The day after Victor came, Cherchen went to find commander sapega. Because Prince mihau and Cherchen had a lot of contradictions, Cherchen was worried about whether sapega would give himself a face at first, but he didn''t expect that the commander of sapega not only didn''t have such a small stomach, but gave himself 2000 people to reorganize the mercenary regiment. This really makes Chechen feel that he is a gentleman''s belly with a villain''s heart.


    Similarly, this order made Pedro ecstatic. Every person he met, whether he knew or didn''t know, Pedro would praise commander sapega for his generosity. And he said firmly: there is no reason that commander sapega can defeat Prince yanush, because he is twice as generous as the Prince (under yanush''s command, Chechen is only the head of a 1000 person mercenary regiment).


    But after a few days, Chechen and Pedro were not happy. Because commander sapega sent only 1000 recruits to Chechen, and they were all old and weak. Their average age is over thirty, and some people haven''t even touched a gun before they even came. According to Pedro, even those who had been under bachit were better than them. At least they had seen blood. The weapons they came with were the worst - there were no long guns, only short spears; The musket is a rope musket. As for armor, there is no, only military uniforms.


    Chechen also went to the Quartermaster in charge for this matter. According to Victor''s "rules", as soon as he met, Cherchen stuffed the Quartermaster with a money bag containing two hundred Taylor.


    However, the thin Quartermaster looked around quickly, and then took the money bag into his arms with lightning speed. Although he was rich and easy to handle, when the Quartermaster heard that Chechen was coming for someone, he reluctantly spread his hands and said: now all generals and colonels are asking for someone to supplement the 1000 people to the mercenary regiment because of the special care of commander sapega. Moreover, the Quartermaster also told Cherchen that Werner was only responsible for providing the salary of 1000 of the 2000 people, and Cherchen had to find a way for the rest.


    This kind of thing has never happened to Chechen under Prince yanush before. Moreover, Cherchen was even more shocked that he had to pay for his service for the Republic of Poland.


    Seeing that Chechen is such a layman, for the sake of money, the Quartermaster explained for Chechen that the army of the Republic is mainly composed of:


    1、 Regular army: soldiers and officers who earn their living from taxes.


    2、 Semi regular army: a semi regular army recruited in wartime. Of course, in 1652, in order to cope with the increasingly frequent war, the semi regular army and the regular army were combined into a new permanent army.


    3、 Aristocratic Army: an army recruited by aristocrats.


    4、 Irregular Army: an army that recruits farmers for service.


    5、 Cossacks: an army of Cossacks, mainly infantry, not often recruited as cavalry.


    6、 Forbidden Army: it mainly refers to the army defending the king and his family.


    7、 Foreign mercenaries: as a supplement to the regular army, they are mainly employed by Germans, Scots, wallachians, Serbs, Hungarians, bohemians, Moravians and Spaniards.


    8、 Private army: a small Legion paid for by nobles or a city. During the war, the Republic allowed them to expand their forces, and the State paid for their salaries and equipment, but only the part of the expansion.


    Like Chechen''s mercenary regiment, commander sapega defined it as a private army rather than a mercenary. Because of this, the Quartermaster assigned 1000 people to him, because the number of Chechen''s mercenary regiment was 1000, which added up to just 2000.


    Although Chechen didn''t understand why commander sapega divided his mercenary regiment into the sequence of private army, the impact of this transfer on himself was very bad, because he had to recruit soldiers by himself.


    Che then asked whether Anjie or Mikhail had ever encountered such a problem and how they solved it.


    The Quartermaster then said: "As the Lord of bolotsk, Anjie kemitz certainly has the right to recruit local nobles and farmers into the army, and their family also has a lot of land in the local area, which is enough to meet the expenses of some soldiers; while the Colonel rank of mihau knight is the establishment of the regular army of the Republic, and his soldiers eat imperial food, which will be supplemented by the state."


    With these words, the Quartermaster patted Cherchen on the shoulder and told Cherchen a good news: Although the Republic would not pay the full salary for an officer of the private army who took the initiative to serve the Republic, his mercenary regiment could enjoy all the booty and the ransom of the prisoners.


    For this "good news", Chechen can only smile bitterly. He can''t even get together the number of mercenaries now.


    Since there are no people, Chechen only needs some weapons and equipment.


    For this request, the Quartermaster was very frank. He gave Chechen 200 long guns and 100 spring wheel guns at one time.


