Chapter 451: June, a bumper harvest!

After the complaint meeting, Zhang Zhun launched a large-scale military training campaign.

Because he repelled Zhu Dadian's attack, the two sides reached a secret agreement. There was no danger of war on the west side of Laizhou Prefecture. At present, Qingzhou Prefecture is actually a tacit unpredictable area. Song Degang led the Ming army to station in Qingzhou City, and the actual force was less than 5,000. As for the Hu Ben Army, there were no troops stationed in Qingzhou Prefecture.

The threat from the east of Laizhou Prefecture has not yet appeared. The Winter Sorcerer in Laiyang on the east has been very riots recently, and believers have been gathering from all directions in Laiyang. According to the report of the Intelligence Department, the uprising of the Winter Sorcerer in Laiyang is a foregone conclusion, and all that remains is a matter of time.

The Hu Ben Army had no war yet, so Zhang Zhun launched a three-month training campaign to improve the combat effectiveness of the Hu Ben Army. The ten infantry battalions, three cavalry battalions, and the navy of the Hu Ben Army had many new recruits. The combat skills of these new recruits were not fully mature. It just so happened that the three months were used to improve the skills of the new recruits.

Zhang Zhun called on the vast number of Tiger Army soldiers to improve their combat level to a higher level in three months. Otherwise, they will not be able to effectively attack the Tartars. If you do not have real skills, you may die at the hands of the Tartars in the cruel battle!

At the same time, Zhang Zhun also used this period to comprehensively brainwash the ideas of the Hu Ben Army and strengthen his hatred for the Tartars. With the help of Gao Hongtu, Zhang Zhun set up special cultural instructors in every battalion, association and team of the Hu Ben Army.

In addition to helping soldiers understand Chinese characters, the task of this cultural teacher is also responsible for the ideological education of soldiers. In layman's terms, it is the role of the political commissar in later generations. Based on the experience of previous lives, Zhang Zhun specially formulated a set of effective methods of repeated indoctrination of ideas, personally organized these cultural teachers to carry out training classes, and let them implement this method in daily life, subtly changing the thoughts of each soldier.

"Everything is for killing the Tartars!"

"Everything is for being a top student!"

Zhang Zhun made a call in a sonorous tone.

The fierce training movement began immediately.

The Hu Ben Army does have many new recruits. They have the enthusiasm for fighting, determination to fight, and courage to fight. What they lack now is combat skills. As long as someone is responsible for teaching and has good training conditions, in three months, they should be able to forge a basically qualified soldier.

There is basically no problem with the training of infantry. Zhang Zhun himself was born in the infantry. However, the cavalry unit had a little problem. So far, the cavalry unit had not formed a complete scientific training system. Zhang Zhun himself did not know much about the training of cavalry. In the end, this important task fell on Xie Youzhi.

Xie Youzhi lived up to expectations and used his previous set of Ming Army in Liaodong, combined with everyone's suggestions, to create an effective training method. This training method actually has no trick, it is to work hard and sweat. He keeps exercising every day and constantly beats until he is exhausted.

In the wilderness of Pingdu Prefecture, you can often see the soldiers of the Hu Ben Army cavalry galloping back and forth, the people on the horses were exhausted, and the war horses under their crotch were constantly emitting white air, as if they had run hundreds of miles. This is what the cavalry troops are catching up with time and training day and night.

The training of the Hu Ben Army Navy was also in full swing. The last battle with the Japanese pirates further confirmed the role of artillery. Therefore, all the captains and gunners were practicing artillery skills. The entire army promoted the quasi-volley shelling mode. Huang Shijun and others were racing against time to practice artillery. Their original foundation was relatively poor, and if they didn't work hard, it would definitely not work.

On the eighth day of April, Zhang Zhun made subtle adjustments to the "Juntian Order".

The main content is to cancel the regulations on military fields granted by joining the army. Starting from now on, when joining the army, the military fields will no longer be distributed, and the settlement fee of twelve taels of silver is replaced. In terms of rewards for meritorious service, the choice of silver and civil fields is also increased. However, the regulation of rewarding military fields is not cancelled. In other words, when making meritorious service, you can freely choose silver, civil fields or military fields.

Since Laizhou Prefecture has attracted a large number of foreign populations, many people come here with their families and the fields they have allocated to them in a short period of time, which is impossible to make profits. Therefore, if they want to survive, they must work and earn wages. However, not everyone likes to work. Working does have wages and income, but the work is also very tiring and cumbersome.

There are many refugees who are more willing to choose to join the army. Unfortunately, when they joined the army, they distributed military fields. Although the military fields were good, it is a pity that there will be no profit in the short term. The family still has to go hungry. If the fields are not cultivated, how can they be profitable? Now the reward for military fields is cancelled and the settlement fee of 12 taels of silver is given, which just attracts some young and middle-aged people with relatively good physical fitness.

