Chapter 245 The Notorious Grain Requisition Division
Old Man Sun did not stay at Liusha Village for long. He left in a hurry after only half a day. Also leaving with him were two bandits from the New Army of the Tang Dynasty.
These two bandits are people from Bai Yunqi's transport camp. They will be responsible for liaison and coordinating the handover of goods between the two parties.
At the same time, Old Man Sun also left a young man in the New Army of the Tang Dynasty, who was also responsible for liaison matters.
Old Man Sun didn't bring even a tael of silver as a deposit when he went back. After all, it was the first time for both parties to cooperate. Li Xuan didn't give him a large amount of silver as a deposit first. If Old Man Sun disappeared after taking the money,
Who does Li Xuan go to?
Therefore, the transaction model between Old Man Sun and the Tang Dynasty was very primitive. After the two parties made a verbal agreement, Old Man Sun directly transported the goods to Zhengtai County, and then conducted face-to-face transactions in a neutral and safe zone recognized by both parties.
Pay the money in one hand and deliver the goods in one hand!
In order to prevent accidents, the delivery location is uncertain, and there will be liaison personnel left by both parties to communicate and temporarily decide the delivery location for each time.
At the same time, the size of each transaction will not be large. Risks are avoided through frequent transactions but the amount of each transaction is controlled within a certain range.
On the one hand, this is to avoid being taken over by the Ming army. At the same time, both sides are not trusting each other. Li Xuan is worried that Old Man Sun will bring the Ming Army to steal the money. Old Man Sun is probably also worried that Li Xuan will not give the money and will directly steal it from him.
Materials from the past.
The size of each transaction is small, and everyone can accept it even if there is a loss.
After Old Man Sun left, Li Xuan called Qian Mengjiu and Bai Yunqi in again, and this time the issue was about logistics.
But before Li Xuan could speak, Qian Mengjiu spoke about this issue first:
"Since the man named Sun can be found, there will definitely be others who are willing to take risks for money. Can we find a few more people and try to find a few more suppliers?" Qian Mengjiu said.
Bai Yunqi also said: "Putting eggs in one basket is not a good thing. We should have as many logistics supply channels as possible. Besides, who knows whether Old Man Sun can get enough supplies!"
Seeing the reactions of these two people, Li Xuan nodded with satisfaction. Qian Mengjiu and Bai Yunqi were obviously not bluffed by what Old Man Sun said about being able to supply the entire new army of the Tang Dynasty at one time, and they maintained their attitude as they should.
vigilance.
He immediately said: "What the two beloved ministers said is true. Now that you know the seriousness of this matter, do you know what to do next?"
Qian Mengjiu said: "Back to Your Majesty, I will find other big businessmen to expand our supply channels!"
Bai Yunqi also said: "I will also contact several small businessmen who have cooperated with us before. Although their supply is smaller, I believe that as long as they make money, they will naturally expand their scale, and our cooperation with them
It's been around for a while, but it's still more reliable than that one named Sun!"
As early as last year, the Tang Dynasty secretly contacted several small businessmen outside the mountains to sell trophies and purchase salt, iron, sulfur, saltpeter and other supplies.
It is necessary to continue to deepen cooperation with them, and even support them as a window for external procurement of materials!
Just as Qian Mengjiu and Bai Yunqi were busy expanding material supply channels, the new army of the Tang Dynasty also launched a new round of training.
The New Army of the Tang Dynasty has recruited a large number of new soldiers in the past few days, and is still recruiting. They will continue to recruit until the three infantry battalions are full before stopping the current large-scale recruitment.
News of the large-scale recruitment of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty has spread throughout the surrounding countryside. Every day, dozens or even hundreds of people flock from all directions to join the New Army of the Tang Dynasty.
These people who came here wanting to be soldiers were naturally not trying to rebel or have a good impression of the Tang Dynasty. The reason they came here was very simple: they valued the conditions for recruiting new soldiers to the new army of the Tang Dynasty!
Among them, just one condition of being able to eat enough every day is enough to attract many children from poor families who cannot afford to eat.
Their thoughts were very simple, they just wanted to have enough to eat. As for what Li Xuan wanted to do, what the Tang Dynasty wanted to do, and whether they were rebelling, they basically ignored it.
Many people even don’t even know what rebellion is!
Quite a few people thought that the Tang Dynasty was still a group of bandits and that they came here to join the bandit gang.
Among these swarming crowds, the New Army of the Tang Dynasty recruited hundreds of new soldiers in just a few days, and replenished them to three infantry battalions in sequence.
Now that these three infantry battalions have been established and their soldiers have begun to take shape, they naturally need training!
Although the training period for the New Army of the Tang Dynasty was only three months for new recruits, which seemed very short, it was actually very demanding.
Because in these three months, their training actually only consisted of a few simple things. The first was formation, the second was discipline, and the last was tactical movements. Along with these three training items were
Physical Training.
However, before the high-intensity training can be officially launched, the recruits must first be supplemented with nutrients. Otherwise, Li Xuan can guarantee that a large group of them will faint on the training ground as they continue to practice.
Even though these recruits are from peasant families, and their background determines their hard-working character, their fainting during training has nothing to do with their character, but with their physical fitness.
The most obvious gap is that even though most of the existing musketeers in the New Army of the Tang Dynasty are still half-grown boys, after a year of nutritional supplements and physical training, basically all of them are full of muscles and can carry heavy loads.
It's easy to run a rifle for several kilometers.
After all, running away if you can't fight is the core tactic of the new army of the Tang Dynasty. If you can't escape long distances, you will die if you encounter a large Ming army on the battlefield.
In order for these new recruits to achieve the same physical fitness as the existing musketeers, they need at least half a year of physical training, and during this process they must maintain a rich nutritional intake.
In order to allow the soldiers to eat well and get rich nutritional intake to cope with the high-intensity training, Li Xuan specially ordered that both recruits and veterans should be provided with two meals of dry rice and one meal of porridge a day, three meals a day.
This level of food supply cannot be said to be open, but at least they can have enough to eat.
Just by adding so many recruits at once, the food gap also increased instantly. Seeing that the food reserves were getting less and less day by day, Li Xuan personally ordered the establishment of the so-called "Grain Recruitment Department" under the Privy Council to specialize in food and grass collection work.
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And just a few days after the establishment of the Grain Recruitment Department, its reputation has already spread throughout the countryside and villages, and everyone is talking about it!