Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 89 New Army, Marathon
The queen received the imperial edict, and with the assistance of Dongchang, began to build Jiangnan Leather Factory.

Concubine Yuan also joined with great interest. Women who live in deep palaces actually like to have things to do, which can not only pass the time, but also reflect their own value.

Li Cunming then ordered Jin Yiwei to take the [-] military backpacks, and accompanied by Yan Ermei and Ren Qi, he left the palace and came to the barracks.

First listen to Liu Wenbing's report on the situation of the barracks: "Your Majesty, the daily training of the soldiers has been greatly improved, and the weapons and equipment have gradually improved. The equipment in the car camp is the most sophisticated, with as many as [-] chariots."

Li Cunming nodded and said: "Very good! Weapons and equipment are not a problem, and the craftsmen in the military academy will continue to produce them. What about the new army, how is the preparation going?"

The new army was established on the basis of the Shenji Battalion. The most important feature was that all soldiers were equipped with flintlock guns.

These soldiers are brave soldiers with rich combat experience, strong body and skilled killing skills. There are a total of 3 soldiers, including the 3000-strong Flying Tigers.

Liu Wenbing said: "There is still a lack of weapons. There are only more than 2000 rifled flintlock guns and [-] hot air balloons, which are far from enough..."

Yan Ermei interjected: "Where are the cavalry?"

"The cavalry is even more troublesome. There is a lack of good war horses in the south, and a horse sells for 80 taels of silver. I really can't think of a way to do it. I just want to report to His Majesty and the military advisor." Liu Wenbing frowned.

When Yan Ermei was also at a loss, he also frowned and said: "Everything in the south is good, but it is not suitable for large-scale horse breeding. There is a shortage of horses. How can we start to build a strong cavalry?"

The two looked at the emperor at the same time. These courtiers had formed the habit of waiting for the emperor to make up their minds when they encountered serious troubles.It's not that they are not smart enough, but that the emperor is resourceful and gradually became dependent.

"Why are you looking at me? I'm not the minister of the imperial court!" Li Cunming said.

Taipu Temple, an institution in charge of horse administration in the Ming Dynasty, was responsible for raising and taming horses.

After thinking for a while, he said, "There are no guns or cannons. The enemy built them for us. Maybe we have to change our thinking and go to Jiannu to ask for horses."

Liu Wenbing was dumbfounded, thinking that trying to get horses from a slave was no different than trying to pull out teeth from a tiger!

Yan Ermei stroked her beard and said, "This is a genius idea, but the operation is too difficult and needs to be arranged carefully and properly. I wonder if Your Majesty has a specific layout?"

"I just have such an idea, and I can't talk about how to operate it. Let's think about it in the long run."

Just as he was talking, there was a loud noise from the school grounds, mixed with cursing and howling.

Li Cunming asked: "What's going on?"

"At this time, it should be the Flying Tigers training on the school field. Hearing the movement, Qi Dazhuang probably hit someone again." Liu Wenbing said.

"Let's go and have a look." Li Cunming stood up.

When they arrived at the school grounds, they saw Qi Da Zhuangzhuang whipping Zhu Yousong with a whip. Zhu Yousong screamed and ran away with his head in his arms.

Seeing the emperor, Zhu Yousong crawled in front of him, tightly grabbed Li Cunming's sleeves, cried with runny nose and tears:

"Your Majesty, help me. Although I am no longer a feudal lord, at least I have the blood of our old Zhu family flowing in my body. Qi Dazhuang beat me with a whip if he didn't move at all. I am going to die..."

Li Cunming looked at Qi Dazhuang with a cold face and said, "I heard that you often beat and scold soldiers, is there such a thing?"

"Yes..." Qi Dazhuang was a little embarrassed and a little scared, and hurriedly explained, "Zhu Yousong didn't pay attention to training, cheated and played tricks, and didn't operate the hot air balloon as required. He almost scrapped one just now."

The people around were sweating for Qi Dazhuang, because the emperor expressly forbids the generals to beat and scold the soldiers, once found out, at least [-] army sticks will be beaten.

Unexpectedly, Li Cunming gave a thumbs up and said, "Good job!"

Zhu Yousong almost suffocated to death, and the others showed expressions of astonishment and astonishment.

"Call all the new troops here." Li Cunming ordered Liu Wenbing.

Not long after, [-] new troops rushed to the school field and lined up.

