Talent is the most fundamental, the day after the craftsmen arrived in Tianjin, the craftsmen who had skills in prospecting were divided into several teams by Chen Mu and sent to various places in Kaiping in Yongping Mansion to explore coal mines and iron mines.

The delivery of silver and silver has given Beiyang's many plans the most solid backing.

Jun Song, together with Xiang Fei, led his men to Xuanfukou City, one to purchase military horses, the second to recruit soldiers, and the third to recruit grassroots officers from this year's Xuanfu Lecture and Martial Arts Hall graduates.

The recruitment conditions of the Beiyang Military Government are more stringent than those of the contemporaneous recruiting army, mainly because of the conditions for the education level of the recruits, at least they must have attended social studies, can read some words, understand some arithmetic, but there are not too many hard conditions in the physique, between 18 and 25, there is no physical problem, not too tall and not too short, sign a five-year contract, you can receive a relatively generous military salary.

The recruitment contract carried by Juniper was personally planned by Chen Mu, which was more similar to the recruitment contract, and the obligations and treatment of recruitment were clearly written.

Their basic salary is only a pitiful five cents of silver per month, which is almost negligible compared to the eighteen taels of grain and salt returned to the Beijing army a year, but the contract also states various reward and punishment systems, for example, every month long-shot, cross-country, combat, reload and other examinations to meet the standards of the school will be rewarded with half a penny, and half a penny will be rewarded when the first class is reached, and at the end of the year, there will be a year-end bonus for the annual assessment.

This means that without counting the war profits and rewards, a good Beiyang infantry can get more than the salary of the Beijing army - this is tempting enough, the contract is only five years, and after five years, you can choose to take the silver home or renew the contract for another five years, and if you make meritorious deeds in the process, you also have the possibility of being promoted to an officer.

Not everyone can be in the Beijing Army, and now the Beiyang Army is obviously the best way out for young men.

Chen Mu calculated when he wrote this recruitment contract that it is difficult to get the highest military salary, but it is not difficult to get a military salary that exceeds that of the Beijing army, if a person can receive a salary that exceeds that of the Beijing army in the Beiyang Military Mansion, it means that he has military skills far beyond the Beijing army - if this kind of soldier has the opportunity, Qi Jiguang will also rush to ask for it.

This is a business, and in business, Chen Mu will never lose money.

Chen Mu asked someone to make barbells, dumbbells, single parallel bars and other equipment for exercising the strength of the soldiers, and placed them on the edge of the school field of the Yamen of the Beiyang Military Government, and the huge school field was divided into three parts, namely the infantry school field, the bird gun school field, and the cavalry school field.

Under the step-by-step construction of a large number of craftsmen and people according to the design drawings, the infantry barracks with a double-layer structure of brick and wood mixed have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and the barracks are not only equipped with bathhouses and toilets, but also have sandwich walls for heating in winter, and the barracks are made more solid by cement-bonded bricks.

Before the construction of the yamen began, the infantry barracks were mostly completed, forming a continuous long street on the east side of the school grounds.

Yin Zhengmao stayed in Beijing longer than Chen Mu, and when he returned to the Beiyang Yamen, he was extremely surprised by the changes, and when Chen Mu took him through the school field, climbed the bell and drum tower in the middle of the cavalry school field, and overlooked the entire Beiyang Military Government planning site, he pointed to the infantry barracks and asked: "Jing Haibo has built many houses, so many barracks, how many soldiers can live?" ”

"To the east of the school field, the infantry barracks can accommodate 6,000 infantry households after completion, and to the west of the school field is the cavalry barracks, which can accommodate 4,000 cavalry households." Chen Mu withdrew his arm that crossed the battlements of the Bell and Drum Tower, and said to Yin Zhengmao: "Now I don't plan to recruit so many soldiers. ”

"What a big project, what about the north?"

Yin Zhengmao asked Chen Mu with emotion, the yamen opened to the south, and the gate of the Beiyang Military Mansion was also in the south, and in addition to the Yamen land where the stakes were laid, there was also a large area of land that had been fenced off and began to cut down trees. ”

In Yin Zhengmao's eyes, this is completely an inexpensive expense, a military camp is not worth such a large construction at all, he shook his head and said: "The cost is too huge, Chen Shuai." ”

"The Beiyang Military Mansion is not a place like the North-South Martial Arts Hall, and it doesn't have to be like this for military training."

