"Your Highness, I already understand what you mean!"
At this time, Li Jiantai was extremely moved in his heart.
Obviously, it was not that Lin Fan did not reuse him, but that he knew his strengths and weaknesses. The fact that he was able to gather together the 300,000 troops of the Ming Dynasty by himself showed that he was a rare talent in recruiting soldiers.
"Li Jiantai, you can understand what I mean. I am very happy. Have you ever thought about how to arrange the millions of troops?"
Lin Fan asked again.
"How to place it! Millions of troops!"
Li Jiantai fell into deep thought.
The 300,000 troops, except for tens of thousands of elites, all adopt the farming system, which means that the remaining 200,000 troops are farming. Only in this way can they be fed.
Lin Fan has extremely high requirements for the quality of the army, so continuing to use the farming system will inevitably fail to meet Lin Fan's requirements, and the strategy needs to be changed.
"Your Highness, this old minister thinks so. A million-strong army can no longer exist in the form of a field system, but must make changes and focus on training!"
"Only in this way can we train millions of elites for the Ming Dynasty. Of course, in this way, the finances of our Ming Dynasty will be very tight. I can rent out all the land of the Ministry of War!"
"When the common people who rent the land from the Ministry of War grow food, they only need to pay 50% of the harvest, and the rest of the food is theirs."
Li Jiantai said in a deep voice.
The land of the Ministry of War is fertile land, and the food grown on the land of the Ministry of War does not need to pay any taxes.
After hearing this, Lin Fan shook his head and said: "Our Ming Dynasty's tax revenue is only 30%, and you charge those people 50%, but it is not straightforward enough."
"There is no need to sell the land of the Ministry of War. You can divide the army into various types, such as a company of 100 people, a battalion of 500 people, a regiment of 1,000 people, a brigade of 3,000 people, a division of 10,000 people, and an army of 100,000 people!"
"With this, you can completely refine the army. Each division has about a hundred companies of troops. You can set aside a few reserve companies to grow food. If you are short of manpower, you can hire ordinary people to help.
Do farm work.”
"Each company must be equipped with a cooking class, and so on. In this way, during training, companies can be trained as a unit, and a large-scale school martial arts can be held regularly."
"In this way, we can observe the improvement of the combat effectiveness of each company's troops and identify whether they have trained hard. Those who perform well should be praised!"
"Furthermore, a person who can train and improve the strength of soldiers quickly must have extraordinary abilities and can be reused, promoted, and trained by the entire army!"
"This also has the advantage that when fighting the enemy in the future, even a company of a hundred people will have extraordinary combat effectiveness."
"Besides, don't we have an engine?
The engine can drive a car, which means it can be used to plow fields. At the same time, I have asked the Ministry of Industry to make a prototype, and the entire army will be equipped with it."
Lin Fan said a lot, and Li Jiantai's expression turned gloomy after hearing this. His Royal Highness had already differentiated the military reform model of the Ming Dynasty!
"Your Highness, these suggestions of yours will ensure that our Ming Dynasty will have no worries!"
Li Jiantai said in a deep voice.
"Li Jiantai, I have one more thing to leave to you. The interests of the people of our Ming Dynasty must be protected. Only in this way can they grow food with peace of mind!"
"From today on, anyone who dares to burn food, regardless of whether they burn food grown by themselves or otherwise, will be punished by death!"
"If someone burns other people's food, as long as evidence is found, their nine tribes will be exterminated."
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
"Your Highness, would such a severe punishment be too much?"
Li Jiantai asked in a deep voice.
"Stern?
I’m afraid you don’t know the ruthless methods some people use to rob other people’s land. You may think it’s a small matter that one or two people don’t have land.”
"But once this kind of thing takes off, people everywhere will follow suit. In the Ming Dynasty, every year because of these people's cruel calculations, it is not a problem to feed ten thousand people with the food lost."
"Without this food, the court cannot receive food for these ten thousand people, and yet it has to provide food to help those who have lost this food. Do you still think it is a small matter?"
Lin Fan scolded.
Li Jiantai was stunned. They thought that the chain reaction of this kind of thing would be so terrible. He immediately said: "Your Highness, I will definitely communicate with the people in the Ministry of Justice to facilitate this matter as soon as possible."
"No need, the people in the Criminal Department can't handle this matter at all. When I come back from my home country, no matter how good the Political Criminal Department is, what you want to establish is a brand new department, the Serious Cases Department!"
"In short, it is a place that handles major and important cases in our Ming Dynasty. It has powers independent of the Ministry of Punishment. Only when the Ministry of Punishment feels pressure will they do things honestly."
"In addition, the people in the Serious Crime Department must all be elites selected from the military."
Lin Fan said again.
Li Jiantai's eyes lit up and he understood the importance of the Serious Case Department. He immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will spare no effort to handle this matter!"
After explaining all this, Lin Fan set off with an army of 100,000 men and sufficient supplies of food and grass, and arrived at the Navy Headquarters. Lin Fan was stunned by the sight before him.
The navy was created by him, but it was left to others to temporarily manage. Moreover, the navy's ships were not built at that time.
At this time, the navy headquarters had more than a thousand ships, all of which were warships that could be used for combat. One of them was built from the construction drawings of the ironclad ship that Lin Fan obtained after completing his mission.
The artillery on this armored ship has a range of more than two hundred kilometers and is extremely powerful. It is the number one battleship of this era!
"Your Highness the Crown Prince! I have been ordered to take charge of the navy here. The navy currently has one thousand and one warships and more than 30,000 officers and men. Please review it by Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
A man stepped forward and said loudly.
Lin Fan glanced at him and said: "You have trained these 30,000 people very well. Next, you will also train these 100,000 people. You must learn the operation of all warships within fifteen days!"
"Yes! Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
The man accepted the order, and Lin Fan quickly asked him to train the navy while he boarded the armored ship.
On top of the ironclad ship, there were hundreds of people doing cleaning and daily maintenance. Lin Fan walked up to one of them and asked: "After this ironclad ship was built, has it ever sailed on the sea?"
When the man saw Lin Fan, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "Back to your highness, the oil used in this armored ship needs to be transported from Tubo. It is very precious. Therefore, it has not sailed out to sea since it was built."
"kindness?
Although oil is precious, Tubo has very rich reserves and can just exploit them, so why are they reluctant to use them?"