There are a lot of people coming and going here, although it is not as prosperous as the capital, but because there are many foreign merchants, there is also a special atmosphere, and it feels really like the history books say that all countries come to the dynasty.

Gao Shi poked his head out of the carriage, looked at the bustling scene of Dunhuang, and felt a full sense of pride in his heart, and said with a smile: "Ao'er, is this the country you govern?" ”

Zhu Ao rode on the horse and smiled proudly: "Yes, mother." This is the country of children, our real home. Here, the mother doesn't have to look at anyone's face. ”

Gao Shi cried with joy, he didn't expect his son to be so promising, he could shelter her from the wind and rain, and said with a smile: "Okay, good." With the words of Ao'er, don't make your mother happy with everything. ”

Zhu Ao's return to China this time is different from the past, not only the deity is back, but also brings a queen mother, and the ministers and the harem are naturally very grandly received.

Gao is weak by nature and doesn't want to interfere in the political affairs of the court, not to mention, she has confidence in her son, thinking that he can do better than anyone else, and she doesn't need her to point fingers on the side, after meeting with the ministers, she ran to the harem to hug her grandson.

In addition to bringing back Sheng Yong, a famous general in history, Zhu Ao also brought back the twin brothers, Zhao Yong and Zhao Lian. Naturally, such talents could not be wasted, and they were immediately assigned positions.

Zhao Yong and Zhao Lian don't need to say it, his martial arts are extraordinary, and his sister is the king's pet, so he went up to a thousand households and no one said anything. However, Sheng Yong is different, he was originally a scholar, and he didn't go to the battlefield for a day, so he rashly became an officer, I'm afraid that many people will not be convinced.

It is conceivable that if Lord Sheng Yong has a dispute with his subordinates in the future, when he scolds the other party, the other party will definitely open his mouth and say: "How many years have Lao Tzu fought, you know a fart" and something like that. Prestige is really hard to build.

Therefore, Zhu Ao only gave him the status of a military training envoy, and let him participate in the training of the newly established Shenji Battalion, so that he could exercise his ability during the training and use it for the country.

The arquebus was finally successfully developed under the personal urging and supervision of Zhu Ao, and more than 5,000 arquebuses have been mass-produced, and these more than 5,000 arquebuses are made in strict accordance with Zhu Ao's system, and the name of the craftsman in charge is engraved on them, ensuring that there will be absolutely no cutting corners.

On the morning of this day, Zhu Ao secretly came to the secret military factory in the hinterland of the Tianshan Mountains in Hami to inspect the trial process of the arquebus.

As soon as these arquebuses, which can be operated by individual soldiers, have a firing range of more than 100 meters, and a rate of fire that can reach two rounds in three minutes, they have aroused great repercussions, especially Li Mian, who is good at using firearms, and he can see at a glance that this kind of weapon is not trivial, and it can definitely greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of firearms and enhance the status of their firearms battalions.

Therefore, as soon as these things came out, he took them in his hands, touched them left and right, and couldn't put them down, and immediately organized soldiers who were good at using firestrings to come and learn to use these arquebuses.

As for the training standards for arquebuses, Zhu Ao has long been stipulated, that is, to stand a five-foot-high and two-foot-wide wooden plaque outside eighty paces, and one shot for three shots, or seven shots for ten shots. This is the training method written by Qi Jiguang in the "New Book of Ji Xiao" in the later generations, although Zhu Ao has not read this book, but General Qi's training method and the Ming wear of later generations are rotten, he has also read a few books, and he still has a little impression of this.

Zhu Ao divided the more than 5,000 arquebusiers into two parts, one each trained by Li Mian and Sheng Yong, and when the time came, he would see which of them had good training results, so he allocated this group of arquebusier soldiers to that person to use.

Sheng Yong was also very surprised when he saw these arquebuses, and he liked them so much that he almost shouted with joy, he felt that he had chosen the right choice to come to Suguo.

Because Sheng Yong in history is famous for being good at using firearms, he also has a lot of research on firearms, and when he studies more, he has feelings. In all fairness, Sheng Yong's enthusiasm for firearms is not inferior to Li Mian's.

A general like Wang Huchen, who rushes forward as soon as he fights, likes the sword and the BMW the most, and seeing these two things is even more exciting than seeing his own concubine.

