The Great Seminary

Chapter 5: Outfield Scenery
Snakehead Island, gourd land, small circles and big circles, the area is as large as 100,000 miles.

Kuroki Town is square, with walls made of two-meter-tall logs. It is ten miles in size. Compared to the giant island, it is just a small sesame seed on a big pancake.

But it is not small for a town.

The town's foundation stone is a "spirit gathering array" eye stone erected in the center of the town.

The human beings in this world are facing the double calamity of heaven and earth.

The earth catastrophe is the 'great earth cave'.

The heavenly calamity is when the stars in the sky shatter and fall, turning into "sky wind stones".

The word "风" is a homophone of "疯".

When the Skywind Stone falls, it will be attracted by the spiritual energy gathered by the human groups living on the ground and fall into it.

Causes madness.

People killed and ate each other.

It can only be avoided by extraordinary means.

The 'Spirit Gathering Array' is one of them.

Although it is extremely expensive, it is indispensable if one wants to establish a foothold on a wild island in the sea.

However, after Zhang Gui awakened the old divine power and created a new "regional authority" through rituals, the entire Giant Snake Island has returned to "civilization" from a barbaric area.

There is no longer any need for means such as the 'Spirit Gathering Array' to resist the disaster of the 'Sky Wind Stone'.

But for Zhang Gui's enemies, whether this area where theocracy is controlled by others is much better than the wilderness is a matter of opinion.

In addition to the "Spirit Gathering Formation" protecting basic security, Blackwood Town also has a "Big Star" soldier patrol responsible for protection...

The regular armies of the major countries in Dongshengzhou are divided into four levels from weak to strong:
One is called "zu".

Young men aged 18 to 22, over 170 cm tall and strong in physique were selected. They were trained in either long weapons, short blades or crossbows. After eating and drinking well and training with the instructors for three to five months, they became soldiers.

The second is called "regular troops".

After being trained, soldiers are sent to the battlefield for three years to hone their skills. If they are not injured or disabled and can fight and obey orders, they can become "regular soldiers".

The third is 'light armor'.
After the regular soldiers have fought a hundred battles and survived, the best of the best will be selected. Those who can wear 36 kilograms of half-body armor will be selected. They can march in formation for 70 miles a day and march for 15 days without disbanding. They can be given "light armor".

The fourth is 'heavy armor'.

Select natural strongmen who are over 183 cm tall and can carry 100 kg of weight and lift 100 kg of stone at the same time. They eat medicinal food every day, nourish their qi and blood, and practice long-handled heavy weapons or ox-powered crossbows.

After being formed into an army, they were able to wear full body armor weighing 100 kilograms, wield heavy weapons weighing more than 30 kilograms, and charge and fight for a long time, which was extremely terrifying.

As for the cavalry.

A large part of a person's military strength depends on the animal he rides.

For example, if a pawn is lucky and forms a partnership with a Qilin, he may be able to kill thousands of heavily armored soldiers alone. This is meaningless.

The only measurement standard is the various types of horses that each country has the technical conditions to domesticate on a large scale.

'Regular soldiers' riding crossbows can be upgraded to 'archer cavalry', which means they can move quickly on horseback, shoot and harass, and are upgraded from a second-class soldier to a third-class soldier.

Light cavalry warhorses are upgraded to 'Light Cavalry' and listed as the fifth-class troops.

Because war horses are valuable and useful, they must be upgraded two levels at a time.

Heavy armored cavalry such as the Ferghana, Black Hoof, and Full Color exotic horses can be classified as sixth-class troops, and can be upgraded two levels at a time. They are already the highest-class troops in the organizations of major powers.

Other specialized armies, such as the Flower Dragon Cavalry of the Ming and Song dynasties, the Canglang Guards and White Deer Army of the Yuanshan Empire, and the Chilin Cavalry of the Han and Jin empires, were unlikely to be deployed in large numbers, and were rarely deployed, so they could only be used as deterrents. Beyond the differences in armies, the strength of an army was also closely tied to its battle formations.

