Chapter 56 Sweat more, bleed less!

"Run!"

"Don't stop!"

By the small river at the foot of Linguanbao Mountain, a hundred soldiers were running under the drive of Yang Zhengshan and others.

They were wearing thin short-sleeved shirts, and everyone was sweating profusely and breathing heavily.

"You are soldiers, and you will go to the battlefield in the future!"

"On the battlefield, the stronger you are, the more chances you have to survive!"

"Sweat more, bleed less!"

"It's better to sweat now than to bleed on the battlefield!"

Yang Zhengshan followed the team, shouting loudly as he ran.

He held a short stick in his hand, and would cruelly beat anyone who fell behind.

Without exception, even Yang Chengze and others had to face his stick.

After half an hour's morning run, the soldiers returned to the garrison to have breakfast. After breakfast, it was exactly seven o'clock in the morning, and the one hundred soldiers stood neatly in the training ground again.

"Very good. Compared to half a month ago, you can now be called a mob!"

"My body has become stronger and my strength has increased!"

Yang Zhengshan walked leisurely in the queue, occasionally reaching out to pat the shoulders of the soldiers beside him.

"You have to understand that the real training has just begun, and the hard days are still ahead!"

He grinned, "Let me give you one hell of a test, are you ready?"

The basic training has ended, and next comes the devilish training designed by Yang Zhengshan.

As for the training content, please refer to special forces.

Have you never eaten pork or seen a pig running?
"Mingwu, Mingcheng! Distribute weapons and equipment!"

Until now, these soldiers have never touched a weapon.

"Here!"

The warehouse is fully stocked with weapons and armor.

There are still many items that need training.

Physical training will not decrease, but will increase. At the same time, battle formations, night training, various weapons training, etc. will also be added.

The training of these soldiers was different from the training of the young and strong men in Yangjia Village. The young and strong men in Yangjia Village all knew how to use guns, so when he trained them, Yang Zhengshan only let them practice using guns.

Now, training these soldiers requires the coordination of various weapons and training in battle formations.

Each flag must have sword and shield soldiers, spearmen, and archers.

On the battlefield, the small flag is the smallest combat unit, and the small flag officer leads ten soldiers into battle.

Yang Zhengshan helped each soldier choose weapons according to their specialties.

Gunmanship training is the easiest. Whether it is Yang Zhengshan, Yang Mingzhi or Yang Mingwu, they are all good at gunmanship.

As for the martial arts of sword and shield, Yang Zhengshan was not very familiar with it. His predecessor did not leave him the corresponding martial arts, and he had never practiced it before.

But this is not a big deal, as this is a mountain pass and what we have the most is military martial arts.

In his study there are many basic military martial arts and some books on battle formations.

These were all prepared by Lao Li.

The soldiers were training and Yang Zhengshan was also learning.

Martial arts, battle formations, military tactics, etc. are all things that Yang Zhengshan needs to learn.

……

"Sir, this is the profit from sewing cloth shoes during this period!"

In the study, Old Li handed a few taels of silver to Yang Zhengshan.

"Where is the account book? Let me see it." Yang Zhengshan took the silver and said.

Old Li handed him the account book again.

Looking at the numbers on the account book, Yang Zhengshan nodded with satisfaction. As he expected, the business of sewing cloth shoes can still be done.

In about fifteen days, the women in the tunbu sewed nearly a thousand pairs of cloth shoes, most of which were sold.

The profit of each pair of cloth shoes is about fifteen cents, and this is without taking labor costs into account. Of the fifteen cents profit, Yang Zhengshan only gets three cents, and the woman who sews the cloth shoes gets twelve cents.

From the one thousand pairs of cloth shoes, Yang Zhengshan earned about three taels of silver, and more than one hundred women earned twelve taels of silver, which means that each woman could get more than one hundred coins on average.

Each person can earn less than ten cents a day, which is very low, but it is very rare for those women.

And they don't sew cloth shoes all the time. They also have to take care of the work in the fields and the elderly and children at home. They only sew cloth shoes when they have time.

With such an income, they will have some spare money in their hands and will not be left without a penny.

In fact, the one who earned the most was Shopkeeper Luo. He could earn eight cents for every pair of cloth shoes sold. In half a month, he earned seven or eight taels of silver.

The soldiers' demand for cloth shoes was greater than Yang Zhengshan had expected, and also exceeded Manager Luo's expectations.

Now Shopkeeper Luo is much more proactive about this business. He doesn't even need Yang Zhengshan to deliver the goods to his door. He will arrange for someone to pick up the goods himself.

The first phase of poverty alleviation has been a complete success, and now it is time to enter the second phase.

"Are the pigpen and chicken coop built?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"It's built!" replied Lao Li.

Yang Zhengshan handed him some silver and said, "Go buy some chickens and piglets, and then hire some half-grown children to take care of them!"

"Once they grow big, we won't have to buy meat anymore!"

During this period, he often subsidized the soldiers' food and asked Lao Li to buy some pork every two or three days.

Although it didn't cost much money, it was his own money.

As a garrison officer, he did not earn money from the military households, but had to pay for their support out of his own pocket. He was probably the only one in the entire Chongshan Town.

"Yes, I understand!" Lao Li replied.

Yang Zhengshan added: "Take some time to find Zhao Yuan and ask him to get us another batch of food."

Although there was still some food left from the ten carts that were transported earlier, the soldiers’ salaries had to be distributed soon, and the remaining food would definitely not be enough.

"Will Lord Zhao give it to us?" Old Li was a little worried.

"Yes." Yang Zhengshan said affirmatively.

Only then did Old Li feel a little relieved.

In the afternoon, Lao Li brought back ten piglets and hundreds of chickens from Guancheng. The pigpen and chicken coop next to the cowshed immediately became lively, with noisy sounds of chirping and humming.

Yang Zhengshan looked at the piglets and chicks and nodded with satisfaction.

"Build another sheepfold and raise a dozen sheep!"

He thought of lamb skewers, lamb soup, stir-fried lamb with green onions, lamb soup with steamed buns, etc., and couldn't help swallowing.

Although he has solved the problem of food and clothing, he has not yet eaten well and felt satisfied.

"I'll arrange it right away!" Lao Li responded.

Yang Zhengshan nodded, turned around and went to the stable, and led Hongyun out.

They now have thirteen horses in Linguan Fort, three of which they brought with them, and the other ten were prepared by Zhou Lan, all of which are fine-bred war horses from the north.

Zhou Lan asked people to prepare these ten war horses, probably for the purpose of training the soldiers in riding skills.

But until now, the soldiers have never touched a war horse.

Riding on Hongyun, Yang Zhengshan walked out of Linguan Fort slowly.

A layer of green wheat seedlings has emerged in the fields around Linguan Fort. If you look from a distance, it looks full of vitality, but if you look closely, you will find that the wheat seedlings are not growing very lushly.

Although the military households took good care of the fields, they could not make up for the poor quality of the land.

Yang Zhengshan has given up on saving these wheat seedlings, or rather, he has no way to save them. After all, he cannot produce fertilizers now.

As for farmyard manure, haha, there is no shortage of old farmers in the fort who have been farming for a lifetime, and they are much better at using farmyard manure than Yang Zhengshan.

With Yang Zhengshan's meager agricultural knowledge, he was not even as good as Yang Mingcheng and Yang Mingzhi, let alone those old farmers.

(End of this chapter)