From the next day, the entire Nanzhili was a sensation, and the news that the Internal Affairs Office was going to purchase one million taels of goods spread so much that such a large-scale purchase naturally attracted countless businessmen.

For a while, all the merchants in Yangzhou City were busy, and the Internal Affairs Office instantly became busy.

"Shopkeeper Liu, fortunately, I didn't expect you to come, this time the business is not small, I want to come to Shopkeeper Liu, I will definitely make a fortune."

"Where is it, who doesn't know that the Songjiang cloth in the money shopkeeper's hand is hard currency, don't forget your brother if the shopkeeper Zhao makes a fortune."

Such greetings can be seen everywhere in Yangzhou, and there are businessmen chatting everywhere. In other parts of Nanzhili, merchants also began to converge on Yangzhou. Of all the trades, businessmen are definitely the ones with the sharpest sense of smell.

Yangzhou was a disaster some time ago, everyone avoided far away, but now it is a blessed land, and businessmen quickly converge here.

The back house of the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Although the front is very busy, but this place is very secluded, Li Zhongxing walked quickly to a person, and said with a smile and a fist: "Steward Li, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, there are too many miscellaneous things here in the Internal Affairs Office, I'm lazy, I'm lazy!" ”

The person known as Steward Li was a middle-aged man in his forties, dressed as a Confucian student, and when he heard Li Zhongxing say this, he hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Lord Li is polite, the Internal Affairs Office is so prosperous, which makes Li envious!" ”

The two of them exchanged a few polite words, and the topic turned to business.

Li Zhongxing said with a smile: "Steward Li, I have prepared the place for Steward Li, and I took this opportunity to buy goods to make the royal money bank an instant hit." I have already told the following that all the money from the shipping company and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will go to the bank. ”

Steward Li hurriedly clenched his fists and said, "Then thank you Lord Li!" ”

With the prosperity of business in Yangzhou, a name was quickly mentioned, that is, Royal Qianzhuang.

Anyone who sells goods to a ship dealer is given a voucher that can be used to withdraw money from the Royal Bank. The role of money banks has also been quickly known, saving money and loans, as well as remote deposits and withdrawals.

Of course, the bank's bills are bearer, and if you lose them, that's your own business.

The whole Jiangnan quickly set off a storm because of the money village and the ship line. It was the trade in the northwest that led this round of storm, and many people had already begun to ship goods to the northwest, and there were also a few who joined forces to carry goods.

The northwest was won, the war was calmed, and the entire northwest became a sweet spot in the eyes of businessmen.

While Yangzhou merchants were excitedly busy transporting goods to the northwest, the capital was very stable.

Since the good news, the celebration in the capital has lasted for a long time, but after this time, the capital has calmed down. There are also a lot fewer things in the court, which makes Zhu Yijun a lot easier.

After this incident, Zhu Yijun's prestige has increased a lot, and no one dares to underestimate this young genius.

Forbidden City, Wenhua Palace.

Zhu Yijun looked at Pan Jitao and Chen Ju, and said with a smile: "The Wubei Division is in the hands of the two Aiqing, it is running smoothly, I am very satisfied, the two Aiqing have made great contributions, and I have been rewarded." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Emperor Xie!"

Zhu Yijun nodded, and then said to Pan Jitao with a smile: "Pan Aiqing, you said that the water conservancy press has been made?" ”

Before the advent of the steam engine, the hydraulic press was a good thing and could solve a big problem. greatly improves productivity, this thing Zhu Yijun has been looking forward to it for a long time, how can Zhu Yijun not be happy.

"Back to the emperor, it has indeed been made!" Pan Jitao said with a smile.

The water conservancy stamping machine was made, which made Pan Jitao very happy, with this thing, many things of the Armed Forces Division can be mass-produced. The yield has increased dramatically, which is of course a good thing.

"Good, good!" Zhu Yijun patted his thigh with a smile and said excitedly.

"Emperor, this is a copper dollar and a silver dollar minted by a water conservancy stamping machine!" Zhang Whale was holding a box on the side, walked in front of Zhu Yijun with a smile, and said respectfully: "This is what Gong Chen gave to the old slave just now." ”

Zhu Yijun glanced at Chen Ju and then at Zhang Whale, just smiled and nodded, without piercing the two people.

Chen Ju now stays in the Armed Forces Division all day long, and basically rarely enters the palace, and his foundation in the palace is naturally thinner, and it is not a big deal to find an inner supervisor to worship the pier. Zhang Whale is now popular, and it is normal for Chen Ju to look for him.

The key is that Zhang Whale also knows that he values Chen Ju very much, so he naturally won't treat Chen Ju too much.

The two hit it off, which can be regarded as making many hands stretched out towards Chen Ju retract.

Zhu Yijun reached out and picked up a silver dollar from the box, then put it and blew it and put it to his ear. Listening to the sound, a smile suddenly appeared on his face: "Good, good!" After speaking, he looked at the silver dollar in his hand.

This silver dollar is similar to the ocean of later generations, with a dragon on the front and a clear dragon head, and a traditional "one" character on the back.

