Chapter 16 Money (Part 2)
It may not be private goods. There are still many foreign people living in Liyuan Fort and Pingrong Town. As long as there are people, transactions will occur. But this caravan is large in size, with seventy or eighty donkey carts, and the possibility of private goods is extremely high.
"It's just a private goods, so what should I do? If you want to ban private goods, you can arrest Zhu Huan first."
Lu Ping and Li Sangou were both happy at the same time. Not only did they want to catch Zhu Huan, but Wang Ju himself had to catch him, and at least he had made a mule.
"Dalang, I'm not talking about private goods, but about Dalang taking office on the first day. They were rampantly transporting private goods to Huachi City, wouldn't it be a shame for Dalang to give face?"
"Second eldest son, you don't understand. Power is not only a body of official uniform and a seal talisman, but also requires prestige. Only when the people below are sincerely convinced and cooperated, can the government orders be smooth and orders be implemented. If the people below do not cooperate, even the yamen runners cannot be mobilized. Who should I care about and who will be arrested?"
"The magistrate is right, and the same is true in the army. If the soldiers are not convinced, even if they become superior generals, they will not be able to mobilize the army well." Li Sangou said.
"Don't worry about them, let's go back and rest." Wang Ju said lightly.
Lao Xue did a good job in Shaanxi, but he made a little confused. He returned to Beijing to report his work and fought with a merchant named Cui Lingsun to enter the post station. Cui Lingsun did not know his identity and the two started to fight. As a result, Xue Xiang told him that Cui Lingsun was so scared that he looked like a slut. He happened to be sick again at that time, otherwise the servants would not have fought to the post station. This scare was sick again, and Cui Lingsun was scared to death. Xue Xiang did not take action, but his political achievements in Shaanxi were so outstanding that many people were jealous and had no cliques to speak for him, so he was demoted to Ruzhou. Later, he was transferred back to Shaanxi, but became the deputy envoy of Transportation.
After Lao Xue, Shaanxi lost its inch. Therefore, with the support of some appeasers, Song and Xia reopened their trade and gave it to the New Year.
However, what is the benefit of giving up hundreds of thousands a year?
As private goods are opened, they seem to be flooding again in some areas.
Besides, Wang Juxiao, who is afraid?
However, good things can turn into bad things, and bad things can turn into good things. Wang Ju also wanted to move this private goods, but it was not the move method in Quan Erzon's mind.
Entering a new home.
Li Sangou's wife said, "Magistrate Wang, do you want to hire a little maid to serve you?"
There are only five big men in the family, she is just a wife, and she is okay to do housework, but some of them cannot serve them. For example, if they wash clothes for Wang Ju, they cannot become a magistrate now. Wang Ju also has to wash clothes by himself. If it is reported, people will make jokes. She can't do this kind of close-fitting service either.
"Aunt San, please invite a woman, just like I am in Yanzhou City, there is no need to hire a maid. Uncle Sangou, what are you thinking?"
"I'm thinking about the money."
"money?"
"If we organize a new army to camp, how many soldiers should Magistrate Wang recruit?"
This is the issue of the establishment of various battalions in the Song Dynasty. Basically, the first infantry battalion had 500 people and the first cavalry battalion had 400 people. In fact, it would not be full. In addition, some generals were given empty salary, this number could be reduced by one third.
"Uncle Sangou, how much do you plan to organize?"
"The more, the better, it's better to have more than 400 people." Li Sangou said. The purpose of establishing this battalion is to facilitate mobilization. After all, Wang Ju is just a magistrate. Even if Sun Changqing gave him a warrant to have the qualifications to train troops, or even partially qualified to pick up troops, he does not have much right to mobilize. If the magistrate agrees, the generals of the forts will obey Wang Ju's command. Therefore, a powerful cavalry battalion must be set up. At least Wang Ju can directly control this cavalry battalion, and it will be easier to do things in Huachi in the future. Therefore, the number of people cannot be small.
In fact, Wang Ju laughed in his heart. In the future, there will be 100,000 enemies. I wonder if Li Sangou knows the truth, the number of people in his heart will be hundreds or thousands? Of course, his camp was not only what Li Sangou thought, but his heart was even wilder...
Wang Ju still said calmly: "It's not four hundred people. If possible, I want to make up nearly a thousand people, but not nearly a thousand people, preferably seven or eight hundred people."
"The court will not allow it." Lu Ping said.
"First build it up, then practice it. The formal Fan Luo Army stabbed the face, and the rest did not stab it, and only trained the army."
"That's fine?"
"Lu Ping, you don't understand. Even if you are enrolled into the Fan Lu, the foreigners may not be happy. The treatment is too poor, and it is not as good as the banish soldiers, so it is easy to handle. The remaining treatment is the same. Maybe the foreigners are still happy with this novel organization."
Lu Ping still couldn't understand.
"The two types of organizational arrangements are the same, the same camp, the same training, the same combat, the same treatment, the difference is that the latter has the right to come and go, but when leaving, they must take off their armor, put down their weapons, and cancel their treatment. The former will be restricted by the army. However, when talking about military merits, the former will receive more rewards. Therefore, it is enough to do two. It must be made clear before the organization. Once in, it must be treated as a regular sergeant, and the military law must be treated as military law like regular sergeants. Once they withdraw, they must apply three months in advance. Do not make a request for withdrawal before the battle, otherwise the military law will be treated as military law."
