Since he was determined to arrest the abandoned sailor team, Li Tianyang naturally began to think about how to rectify this rotten sailor.

It is not necessarily true to say that it is rotten to the bones, the reason why the sailor is like this is because of the relationship that the upper civil officials do not pay attention to, since the death of many overlords among the pirates, the golden age of pirates has gradually disappeared in the Ming Dynasty.

Later, the Ming Dynasty had less threat from the sea, and the Jurchens in Liaodong gradually rose and became the henchmen of the Ming Dynasty.

Now that Li Tianyang has finally managed to get the position of Admiral of the Water Division, he knows very well that Wei Zhongxian will not be able to emasculate for a few years, and he boarded the last train at this time in the hope that Wei Zhongxian can still help and firmly hold this position.

If the sailor wants to expand, the first thing to solve is naturally the corrupted atmosphere of the non-commissioned officers and soldiers, but the more important thing is to see how capable this group of military attaches is!

Therefore, Li Tianyang arranged such a requirement that was not a requirement.

Asking Yao Jiangfeng and others to make up for the deficit in three months seems simple, but in fact it is not so easy. The displaced people who can be recruited in the coastal area of the south of the Yangtze River have long been recruited by Qi San and them, and now there is another Yan Siqi gang who is also quietly recruiting people to go south.

Li Tianyang secretly investigated that there were more than 6,000 soldiers on the rosters of the Penghu Naval Division and the Haicheng Naval Division, but in fact, the combined manpower of the two divisions was less than half, and it can be seen that the military attachés at all levels ate empty salaries.

There are also food and materials to eat, and the strength of the remaining half of the soldiers is also vulnerable, and the only thing that can still have some hope is the ability of this group of military attachés.

Don't think that military attachés are corrupt, they have no ability, although the Ming Dynasty is dilapidated and does not attach importance to military attachés, but most of the facial features left in this naval division are the kind of actual combat soldiers who rise up by strength, but there is no good backer to help one or two.

To put it bluntly, the official positions of sailors are used by the civil officials in the Fujian yamen to settle those who do not obey discipline and do not respect the group of unruly people.

From the beginning of the Dutch attack on Penghu Magong Island camp, Cao Yongyi led a group of remnants to resist the Dutch fleet with strong ships and guns for three days, until most of the capable fighters were sacrificed before they were forced to flee.

Moreover, this was before Cao Yongyi, the garrison officer, was defeated on the front, he first fled with his henchmen, which disrupted the position of the sailors and soldiers, and made the sailors panic, which gave the Dutch a chance, otherwise I am afraid that the Dutch would have to kill a few more days if they wanted to completely capture Magong Island.

These detailed scenes were collected in detail by Li Tianyang from all sides after the war, and from then on, Li Tianyang no longer questioned the ability of these military attaches because of their corruption.

This time he just killed a Wang Fang, and then let go of other military attachés and soldiers, Li Tianyang also considered it for such a reason.

The sailors were not taken seriously, and the military attachés wanted to get ahead again and climb up, so they naturally had to try their best to raise two dozen pieces of silver, or to deduct the salaries of the soldiers under their command for the sake of corruption forced by life, which became their inevitable choice.

When many military attaches were trying to recruit people, Li Tianyang was not idle, and the Fujian Yamen pressed the food and salary that their sailors should have, and Li Tianyang could not starve these soldiers because of this.

Hongtang is okay, although the new military uniform that has just been replaced is different from the military uniform of the Ming Dynasty, but compared to the cotton armor issued by the Ming Dynasty itself, it is stronger in terms of practicality at sea.

As for the food and salary that needs to be distributed after the annexation of the Ming Dynasty, Hongtang is not very anxious because he has his own livelihood.

Only the old department of the water division has been corrupted by a group of military attaches to the chaos in the camp, all kinds of materials have been misappropriated by them, and they have been in arrears for several months.

In the end, Li Tianyang had to mobilize grain from Bengang, and by the way, a batch of materials was transported together.

The day after the Bengang supplies were delivered, Li Tianyang summoned the entire old division of the Navy Division to the camp school field on Magong Island. On the platform, Li Tianyang stood firmly on the stage, and beside him, there were ten thick wooden boxes, which I didn't know what materials were loaded.

"Ladies and gentlemen, hello everyone, this official is your new commander-in-chief, Li Tianyang, the commander of the Ming Fujian Navy." Standing on the platform, Li Ruyi shouted loudly at the huge crowd below: "Of course, maybe everyone already knows my other identity, Nanhai Hongtang Hallmaster!" ”

"Since it is until the other identity of the official, then presumably everyone will not be unfamiliar with the official's personality, the official does not raise useless people, you can have no talent, but you can't not work hard, you can be old and frail, but you can't be without contributions."

"This official is not a person who does not pay attention to human feelings, everyone has shed blood for the Ming Dynasty for many years, and he can't do anything to drive you out of the barracks, so that you have nothing to do, but this official hopes that from today onwards, you will work hard, be loyal to your duties, and continue to contribute your own strength to the sea frontier of our Ming Dynasty."

After talking for a long time, Li Tianyang said with a red face, but the soldiers below were more expressionless, coldly watching Li Tianyang perform on the stage without saying a word.

However, it was Yao Jiangfeng, Fan Wenchou and other middle-level military attachés who echoed Li Ruyi's words underground, and every time Li Tianyang paused for a moment to regain his breath after speaking, they shouted loudly below: "Subordinates will definitely die!" ”

Li Tianyang was a little embarrassed, but fortunately, he had expected this, when he Hongtang first incorporated pirates and homeless people, and when he began to reorganize at the beginning, the big thousands were actually similar to the current reactions of these soldiers.

(End of chapter)