Zou Yu shook his head with a smile, looked at Yan Liben's charge, ignited the fire, and shot into the air outside, and happily praised: "Good! That's great! ”

From Yan Liben's operation, Zou Yu can see that this is to turn the previous front-loading musket into a rear-loading musket, at the tail of the musket, on the side of the gun body, a window was opened, a push-pull pin was installed, and the latch was pulled, the window was exposed, the loaded ammunition was stuffed, and it was just pushed up.

Rear loading musket, the loading speed has increased by at least three times, Zou Yu estimated, after proficiency, within twenty seconds, should be able to put a shot, although it is slower than a bow and arrow, but don't forget, this bullet is not a single shot, it is a scattered bullet! Although it is difficult to kill from a distance, the damage is a bargain!

With segmented shooting, now the musketeers can finally fight alone, of course, they are still in the stage of bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, if they encounter heavy armor, even if it is at close range, the damage is very limited.

"Modify them all! Let them hand in all the previous ones. Zou Yu touched the cold barrel of the musket, smiled and nodded with satisfaction.

Yan Liben, who was originally happy to be praised by him, suddenly had a smile on his face, and then the corners of his mouth twitched, and he said carefully: "Lord Wang, this can't be modified, you can only do it from scratch." ”

"Oh! In that case, let's remake it! Zou Yu nodded and agreed, in his mind, opening a window on the barrel and refitting it from the new one is indeed better than a new one, after all, the new one is done in one go, and there are not so many problems with making it.

"This... Dare to ask the prince, how much is produced? Yan Liben asked embarrassedly.

"Let's make two thousand first! Make another batch after the year, make up enough 10,000, and it is still good for muskets to defend the city, which can completely suppress the opponent and press them under the city wall. Zou Yu said with a little expectation.

"Lack of manpower! Rajah! Yan Liben said weakly.

"This..."Zou Yu didn't think of this question, and was dumbfounded.

"Really, my lord! You see weapons and armor are important people, right? Artillery should also be stepped up! Where do so many people come from to make muskets? Yan Liben thought that Zou Yu didn't believe it, so he hurriedly complained.

"Don't worry! Hold your horses! Let me think. Zou Yu hurriedly comforted.

"So be it! On the side of weapons and armor, slow down a bit, leave some familiar hands, and then recruit a group of apprentices to fight, so that there can be more people. Zou Yu continued.

Because of the secrecy of muskets and artillery, even if it is a craftsman who is a supervisor, it is also selected by repeated investigations, so the number of people is not large, and Zou Yu's stall is spread out large, and people are needed everywhere.

"That's fine! Recruit some apprentices to make ordinary swords! Yan Liben relaxed and nodded in agreement.

"Man! Talent! Where can I find it? Looking at Yan Liben, who was originally round-faced, and embarrassed to face his resentful eyes, Zou Yu praised a few words and left, but he still felt a headache about the lack of manpower.

"It seems good to run a technical school!" Passing by the medical school, Zou Yu's eyes lit up.

"I'll go home first, you go and call Yuwen Wen to see me!" Zou Yu instructed the guards who followed.

"See the prince!" Not long after returning home, Yu Wenwen came in a hurry.

"Don't be in a hurry, sit down and drink saliva first." Seeing Yu Wenwen's nostrils coming out of his nostrils, knowing that he was rushing over, Zou Yu hurriedly greeted.

"Thank you, Lord Wang!" Yuwen Wen smiled and thanked him, then sat down, picked up the tea sent by his subordinates, and took two sips.

Without letting Zou Yu wait for a long time, Yuwenwen put down the cup and asked, "I don't know what the prince has to call his subordinates to come by?" ”

"That's right, I want you to go and set up a technical school." Zou Yu explained.

"Technical school? What is it? Yuwen asked puzzled.

"As the name suggests, it is a school that teaches a skill!" Zou Yu explained to him.

"Medical school?"

"Not bad! Medical school only teaches medical skills! And a technical school is a place to train other skilled talents, such as blacksmiths! Woodworker!

The technical school is divided into three years, and the first year only teaches the basics, so that students can learn several basic skills and use various tools proficiently; In the second year, choose a major according to your interests and hobbies, study, and practice something more professional and sophisticated; In the third year, he entered the workshops for internships. Zou Yu continued.

"It doesn't seem to be the same as an apprentice, does it?" Yuwen asked puzzled.

"Yes, there is basically no difference, but the school is more single, because the purpose of the technical school is to provide talents for the government, especially the projects in charge of the craftsman supervisor." Zou Yu nodded.

Yu Wenwen understood: "In other words, the technical school is to train apprentices more quickly, and then arrange jobs according to their abilities. ”

"Well, technical schools have an advantage over apprentices, a good master, recruiting apprentices, you have to choose, and technical schools are for the whole society to recruit students, no matter who they are, they can come to learn, so that people who want to learn skills can't find a place to learn."

"It's just that the status of craftsmen is not high, I'm afraid I won't be able to recruit many students!" Yu Wenwen hesitated.

There is a traditional concept that no one wants to work full-time as a craftsman. In this era, the common people did not have so many things to ask craftsmen to make, and simple furniture could be made by themselves, even if it was to build a house, the people in the village could also help.

The craftsmen of the large families are but their domestic slaves, tenants; In the town, the craftsmen in the city, they were actually poor people who couldn't survive, so their families sent them to be apprentices, and then they inherited it, or they went to open shops elsewhere, or they stayed to work as helpers.

That is to say, craftsmen belong to the people who have no land, and because they are craftsmen, the government will not give them land, after all, this is not necessary, you are a craftsman, just be a good craftsman, where will you have the time to farm.

Artisans have taxes and labor, so no one will envy being a craftsman, after all, some ordinary people will think that if no one asks you to make things, there will be no income, unlike farming, which is stable and reliable.

There are no craftsmen in the Yuan and Ming dynasties who have been passed down from generation to generation, they are not allowed to leave their homes, there are many laborers, and the craftsmen are so tragic, it is not the best choice for the people, not to mention that the people are quite hopeful now.

"Improving the treatment is all the imperial court departments, there is no high or low status, and those who help the imperial court work in the future are also called workers! If you have technology, you are called a technician! The first batch of cadets were recruited from the families of the soldiers, and the imperial court would issue an announcement, which was to reward the soldiers for fighting for the country and rewarding them for their hard work. Thinking about the enviable workers in later generations, Zou Yu said with certainty.