Generally speaking, plans can never keep up with changes.

Originally, in Zhu Youdong's plan, in terms of military affairs, he only planned to establish two or three model armies for the time being, and set up an officer school to reserve talents: Ming Dynasty now has so many problems, including ideological and cultural, economic operations, political system, and talent selection.

The administration of officials, etc., are all in urgent need of reform and rectification. Before these problems are solved, although the Ming Dynasty is huge, the power of the country cannot be fully mobilized. Therefore, this time is really not suitable for large-scale military expansion.

It's a pity that there are so many travelers in this plane, and two of them are his neighbors. They don't give themselves time to slowly farm.

If there is no other option, then expand the army. After all, it has not been long since the national assets were sold off, and the Ministry of Revenue still has money in hand, so he can still afford to expand.

Of course, it was fortunate that he expanded his army. Because at this time in East Asia, Japan was also beginning to build a new army on a large scale.

"Your Highness, after nearly half a year of work by my ministers and others, thanks to the support of various big names, according to the establishment you have formulated, the seven divisions of the New Army are fully staffed, and all officers have been arranged."

"Hey! Naotaka Ii, please explain to your Excellencies Date Gonakagawa, Maeda Tossune, Mori Terumoto, Todo Sado Mamoru, and Shimazu Satsuma Mamoru the specific composition of these seven divisions.

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"Hi! Your Excellencies, in accordance with the instructions of His Highness, the new army of Japan will no longer be formed by each daimyo, but will be formed by absorbing local people according to the region. According to the different gathering places of the seven divisions,

They are named Edo, Osaka, Kyoto, Gifu, Sendai, Kasugayama and Kagoshima divisions, and are numbered from one to seven respectively. Each division has three infantry regiments, one cavalry regiment, and one artillery regiment.

Brigade and an engineering brigade. In addition, plus command officers, military doctors, clerical and other non-combatants. A division has a full strength of 15,000 people. An infantry wing has a full strength of 3,500 people, all equipped with flintlocks and bayonets. The cavalry wing

There are 1,500 people, equipped with 2,000 war horses, and 500 grooms are responsible for taking care of the war horses. The horse breeds of the war horses are currently mainly horse breeds from Northeast and Hokkaido. His Highness has made contact with the Spanish, and will soon be

The artillery brigade has 1,500 people and is planned to be equipped with 50 artillery pieces of various types. At present, the artillery deployment rate is less than 10%."

Naotaka Ii reported loudly there, and Date Masamune and others sitting next to him felt a toothache: Everyone had seen the three thousand new troops of the current general in the Osaka Summer Formation. Faced with someone like Goto Motoji,

The elite Toyotomi army led by the famous general and the 3,000 new troops defeated each other in a single encounter. If these seven new divisions and an army of 100,000 had the combat power of the previous 3,000 new troops, the Tokugawa family would have swept them away

It’s more than enough to visit Japan several times, so what else do we need these big names?

These main foreign daimyo had toothaches, and Tokugawa Yoshinao, who was sitting on the main seat, also had toothaches: The new army's airs were set up, but there were too many areas that needed to be made up for.

It is certain that the production capacity of firearms, artillery, and bullets is seriously insufficient. But these are not bad. After all, the new army is mainly training at this stage. If the equipment is insufficient, it will take turns to train.

The most annoying thing is actually the height and overall physical fitness of Japanese people in this era!

The grain output in Japan at this time was about 20 million koku. And how many people did Japan have at this time? Close to 20 million. Even if a koku per day is calculated as approximately 160 kilograms, Japan at this time was barely self-sufficient.

Self-sufficiency. And this kind of self-sufficiency can only be achieved by theoretically achieving absolute average.

In fact, Japan at this time implemented a system of five public servants and five citizens: that is to say, the samurai class had to take half of the annual food unconditionally!

The remaining half does not entirely belong to farmers: Japan also has a large number of landlords, and they have to take at least half of the remaining half!

Therefore, it is very common for real Japanese farmers to have never eaten pure rice in their lives.

What should I do if there is not enough food? Then I can only rely on hunting, digging wild vegetables, and eating various grains to satisfy my hunger. If you do this, you can indeed survive from hunger, but this nutrition

Such an extremely low standard of nutritional intake will of course lead to stunted growth. According to the descriptions of Japanese heights by some Western missionaries in this era of history, the average height of Japanese men in the 16th and 17th centuries was less than 1.5 meters.

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A group of men about 1.4 meters tall were fighting on small Japanese horses. No wonder the Western missionaries at that time said in their diaries that they were a group of children riding donkeys.

Relatively speaking, although Thailand at this time is indeed on the short side due to race, thanks to the local climate, as long as the society is stable, there will be no shortage of food. In addition, Thai travelers were the first to take over, and they have worked hard to control the situation for ten years.

In the second year, a corresponding nutritious meal plan was also formulated. Therefore, the average height of Thai men has now reached over 1.5 meters, which is taller than the Japanese!

As for the Ming Dynasty? Isn’t there a saying called a seven-foot man? This ruler is a Han ruler. A Han ruler is about 0.237 meters, so the average height of men in the Ming Dynasty has exceeded 1.6 meters.

So Tokugawa Yoshinao is worried: If you don’t have enough equipment, you can work hard. Anyway, the Yamato nation is also one of the few in the world that can endure hardships and stand hard work. But this gap in physical fitness cannot be reversed in just a few decades and two or three generations of accumulation.

Coming!

I can't think about it anymore. If I think about it anymore, I really don't need to fight. I just want to commit seppuku!

"Everyone, during the Keicho period, Japan had more than 18.9 million citizens, including more than 67,000 samurai. Last year, the new emperor succeeded to the throne, changed the reign name to Yuanhe, and conducted another inspection. The results

Yes, in twenty years, the number of citizens increased to more than 19.8 million, and the number of warriors increased to more than 89,000."

Glancing at the dignitaries with solemn expressions, Tokugawa Yoshinao continued: "It's shocking! Everyone, Japan is a country with dense volcanoes, frequent earthquakes, and extremely scarce natural resources. If we continue like this, we will not be thirty years old.

In the year, this country starved itself to death. No, maybe there will be a bigger war, millions of people will die, and then they will continue to live on. Is this a situation that you want to see?"

After Date Masamune and others looked at each other, they bowed down with different emotions: "His Royal Highness has a long-term vision, and we will listen to the way of long-term peace and stability."
Chapter completed!