After seeing Li Chengdong away, Zhao Ming immediately became busy.

In the memorials submitted by Zhao Ming to the emperor, he directly stated that he wanted to be the commander-in-chief of Zhejiang, and recommended Chen Mingyu as the commander-in-chief of the commander-in-chief, Ma Shiao as the commander-in-chief, and the next group of officers to be appointed.

Now that the strength of military officials has increased, the authority of the central government has declined. Generally speaking, if the generals report their achievements and recommend officials, the court will approve them. If they do not approve the generals, they will cause trouble, or if they do not obey the order, the court will have no choice.

Originally, the court had a strict check and balance system, but the generals recommended local officials and subordinates themselves, and the central government was afraid of the weapons, so the appointed officials naturally lost the role of restraint, which allowed the generals to gradually master local military and politics and formed warlords.

If Zhao Ming’s memorial is handed over, the court will probably approve it.

Since he had decided to enter the military household system, Zhao Ming made preparations in advance. After discussing with Ma Shiao, Chen Mingyu and others, he immediately organized more than 2,600 households on the island into three thousand households. After the appointment, he directly implemented the military household organization.

In addition, other households on the island must also be reorganized, and a military household system where everyone is a soldier is implemented on the island.

The population on the island has now reached more than 60,000, and tens of thousands of people have been strengthened. If the reorganization is successful, Zhao Ming will operate nearly 10,000 troops.

This time, Zhao Ming brought many gentry and scholars from Jiangnan. Zhao Ming was full of talents and it was not difficult to reorganize.

At this time, in the official hall, Zhao Ming discussed with everyone. He sat in the middle hall, and Chen Mingyu and others sat on both sides.

Zhao Ming ordered: "The military forces are low in combat power. I will organize the people on the island into military households. However, their responsibilities are mainly about farming, and they only conduct some simple training. When fighting, they still have to rely on full-time soldiers. Now after all, how to distinguish the treatment? What suggestions do you have?"

The military households under the garrison are both soldiers and farmers, and are even more favoured to farming, and cannot produce a strong army. The full-time army is actually recruiting troops and cannot be regarded as the garrison army.

Recruiting soldiers requires more combat tasks. If they are incorporated into the garrison, they will be treated the same as the garrison soldiers, which will obviously be unfair, and will also damage the enthusiasm of the soldiers and cause the army to lose its combat effectiveness.

"After listening to the general's words, the general assigned the people to military households, but it was only easy to manage. Their main responsibility was to cultivate the fields and raise the full-time soldiers. Then they made a little more adjustments, and they organized the main farming households into the military households, and gave different responsibilities and treatments." A scholar in the lobby stood up, and Yan Ermei, who came from Jiangnan, was a juren.

Zhao Ming nodded, "Okay, let's prepare it first!" Then he said again: "What are the arrangements for spring farming?"

Chen Mingyu said: "General, don't worry, the island has many people and few land. I have bought some plowing oxen before. The fields have been plowed, and it's time to move seedlings in the near future."

Zhao Ming thought for a while, "Since the island is full of manpower, I will prepare to build a stone fort on Jintang Mountain, and ask the sir to find some craftsmen."

Chen Mingyu frowned slightly when he heard that he was going to build a fort. However, Zhao Ming seized a lot of money and food this time. Anyway, there were many people on the island, so he was idle. "I will arrange it later!"

Zhao Ming continued to instruct: "Pick the trees cut down from the mountain, select the shaded dryers suitable for shipbuilding and store them. Mr. Chen thought of some more ways to see if he could get some shipbuilding wood and transport it to Jintang Island."

Chen Mingyu said, "The general is still preparing to build a shipbuilding workshop?"

Zhao Ming nodded, "The current ships are all captured, not naval warships. Some ships cannot withstand the recoil of artillery, cannot install artillery, and cannot become warships. The Qing army will not tolerate us entrenched on the island for a long time, and will inevitably train naval troops to deal with us in the future. Although we have advantages now, we must prepare for the future and maintain this advantage!"

Chen Mingyu pondered for a moment and said, "I think of a solution!"

Zhao Ming then looked at Ma Shiao, "Ma Qianshi, you must hurry up and recruit a thousand strong men to strengthen the island's troops!"

Ma Shiao said: "Don't you use the one thousand soldiers detained by the general?"

Zhao Ming said in a deep voice: "They can be reorganized, but they cannot be entrusted with important tasks. If their family members are not here, I will be worried!"

Ma Shiao nodded, "I understand."

Everyone discussed for a while and then dispersed to their own business.

When Zhao Ming reorganized and managed the people on the island, registered the population and land on the island, several rebels who left the island with the supplies the day before yesterday, suddenly returned to Jintang Island in anger and expressed their desire to surrender to Zhao Ming.

Zhao Ming asked for the reason, but because they were away from the island for several months and their territory had been annexed by Huang Binqing, everyone could only bring their families to join Zhao Ming again.

Zhao Ming naturally refused everyone and accepted them all, just in time to reorganize them, replenish their troops, and guard against Huang Binqing.

Although there is a shortage of food and the more people there are, the greater the food pressure, Zhao Ming knows that a large number of people is definitely not a burden, but a valuable resource.

In mid-March of the second year of Longwu, Guyu.

Grain Rain is the sixth solar term of the twenty-four solar terms and the last solar term in spring. It originated from the ancient saying that "rain produces hundreds of grains" and is the best time to sow seedlings and move seedlings, and to order beans with melons and beans.

As an agricultural civilization, China's use of land and seasons can be said to the extreme.

This can be seen from the calendar. Others divide it into hot and cold in a year, but the Chinese calendar is divided into twenty-four solar terms, perceiving all the subtle changes in the climate and guiding agricultural production according to the solar terms.

It rained for several days in Jintang Island, and beans were everywhere on the hillside.

The island lacks land and cannot plant waterways on the hillsides. The people only use boats, straw raincoats and beans.

Chen Mingyu bought these beans by Cheng Bi. It is very easy to plant. Take a shovel and poke them on the hillside and sprinkle a few beans in the cracks of the soil. The rain falls and it will be released in a few days.

In the paddy fields under the hillside, half of them had planted seedlings. The people were wearing straw raincoats to plant seedlings. Zhao Ming jumped out a load of seedlings, stood on the ridge of the field, and threw the straw bales into the paddy fields.

He lost his strength far and evenly, ensuring that the people who plant rice seedlings can get another one immediately after planting one handful.

While the people were busy planting rice seedlings, the stone fort on the mountain also began to build.

The materials can be collected locally on Jintang Mountain, and trees and stones can be mined on site. The raw materials for building the fort can be said to be very sufficient.

However, there is no shortage of wood and stone, but building a fortress requires a lot of juice bonding, which is a huge consumption.

Zhao Ming used Jintang Island as his base and was inevitably attacked in the future. Especially if the Qing army had a navy and there was no fortress on the island, Zhao Ming would not dare to leave the island. If there was a fortress, Zhao Ming would not have to worry. Even if he was attacked, the island could still rely on the fortress.

The cost of building a fortress is mainly based on materials and labor. It costs about 2,000 taels of silver to build a small fort with a circumference of one mile.

Zhao Ming was preparing to build a diamond-shaped fortress with a circumference of five or six miles and apart from the hill. It cost estimated that it would cost more than 100,000 taels, but for safety, Zhao Ming decided to build it.
Chapter completed!