There is no such thing as the Kangxi and Qianlong eras

Chapter 7 Troop Training
On the first day, a big bowl of white rice with plenty of oil and water was quite effective in winning people's hearts.

Although the money spent is much more than that of ordinary servants, it is a necessary expense. If you are reluctant to spend money, then don't try to rebel like others.

After having a full meal and building relationships on the first day, it was time for formal training on the second day.

Nie Yu had little experience in training and managing the army. His only military experience before traveling through time was probably the military training in high school and college.

Although he didn't know how to train soldiers, fortunately he could still follow the example and bought a copy of "Ji Xiao Xin Shu" in advance.

I spent a few days to quickly skim through it. As one of the must-have military books for time travelers, "Jixiao Xinshu" does have some substance. The military training methods in it are not too outdated even in the late Qing Dynasty.

Nie Yu also found that the weapons he bought were too simple and could not meet the needs of daily training. Fortunately, he could still make up for it.

Nie Yu came to Guanwannao himself to preside over the military training, and asked his father to be responsible for the logistics and food, as well as the production of various weapons and equipment such as wolf spears, halberds (sheep forks), rattan shields, etc. for subsequent military training and uprisings.

Soon, more than 400 young and strong men arrived at the open space of the training ground in the village, standing sparsely in a large area.

Nie Yu, still wearing his martial arts uniform from yesterday, walked to the front and gave a loud speech: "Everyone was exhausted yesterday, so let's not overwork them. You should all have rested well today, so I won't keep you in suspense. There's been a Miao uprising in Hunan lately, and everyone should know about it. Although Yidu is some distance away from Hunan, the county is still worried about rioters coming from the south...tsk tsk, so they decided to have each household contribute money to form a few militia groups to defend Yidu."

"But don't worry, everyone. Although the county asked my Nie family to recruit militiamen, as long as everyone trains well, we guarantee that the food treatment will be the same as yesterday. We will all have three meals a day, and every meal will be rich and oily, and there will be at least one meat meal every day. We will never let anyone go hungry."

Nie Yu added, "If the training is effective, even if the county wants to disband the militia in the future, my Nie family can take charge and let everyone come to my Nie family to share the land and settle down."

With this said, everyone's doubts were finally resolved.

It turned out that the county magistrate was bored and had organized militia in the village because the Miao people in Hunan were rebelling.

No, the militia is fake, but the corruption and money-making is real.

These young and strong men came from the refugee population. They were not born refugees. They had all seen the tricks used by officials and they would do anything to make money.

In addition, Nie Yu's tone when he said this was full of helplessness, which further confirmed that the county magistrate was actually embezzling money by pretending to set up the project.

With just a few words, he stirred up the resentment of these refugees towards the government, and at the same time, they felt that the young master of the Nie family and Mr. Nie were truly "benevolent and righteous"!

It was obvious that the county magistrate was just greedy for money, but the young master of the Nie family was still conscientious in his duties. He did not lack food and benefits for these "village militias" and was even determined to distribute land and settle them down.

In short, the county magistrate is hateful, and the young master of the Nie family is "benevolent and righteous"!
Seeing that these people were getting angry, Nie Yu stopped talking and started preparing for the training. "Today, we will divide them into teams. The regular soldiers will be divided into teams of eleven, with the person in the front row serving as the leader. We have 438 people now, so we will organize them into 25 teams. If there are extra soldiers, the extra ones will serve as miscellaneous soldiers. Those who are brave and capable will be given priority to serve as regular soldiers. Those who are not selected as miscellaneous soldiers don't have to worry too much, as they will not go without food."

Nie Yu has not purchased many weapons now. Including the wolf spears and hammers that his father hastily made, it should only be enough to arm two hundred and fifty to two hundred and sixty soldiers.

It's not that he doesn't have money to buy more, but now is not the time to increase the number of troops crazily, and he has no experience in commanding and training large armies in combat.

Those who are brave will be given priority to be regular soldiers. Since bravery is difficult to judge, we will mark out a field and let those who are dissatisfied wrestle with each other. The winner will be selected as a regular soldier.

The 438 men spent half the morning, but still only had more than 300 regular soldiers left.

Nie Yu had no choice but to transfer all the extra reserve soldiers to the military law team.

If there is a military law team, there must naturally be corresponding military law.

There is no order without rules. Even the simplest army must have rules to restrain it.

Nie Yu immediately announced a temporary military law. He did not adopt the military law of the Qi family army. Firstly, it was too harsh, and secondly, he was afraid that these uneducated guys would not understand.

There are four temporary military laws:
First, listen to the beating of gongs and drums for commands.

Second, no private fighting is allowed.

Third, drinking and gambling are not allowed.

Fourth, do not isolate or humiliate your comrades.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Dang Dang Dang!"

Because it was the first day, there was no formal drill. Instead, the new recruits were trained in standing at attention and marching in step, following the military training of their previous lives. They only practiced for half an hour, and the results were disastrous.

Not to mention standing at attention, a group of people were standing in crooked positions, and some were smiling frivolously.

The marching in step was even more outrageous. Some people walked with their hands and feet together, some couldn't tell left from right, and some even inexplicably left the team while walking.

Nie Yu couldn't stand it any longer, so he had to go forward and demonstrate it again himself, and then called the military court team over.

The captain of the military court team happened to be He Shunan, because he was the tallest and strongest, and looked very strong and intimidating.

"Get ready!"

"Ta-ta-ta-ta!"

Nie Yu personally led the military court team around, and then said to He Shunan: "Just follow the instructions just now. If anyone makes a mistake again, we will beat him with a stick."

The regular soldiers below were originally smiling a little, but now they couldn't smile anymore.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Dang Dang Dang!"

There was another symphony of gongs and drums, and Nie Yu personally led the way to demonstrate and guide everyone, but it was of no use.

As usual, the queue started out standard but gradually became messy.

"Crack~!"

A wooden stick was swung over and knocked a guy with clumsy hands and feet out of the team.

The man wanted to resist, but He Shunan kicked him and swung the stick. He didn't hit him hard, but only hit those places that were not easy to hit.

He hit me with the stick several times in a row, cursing as he beat me: "Are you stupid? I've never seen anyone as stupid as you in my life. Others are walking in sync, but you are walking with your hands and feet in sync!"

The beating didn't hurt much, but I lost all my face.

Because he was singled out for attack, more than 300 people on the field, including miscellaneous soldiers, stopped and just looked at him.

The harm was not great, but it was extremely insulting, and many of those who were familiar with him were even smiling at him.

But soon, these people stopped laughing...

Because some people couldn't tell left from right, they were also dragged out.

"Other people use the same hands and feet, but you can't tell left from right. How dare you laugh?"

"You are the same kid. You can't remember the order. Can't you see how the people around you are walking?"

"..."

At the end of the day, many people were taken out and given a good beating.

It finally stopped when dinner was served in the evening.

Looking at today's food, it is even better than yesterday's. Yesterday there was just meat soup, but today we can actually eat meat directly.

The soldiers all ate with their mouths full of oil, and even the miscellaneous soldiers were given a mouthful of rice mixed with oily soup. The resentment they had about the embarrassing training disappeared in an instant.

On the third day, continue training.

The originally disorganized and noisy formation had obviously improved a lot. Everyone was actively practicing, and their eyes were occasionally glancing at the wooden sticks in the hands of He Shunan and other members of the military law team.

(End of this chapter)