I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

Soaps and soaps gained instant critical acclaim as soon as they were launched.

The contrast is too obvious. The decontamination ability of pancreas is incomparable with soap. As for soap, there is no corresponding product that can be compared with it, it is a completely new thing.

In terms of price, although people think that soap is still a little expensive, high-end users do not think so.

Not only are soaps worth one tael of silver bought, but even the soap of five taels of silver is in short supply.

"Where did the Chen family get such a novelty?"

Tang Yu and several other big businessmen got together again, and the appearance of soap and soap stunned their eyes.

The competitiveness of this kind of goods is too strong, and there is no corresponding goods on the market to compete with. This unique business has always been the most profitable.

"My concubine used the soap yesterday, and the effect is really good. The whole person smells good."

"Oh, didn't Shopkeeper Lu have a good life last night?"

Hearing others making fun of Shopkeeper Lu, the others couldn't laugh.

"Does anyone know how much this thing costs?"

Tang Yu asked.

Everyone shook their heads one after another, the time was too short, and they didn't find out. But for sure, the cost is definitely not high.

To save others by themselves, they feel that if they get this kind of treasure by themselves, then the profit must be higher.

"Isn't this guy going to make a fortune, this is a unique business."

Some people sighed that competitive business is not easy to do, only exclusive business is the most popular.

Seeing that Chen Daolin made a treasure like soap, they were all jealous.

"It's no wonder that Chen Daolin gave up the food business. It seems that he has already obtained this kind of treasure, and he is afraid of being robbed and robbed by others, so he does not dare to disclose it to the public. Now he has specially found a backer before he sells it."

Liu Shizao used his imagination and came up with a possibility that everyone agreed.

"His move is undoubtedly a foolish move. When the Qing army comes back and destroys Wu Changqing, then we will have the opportunity to grab this business."

Tang Yu sneered.

Just a few days ago, they were still in the same circle, and although their relationship wasn't good, it wasn't bad either. But because Chen Daolin provided Wu Changqing with food and salaries alone, they isolated Chen Daolin very tacitly.

No, he didn't even hide his malice towards Chen Daolin in his words.

"That's right, this kind of good stuff should naturally be managed by everyone, how can he be allowed to enjoy it alone."

"Let him dance for a few days first."

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On the school grounds, Wu Changqing paid the soldiers personally. He wants to let these soldiers know who is raising them, and let these soldiers only recognize themselves and only be loyal to themselves.

The power of paying the salaries is very important. If the salaries are handed over to Liu Hansan and the others to distribute, on the one hand, Liu Han's third-class officers may deduct layer by layer, and on the other hand, the soldiers will only recognize their superiors.

This is a major drawback of the old army. Wu Changqing has prepared to set up a logistics department, which is specially used to pay soldiers, deal with spoils and be responsible for various procurements of the army.

Those generals only need to be responsible for training soldiers and fighting, and they are not allowed to touch the money.

Doing so may displease some officers who like to deduct soldiers' salaries, but Wu Changqing decided to do it anyway. Failure to do so will never eradicate some of the evils in the old army.

After the expansion of the army, Wu Changqing's main force has reached 8,000.

Of course, it was impossible for him to distribute so many people one by one. He just distributed a dozen soldiers as a show, and the rest of the work was handed over to Wang Dafu.

The number of 8,000 is already quite a lot, but its combat effectiveness is a big question mark.

There is no need to worry about the 1200 flintlock troops, they are absolutely elite. Even if you encounter the Eight Banners soldiers, you can fight against them and gain the upper hand.

However, for the remaining 6,000 people, the combat effectiveness was somewhat unsatisfactory.

Among the more than 6,000 people, Li Shaobin commanded 1,000 people, including 400 gunmen, 200 archers, and 400 spearmen.

Originally, this unit Wu Changqing was positioned as a long-range soldier, but unfortunately, he only had so many fire guns in his hand. He had already taken all the newly built ones in the craftsman's room, and he was only able to collect four hundred.

