Speaking of martial arts, Yuan Gongbao's things, Chen Mu felt that the name was very good, so he borrowed it.

Another reason for the low combat effectiveness of the banner army Chen Mu knew when he was in Qingyuan that the military literacy of lower-level officers was too poor, even at the level of 100 households, there were very few people who knew how to command the battle.

There is no learning channel without family education, and you can only slowly experience it between life and death, how low is this efficiency?

But running a military academy is not an easy task, he has always wanted to do it in Nanyang, but even when he left Nanyangwei, he only limited the military academy to military science, and did not have his own independent framework, because the war in the south was not as urgent as in the north, even Zhang Han would not support him in setting up a special plan.

But Northern Xinjiang is different.

From the emperor to the ministers, they are deeply affected by the threat of the north, and the status of the generals in the north is obviously higher than that of the generals in the south, for example, the two officials who are now added to the rank of prime minister in the north are Qi Jiguang, the prime minister of Jiliao, and Chen Mu, the prime minister of Xuanfu.

He is the prime minister of military training, and the training of generals and schools is naturally also within his responsibility, and this is not something that can be done by a simple commander or all commanders in the south, but in the north he can.

In addition to reporting to the cabinet, he also played a cautious eye in this matter, and in the letter that he went directly to the palace to report to the emperor that the coal matter was completed, and the internal official and Wang Chonggu's brother-in-law said that he could earn 325,000 taels a year, of which 80,000 to 100,000 could go into the inner treasury, he reported to the emperor where the silver taels would be spent and the prospects.

This prospect and the place where the money was spent naturally had the meaning of opening a martial arts hall, and it was sent along with the letter, as well as 42,500 taels of the 162,500 taels that Shen Jiang had paid in advance.

The soldiers were sent to ride thousands of people, and Long Junxiong, the commander of the original banner army, and Xiang Fei, the commander of the former barbarian army, were escorted to Beijing together, and it was estimated that the carriage and horses entered Beijing, and Chen Mu washed his face in the yamen - it is estimated that after the carriage and horses entered the palace for an hour, the scolding of the official should arrive.

Xiang Fei came with Bai Qi, he was the leader of the natives in Yongshun Baojing, recruited by Bai Yuanjie, brave and strong in martial arts, and sent to Chen Mu's men with Bai Qi, Bai Qi brought them over, Chen Mu didn't let him take care of the affairs of the barbarian army anymore, and went to lead the cavalry team that took over from Lao Wang, and this family soldier was directly under the command of Xiang Fei.

The composition of Chen Mu's 2,000 soldiers is very simple.

500 Nanyang Banner Army, a unit with the best muskets and the best artillery;

The 500 barbarian fangs, except for the 50 steel spikes and heavy guns, the remaining 450 people are all cold weapons, familiar with mountain and river combat, strong style but not familiar with muskets and artillery, and are also infantry.

Five hundred scout cavalry, damaged in the Juma River, after returning to Xuanfu, recruited troops to make up, and the war horses were complete. It is neither as brave as the barbarian army, nor as good at fighting as the banner army, and compared with the above two troops, except for running fast on four legs, there is no advantage.

The composition of the last five hundred people is complicated, there are one hundred soldiers brought by Chen Mu from the south, and they don't have much combat experience, they are Chen Mu's guards, and they often take on missions such as transmitting messages, honor guards, guards, and heralds. There are also 400 construction experts selected from the miners of the Battle of Juma River, who are considered to be sappers under Chen Mu's command, and also take on heavy tasks.

The four family soldiers can form a basic combat unit to deal with all kinds of troubles that arise on the battlefield.

Xuanfu has been in full swing recently, as soon as the first month passes, the frozen soil on the ground will dissolve, the construction site of the Ordnance Bureau in the Yongding River Basin in the southwest of Xuanfu will start again, supervised by the chief designer Chen Mu, Guan Zunban who came by boat from Nanyangwei has also arrived, and in accordance with the pattern of the Xiangshan Ordnance Bureau, it will be expanded to build in the Yongding River Basin.