For them, as long as they join the army, they can get a twelve taels of silver to settle the house, which can be used to purchase food and supplies and settle their families. Therefore, the attractiveness of the Hu Ben Army to new recruits has not been reduced. There are only minor differences in the composition of the source of troops. It is just that there are more foreign populations.

The most obvious example is that after the implementation of the new "Military Field Order", the number of escaped military households from Dasongwei and even Jinghaiwei increased greatly. After they arrived in Laizhou Prefecture, as long as they passed the test and joined the Hu Ben Army, they would have twelve taels of silver. At the same time, every family member who meets the conditions, including themselves, can obtain five acres of civilian land. Joining the army by themselves and their families farming is the best choice.

At the same time, Zhang Zhun ordered a conscious publicity to defend his own fields. Now the fields are stolen from the enemy. If everyone wants to prevent their fields from being snatched back, they can only pick up weapons and fight back. The people who have gained the benefits are naturally enthusiastic about joining the army. Originally, the Hu Ben Army was very strict in selecting soldiers, but now they are even more strict. There is no way, there are too many people who have signed up for joining the army.

"Sir, the Sinxiang Sect has officially started its business."

On the tenth day of April, the day of the great danger, everything was not appropriate. Zhang Zhun received information that the Sinxiang Sect officially started the rebellion in Laiyang. The vast army of Sinxiang Sect occupied Laiyang County and then advanced to the surrounding Qixia, Zhaoyuan and other places. Because the Sinxiang Sect was surrounded by a large number of people, they obtained a large number of weapons from Zhang Zhun. The initial development momentum was indeed very strong. In a very short time, Sinxiang Sect conquered Zhaoyuan, Qixia and other places, and then gathered in Dengzhou City.

"Master, will the Scented Church wait for Dengzhou City?"

Liu Rushi frowned slightly and said with some concern.

Zhang Zhun's plan was to make the Yinxiang Sect and the Ming army in Dongjiang Town suffer both losses, and it would be better to die together and then reap the benefits of the fisherman. If the Yinxiang Sect occupied Dengzhou City and became the new owner of Dengzhou Prefecture, Zhang Zhun's plan would fail.

As a military advisor, she is not very familiar with military affairs, and has no clear concept of the combat effectiveness of both sides. After all, she has never really come into contact with people who have fought. In fact, she is also a self-proclaimed military advisor by Zhang Zhun. There is no such thing as a military advisor in the various armies of the Ming Dynasty. The soldiers of the Hu Ben Army did not know that there was a female military advisor. She was just facing Zhang Zhun.

"impossible."

Zhang Zhun said disapprovingly.

Zhang Zhun was not optimistic about the siege of the Winter Cult to siege Dengzhou City. Dengzhou City has always been an important coastal defense center in Shandong. The city walls are solid and there are many troops stationed. Unless there are heavy artillery or know the blasting technology, you can't even attack Dengzhou City. The Winter Cult has nothing, and it is absolutely impossible to just take human lives to fill it up. The fighting will of the Winter Cult is not strong enough to be desperate and continue. As long as the casualties reach a certain level, they have to retreat.

In addition, Dengzhou City has a feature that other cities do not have, that is, they are on the verge of the sea and can receive reinforcements from Dongjiang Town at any time. The north gate of Dengzhou City is the harbor, where Dengzhou Navy stationed here. The reinforcements from Dongjiang Town can be continuously landed here. The Yinxiang Sect has no naval army and cannot cut off the reinforcements from Dengzhou City, which means that they will face the Ming army of the entire Dongjiang Town.

Therefore, even if the Yinxiang Sect had some weapons in their hands, they would definitely not be the opponent of the Ming army's combat soldiers due to the lack of strict organization and scientific training. The Yinxiang Sect's operation to attack Dengzhou City would last for a few days at most. Once the reinforcements from Dongjiang Town arrived, they would have to retreat.

Of course, the uprising of the Yinxiang Sect was also a huge shock to the world. Needless to say, the court ordered a severe punishment. Shandong Governor Zhu Dadian and Denglai Governor Ruan Dacheng both received strict orders to completely eradicate the Yinxiang Sect and not allow anyone to miss the net. Even Gao Hongtu and Zhang Shenyan also expressed high attention to the Yinxiang Sect's noisy.

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Ruan Dacheng, the governor of Denglai, was obviously more afraid of the Yinxiang Sect than Zhang Zhun. After receiving the news of the Yinxiang Sect's uprising, he was panicked and anxious, and hurriedly mobilized troops to encircle and suppress Laiyang. Shen Shikui, the general of Dongjiang Town, did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly sent soldiers into Dengzhou City to cooperate with Ruan Dacheng to suppress the Yinxiang Sect.

