Chapter 684: Money, money
Chapter 684 Money Money Money
Chapter 682: Money, money, money
The medical problems of wounded soldiers have always been the most troublesome issue in cold-weapon wars.
There are only two reasons why wounded soldiers are difficult to treat: 1. Insufficient number of doctors; 2. Too heavy burden of medicinal materials.
Medicine is also a "low profession" and one of the professions that ordinary people are unwilling to engage in. Therefore, the number of doctors in various places is limited, and recruiting them all together may not be enough to keep them busy.
Besides, even if the doctor is barely enough, treatment is still useless without medicinal herbs, and buying medicinal herbs costs money.
Slight injuries can be easily treated, and they can recover within ten and a half days of rest after bandaging, but seriously injured people with broken muscles and bones are more troublesome.
The combat power of veterans who have seen blood is far beyond that of new recruits, and they are extremely valuable resources if they can be recovered, so generally no prince will give up on lightly injured veterans.
The cost of treatment for minor injuries can still be afforded, but the cost of treatment for serious injuries will become a burden.
If they are disabled and wounded with broken arms and legs, their final fate will definitely be abandoned, because no army can support disabled people.
The only way to completely solve the problem of wounded soldiers is to pour money into it continuously. This can be said to be a bottomless pit that cannot be filled.
But as long as it can withstand this kind of consumption, the soldiers' sense of identity and cohesion with the army will reach an unimaginable level. This army will also strive to become a strong force that cannot be delayed or defeated. military.
The soldiers had no worries and fought with all their strength without fear of casualties. The combat power unleashed by such an army was undoubtedly terrifying.
Qin Hao has been trying to build such an army, and the reason why the Yanmen Army has such high military pay and benefits is so that the soldiers have no worries.
In addition, during the construction of Yanmen Army, Qin Hao has also been proposing to recruit military doctors.
The Yanmen Army also has its own military doctors, but because it is unable to bear the burden of the seriously wounded, the treatment rate cannot exceed 50% so far.
The creation process of the Yanmen Army was much more difficult than that of the Qin Army, but medical expenses also accounted for a large proportion. Although the treatment rate was not high, only 50%, it created the unyielding military spirit of the Yanmen Army.
In all the previous battles, the Yanmen Army has never been defeated even if it suffered more than half of its casualties. This is the strong cohesion of the Yanmen Army.
The former Yanmen Army and the current Jin Army only had a treatment rate of 50% for wounded soldiers. The armies under other princes were naturally even lower. However, Qin Hao's goal in creating the medical camp was to increase the treatment rate for wounded soldiers to 90%. become.
The medical battalion has been established for two years. Although the study in these two years is not enough for these new doctors to start their training, it is enough to deal with 90% of battlefield emergency treatment.
In addition, Qin Hao was also ruthless in purchasing medicinal materials, so he readily agreed to Duan Murong's proposal to purchase large quantities of medicinal materials.
There is no shortage of doctors and enough medicinal materials. It is conceivable that the mortality rate of wounded soldiers in the Qin Army will be reduced to a very low level in the future.
Although it is impossible to reach 90% in a short period of time, as these three thousand doctors become more and more experienced, Qin Hao believes that 90% is definitely an achievable goal.
Looking at Duan Murong, Qin Hao smiled calmly and said: "Miss Rong, I will select the candidate for the male commander of the medical camp as soon as possible."
Duan Murong left with satisfaction after hearing this. After her, it was Liu Ye from the Works and Manufacturing Institute who came to Qin Hao to ask for funds.
"Lord, our army now has 120,000 troops. The number of troops has increased six times, but the Gongzao Institute is still the same size as before." Liu Ye said with a serious face.
Qin Hao saw through Liu Ye's purpose at a glance and said with a smile: "Ziyang, do you want to expand the scale of the factory?" "That's right, the current scale of the factory can no longer fully supply the equipment for the army. , so it is urgent to expand the scale.”
Although the training of one hundred thousand new troops has been completed, due to the previous financial crisis, all the equipment of the new army has not been in place.
It is impossible for Qin Hao to let his soldiers fight the enemy in single shirts, so the equipment must be made.
The ordnance to be built by Gongzao is the entire equipment of the 120,000-strong army. The amount of the project is beyond the imagination of ordinary people, so the expansion of the scale is completely within Qin Hao's expectations.
“There is no need to delay.”
Qin Hao nodded, and then asked: "Zi Yang, what scale do you think the factory should be expanded to?"
Liu Ye's eyes flashed with deep thought, and then he opened his mouth and said: "Fifteen thousand craftsmen."
After hearing this number, Qin Hao almost spit out the tea he just drank in his mouth.
There were originally three thousand craftsmen in the factory. Just because the army expanded sixfold, the number of craftsmen must not be expanded fivefold, right?
"No, there are too many. Even if I agree, Wen Ruo and the others will never agree."
Qin Hao shook his head and refused. He knew without thinking that once he agreed, Xun Yu would definitely come to him every day to complain about his poverty.
Craftsmen also need to be paid a salary. The more people they recruit, the more salary they will receive. It’s all money. Weapons can be built slowly.
Liu Ye seemed not surprised at all and continued: "My lord, do you still remember that before you left Nanyang, you proposed a plan to 'prepare the entire army'?"
"Of course I remember." Qin Hao nodded. He proposed this personally, so how could he not remember it.
‘Fully equipped with armor’, of course, does not mean that the entire army wears armor, but it means constantly working towards this goal and trying to increase the leather armor rate of the troops under your command.
If you have money and time, you can make a large amount of armor, and maintaining and updating armor is also very expensive.
If you can't afford it, even if you build the armor, it will still rust and mold in the warehouse.
The cost of building and maintaining armor is too high, so it is simply unimaginable for all members to wear armor, and all Qin Hao has to do is to increase this ratio as much as possible.
Qin Hao and Xiang Yu fought several beautiful battles in which they defeated more with less, which also made princes everywhere realize the importance of elites.
In order to prevent their territories from being annexed, princes from all over the country naturally tried every means to improve the combat effectiveness of their armies, and equipping the army with armor to improve its defense was the simplest and crudest way.
“My lord, princes everywhere are increasing the armor coverage rate of their armies, and my lord has said that the armor coverage rate of our army must reach at least 50%.”
Liu Ye looked at Qin Hao and asked, "My lord, do you know what this means?"
Qin Hao shook his head in confusion. Seeing this, Liu Ye explained: "It means that the manufacturing industry needs to make 60,000 sets of various armors, plus forging weapons, bows and crossbows and more than ten kinds of equipment. Even if you have Fifteen thousand craftsmen would need at least two years of forging to complete it."
After listening to what Liu Ye said, Qin Hao was shocked. Originally, he thought that 15,000 craftsmen were a lot, but now it seems that it is still not enough!
(End of this chapter)