After a slight pause, Xu Xingxia continued: "I'll announce one more thing!" At present, the defense system of Fort Weizhen is still too weak. If the Tartars attack on a large scale, we may not be able to stop it. For this reason, I decided to increase the number of white-clothed troops by another hundred. Most of the white-clothed troops will be stationed at Fort Weizhen. At the same time, I am going to renovate the walls of Weizhen Fort. I'll pay for it, and everyone will contribute. ”

The military households below all showed yearning and concern. The increase in the number of white-clothed soldiers means that the strong men in their families have another chance to be selected for the white-clothed army. Although the white-clothed army has not yet said how much food and salary it has, nor has it said what kind of treatment it will have in the future, as long as you join the white-clothed army, you can be well fed, well-dressed, have military merits for killing Tartars, and have a pension for death. Such a good thing must also be grasped.

In addition, it is also a good thing to renovate the city walls. The walls of Fort Weizhen are indeed a little dilapidated. If it weren't for the fact that the Tatar cavalry never carried siege weapons, otherwise, Weizhen Fort would have been captured many times. Every time I saw such a dilapidated city wall, the military households of Weizhen Fort themselves felt a little frightened. Now, Xu Xingxia is willing to pay for the repair of the city wall, and of course they are willing to contribute. Who doesn't want their safety guaranteed?

"The selection of the white-clothed army will be held tomorrow morning, and the location will still be in the barnyard. If you are interested in participating in the selection, please prepare in advance. If nothing else, everyone else could have dispersed, and the six flags remained. Xu Xingxia announced succinctly.

Regarding the number of white-clothed army expansion, Xu Xingxia has consideration. After careful consideration, Xu Xingxia decided to order Zhang Quanfu to lead thirty soldiers to continue to garrison Niujiaodun as a guard outpost of Weizhen Fort. Their main task is not to fight the Tartars, but to detect the Tartars in time and raise the alarm. The remaining 100 soldiers were stationed at Weizhen Fort as the main force of the white-clothed army.

With Xu Xingxia's current financial resources, there is no problem in maintaining the scale of more than 100 people. In addition to achieving war exploits by killing Tartars normally and exchanging silver taels, Xu Xingxia also found some other ways to make money. He can provide protection for passing business travelers, and by the way, he can collect some protection fees. You can also go and kill the horse thieves and rob them of their treasures. You can also do some lucrative business. In short, in the chaotic town of Ningxia, as long as you have enough strength in your hands, silver is not a problem.

The expansion also had another purpose, which was to strengthen the control of Fort Weizhen. Gathering the best 130 young men of Weizhen Fort under his command is equivalent to firmly controlling Weizhen Fort. Behind every white-clothed sergeant, there are one or more military families. Even if the top sent someone else to Weizhen Fort, or Zhang Qiuqing came back, he couldn't change the fact that he controlled Weizhen Fort.

The problem of the hierarchical reform of Fort Weizhen was solved very simply. In fact, there is no major problem with the internal system operation of the guards, but it is only due to the lack of effective supervision that it will lead to today's chaos. If we have the ability to put things in order, carry out a certain degree of reform, and weed out the drawbacks in them, the garrison army can still survive and even develop to a certain extent.

"The errands of Fort Weizhen will depend on you a lot in the future. I'm just a little learned, I don't understand a lot of things, you are all my uncles and uncles, if I do something bad, please give me more advice. After the military households gradually dispersed, Xu Xingxia called the six general flags to his side and said sincerely.

"The adults of the hundred households are young and promising, and we are willing to work for the adults of the hundred households. As long as it is something that Lord Baihu tells us to do, we will definitely try our best to do it well, and we will never drag the Lord of Baihu back. At this point, please rest assured that the Lord of Hyaknohe will be reassured. Chen Denglong took the lead and said. The other five flags also said the same.

Xu Xingxia nodded and told them some of his thoughts. His basic meaning was to set up a board of stewards with the six general flags as the core in Weizhen Fort to discuss and decide certain things together. Xu Xingxia himself served as the steward of the management committee, and the six general flags were all deputy stewards. The main duty of the Board of Governors is to take care of all matters outside the military.

To be more specific, Xu Xingxia is ready to throw all other errands outside the army to the steward's committee to deal with. After all, he has limited energy alone, and he has to focus on the army, and there is definitely not much time to deal with other matters. Besides, he has no experience in dealing with those complicated and trivial things.

As a traverser, Xu Xingxia does not have much of an authoritarian concept. He was willing to let go of power. If you can't do something well, you have to hand it over to someone who can do it well, which is the basic common sense of future generations. Knowing people and making good use of them is the real one who is superior. I obviously can't do things well, but I have to do it myself, and the final result can only be thankless.

