Zhang Han has never been a leader, but he is a person who has never eaten pork and seen a pig run, and he still understands some important things very well.

The file in front of him wrote in detail Sun Yao's name, age, place of origin, including personality traits and family situation, and of course, the experience and performance of enlisting in the army were more detailed.

After sweeping his eyes, Zhang Han remembered the past of the young man in front of him, and after saying a word, he continued to smile: "I remembered you, you made great contributions with Tang Wangzong that day, don't reward silver to be a dart master, the dart master who has been working for less than a year has been transferred here to be an archer, from a team officer to a flag captain, and now he is promoted to deputy bureau chief...... Your qualifications are very shallow, but you are very attentive to your work, and you have made a lot of meritorious contributions, and many people are optimistic about you, and they have also mentioned you in front of me. ”

Sun Yao bowed and said: "The adult has won the award, and the subordinates just think that the adults treat their subordinates too well, and they are comfortable here, and their hearts are stable, so they want to do more things, if they can be of some use, the subordinates are not in vain." ”

"Good." Zhang Han praised: "If everyone thinks like you, our group will naturally prosper. ”

Sun Yao's gaze was firm, and his waist was still straight.

Zhang Han really appreciated this unfamiliar subordinate, each of them had different personalities, Sun Yao's character seemed to be able to be entrusted with great responsibilities, but he had to continue to observe.

After glancing at Sun Yao, Zhang Han said: "You came today, saying that you have some experience from the trip to the grassland and the battle against bandits, and after talking with your Bai Zong, he recommended you to me, and called you over today, just to ask you to talk about your thoughts in detail." ”

Sun Yao owes himself and said: "My subordinates want to explain that Mr. Li has filled in a lot of gaps in his subordinates' ideas for his subordinates. ”

"Oh, go on."

"The subordinates feel that our big array is good to fight bandits, but from the perspective of the cavalry battle, our firepower output coverage is still insufficient, after all, the bird gun can not go far, and the response to the harassment and impact of the cavalry is insufficient, if our cavalry is strong enough, it can be ridden with the enemy, but our cavalry is still not strong enough, and the concept of the adults is to exchange weapons for human lives, and use better weapons to exchange for the enemy's strong soldiers, from another point of view, it is to exchange silver for their lives, so we want better weapons, stronger armor, In this case, it is not wise to fight the enemy with cavalry. Even if we have stronger cavalry in the future, it should be a supplement and help to the big array, not to defeat the enemy. If we have stronger firepower to cover, we don't have to pay attention to the enemy cavalry at the beginning, we can use firepower to disperse, our cavalry will not move behind the formation, and it will be better for the cavalry to chase and kill after the enemy is chaotic, and the losses will not be large......"

Sun Yao was a little uneasy when he said this, and looked at Zhang Han.

"Mm-hmm," Zhang Han was expressionless, and only made a continuation gesture: "Go on." ”

"And on the grassland, we encountered many horse thieves, of course we repelled them, but there was no cavalry, and the bird guns were not powerful in killing them, and when Young Master Chang burned the warehouse, his subordinates thought, if we have multiple artillery, with the bird guns and the killer team, maybe we can hold the warehouse, and we don't have to have so big losses."

Sun Yao got up at this time, presented a few pieces of paper, and said sneeringly: "This is a sketch of several battles drawn by his subordinates and the rationing of troops, as well as some deductions for artillery, please check it out." ”

"Good!"

Zhang Han took it and took a look, he could see that Sun Yao's previous cultural level was not high, and his handwriting was very clumsy, but it was very neat, and there was no problem in using words and sentences.

The important thing is that the drawing is very good, and drawing is also one of the basic skills of officers, especially Zhang Han plans to discover qualified staff officers, reading and drawing is the basic skill of staff officers, and the use of rulers to draw up war and training plans is inseparable from these basic skills, Sun Yao's basic skills in drawing are very solid, it seems that he is not like those slippery ghosts, who feel that they are not willing to study hard because they don't feel that they are not very useful.

The teaching materials and teaching content of the cram school for officers are also changing, two years ago, when these people were still dart masters, they just learned the basics, read some introductory books on the art of war, and now they are gnawing most of them, especially after each war, they have to take the actual combat experience as a teaching class, and there are big battles such as the Battle of Sarhu, the mobilization and assembly of the Ming army, the mobilization and assembly of the Houjin soldiers, the posture of both sides, the strength of troops, ordnance and logistics supply, the battlefield style, the process of army movement, to the actual battle, because it is a matter of immediate importance, Everyone is very involved in learning these actual combat examples, and Sun Yao must be one of the officers who have worked hard, as evidenced by the picture in front of him.

On Sun Yao's map, it is obvious that he encountered the enemy several times on the grassland, and the other is to imagine the situation after the allocation of small artillery for fire coverage, of course, including the fire in the storage area, the picture is more detailed, and at the same time estimates the combat effectiveness and will of the Mongols, the conclusion is of course similar to what Zhang Han thought, his subordinates are generally not optimistic about the Mongols.

"Vice President Sun, your opinion is very good, I will consider it carefully."

Zhang Han stood up, gave a formal military salute to Sun Yao, and said, "Thank you for your opinion." ”

Sun Yao's black face flushed, and he returned the salute vigorously and replied, "My subordinates thank you for your praise!" ”

When the new deputy president went out, Zhang Han slapped a few times on the paper given by Sun Yao, and his face was full of excitement.

