Once the hand-cranked Gatling can be developed, although it is hand-cranked, the rate of fire can reach 200 rounds per minute, which is already very remarkable in this era.

The biggest weakness of the hand-cranked Gatling is that the shooter will be agitated on the battlefield due to the increasing distance between the enemy and the enemy during the charge, and will be unable to control himself, and will turn the handle faster and faster as if crazy, causing the machine gun to overheat and jam or explode.

Moreover, the residue of black powder is relatively serious, although it can clean up the bullets and barrels after the war, but the overall service life is not very long, and only metal bullets can solve this problem.

It's just that metal gun bullets can't be put on the agenda now, and being able to use a revolver machine gun in the case of paper shell guns and bullets has already made Zhu Youxiao very satisfied.

Although the rate of fire of the hand-cranked Gatling is only 200 rounds per minute, it can be deployed on the battlefield to crush the volume.

There is one thing that needs to be known after all, that is, in the British and French armies, a company will arrange fifty wheel-type guns, which means that a company has fifty hand-cranked Gatling machine guns.

And Zhu Youxiao prepared to assemble ten for each hundred households.

In fact, in the new army, the concept of strengthening has already appeared.

For example, strengthen 100 households and strengthen 1,000 households. In each of the 100 reinforced households, there were actually about 200 personnel, including 30 machine gunners, 50 riflemen, equipped with 10 hand-cranked Gatlings and 50 flintlock pistols.

In addition to this, there were fifty sword and shield men, fifty pikemen, ten cavalrymen, and twenty archers.

And each reinforced thousand households is additionally equipped with one artillery hundred, one rocket artillery hundred. Each of these two hundred households is equipped with 100 artillery pieces and 100 rocket artillery vehicles. This brought the strength of each reinforcement to nearly 4,000 men.

According to the establishment of the Ming army, this can be regarded as a strengthened guard, which can also be called a pro-army guard, because only the new emperor's pro-army will have such a configuration.

The left and right pro-armies command the yamen, and each yamen commands twelve pro-army guards. In addition to the ten pro-army guards, there were two reinforced cavalry guards.

This is the combat unit envisioned by Zhu Youxiao, and the current pro-army guard is not even a semi-finished product. Many people think that they can fight Liaodong, but Zhu Youxiao thinks that it can't, the main reason is that the firepower is not enough.

Zhu Youxiao needed to establish at least four pro-army commanders, or even five, like the governor's mansion of the five armies, before he could go to war everywhere.

This is also the reason why Zhu Youxiao is so desperate for money. His current money is estimated to be enough to arm a pro-military guard, and there will be no money for another one. What's more, he has now established two pro-military guards, both of which require these equipment.

However, Zhu Youxiao will not tell others about these things, and he will slowly experience them by himself.

There are not too many surprises on the next visit, after all, the good things have already been seen. More often than not, Zhu Youxiao appeased the personnel, issued rewards, and boosted morale, all of which were routine routines.

Zhu Youxiao stayed in the Baigong Academy and had dinner with those meritorious courtiers, which fully demonstrated Zhu Youxiao's love for the people and his closeness to the people.

This is also an honor for the officials of the Hundred Works, and it is a very, very honor to be able to eat with His Majesty.

After eating, Zhu Youxiao said goodbye to the staff of the Hundred Workshops and returned to the palace.

Although he was very tired at the end of the day, Zhu Youxiao still felt very happy.

The new research direction has been determined, and the new achievements have also made Zhu Youxiao very satisfied.

When Zhu Youxiao visited the Baigong Academy, the entire capital was very stable, after all, there was nothing big in front of him.

The officials of the DPRK and China are more concerned about the reform of the Royal Academy, but they have been used to it for so long, although there will be a little movement from time to time, but there is nothing too big.

The autumn harvest has been completed, the grain has been put into storage, and the next thing is to wait for the winter.

Although there has been information about building houses for officials, it has not been clear. There are many people who are looking forward to it, but not many people can get concrete information.

Soon, it was the end of the year, and the weather was getting colder.

When the first snow fell, Zhu Youxiao finally waited for the plan given by the Ministry of Engineering.

It's about the new city plan, and the most important thing is that they have already drawn the drawings.

The current secretary of the Ministry of Industry is Yao Siren, who is not young, almost 90 years old. Although the body is still quite strong, but the spirit is already weak, and this person should retire soon.

The reason why Yao Siren is still used is because the successor is not ready. When the successor is ready, Yao Siren can retire.

This Xincheng incident should be Yao Siren's last participation in the imperial court project.

Zhu Youxiao simply didn't look for Yao Siren this time, after all, he was already very old, and he couldn't do it anymore, and his energy couldn't keep up.

