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Although various affairs were complicated and trivial, they made his life extremely fulfilling. Li Yuanqing had to deal with government affairs during the day and worked hard at night to cultivate his three "fertile fields."

At this time, the foundation has been established, and it has become a political task.

On April 12, Shang Laoliu led his fleet back from Dagokou. The grain transaction with the Qu family went smoothly without many twists and turns. The uncle of the Qu family also gave Li Yuanqing ten jars of good wine. As a result, Changsheng Island

The grain and grass reserves are enough to support the company for half a year.

But Li Yuanqing did not give Shang Laoliu half a day off. As soon as he went home and took a nap, Li Yuanqing asked Huang Guoshan to recruit him to the official office.

Shang Laoliu couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Yuan Qing, you really want to treat me like a bull. I don't care. Of the ten jars of wine, you have to leave two jars for me."

Li Yuanqing chuckled and said, "Brother Shang, those who can do more work. Just two jars of wine are trivial. When Xu Heizi comes back, I will ask him to bring you a few jars of the capital's fine wine."

The two smiled and exchanged a few words, and Li Yuanqing directly said the topic, "Brother Shang, our population is increasing now, and we can no longer open up wasteland. Now, the weather is warm, and there is a lot of manpower. At this time,

, let’s try to open up more wasteland and always hope to buy grain, this is not a long-term solution.”

At this time, on Changsheng Island, although various affairs such as housing allocation and training have been on the right track, due to various restrictions, Changsheng Island is basically still a big family, and everyone points to Li Yuanqing for meals, regardless of soldiers or women.

, children all eat in the canteen.

This is indeed a good way to stabilize Li Yuanqing's rule in the short term, but it is by no means a long-term solution.

It is imperative to reclaim land, distribute land, and establish a small family.

Shang Laoliu frowned and nodded heavily, "Yuan Qing, I have thought about this for a long time. However, the military training is so intensive now, it is difficult to allocate manpower. Most of the labor still needs to be done by the female family members.

.But after all, women cannot do such heavy work, we need cattle for farming."

Li Yuanqing smiled and said, "Brother Shang, I will give you 30,000 taels of silver. I don't care about anything else. I will leave these things to you. I told Guan Canghai that in the 2000 Corps, except for the main warships, you

Call it whatever you want. By the second half of the year, I just want to see land."

Shang Laoliu shook his head helplessly, "Yuan Qing, you..."

But Shang Laoliu also knew that the Midsummer Offensive was about to begin, so he could only nod his head, "Yuan Qing, I'll do my best. Also, Lao Ma is a good person. He has more experience than me and can help a lot."

Li Yuanqing nodded, "He will be your deputy in this matter."

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When Shang Laoliu came back, Li Yuanqing felt like he had an extra arm, and he could finally be freed from the complicated government affairs. In the afternoon, Li Yuanqing was promoted to steward Ma and Ma Deqiang to the chief steward of the government office, assisting Shang Laoliu in handling all government affairs on Changsheng Island.

In the small school field where the 3000th Corps is stationed, Li Yuanqing, Shunzi, Yang Xiaochuan and a dozen officers stood aside. In the field, 60 soldiers were divided into three rows and started shooting at the target 70 steps away.

"Everyone in the first row."

"Fill the projectile."

"Open the fire door."

"Check the fire door."

"Light the match."

"Aim for proofreading."

"Ready to shoot."

"Bah, bang, bang..." Accompanied by a crisp chirp of bird cannons, the targets not far away shattered and fell to the ground.

Li Yuanqing nodded slightly, the effect was pretty good.

This split and step-by-step training method is more helpful for soldiers to consolidate their memory, become proficient in operations, and develop their instincts.

"The second row...the third row..."

As all three rows of soldiers finished shooting, Li Yuanqing estimated that it took about 5 minutes. This was by no means fast, but it was acceptable.

Shunzi, Yang Xiaochuan and other officers looked at Li Yuanqing's face and saw that Li Yuanqing was smiling. They felt as if they had received an amnesty and relaxed.

Yang Xiaochuan said: "The oil paper includes gunpowder, and it is really convenient to set it up. Unfortunately, after firing the gun 5 times, it needs to be cooled down. Otherwise, the effect of the drill should be better."

Li Yuanqing nodded, "Everything has to have a process. Don't always think about eating a big fat man in one bite. You have to do it step by step, you know?"

Yang Xiaochuan quickly nodded in agreement.

Shunzi also saw that Li Yuanqing admired and loved Yang Xiaochuan very much, and he couldn't help but feel a little dissatisfied. He hurriedly said: "General, the results of the training of the men under my humble command are also good. General, please review them."

Li Yuanqing glanced at Shunzi. Shunzi was originally very energetic, but when he saw the look in Li Yuanqing's eyes, he felt a little guilty.

But his subordinates were looking at him from behind, and he quickly straightened his back.

Li Yuanqing smiled and said, "Let your sons come."

"yes."

Not long after, 100 soldiers under Shunzi also practiced three-stage shooting, and the results were pretty good, almost the same as Yang Xiaochuan's.