However, as spring ploughing approached, the rest of the army had to start busy with agricultural work, mainly by the sappers in the family and the craftsmen who came in good health, and the progress was slow.

Guan Zun's class is not like those ordinary craftsmen, wearing tattered clothes and rags to come all the way to lose half of their lives, this is a master craftsman reused by General Chen, Chen Mu gave a lot of silver, from the stomach was blown up to pick up a life is very much used by Chen Mu, in Nanyang heard Chen Mu call him, the fart followed the boat transporting cannons.

I didn't feel wronged all the way.

As soon as he came, he accepted the major project of supervising the construction of the Wanquan Division Ordnance Bureau, and Guan Zunban's eyes straightened when he listened to Chen Mu's order.

The stall of the Arsenal Bureau is too big!

Compared with this, the Nanyang Guard Weapons Bureau is a gadget, and it is more than ten times more than Nanyang Wei here with just one labor.

After all, Nanyang is a guard, and everything is a division.

First inspected the situation of the rivers along the line, moved the address to the north for seven miles according to the flow rate, and took a few subordinate craftsmen from Nanyangwei to rush out the composition for three days and three nights without closing their eyes, which can be regarded as a good night's sleep.

When he woke up, he began to introduce Chen Mu to the composition in a hurry.

"The general has transferred so many craftsmen, there are thousands of masters of all kinds, plus the military craftsmen of various guards, at least more than 2,000 craftsmen and nearly 3,000 apprentices, first of all, the first thing to repair is to repair the house, the main house of the craftsman is in the middle and by the river, close to the cannon and armor factory."

Guan Zunban said with a smile: "It is estimated that craftsmen will be a little unaccustomed to it, and there are not many other places in the world where craftsmen gather together to do work, except for a few large factories and our Nanyang." ”

Chen Mu nodded, and also ordered by the imperial court, such as the Xuanhua Iron Yard and some of the royal factories in Beijing, which were concentrated on the work of craftsmen, and most of the other places were still small workshop-style production, he said: "They will get used to it." ”

"It's a pity that the house will be repaired in two batches, first by the river, and when it is repaired to be able to live, the carpenter and blacksmith can start working, so is what the subordinates think."

Guan Zunban was full of interest and said: "They first use the house to make small hydraulic forging hammers, drilling machines, sawing tools, first iron and wood parts, and after ten years, if necessary, they can make bird guns for the general, and it can also facilitate follow-up employment." ”

"The Northern Xinjiang Bird Gun is not in a hurry, how long will it take to start building artillery?"

"In two months, if the material is sufficient, the first batch of cannons can be made in early April, and this time I came from Nanyang to bring cannon iron molds and skilled gunsmiths, as long as the furnace is made, the cannons can be cast." Guan Zunban said with a simple smile: "Northern Xinjiang can build our guns and cannons, and the pressure on Nanyangwei is also easier, and the main thing over there is now shipbuilding and artillery, and the armor of the banner army is complete." ”

At the beginning of April, Chen Mu was very satisfied with this time, nodded and said: "The iron material is absolutely sufficient, now there is no need to think about selling things for copper and iron like in the past, now we can directly transfer iron from the household, and the mines of the capital division have also been recovered, so don't worry about copper and iron." ”

"That's good, that's good." Guan Zunban listened to Chen Muhao say that he could transfer iron from the household department, shook his head and sighed with emotion, "How difficult it was in the past, I have to rely on working for people to exchange iron, right!" The general said that the steaming, the steam engine, my father had been doing it for half a year, and now it has turned around in Nanyang. ”

Chen Mu directly omitted the wording of Lao Guan as his father after the status of the little craftsman was raised, and asked with wide eyes: "Turn, what does it mean to turn up?" ”

"It's a steam engine, the air pushes a wheel and spins fast, doesn't the general always want to use that to replace the water, it's really strong." Guan Zunban said and pulled Chen Mu to his house, and said as he walked: "It's easy to explode, when I came, my father was still thinking about how to stabilize it, I took the picture with me!" ”