On the way back, we passed through Quang Ninh.
Li Chao and his entourage naturally want to stay here for a few days, and after half a month, Guangning Fort, the city of King Zhao, is now barely a little there.
It is a very rough architectural style, with huge logs standing on the ground and enclosing the fort wall.
The houses in the castle are also made of logs.
Stilted building, rugged, very rugged.
At least it's a basketball-thick log, and it's a house that is erected one by one after peeling.
Li Chao felt that it seemed a bit wasteful, especially when he saw a lot of valuable trees from the logs that made fort walls, suspension bridges, and houses, he felt a little toothache.
This kind of all-wood castle is a little unsafe, in case it is attacked by fire or something, there are hidden dangers.
But for a while, there were not so many people who rammed earth to build the city, or directly transported cement bricks and tiles to build the city.
However, Li Chao still decided, and when he turned around, he asked Li Ji Construction and Li Ji Shipping to transfer craftsmen and transport materials, burn bricks and tiles here, and transport cement and lime to build a Han-style brick castle, which must have Han characteristics.
The brick city is also strong.
Zhao Guoling's resources are mainly timber, and there are also many mineral deposits.
Li Chao believes that the rich timber resources here are still worth developing, as long as the early investment is some, it will not lose money, and this industry is still very profitable.
Of course, there is little potential for agricultural development here.
But it is more than enough than the 5,000 soldiers of the Yue State to divide the land and grant land.
Such a large territory, seven hundred miles, only more than 50,000 natives, so Li Chao set up ten military offices, and it is enough to reclaim land at will, although there is relatively little land suitable for cultivation here, but the land reclaimed for the soldiers is more than enough.
It is to move their families over, and the family cultivates hundreds of acres, and there are many more.
The more troublesome thing here is that the traffic is not very good.
However, there are many rivers, but it is possible to develop shipping, build more shipyards, build more ships, whether it is cargo or passenger transportation, there is still great potential.
Although there are more than a dozen waterfalls with large drops in the Qianli section of the Heishui River, even if it is a sectional shipping, it is still promising.
It's a big deal, it's a sectional shipping, a section of one or two hundred miles, which is already very good.
When you get to those places that are not navigable, it is good to open up wharves, build a land route, and establish post stations and freight stations.
"I think that if we want to build a good Vietnamese national territory, the first is to build roads and open up navigation, the second is to attract investment, and the third is to run schools."
In Guangning City, the Li family already has a lot of stewards in charge here.
Today, Li Chao asked them for a meeting, that is, to explain the direction of development here.
The Li family has money and is not afraid to invest money.
Therefore, Li Chao can invest a large amount of money in building roads and navigation, building ships and building post stations.
As for returns, mine control, logging, these are all benefits.
"Education is very important, we have to set up schools in every town, and if possible, we have to send people to set up schools in various Turen villages, send teachers, teach Chinese to Turen children, and even teach Chinese to those Turen."
The small number of natives also has some advantages, that is, it is easier to control the territory in the future.
What Li Chao needs is to keep immigrating here.
The benefit he gave to the government soldiers was that the government soldiers in the Central Plains could share 100 acres of land, which was not necessarily enough.
But here, Li Chao directly gave each person 500 acres of land, which was enough for them to build a farm.
He treated his territorial soldiers according to the standards of European feudal knights.
For a 500-acre manor, if they buy land at their own expense, the family can own thousands of acres of land as long as they have enough labor, or if they have the money to buy some slaves.
These fields grow grain, cotton, and sugarcane, and the output is also quite large.
Their responsibility is to bring their own weapons, train regularly, and then take turns to guard and obey the call to fight in case of war.
Even their own brothers, nephews, slaves, etc., can become militia and be trained and led by them.
There were 5,000 soldiers on 700 miles of land, which was actually a bit of a lot.
But Li Chao didn't all regard them as soldiers, but as the middle class of Zhao Guoling, with their own estates, land, and even slaves.
These people are the most stable class of Zhao Guoling in the future, and they will fight to protect their land and property.
As for the ordinary people who will immigrate in the future, they can reclaim the land by their own efforts, or they can work in the mining workshop, and even the Li family will establish a manor workshop here in the future, and there will be many slaves, etc.
In the future, slaves will be freed and become freedmen here.
"I am going to confer the rank of knight on those who have performed well in the army in the future."
"Knight" asked puzzled.
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"I think so, among the children of the soldiers, select young children and let them be trained as knights from an early age.
From the age of seven, a group of people are selected to come to Quang Ninh every year to learn culture and receive military training, serve as attendants in our house, learn etiquette, etc. ” "Seven-year-old squire" Cheng Qian somewhat understood what Li Chao meant, the emperor would select some people from the nobles and high-ranking officials to become the internal servants of Qin Xunyi and enter the palace to stay in the palace.
Later, he will be released to work.
