King's Landing in France

Chapter 116 Formation of the Female Cavalry

The next day, brand new notices were posted on all the main squares in Paris.

One is the notice that the Lion of the Bastille and the Magician of the Battlefield are recruiting officers, requiring those who have received formal officer education and have regular military ranks.

This notice did not cause much discussion, because everyone knew that there was a shortage of officers for the new Konta military commissioner.

The common people in Paris have long regarded the story of Frost's promotion of the chief soldier as a non-commissioned officer for a long time. Almost everyone in the city knows that the non-commissioned officers under Mr. Frost were promoted by the chief soldier.

Mr. Frost can teach Konta's "tens of thousands" of rebels with such troops, so he is called "the magician of the battlefield".

Now that Mr. Frost has begun to recruit officers, it is logical. One cannot always fight with an army composed of big soldiers, and there must be some officers.

So this notice did not spark much discussion.

Not so another notice.

This notice was also posted by the lion of Bastille and the battlefield magician of Conta. The content of the notice was to recruit strong women to join the cavalry unit that was about to be formed.

This announcement caused a thousand waves, and everyone talked about it.

"What can a woman do? The lion of the Bastille is sometimes blind!"

"You don't understand, he's the second best thing. Look, where are the cavalry now? Lafayette's National Guard is also all infantry! So Mr. Frost saw that His Majesty's Majesty's Women's Cavalry Regiment performed well, We decided to expand the establishment!"

"Hmph, I don't think so. He wants to recruit serious cavalry, but he can't recruit them due to his reputation? He just wants a woman. He is not married yet. He probably wants to use this name to attract young ladies from good families. Hire them all!"

"Let women go to war, I think this big France is a pill!"

"You can't say that, isn't Joan of Arc a woman? I think Mr. Frost is planning to get an army of Joan of Arc out. Think about it, will he still have an opponent by then? An army of Joan of Arc !"

While the masses were discussing, the major forces in Paris were also speculating on what Mr. Frost's notice was trying to do.

Among them, Lafayette was the most confused.

He paced back and forth in his study: "Recruiting female cavalry? What does that mean? He wants cavalry, so go directly to the tavern to find it! Paris is full of idle hussars, drinking in taverns all day long..."

General Bouille, who happened to be visiting here in Lafayette, also folded his arms and looked confused.

General Bouille came to Lafayette because of the Nancy mutiny not long ago.In this mutiny, Lafayette supported General Bouille's suppression, so he was caught by Robespierre and the others.

General Bouille made a special trip to thank Lafayette for his support.

General Bouye: "Could it be that he used the ceremonial ladies given by His Majesty the King to use something?"

Lafayette shook his head: "How is that possible! Compared with the decent hussars, the ladies of the ceremonial soldiers probably have better military discipline."

General Bouye was silent.

Lafayette paced back and forth in the room, pondered for a long time before saying: "Could it be that this is the smoke bomb he fired?"

General Bouye: "How?"

"I don't know, he may just want us to guess, ponder his intentions, and then ignore his real purpose."

General Bouye frowned: "What other intentions does he have? He is going to Konta, which is so far away from Paris, and it can be said that it has nothing to do with the politics of Paris. What other intentions can he have?

"I really don't know what he's going to do at the Conta, when in Paris he wants fame, popularity, power... in Paris fame is power!

"He can't really be, worried about the situation in the Konta area?"

Lafayette pursed his lips: "Could it be that we all misunderstood him? He is really a person who cares about the revolution and is very indifferent to personal fame and fortune? Then why is he recruiting female soldiers?"

Buye: "Maybe...he's horny?"

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"It's absolutely impossible!" Robespierre said categorically, "He is not a womanizer. If Mirabeau posted such a notice, I would definitely suspect that his motives are impure!"

Dandong: "Then why is this? Female soldiers are definitely not as good as male soldiers. After all, women, right, there are always a few days in a month that are inconvenient, and everyone's time is different, so they can't concentrate Get up and dodge."

It was still early at this time, and some representatives of the National Assembly of the Montagne had gathered in the Jacobin Monastery. They would gather like this in the club to discuss matters before going to the parliamentary venue next to the Tuileries Palace.

Regarding Frost's new announcement, the representatives of the Mountain faction also had different opinions, and they couldn't come up with a unified view for a while.

At this moment, Mara walked into the hall of the monastery with the wind.

"Everyone!" Mara said excitedly to everyone, "Have you heard about Andy's new announcement? This announcement is really great!"

The delegates looked at Mara suspiciously.

