"Bang!"

"Bang bang!" ……

On the edge of the lake in the Imperial Garden, there were piles of wood, and Zhu Youxiao was beating on the parts of the boat with great interest.

The Ming Royal Navy has begun to be formally established and is about to usher in a vigorous development by leaps and bounds.

But there is an army, and there is no suitable battleship, and that is to make persuasion extremely painful.

As for the warships to be built, the type of ship that Zhu Youxiao first determined was the flying clipper.

The clipper ship, this kind of battleship, is undoubtedly the pinnacle ship of the era of sail warships, and there is no one.

Because of his ability to never forget, he can recall and remember many miscellaneous books on ships he had read in his previous life.

Therefore, it is still possible to roughly design an improved and mature version of the clipper, and now that his own carpentry skills are not bad.

He had to make a medium-sized ship model as soon as possible, and after the successful launch test, hand it over to the craftsmen of the Lushun shipyard to study, imitate and improve.

Otherwise, under the general trend of this national voyage, the Ming Empire will not advance but retreat, and it will be eliminated by the rolling historical tide if it is not careful!

Once you fall behind, the consequence is undoubtedly to be beaten passively!

That kind of situation, but Zhu Youxiao absolutely couldn't bear it.

It was the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the air was still sunny, and Zhu Youxiao got up when the color was just bright, taking a good omen.

Last night's big drama at the Huangji Gate, the various troupes performed until three o'clock before they dispersed.

Among them, the highest heart is still the generals of the Guards Scouts.

Most of them have never watched a big drama, so they watch it with relish and can't think about it.

Sure enough, this common routine is still easy to bring everyone closer.

In the past, not most of the legions fought alone, you fought yours, I fought mine, and there was no communication between each other at all.

It's also similar between Wenchen.

In the past few months, everyone has been too busy to work, not officials of the same department, and they don't even have time to see each other

And on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, this Huangjimen Grand Square was singing a big opera, and the emperor and the courtiers were enjoying together, basically except for the Wenchen military generals who were far away in Liaodong, almost all those characters with heads and faces in the new dynasty went to the Huangjimen Grand Square.

This creates a great opportunity for people to interact with each other.

After all, most of these civil and military officials on the scene are people trusted by the emperor, and in this stage when the new dynasty has just begun to develop greatly, as long as they do not make big mistakes in the future, they are basically the ministers of the new dynasty.

And now there are too many people, most of them don't know each other, and in the future, they will be ministers in the same hall, and the days of working together will not be too long, and it is also excellent to have this opportunity to get to know each other.

Therefore, this kind of grand gathering of monarchs and ministers is not only to show up in front of the emperor, but also to meet some new friends, killing two birds with one stone.

In this way, the purpose of this routine celebration held by the royal family has been completely achieved, and it has also made the ministers feel worthy of this school

……

"Your Majesty, are you here?"

"See Your Majesty!" ……

Not far from the foot of Yuquan Mountain, in the camp of the Guards Scouts, Li Dingguo and a group of baby soldier generals were gathering in the big school field to watch the excitement, and when they saw Zhu Youxiao's arrival, they hurriedly brought the generals over to pay a visit.

"Well, I've come over to see how your legion expansion is going."

Zhu Youxiao nodded.

He had been busy all morning this morning before he could make a large part of the model of the clipper.

It is estimated that it will take at least ten years to complete it thoroughly.

This is also because he has the artifact "Craftsman Hammer", plus he is extremely powerful and energetic.

Otherwise, if you change to other boatsmiths, a few people will not be able to make a model of a flying clipper ship in a month.

Whether it was for the good development of the Royal Navy in its infancy, or for his own carpenter rank, he had to get this clipper model out as soon as possible.

At noon, after lunch, he felt a little boring, so he simply rode the snow god horse Bai and came to Zheng of the new camp of the boy scouts not far from the foot of Yuquan Mountain

He wanted to see if Li Dingguo had encountered any problems after the expansion of their boy scouts.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, after the Lantern Festival, Zhu Youxiao wanted to use the legions of these three Guards Scouts to launch a series of counterattacks against those Jiangnan rebels.

No matter what, this Ming Empire is also the country that the old Zhu family has beaten down, can it not be too badly harmed by those traitors, and the future vitality of the Great Shao Kingdom.

Rise up, this Guards Scouts, although now greatly expanded, from 30,000 people, to 3 legions of 270,000 people, sounds very mysterious.

If you take too many steps, will it be easy to pull the egg?

Zhu Youxiao and Li Dingguo will not think so.

These 240,000 recruits who have just joined the Guards Scouts have undergone at least three months of regular recruit training and physical recuperation, and have been selected from among the millions of orphans now adopted by the royal family.

Therefore, these recruits are basically not a recruit, and the completeness of their recruit training is much more formal than that of Li Dingguo and his group.

Therefore, despite the large-scale expansion of today's Boy Guards, in fact, the legions of these three Guards are easily run-in and restore their combat effectiveness.