Li Cunming said loudly: "You are called the New Army, and you are the army I care about most. I want to train you into the sharpest knives of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, I will increase your salary to three taels of silver per month, which is more than Ordinary soldiers have an extra one or two, and they usually have meat for three meals, so they have enough food."

"I guarantee that you will have no worries about food and clothing, and that you will be well treated. You must be willing to work hard, otherwise, won't it be a disappointment to all my painstaking efforts?"

"The new army is different from other armies. You should become the soldiers with the strongest combat effectiveness in the Ming Dynasty. How to improve your combat effectiveness? There is only one way, crazy training, hard training! The more effort you spend in training on weekdays, the less it will be on the battlefield. It’s dangerous, think about it carefully, is this the truth?”

"Joining the new army, there is only one thing to keep in mind, obey, obey, and obey!"

Li Cunming paused, and continued: "I really love soldiers like sons, and I do order that generals are prohibited from beating and scolding soldiers, and that officers and soldiers are equal. But in the new army, this prohibition is cancelled, and every order of the generals, you can only do it unconditionally." Obey! Do you understand?"

"Understood!" the soldiers shouted.

Zhu Yousong was about to cry, Qi Dazhuang breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly raised his whip at Zhu Yousong.

Li Cunming clapped his hands and asked Jin Yiwei to distribute the military backpacks to the Flying Tigers.The members of the Flying Tigers were surprised and delighted when they saw such a novel backpack, but when they carried it on their backs, they found it was heavy.

"The backpacks I sent you are military backpacks, which are used to carry military items during wars. Do you think it is heavy? It is right to feel heavy, because it is filled with bricks."

Li Cunming smiled, then changed his face, and said seriously: "I said that the training intensity of the new army should be increased, and let the Flying Tigers set an example first. All members of the Flying Tigers obeyed the order and went out of the camp with their bags on their backs for a long-distance run." , the distance is not far, a total of ten kilometers back and forth. Let's go!"

Qi Dazhuang led the way, and three thousand members of the Flying Tigers ran out of the barracks and ran along the river.

Mubutai took small steps, clacking his horse's hooves.

Li Cunming sat on the horse and shouted from time to time: "Hurry up, hurry up! Haven't you had enough to eat? Hey, Zhu Yousong, dawdle like a woman, believe it or not, I will beat you! If you want to be a soldier, go Go to Jiangbei to dig coal, or go to Jiangxi to dig mines."

"Ding, get Zhu Yousong's negative emotion value of 1000"

After running for three miles, the speed of the team slowed down, and many people were already sweating profusely and panting.Zhu Yousong was so tired that he became a dog, his legs seemed to be filled with lead, and he slowly fell behind.

Li Cunming said to Ren Qi who had been by his side all the time: "Go, drag Zhu Yousong over and tie him with a rein, and I will take him to pretend to fly."

Not long after, the soldiers saw a funny scene.Zhu Yousong tied his hands to the reins. The emperor rode on the horse and pulled the reins, leading him to run away.

"Your Majesty, slow down, slow down, my bones are falling apart, and the soles of my shoes are worn out..." Zhu Yousong's howl lingered in the wind for a long time.

After running five kilometers, the soldiers were so exhausted that they lay on the ground not wanting to move.Zhu Yousong leaned against Mubutai, his face was pale, and he breathed heavily with his mouth open.

"Zhu Yousong, do you know what it means to endure hardship now? You people, you didn't know the blessings when you were in the blessings before!" Li Cunming said.

Zhu Yousong didn't even have the strength to speak, Li Cunming smiled and said to the soldiers: "This kind of long-distance running has a name, do you know what it is called?"

The soldiers wiped their sweat and shook their heads. Li Cunming pointed to the sweaty BMW, then pointed to Zhu Yousong and said, "Marathon, this kind of long-distance running is a marathon!"

The horse pulled Zhu Yousong... The soldiers came back to their senses and burst out laughing.

"A marathon generally needs to run 42 kilometers. Today is the first time. I won't force you. I will gradually increase the mileage in the future."

As he spoke, he whipped Mubutai's round buttocks, and the horse started to gallop, and the emperor's voice became farther and farther away: "Back to the camp, I have people stewed potato ribs, those who fall behind will not be able to enjoy it! "

The soldiers jumped to their feet, yelled and ran wildly.

(End of this chapter)