"Greetings! Mr. Huang and the others traveled thousands of miles to the chieftain's den to seize the ship, but the news spread throughout Runing. What reward should be given to them?" After the joint meeting of the senior civil and military officials of the Runing Army ended, Deng Qifan stopped talking.
I sat upright, relaxed a little, and chatted with Wu Shigong about the recent news with a smile.
"The rewards in the army will be decided by Uncle Yongli's military commander, but I will personally award them with honors. Also, all of them will be transferred into the personal army. It is indeed good to travel long distances without losing anyone. They are brave and resourceful."
Wu Shigong also praised Huang Ding and others generously.
"Our Propaganda Department also spread the word about this matter. We were supposed to distribute the leaflets for free, but people rushed to grab them. Paper became expensive in Luoyang, and later it increased to twenty cents per piece. This is the first time students have discovered that publicity can still make money.
." Fu Wenzhai also told the interesting story with a smile.
After laughing for a while, Wu Shigong said: "Although the Propaganda Department mainly spends money to earn praise, there are also business opportunities. For example, a newspaper office can be set up to regularly issue newspapers and sell them for money, and at the same time promote our Runing Army; another example is to work with
The Hollywood theater troupe has collaborated to compile a new drama about Yizhou's Ship Seizing and perform it publicly. However, the specific strategy and how to distribute it will be decided by everyone in the Publicity Department, and I will not get involved."
Although Huang Ding's decision to seize the ship greatly boosted morale this time, with a perfect process and a happy ending, Wu Shigong still discovered a hidden danger: his officers were too aggressive and extremely independent.
On the surface, this hidden danger seems to be a good thing. In the late Ming Dynasty, when communication conditions were extremely backward, it was impossible for the commander to cover everything, and a large number of independent grassroots officers were indeed needed to help command the army. However, Wu Shigong was afraid that their aggressiveness would affect the Runing Army.
General strategy. In other words: Wu Shigong is afraid that Huang Ding and others will do bad things with good intentions.
Therefore, this time Wu Shigong transferred Huang Ding and others to the personal army, allowing them to learn by his side and understand the overall situation and general strategy of the Runing Army. In this way, in future military operations under their independent command, they would be able to
There will be no deviation. Of course, in the eyes of outsiders, Huang Ding and the others entering the Guards are also a reward, they jumped over the Dragon Gate!
As for Wu Shigong's request to the Wenzhai Propaganda Department, it was just a passing mention. Wu Shigong would definitely not be interested in the small profit of the newspaper office and the theater troupe. It was nothing more than pointing out new publicity methods to the Propaganda Department. Of course, for Li Yuenu
It's selfish to try to get some business from Hollywood.
"What did the Zheng family say?" Deng Qifan asked again. After learning that the Runing Army had robbed the Watchout, Zheng Jiao personally came to Runing to negotiate. He knew that it would not be easy to ask the Runing Army to return the Watchout and its cargo.
Possibly, but at least Captain Ferreira and others must be returned to the Dutch colonists. After all, the Zheng family still does not want to affect the trade with the Dutch colonists.
"Why do you care? Give them a cold shoulder for a few days. We are cooperating, not trying to curry favor with the Zheng family. Yizhou belongs to our Ming Dynasty, so what's the matter with the Francois? What power does the Zheng family have to give to the Francois?
Even if our Marine Regiment occupies half of the land of the Zheng family, why should they turn their elbows outward?" It wasn't until Huang Ding came back this time that Wu Shigong knew that Huang Qiqi's Marine Regiment had fought a battle with the Dutch colonists and also suffered losses.
More than 80 people. So Wu Shigong was also very distressed about the loss of the Marine Regiment, so now, he also has opinions about the Zheng family.
Besides, how could the Runing Army give up a maritime talent like Captain Ferreira? Under Wu Shigong’s order, Ferreira and the others all became naval instructors of the Runing Army. Seeing that there was no way to escape,
They also saw the good treatment of the Runing Army. Under the persuasion of Gonzalez and other Western pioneers, Captain Ferreira and others finally agreed to serve for the Runing Army. As for whether it was voluntary? It's really hard to say.
In this incident, apart from the Dutch colonists who suffered heavy losses, the most unhappy person was Zheng Zhilong. However, in order to prevent the breakdown of the cooperative relationship with Wu Shigong, Zheng Zhilong had no choice but to knock out his teeth and swallow it.
"Chang Jing! This time, Director Yang has some opinions on the way Runing Army orders armor." As he spoke, Deng Qifan glanced at Yang Goudan. This was exactly what Yang Goudan asked him to say.
Wu Shigong also looked at Yang Goudan, laughed and cursed: "I have been a director for such a long time, but I still can't get on the stage. I dare not say anything to my face, and I have to turn around. What? Are you afraid that I will eat you?"
Wu Shigong's words caused the whole room to laugh again. Wu Shigong then said: "Goudan! You have to remember! You are no longer the shopkeeper of a workshop, nor a master craftsman. You are the owner of our Runing Military Workshop."
The director of the department must speak from the perspective of our Runing Army. I know you are all facing Nanyang, but Nanyang also has to strive for its own success. If we help once or twice, can we help for a lifetime? Of course. If it really happens this time
If Mr. Bian accepts the order, I will still intervene to mediate and will not let Nanyang starve to death. But this is not a long-term solution, so the people of Nanyang must work harder."
The weapons system of the Runing Army has been established from scratch. However, the biggest shortcoming is the supply of armor. Especially iron armor, which accounts for almost half of the blacksmiths and blacksmith apprentices of the Runing Army. But that's it.
, the annual production of armor is less than 300 pieces, and the price is still high, each piece exceeds 200 taels. Therefore, these armors can only guarantee the officer equipment of the Runing Army.
That's why the Runing Army developed such a weird product as the "Beggars Armor". However, the Beggars Armor also has big shortcomings: the unit price has gone down, and the manufacturing is simpler, but the maintenance costs are outrageous. In a battle, the Beggar Armor
The wear rate of armor exceeds 30%. You must know that unlike the modern textile industry, which was very developed, cloth was also quite expensive in the Ming Dynasty.
But after getting the plate armor from the Dutch colonists this time, the Runing Army seemed to have discovered a new world. The structure of the plate armor was quite simple, just two large iron plates at the front and back connected by belts, plus some shoulder pads.
, wrist guards formed a complete set. And after testing, it was found that the protective properties of these Western plate armors were no worse than the iron armor made by the Runing Army.
Especially the price and production volume. After asking Captain Ferreira and others, they learned that purchasing such rough plate armor in the West only costs the equivalent of seven or eighty taels of Ming Dynasty currency, and the delivery cycle is also very fast. And
Runing Army also inquired about the fact that the blacksmiths in the West are also in the stage of handicraft workshops, and the production scale is far inferior to that of Nanyang and Bian of Runing Army. So this suddenly made Runing Army calm down. (To be continued. If
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