    This surprised Chechen. He didn''t expect that only the two hundred Taylor had played such a great role.


    Finally, it was the Quartermaster himself who broke his enthusiastic purpose.


    "Don''t you know? After the news about you and Prince mihau spread in Werner, the conversation has been opened about which of you married Miss Natalie of the kishka family first," said the Quartermaster.


    "Oh? Do you bet me to win?" Chechen asked.


    "Of course, otherwise I''ll grant you so many weapons. You don''t think you can buy me for 200 taels. I''m a noble!"


    "It seems that everyone is still very optimistic about me." Chechen said to himself.


    This was heard by the Quartermaster. The Quartermaster sneered.


    "Don''t be amorous. There are a few people who are optimistic about you! Everyone is optimistic about Prince mihau. Anyway, I don''t like you, Prince yarimi. Prince yarimi is the hero I admire." the Quartermaster sighed.


    "Then why did you bet me to win?"


    "Of course, who has a grudge against money! Besides, wealth and wealth are in danger. If your dark horse catches the cold, my 1000 Taylor will become 10000 in a twinkling of an eye," said the Quartermaster with an oblique eye.


    Chechen left the Quartermaster''s office and returned to the mercenary regiment''s station outside the city. As soon as Chechen entered the camp door, he saw Victor training the 1000 people in walking and queuing. The team of 1000 people was divided into seven teams, each with a short spear in his hand.


    "The heels form a line, and then close as close as possible... The knees are straight; the hips are perpendicular to the ground; the arms sag naturally, the elbows are close to the body, the palms turn out slightly, the little fingers turn back, close to the trouser seams, the head is straight, the chin is close to the neck, and the eyes are fixed on the ground 15 steps ago."


    Victor gave orders to the 1000 people one by one. But each action seems simple, but it is still too difficult for beginners to achieve the uniformity of 1000 people. After a while, the team had become crooked and out of shape.


    Cherchen understood that Victor was training these people according to the code of conduct of the Spanish army. According to the requirements of the code of conduct, the basic pace of each soldier is 72 steps per minute and 64 cm per step. No more, no less.


    "Victor, do these people still work?" Chechen asked victor.


    Hearing the commander''s cry, Victor turned and turned his head.


    "Captain, I''ve never seen such a bad soldier," Victor said bluntly.


    Cherchen was about to say a few words of encouragement when Pedro came out to meet Cherchen:


    "Don''t complain, victor. Poles and Lithuanians are not expected to be infantry. That''s what God means, but it can''t blame them. God gave them the best cavalry, so he took away the talent of infantry and gave it to the Germans."


    With that, Pedro asked Chechen again, "my dear nephew, are you coming back from the Quartermaster?"


    "Uncle, let''s go back to the camp." Chechen didn''t want to talk about it in public. He was not afraid of Victor''s hearing, but of the soldiers who had just joined.


    After instructing Victor to continue training, Chechen and Pedro returned to the camp.


    Cherchen told Pedro what the Quartermaster said.


    After hearing his nephew''s words, Pedro''s jaw almost fell off. He quickly calculated the expenses of 1000 people. Even if he calculated according to one Taylor a week, he would get 4000 Taylor a month. I''m afraid he and Cherchen can''t last a year.


    Although it is said that the mercenary Corps can monopolize the booty and the ransom of the prisoners, it can be seen and touched like the moon in the water.


    "Going bankrupt, going bankrupt," muttered Pedro.


    Seeing his uncle worried about money, Chechen felt that he really didn''t know his priorities. The most important thing to worry about now should be where to recruit the remaining 1000 soldiers.


    Pedro is not as worried about this problem as Cherchen. When he was a mercenary in Germany, he knew some German "friends" who made a living by "recruiting" soldiers for mercenary groups in various countries. These "friends" have a lot of ways to recruit soldiers. A lady named Countess Otto, who was deeply impressed by Pedro, once invited many beggars to eat and drink at the house on the grounds of charity, and then tricked them into the cellar. The countess suddenly closed the cellar door and let them starve inside. They didn''t let them out until they promised to join the army and handed them over to the mercenary regiment where Pedro was at that time. The mercenary regiment only paid 18 Taylor''s employment money per person a year and 20 Taylor''s intermediary fee at one time.


    "Nephew, how about I gamble with the funds of the regiment?" Pedro suddenly thought.