What Jia Ke is thinking about now is next year. If the Tatars come again, with the strength of his troops and the Eight Banners of the Manchus, they will definitely make it impossible for him to come back. If they don't come, but bypass Xuanhua and Kaiping, he will lead these two towns.
The Eight Banners soldiers and the cavalry from the two towns entered the grassland and swept away all the nearby tribes. This not only gained the population, but also expanded the territory. The Manchus under their command could truly become an independent nation, and then they would be able to dominate the grassland.
Confront Alslen Khan.
In this way, even if we can no longer stay in the Central Plains, we can still become king in the grasslands.
At this time, Jia Ke had greater ambitions in his heart. He no longer wanted to be controlled by others, he wanted to become a chess player.
After Jia Ke made arrangements for the Tatar prisoners, he began to deal with the affairs of Xuanhua and Kaiping towns. He had already thought about the general arrangements. Now he just needs to call a few important people together to discuss the details, and then
Just arrange things.
What Jia Ke is most concerned about now is the issue of military power. He wants to keep these 40,000 people firmly in his hands. Rather than depriving himself of power with an imperial edict, he wants to fully implement the brainwashing method.
.Every soldier and every household must study hard and shout slogans every day. Only by unconsciously hypnotizing themselves can they completely control these people psychologically and make these people have a strong sense of identification with Jia Ke.
At this point, what Jia Ke admires is Yuan, who was able to train the recruits from the six towns into his own private soldiers under the eyes of Lafayette. This ability is of great learning. Therefore, Jia Ke has a lot of experience in his army.
In addition to promoting modern brainwashing, many of Yuan's methods of controlling the New Army were also implemented.
A few days later, Jia Ke summoned the three imperial guards Qianhu, Fan Kang, and Chen Xi to his study for a meeting.
After the five of them arrived, the guests and hosts took their seats. Jia Ke coughed and then said: "We have done quite well this year. The emperor already knows our contribution, and I am now the commander." After saying this,
He laughed himself. As a commander, he controlled many more troops and had more power than Wang Tao's Jiedushi. When he smiled, the people behind him also laughed. Everyone knew the specific situation.
Jia Ke coughed, put away his smile and continued: "You guys all have to follow suit. I have already reported your merits to the Ministry of War. I think your petition papers will arrive soon, and all three of you thousand households will be promoted to the rank of military officer."
For the garrison, all the ordinary thousand households below will be promoted to the guard thousand households, and the deputy thousand households will be promoted to the thousand households."
The three thousand households were overjoyed when they heard this. They followed Jia Ke for only one or two years, and they were promoted from ordinary hundred households to garrison. This was something they could not even imagine before. Now their loyalty has changed from today's
The emperor has turned to Jia Ke. I am afraid that no one can command them except Jia Ke's orders.
After Jia Ke finished talking to the three of them, he said to Fan Kang: "Fan Kang will be the prefect from now on and will be responsible for all administrative affairs of Xuanhua and Kaiping towns."
Fan Kang also stood up and thanked Jia Ke with a smile on his face. Although he didn't care about these official positions, to be honest, no one would be happy if he got promoted.
Jia Ke finally said to Chen Xi: "You are still the chief clerk, but you are the chief clerk of the entire commander. You are responsible for the logistics of our entire army."
Chen Xi also quickly apologized. Although he was still the chief clerk, his official rank was promoted one level, and there were many more people in charge, and the corresponding powers were also expanded a lot.
After Jia Ke arranged their official positions, it was time to arrange the defense affairs of the two towns. Jia Ke first said to Feng Mo: "Feng Mo, you go to Xuanhua to serve as a garrison and bring the trained archers and square soldiers with you.
Ma Zuo, the cavalryman Qianhu, will take his cavalry Qianhu and two thousand ordinary cavalry with you. After arriving in Xuanhua, train these two thousand cavalry. Xuanhua will rely on you then. Do you think you can
It can’t be done.”
Feng Mo never liked to talk. After listening to Jia Ke's question, he only said one word, "Okay." Then he kept silent. But there was a determined expression on his face.
Jia Ke is still at ease with Feng Mo. Although this person doesn't like to talk, he is very reliable in doing things. He also has a very persevering personality, a person who can stand alone.
After Jia Ke ordered Feng Mo, he said to Huang Baifeng and Zheng Kai: "You two have a very heavy task. Feng Mo took away all the veterans, leaving us with nearly 30,000 remnants. These soldiers rely on
You are here to train. I have sent all my personal guards down, and they will serve as hundreds of households among them. To help you train, we will train this unit this year, and next year we will be foolproof."
After giving these instructions, he thought for a moment and continued: "Select all the good ones among these recruits. Our officer training class will continue. I will give the lectures in person, and I must ensure that all grassroots
Officers, all have received training."
Huang Baifeng asked: "How many people do you want to choose?"
Jia Ke made a rough estimate and said: "We have a lot of people now, so let's select 300 people first. It would be better to have more people who can be promoted later than to have no one to use them by then. We trained fewer people last time, and now there are some
It can’t be used.”
Huang Baifeng immediately raised his hand and said: "Anyway, don't worry, I will send the person over to you within a day or two."
