“Yes, that’s the standard!”

Yang Feng said solemnly.

"What is the standard? In Jiangning Guard, the training period for new recruits is three months. The training content of these three months is mainly queues, discipline, and does not involve specific tactical training. The purpose of this is to turn those new recruits from a casual civilian to a soldier who obeys military discipline and has basic qualities. And these soldiers should seem to have the most basic qualities, that is, obey... absolute obedience. This is the standard I mentioned. Do you understand?"

"Absolute obedience!" Lu Xiangsheng murmured to himself, a feeling slowly forming in his heart, while Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu's face were quite moved. Compared to Lu Xiangsheng and others who were all generals who were used to being in the army, Yang Feng's words naturally touched him.

After thinking about Yang Feng's words, Lu Xiangsheng continued to ask: "Your Majesty, among the new recruits, there are some who are strong and weak. Some are proficient in martial arts before joining the army, and some are only able to farm. If we train them to the same standard, is this appropriate? Isn't this a pity? It is important to know that warriors with high martial arts skills are rare."

Yang Feng waved his hand and said without hesitation: "In the newly built Beijing camp, we all have to replace it with new types of muskets. In front of the firearm, personal courage has dropped to a secondary position. Therefore, it does not matter whether the soldiers are skilled in martial arts. What matters is whether they have a strong body and a brave and fearless heart."

"Is it inappropriate to use firearms in all the Jingying camps? You must know that Jingying camp..." Lu Xiangsheng asked Yang Feng. After a while, even Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu joined the ranks of the questions, and Yang Feng also seemed to be very patient. You must know that these three people are the most valued assistants in rebuilding the Jingying camp, so you must reach a tacit understanding with them to let them understand their ideas and intentions for the establishment of the army. This is very important.

As more than a month passed, the storm that Yang Feng had dismantled the majority of the people in the Jing camp gradually subsided. During this period, many people came to Zhu Youxiao to plead with each other, and some even came up with an idea for Zhu Youxiao, hoping that he would set up another army for the soldiers and officers of the Jing camp who had been dismantled. To put it bluntly, he hoped that Zhu Youxiao would raise these people again.

Zhu Youxiao, who came up with this idea, got angry on the spot. To Yang Feng's words, if these people still wanted to receive the salary from the court, they would have to take up swords and guns to fight against the Tartars again and again. If they didn't even have the courage to fight with the Tartars, they would still be a soldier, and the Ming Dynasty would not have the money to support idle people. Zhu Youxiao's words made the love-spoken people speechless and could only leave in shame.

At the same time, the recruitment of new recruits was coming to an end. All 30,000 new recruits had entered the military camp of Dongzhimen. At this time, Lu Xiangsheng, Hu Dawei, Yang Guozhu and other four people also came to Dongzhimen to take office.

The school grounds in Dongzhimen are large enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people to perform here, but the dormitory is a bit insufficient, because the Beijing camp was divided into several places in the past, and now so many new recruits are pouring in, the dormitory naturally becomes tense. For this problem, Yang Feng had to urgently buy a large number of tents from modern society to respond to the emergency. When Lu Xiangsheng and the other two entered the military camp, they saw a large row of dense tents.

As soon as they entered the barracks, they saw that there were dense soldiers everywhere in the school grounds of several miles. These soldiers were all wearing green uniforms and wearing strange shoes (Liberation Shoes). These people were lined up in line to listen to orders on the school grounds to train in line.

Looking at the green uniforms of these soldiers, Lu Xiangsheng frowned and said to the general who led them in, "Ming Ming Dynasty is still popular, so the military uniforms of the Ming Dynasty are all red. Why are the uniforms of these soldiers all green? Moreover, they are not wearing the mandarin duck war jackets of the Ming Dynasty. It would be bad to change the military system without any changes."

"It's so good for the Admiral to find out." The General Manager replied in a humble and arrogant manner: "Report to the Admiral, these green military uniforms were originally just the military uniforms of the Jiangning Army. Some time ago, when His Majesty ordered the reorganization of the Beijing camp, Boye also asked His Majesty whether he still used the Mandarin Duck Battle Jacket to serve as military uniforms, but his Majesty rejected it.

