When he asked several questions and received answers one by one from Zhong Jinwei, Cao Wenzhao, who had experienced many battles, did not agree very much. But he had never seen a purely firearms unit or an army with high firepower output fight, so he chose
silence.
But there was one thing he still told Zhong Jinwei: the helmet issue.
Zhong Jinwei had forgotten this. When Cao Wenzhao said, he slapped himself on the forehead and had to make special helmets for the new army.
Because of the problem of refractory bricks, the steel plant is unable to mass-produce steel, and the quality is not very good. But it does not mean that there will be no steel. If we go back and make more efforts, we can still have it.
Zhong Jinwei was thinking about this when suddenly a servant from the Admiral's Yamen came over and reported: "Folangji Ren Gongsawo has come to report according to the order."
As soon as Zhong Jinwei heard this, he stood up and said to Cao Wenzhao: "If you have nothing to do, just stay with me and watch the training of the new army. In the future, firearms will dominate the world, and your dead camp will also have to adapt."
"I will obey your orders, general!" Upon hearing this, Cao Wenzhao immediately clasped his fists and agreed.
He is now working under Zhong Jinwei, and he must obey the orders of his leader, even if he is not the world's leader in firearms.
After Zhong Jinwei finished giving orders to Cao Wenzhao, he turned to Sun Kewang and said, "You are on duty in the military camp today. Go and call the five Jinyi guards to the front office."
"It's your order." Sun Kewang responded with clasped fists, and then went out first.
Then Zhong Jinwei came to the front office and sat down, and then summoned Gongsar to come to the lobby.
Gongsar had been in the Ming Dynasty for a long time and knew who the young high-ranking official of the Ming Dynasty was. Therefore, when he came to the court, he followed the rules of the Ming Dynasty army and knelt down as the Romans did.
Zhong Jinwei smiled and asked him to stand up, and then said to him: "I transferred you from Mr. Sun's side just to prepare you for a promotion."
When Gongsa Zhan heard this, he felt happy, and he immediately clasped his fists and replied: "Please give me your orders, I will be at your service without any hesitation."
Zhong Jinwei saw that this Portuguese was quite shrewd and knew that he would not be promoted without reason.
He smiled and said to Gonzago: "I have formed a new army and have an artillery unit. I will transfer you here to be their instructor. Once you are satisfied with your teaching, whether you want an officer or money, you will be rewarded accordingly."
When Gong Sasha heard that he was an expert in his profession and there was nothing difficult about it, he immediately replied: "The Marquis has his destiny, and he will go to the Mountain of Swords and the Sea of Fire without any hesitation."
I bet this Westerner stayed in the Ming army for a while and learned the military formula.
Zhong Jinwei shook his head secretly, regardless of his talk, and said to him: "I will meet your colleagues later. Although their official positions are not as high as yours, except for military matters, other matters concerning the soldiers still have to be dealt with by them."
Management. This is the rule of the new army, do you understand?"
"The general will obey his orders."
As soon as Gong Sahou finished speaking, five imperial guards came with Sun Kewang to report.
Zhong Jinwei said to the nameless Jinyiwei captain: "You priests and soldiers have been literate for some time. Each of you will select soldiers with strong receptive ability and quick learning to form an artillery team."
Upon hearing this, the five Jinyi guards looked at each other for a while, and one of them asked as a representative: "Master Marquis, how many soldiers do you want?"
Zhong Jinwei had considered it beforehand and said directly: "Ten teams are for one team, three teams are for one flag, and three flags are for one hundred. Among them, the hundred generals are assigned another team as the artillery team. Then the four hundred generals under the general jurisdiction are combined into one hundred-man artillery team.
flag."
Everyone in the hall, including Gongsa, took a breath after hearing this. When did these cannons become so worthless? A commander actually equipped so many cannons.
As for the organization, they were not surprised, because the organization mentioned by Zhongxing Hou was basically the organization written in Qi Dashuai's military book.
That is, there are ten captains, thirty banner commanders, one hundred commanders, one hundred commanders, two hundred and five hundred commanders, one thousand commanders, lieutenants, staff generals, and a guerrilla battalion of about three thousand people.
Of course, the new army organized by Zhong Jinwei is still under experimentation. It only has an establishment of 500 people, and only the commander-in-chief. The higher-level establishment will be discussed later.
After Cao Wenzhao was surprised, he understood why Marquis Zhongxing said he was not afraid of the cavalry charge.
This kind of army was completely made with money, and it already exceeded the configuration of the car camp proposed by Mr. Sun Ge. You must know that the car camp proposed by Mr. Sun Ge could not be set up in the end because there was not so much money.
However, Cao Wenzhao immediately thought that in the past few days since he returned to the capital, he had never heard of anyone in arrears with military pay. Moreover, he had also heard about many things in the capital. It seemed that thanks to the efforts of Marquis Zhongxing, the imperial treasury had increased.
A lot of money.
But no matter what, according to the way Zhongxing Hou spends his new army, this military expenditure will be huge, and I am afraid the court cannot afford it! Cao Wenzhao thought silently.
"Master Marquis, I'm afraid there aren't that many people!" The five Jinyi guards looked at each other, and finally it was the captain who just replied to Zhong Jinwei.
"What?" Zhong Jinwei asked a little strangely.
"Master Marquis, those soldiers listened with great interest to the stories told by the five subordinates, but teaching them to read and read was mostly scratching their heads, and they could only remember one out of ten." The captain replied with a somewhat bitter face.
When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he fell silent. In later generations, he seemed to have heard someone say that soldiers in the old army did not even distinguish between left and right. It seemed that it was not a rumor.
Fortunately, my soldiers are all veterans, so this situation does not exist. But it is understandable that some people are stumped by asking them to read and write now.
After a while, Zhong Jinwei replied to the five Jinyi guards: "Pick out as many as there are, and I will transfer the remaining gaps from the fifth military camp."
"I obey my orders." The five gilded guards replied in unison.
Zhong Jinwei called Sun Kewang and Li Wenxiu again and asked them to take Gong Sahou to the new military camp. The Jinyiwei captain left on his own and mobilized his soldiers.
Seeing this, Cao Wenzhao took the opportunity to propose a visit to the new military camp. Naturally, Zhong Jinwei would not refuse, so he ordered Sun Kewang to be Cao Wenzhao's guide.
When only his bodyguards were left in the lobby, Zhong Jinwei leaned back and closed his eyes to rest. He thought about promoting teaching in the current military and making them literate. I'm afraid it was wishful thinking.
When it comes to reading and literacy, it's better to start from a young age. But no matter what, everyone who can be taught is better.
Zhong Jinwei's meditation with his eyes closed did not last long before he was interrupted by the eunuch who broke in and came to summon him to see him.
What a hard life! Zhong Jinwei laughed at himself and rushed to the Forbidden City.
Judging from the time, it should be that the vassal prince's family was almost gathered together, Zhong Jinwei thought that this might be the case.
So, while he was on the road, he was thinking about all aspects of the vassal clan's feudal overseas affairs, thinking that Emperor Chongzhen might ask him to attend the clan meeting, and explain and persuade him if necessary.
After arriving in the Forbidden City and meeting Emperor Chongzhen and Wen Tiren in the Wenhua Hall, he realized that he had thought wrong and that this was not the case.