Chapter 234 Wang Chong's Distress

"This thing is called a sand table. From now on, there will be a dedicated person in charge of the sand table in the army. As for its function, it can be used to deduce battles on it, so that there will be no panic during the war. This is also something that generals must master." Zhao Xu said.

What he created was a war sandbox. The main purpose was to let the generals play the red and blue sides and engage in confrontation drills on the terrain of the sandbox to improve the generals' command capabilities.

Especially when artillery is installed in the army, generals need to know how to use artillery on various terrains.

Chang Wei heard the words and secretly remembered them in his heart.

In the last battle where he defeated the Yuan family's troops and defended Yan Pass, neither he nor any general in the army questioned the King of Yan's ability to command the army.

If before, to the soldiers, King Yan was just King Yan.

But now, King Yan has undoubtedly become the most irreplaceable top general among the royal family.

His prestige in the military is unshakable.

Therefore, since King Yan said that the sand table is useful, it is naturally useful, but he has not yet realized the benefits.

"How's the recruitment going?" Zhao Xu asked seriously as he sat down on the chair next to the sand table.

Xiliang surrendered to Beidi, which greatly increased Beidi's national power.

These days, it seems that Beidi is constantly harassing the border areas in order to intimidate Dasong.

Invisibly, this put a lot of pressure on him.

Therefore, he must expand the palace's personal army and have 120,000 people fully staffed for training as soon as possible.

After all, he knew very well that the environment around his land was very harsh.

The father of the capital was also an unreliable person.

"Back to Your Highness, during this chaos, many people were displaced. The young and strong among these people actively participated in recruiting soldiers. It didn't take long for half of the 60,000 recruits to be recruited. It is estimated that they will be full in another half month." Chang Wei said.

Zhao Xu nodded.

For these people, three taels of silver a month, as well as food and drink from the royal family's soldiers are absolutely tempting, so it is not difficult to understand the enthusiasm of these young people.

With his eyes fixed on the sand table, Chang Wei continued: "Now these recruits are sent to capable generals for training, but Your Highness, there are too many recruits, and military uniforms, armor and weapons cannot be supplied."

Zhao Xu nodded, Chang Wei was asking him in disguise to urge the Bingzhan Division to provide equipment for the army.

He was also scratching his head about this.

The scale of the War Department is too small. If it has to deal with an army of 120,000 people, its productivity will inevitably be unable to keep up.

Therefore, the Department of War and War must be expanded.

In addition to the Military Division, other workshops also need to be expanded and regularized.

After all, he was just making small fuss before.

But as he took charge of the four northern counties, he could no longer develop wildly. He wanted to establish an industrial base in his own territory.

"I will urge you." Zhao Xu said.

Wang Ying was not afraid of Chang Wei at all. Chang Wei was so anxious that he rolled his eyes and said two words, "No."

Zhao Xu said this, Chang Wei felt happy.

Without uniforms and armor, these new recruits looked like disaster victims, which really made him uncomfortable.

"By the way, have you selected the first batch of students for the military academy?" Zhao Xu remembered something.

"The generals were very enthusiastic when they learned that His Highness was giving lectures in person. In the end, the general had no choice but to draw lots and select 300 people." Chang Wei recalled that the generals almost fought over the quota, and he still laughs now.

Zhao Xu felt relieved now.

The Three Great Halls are the foundation for his subsequent development in government affairs, military affairs, and science and technology in the four northern counties. He cannot ignore them.

Although there is a vast amount of knowledge in his mind, he cannot do everything by himself.

And teaching them what is in your mind is equivalent to having a clone of yourself with a lot of knowledge.

With them, all aspects of Yanzhou will gradually develop and improve.

"Well, that's right. Next, I will add 500 soldiers to the army."

"Five hundred scholars? Your Highness, what do you dare to do if you want so many scholars in the army? None of them have the power to restrain a chicken." Chang Wei suddenly felt frightened.

Confrontation over cultural relics is not a one-time thing.

Generally speaking, military generals do not like civil servants who hold pens.

Think they are rotten and often like to give blind orders.

In addition, civilian officials often deducted their military pay, which made this disgust even worse.

So when he heard that King Yan said that he would give five hundred scholars to the army, he immediately felt a chill.

Zhao Xu had long expected Chang Wei to be like this.

But he was unswerving in his efforts to reform the military.

After all, the current royal army is still a feudal army.

If it weren't for his high prestige in the army, the same bad habits as generals would have had among the royal family's troops.

During the autumn hunting season in Beidi, some generals tried to induce rebellion among the soldiers under their command.

Although most of them were turned over to Chang Wei by the soldiers, some of them followed the generals in rebellion.

But Chang Wei discovered it in time and suppressed it.

It happened only a few months ago, but he always remembered it.

Especially after the royal army expanded to 120,000 people.

Some troops are to be stationed in the Yanzhou Pass, which is slightly far away from Yan County.

If there is a person like Yuan Shikai in these armies who can turn new recruits into private soldiers.

The scenario of bombarding the palace is not impossible.

"Whether you want it or not, these scholars must be arranged in the army. As for their role, they will be very important." Zhao Xu said: "When they pass the examination in the school, they will join the army and be responsible for the education of soldiers. But don’t worry the generals, they won’t compete for the command of the soldiers.”

"..." Chang Wei heard this and thought hard.

After thinking for a long time, he admitted that he had failed.

He still couldn't understand the unique idea of ​​the King of Yan.

However, the Royal Guards were the personal guards of the King of Yan.

He only needed to execute.

"The duty of a soldier is to obey orders." This is also a sentence hanging on the military school of Beidaying, which was engraved by the King of Yan.

"Yes, Your Highness." He clasped his fists and shouted loudly.

Zhao Xu rubbed his ears and rolled his eyes at Chang Wei, expressing his dissatisfaction with his loud voice.

After chatting for a few more words, he left Beidaying and went straight to the government office.

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Weaponry Department.

Wang Chong threw the failed spring steel on the ground angrily.

Rubbing his head painfully, he muttered to himself, "Why is it not working? Why is it not working?"

Ever since the King of Yan handed him the firing device of the flintlock, he has been competing with the spring steel.

The reason is simple, because he found that the most important thing about this firing device is the spring steel.

If you can't make spring steel, you can't drive the flint to hit the gunpowder tank by pulling the trigger to ignite the gunpowder.

At the beginning, he didn't care about spring steel or not, just used ordinary steel bars.

But this kind of steel bar can't be restored to its original shape after bending.

This made him think seriously about the meaning of the word spring steel.

Next, he kept trying to forge steel bars that could bend and restore continuously, but failed every time.

"You should go and ask His Highness for advice. You want to take the lead with your mediocre skills. I really don't know how much you can eat." His father's voice sounded behind him, and Wang Chong was even more ashamed.

"If I don't go, His Highness will laugh at me." Wang Chong's self-esteem was severely hit.

Although Wang Ying was strict with Wang Ying, he still hoped that Wang Chong would achieve something in his heart.

He smiled, which he rarely did in front of Wang Chong. "Back then, my father failed more than a hundred times in order to make a porcelain by himself. In the end, he asked an old ceramic craftsman for advice. After he gave me some pointers, I finally mastered the essentials. Don't be afraid of failure. Fear is to be afraid after failure."

Wang Chong was silent for a while, and finally gritted his teeth.

He was young and just angry with himself.

After thinking it through, he said, "I'll go find His Highness right now."