The Chechens are a group destined to disappear from this planet, and they are greedy, narrow-minded, and short-sighted and do not know how ferocious and cruel the disaster is coming.

The Ming Dynasty was smashed. Not only was the place smashed, but more than 200 people died. This was something that had not happened in the past ten years.

The people of the Ming Dynasty, who had been inspired by continuous victories over the years, were like a barrel filled with explosives, and the air raids inside were all filled with gasoline.

All it takes is a little spark, and what happened in Uralsk was just that spark.

So the Ming Dynasty exploded...!

Angry people rushed to the streets, as there were almost no foreigners in the capital. Those who sold skewers from the Western Regions were unlucky. These guys, who were not yet Ming Dynasty people, were swallowed up by the swarming crowd.

They punched and kicked him violently, some took advantage of the excitement, and even picked up a big stick and kept hitting their ankle bones.

As for the reason why they were beaten... I don't know who said it, but the Chechens are from the Western Regions.

All the people from the Western Regions were severely beaten. Those who could get up were not considered beaten and needed to be beaten again.

A large group of students rushed into the Ministry of War with shouts of "Ouch" and "Ouch". The leading student took out a large piece of cloth on which more than 1,300 people bitten their fingers and wrote their names in blood asking to join the army.

People in the Ministry of War are also confused!

I repeatedly told them that conscription would not be possible until after autumn. It would also require physical examinations, etc. Moreover, the matter of conscription was not under the control of the Ministry of War, but was a matter of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Only when the Ministry of Civil Affairs hands over the soldier's files and personnel to the military camp can he truly join the army.

In the past, joining the army was a punishment for prisoners. There are clauses in the "Da Ming Law" that sentence someone to be exiled to the army for three hundred and five hundred miles.

But now joining the army is a good thing that you have to ask someone to find connections to do!

Want to join the army? It's not that easy.

With sincere ridicule, the director of the Ministry of War deceived a large group of people away. Then he began to write a report. In view of the harsh external environment, Ming Dynasty needed to increase the number of conscripts.

And because the troops have changed their equipment and technical weapons have increased, it is recommended to increase the proportion of student soldiers.

There is no way there are too many new things in the army now, and it is already difficult for those big bosses to control them.

The artillery had its own specialized school, where they learned how to fire artillery accurately. Those complicated formulas made those farmers' children feel like they were reading from heaven.

But for those children who have graduated from middle schools in the city, there is no problem.

Nowadays, many children go to military academies after graduating from middle school. As long as they are admitted to the military academies, they will become members of the army and can make money to support their families. It is more attractive than getting a college diploma from high school.

There are more and more good things in the army, and there are more and more positions that require knowledgeable and educated people.

If the Ministry of War could not be directly responsible for recruiting soldiers, their claws would have already reached out to the students in the school.

Of course, the Ministry of Civil Affairs also rejected those students, because the commander-in-chief had an order. Only students who graduated from paramilitary academies would join the army, and other students must be sent to factories.

The students who had no choice but to make trouble ran to the gate of the Marshal's Mansion again.

Anyway, everyone wants to join the army, Commander-in-Chief, it’s up to you!

They sent two representatives to ask for orders from the commander-in-chief and actively requested to join the army to kill those moths who were harmful to the interests of the Ming Dynasty.

It would be bad not to meet such a representative, but Li Xiao felt that it would be better to say it in front of all the students.

So, Li Xiao stood in front of all the students and accepted the questioning from the little guy who had just grown fur on his mouth!

"If you, Marshal, do not agree with our joining the army, then give us a gun and we will go to Chechnya ourselves and kill all the Chechens."

Li Xiao looked at the student representative in front of him and wanted to strangle this kid to death.

I work so hard to run education, and every year I fill it with gold and silver, so I send you to Chechnya to be cannon fodder?

This cannon fodder is too expensive!

Who are the Chechens? They are tough mountain people in high-speed mountainous areas. They don't spell Arabic numerals with you.

When they finally arrived in Grozny, these idiots had to face sharp bayonets, dark muzzles, and extremely cruel enemies.

Sending these little guys away means giving heads to the Chechens.

The Ming Dynasty will never send the talents it has worked so hard to cultivate to the battlefield before the royal family is exterminated.

But there is no way to say these words!

Children who study in cities must be retained, but do we mean that farmers’ sons must go to the battlefield and become cannon fodder?

This is the case with some things. Although you clearly have thoughts in your heart, you cannot express them openly and you need to find various excuses to cover them up.