The main one who is mainly engaged in the construction of the new city is Bi Maokang. Of course, it is definitely not Bi Maokang who will succeed the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

Bi Maokang will definitely be promoted, this is the reward given to him by Zhu Youxiao, but it is absolutely impossible to be promoted to the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry.

Bi Maokang wants to control the Baigong Academy, and the scale of the Baigong Institute will become larger and larger in the future, and there will be more and more things, and Bi Maokang cannot be left without skills.

The person Zhu Youxiao wanted to arrange for the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry was actually Li Zhizao. It's just that Li Zhizao is now in the staff office, and he will be promoted to the Ministry of Industry to be a scholar after a while.

Zhu Youxiao wanted to show a meaning through this act, that is, the officials and civilian officials of the General Staff Office can be exchanged with each other to blur the civil and military forces, which is very important.

Without the training of professional military personnel, it is impossible to divide the civil and military forces so widely. If you want to divide it so widely, it will have to wait until later, and it is also to blur the concept of civil and military.

But this is all for the future, and the most important thing now is to build a house and make money.

The one sent by the Ministry of Industry this time was Zhao Wenji, the waiter of the Ministry of Industry.

Zhao Wenji is in his forties, and being able to sit in this position can be regarded as hard work.

It's just that his ability is average, and it is unlikely that he will be promoted to the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and the next step should be to seek release. If you can't be a governor, you have to be a political envoy of a province. After a few years of training outside, if you have made a contribution, you will be transferred back.

"Minister Zhao Wenji, see Your Majesty." After seeing Zhu Youxiao, Zhao Wenji hurriedly said.

As a courtier who is not very close to the Son of Heaven, Zhao Wenji actually hopes in his heart that through this incident, he can make the Son of Heaven look at him with admiration.

Not to mention taking over the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Works, at least he can be released and put in the position of a governor, and he will be content.

Zhao Wenji cherished this opportunity this time, and thought that he had done things very satisfactorily and worked hard.

"Excuse me." Zhu Youxiao nodded and said.

"How's it going?" Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhao Wenji and asked directly: "Your Ministry of Engineering said that it is almost ready, so tell me about it." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhao Wenjie hurriedly agreed, and at the same time put down the long box in his hand.

Then the box was opened, and Zhao Wenji took out a giant map from it.

With the help of Chen Hong and others, he hung up the map.

This is a map of the new city, and from the map, it will be a big city.

Located in the center of the city is a Confucian temple, next to which is the Yansheng Mansion. In addition to this, there is the school, and in the center of the university hall is the commercial street.

Outside, there is the living area. It can be sold to students or to people who do business.

In addition to the buildings on the ground, more are painted about the drainage system, the layout of the city, and so on.

For the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty, these things have long been familiar with them. The drainage system of the Ming Dynasty was very advanced, and the drainage of a city with a population of more than 2 million was still in good order.

Later generations once counted that large cities in China rarely broke out of large plagues like those in Europe, and a big reason was the advanced urban drainage system.

In addition, there are measures to transport manure out of the city by horse-drawn carts, which reduces mosquito breeding, and the emphasis on epidemic prevention and control has prevented the occurrence of plagues on a European scale.

In this new city, because of cement, the Ministry of Industry even built a cement sewer. Zhu Youxiao is very satisfied with this.

There is no big problem with the layout of the city, and it is obvious that the Ministry of Industry has understood the spirit of Zhu Youxiao.

Take a look at the shopping street sandwiched between the schools, and think about how expensive the land will be. Think of the shops next to the schools in the afterlife, none of them are cheap.

Zhu Youxiao nodded with satisfaction and said, "Your Ministry of Engineering didn't calculate the cost?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it has been calculated, and this is the approximate cost." While speaking, Zhao Wenji took out an inscription book and raised it respectfully with both hands.

Chen Hong hurriedly walked over, stretched out his hand to take the question book, and then respectfully presented it to Zhu Youxiao.

This budget is very detailed, and it is not something that can be read right now. This is not what I see now, it is used for reconciliation after the construction of the project. Where you overspend, where you save, these are more important.

"As for the place where the academy will be demolished, you should have already made a plan, right?" Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhao Wenji and asked again.

After the land is vacated, it will be used as a residential area for officials. In addition, there is also a part of the commercial street and wealthy real estate.

Zhu Youxiao is naturally very concerned about such a place, because it will provide a lot of funds for Zhu Youxiao to start a new city.

Anyway, Zhu Youxiao was not prepared to pay a penny for this whole big plan. All the money went back and forth through these two plots of land.

At first, he started to raise money from the land in the city, and Zhu Youxiao believed that this place would definitely be able to raise a lot of money.

At that time, the start-up capital for the new city will be available.

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