To build a real army, it must be completely different from the hunter teams trained separately by each tribe in the past.
Building a military camp and recruiting soldiers is just the beginning.
Logistics is a big problem if we want to ensure the daily training and food and clothing of the imperial army.
In the past, no tribe could afford such a huge group that was completely separated from production, and it was also the youngest and strongest main labor group.
But now, with the establishment of Pakistan and the initial completion of various management departments and taxation systems, this impossible thing can basically be supported.
Even so, the scale must not be too large. One hundred people is the limit in Xu Chen's opinion.
In addition, in this era of belief in gods and gods ruled by witches, there is actually no need to go too large.
The biggest purpose of establishing this forbidden army is to maintain the majesty of the royal city and royal power. It is still a face-saving project.
In the next two days, Xu Chen continuously summoned several witches and some of the leaders of the royal city such as Feng, Long, Lei, etc., and began to arrange the logistics of the military camp.
First of all, we need to ensure that there is enough food. There should be enough food, fish, vegetables, etc. every day.
Tens of thousands of kilograms of grain have been collected and stored in the Royal City Warehouse. They only need to arrange for people to deliver it to the military camp canteen on a regular basis, but fish, meat and vegetables need to be found separately.
Hundreds of acres of farmland have been opened near the military camps and warehouses, as well as ponds and vegetable gardens for raising fish, ducks and growing vegetables. However, these have just been completed in a hurry in the spring and have not yet produced benefits, so procurement needs to be completed.
In addition to human food, the military camp also requisitioned thirty horses from various tribes, of which the Ba tribe took the lion's share, accounting for half of the number.
Horses are now more valuable than people. In addition to daily grazing, extensive training requires enhanced nutrition and salt supplementation. The creation and maintenance of horse gear is also very important. Therefore, this is also an urgent problem to be solved and cannot be delayed for a day.
In order to ensure that the people in the military camp had enough to eat, Xu Chen had to set up a logistics department of the Forbidden Army, with Gu serving as the logistics officer.
In addition, military training requires all kinds of equipment and equipment to be built. Just uniform uniforms, leather armor and weapons for the imperial army is not a simple matter.
Therefore, Xu Chen had to arrange for the establishment of a munitions department, with Ju Ju serving as the munitions officer.
Gu Heju has been Xu Chen's personal assistant for seven or eight years, and has been promoted from the flag bearer and trumpeter to the flag officer and trumpet officer. However, it is unlikely that Xu Chen will go out to fight in person in the future, and the two jobs of the two of them are also limited.
Basically useless, it is only used temporarily at some large tribal gatherings and events and ceremonies.
Both of them are now in their twenties. They have learned a lot of knowledge and culture from Xu Chen over the years. They can be regarded as a rare intellectual class. They can basically meet the needs of management by reading, writing and simple calculations.
Therefore, Xu Chen also felt that he should let go and let the two of them take on more important responsibilities. They no longer have to follow him around blindly all day long. As for the personal tool men, he can recruit two more from the Ba tribe, a younger generation of young people.
, it’s time to come out and experience it.
Logistics procurement is relatively simple. After its establishment, Xu Chen asked the warehouse to not only allocate grain and salt on a monthly basis, but also issue orders to purchase fish, vegetables, firewood and pasture through the Military and Government Hall, and purchase these living supplies from tribes near the royal city.
As soon as this order was issued, it immediately caused a huge sensation near the royal city.
In the past, there was little trade in firewood and fresh fish, shrimp and animal meat, let alone wild vegetables and fruits. Each tribe was self-sufficient and had nothing left to sell.
Except for the fact that the Uzbek people have been purchasing some food on a small scale in recent years for mining and smelting copper, other tribes have never heard of it, and it is only limited to a few tribes near the Uzbek people. The transaction volume is also very small, and the scope of influence is extremely limited.
But this purchase is different because the purchase quantities have been announced.
The firewood is 20,000 catties per month, and the purchase price is one yuan and twenty catties.
Thirty kilograms of fresh fish and shrimp are purchased every day, and the purchase price is one yuan and three kilograms.
There are fifty kilograms of fresh animal meat every day, and the purchase price is two kilograms for one yuan.
Fifty kilograms of fresh vegetables and fruits every day, purchased for one yuan and five kilograms.
There are three hundred catties of pasture per day, and the purchase price is one yuan and ten catties.
In fact, it’s not that I don’t know. After all, even Xu Chen grinned and lamented that raising an army was too expensive.
Later generations would say that the military was a military force. Xu Chen also knew that the military expenses were high, but just listing the expenses for daily life, the monthly expenses were very scary.
The monthly cost of eating horse-chewed grain alone is four thousand kilograms, and dozens of kilograms of salt are also needed.
Summarizing the rest of the fish, vegetables, firewood, pasture and other expenses, the total cost is nearly 4,000 yuan per month, which is nearly 50,000 yuan a year.
In addition, the Forbidden Army uniforms, new armor, bows, arrows, spears, swords and other weapons must be made. In the past, each tribe made these things by themselves, and the quality varied. However, the Forbidden Army represents the face of the royal city and the majesty of the royal power, so it must be redesigned and made uniformly.
, and it must be of high quality. Even if each person only spends a hundred dollars, this is an investment of tens of thousands of dollars.