And generals like Li Mian and Sheng Yong, who prefer firearms, of course, like all kinds of firearms, if they see sharp firearms, it will be strange if they don't fight for blood.

After hearing Zhu Ao's order, they took their subordinates and began to intensify training, and the standards of supervision were quite strict. Sheng Yong wanted to rely on this opportunity to show his hands to the king, Li Mian refused to be compared to the newcomer, the two of them chased after me, no one refused to relax, and in just a few months, the firearms unit was trained in a good way.

This day is the day that Zhu Ao set to inspect them.

In a basin in the hinterland of the Tianshan Mountains, Zhu Ao sat on the general's platform, the west wind was fierce, the spirit was high, he deliberately wore a distinctive armor, he looked heroic, and asked in an extremely majestic tone: "Two generals, are they ready?" ”

"The last general is ready, please show the king." Sheng Yong and Li Mian, who were standing on both sides of the audience, replied to Zhu Ao with fists respectively.

"Let's get started." Zhu Ao said lightly to a herald standing next to him. After the herald heard Zhu Ao's order, he waved the command flag mechanically, and the drummer not far away beat an exciting drum.

"Knock knock." Obviously, they don't know how many times they have practiced this set of actions.

"The last general obeys!" Sheng Yong and Li Mian's blood boiled suddenly, and when the opportunity to make contributions had arrived, they all hugged their fists to Zhu Ao and shouted.

The assessment of firearms is nothing more than three aspects, the first is accuracy, which is the basis of firearms.

The second is the rate of fire, after all, the firearms at this time are not semi-automatic weapons, and they will be fired out as soon as the trigger is pulled and the bullet is shot, and if you want to form a dense firepower and cause heavy casualties to the enemy, hand speed must be practiced. The criterion for passing is two quality bullets in three minutes.

The third is the psychological quality of the shooter, the firearms of this era are still very underdeveloped, and they cannot form an absolute advantage over cold weapons, so they will adopt the mode of three-stage attack to maintain the continuity of firepower, otherwise they will directly take a shield in front of the Flying Tigers like the Flying Tigers in Hong Kong films, and stand directly in a row to rush each other, which is more enjoyable!

Although the arquebus is sharp, but the alien forces are not stupid, and they can find the way to deal with this weapon after a few fights, to put it bluntly, its shortcomings are still in the rate of fire, and after firing one shot, there is no way to immediately fire a second shot.

Therefore, experienced foreign generals would shout, provoke, and dance their teeth and claws outside the range of the arquebus, so as to exert psychological pressure on the arquebus shooters of the Ming army. If the musketeers of the Ming army had not undergone rigorous training and were timid in battle, the slightest pressure from the enemy would have been unable to suppress the panic in their hearts and open fire.

At this time, the projectiles fired out could not hit the enemy, and the enemy army would rush over when the Ming army had just finished firing the first shot and had no time to fire the second shot, breaking through the Ming army's formation and causing huge casualties to the Ming army.

Therefore, generals who play with firearms have such a rule - no order must not be good, and when a thief is within 100 steps, after hearing the commander release the gun, the soldier can release the gun, otherwise he will be severely punished.

However, the battlefield and the training ground are completely two different places, and on the battlefield, in the face of the enemy army that is overwhelmed by black clouds and wants to destroy the city, it is difficult for the soldiers to deal with it calmly, and it is not a new thing for individual soldiers to release their guns in advance, so it is necessary to strengthen the psychological quality training of musketeers in peacetime.

"First team! Put! The examiner presiding over the exam waved his flag and shouted.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" After a dense row of gunshots, projectiles shot out of the muzzles of the arquebus, flying towards the wooden signs eighty paces away.

"Second team! Fast! The examiner gave another order. The first group of soldiers retreated to the back to reload, and the second group quickly added positions and fired the projectiles in their hands.

This can be compared both the rate of fire and the accuracy, and in the end, whoever shoots more projectiles wins.

After a round of competition, Li Mian and Sheng Yong's results were about the same, which surprised Zhu Ao, he originally thought that Sheng Yong was a famous general in history, and his results were a little better than Li Mian, but it seems that he was wrong.

It's all two shoulders and one head, who is afraid of whom? Sheng Yong's fame in history is because he has this opportunity, which does not mean that he will definitely be able to crush his opponent.