After Jia Kehuang nodded to Huang Baifeng, he then ordered Chen Xida: "We must not stop making paper armor. We will make one hundred thousand pieces now. If you are short of money and short of money, come and tell me that we captured the Tatars this time."
A lot of money can just make our troops better equipped."
Chen Xi said with some confusion: "Sir, isn't one hundred thousand pieces of equipment a bit too much?"
Jia Ke said without thinking: "I will use the rest, so don't worry about it. As long as you make all the paper armor for me before next summer, it will be a great achievement."
Chen Xi said proudly: "You don't have to worry. Now our workshop has expanded nearly ten times, everyone's salary is better, and the children of the craftsmen also have ways to make money. So we will make 100,000 pieces of paper armor before summer."
No problem at all.”
"Don't be proud. I have one more thing for you to do. Although our paper armor has good defense, it is damaged faster after all, and its defense is still not as good as iron armor. This time you go back to summon skilled craftsmen and try to make it
Iron armor, I want all the generals in our army who have more than 100 households to wear iron armor." Jia Ke ordered Chen Xi with a solemn expression.
Chen Xi was a little embarrassed at this time, "Sir, the manufacturing technology of armor is very important, and the iron used is not ordinary wrought iron, but real steel. With their power in Kaiping Town, if they just repair,
It can still be barely achieved. If you want to make iron armor, it will consume a lot of money. And the steel materials made by our craftsmen may be somewhat substandard." The imperial court has very strict control over the elite army, and the craftsmen at the border can only make minor repairs.
By the way, the real skilled craftsmen are all in the Ministry of Industry in Beijing.
Jia Ke didn't care about this, "Since you can't, then try a few more times. I don't believe that it's just two shoulders to carry one head. Others can do it, but we can't. Go down and tell the craftsmen that if you can do it,
If you find steel material that can be used to make armor, I will reward you with five hundred taels of silver."
Jia Ke believes that there must be brave men under heavy reward. He has sent out such a great player, and those skilled craftsmen have not worked hard to study it. As long as one of these people succeeds in making the steel material for the armor, there is no need to worry.
Chen Xi cheered up again. Since Jia Ke trusted him so much, he would live in the craftsman's camp this time and train steel to repay Master Jia for his kindness.
Jia Ke finally said to Fan Kang: "I don't have much experience in government affairs, and my experience is still shallow. From now on, I will rely more on your help. You have to worry about the selection of officials at all levels."
Fan Kang nodded and said: "Don't worry, sir, I will do my best. However, we may not be able to make the decision on many things. The imperial court may send personnel to take over the county magistrates of Kaiping and Xuanhua towns."
Jia Ke hummed and smiled after hearing this, "We are here at the border, and we fight every year. If the county magistrate who comes here still understands, let him stay. If he doesn't, Tatars will attack us at any time.
, I am afraid that weak scholars like this are the favorite targets of the Tatars."
Fan Kang had nothing to say when he heard this. What Jia Ke said was reasonable. Before Jia Ke came, several thousand households were assassinated in office. Not to mention these weak scholars who came to serve as county magistrates.
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After arranging these things, Jia Ke finally said to them: "The troops must not relax in their study. They must study hard on the pamphlet I distributed. As long as they study this pamphlet, they will be able to roughly understand it."
The application of our Kaiping Town tactics."
After arranging these things, Jia Ke asked them to go down to do their business.
After they left, Jia Ke secretly summoned Wei Kun and asked him to strengthen intelligence work and strengthen surveillance of officers at all levels. In addition, he should increase efforts to attack the imperial intelligence system. It is best to
The imperial forces in the two towns were driven out. To make it seamless and make people think it was the revenge of the Tatars, if it could not be foolproof, it would be better not to take action, and to select suitable ones among the captured Tatars.
Selected people to serve as spies to spy on the Tatars.
But Jia Ke's arrangement for Tang Kuai was to fully investigate the Tatar tribes near the two towns of Kaiping and Xuanhua to find out how many people there are and where they migrate every year? Where are the nearby water sources? What will Jia Ke do for next year?
Prepare to go north to the grassland.
Jia Ke has made up his mind that if the Tatars don't come to monitor next year, then he must go north to the grassland and give the Tatars a hard time. Let them know that I can go where the invaders go.
Jia Ke will be very busy in the next ten days. Although he has arranged things, it does not mean that he can be a hands-off shopkeeper. In the end, he still makes decisions on many things, and many documents are exchanged.
All the signatures must be completed by him personally, and he had to visit everywhere every day. After all these things were arranged, Feng Mo also went to Xuanhua with his troops to take over the defense.
On the day Feng Mo left, Jia Ke took the time to take all the generals from Kaiping Town to see him off. Feng Mo's departure this time represented a large-scale expansion of Jia Ke's power.
After Feng Mo went to Xuanhua Town, Huang Baifeng and Zheng Kai also started a vigorous military training. The training of 30,000 people flattened the grassland outside Kaiping Town.
The training of tens of thousands of Tatars also began at this time, but the Tatars did not directly undergo military training, but began a long period of brainwashing. Only after this step is completed, can they be regarded as qualified slaves. Continue
The next step is to train while creating profits for Jia Ke.