At present, the scale of the craftsman workshop has been expanded several times. There are a hundred craftsmen working in it, and there are four or five hundred helpers.

However, at present, the workshop can only produce five arquebuses, three flintlocks, as well as some grenades, bows and arrows, broadswords and spears.

There are also few archers in his army. After all, the training of archers is not easy, and those with insufficient arm strength cannot be archers. Moreover, bows and arrows are much more expensive and more expensive than swords and spears.

Wang Dayong led 1,200 people, all of whom were sword and shield fighters, and were specially used to attack or defend the city. Each soldier would carry two grenades with him.

They shouldn't be very good at field combat, and they will be dumbfounded when they encounter pikemen.

Liu Hansan commanded one to two hundred thousand spearmen, and Wu Yi commanded a thousand and five hundred miscellaneous troops, with all kinds of weapons.

Dai Zhijun led the spearmen and swordsmen, a total of 1,800 people. Finally, there was a 100-strong cavalry unit, mainly for reconnaissance and sentry functions, led by Chen Shichang, Wu Shengzhao's original subordinate.

In general, his army is still dominated by cold weapons.

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A very helpless situation, that is, there are advanced technologies available, but there are not enough talents to use them.

In this era, the literacy rate is very low. It is also very difficult to cultivate talents.

"Assemble the whole team, stand at attention, and rest for a while."

Following Wang Dafu's slogan, the soldiers who had received their salaries lined up and stood at attention in orderly manner. This is the procedure prescribed by Wu Changqing, and it is necessary for these soldiers to develop the habit of acting in unison.

"It's about to be trained, do you know why I force you to train? It's because I don't want to see you die on the battlefield. Every one of you is my soldier, and every one's life is my responsibility. very important.

However, it is impossible to go to war without dying. If you want to survive on the battlefield, you have to train hard in peacetime. The more you sweat in peacetime, the less blood you bleed in wartime..."

Wu Changqing gave another speech, and the soldiers who understood it were moved and grateful.

In this era, how can a general say such touching words. "Everyone is my soldier." With such a simple sentence, soldiers have a sense of being valued.

After the speech, all but those who needed to be alerted and patrolled began to train.

The content of the training is divided into three parts. The first part is the training of the soldier's personal ability, strength, endurance and other exercises. This part of the content is relatively small.

The second part is the training of tactical formation coordination. In the battle between the two armies, how to cooperate and how to use swords...

The third part is Wu Changqing's original special training, which includes walking straight, forming a line, trust training, courage training, simulated confrontation and the like.

And today, after these three parts of training, Wu Changqing added another item to them, that is, reading and literacy.

Many people think that the most important thing for soldiers is bravery, but in fact, IQ knowledge is also very important. Especially after entering the hot weapon war of guns and guns, a group of illiterate and strong men will definitely not be able to defeat a group of literati with tactical literacy.

Wu Changqing's army will sooner or later achieve full-scale hot weapons, so the educational level of the soldiers is very important. He must train a group of literate grass-roots officers and let them master some basic tactical literacy.

Learning is a long process, so although reading and literacy has not greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the army, Wu Changqing still issued such an order.

Everything is for future development.

For such an order, Liu Hansan and others did not understand it very much. They did not understand the meaning of letting soldiers read and write. However, this was Wu Changqing's order, and they could only abide by it if they did not understand it.

But for the soldiers, they were moved by Wu Changqing's order.

It is not easy for people in this era to study and read. People with no savings at home cannot support their children to study at all. This led to the fact that the soldiers were basically illiterate.

Although they are all illiterate, they all know the great significance of reading and literacy.

The idea that studying can change destiny has been popularized in this era.

Wu Changqing gave them the opportunity to read and write, which is equivalent to giving them the opportunity to change people. In the eyes of the soldiers, this is simply a great gift.

This unexpected gain was also beyond Wu Changqing's expectations.

This made him more determined to implement this strategy, and specially invited a group of teachers to teach soldiers to learn to read.