Zhu Yijun didn't let people print his avatar on it, and the acceptance of this thing in this era is probably not high. When the time comes, there will definitely be trouble, and there are probably not a few people who make trouble.

In order to avoid trouble, Zhu Yijun did not choose to print his avatar.

For Zhu Yijun, there are too many things he needs to reform, and it is really not worth wasting his energy on this.

Putting the silver dollar and copper dollar back, Zhu Yijun raised his head to look at Pan Jitao and Chen Ju, and said with a smile: "This is very good, how is the matter about casting weapons?" I am waiting for good news for you! ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the Armed Forces Division is experimenting day and night, and although the casting of the mold is difficult, it will be solved soon." Pan Jitao said confidently.

Zhu Yijun nodded with satisfaction, once the mold casting can be carried out, the weapons and equipment of the Ming Dynasty will inevitably go to a higher level, and the concept of his field army will be realized. In fact, Qi Jiguang's Qi family army already has the appearance of a field army, and what Zhu Yijun plans to build is a field army like the Qi family army.

Zhu Yijun checked the information of the Qi family's military vehicle battalion in detail and found that it was really an army beyond the times.

Not to mention military discipline or anything, just in terms of composition, it is definitely an epoch-making existence.

According to the establishment of the Qi family's army, a complete chariot cavalry battalion has a total of 8,517 people, at least 3 chariot infantry cavalry battalions, plus the baggage battalion, the number is nearly 30,000, so as to constitute sufficient combat power, in Zhu Yijun's view, this is also the establishment of a field army.

In such a field army, it needs 624 equipped vehicles, 1,248 Franc machine guns, 12 rocket vehicles, 24 general guns, 180 tiger squat guns, 10,152 bird gunners, and 1,296 fast gunners.

124,800 Franc artillery shells, 720 general artillery shells, 2,073,600 bird gun shells, 388,800 quick-gun bullets, 104,280 rocket shells, 162,000 Tiger squat shells, a total of 30,531 people.

This is probably the case with the firearms and equipment of the three car battalions, and this is not counting cold weapons.

When it comes to tactics and the establishment of the bottom, Zhu Yijun is even more enthusiastic. The establishment of the Qi family army is in the order of team, flag, bureau, division, department, and battalion, with 12 people in each team. Among the group, their equipment is different.

Each person's equipment is different, and their roles are different, just like the classes in later generations, there are demomen, machine gunners, snipers, and so on.

Twelve people work in a team, equipped with different equipment, so that a very thorough formation is formed. Twelve people are an attack unit, and at the same time they can form a larger attack formation, this is Qi Jiguang's car battalion.

Now there is only one such car battalion in the entire Daming Dynasty, and that is the new army that Qi Jiguang trained in Jiliao.

This army was built with the support of Zhang Juzheng, not because he didn't want to build more, but because he didn't have money. Whether it is equipment or training, the amount of money and food spent on raising such an army is absolutely astronomical.

In history, Qi Jiguang was belittled, his subordinates were also split, and the army basically died.

By the time Qi Jin was newly trained, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't afford to give so much equipment and money, and the Qi family army at that time was completely different from the current Qi family army. The key is that Qi Jiguang is still there, and what Zhu Yijun wants is the Qi family army in this era.

I also wanted it before, but Zhu Yijun couldn't afford it before, but now that the production process has come up and the casting cost has decreased, Zhu Yijun dared to think about it.

Coupled with the new steel cannons, new muskets, and all kinds of new firearms of the Armament Division, with such a scientific corps establishment, and a famous general like Qi Jiguang, Zhu Yijun believes that the future of the field army of the Ming Dynasty can be expected.

Regarding Zhu Yijun's thoughts, Pan Jitao and Chen Ju naturally didn't know.

However, the emperor's attention to firearms, the two of them know very well, from the establishment of the Armament Division to the present, the emperor threw the silver into the firearms research, and many people were shocked when they said it. The attitude is also extremely generous, as long as he can come up with something on his side, the emperor will not be stingy with money.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, we are stepping up the experimental trial production here, and there will be results soon."

After listening to Pan Jitao's words, Zhu Yijun nodded with satisfaction, and then asked, "Have you ever had a result of the flintlock pistol and metal fixed ammunition you developed?" ”

In fact, this is the one thing Zhu Yijun is most concerned about, the arquebus is too bad.

If all of his newly formed field armies are equipped with flintlock pistols, then their combat effectiveness will definitely be able to rise to a higher level. If metal ammunition can be made, it will be even more powerful, and it is beautiful to think about it.

Hearing Zhu Yijun ask this question, Pan Jitao and Chen Ju were a little embarrassed.

In fact, since the establishment of the Armed Forces Division, the emperor has invested the most money in this piece of research, but there has been no progress so far.

"Your Majesty, the flintlock pistol has been successfully trial-produced, but it can only be made by hand, and mass production still can't be done, there are too few good products, seven or eight can have a qualified one, and it can't be mass-produced for the time being."

"Metal fixed ammunition now has a hydraulic stamping machine, but the effect of trial production is not good. It's a paper shell bullet, it's going well, and now it's almost time to put the primer in, and once the primer is also put in, the paper shell bullet that meets the emperor's requirements will be done. ”