"Okay! Since you are willing to go to Chechnya to fight, you are the backbone of the country. But children, the railway has not been built yet, how can you go to Chechnya?" Li Xiao started to teach...well, it should be in the mode of inducement.

"We...we'll go by airship," the young man in the lead said.

"Son, airships also have a range. They can't fly away and they can't come back, right?"

"Then...! Then let's walk on our legs." The young man's face turned red.

The status gap made him dare not argue with Li Xiao!

"Young man, do you know how far away Chechnya is? How many mountains and rivers do you have to cross? Have you ever heard of the story of seeking scriptures from the Western Heaven? How many miles did Tang Monk walk?" Li Xiao asked pretending to have forgotten.

"One hundred and eighty thousand miles!"

"Oh, that's right! It's a thousand miles away." Li Xiao nodded and gave the student a look of approval.

"One hundred and eighty thousand miles, how far it is! Let me tell you, if you want to go to Chechnya, it will take two or even three one hundred and eighty thousand miles.

How many years has Tang Monk been gone?"

"Seventeen years!" The young man's voice became much softer.

"Look, it takes seventeen years to make a thousand miles. How old are you this year? I'm afraid that by the time we reach Chechnya, you will be older than I am now.

Besides, when you go to Chechnya, do you need to eat or drink? To put it bluntly, even if you tighten your belts and don't eat or drink.

But do your guns need bullets? Cannonballs?

Do you think you have to carry these things on your back? Shunzi, tell them how heavy the shells are." Li Xiao turned around and asked Shunzi.

"The commander told me that the total weight of the mortar shell is 4.2 kilograms, which is 8 kilograms and 4 taels in our city of Daming.

This is the weight of one gun, and it is common for one gun to fire three to two hundred mortar shells in a battle.

In other words, after a small battle, the mortar shells alone cost more than 3,000 kilograms, not counting bullets.

A 120mm howitzer shell weighs 35 kilograms, which is 70 kilograms in terms of market weight.

After a battle is won, at least a hundred rounds must be fired.

Calculated based on one hundred rounds, that is seven thousand catties.

If the artillery shell exceeds 200 millimeters, it will be even more powerful. One artillery shell is 100 kilograms.

Even if you shoot fifty rounds, you still have to weigh five thousand kilograms.

In other words, to fight a small war, on average, it would cost five to six thousand kilograms of artillery shells to run. This does not include the weight of bullets, grenades and explosives.

Lin Lin finally came down and got 13,000 to 4,000 catties."

Li Xiao knew it, and some Shunzi knew it. Some of them were just talking nonsense to scare these kids.

But Li Xiao didn't reveal it, he just looked at these children with a smile: "Can your small bodies carry two hundred kilograms of ammunition? How far can you carry these ammunition?"

"Uh...!" The little guy almost cried. The two of them weigh only 200 kilograms.

What to do?

Li Xiao's words made him feel desperate. He had never thought that the so-called Chechnya was so far away.

He thought it was a myth and legend, but if he was asked to travel a thousand miles, then...!

It's still two or three thousand miles away, and if you walk one way, you'll probably look like an old man with a white beard.

The young man's little flame of enthusiasm cannot be extinguished easily, as this will make these children decadent from then on.

Li Xiao then waved his hand: "Children! If you want to fight in Chechnya, there is still a way.

Trains, trains can go anywhere as long as there are rails..

Since the distance is too far, let's build a railway and drive directly to Chechnya. Are you willing to build the railway?

Do you want to be determined to have railways spread throughout the Ming Dynasty in your lifetime?"

Li Xiao waved his hand with great momentum.

"Fight Chechnya! Build the railway! Build the railway! Build the railway!" Behind Li Xiao, Shunzi raised his right hand and shouted loudly.

"Fight Chechnya! Build the railway...!"

"Fight Chechnya! Build the railway...!"

Children's emotions are easily aroused. They all followed Shunzi, raising their right hands and shouting at the top of their lungs.

"Children, after you graduate, you are all going to apply for the railway college. Of course, you are also welcome to apply for the military academy and become a member of the glorious army.

Then your future is in your own hands. Children, tomorrow is yours." Li Xiao waved his hand with great momentum again, and the children almost fainted with excitement.

He ordered someone to take them to visit the military camp of the guard regiment, and also learned a few tricks from the soldiers of the guard regiment.

It was not until dark and after dinner that the children were reluctantly sent back to school by the soldiers of the guard regiment.

Building railways is a hard job, and those who are not extremely determined will not be able to persevere.
To be continued...