On behalf of everyone, Robespierre asked, "What is a good way?"

"It's equality!" Mara said excitedly. "Andy has gone through the march to Versailles and seen the power of women! So he used this method to show us that men and women should also be equal!"

The representatives looked at each other in blank dismay: "Equality..."

"That's right, the equality we propose should not be limited to men, women are equally equal! Andy used this method to remind us of this! Since women can go to war like men, what else is there?" What can't be equal?"

Dandong clapped his hands vigorously: "That's right! He is reminding us that the current laws are all formulated from the perspective of men. We should make another decree to stipulate that women also enjoy equal rights!"

Immediately, a representative frowned: "Are you saying that women should also have the right to vote? This is inappropriate."

"Yeah, what do you ladies know?"

Robespierre said loudly: "No! The latest decree has stipulated that citizens who can pay the prescribed share of taxes are active citizens and have the right to vote.

"Women should be recognized as active citizens if they pay their required taxes! Andy must be trying to remind us of that!"

Robert Spil paused, and sighed: "Although he is about to leave Paris to guard the turbulent area, he still cares about the constitutional matter!"

Danton: "Who can not care about constitutionalism? This is a major issue that affects the future of France as a whole."

Marat: "I propose that we have a toast to Mr. Andy Frost, who has always cared about the future of France! I wish him a long and healthy life!"

"it is good!"

"Cheers!"

A few moments later the waiter poured wine for the gentlemen.

So everyone, led by Robespierre, raised their glasses together: "I wish our Mr. Frost a long and healthy life!"

Chapter 117 The problem is the economy, idiot

Tranquility's manor is very lively these days.

A large number of women and former military officers lined up to enlist in Anning.

Anning handed over the review of the women to Christina and her regimental commander, and then worked with Lazar Kano to review the officers who came to enlist.

Because there were so many officers who came to apply for the enlistment, An Ning suddenly had a new idea. He took Lazarcano to the hut next to the study room used by the interviewing officers, and seriously asked for advice: "With so many officers, it is impossible Send them all to train and teach the brigade?"

Lazar Kano: "Since there are so many officers, why not just send them to the army."

An Ning: "Do you think there is no problem?"

Lazar Cano curled his lips: "There will definitely be problems. The soldiers of the National Guard have been enlightened by the revolution, and they are very disrespectful to the old officers, and your army has such things as the Soldiers Committee. Soon the soldiers will be at odds with the officers."

"That's why!" An Ning clapped her hands, "I see it this way, let's directly form a troop composed of old officers and non-commissioned officers, and call it a 'demonstration troop'."

Lazar Kano: "You mean to gather all the non-commissioned officers and officers of noble origin?"

"Yes, the non-commissioned officer is a private, the platoon leader is a second lieutenant, and the company commander is a captain or even a captain..."

"This will cost a lot of money. It's not appropriate to spend so much money just to build a demonstration unit?" Lazarcano asked inexplicably.

An Ning: "You don't have to worry about money. I confiscated a lot of church property in Konta. I can still support a company of noble origin."

Lazar Kano: "Since you said that, I have no objection. Moreover, there is such an army of noble origin, and if it operates properly in the future, it can ignite the competitiveness of the army of civilian origin."

An Ning clapped her hands: "Okay, then it's settled."

Kano: "So, what is the name of this all-noble army? I don't think it's good to call it a demonstration army directly. It means that the common people should learn from the nobles. The common people will have opinions."

An Ning scratched his head. He didn't think about it when he first mentioned it. The inspiration came directly from Denikin's White Guards 200 years later during the Russian Revolution. When the company commander.

After thinking for a few seconds, An Ning slapped his head: "Why don't we call it Xingui Company, after all, they are all new nobles loyal to the new regime."

Lazarcano frowned: "Xingui Company... sounds weird."

Apparently Lazar Kano had a problem with this name, and An Ning himself felt that something was wrong, but he was very bad at naming names, so he could only find them from existing names, so after holding back for a few seconds, he came up with a New formulation: "Then it's called Ultramarines?"

Kano: "It sounds like I have nothing to do with nobles."

"The Emperor's Fist?"

Kano: "So this has become the army of the King of France, and will be regarded as the King's Party. Your friends are all Mountaineers, and even the Girondins are few. And, most importantly, we are not an empire. , the king of France is not the emperor..."

An Ning was a little shattered, and said nonsense: "They are the afterglow of the feudal era that has passed away. Let's call them the afterglow knights, or gray knights for short."

