In the backyard of the institute, the wooden blower has been installed and debugged, the huge impeller is two people high, and its power comes from the reproduction of the lazy saw power, but it is several times larger, pulled by a healthy horse, the front of the impeller is a long square wooden box, which has been extended outward, shrinking smaller and smaller, to the place of caliber, just two feet square, supported by a wooden frame, from which is a long trapezoidal body.

The bearing of the impeller is built by Zhang You in accordance with the later generations, embedded with smooth steel balls, lubricated with lard, although the steel is not comparable to the later generations, but it is already the best steel today, according to its anti-wear ability, the average service life of each bearing reaches one year or there is no problem.

This is due to the unified weights and measures within the Gewu Institute, if it were not for Zhang You's great popularity, it would not be possible to make steel balls of almost the same size.

The whole blower costs a lot of money, the material cost and labor cost, and it is a mess, and the whole calculation requires at least more than 2,000 taels of silver.

Of course, this is the first time to make it, and when you have experience, the cost will gradually come down.

The effect of the blower is still obvious, 16 healthy horses rotate at the same time, standing on the air outlet can blow people on their heads.

Seeing this, Qi Jiguang was pleasantly surprised, and said calmly to Zhang You: "Xiaguan lost, and the heart of defeat is convinced." ”

"Then ...... Tang Erzhuang and Bi Hongquan them?"

"It's all yours, the lower officials are the ones who say it, so they will go through the formalities."

Zhang Juzheng stood next to him, with a smile on his face, and said with his long hair: "Zicheng, Zicheng, there are you in the world, it is really the luck of our Ming Dynasty, with this fan, the wind steelmaking method will soon produce energy, you are really the blessing star of the country?" ”

"Who said it wasn't, you know, Master Taifu, I admire two people in this world, one is you, and the other is Zicheng."

Zhang Qi and the two of you, you and I said one sentence at a time, there was no mouth to praise, Zhang You was embarrassed, touched his nose, and said with a wry smile: "You two, one is a dignified master, and the other is a commander in the army, praise a junior like this, spread it out, aren't you afraid that outsiders will laugh at you two have never seen the world?" ”

"Whoever dares to laugh at me for not seeing the world, I will go to his house and force him to make me a blower." Qi Jiguang said with a smile, and then sighed with some emotion: "Actually, if you really want to talk about it, I have to thank Your Majesty for your unique vision and eclectic use of people, to say something you don't like to hear, a few months ago, you were just a little doctor in Pinggu, although I thought you had a bright future at the beginning, but I didn't expect that how long has passed, and you are already the earl of Daming." ”

"Envy, huh?" Zhang You joked, he and Qi Jiguang are old acquaintances, originally Qi Jiguang called him earl, but he was beaten by him, and then he resumed his usual title.

Qi Jiguang nodded: "Envy, why don't you envy, you're about to die of envy." ”

Of course, this is all a joke, at this moment, the three of them have returned to Zhang You's office in Gewu, Bi Hongquan is making tea and pouring water, and he is very busy.

Zhang You watched him finish his work, and waved his hand at him, Bi Hongquan was very clever, knowing that the three of them had something to say, so he withdrew after saying something to greet him.

As for Guo Zaoqing, they went to their respective jobs after accompanying Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang to visit the blower.

"Get Bi Hong out, the earl won't have anything to say, right?" Qi Jiguang asked with a smile.

Zhang You's face became serious, and his gaze moved from Qi Jiguang to Zhang Juzheng, and then from Zhang Juzheng's face back to Qi Jiguang.

"Qi Shuai guessed, today I invited Lord Taifu and you to come over, in fact, it is not just to visit the blower, but to give a suggestion to Lord Taifu and you, of course, this matter is mainly Lord Taifu's final say."

"The old man just said, it's clear that the day after tomorrow is the day of your bet with Yuan Jing, tell me about it, what suggestions?"