Your Majesty said that since it is to build a new Beijing camp, it will naturally have a new atmosphere. Moreover, the uniforms of the Jiangning Army are pretty good, and it is good to use the uniforms of the Jiangning Army, so the recruits of the Beijing camp are wearing the same uniforms as those of the Jiangning Army. Besides, the uncle also said that the newly built Beijing camp requires too much money for telephone charges. If you can save some money, you can save some money. Now, it takes at least eight cents of silver to make a mandarin duck war jacket, while a green military uniform only costs four cents of silver. Why should he buy expensive ones?"

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but become speechless, okay... this reason is so powerful that he is speechless.

“One…one…one two…one two three four…”

"One, two, three…four…"

The sound of commands kept coming from the school field. Lu Xiangsheng and the other two saw the recruits lined up in line, and they were in a team of fifty people. Next to each team of recruits, an officer called the instructor was shouting commands. In Lu Xiangsheng's view, they could see the difference between the recruits and veterans at a glance.

The new recruits had a pretty face and clumsy movements, and there was a little nervous expression on their faces. On the other hand, the instructors who were shouting commands around them had a calm expression and a steady movement. The iron-blooded aura of a veteran on their faces could not be erased.

After walking for a while, listening to the constant sound of commands coming from the school ground, Lu Xiangsheng pointed to the recruits who were walking around in line with the sound of commands and asked: "Do these recruits have to train for three months before they can be assigned to the Five Military Camp, the Three Thousand Battalions and the Shenji Camp?"

"That's right!" President Bai nodded: "This is the rule set by Mr. Bo, and it is also the tradition of our Jiangning Army. Mr. Bo said that these recruits were still ordinary people a month ago. If they want to remove the scattered aura on their bodies, they must pass this level, otherwise they cannot be called a soldier. Although they are asked to line up all day now, they must realize through their actions that they are no longer a commoner, but a real soldier."

"Real soldier?" Lu Xiangsheng and the other two listened to the words of the President, and couldn't help but recall what Yang Feng said when he discussed with them yesterday.

After a while, Yang Guozhu suddenly sighed and said, "Mr. Lu, Lord Hu, although I don't want to admit it, I have to say that Jiang Ningbo has left us far behind in the military management. Although I don't know why Jiang Ningbo has transferred us and the other three to assist him, what I want to say is that if we can follow the steps of surrendering to Ningbo in the future, we must chase us. So I decided to train with these recruits for a few months, otherwise after three months, we may not be as good as these recruits on the military plane. If this is the case, we will be embarrassed by that time."

"Mr. Yang's words are reasonable!" Hu Dawei nodded repeatedly with deep feelings.

Although Lu Xiangsheng didn't say anything, his eyes showed a strong sense of competitiveness. His feelings for Yang Feng were actually a bit complicated. On the one hand, he was a little puzzled why Yang Feng transferred him, a person he had never met, to the Beijing camp to help him. He was also grateful to Yang Feng for giving him this opportunity. However, out of the pride of the literati and Yang Feng's reputation in the civil service group, Lu Xiangsheng was a little reluctant to admit that Yang Feng was better than him. This contradictory heart also led to him not knowing what attitude he should use to face Yang Feng.

"Let me see where the Jiangning Army you built is so powerful? When I learn all the methods of training you, I will let you know that literati can actually fight on the battlefield." Listening to the constant sound of commands coming from around, Lu Xiangsheng thought to himself...

Lu Xiangsheng was a man who did it just by doing it. That afternoon, he and Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei moved into the recruit camp and told the instructors of the recruit camp that they would train themselves like new recruits. They just thought they were ready to endure hardships and encountered the first problem as soon as they moved into the recruit dormitory.

"What...practice to fold quilts? And to fold them into this shape?"

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the quilt in front of him that was square and angular like tofu, and suddenly felt like thunder was rolling. He could swear that he had never seen such a flat quilt in his life. In fact, it was not just him, but Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu who were standing next to him were also stunned.