It is said that Zhuge Liang is so powerful, in fact, in Xu Xingxia's opinion, Mr. Kong Ming is not very good at managing people. He also takes power too seriously. He is too authoritarian, too dedicated, and has to personally grasp everything. Others, all say that his tool is a tool without thought. The final result must be that he is exhausted to death, but there is no great improvement in Shu.

Xu Xingxia didn't want to be like Zhuge Liang, tired and half dead, but in the end he didn't have any achievements. He also wants to make some time to walk around, and send Fuyuko to school. Miss Azhu's teahouse is good, if he has time, he still wants to drink tea and chat with beautiful women. These miscellaneous things must be handed over to other people.

According to Xu Xingxia's proposal, the board of stewards held a regular meeting once a month to discuss or coordinate certain matters. Within the stewardship, it is still relatively open, and different opinions are allowed to be expressed. In the event of a difference of opinion, a vote shall be taken. If there is a meeting of seven people and five people are in favor of something, it must be carried out. If there is a meeting of six people, what four people approve of, must also be carried out. Meetings with less than five people cannot make a decision.

Of course, if you encounter a special or sudden major event, you can also convene it temporarily. Even if Xu Xingxia is not in Weizhenbao, the stewardship can convene a meeting. However, such an emergency meeting cannot make major decisions, especially on personnel arrangements. Xu Xingxia specially left a back door for himself here, that is, during his absence, he could overturn the resolutions made by the stewards.

"Now, we're talking about repairing the walls." Xu Xingxia said eloquently.

After the establishment of the Board of Governors, the first thing they decided was to renovate the castle wall. Liu Guangliang and Lin Hainiu had a preliminary discussion, and felt that there were three places in the fort wall of Weizhen Fort that needed to be renovated, and all the costs added up would cost about five hundred taels of silver. These costs are all in terms of materials, not in terms of labor. Since Xu Xingxia has contributed money, other military households should consciously contribute.

"No problem." Xu Xingxia said briskly.

He quickly handed the silver into Lin Hainiu's hands. The matter of renovating the city wall was handed over to Lin Hainiu to be fully responsible. Lau's role is to supervise the progress of the project. The other four flags are also eligible for the use of silver, as well as the purchase of raw materials. If you find a problem, you can report it directly to Xu Xingxia.

These programs, in fact, are not very mature, there are many loopholes, and there are loopholes for those who are interested to exploit. But at the time, it was good to be able to supervise each other. What's more, Xu Xingxia believes that the brains of military households are definitely not as smart as civilian officials. If the silver is handled by civil officials, Xu Xingxia will wake up his spirit.

After discussing the repair of the city walls, the stewardship committee dissolved. The six flags went back separately to prepare their own errands. What to do, what not to do, there is no need for Xu Xingxia's guidance at all, these general flags will work hard to find a way. As long as people want to do things, there is a way, the key is whether you have the heart or not.

Xu Xingxia himself, under the leadership of Liu Guangliang, came to the craftsman's workshop to learn in detail about the production of weapons and equipment. The six general flags can take over government affairs and other things, but in terms of military affairs, Xu Xingxia still needs to manage it personally. The craftsman's workshop is the key to providing weapons and equipment for the white-clothed army, and Xu Xingxia must of course pay special attention to it.

According to the regular establishment, there are a total of 50 craftsmen in the Heiyu Shou Senhe House, which is led by a general banner. Since Weizhenbao is not the seat of a thousand households, but only as a subsidiary existence, the number of artisan households in Weizhenbao is only fifteen. Among these fifteen households, some have fled, and only a few are left.

However, these eight artisan households, plus their respective military surpluses and surpluses, also have a lot of labor. It seems that Liu Guangliang's family has a few men, all of whom can work. The military families worked, and most of the time, the whole family went into battle together. Even women will show up when necessary. Or take Liu Guangliang's family as an example, if the whole family is dispatched, there will be eight prime-aged laborers.

According to rough statistics, there are about 30 people who can work in the craftsman's workshop at present. Mainly relatives of several key artisan households. Liu Dachun and Liu Xiaochun are now working in the craftsman's workshop to earn wages. If necessary, recruit a little more. The premise is to have money. In fact, as long as you have money, you can recruit hundreds of people to work.

"I need a hundred sets of equipment." Xu Xingxia said briefly. Now he has more than 6,000 taels of silver in his hands. This silver must be transformed into combat effectiveness before it can be useful. After the expansion, the white-clothed army must be fully armed in order to make some people fearful. In these years, I still have to rely on my fists to speak.

(To be continued)