Zhang You was prepared, not flustered, first picked up the teacup and poured two sips, and said with a smile: "Moisten your throat first, your mouth is dry...... As I said just now, the power of the Mandarin Duck Array is undoubted, and it is not an exaggeration to evaluate it as the first killing array in the world. What I mean by increasing combat effectiveness is not to adjust the formation itself, but to improve the quality of personnel...... For example, there are two same teams of mandarin ducks, one team is made up of adults and the other team is made up of children......"

"The old man understands what you mean," Qi Jiguang interrupted Zhang You and asked: "It's just that the quality of personnel is restricted by congenital environmental factors, and after training, although there has been improvement, but according to what you said, I am afraid that according to your training methods, the quality of personnel can be generally improved, and it is multiplied, to be honest, the old man really doesn't believe it very much." ”

That's right if you don't believe it.

Zhang You thought secretly and said with a smile: "Actually, I don't know if it has any effect, the reason why I bet with Xiao Li is not because the kid is confident, but because I am joking with her...... I won't argue with you about this, but you have to admit one thing, if my training is effective and the quality of my personnel has indeed been greatly improved, then the power of the Mandarin Duck Array will definitely be improved, right? ”

"That's nature." Qi Jiguang nodded, feeling that Zhang You didn't want to mention more about training, and it was not good to dwell on this issue, so he said: "According to what you said, let's wait and see the effect of your training method, but Bi Hongquan's method of making gun barrels, you have to study and study it to see if it is possible to reduce the cost." After a pause, his eyes showed yearning, and he said: "If it is really done, the mandarin duck array is equipped with accurate musketeers, and the power will be multiplied." ”

"Old Bi, tell me, how did you build that steel pipe?" Qi Jiguang didn't say that Zhang You had forgotten, and when he heard the words, he looked at Bi Hongquan next to him.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it is also simple, but it is the traditional method of frying steel, but in the process of frying steel, the villain found that in the process of stirring the molten iron, if it can be blown by strong winds, before the molten iron cools, there will be a short heating effect, after this process, the impurities in the molten iron will burn more thoroughly, and the obtained steel block is more resilient than the ordinary one. It's just that there is a difficulty in this method that the villain can't solve, that is, the wind, the villain uses the method of manual blowing of the long iron pipe, which is time-consuming and laborious, not to mention, the quality of the steel block is also uneven, and it needs to be returned to the furnace many times to produce a small point, otherwise, it will not take so long to build a small barrel. ”

The method that Bi Hongquan said is actually very advanced, and the Western world only discovered this method in the eighteenth century, but this method has no effect on acidic iron ore with too high sulfur content, until it was promoted to the United States, because most of the ores in the United States are alkaline ores, which can be regarded as really carried forward.

Of course, that had to happen after the blower was built.

This knowledge belongs to the shortcomings of Zhang You's knowledge reserve, and he listened to it a little ambiguously, and after Bi Hongquan stopped, he asked tentatively: "According to what you mean, can you also understand it this way, for example, those melted molten iron are charcoal that extinguishes the seedlings, and if you blow hard, as long as the sparks are still there, they will burn again, turning red and red, producing extremely high temperatures?" ”

Bi Hongquan didn't expect Zhang You to explain like this, not to mention, it was really easy to understand, so he couldn't help but nod and praise: "Adults are so smart, that's roughly what it means, but it's a pity that the little ones are shallow in their learning, so they can't think of such an image analogy." ”

Qi Jiguang and Liang Menglong are both insiders, not so surprised, Liang Menglong said: "This method we have discussed with a number of smart blacksmiths, after their verification, it does have a very obvious effect on improving the quality of steel, if you can solve the problem of wind power, mass production is not a problem, but unfortunately, it is this wind problem, none of us can think of a good way...... You can't have hundreds of people blowing wind on the stove together, right? ”

With thousands of people blowing with iron pipes in their mouths and cheeks blowing violently, Zhang You couldn't help but feel a chill, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Lord Liang, don't say it...... Now that this method has been proven, the problem of wind power is on me......"

"Oh? Can you really solve it? Qi Jiguang's eyes lit up and he looked at Zhang You in disbelief.

Liang Menglong and Bi Hongquan's performance was similar, and they both felt that Zhang You's promise was so easy that it was a little unbelievable.

Zhang You smiled: "If you don't believe it, let's make a bet." ”

"What's the gambling?" This time, the three of them asked in unison.

"Let's limit it to one month, and if I solve the wind problem within the specified time limit, even if I win, if I can't solve it, I will naturally lose."

"Okay, let's talk about bets?"

"If I win, the two teams of soldiers you lent me will be given to me in vain, and I will issue a certificate to break away from the Jizhou army and become my personal guard......

"What if you lose?" Qi Jiguang asked word by word.

Zhang You said: "I'm going to lose, they are naturally still lent to me by you, during the period I should pay out of my own pocket, when I leave, I will reward them with a hundred taels of silver." ”

"Okay, the old man is in charge, this matter is decided." Liang Menglong clapped his hands and said, Qi Jiguang had no opinion, stretched out his hand and said, "Come on, let's high-five." ”

Zhang You and his three high-fives, the bet is about to be established, and he is already happy in his heart, and he has to give it back after training for half a day, and finally he has to give it back, how do you think about it, how unwilling, this is good, all the ideas about military affairs can be implemented on Tang Erzhuang and them without any worries.

"Lao Bi, what do you say, what should I name you? Predator? Broken army? Shadow Kill? ”

"My lord, you haven't won yet, so you're starting to name us, a little bit of that...... What's that? Bi Hongquan saw that Zhang Youxu looked like he was in trouble, and said with a smile.

Qi Jiguang smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, Zicheng, look at you like this, it seems that you have a lot of confidence, the old man is a little curious, how will you solve a problem that is difficult for so many people to solve?" ”

"Mountain people have their own clever plans, the Buddha said, don't say, don't say it!" Zhang You said triumphantly, looked at the sun, it was almost noon, and was about to send someone to order a meal, when one of Qi Jiguang's personal soldiers suddenly ran in, and said in a panic: "Dashuai, go and take a look, the brothers went out to hang out just now, Lao Xiao accidentally stepped on a person's foot, that person claimed to be Zheng Chengxian, a thousand households in Jinyi, and grabbed Lao Xiao and refused to forgive, so he had to let him pay a hundred taels of silver, otherwise he would send Lao Xiao to see the official." ”

"Jung Seung-heon?" Qi Jiguang looked at Liang Menglong, and Liang Menglong said: "Zheng Shufei's father, who was recently named a thousand households by His Majesty, is a scoundrel, relying on Zheng Niangniang to be **favored**, very arrogant, and the old man is unwilling to provoke him...... If you can't do it, pay a hundred taels of silver, destroy the wealth and eliminate the disaster, and save trouble. ”