Ma Shaoguang saw Zhu Hongsan standing on the top of the mountain and looking at the Nanshan Shan Zhai below, and asked, "Do you want to go down and take a look?" ”

Zhu Hongsan shook his head and said, "This Li Zhitai also hates it." These stinky old men kicked their noses in the face, and they will have a chance to clean him up in the future. ”

When Ma Shaoguang heard Zhu Hongsan scolding intellectuals here, he couldn't help but feel a little unnatural on his face.

Zhu Hongsan saw Ma Shaoguang's face and knew that he was uncomfortable, so he hurriedly said: "Boyu, don't go to your heart, this king didn't say anything about you, you are a stinky old nine." ”

Ma Shaoguang sighed secretly, he really had nothing to say to this rogue prince.

Zhu Hongsan looked at it for a while, it was getting late, and Zhu Hongsan took people back to the barracks outside the city for dinner.

Today's dinner is very good, the cooking team bought hundreds of catties of sea fish from the fishermen outside the city, and each soldier can get two pieces of crispy fish made tonight. The staple food is steamed buns with rice.

Most of Zhu Hongsan's team were from Henan, and most of them were homeless people in Huguang back then, so they were not used to eating rice. But when I came to Guangdong, there was more rice than white flour in this place, and Zhu Hongsan ordered the staple food to be half rice and half steamed buns, and the eating habits of these guys have almost changed in the past six months.

Zhu Hongsan brought a meal and ate with a few officers, and the crispy fish was very good, and the fish bones were crispy. Zhu Hongsan saw that Zhu Hongyi's two fish were gone, so he gave Zhu Hongyi his share to eat, and Zhu Hongsan soaked in cabbage soup by himself.

After eating, Zhu Hongsan said to the officers: "This training is here, let's go back tomorrow." Then he said to Ma Jingyuan on the side: "Third brother, you go back and start organizing recruitment, and recruit 30,000 people within a month." ”

Ma Jingyuan nodded, this guy has been hanging here by Zhu Hongsan for the past few years, and he can't go up or down. Ma Jingyuan also went to Ma Xiaofang in private, wanting to transfer to a local job, and Zhu Hongsan was noncommittal after Ma Xiaofang and Zhu Hongsan talked about it.

Seeing Ma Jingyuan's dejected appearance, Zhu Hongsan said: "Third brother, you are recruiting troops to do it well, and after the incident, this king asked you to be the commander of Xin'an County." ”

Ma Jingyuan was stunned for a moment, and said happily: "Really, don't worry, Lord Wang, I will definitely do a good job of recruiting soldiers." ”

Ma Shaoguang on the side felt very uncomfortable, he really couldn't afford this third uncle in his heart, this time he didn't expect Ma Jing to get a county order, and he would be a secretary for someone in his own dignified manner.

After eating, Ma Shaoguang found Zhu Hongsan and tactfully expressed his intention to be the county magistrate.

Zhu Hongsan smiled and said, "Boyu, I am going to set up a water division in Nantou Water Village, your third uncle has worked in the army, let him do this county order and those pirates can cooperate together, do you think you can do this?" ”

"I see, it's for Ma Jingyuan to deal with pirates." After knowing the reason, Ma Shaoguang hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, let's let the third uncle, who is familiar with military affairs, do it." ”

Zhu Hongsan glanced at Ma Shaoguang and said, "Boyu, don't worry, do your secretary's job first." Do you just want to be a county magistrate? ”

Ma Shaoguang hurriedly bowed down and said, "Lord Wang, my subordinates don't mean that, I'm afraid that I won't be able to do the job of a secretary." ”

Ma Shaoguang is careful about what Zhu Hongsan knows clearly, this guy feels that the secretary has nothing to do and wants to do something big.

Zhu Hongsan said: "Boyu, the position of secretary is very important, and it plays a role in connecting the upper and lower levels, but it is much more useful than a county order. Your father recommended you to do this job, but it was a painstaking one, don't let down your father's hopes. ”

Ma Shaoguang, whose mind was seen through by Zhu Hongsan, said with a red face: "What the prince said is that his subordinates will work with peace of mind in the future. ”

Zhu Hongsan nodded and watched Ma Shaoguang say goodbye.

Zhu Hongsan looked at Ma Shaoguang who went out and thought in his heart: "This Ma Shaoguang has the ability, but he doesn't know the depth when he is almost thirty, and it seems that the exercise is still short." Ma Jingyuan has been hanging by himself in the past few years, it is very effective, maybe find some difficult work for Ma Shaoguang to try, maybe let him mature early. ”

The next day, there was nothing to do, and Zhu Hongsan set off with the team back to Nanhaiwei. For the next few days, Zhu Hongsan stayed in the army, making minor adjustments to some things.