"Will anyone disagree?"
"If the treatment is kept up, no one will be dissatisfied."
"There will be more money to use, and only more than 800 people are planned to have more than 800 strong horses in Huachi, but the horses in their hands are of varying quality. If you want a truly powerful cavalry, you must replace nearly half of the war horses. Moreover, not all the strong horses will intentionally enter this Xinfan Lou, and maybe not even half of them are not. In addition, some horses and pack horses must be prepared. If there are more than 800 people, at least one hundred horses must be prepared and two or three hundred pack horses must be prepared." Li Sangou said worriedly.
"Where is the money?" Quan Er's eldest son finally understood.
If you follow the algorithm of Li Sangou, more than 800 people may have to prepare more than 700 good horses and nearly 300 pack horses. A real good horse costs at least more than 50 stags of money. How much does this horse alone cost?
Besides, there are weapons and armor, as well as the treatment Wang Ju mentioned, so I am afraid that other battalions may also need some funding.
This will be an astronomical fee.
"Believe me." Wang Ju said.
Just these four words, Li Sangou shut up. Because he saw too many things, he had to believe it like Zhu and Li's family.
At this time, the caravan also entered the city, with a few camels inside, with camel bells tied to them. Under the summer evening breeze, the pleasant bells actually floated into Wang Ju's ears...
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"Another weapon to add field battles," said Zhang Yu.
This person was praised as the first general among the 37 generals in Hebei after the implementation of military tactics. It may have been exaggerated, or it may have been because the court did not use it well, but he can be regarded as a talented general, and Wang Ju's intention can be seen at a glance.
Why not be large-scale, but miniaturized? Because it is easy to operate and convenient to transport, it can be used for field combat.
This is exactly what Wang Ju thought. If Li Ding continues to bring the Divine Arm Bow technique in the future, the two can be well matched.
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But it fires faster than the current Song Dynasty catapult. When the two armies face off, if the two operations are changed to four-man operations and cooperate well, at this distance, even if the enemy cavalry sprints, they can throw two to three fire caltrops. If they are infantry, they can throw six to seven times.
For infantry, let’s not forget it. See if it can be used in the future when fighting. Xixia and Liao Kingdom mostly charge with cavalry. Either good luck, Xixia let a group of men sprint to sprint, which can cause greater damage.
With the Divine Arm Bow, the first firepower will become very strong.
But overall, its firing rate is still very slow, which is why the artillery eventually replaced the Huiyu gun.
In addition, the cost is expensive. For example, even if some mold technology can be improved in the future, the cost is probably more than 100 times that of later generations.
The second is to use steel well, especially the pulley set and spring set, but it has one advantage, which invisibly raises its threshold. Even if it is defeated in the future and is obtained by the Xixia people, it will not be easily imitated by the Xixia people unless the steel control technology is leaked.
Several people asked the yamen runners to load them onto the car and transport them to the capital.
The improvement of gunpowder, the decrease in the weight of armor, the new stone cannon, and the fire thorns, are far better than the Divine Arm Bow, and no one can ignore it.
"I don't know what the court thinks. If you use this new steel to change armor and weapons, even if you have half of the equipment and invest five thousand cannons, the combat power of Huanqing Road will be doubled." Zhong Zhi said.
That's right, but the money from the Song Dynasty came.
Two thousand cannons and half of the armor and weapons are replaced. I am afraid that even after the Xining reform, the treasury situation will improve, and it will not be possible. It can be done, but Huanqing Road will be replaced, and the other four roads will be replaced? And Hebei and Hedong will also have to change as much as possible. There are not many roads, and so many border areas will be combined together, how much does it cost?
So this idea was inferior, and Wang Anshi and Zhao Xu also thought so. With a wealth of finances, they could launch a conquest.
All were wrong.
The Song Dynasty was not unadvanced, but quite advanced, and mainly the system. Unless Wang Ju had the golden finger and developed weapons to the European level when the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded the Qing Dynasty, how much industrial system would it affect? I'm afraid even a scientist could not do it.
But Sun Changqing liked it very much.
He is soft-hearted and does not understand military affairs, so he can only defend passively. With this kind of stone cannon and fire thorns, the intensity of defense will increase. As for field battles, go to hell.
Although I admire Wang Ju's Linglong thoughts, I was a little worried.
"General Zhang, he asked me for the power to train troops."
"He wants to train troops?"
"It seems like I have this idea."
"What kind of soldiers can he train?" Zhang Yu sarcastically said. It's not that he looked down on Wang Ju. He also needs to be experienced. A literati and a young boy. What kind of methods can he train?
"You don't have confidence, either?"
"He is a little young and competitive."
"No, General Zhang, go to Huachi immediately." Sun Changqing said. You can't rely on your own thoughts, nor can you listen to Wang Ju's opinions. Zhang Yu said no, that's not possible. If it arouses a mutiny in the army, Wang Ju will be even more sad.
Chapter completed!