"Haven't you been committed to the matter of armament reform, I would like to provide you with an idea, the imperial court will come forward to set up a special school for training middle and lower military officials, and those who are interested in the military among the people can enter the school to study, and after graduation, according to their academic performance, they will be awarded military positions, and the generals on active duty in the army can also come to the school to study.

In addition, on this basis, a system has been formed at the top of the army, and high-level generals are transferred regularly, such as Qi Shuai and Marquis Ning Yuan......"

In fact, this is the experience of later generations, and it has been tested in practice to be very effective in improving the combat effectiveness of the army and effectively preventing high-ranking generals from supporting their own troops. Therefore, hearing this, Qi Jiguang's eyes lit up, but because Zhang Juzheng had not yet expressed his position, he didn't say anything.

Zhang Juzheng thought more than Qi Jiguang, and was silent for a moment, then said: "Stinky boy, your ambition is not small, and you have a lot of eyes, let's talk about it, wouldn't it be that you want to be the sacrificial bar of this school?" ”

The supreme leader of the country is called sacrificial wine, which is almost the same as the principal.

Zhang You smiled: "My lord, you guessed wrong this time, I am self-aware, but I don't have such great ambitions, the soul of the army can only be one person, so this sacrificial wine can only be served by him." ”

"You mean Your Majesty?" Qi Jiguang couldn't help but ask.

Zhang You nodded heavily: "That's right, it's Your Majesty." ”

Zhang Juzheng groaned for a long time before he said, "How can you have such thoughts?" I remember that the old man once said that the monarch's power needs to be restricted, if you follow your method, it will not take a few years, and the army will be completely controlled by the emperor, and then ......"

"My lord, you want to be left, I know what you're worried about, but is the current situation ideal? To put it mildly, today's power is actually in the hands of the cabinet and the celebrant in the final analysis, and Feng Bao is friendly with you, so your reform can be unimpeded.

This is also the root cause of the eunuchs' chaotic government, to put it bluntly, the foreign ministers were aggressive, and the emperor's orders could not be implemented smoothly, which gave the eunuchs the opportunity to participate in politics.

Everyone is hungry for power, and power is a man's aphrodisiac.

According to my assumption, as the supreme ruler of the country, the most important thing to master is the complete allegiance of the army, and only in this way can we ensure that the legitimate ruling position of the royal family is not violated.

As for other political affairs, they should be handled by the cabinet, so that with the military power as a guarantee, the imperial power will not be left behind, and the cabinet, because the finances and so on are all under control, in front of the emperor, it also has a certain right to speak, and the two restrain each other to ensure that the country is rich and strong for a long time. ”

Zhang Juzheng's frowning brows finally relaxed, Qi Jiguang also looked at Zhang You with unbelievable eyes, he never imagined that a young man less than twenty years old could think so long-term, he suddenly found that every time he felt that he knew Zhang You enough, Zhang You could always let him know again unexpectedly.

This is a magical young man, if he is allowed to develop, his achievements are probably not under Master Taifu, he can know him, and he has become his old friend, what a lucky thing!

"It's not enough to describe you as deviant, and the old man sometimes often wonders, how did you grow up in this brain? Why do all these ideas always come to them? ”

Zhang Juzheng said, and said: "I admit that your idea is very good, but it is a little too idealistic, or what you just said, power is a man's aphrodisiac, even if you help His Majesty grasp the military power, he will not be willing to give up power." ”

"I know, I didn't think about it right away, I have to eat one bite at a time, I have to do things one by one, if one generation doesn't work, there will be two generations, there will always be a day when it will be realized!" Zhang You paused when he said this, and then said: "For today's plan, the most important thing is to open the school first, which is a good thing for Your Majesty, he will definitely not object, but those Wenchen, and Master Taifu has to come forward to appease, in addition, there is a big thing that must be done, Ning Yuanhou has been the commander-in-chief of Liaodong for too long, and he must be moved to a position." ”