"One-two-one, one-two-one~"

On the huge cement playground, more than 10,000 new soldiers shouted loud slogans and ran in the cold wind, and more than 10,000 people were very loud.

With the constant running, everyone seems to be able to see the heat rising, at first when they get up, they still feel very cold, but after running slowly, they all feel very hot.

With every breath, you can see the obvious white gas rising, and the entire playground seems to be no longer eroded by the cold and steaming.

The first principal of the Daming Royal Military Academy, British Gong Zhang Mao, was wearing a mink coat, followed by Liu Jin and Liu Jin, and the three of them walked on the edge of the playground, watching the morning run of tens of thousands of people.

"Liu Jin, there won't be anything wrong with running like this, right?"

Zhang Mao's eyes were locked on Zhu Houzhao in the crowd, he was the prince of the Ming Dynasty, the future of the Ming Dynasty, and nothing could happen to him.

The prince grew up in the deep palace since he was a child, pampered, clothed and fed, and now he gets up every morning in this winter to go for a morning jog, the cold wind is biting, if something happens, he Zhang Mao can not afford it.

As for his grandson Zhang Lun, he didn't even look at it, after this kid came back from Ryukyu, his whole person has changed, he has become more calm, he has become more mature, and the most important thing is that his body has become stronger, no longer as delicate as before.

Lao Zhang's family Ding is not prosperous, Zhang Mao's son died early, this grandson is naturally a baby, and he has always been afraid of melting in his mouth, and he is afraid of falling in his hand.

Because of excessive doting, Zhang Lun became like a gentleman, so Zhang Mao also sent him to Tianjin Maritime University in time to study for a period of time, and all the bad problems were changed.

"Yes, the weather is too cold, and His Highness is wearing such a thin outfit, if the cold enters the body and is infected with the wind cold, I will not have enough to cut off 10,000 heads."

Liu Jin also said anxiously, the three of them were wearing very thick clothes and felt cold, so if they took off their coats and stood in the cold for a while, they would keep their runny noses.

"Don't worry, what can it be, don't you see that everyone is the same, and all of them are alive?"

Liu Jin said indifferently, the ice and snow is the best time to exercise, didn't you see the polar bears in later generations and even the little babies stripped naked and rolled in the snow on heavy snowy days?

The more the body exercises, the less afraid it is of wind chill, and if it does not exercise, it will be afraid of wind chill.

Most of the bodies of ancient emperors and princes were not good, why?

A very important reason is the lack of exercise, growing up in the deep palace, there are people to take care of it all the time, let alone exercising, even running a little faster will make those palace maids, eunuchs and the like scared half to death.

On the other hand, the founding emperors of all dynasties basically fought the world on horseback, and the body was exercised by the south and the north, and the east and west were traveled, so the founding emperors were basically in very good health and could live to old age.

But the more this goes on, the emperors of all dynasties are basically inferior to one generation after another, and it is rare to live to more than fifty, what is the reason for this?

There are various reasons for this, some emperors are addicted to alcohol and empty their bodies, so they die early, and some emperors are overworked and busy with state affairs.

But lack of exercise is the common cause.

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Zhang Mao and Liu Jin also looked at Zhu Houzhao, only to see that Zhu Houzhao was alive and well throughout his life, very energetic, not tired at all, shouting slogans, and running vigorously.

To be able to enter the army, this is Zhu Houzhao's dream all along, and now he finally has the opportunity to come to the Ming Royal Military Academy, he is a real dragon returning to the sea, a tiger into the mountains and forests, like a fish in water, this period of time has been very outstanding, one of the best students.

Seeing Zhu Houzhao's performance, Zhang Mao and Liu Jin were also slightly relieved.

"Liu Jin, isn't it good for this recruit to use all firearms?"

"There are many limitations to the use of firearms, such as the use of firearms on rainy days, which is not easy to use, and the reloading of firearms is very slow, and it is easy to collapse under the impact of cavalry."

Zhang Mao said as he walked.

The construction of the new army has always been a very huge project, and there are many things in various aspects, and one of the most important things is weaponry.

Liu Jin advocated the use of firearms, artillery and guns to arm the new army, and build a pure firearms force.

But Zhang Mao has been hesitant, although now the Miyun Iron Works has made a new flintlock musket, the range and power are quite good, and the rate of fire is much faster than the traditional firecracker.

The earliest time in the history of flintlock muskets was born in 1547, and now it is the thirteenth year of Hongji, that is, in 1500, that is, half a century later, the flintlock musket was developed in Europe.

Liu Jin, who came from the later knowledge, naturally knew the development history of this musket, and the arquebus developed into a flintlock pistol, and finally developed into a mature firing gun in later generations.

