with Yuan Shikai? When Yuan Shikai was training at the small station, what was his background? What was his background?
"Sir Xie, how much is the new army's salary?" Yu Lei asked slowly.
"Wartime or normal times?" Xie Shuixiang did not understand the meaning of Yu Lei's words.
"How much is it in wartime, and how much is it in normal times?"
"In wartime, soldiers receive 7 liang and 2 taels, corporals 8 taels and 2 taels, and sergeants 9 taels and 2 cents... If we talk about normal times, we are not as wealthy as Beiyang. Standing soldiers only get 2 taels and 6 taels of pay, and we can continue to prepare troops.
Even less..." Xie Shuixiang was very familiar with military affairs and spoke out one by one without having time to think.
Yu Lei's eyes rolled around for a long time, and he pulled Wang Hengyue aside: "Sir, there is a plan for the new army. These soldiers will never be used. We will recruit another new army of 150 people. Each qualified person will
The actual payment of three taels of silver per month and the advance payment of three months totals one thousand three hundred and fifty taels of silver, which is not a lot of money..."
Wang Hengyue was able to get the more than one thousand taels of silver, but he didn't say anything and listened attentively to Yu Lei's words:
"Your Excellency, you can immediately send someone to report to Shiguandai and say that we have recruited 150 new troops, but we only need to get the salary of 100 people..."
Wang Hengyue immediately understood that the wages of the remaining fifty people were considered as filial piety to him, Master Shi Fengrong, Shi Guandai Shi!
There are few opportunities to make money as a military attache, so the only way to make money is through military pay. Taking advantage of empty pay and deducting money from pay are the only ways to make money. Now that we are in the new army, each battalion and each team has a fixed number of soldiers, otherwise
It wouldn't hurt to sign up and recruit 200 people.
"Although your Excellency can only get the salary of a hundred people every month, it is better than nothing. Moreover, by doing this, it will be easier to deal with Shi Fengrong in the future. Besides, Shi Fengrong will not receive the military salary of fifty people.
Everything falls into his pocket, so he has no choice but to be filial to his superiors."
After Yu Lei's words, Wang Hengyue pondered for a while, and then nodded: "Go and do this, set off immediately, and bring another one hundred taels of silver notes, no!" Wang Hengyue gritted his teeth: "Take another two hundred.
I'll give you two silver notes and ask Shi Fengrong to allocate a batch of new weapons to me no matter what!"
As he said that, he suddenly became suspicious: "Yu Lei, you won't run away with the money, right?"
Yu Lei actually wasn't angry at all: "Sir, if you are a student who follows you, you will have a great future. How can you ignore your great future for a mere two hundred taels of silver? Don't worry, sir!"
That's what he said, and Wang Hengyue felt a little relieved!