Entering the palace guards is the first step for the children of the nobles and bureaucrats to enter the office.
It's just that the general palace guards are at least seventeen years old.
However, Li Chao proposed to select seven-year-old children from the government soldiers to come to Quang Ninh Fort for cultural and military training, and also let them serve as his attendants to learn etiquette and so on.
This is the cultivation of starting from a young age, especially this kind of training will also strengthen the relationship between Li Chao, the king, and the children of the soldiers below, and then also strengthen the relationship with the soldiers.
"From the age of seven, a good knight should have at least fourteen years of training.
Until they reach the age of twenty-one, when they are able to complete all the examinations of knightly training, then the lord confers on them the honorary title of knight. ” "Will there be an elimination after 14 years of training?"
Li Chao nodded, of course there must be elimination.
"Every year, a group of government soldiers will be recruited, but every year a group of backward results will be eliminated, fourteen years of training, at least fourteen elimination, and finally through the final assessment, are also the elite of the elite, they must be both civil and military, excellent character and excellence.
In the future, he will become a loyal warrior who guards the territory and defends the border of the Tang Dynasty."
Once you have passed the fourteen years of training and assessment, and become a knight, you will get a manor, which is equivalent to a fief, and become the landlord of this land, of course, there are no other special rights, and you have no rights to govern the people, justice, taxation, etc., just a landlord.
But a manor is enough for this knight to train and fight for the lord with peace of mind.
In Li Chao's vision, knights are professional officers in the territory, and they are the cornerstone of the middle and lower ranks of the army.
If there is no battle for many years, the government soldiers will inevitably weaken their combat strength.
And if there is such a knight class who began to study and train at a young age, then the combat effectiveness of the army can always be guaranteed.
Of course, in fact, there are also martial arts halls and junior military academies in the imperial court.
Li Chao proposed this knightly system, in fact, there is still some selfishness, that is, to establish a team of officers loyal to the lord.
Knights must go through fourteen years of training and assessment, knights cannot be hereditary, knights are lifelong.
The Duke of Zhao had 5,000 soldiers, and Li Chao planned to select and train a team of 500 to 1,000 knights from them.
Li Chao's explanation to the prince was that these knights were actually the lord's guards and family members.
The prince understood a little and did not object.
This knightly system is the lord's private soldier anyway.
"If there are soldiers, why should there be knights?"
asked the prince.
"His Royal Highness thinks that since there are 720,000 soldiers in the Southern Yafu in the imperial court, why do you now have 80,000 soldiers in the Northern Yafu.
Moreover, the number of this Beiya forbidden army has been increasing in recent years.
Li Chao asked rhetorically.
The southern yaya is the government soldiers, the northern yaya is the forbidden army, and the forbidden army is also a standing army of the recruitment system.
"Your Highness, at the beginning of the dynasty, there were often wars, and the court rewards were also rich, and the war exploits were exchanged in time.
However, with the peace of the world, there will be many problems in the government military system.
For example, the imperial court will not be able to take out land to grant land to the newly selected government soldiers, the court has not fought for many years, the government soldiers lack training and no experience, and even after fighting on the border, they may be able to cash in full military merits, etc., this is an inevitable trend, and the government soldiers eventually become peasant soldiers who only know how to farm, and the combat power of the government soldiers is weakened, and even unbearable to fight. ” "Is it that serious?"
asked Cheng Qian.
The government military system was originally a peasant soldier, and the soldiers and peasants were integrated.
This military system, which appeared in the Western Wei Dynasty, was in line with the social environment at that time, the world was divided, and wars were frequent.
The population is insufficient, and the land is abundant.
The imperial court took out the land to the government soldiers, who farmed the land in their leisure time and went out to fight in case of war.
The imperial court did not need to spend additional military expenses, which saved the cost of raising the army, and at the same time ensured agricultural production.
But at that time, at this time, too.
History proves that the government soldiers system in the Western Wei Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Sui Dynasty and the early Tang Dynasty, the government soldiers were very brave and capable of fighting.
But only by the time of Wu Zetian and Xuanzong Li Longji, the government soldiers were becoming more and more ineffective, and by the time of Xuanzong, the government military system had collapsed, and the imperial court was already using the recruitment system, which existed in name only.
Even Li Shimin knew that the standing troops of Beiya could better maintain combat effectiveness and were better used.
Wouldn't Li Chao know that his territory also had a standing army, rather than relying only on a group of peasant soldiers.
Especially a knight, not just a soldier, he is actually a well-trained and excellent officer.
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There are a thousand knights, and Li Chao actually has the potential to lose 10,000 or even 20,000 or even 30,000 at any time.
At the same time, knight training is also an educational system.
Fourteen years of training, one batch is eliminated every year.
These eliminated knight squires will also become useful talents in the territory because of the cultural and military education they have received.
However, there is a trouble now that this territorial knight may not be approved by Li Shimin. t1706231537: