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Although various affairs are complicated and trivial, they make life extraordinarily fulfilling, and Li Yuanqing has to deal with government affairs during the day and work hard at night to cultivate his three 'fertile fields'. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, the foundation has already been established, and it has become a political ~ task.

On April 12, Shang Lao Liu led the fleet to return from Dagukou, and the grain transaction with the Qu family was very smooth, without too many twists and turns, and the uncle of the Qu family also gave Li Yuanqing ten jars of good wine, this time, the grain and grass storage of Changsheng Island was enough to support half a year.

But Li Yuanqing didn't give Shang Lao Liu a half-day off, he just went home and took a nap, Li Yuanqing asked Huang Guoshan to recruit him to the official hall.

Shang Lao Liu couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Yuanqing, you really want to treat me as a cow." I don't care, I have to keep two jars of wine for me. ”

Li Yuanqing smiled, "Brother Shang, those who can work harder." Isn't it just two jars of wine, it's all trivial. When Xu Heizi comes back, I will ask him to bring you a few jars of Jingshi's good wine. ”

The two smiled and exchanged a few words, and Li Yuanqing directly said the topic, "Brother Shang, we are now more and more populous, and this reclamation of wasteland will not be able to ink." Now, the weather is warm, and there is a lot of manpower, so at this time, let's strive to open up more wasteland, always counting on buying grain, which is not a long-term solution. ”

At this time, on the side of Changsheng Island, although various affairs such as room division and drills have entered the right track, due to various reasons, Changsheng Island is basically still a big family, and everyone points to Li Yuanqing to eat, whether it is a soldier, a female dependent, or a child, they all eat in the canteen.

In the short term, this is indeed a good way to stabilize Li Yuanqing's rule, but it is by no means a long-term solution.

It is imperative to reclaim land, distribute land, and set up a small family.

Shang Lao Liu's brows furrowed, and he nodded heavily, "Yuanqing, I have already thought about this matter. However, now that the army is training so tightly, it is very difficult to draw out manpower. Most of the labor is still done by the female dependents. But after all, the female dependents can't do this kind of heavy work, we need to plow the cattle. ”

Li Yuanqing smiled, "Brother Shang, I'll give you 30,000 taels of silver." I don't care about anything else, I'll leave these things to you. I told Guan Canghai, on the side of the 2,000th Corps, except for the main warship, you can call it casually. In the second half of the year, I just need to see the land. ”

Shang Lao Liu shook his head helplessly, "Yuanqing, you ......"

But Shang Lao Liu also knew that the midsummer offensive was about to start, so he could only nod heavily, "Yuanqing, I'll do my best." Also, Lao Ma is a good person, he is more experienced than me, and he can help a lot. ”

Li Yuanqing nodded, "In this matter, he will be your deputy." ”

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In the afternoon of the same day, Li Yuanqing was promoted to Ma Deqiang, the steward of the Ma Dynasty, to assist Shang Lao Liu, and handle all the government affairs of Changsheng Island.

In the small school yard where the 3,000th Corps was stationed, Li Yuanqing, Shunzi, and Yang Xiaochuan stood aside, and in the field, 60 soldiers were divided into three rows and began to shoot at targets 70 paces away.

"First row, all of them."

"Fill the projectile."

"Open the fire door."

"Check the fire door."

"Light the rope."

"Aim for proofreading."

"Prepare to shoot."

"Papapa......" accompanied by a crisp chirping of birds, and the targets not far away shattered and fell to the ground.

Li Yuanqing nodded slightly, and the effect was not bad.

This kind of drill, which is divided and carried out step by step, is more conducive to the soldiers to consolidate their memory, operate skillfully, and form instincts.

"Second row...... Third Row ......"

As all the soldiers in the three platoons finished shooting, Li Yuanqing estimated that it took about 5 minutes. It's not fast, but it's acceptable.