"Li Dingguo, there are so many of you, what are you going to do here?"

Zhu Youxiao had just entered the large school field of the West Battalion, and he found that the soldiers were surrounding a few people, shouting loudly.

"Huh!"

Li Dingguo heard His Majesty's question, and smiled slightly, "Your Majesty, this is the position of the commander of the three divisions that everyone is fighting for!" ”

"Our boy guards will not be slightly worse than the five divine beast field legions, of course, we must follow their way to convince people."

"No, after two writing exams and force elimination, there are only six people left, competing for the position of division commander of the three Seven Killing Legions."

This is understandable.

What's more, how tempting is the position of a division commander?

Not every corps commander and division commander has a mansion compound given by the emperor to settle down in the capital, even if it is the monthly salary of the division commander, it is not an ordinary general, it can be compared.

What's more, what kind of majesty is commanding a 30,000-rao division?

Especially for these child soldiers who are not afraid of the ground.

In this way, it is inevitable that everyone will fight hard.

This is also the role played by Zhu Youxiao's three basic criteria for employing people: those who are capable go up, those who are mediocre go down, those who are virtuous do not avoid relatives, and only those who are able to use them.

Really, in the current new dynasty, the vast majority of civil and military officials are promoted and promoted, which is very fair.

Whether you are an orphan beggar or a talent, under the selection mechanism of the new dynasty, the starting point is basically on the same starting line.

How much status you can get, and what kind of foundation you can lay for your future, all depend on your ability.

Except for a very small number of people who were directly promoted by the emperor, there was no behind-the-scenes operation, and no one suppressed them.

Everything depends on your ability and loyalty to the royal family, which determines how far you can go in the new dynasty of the Ming Empire.

"Oh."

Zhu Youxiao nodded, and immediately understood.

Then, he was also very curious to stand aside with Li Dingguo, watching this very interesting selection with great interest.

Soon, he pointed to a very strong young man and asked, "Li Dingguo, that guy seems to be very powerful, and the other five people are not his opponents." ”

"Your Majesty, yours is Zhong Jixiang, right?"

Li Dingguo knew who the emperor was, and then pointed to the sturdy young man who was thin, not tall or short, and introduced him:

"That guy is one of the dozen or so talented orphans brought back from Liaodong by our Guards this time."

"Get up, this guy's experience is too twists and turns, it's too weird."

Li Dingguo looked at the field, and suddenly a wave of old punches hit the opponent again and again, and the young man Zhong Jixiang continued, "His ancestors have three generations, all of them are horse bandits in Liaodong, and they are still famous bandits. ”

"His grandfather, Zhong Jipei, was one of the most famous horse bandits in Liaodong during the Wanli period, and at the peak of his life, there were 3,000 bandits under his command to give their lives to their families."

"Zhong Jixiang's grandfather, with his father Zhong Jitian, roared in the Liaodong Great Plain, except for indiscriminately killing civilians, he did almost everything evil and robbed, and he was a demon king-level figure who once made his children stop crying."

"Later, Liaodong fell to the Tartars, the grandfather and father of the prime minister, but they were not afraid of the Tartars, they even robbed the Tartars, and they robbed many times!"

"As a result, the annoyed and angry wild boar skin, three years ago, dispatched a large army, cats their family of horse bandits, and after a premeditated ambush battle, Zhong Jixiang's grandfather, father and three thousand bandits were almost all killed by the wild boar skin!"

"Fortunately, Zhong Jixiang and several horse bandit teenagers were not at the scene at that time, and they escaped by luck."

At this point, Li Dingguo sighed a little and said, "That's right, Zhong Jixiang, who has a deep hatred for the Tartars, found out when he was gathered by the soldiers and brought him back with a few orphan companions. ”

"Naturally, Zhong Jixiang, who is skilled in archers and horses, and has a ruthless personality, was quickly discovered by one of our scouts."

"He is very familiar with the land of Liaodong, and assisted the scout team to complete several tasks, so that he was valued by the captain of the scout, and brought these more powerful orphans back to the capital by the way."

"By the way, this son also has a nickname, which is called "bandit". However, this guy is thick-skinned and not ashamed, but proud. ”

"Huh!"

Zhu Youxiao listened to it with relish, shook his head, but praised in his heart, "So, this guy is still a talented bandit who is about the same as Liu Zongmin?" ”

"Hahaha! Our new army of the imperial court, it will be even more interesting in the future. ”

It is indeed interesting, and now the core generals of the new army of the imperial court not only have Liu Zongmin, Hao Shaoqi, Li Dingguo, Red Lady, Li Yan, the most powerful bandit leaders in history, but now there is also an orphan who is even a horse spinning horse bandit orphan for three generations of ancestors.

It's all about to become a bandit camp.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't cry or laugh.

What kind of sparks will be sparked in the future by the strange emperor and the bandit army, Zhu Youxiao is also a little expectant.

This time and space, the history of being blinded by oneself and making it unrecognizable, how wonderful will it be in the future?

Zhu Youxiao waited and watched.