The gunners are fed with bullets, and as long as the resources are sufficient, the ammunition is sufficient, and the training is good, anyone can also train an elite soldier.

A person must be talented to become a sharpshooter, but for an army to become an elite sharpshooter unit, it only needs sufficient resources and hard training. After all, it is impossible for everyone to be a genius shooter, and even if there are one or two talented ones, the average will not be obvious in it.

As for the training of psychological quality, Zhu Ao also has his unique advantage, that is, the vast world inside the Tianshan Mountains and Qilian Mountains.

These places are terra nullius, and in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, they were all undeveloped territories infested with wild beasts, and it was simply good to use hunting to exercise the psychological quality of the troops, and it could also improve the food of the troops.

Under the attack of the sharp arquebuses of the Ming army, the various beasts inside the Tianshan Mountains were simply bitter, and at the beginning they saw the Ming army still like that, and then as long as they saw people coming in, they would be frightened and scurry.

Zhu Ao was generally satisfied with the arquebus drill, Sheng Yong and Li Mian did not distinguish between the superior and inferior, Zhu Ao simply divided the arquebus unit into two and handed them over to the two commands, so that it could also play a role in checking and balancing each other, and avoid a certain general from having too much power and not being able to command.

After watching the arquebus, what Zhu Ao was most concerned about was naturally the production of canned food, which was his killer weapon to conquer the grassland.

Fortunately, Hu Jiangtou and others did not disappoint Zhu Ao, under Zhu Ao's guidance, after a period of hard work, they finally developed the first batch of canned food, and it has been stored for three months.

Three months is not a short time, in ancient times, a cooked food for three months is simply unimaginable, Zhu Ao decided to personally take a look at the preservation of this batch of canned food, if the quality is passed, you can implement mass production. After all, it is now the period of handicrafts, and it is impossible to achieve large-scale mechanized production in the period of industrial civilization, so the sooner this canned food is mass-produced, the better, if it is late, I am afraid that it will be too late when I really want to use it.

"These are the cans you make?" Zhu Ao casually flipped through the cans that Hu Jiangtou and others had placed in the warehouse and said.

Hu Jiangtou hurriedly walked up, arched his hand, and said: "Your Majesty, this is the canned food developed by the small ones, and if there are any deficiencies, please correct the king." ”

Zhu Ao took a can in his hand, turned it over and over for a long time, damn, this thing is really as ugly as it is, and the head of the Hu craftsman is really good, and he doesn't think about a package for good things, don't you know the modern marketing concept? Forget it, it's for the army anyway, it doesn't matter what it looks like, and he said seriously: "Open it." ”

A soldier stepped forward, respectfully accepted the can handed over by Zhu Ao with both hands, then took out the dagger, pried it open at once, and then bent down again, and presented it to Zhu Ao with both hands for him to see.

Zhu Ao squinted at the pork inside, put his hand in and took out a slice to take a look, it's not bad, and the quality is maintained well, but I don't know how it tastes, forget it, this is the first canned food in Daming, and the taste is still up to the widow to try it.

After thinking about it, Zhu Ao put the piece of pork in his hand into his mouth and chewed it, relying on, although it didn't have a bad taste, but the taste was really not good, it is estimated that the master who made this pork did not take care of it, threw the pork into the pot and cooked it, and then sprinkled a little salt.

This group of people is really lazy as soon as they relax their supervision a little.

However, Zhu Ao does not intend to pursue it, this kind of thing cannot be eliminated, it is not something that he eats, and it is difficult for people to do it with heart without selling money, let alone in this kind of mass production situation.

It's nice to be able to cook the meat.

Zhu Ao smacked his lips, and put the uneaten piece of pork into it again, it was too unpalatable to eat, and he squeezed out a satisfied smile on his face, and said, "It's okay, the quality of the meat is not bad." You are working hard to keep your food shelf life for more than half a year. ”

Got the evaluation of "okay" Hu Jiangtou and others were really relieved, although they did not get praise from the leader, but after all, they were the first time to do this kind of thing, but it was still something that the king attached great importance to, and it was already very good to be able to pass, at least they could sleep peacefully in the future. Next, as long as the shelf life of canned food is extended as much as possible according to the king's requirements, extending it to more than half a year, and winning the king's favor, it is not a matter of time before he will be rewarded in the future?