There are three main forces of the Yinxiang Sect, namely the Red-clothed Divine Soldier, the White-clothed Divine Soldier, and the Blue-clothed Divine Soldier. The Red-clothed Divine Soldier is the commander of the leader Wang Yilun, while the White-clothed Divine Soldier is the commander of the White Lotus Holy Mother Xu Qingluan. As for the Blue-clothed Divine Sect, the two of them are each commanding part of the Blue-clothed Divine Sect, and some of the Blue-clothed Divine Soldiers are independent. According to relevant information, the backbone forces of the Yinxiang Sect are about 50,000. Of course, these so-called backbones are still far away from the real army.

Sure enough, in the next few days, the soldiers of Dengzhou Prefecture successfully blocked the attack of the Yinxiang Sect on Dengzhou City. After paying a certain price of casualties, the Yinxiang Sect had to consider retreating. The Ming army in Dengzhou City immediately left the city and tried to counter the Yinxiang Sect and annihilate it in one fell swoop. However, the Ming army's plan was also unsuccessful.

The Winter Sect, which received a large number of weapons from Zhang Zhun, did not retreat. They fought fiercely with the Ming army outside Dengzhou City. In terms of the number of people alone, the number of the Winter Sect was much more than that of the Ming army. Unfortunately, the Winter Sect only obtained weapons and did not have scientific organization and training, and could not completely fight against the officers and soldiers, and had to gradually retreat.

Similarly, the Ming army soldiers wanted to suppress the Sinxiang Sect at once, but they could not do it. The soldiers in Dengzhou Prefecture had already been aired, and now all the soldiers in Dongjiang Town were fighting. Dongjiang Town also had to prevent the attacks of the Tatars and it was impossible to dispatch all the soldiers. Therefore, the war between the two sides was entangled in the triangular area between the three counties of Laiyang, Qixia and Zhaoyuan, and it lasted for a long time.

Zhang Zhun was naturally cold-eyed and indifferent. The more powerful the Wenxiang Sect fights with Dongjiang Town, the more power it consumes, the less resistance he will have to enter Dengzhou Prefecture in the future. Why should he interfere? The more enthusiastic the two families fight, the better!

In a blink of an eye, May passed.

Zhang Shenyan's private visit to Laizhou Prefecture was finally over, and he quietly left Laizhou Prefecture. When he left, the old man did not come to see Zhang Zhun, and he didn't know what the old man was thinking. However, Zhang Zhun did not expect the old man to change his party and surrender to his command at once, so he didn't care much. The contest between him and Zhang Shenyan was only the beginning now.

At the end of May, news came from the court that the Grand Secretary Wu Zongda retired. Wu Zongda and Wen Tiren were in June of the third year of Chongzhen (1630) and were appointed as the Minister of Rites and the Grand Secretary of the Dongge, and joined the official office. Wen Tiren only helped each other with Zhou Yanru when he was in the Pavilion, but was not in harmony with others. However, Wu Zongda was able to do so, so he had been in the Pavilion for six years and had sex with Wen Tiren, and was only a place to fill his position.

In the "Anti-Test" drafted by Gao Hongtu, this Grand Secretary Wu is also on the list. His retirement marks that Wen Tiren's group can no longer bear the pressure. There are Tartars in Liaodong, Shaanxi's riots in the Central Plains, and Zhang Zhunhe and the Winter Sorrow Sect in Shandong. The only quieter place in the entire Ming Dynasty is probably Jiangnan. However, who can guarantee that next time will there be a madman like Zhang Zhun who will fight to Jiangnan to make trouble?

In early June, eighteen Cangshan boats were launched in the Hu Ben Navy.

In this way, the Cangshan ships owned by the navy increased to thirty. With the captured pirate ships, the current Hu Ben Navy already owned thirty-eight warships of all sizes. This is a good number. On the coast of Shandong, no one is Zhang Zhun's opponent. The only regret is that these Cangshan ships are all near-shore warships and cannot be expeditioned.

However, the large number of Cangshan ships is still very beneficial. The patrol density between Zhongsuo and Mawan in the East China Sea is more frequent. A large number of warships appear near Zhongsuo in the East China Sea, which effectively shocked some people who want to be unfavorable to the East China Sea. If you want to take action against Zhongsuo, first ask if the cannons of the Hu Ben Army Navy agree?

Due to the significant increase in the number of warships, Zhang Zhun also added a maritime patrol route, which is from Mawan to Huangdao near the Haiyang Station of Dasongwei. In this way, the entire coastline south of Laizhou Prefecture is under the surveillance of naval patrol ships. It is impossible for the enemy to attack sneak attacks.