"Is this quilt really stacked by you?" Hu Dawei gently touched the quilt on the bed in surprise, his eyes full of suspicion.

"Of course, if the adults don't believe it, you can demonstrate it to the adults." The president beside him smiled slightly, shook the quilt on the bed, and then began to fold the quilt in front of the three of them. A few minutes later, a square quilt appeared in front of the three of them.

Seeing a normal quilt turning into a neat and angular tofu block in front of them, Lu Xiangsheng felt unconscious for the first time.

After folding the quilt, the 100-year-old said to the three people with a smile: "Three adults, Bei Zhi has demonstrated for the three adults. Now please ask the three adults to try it."

"Okay... just try it."

Hu Dawei strode to his bed, grabbed the quilt on the bed and started to fold it. As a result, he just folded the quilt into a ball that seemed to be piled together and could not tell anything in shape.

Seeing the results of his hard work for a long time, Hu Dawei's dark face turned purple and pale. It was hard for him to believe that he had worked hard for a long time and made such a thing. Looking at the President who looked at him with a smile, sweat almost burst out on his forehead. He said to Yang Guozhu and Lu Xiangsheng with a little dejected look: "Two sirs, come and try it!"

Yang Guozhu and Lu Xiangsheng also stepped forward and folded the quilts, but they were still disappointed. The quilt seemed to have a grudge against them. They worked hard for a long time but couldn't fold the square effect. In the end, the three of them stared at each other and couldn't speak.

The three of them, Yang Guozhu and Lu Xiangsheng's family are in good condition. They have never folded quilts since they were young, let alone after becoming officials in recent years. Even Hu Dawei, who was a surrendered soldier, is the same. After being an official for so many years, he has long been used to leaving everything to his servants. Now it is really difficult for them to make them do folding quilts.

Although Lu Xiangsheng had a bad personality, his IQ was not low, otherwise he would not have been able to pass the Jinshi. At the same time, he noticed the smiling face on the face of the President beside him, and immediately realized that it was very likely that the other party was trying to exert his power.

Lu Xiangsheng was a little angry at first, but then he thought about this emotion and suppressed it. He bowed to the president and asked sincerely: "I dare to ask Lin Baihu, what is the secret of this quilt? Can you tell me?"

"Of course." A look of surprise flashed in the Baihu named Lin's eyes.

Just now, Lin Bai was really embarrassed by the three of them. In his opinion, these three guys who came out of nowhere were actually valued by Bo Ye as the admiral of the Beijing camp. Those who had fought bloody battles with the Qing Tartars would fall below them, which made him very dissatisfied. Although the Jiangning army was so strict that he did not dare to provoke these three people openly, it was still okay to secretly give them some eye drops. However, seeing Lu Xiangsheng being able to put down his airs and ask for advice humbly, it also made him feel a sense of accomplishment.

Seeing Lu Xiangsheng lowering his shelf and asking for advice, Mr. Lin didn't grasp it either. He picked up the quilt and shook it and said to the three of them: "Three sirs, this quilt is also a trick. The quilt is about folding three parts and seven parts. Whether the quilt is good or not depends on how to repair the back. When it comes to "faces", it must be flat, without wrinkles, no bulges or depressions, and there are ninety degrees between the surfaces..."

While explaining, Mr. Lin, Lu Xiangsheng and the other two nodded slowly. In fact, the trick of folding quilts is very simple. They understood the truth in a while, and the rest was practiced. However, this is not something that can be done overnight. This is a process of practice making perfect.

So, starting from folding the quilt, Lu Xiangsheng and the other two began their "new recruits" career.

All this cannot be hidden from Yang Feng. In fact, Lu Xiangsheng and the other two asked to start training from the recruits. Yang Feng knew it from the beginning, but he did not stop it. Instead, he was very satisfied with the actions of the three. He was willing to recognize his shortcomings from the beginning and was willing to start the semester. This proved that he did not misjudged them. Otherwise, if they took the initiative to act as an admiral from the beginning, then Yang Feng would really doubt whether he had misjudged the person.
Chapter completed!