Chen Mu understood what Yin Zhengmao wanted to say, he shook his head and smiled: "This is a new attempt, I think a military camp with a lot of money is worth it compared to the meaning that can be achieved here in the future." ”

Yin Zhengmao said disapprerovingly: "I would like to hear about it." ”

"The positioning is very important, just like the Siyang Military Mansion is to collect wealth and strengthen the army for the imperial court, and Xu Gelao's lecture academy is to train officials of the six ministries for the imperial court.

"It is a terrible thing to use them as grassroots officers, but now there is no good environment, after graduation, some of them can be commanders, and those who have no way can only be small flag officers and chief flag officers, which has nothing to do with their talents, not to mention which guard office has a student to do a thousand households at this time, and he can't give full play to his talents."

Yin Zhengmao deeply thought that every student who went out of the Navy Martial Arts Hall was a talent, and he knew this.

But in a short period of time, those people were embarrassed to be transferred to the place, just like what the students who went out of the Xuanfu Lecture Hall did most often? No general dared to let them lead troops to defend the border, so they could only train their troops and survey, mapping and mapping maps.

The environment that these people need requires the complete deployment of five sections of troops from thousands of households, and the combination of five sections of troops, and a regular battle unit must have 440 bird guns, 16 tiger squat guns, and 100 small flag arrows, not to mention two artillery units and 22 Zhenshuo general guns directly under the 100 households.

No matter how eloquent the commander is, what can he say when he sees such a subordinate who is too enterprising?

The reality is that it would be good to be able to match him with five Weiyuan cannons, but if you can't get it, there are only three bowl guns, and the small flag arrows can't be beaten, and the bird guns can barely get together three hundred pieces if they are replaced with fast guns and fire guns, and the tiger squat cannon can be equipped with two for two hundred households, which is already benevolent and righteous.

Not every thousand households are called Xiangshan, not every Wei is called Nanyang, and there is no money.

This is the embarrassment of the students of the North and South Lecture Martial Arts after graduation, after learning dragon slaying for three years, they found that they also learned the skills of training and drawing can come in handy immediately, obviously the comprehensive quality in all aspects is stronger than others, but there is no chance to perform.

is often ridiculed by others: "I really have the financial resources, I don't need to talk about graduating from the martial arts, I can win, do you have the financial resources?" No! ”

"The general installation of guns and armor can be achieved overnight for the huge army and vast territory, and Guangdong's ability to build machinery is difficult in the world, and now the two Guangzhou banner armies have not been replaced, not to mention the uneven governance of officials in various places, and it will take many years, Yin Gong must also know it very well."

With Yin Zhengmao nodding, Chen Mu continued: "But the quality of the soldiers is different, as long as the graduates of the martial arts hall have suitable soldiers, even if the guns are insufficient, they can also fight better than others, officers, as long as they can lead their subordinates to win the battle, the court will have a reward, and if there is a reward, there will be money, and if there is money to change clothes, they will be able to win the battle." ”

"Two years after tomorrow, the Oriental Military Government will take the first batch of soldiers on an expedition, will leave some veterans and absorb the graduates of the North and South Lecture Martial Arts Hall, as new soldier flag officers, military pay Beiyang, training place Beiyang Xiu, five years later, batches of outstanding soldiers retire, Beiyang can recommend them to go to the world to serve as small flags, general flags, they will be the best small flag officers and chief flag officers."

"Alas......"

Yin Zhengmao sighed long, raised his hand and wanted to pat Chen Mu on the shoulder, who was struggling with his work, he might not feel that it was appropriate, but his movements were suspended in the air but he didn't shoot it, he looked at Chen Mu and said: "Chen Shuai, the most difficult thing is not to train and select generals, but to ...... The guards in various places have good flag officers and good officers, but what about the money? ”

"Lecture on martial arts to teach good generals, Beiyang to train good flag officers, they will train good soldiers, and when the time comes, lead the troops across the Great Wall from the Green Ridge to Changbai Mountain, where will the imperial court get the money to reward these tiger and wolf divisions?"

"Hahaha!"

Chen Mu raised his head and laughed when he heard this, stretched his hand and crossed between the two, his expression was relaxed, and said: "Oriental, Western, Nanyang, Guangzhou, Tianjin, the right should be...... The first five-year plan now! ”