With more warships, the training of naval soldiers can be more diverse and perform more strategic tasks at the same time. Mao Huihui and others even drove Cangshan boats along the coast of southern Shandong, bypassing the sharp corners of Chengshanwei, and sailing northward to the vicinity of Weihaiwei. They collected hydrological data on this route in advance to facilitate their future northward journey. For the navy, the best harbor in Shandong is the Liugong Island of Weihaiwei.

In fact, Dongjiang Town itself does not have a better port. The port of Dengzhou City is not the best. It is just because it is closest to Dongjiang Town and closest to the Tatars that Dengzhou Navy chose Dengzhou City as its base. In fact, no matter from any aspect, the port of Weihaiwei will win much more than Dengzhou City. The Beiyang Navy will use the harbor near Liugong Island, Weihaiwei as its base.

In mid-June, Zhang Zhun arrived at Lingshan Guard.

The winter wheat is about to be harvested. He wants to go to Lingshanwei to see how much winter wheat can be harvested in the twenty large farms of Lingshanwei. The large farms of Lingshanwei have always been the focus of attention of Liu Hang, Liu Baoyu, Yang Liren and others. Zhang Zhun has also invested a lot of money here, and of course he hopes for a high return. How much food will this new production model bring to the Hu Ben Army? The Hu Ben Army is very much looking forward to it.

"grown ups!"

"grown ups!"

Dai Yu, Wang Ding's family and others all went outside Lingshan City to greet Zhang Zhun.

"Thank you all for your hard work."

Zhang Zhun said with a smile.

After a simple greeting, Zhang Zhun came directly to Lingshanwei No. 1 Farm.

The planting area of ​​winter wheat in the First Farm was about 11,000 mu. Later, the wastelands were reclaimed, due to seasonal reasons, did not have time to sow. Otherwise, this number would exceed 20,000 mu. In the past few months, the Tunding of the First Farm had reclaimed more than 10,000 mu of land, which was basically equivalent to double the number of fields in the Farm.

After several days of busyness, all the wheat has been returned to the warehouse. After careful statistics, the total amount of wheat harvested by the First Farm was 3.52 million jin. The yield per mu was about 320 jin, which was not high. The reason for the low yield was that the water conservancy facilities at that time had not been fully in place, and the amount of fertilizer used in the farmhouse was not enough.

There are a total of 1,000 jinshi in the first farm. According to the distribution standard of two jinshi per day for each jinshi, about 730,000 jin of grain will be consumed in a year. In addition, the reward for harvest is about 1 million jin. In other words, after deducting all consumption, 2.52 million jin of wheat must be paid.

"Two,500,000 jin..."

Zhang Zhun, Liu Hang, Liu Baoyu and others all had their eyes lit up.

There are 2.5 million kilograms of wheat in a farm, and 20 farms, which are about 50 million kilograms (about 260,000 kilograms). The current price of grain is about one tael of silver per stone of grain. 260,000 kilograms is 260,000 kilograms of silver. A Lingshanwei earns 260,000 kilograms of silver per year, which is indeed high investment and high output. Only Zhang Zhun has such a big deal, and others may not be able to do it.

Sure enough, after all the other nineteen farms were harvested, after careful statistics, the Hu Ben Army collected a total of 54 million kilograms of winter wheat from these twenty large farms, which was four million kilograms more than expected. Because there was too much grain handed over, all the warehouses were full, but they were still not fully loaded. Liu Baoyu happily searched for free warehouses.

After receiving this news, even Gao Hongtu couldn't help but put down his work and came to Lingshanwei to take a look. Gao Hongtu naturally knew the importance of food to the country and the stability of the regime. Since the late Wanli period, the court has been constantly troubled by the problem of money and food. This problem has never been solved. Now, it is incredible that a small Lingshanwei can actually pay so much food.

The food consumed by each person on the nine sides of the imperial court was only two stones per year. 260,000 stones of food was enough to supply a hundred thousand troops for a year. This was just one guard! One guard! And there were dozens of such guards in the Ming Dynasty! There were hundreds of independent thousand-household offices!

Note that this is a handover, not a total grain output. Someone has calculated that the total grain output of Lingshan Wei, including the front of Xiahezhai, exceeds 80 million kilograms, which can be converted into about 420,000 shi. If Emperor Chongzhen learned that a Wei produced 420,000 shi a year, it would be a dream to laugh. Unfortunately, these grains have nothing to do with him.

"Oh My God!"

"so much!"

"It's incredible!"

Faced with such a huge number, Wang Mingyu, Liu Hang, Liu Baoyu and others were all crazy. 50 million kilograms of grain! Even if 100,000 people eat, each person can eat two kilograms a day, and they can eat two hundred and fifty days. In fact, the number of people who need to consume public grain in the Hu Ben Army is not so much. With so much wheat reserves, the original food pressure of the Hu Ben Army was basically completely eliminated.
Chapter completed!