In other words, to maintain the 100-strong Forbidden Army, Xu Chen had to spend 60,000 yuan and 50,000 kilograms of grain in real money every year.
The total tax and grain collected this year is only over 60,000 kilograms. An army of one hundred people will consume almost all the tax revenue.
If the Ba people had not mastered the right to mint money, it is estimated that this forbidden army alone would have directly bankrupted the newly established Ba country, becoming the shortest-lived dynasty in human history that went bankrupt due to lack of money.
So when making arrangements for the meeting, Xu Chen had the urge to cut down half of the imperial army several times.
But in the end this idea was suppressed by him.
If this money is invested, it will actually drive all the tribes near the royal city to become rich. The money will eventually flow into the pockets of each tribe. Then when these tribes have money, they will purchase and purchase more production and living tools.
Even some products with luxury components are slowly growing, leading to the development of more handicraft industries.
In fact, since ancient times, the military has spent a lot of money, but stable and long-term procurement by the military will also greatly stimulate the development of society, especially the manufacturing industry.
At least this large-scale production of weapons and armor uniforms will greatly stimulate the development and technological advancement of clothing, leather, bows and arrows and other manufacturing fields.
In addition, the purchase of various fish, meat and vegetables will also stimulate further development of agriculture.
With such a large amount of fish, meat, and vegetables being supplied every day, hunting and gathering alone will never be able to satisfy it for a long time, and we can only rely on planting and breeding.
As long as each tribe tastes the benefits, these fields will soon develop.
After food production provides basic food and clothing satisfaction, agriculture and animal husbandry sideline industries are the best way for each tribe to make a fortune, and it is also the simplest and most direct.
Soon after the purchase order was issued, men and women who got the news quickly brought fish and shrimps caught from the Jicang River or wild vegetables picked from the river beach to the military camp with a try mentality. As expected, the goods were purchased smoothly, and
All are paid in cash.
Holding a few brand-new small copper coins, these people immediately left with howling and howling with excitement. Soon the news spread even more lively, and then there was an endless stream of men, women, old and young from the tribes near the royal city coming with various supplies.
Some were carrying firewood, some were carrying hay, and some were carrying fish, shrimps, wild vegetables, and baskets and bundles of forage.
As an official in charge of logistics procurement, Gu took several temporarily recruited men and women to carefully check and weigh in the military camp. Those who should be sent to the woodshed were sent to the woodshed, those who should be sent to the kitchen were sent to the kitchen, and those who should be sent to the stables were sent
stable.
Because the news spread quickly, in just two hours, basically all the daily necessities to meet the daily needs were purchased. After hearing the news, people who came after hearing the news could only take the things back with regrets, and at the same time they were very worried.
He clenched his fists nervously and looked enthusiastically, saying that he must rush over as early as possible tomorrow to be the first.
Xu Chen didn't care about the purchase of daily necessities, because these fish, shrimps and vegetables were everywhere near the royal city, and the tribes would actively compete to meet the needs of the military camp. Moreover, because there were too many tribes, the purchase amount was too small, and it might even cause fights, but later
The matter can only be dealt with slowly. He currently has more important things to arrange than purchasing daily necessities, which are the uniforms, leather armor weapons and other equipment for the Royal City Forbidden Army.
As a regular army in the true sense, and a forbidden army that guards the royal city and represents the royal authority and face, it also needs strict ceremonial guards, military flags, military drums, and bugles, all of which must be carefully designed and produced.
The establishment of the Forbidden Army was planned as early as two years ago when the royal city was planned.
But Xu Chen had not thought about the details carefully. Now that the imperial army has been recruited, these things need to be resolved as soon as possible.
The military flag is simple, but Xu Chen plans to use the dragon flag as the flag of the Forbidden Army, which represents bravery and domineering power.
The carpenters of the Ba tribe can make military drums, and Xu Chen can also make military trumpets by himself when he has time.
The trouble right now is uniforms, armor, bows, spears and bronze weapons.
In order to reflect the majestic temperament of the Forbidden Army, these things must be completely redesigned and made, and the colors, specifications, and styles must be unified.
There are two methods for making conventional bows, arrows and spears. One is to unify the size and specifications of bows, arrows and spears, and let craftsmen from each tribe who are proficient in making weapons complete the production, and then deduct the tax payment; the other is to form a subordinate
The ordnance manufacturing factory managed by the Military Government Hall purchases various materials from the private sector and recruits some skilled craftsmen to complete them.
Both methods have their own advantages and disadvantages, but from the immediate perspective, the first method is simpler and better, but the quality will definitely be slightly different. If you consider it in the long run, establishing an ordnance manufacturing factory will be more convenient to manage.
These two methods can also be used to make armor, but it is more troublesome, because the armor structure is complex and requires higher leather types and processing. If the arrangement is not good, the tribes may make it in all kinds of weird ways, which will not be reflected at all.
The effect Xu Chen wanted.
Just like all tribal armor at the moment.
Since the Ba people invented leather armor and rattan armor, the equipment of hunter teams of various tribes has become very common in recent years, but the styles are various and the quality is uneven. Although it is armor in name, it is actually simply treated with some thicker animal skins.
, a few pieces of simple protective gear sewn with copper needles and hemp thread that can cover the chest and back. Although it can also play a very important role in protection, it also played an important role in daily hunting and several wars.
, but the style really makes Xu Chen unable to compliment her.