When the sky was bright, Cheng Yue simply pulled the three civil officials who had just come back and Yang Ting over to practice Tai Chi together. When you are in good health, you can work better.

Xie Fang had to finish practicing boxing, and went into the infirmary, and when he came back, he went there, and when he heard this, he only knew how to ask questions before and learned new medicine from Cheng Yue. This kind of medical skill has opened Xie Fang's eyes. The snow-white environment, the high concentration of alcohol used for disinfection, all kinds of new tools and instruments, and all kinds of new words that they don't understand.

The infirmary was always busy, not because there was any fighting, but because they had to learn new ways to deal with injuries and illnesses.

In the past, if there was a small injury, I could only see a bone-setting doctor, and I applied it with herbs, and if there were complications, I could only accept my fate. But now it's different, and those who are injured have to go to the infirmary for treatment. After being fully disinfected and bandaged, and then applied with freshly brewed Chinese medicine, he quickly healed and did not die due to a small injury. The soldiers have no worries, so it is more effective to practice.

Xie Fangde only sent more than 100 people, but Cheng Yue himself recruited some people, plus the already existing military doctors in the army, in fact, more than 500 people were trained, and it was still increasing.

Xie Fangde was watching a few new doctors dissect a rabbit in the operating room. He was very scared, but he was the person in charge of this area, and if he didn't understand, he would be looked down upon, and inspired by Cheng Yue's words yesterday, he stayed in the operating room to see these new doctors holding Li Fu's imitation surgical instruments and carefully understanding the internal organs, muscles and blood vessels.

The surgical instruments sent by Li Fu are not good, mainly because the steel is not good, but in their opinion it is already refined. It is impossible for a new doctor to dissect an animal with real surgical instruments.

Cheng Yue could not provide on-site guidance, and he received news from Liu Shun that the blast furnace for steelmaking and coke had been built. The coke has been successfully refined, but I don't know if it meets Cheng Yue's standards, Cheng Yue wants to take a look. If the coke is qualified, the steelmaking business can be on the right track.

Cheng Yue didn't even pause for a minute, leaving Xiao Zhen to guard the camp, and directly led the other civilian generals to his secret steel base.

When he was about to arrive at Liu Shun's military camp, he had already seen Wang Shiyuan waiting.

Wang Shiyuan was wearing a new military uniform, waiting happily on the side of the road, and couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw Cheng Yue and the others arrive, but they didn't wear the new military uniform.

Tokhtar explained it to him, and he understood. But now he can't change his clothes, and he doesn't have to worry about such things, so he leads the generals straight to the docks.

After nearly an hour of sailing, a large island appeared in front of it, and the warships around the island were gathered, patrolling back and forth incessantly. Passing through these warships, a wharf appeared, on which Liu Shun stood with a smile, and a large group of craftsmen were building a new wharf with the latest production of cement and red bricks.

Liu Shun waited for Cheng Yue to get off the boat, and hurriedly came over to greet him. Cheng Yue held him and said, "Liu Shun, although you are the commander of my navy, you are actually my right-hand man." I've worked hard for you during this time, I'll give you a credit! ”

The corners of Liu Shun's eyes instantly moistened. As the commander of the navy, he has not made any achievements so far. A large number of wolf-like generals under his command put him under pressure. Fortunately, Cheng Yue asked him to appoint the commander and deputy commander of the Fourth Army of the Navy by himself. He didn't avoid his relatives, so the army commander gave it to Wang Shiyuan.

Since he didn't have many achievements, he had to find a way to perform well elsewhere. Liu Cheng was the general of the famous general Meng Heng before, and Liu Shun was Liu Quan's nephew, so the most elite naval army in the Southern Song Dynasty was in the hands of Liu Shun, which was also a big reliance on Cheng Yue's daring to call out the Yuan Dynasty. There are many talents in the army, and Xu Sheng, who was sent to Ryukyu by Liu Shun, is one of them, because of his good performance, he has been reused by Cheng Yue. If Xu Sheng really became the governor of Ryukyu Province, he would be a feudal official. Liu Shun, as his old boss, will naturally have a credit.

One more thing is these two blast furnaces. Cheng Yue has emphasized to him many times the importance of these two stoves, of course he must behave well, otherwise Cheng Yue may hand things over to others at any time, such as Li Fu of the Industrial Division who came with him this time.

Liu Shun came to the factory twice in three days, supervising and studying at the same time, and he memorized the pamphlet that Cheng Yue gave him, and he has almost become an expert in steelmaking these days.

The day before yesterday, when the first furnace of qualified coke was finally refined, Liu Shun carefully inspected it according to the requirements on Cheng Yue's book, and it seemed that it was completely in line with the standards. The coking craftsman was also amazed that he had never seen such good coke, which made him more confident. Only then did he dare to report to Cheng Yue and ask him to come and see, if he was qualified, he could officially make steel.

Liu Shun is the commander of the navy, and Cheng Yue said on the spot that he is his right-hand man, and the generals, especially the generals of the navy, have stepped forward to salute, but fortunately, it is simple now, and the military salute is OK.

Liu Shun also replied to the generals several times. After the generals of the navy accompanied him this time, they all had to stay, and Yang Ting immediately went to the navy camp for reorganization.

Cheng Yue, led by Liu Shun, entered a mountain path. The trail has been widened a lot, paved with bluestone, and is very smooth. The mountains on both sides are high, so you can't see anything inside from the outside.

Turning a mountain col, the front suddenly opened up, and a huge open space appeared in front of everyone. A piece of the clearing was already fenced off, and two towering blast furnaces could be clearly seen standing in the middle. There is a rapids down the mountain, and several large waterwheels have been erected next to the rapids, connecting many institutions and several large factories. It was closely guarded by a large number of soldiers, and many craftsmen worked in the river.

Liu Shun handed over the drawings designed by Cheng Yue, and Cheng Yue compared them while walking, and then listened to Liu Shun's detailed explanation.

After Liu Shun finished speaking, Cheng Yue grabbed Liu Shun's shoulders and praised: "Good job!" Almost exactly according to my drawings, such a large project in such a short time, good! ”

The generals also widened their eyes and took a good look at this factory that they had never seen before.

Cheng Yue said with a smile: "The steel blast furnace here is just a test base, and the large-scale factory has another place. However, the most important guns and ammunition of our army are to be produced here. If the blast furnace is qualified, the research and development and production of military steel will begin here, especially for guns and guns, which is the top priority. ”

When the generals heard the guns and ammunition, their eyes lit up.

Cheng Yue explained: "It is impossible to produce guns and ammunition in your hands under the current level of technology, and you can only improve and upgrade the current firearms, and steelmaking is the first step." But it's not an easy step. To produce a sufficiently good barrel and parts, a number of problems need to be solved. Liu Shun, have all the firecracker craftsmen you were looking for read my booklet? ”

Liu Shun said with a smile: "I heard that the Metropolitan Governor asked them to learn, those people have spelled, and I don't know how many scraps have been made for me these days, but there are more and more things written down, the model of the flintlock pistol has been made, and the ignition device is also close to completion, just waiting for the Metropolitan Governor to take them to get the real thing to install and try, otherwise I don't know what the effect is." ”

Cheng Yue said: "Okay." This time, I have another thing for you to make, called matches, this kind of thing can make a fire as long as you rub it, which is very convenient. The manufacturing process is prone to danger, and I don't dare to let you build it without seeing your factory. This is the recipe and the principle of the explanation, you put it away, you must not show it to anyone. You can sell it casually, but you can't let others know the formula. ”

Liu Shun still didn't understand what a match was, but after hearing Cheng Yue's words, he immediately put away the few pieces of paper that Cheng Yue handed over. He understands that everything that Cheng Yue handed over to him is priceless, and it is a treasure that countless people will dream of in the future, and it must not go wrong.

Cheng Yue smiled: "When it is made, you will know its benefits." It's sure to be a sensation all over the world. Think about it, you can light a fire just by wiping it, how convenient. No more worrying about how to keep a fire is still unsafe. ”

Liu Shuncai reacted, and when he thought about it, it was really a good thing.

The generals also figured it out, and they were all surprised and delighted. Liu Chen said: "If this match is made, it will be very convenient for our army, why doesn't the governor ban the sale, in case the Yuan army buys it?" ”

Cheng Yue said: "Once the matches are made, they will definitely be produced in large quantities, so that the Yuan army will always get it whether they steal it or buy it." It's better for us to take the initiative to sell, on the one hand, we can make money, and on the other hand, it is really convenient for the people. I don't know how many people die and are injured every year because of the fire, and this kind of thing can't be allowed to happen again. ”

Li Ting said: "According to the meaning of the Grand Governor, isn't this match too expensive?" Otherwise, the people can't afford it. ”

Cheng Yue said: "It's really not expensive, in fact, the principle is very simple, I wrote a chemistry book, how can you understand it, you can invent it yourself." So I have to launch it as soon as possible to occupy more markets and reduce costs. ”

Zhang Xiaozhong was stunned and said: "In this case, why do you want to let that book go on the market?" ”

Cheng Yue said: "If society wants to develop, it needs the promotion of knowledge. For example, our ancestors first lived in caves. Later, someone invented the idea of building a house, so that the range of human activities and existence greatly increased. Our ancestors were naked, but then they learned to make clothes, so we could live longer. That's the power of knowledge. If we want to push our small country forward, recover the places occupied by the Yuan Dynasty, and get back the land of our ancestors, we must make breakthroughs and popularize science and technology. No matter how strong I am alone, I can't achieve this goal. It has to be done with a group of people who can understand what I have to say. That's why I'm going to spread knowledge. We have to move quickly, and we have to complete the great cause before the people of the Yuan Dynasty understand these things. There are also many capable people in the Yuan Dynasty. For example, Guo Shoujing, the later these books fall into his hands, the better. After these books are printed, the "Physics" and "Chemistry" will have relative secrecy measures to guard against them, and when we unify the whole country, we will vigorously popularize them and educate the whole people. It's a process, so please work with me. ”

The generals answered yes in unison.

Liu Shun led the way, and everyone ran wildly all the way into Cheng Yue's most secret base.