Chapter 53: Developing New Strategies (Part 1)
Luo Zongshan took the official document and looked at it. There was a row of book names printed on it. It was the books sent to him. Ma Kai just added a quantity to the back and asked for signatures after receiving the items. There was nothing to say about this. He borrowed a brush and signed his name very readily.
However, this book cannot last for a lifetime. What if it is damaged or lost? This is related to their eating and making money. So, Luo Zongshan asked with a shameless face after signing the book: "Master Ma, what if this book is broken or lost? Are you really selling it? It's a trivial matter if it is not money. Anyway, a book is only so much money, so I'm afraid it will be troublesome if it can't be bought at that time."
Ma Kai took the signed official document and said angrily: "I will prepare some books here every year. Asking for money is just a joke, but I am afraid that you will not cherish it, so I will use it for scheming. If you take it back as straw paper and use it in a few days, then I will not apply to the Ministry of War and pull a train every month!"
After hearing this, Luo Zongshan finally felt relieved. He smiled and said, "How can you do this? Who dares to use this baby to wipe his butt? I guarantee that his butt will bloom."
Ma Kai nodded and said to Zhang Yue beside him: "Xiao Yue, go and call two people over, help Lao Luo tie up the book, and then carry it for him. He will get other things later."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yue bowed and took the order away. He quickly brought two young men in. The three of them collaborated and quickly tied the book with scrap cloth strips.
Ma Kai thought about it, then got up and took a stacked map from the bookshelf, handed it to Luo Zongshan, and then said solemnly: "Old Luo, this is the garrison map of our Fifth Dushi of Xibo. You have to keep it away. If it is lost, military law will be engaged."
When Luo Zongshan heard this, he nodded heavily, took the map carefully, expanded it and looked at it, and then folded it carefully into his arms.
At this point, the documents were completed. Ma Kai stepped forward and patted Luo Zongshan on the shoulder and said kindly: "Old Luo, go, I'll take you to get other things."
I heard that there were other things to take, so Luo Zongshan naturally followed him happily.
Ma Kai was in front, Luo Zongshan then, Zhang Yue led two personal guards to follow behind with two bundles of books, and a group of five people left the military camp and came outside the city gate on the first floor of the bastion.
Ma Kai did not walk up the street, but walked along the first floor of the city wall. Soon, they arrived at a large courtyard that looked a bit like a horse farm.
As soon as the group entered, a middle-aged man came up and saluted, and then greeted him: "Mr. Ma, you are here, are you getting something for the people below?"
Ma Kai nodded and said, "Yes, Lao Zhao, call some people quickly, put things in, and help load them into the car."
When the old Zhao heard this, he nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay, Lord Ma, please follow me."
After saying that, he took the lead in walking into a row of buildings inside, shouting as he walked: "Sanzi, hurry up, call on the person, get ten carriages, and bring ten deer to come over. You have to see the male and female clearly, and match the five or five."
Someone next to him followed his order, and the group soon came to the row of houses.
This row of buildings can be seen at a glance and it is a warehouse for storing weapons. Because there is a sign hanging on each door, muskets, gunpowder, gunheads, waist knives, bows and arrows on it are all the names of weapons, and there are people guarding the door, so they are heavily guarded.
Lao Zhao did not directly lead them to the warehouse, but led his group into a place similar to the accounting room.
When he arrived here, he first sued him, sat down, took out the order, wrote for a while, then stood up with the order, walked to Ma Kai, handed over the order, and asked respectfully: "Master Ma, do you see, are these?"
Ma Kai took the order and checked it carefully. Luo Zongshan couldn't help but look up, and this glance almost turned his eyes off.
Oh my God, this is simply the standard equipment of the Ming army.
The gun tips, four hundred;
Waist knife, four hundred;
Longbows, four hundred;
Arrows, five thousand;
Flintlock rifles, ten;
Bullets, one thousand rounds;
Gunpowder, a bucket.
If it were the past, it would be a regular army with these, and you could just go to the battlefield!
Of course, the current regular army of the Ming army is no longer equipped, and these can only be used in the reserve army and the guards in the border areas.
Of course, five people couldn't get the things with so many things. Fortunately, there was a carriage, and Lao Zhao had many subordinates. They just had to wait outside to count.
Taking advantage of his time, Ma Kai began to explain the daily affairs of guarding here.
First of all, training cannot be abandoned. Each thousand households must organize full training for one month every year;
Then, each thousand household office must send 100 Tun Guards to Bullet No. 5 to garrison each month, and learn the operation of muskets and artillery;
Also, each thousand households must be optimistic about their own jurisdiction and send people to patrol regularly to prevent the enemy from infiltration;
Also, all kinds of resources cannot be exhausted and fished. If the trees are cut down, saplings must be planted. Try not to hurt young people when hunting;
Finally, we should get along with the nomadic tribes that originally lived here and not rely on force to oppress them.
After explaining these, the weapons were almost all put on the carriage. After Ma Kai and Luo Zongshan signed and sealed the carriage, everyone led the deer and drove the carriage back with the assistance of Lao Zhao's twenty subordinates.
When he arrived at the gate of the first floor of the castle, Ma Kai apologized to Luo Zongshan: "Old Luo, I still have a lot of things to do, so I won't accompany you to get food and supplies. Xiao Yue is familiar with these, just follow him."
Luo Zongshan quickly said gratefully: "Master Ma, go and do your business. My subordinates will come to visit you after finishing the work at hand."
Ma Kai nodded and reminded him: "You send these to the train station first. I have already said hello to the place where you get the supplies. You can borrow a hundred carriages and a thousand tents from them, but you will have to pay back all these within half a month. Our twenty-one bathrooms only have so much quota, and the next wave of brothers will use them. Also, this time you will get a month's food and grass, and send them to the station together with the tent, and then come back to get the remaining food and grass and cement. There are too many things, and you can't move them all at once. Let's go there first to settle down. Anyway, your jurisdiction is less than a hundred miles away from here, so it's more convenient to go back and forth."
When Luo Zongshan heard this, he nodded quickly and said, "I understand."
Ma Kai nodded and was about to say goodbye, but Luo Zongshan seemed to suddenly remember something and hurriedly said, "By the way, Lord Ma, do I want to visit you here?"
Upon hearing this, Ma Kai smiled and said, "The Commander-in-Chief has not come to take office yet. It seems to be in the capital training. Don't worry, when the Commander-in-Chief comes, you will definitely convene everyone for a meeting. The development of the Siber Khanate is a major event. The Ministry of War attaches great importance to it and the Emperor is also paying attention. Just wait for the meeting. There will definitely be many arrangements at that time."
Chapter completed!