Shunzi, Yang Xiaochuan and other officers looked at Li Yuanqing's face, and when they saw Li Yuanqing smiling, everyone relaxed as if they had been granted amnesty.

Yang Xiaochuan said: "Oil paper includes gunpowder, and it is really convenient to set it up. It's a pity that if the bird gun is fired 5 times, it will have to be cooled down, otherwise, the effect of the children's drills should be better. ”

Li Yuanqing nodded, "There must be a process for everything, don't always think about eating a big fat man in one bite." You have to take it one step at a time, you know? ”

Yang Xiaozhou hurriedly nodded yes.

Shunzi also saw that Li Yuanqing admired and loved Yang Xiaochuan very much, and couldn't help but be a little unconvinced, and hurriedly said: "General, the sons and daughters under the command of the lowly position, the results of the drill are also good. Please also ask the general to review it. ”

Li Yuanqing glanced at Shunzi, who was originally quite vigorous, but when he looked at Li Yuanqing's eyes, he instantly felt a little weak.

But the sons and daughters under his command were all looking at him, and he hurriedly straightened his waist.

Li Yuanqing smiled, "Let your sons come." ”

"Yes."

Not long after, the 100 soldiers under the command of Shunzi also practiced the shooting of the three-stage attack, and the effect was not bad, and it was not much different from Yang Xiaochuan's side.

Li Yuanqing nodded and said to the two, "You two are not bad. However, this is only a static state, there are no enemies, and you can be given a free shooting environment. In the next step, you should continue to increase the intensity of your training, change the environment, and don't always practice in the school field. Immortal Island is so big, there are so many wildernesses, anywhere, can be used as a battlefield. If the opposite side is not a target, but Houjin's Eight Banners Iron Cavalry, will the sons and daughters be able to deal with it freely? ”

Junzi and Yang Xiaochuan were both a little proud, and when they heard Li Yuanqing's words, they were stunned.

They only know how to follow the rules, but they never think about changing the environment.

Li Yuanqing smiled and softened his tone, "You two are very young and have smart brains. You must know that Jiannu is not only powerful, but also extremely ferocious. We can't afford to give ourselves room to lose, and if we have to fight, we have to win. If you want to attack, then you must take it. Got it? ”

"Yes. General Xie taught. Junzi and Yang Xiaochuan hurriedly knelt on one knee.

In a moment, the soldiers around him also fell to their knees.

Li Yuanqing looked at the sky and slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity.

At this time, Changsheng Island can be described as a soldier with enough food, Li Yuanqing also deliberately increased the training intensity of each department, there are still two months before July, these two months, Li Yuanqing is also looking forward to it, how far can these sons and daughters under his command grow?

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The days passed calmly, and inadvertently, the scorching sun of June has come.

The weather suddenly became hot, and the atmosphere of Changsheng Island began to become hot.

I don't know when, a hint of news suddenly circulated on Changsheng Island that after the midsummer offensive, Changsheng Island will hold a grand blind date ceremony, and at that time, as long as it is a meritorious soldier, he can participate.

There are so many female dependents on Changsheng Island, many of them are very beautiful, on weekdays, these soldiers can only watch from a distance, even if there are really mandarin ducks who are in love, they are forced to be together.

But at this time, this news not only gave them hope, but also made all bachelors see hope.

On the 10th day of June, Li Yuanqing thoroughly confirmed the news in his routine speech on the tenth day of June, and promised that as long as they were in love, Li Yuanqing would give a big gift to each couple.

Li Yuanqing's speech instantly detonated the entire Changsheng Island.

Not only did the ladies begin to look forward to it, especially the soldiers, all of them were gearing up, eager to use their strength to feed, and practiced desperately, wanting to make meritorious achievements in the midsummer offensive and hug the beauty.