After staying for a few days, Zhu Hongsan saw that the recruitment work was in full swing, and Ma Jingyuan's enthusiasm was completely mobilized by the position of the county commander. Two thousand people have been recruited in these days.

Zhu Hongsan first got the establishment right, and expanded the two regiments into divisions, and the battalions into regiments. Commanding officers at all levels should do a good job in the task of training recruits and strive to form combat effectiveness at an early date.

Zhu Hongsan then returned to the factory to find Tie Niu and wanted to ask him how he was doing.

When Tie Niu heard Zhu Hongsan ask him, he said with a frustrated face: "Lord Wang, this thing is easy to get, but the power is not good." ”

Zhu Hongsan was stunned, it shouldn't be. asked, "Tie Niu, tell me what's going on?" ”

Tie Niu said: "Lord Wang, in order to facilitate the movement, our artillery is designed to be very small, and there is no problem when using solid bullets." However, the flowering bullet is limited by the caliber, the charge in it is too small, and the power is not as great as that of a hand * grenade. ”

As soon as Tie Niu said this, Zhu Hongsan understood. He used to be too obsessed with technology, thinking that technology would solve everything, but he forgot that the Western army used solid bullets until the nineteenth century.

Before World War I, due to the use of new explosives, flowering shells became the main shells, and solid shells were finally withdrawn from the stage. It seems that he made the mistake of empiricism.

Zhu Hongsan asked, "Is there any way to solve it?" ”

Tie Niu said: "We have studied it, only to increase the charge, that is, to increase the caliber, but the caliber will become very heavy, and it cannot be used in field battles, but it can be used on ships or defending cities." ”

When Zhu Hongsan heard this, he didn't expect this method, just as he was going to build a navy, Zhu Hongsan said: "Okay, you study large-caliber artillery, let's put it on the ship and use it." In this way, you can also make some small-caliber flowering shells, and equip them with fifty percent solid bullets, three percent shotguns, and two percent flowering shells. ”

Tie Niu nodded and went down to arrange production.

Zhu Hongsan saw that the iron bull was gone, and thought that he was coming anyway, so it was better to go and see how the keel of the ship was doing.

Zhu Hongsan entered the foundry workshop of the steelmaking plant, found someone to ask Liu Dali where he was, and went to find Liu Dali.

Liu Dali saw Zhu Hongsan coming, bowed down and said, "Master is here." ”

Zhu Hongsan nodded and said, "Vigorously, this king came to see how the keel was doing today." ”

Liu Dali said: "The ship-making craftsman sent to us by Leader Yan, we have already made the main keel with his help, and now we are getting the ribs." ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "Are you okay, take this king to have a look." ”

Liu Dali took Zhu Hongsan outside, and there was a semi-finished product of a sea ship on a large shelf.

Zhu Hongsan stepped forward to take a look, and the keel of this ship was made of cast iron. This is an old man in his fifties coming over on the side, and when he saw Zhu Hongsan, he bowed and said, "Uncle is here, the little old man is polite." ”

Liu Dali said: "This is the craftsman Qian San." ”

Zhu Hongsan asked, "How about Qian San, when will the first ship be launched?" ”

Qian San replied: "It's still early, this is just the beginning of laying the keel, but it's the first time that my uncle has seen a keel villain made of iron, so can't it sink in the water?" ”

"Sink a fart, the big ship brother of 10,000 tons in the future has seen it."

Zhu Hongsan replied: "You are in charge of the production, and you don't have to worry about the rest." ”

Qian San nodded again and again and said, "Yes, uncle." The rarest thing about a sea boat is the choice of keel, as long as there is a suitable keel, the villain can complete the boat in two months. ”

Looking at this keel fifteen or sixteen meters long, Zhu Hongsan asked, "How much material is this ship?" ”

"When the ship was built, it was twenty meters long, and it was almost three hundred meters. Now that the main keel has been completed, the next step is to install the side keels and ribs, and later on, the ship's plank. That's half the story, and the next step is to set up the watertight cabin, install the sails, and so on. ”

I didn't expect a ship to be so troublesome, Zhu Hongsan used to think that the keel was a piece of wood like a beam, but he didn't expect it to be so thin, what ribs and side keels.

Zhu Hongsan suddenly thought of installing artillery, and said, "Qian San, what should I do if I install artillery on the deck?" ”

Qian San said: "It can be installed in the bow and stern of the ship. ”

This is a bit too ugly, Zhu Hongsan wants the kind of warship that fires on the side of the side in the movie. Zhu Hongsan told Qian San his thoughts, and Qian San said: "What my uncle said is the same as the gunboats of Western ships. Our ships can also be used, but they do not have as many gun positions as Western ships, and only ten guns can be installed on one side. ”

Zhu Hongsan thought for a while and said, "Okay, just do it, let's get it out and have a look first." ”