Li Yuanqing nodded and said to the two of them: "You two are pretty good. However, this is just a static state. There are no enemies, which can give you a free shooting environment. Next, you must continue to increase the intensity of training and change the environment. Don't

We always practice in the school grounds. Changsheng Island is so big and has so much wilderness. Any place can be used as a battlefield. If the target is not the target, but Hou Jin's Eight Banners cavalry, can the boys handle it with ease?"

Shunzi and Yang Xiaochuan were both a little proud, but they were stunned when they heard Li Yuanqing's words.

They only know how to do things step by step, but they never think about changing the environment.

Li Yuanqing smiled and softened his tone, "You two are both young and sharp-minded. You know, Jiannu is not only powerful, but also extremely cruel. We cannot leave ourselves room for failure. Once we have to fight, we must

You must win. If you want to attack, you must take it. Do you understand?"

"Yes. Thank you General for your teachings." Shunzi and Yang Xiaochuan quickly knelt down on one knee.

After a moment, the soldiers around him also fell to their knees.

Li Yuanqing looked at the sky and slowly exhaled a breath.

At this time, Changsheng Island is well-equipped with troops, and Li Yuanqing has also deliberately increased the training intensity of each department. There are still two months until July. In these two months, Li Yuanqing is also looking forward to seeing how these men under his command can grow.

To what extent?

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The days passed by calmly, and unintentionally, the scorching sun of June has arrived.

The weather suddenly became hot, and the atmosphere on Changsheng Island also began to become hot and dry.

I don't know when, a piece of news suddenly spread on Changsheng Island. After the midsummer offensive, Changsheng Island will hold a grand blind date ceremony. By then, as long as there are meritorious soldiers, they can participate.

There are so many female relatives on Changsheng Island, and many of them are very beautiful. On weekdays, these soldiers can only watch from a distance. Even if they are really like each other, they still cannot be together due to the rules.

But at this time, this news not only gave them hope, but also gave hope to all singles.

On the tenth day of June, Li Yuanqing completely confirmed the news in his regular ten-day speech, and promised that as long as they are in the same mood, Li Yuanqing will give a big gift to every couple.

Li Yuanqing's speech instantly detonated the entire Changsheng Island.

Not only did the women begin to look forward to it, but the soldiers in particular were all gearing up, eager to use all their strength and practice hard, hoping to make achievements in the midsummer offensive and win the beauty back.

At this time, Li Yuanqing, Shang Laoliu, Guan Canghai, Xu Heizi, Duan Xiliang, Wang Hai, Shunzi, Yang Xiaochuan, Huang Guoshan, Liu Dadou and dozens of other people from the Nanxinkou Camp of the 1000th Corps, almost all general-level and above

The officers all arrived to watch the joint exercise of the three thousand regiments.

According to the military regulations set by Li Yuanqing, the troops under his command were divided into separate units for drills every day, with one drill every ten days and one drill every month.

The small drill is the overall drill of the Qian Corps, and the big drill is the integrated drill of all the troops under his command.

At this time, it was already the end of June, and there were only a few days left before the midsummer offensive in July. Li Yuanqing also wanted to see what the results of the training of his men during these days were.

In this era, unlike later generations, communication technology and equipment were so advanced. At this time, for such large-scale exercises, all orders from the commanders must be implemented through semaphores.

Li Yuanqing's Changsheng Battalion had almost no cavalry, so the drill at this time was entirely focused on formations.

Agricultural peoples always have a natural weakness in mobility against nomadic peoples.

Even though each section of the Changsheng Battalion has been equipped with some bird guns, due to productivity constraints, there are still only a few bird gun soldiers. At this time, the Changsheng Battalion has more than 1,000 soldiers, and the number of bird gun soldiers is less than 400.

The rest were basically spearmen, with a small number of sword and shield soldiers, and a heavy armored squad of less than 50 people that Duan Xiliang had just organized.

With such a force, when facing the Houjin Eight Banners cavalry, they could only rely on their formation.

Among the formations of the Ming army, the most commonly used formations are the circular formation and the square formation. Although these two formations are ancient, they are extremely effective and can effectively prevent the impact of cavalry, just like hedgehogs, protecting the safety of the core.

At this time, the square formation was being practiced on the field.

The square formation has four edges and corners, and the soldiers only need to line up in a straight line, front, back, left, and right, unlike the circular formation, which requires arcs. It is the most basic formation.

However, in this era, people's education level is generally low, and they don't distinguish between left and right, which is simply instinctive.

Even though the ministries under Li Yuanqing's command have been practicing for months, with officers in the front holding flags and flags, and junior officers in the queue shouting desperately, the soldiers at the grassroots level still looked chaotic, as if they were rushing to a large gathering.

Some junior officers were hoarse from shouting. It took them less than half an hour to complete the display of a simple square array.

But even so, it was enough to make the officers happy.

Liu Dadou stood up excitedly and looked over and over again, "General, these men, have they really only practiced for a month?"

Li Yuanqing was speechless, "What? Dadou, do you think they did a good job? You are an elite member of the Guangning Army. How long did it take to form the formation under Luo Shuai?"

Liu Dadou said hurriedly: "General, there are more than 5,000 people in Luo Shuai's headquarters. If you want to form this formation, I'm afraid it will take two or three hours."

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but be stunned, two or three hours? What is this concept? Doesn't it take five or six hours?
To be continued...