For example, although dynasties changed over the past tens of thousands of years between the Ming and Song dynasties, the god of war worshipped by the entire nation was still the "Beidou Xingjun" who was in charge of killing and war.

The Big Dipper has seven stars, so the most basic battle formation in the Ming and Song dynasties was the "Small Star Formation" consisting of seven soldiers.
The most basic unit of the army is the "star" consisting of seven soldiers.

Its chief is called 'Xiao Xing Chang'.

Then the seven small stars can form a 'Ping Star', the battle formation is combined into a 'Ping Star Formation', the army is organized into a 'Ping Star', and the chief is the 'Ping Star Chief'.

Seven flat stars form a "big star", the war combination is the "big star array", the organization is the "big star", and the chief is the "big star leader".

At this point, the basic battle formation and organization are completed.

Because the military system adopted by the Ming and Song dynasties was a combination of conscription and recruitment, there were military households that had served in the army for generations.

A "big star" is a small military town with its own farms, workshops and other necessities of life, forming a self-contained system.

The seven big stars formed a "Thousand Generals' Office", and the highest officer was called "Thousand Generals' Head". Although he was in charge of the big star chiefs of seven military towns, he usually worked in the government office in the city.

Taking care of both the big and small issues will eliminate the possibility of secretly raising private soldiers.

Then the seven thousand generals formed a "Wanjiang Yamen", with the highest officer being the "Wanjiangshu".

As the highest permanent military commander in non-war times, he is even more high and mighty. Not to mention ordinary military households, even the chief military officer may only see him a few times in his entire life.

Although he was called a military commander, he actually lived a life of luxury similar to that of a high-ranking civil official.
What Kuroki Town sells are arms. Although the guards they employ are called 'inspectors' and usually wear paper armor, they are all strong and powerful. When they really encounter trouble, they will change into heavy armor and become elite soldiers.

There are also farmlands and vegetable fields in the town.

There are government offices, restaurants, food shops, brothels and markets.

It can be said that although the sparrow is small, it has all the organs.

The next morning, when Zhang Gui followed the caravan into Heimu Town, he felt as if he had returned to civilization from the wilderness.

But in the eyes of his naive and picky friend, this civilized paradise that had been built bit by bit on a deserted island overseas over decades was full of problems.

"To think there were lightly armored soldiers wearing armor, carrying swords, and wielding spears? Isn't this a capital crime punishable by immediate execution?

There were also officials wearing elegant scarves on their heads, eating bean paste biscuits and collecting business taxes from the stalls.

Is he a student, so he dares to wear a gentleman's scarf? Is he a government official, so he dares to collect taxes?"

Seeing all the illegalities, Zhang Jiujiang angrily shouted indignantly, but his voice was very low and his eyes were full of desire.

"Dagui, is it true that the legend about the stewards in Kuroki Town all wearing gauze hats?"

During the Ming and Song dynasties, only high-ranking officials were allowed to wear gauze hats, which was the dream of countless scholars.

Looking at his friend's passionate gaze, Zhang Gui nodded and said affirmatively:

"The isolated islands overseas are far from the rule of the king, and their systems are inadequate, so they can only rely on private military forces to supplement their power.

In this case, copying the public management method may be suspected of being a fake, but it is the simplest and most comprehensive way.

Even legitimate foreign nations like Han Li and Ying Ri are like this, not to mention foreign industries run by aristocratic families like Kuroki Town.

These words were fundamentally different from his usual speech and knowledge, but Zhang Jiujiang didn't understand the meaning because he was imagining himself wearing a gauze hat in the future.

He just kept saying, "Really? Really? That's not bad.

Well, when in Rome, you must do as the Romans do. I took the liberty of doing so once on the Giant Snake Head Island, and I will change my ways when I return home."

(End of this chapter)