Song Yingxing said with a smile: "Living in an adult's mansion is like being in heaven!" ”

Guo Wendong said: "But next year, Jiannu is likely to go south, if you are greedy for pleasure, everything will be over by then." ”

The expressions of the two of them immediately became heavy.

Song Yingxing said: "General, although the weapon workshop has not yet been built, you can prepare first and recruit experienced craftsmen first." ”

Guo Wendong said: "Before the two of them arrived in Nanjing, I had already started recruiting craftsmen. I have a number of blacksmith shops, and those craftsmen can be arranged directly to cast iron in the arsenal. As for the production of hot weapons, it is necessary to select skilled craftsmen, and there are two gentlemen. ”

Song Yingxing responded: "Do your best!" Then he said: "General, after the weapons workshop is completed, I will study the technology and guide the craftsmen. The rest of the affairs are taken care of by the eldest brother. ”

Song Yingsheng said: "My skills are far worse than the third brother. I'll take care of the rest so that my third brother can concentrate on his skills. ”

Guo Wendong nodded and said, "You guys are a good match like this." Mr. Soong's early production of his own fire-making guns, the development of more advanced cannons, and the display of their might on the battlefield, will surely go down in history like many scientists. ”

Scientist? The two had heard of this new ranking for the first time. However, the meaning can already be guessed.

Song Yingxing is good at technology, and a scientist should refer to a person with excellent skills.

Take figures from the same period, such as Xu Guangqi and Bi Maokang, who should be regarded as scientists.

Guo Wendong explained again that what a scientist is is not much different from what the two estimated.

It's time for lunch, Guo Wendong is eating with the two.

After dinner, I took the two of them to the arsenal that was still under construction.

The arsenal is located in the northwest of the city, where the population density is the least compared to the rest of the city, it is better to expropriate land, the iron casting is loud, and the arsenal is located here so as not to disturb the people as much as possible.

Coming to the arsenal, there are hundreds of people busy here.

The main building has been built, and the various smelting facilities in the house are currently being built.

The furnace is the most important facility for cast iron.

Here, there are warehouses, production areas, accommodation areas, canteens, research rooms, officials' offices, etc., which ensure that craftsmen work and live in the arsenal.

In particular, the manufacture of advanced firearms requires technical secrecy, and the craftsmen inside cannot go out at will, so as to ensure that the technology is not leaked as much as possible.

"My lord, everything is going well here, and it can be completed as planned."

Reporting to Guo Wendong was Qin Hongling, who was in his forties and had a high level of iron casting technology, originally a blacksmith and had rich experience in this area.

Guo Wendong introduced him and the Song Yingxing brothers to each other.

Knowing that it was Song Yingxing, Qin Hongling was pleasantly surprised, and said: "I have long heard of Mr. Song's name, but I hate not to see it." ”

Guo Wendong said: "In the future, if we work together, you can communicate more." ”

Qin Hongling can also be regarded as a talent, and he can be used as Song Yingxing's technical assistant.

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In the guerrilla general's mansion, Guo Wendong gathered the main generals of the Shenji Battalion.

There are not only the general managers and deputy general managers, but also the general managers, the chief secretary Gu Yanwu and the captain of the supervision team, Dongfang, are also present.

Guo Wendong said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the next thing to do is to train the troops. Before the hot weapon is crafted, train the cold weapon to fight. Temporarily set up three major arms of knives, spears, bows and arrows, and rearrange them after the hot weapons and equipment are in place. ”

He looked around at everyone and said, "General Ben has decided that Zhang Huangyan will train the bow and crossbow soldiers, Liu Jifang will train the sword soldiers, and Yan Yingyuan will train the spearmen. ”

The three of them stood up in unison to receive their orders.

Zhang Huang said: "My lord, although it is not easy to raise good horses in the southern region, we can also form cavalry. Now the price of a horse is more than 30 taels of silver, and if the military salary allows, a large number of horses can be purchased. There are many flatlands in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is no place to worry about training cavalry. ”

Guo Wendong felt reasonable, nodded and said, "Xuan's suggestion is feasible. The key is the military salary, don't count on the imperial court, even the daily money for the Shenji Battalion and the money to build weapons can't be given enough, and if you want to buy a horse, I can only pay out of my own pocket. ”

After the meeting ended, Zhang Huangyan did not leave.

After the others left, Zhang Huangyan said: "Dare to ask your lordship, do you just want to resist the enemy's attack on Jiangnan, or do you want to recover the entire pass, or even wave your army out of the pass, go straight to the Manchu nest, and completely exterminate the Manchu Qing?" ”

He felt that Guo Wendong was the son-in-law of the first assistant, and if he could resist the Qing army's offensive on Jiangnan first, it would be a great achievement, and he would definitely be promoted, but there would definitely be more soldiers and horses in command, and the future was limitless. If Guo Wendong's ambition is big enough, there is a possibility that the fallen rivers and mountains will be recovered.

As for the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, there is Zheng Zhilong in the south and Zuo Liangyu in the west, mainly relying on the four towns in the north to defend the Jingshi.

He had learned about the experience of the four people in the four towns of Jiangbei, and felt that Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing, and Gao Jie would definitely be unreliable, and once the Qing troops went south, it was very likely that they would surrender.

Zuo Liangyu is even more unreliable, he often did not listen to the dispatch of the court or the superintendent in the past, and now he is even less controlled by the court.

He thought about it, and if he wanted to keep the Ming Dynasty, he could only hope for his immediate boss.

Zhang Huangyan admired Guo Wendong after learning about the main things he had done since the beginning of last year.

If Guo Wendong hadn't trained those who had planted crops for him first, it would have taken several more months to recruit recruits and start training from scratch.

If it weren't for Guo Wendong selling foreign goods and doing business to make money, the Shenji Battalion would not be able to make up for the lack of military salaries.

And Guo Wendong's determination to protect his family and defend the country made him admire it even more.

Zhang Huangyan asked these words now to understand how ambitious the people he followed were.

Guo Wendong put his hands behind his back, took a deep breath, and his chest swelled with pride and ambition.

"Drive a long car and step through the lack of Helan Mountain. Zhuang is hungry for Hulu meat, laughing and thirsty for Xiongnu blood. To start from the beginning, clean up the old mountains and rivers, towards the sky! ”

"Not only in the Guannei, but also in the land of the Ming Dynasty, I will go out of the customs to recover the rivers and mountains, and set foot on the nest of the slaves."

This is his heart. This handsome subordinate wants to see how ambitious he is, so he can say it.

Zhang Huangyan was in a good mood and smiled heartily: "My lord, my humble position is the same as you." ”

Guo Wendong's ambitions are so ambitious, at this moment, Zhang Huangyan is even more determined to follow this person in the future.

Guo Wendong patted him on the shoulder and said, "If there is really that day, I will definitely take you!" Now, let's get the first step right. ”

In the original history, Zhang Huangyan performed well, and he felt that he had great potential.

When he came to this time and space, it is very likely that he will change the history from 1645 onwards, what will Zhang Huangyan do?