Everyone has a blind spot in their thinking, and artillery is Zhang Han's blind spot.

Until now, Zhang Han has not thought about casting cannons, before he was a pure businessman, and the dart master was only used to make money, to be honest, he could practice some cold weapon fighting skills, and he could transport the goods and silver of the account bureau to the destination even if he was qualified, and then he went to Liaodong, and his thinking changed, but all he wanted was to form a strong army, which was based on the firearms team with flintlock pistols, plus the cold weapon phalanx of pikemen, plus the combat team wearing hard armor and holding swords and shields, plus the strong cavalry team, he really didn't think much about artillery……

Can't blame Zhang Han completely, after all, he is a halfway monk, and the Ming artillery is walking on a crooked road, the craftsmanship of small artillery is poor, the air tightness is poor, the gunpowder is poor, the elephant tiger squat cannon and the cannonball are all scattered bullets, the power is seriously insufficient, and there is a certain lethality within dozens of steps, so it is better to use a bird gun or a large smoothbore gun, the effect is not worse than these so-called artillery, and the large artillery is an imitation of the Hongyi cannon, the source is the Portuguese shipwreck, which is the naval gun used on the ship, the artillery is too large and heavy, The power is enough, but it is more than enough to defend the city, and it is too difficult to do mobile attacks, the Qing army used Hongyi cannons when attacking Tongguan, and waited on the road for dozens of days, and the artillery team has been moving slowly behind, at least in the battle sequence of the Ming army or the Houjin soldiers that Zhang Han now understands, the Ming army uses a lot of firearms such as the general's cannon, but it is mainly used to siege the city, rarely cooperates with the infantry or cavalry, and there is no relevant tactics, only Qi Jiguang's artillery in the car camp has a great effect, But it is also used for garrison, not offensive, as for the Houjin soldiers, of course, there is no artillery, and it is impossible to have corresponding artillery tactics.

Zhang Han's most important military knowledge came from later films, television and books, and then he was really immersed in the system of the northern border army of the Ming Dynasty, and finally he decided to focus on the Western-style military system, supplemented by the military system of the Ming Dynasty, and everything he could only do was to grope slowly, including this artillery incident.

"Jiang Kui," Zhang Han couldn't sit still, he stood up and shouted, "You follow me to the Firearms Bureau." ”

"Yes, sir."

The guards outside the window replied loudly.

……

When Zhang Han and his party rode out on horseback, two young officials wearing cyan cotton jackets also quietly rode to follow, Zhang Han noticed them, stopped their horses and waited.

"Why did you two come along?"

"We are scribes sent by the Military Orders Department, and Director Sun thinks that there are many affairs around the adults now, and they can't do everything by themselves, so they chose us to come first, saying that they will help with the affairs of the adults first, and they will ...... later."

Zhang Han nodded lightly and said, "Very good, then you will follow." ”

He was really satisfied with Sun Jingting's arrangement, the affairs of the business were already in order, and there were many people who stayed in Li Zhuang to help him take care of the details, Chang Wei also helped to get started, the shopkeepers from all over the country, Zhou Fengji of Xinpingbao, Li Yuchun, Liang Hong, Mo Zongtong of the semicolon and others were very effective, but the military and political affairs on Li Zhuang's side were becoming more and more complicated, there were more and more people, and there were many departments, and they were becoming more and more regularized, and it was also very correct to have a few clerical staff to follow at any time.

Zhang Han has a feeling that he is not omniscient and omnipotent, and sometimes he will swell a little, feeling that although he is not self-made, it is not easy to create all this in front of him after a few years of hard work, and there is a feeling of expansion that Lao Tzu is the best in the world.

But this feeling is just a little intoxicated, Sun Jingting's ability is not small, he has been with Zhang Han for a long time, not only has he successfully integrated into the system created by Zhang Han, but now he can take the initiative to play, the smart people of this era are by no means worse than later generations, and Zhang Han also found that Chang Wei's cousin is unlimited, as well as Li Shenming, and even those big businessmen in the Chamber of Commerce, none of them are really stupid.

……

"Your Excellency is here."

"It's a coincidence, it's a coincidence."

When Zhang Han entered the Firearms Bureau, there was a lot of laughter inside, and Zhang Han saw that Li Dongxue was also there, and this very strict subordinate also had a rare smile on his face.

Seeing Zhang Han coming, everyone showed a heartfelt smile on their faces, Li Dongxue and others greeted him first, followed by Wang Debang, this time of course, he also had a smile on his face.

"What, what's the joy of?"

"Back to my lord, it's a big breakthrough."

Li Dongxue didn't speak, he motioned for Wang Debang to step forward, and Wang Debang stepped forward with the fat on his face and replied...... He used to be thin, but now he has meat on his face, but fortunately, he is a person who often works, but his face is fat, and his body is still very strong, and he is not overweight.

Needless to say more about Wang Debang, Zhang Han also saw the "new gadget" in front of him.

A roller machine is driven by hydraulic power, is pressing several wrought iron plates at the same time, hydraulic roll machine is a difficult problem that the technical group of each bureau is trying to break through, with this roll machine, the rolling of wrought iron plate does not need manpower to carry out, can save a lot of labor costs, and more valuable is to save a lot of time.

Time and manpower are costs, with this machine, the cost of the bird gun should be reduced by at least about 30%.