At this time, dozens of people, including Nanxinkou Daying, Li Yuanqing, Shang Laoliu, Guan Canghai, Xu Heizi, Duan Xiliang, Wang Hai, Shunzi, Yang Xiaochuan, Huang Guoshan, and Liu Dadou, attended the joint drill of the three thousand corps.

Li Yuanqing's military regulations, the army under his command, scattered drills in various parts every day, a small exercise on ten days, and a big drill in January.

The small drill is the overall drill of the thousand corps, and the big drill is the drill of the integration of all the armies under its command.

At this time, it was already the end of June, and there were only a few days left before the midsummer offensive in July, and Li Yuanqing also wanted to see what the results of the exercises of his subordinates had been in these days.

In this era, unlike later generations, communication technology and equipment are so developed, and at this time, such a large-scale exercise, all the orders of the commander must be realized through the flag.

Li Yuanqing's Changsheng battalion had almost no cavalry, and the drill at this time was completely based on formation.

Agrarian peoples always have a natural weakness in mobility against nomads.

Even if the various departments of the Changsheng Battalion have been equipped with some bird guns, but due to the limitation of productivity, the bird guns are still a minority, at this time, the whole army of the Changsheng Battalion has more than 2,000 soldiers, and the bird guns are less than 400 people.

The rest are basically pikemen, as well as a small number of sword and shield soldiers, as well as a heavy armor squad of less than 50 people that Duan Xiliang just organized.

With such a force, when facing the Houjin Eight Banners Iron Cavalry, they can only rely on the formation.

In the formation of the Ming army, the most commonly used are generally the circle formation and the phalanx, although the two formations are ancient, but they are extremely effective, can effectively prevent the impact of the cavalry, like a hedgehog, to protect the safety of the core.

At this time, the field is rehearsing the phalanx.

The phalanx is square and cornered, and the soldiers only need to line up in a straight line from front to back, left and right, and it is not like a circle formation, which also needs to be arranged in an arc, which is the most basic formation.

However, in this era, the level of education of the people is generally low, and there is no distinction between left and right, which is simply instinct.

Even though the various units under Li Yuanqing's command have been practicing for February, there are officers in front of them waving flags, and there are grassroots officers in the queue shouting desperately, but the grassroots soldiers of various departments still look chaotic, as if they are rushing to a big gathering.

Some of the grass-roots officers shouted hoarsely, and it took them half an hour to build a simple phalanx, and then the display was completed.

But even this was enough to delight the officers.

Liu Dadou stood up excitedly and looked at it over and over again, "General, this, these boys, really, really only practiced for 2 months?" ”

Li Yuanqing was a little speechless, "What?" Dadou, do you think they did a good job? You are from the elite of the Guangning Army, how long did it take to line up under Luo Shuai back then? ”

Liu Dadou hurriedly said: "General, there are more than 5,000 people in Luo Shuai's headquarters, if you want to form this formation, I'm afraid it will take two or three hours." ”

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but be stunned, two or three hours? What's this? Wouldn't it take five or six hours?

If you get up at 6 o'clock in the morning and start the formation, but at least until noon, the phalanx will be completed, then what is a hairy battle?

The officers under his command also had their own joys, even Guan Canghai and Duan Xiliang, who also nodded again and again.

It can be seen that they are very satisfied with the results of the training of their subordinates.

Li Yuanqing's face turned cold.

If this is in the future generations, even if it is 2,000 ordinary junior high school students, it will take more than ten minutes at most to list this formation that is so simple that it can't be simpler.

If you meet with the Houjin Tieqi on a narrow road, it will take an hour to line up in formation, then how can this battle be fought?

I'm afraid that before you have lined up, the other party has already rushed in.

How can this talk about fighting with the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry and taking the initiative to attack?

All the officers looked at Li Yuanqing's unkind face, and they were all a little frightened, and they didn't dare to say more.

Li Yuanqing glanced at them coldly, and said a little coldly: "From today on, all the soldiers will be integrated and trained. This phalanx must be assembled within a quarter of an hour. ”

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