At the same time, the loading method also changed from the front loading of bulk gunpowder at the beginning, then compacted with wooden sticks, and then stuffed into lead pellets, which slowly developed into backfill gunpowder, and finally developed into later bullets.

It is not difficult to make a flintlock musket, Liu Jin has raised tens of thousands of skilled craftsmen, they don't do anything, they just calm down and study all kinds of things.

The weaving machine, the loom, and the flintlock musket were all conceived by Liu Jin, and then these skilled craftsmen carried out research and manufacturing.

The flintlock musket has a history of more than 200 years, from its invention in 1547 to its maturity in the 17th century, and it was not until the 19th century, that is, in 1848, that the advent of the musket that it withdrew from the stage of history.

From here it is possible to know the superior performance of this musket.

"What Zhang Gong said is reasonable, but the advantages of the flintlock musket are very obvious, the attack distance can reach hundreds of steps, and the power is also quite powerful, this is still the current musket, if the technology of the musket continues to improve, it can also create a more powerful musket."

"Just like this artillery, the artillery made by our Miyun Iron Factory now has a very long range, the power is also quite amazing, and the rate of fire is also quite fast, which is much more powerful than traditional artillery."

"How can we not use good weapons, do we still use swords and arrows to fight the enemy?"

Liu Jin thought about it and replied.

After Emperor Hongji took back military power, he attached great importance to military armaments, abolishing the original method of manufacturing from the Ministry of Industry and purchasing directly from private enterprises.

There is no doubt that this military order will not fall on the heads of other enterprises, and Miyun Iron Factory naturally became the first military enterprise in the Ming Dynasty and obtained the military production license issued by the imperial court.

The armor, weapons, and artillery produced by the Miyun Iron Works were tested in the last war with the Little Prince, and won unanimous praise from the front-line soldiers.

The most important thing is that these arms and weapons produced by the Miyun Iron Factory are not only of good quality, but also very cheap, the same thing, the Ministry of Industry may need 10 taels of silver, but the Miyun Iron Factory only needs 5 taels of silver, and the quality of the products is far from the same.

Emperor Hongzhi and Zhu Houzhao of this Miyun Iron Works are the major shareholders, naturally, this big list of military industry fell on their heads, and the money was earned by themselves, and the key was that the quality was clear and guaranteed.

It will not be the same as before, the silver of this household has been allocated, and under the layers of deductions, the last ten taels of silver may only be less than two taels of silver used for the creation of weapons and equipment, and it will not be possible to create high-quality weapons at all.

Especially the muskets and artillery, the quality is so miserable that the soldiers on the front line do not dare to use them, preferring to fight the enemy with swords rather than be blown up by guns or artillery.

"Muskets and artillery are indeed very powerful~"

"I know it too, and I see it~"

"However, some things are very complex, and we can't say that we can guarantee that this thing will always be of this quality, and we can't guarantee that there will be some problems in the future."

"When I opened the Ming Dynasty, artillery and guns were also powerful in the world, but now?"

Zhang Mao nodded slightly, then thought about it and asked with a smile.

He considers the problem in the long run, and knows very clearly that the problem of corruption is the real big problem, and no matter how good things are, they will become scum when they encounter corruption.

The musket artillery is very good, but when the Ming Dynasty opened the country, it was also very good, and the quality was very good, but now?

Hearing Zhang Mao's words, Liu Jin immediately fell into deep thought, in the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle in later generations, the warships and artillery of the Qing army were really worse than those of the Japanese Kou?

In fact, the warships and artillery of the Qing army at that time were the most advanced in the world at that time, and the artillery was a Krupp cannon manufactured by the German Krupp military factory.

But in the end, it was defeated, why is that?

Because the money for buying shells was diverted to repair the garden, some of the shells were filled with sand instead of gunpowder, and there was a blind fear of war, and the military funds were also diverted to the old lady's birthday, how could she not be defeated?

"Zhang Gong is reasonable, it seems that our curriculum still needs to be changed, and we must add traditional swords, arrows, mounted archery and other items."

After a deep sigh, Liu Jin also nodded solemnly and said.

Muskets and artillery are very good, and they are also the development trend of the future, but if the pace is too fast, it may be really easy to pull the egg, step by step, continuous progress, and gradual improvement.

Muskets and artillery can not be less, but also to master the profound, this traditional weapons armor horseback archery can not be abandoned, after all, this is still an era dominated by cold weapons.

Grasp both hands, both hands must be hard, so that we can create a real sweeping army to come out, open up territory for the Ming Dynasty, and sweep the world.