"Huh?" Kano raised his eyebrows, "Not bad, this name is wonderful."

——what the hell, is it wonderful?Are you sure?

Carnot: "The afterglow of the setting sun of the feudal era is fighting for the new French constitutional monarchy. The intention is very good!"

Is it good?I'm talking nonsense!

Kano: "Just do it. It's better than stuffing them into your troops and causing conflict between soldiers and officers.

"I think your army should establish a principle that the army only use non-commissioned officers of civilian origin, and all those of noble origin join the Sunset Knights.

"When counting the battle results in the future, it will be announced to everyone whether the civilians or the nobles have more victories! The side with more will receive special awards."

An Ning: "Just do it! You have perfectly understood my intention! This is what I want!"

After that, he patted Kano on the shoulder.

"Then I'll do it like this." Kano turned and opened the door, and went back to the hall where the enlisted officers were waiting.

Kano: "Everyone, I just discussed with Mr. Frost. All of you don't need to be reviewed. People from noble backgrounds will be incorporated into a troop called Sunset Knights! Those from civilian backgrounds will be directly added to the troop. !"

An Ning handed over the marshalling work to Lazar Kano, and walked around to check on the situation with the ladies.

The selection of the cavalry was placed in the manor's compound. As soon as An Ning went out and stood on the steps of the manor's main building, she was startled by the dark crowd in the manor.

The key is obviously to recruit female cavalry, but there are still many old men and little kids in the yard, An Ning is a little confused.

At this time, Christina ran over and said with a sad face: "Andy! You are here. Let's see, who are the people here? Many aunts and families have come, saying that they can find a job here !"

An Ning frowned: "The whole family is here? What do they think we are doing?"

As soon as the words fell, an aunt who was close to me spoke up: "Master Frost! Please, you see, our family is all agile people. When my husband is strong, my two little babies are also strong." I can run errands for you!"

An Ning was very surprised, so she asked, "Ma'am, hasn't the price of food come down now? Life in Paris should be better. Why are you still looking for me?"

"Now in Paris, although food prices have come down, it's hard to find a job! The factory manager where my husband used to work killed him and refused to raise his wages. We went to him and he said that the situation has changed now. The husband and he are in the same group. If you don't give you a salary increase, you won't get a raise!

"The council also banned the guild, and the National Guard of General Lafayette forcibly closed the guild! The original guild leader, the respected old John, is now a representative of the district, and he doesn't care about us!"

An Ning frowned, he didn't expect Paris to look like this now.

The aunt stretched out a hand and pulled An Ning's sleeve: "Master Frost, everyone says you are the savior, you should think of a way, we don't want a high salary, you just need to give us twenty sous a week, no , fifteen sous is enough to keep us alive! We will work for you and fight for you!"

An Ning frowned, he wasn't really the savior.

The parliament was busy formulating the constitution, but ignored economic issues. The new aristocrats took advantage of the changes to reap the benefits without caring about the lives of the people.

That's why there was a series of turmoil afterwards. The Peiyang faction representing the big nobles and big bankers was overthrown by the Girondin faction, but the life of the masses still did not improve, so the Jacobin faction rose again and took the Girondists The special mission is overturned...

It can be said that what An Ning sees now is the root cause of the turmoil in the entire Legal Revolution era.

This kind of problem is not something a 21st century programmer can solve.

But An Ning couldn't bear to drive away this aunt like this.

So An Ning turned her head and looked for Fanny.

"Are you looking for me?" Fanny suddenly refreshed!

An Ning was startled: "Fuck, why are you so elusive?"

"Where the master needs me, I will be there. I am a professional maid." Fanny paused, and then said, "The manor doesn't have that much manpower, so you'd better not think about taking in all the people in this yard. come down."

An Ning pouted.

At this time, a sergeant promoted by An Ning came over and said: "General, it can be done like this. I think this lady's husband should be very good as an infantry soldier. Just as your army is preparing to expand, you can use men as infantry. When she enters the army, the lady will let her go home and take care of the children, and with the infantry’s military pay, the family should barely be able to live.”

The aunt immediately said: "Good sir, I can also be a cavalry soldier, and my child can also run errands for the army. He is very excited. Send a letter or something!"

An Ning shook her head again and again: "No, we only want young and middle-aged men and women. You and your children are not of the right age."

After finishing speaking, An Ning turned to the sergeant and said, "You organize it immediately, call a few non-commissioned officers over here, and set up a recruiting position here. But pay attention, we only recruit one husband and wife, as for the children, We can't involve such a young child in a war, not at all!"