Zhu Daolin didn't explain too much, and quickly brought the topic to the military doctor he was concerned about: "Master, three uncles, and five uncles, this battle between the land and water armies going north is of great importance, and it is necessary to equip the 15,000 officers and soldiers of the three guards with military doctors, and also prepare a large number of medicines...... I wonder how many brothers and sisters who have achieved success in their studies can join the army? ”

Everyone looked at the abbot Xuanqing Dao Chief.

Daoist Xuanqing replied helplessly: "At present, there are only 15 people who have achieved success, and they are all jade characters like you, and they are not willing to join the army, and they still want to stay in Ziyang Temple to practice for a few years...... After a few of us discussed, we decided to send 30 people to the north with the army at that time, and then come back after the battle to continue studying. ”

Zhu Daolin was very disappointed, but he did not show his disappointment, and secretly decided to immediately recruit military doctors on a large scale in the whole society, and there were always people willing to come under the high salary, so he generously expressed his "gratitude", and then frowned and said the main purpose of today's meeting:

"In addition to recruiting military doctors, there is something to inform your seniors...... A complete set of machinery and equipment worth 2 million taels of silver for the purification, extraction, distillation, drying and other sets of machinery and equipment will be shipped at the end of next month, and the installation, commissioning, maintenance and other information of the machine, together with 150 kinds of Chinese patent medicine production process and formula randomizer, please prepare for your predecessors! ”

"Finally, there are two crucial issues that need to be resolved urgently, and what I say below may not sound very good, but I have to say it, I beg your forgiveness!"

Among the Dao Masters present, many people heard Zhu Daolin refer to himself as a "senior" for the first time, and at the same time, Zhu Daolin's tone of voice was so tough, they were all very surprised and uncomfortable, but Daoist Xuanqing knew that his apprentice was angry.

When it comes to development plans, Zhu Daolin doesn't care how old your qualifications are. Shen Yan said unceremoniously:

"The first thing that needs to be addressed urgently is...... I would like to know, what is the attitude of the faculty towards the use of anatomical research? It has been almost half a year since this matter was raised, and if the division is unwilling to get involved in this field, I will recruit medical officers in the name of the army and establish a military medical school in Qingdao Wei in Jiaozhou Bay, with all the classics and research materials related to anatomy. Including all kinds of medical instruments and models, they will not be sent to the division in the future! ”

Daoist Xuanqing and the others were all dumbfounded.

If Zhu Daolin is forced to start a new stove, not to mention Ziyangguan, he will immediately suffer heavy losses, and the entire Puritan sect on Maoshan will also suffer extremely huge losses.

Zhu Daolin continued: "The second thing, since the three months of experiments have proved that the three major scriptures of the Tianshu Pavilion for the treatment of schistosomiasis are effective, why hasn't the master sent disciples to the areas with a high incidence of schistosomiasis to treat patients? ”

"When I came back to Baoshanwei, I saw hundreds of people infected with schistosomiasis during my short inspection, and I felt very uncomfortable...... If Ziyangguan is really too busy. I plan to announce the three major prescriptions for the treatment of schistosomiasis, so that thousands of lives across the Yangtze River will be tormented by schistosomiasis day and night! ”

"I also know that these two things are not light, and you seniors need time to discuss and decide, so let's wait for five days, and if there is no result after five days, I won't wait, please forgive me for my decision......"

"Because it's not a matter of face and interests of a certain person or sect. It's a matter of the Ming army and millions of Ming people, and I must think about the interests of the majority! I'm sorry. The juniors have taken their leave for the time being! ”

After Zhu Daolin finished speaking, he bowed respectfully, turned around and immediately strode away with his head held high.

Out of the courtyard, Zhu Daolin turned over and got on his horse, accompanied by four personal guards, and rushed to Gushan Iron City, which had been completed and began to mass-produce gunpowder and flintlock paper ammunition.

The dog Mulan had already run to the front. seems to know where Zhu Daolin is going, and he will definitely not take the wrong way.

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In the living room of the abbot of Ziyang Daoyuan, the atmosphere was depressing.

The senior brother Xuanyue, the second senior brother Xuanji, the third senior brother of the abbot Xuanqing, the fifth senior brother Xuanfang, and the three Taoist masters stationed in the Maoshan Ancestral Court were all silent.

This group of highly respected Taoist masters, any one who goes out will win the respect of countless people. There are countless believers who bow and worship.

However, at this moment, their faces were bitter, and the pressure they had never felt before made them almost breathless.

They all know in their hearts that today's Zhu Daolin is not only a disciple of the jade generation of the Shangqing faction's medical divination, but also the master of tens of millions of industries and the commander of tens of thousands of soldiers, and the well-being of hundreds of thousands of people is pinned on Zhu Daolin, so it is impossible for Zhu Daolin to sacrifice the interests of the majority of people because of the interests of the Shangqing faction.

The five-day period that Zhu Daolin unceremoniously proposed in the end can be said to be an ultimatum.

If Zhu Daolin is not given the answer he expects, Zhu Daolin will definitely not hesitate to abandon the Ziyang Temple and the Shangqing faction!

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The scale of Gushan Iron City under the warm sun is not large.

The walls of the Iron Castle are not very high, and the artisan residential area located just outside the west gate across the stream is not large, and from a distance it looks like an ordinary village living in the city.

However, as soon as you get closer, you will find that the rows of blue bricks and gray tiles, high and low, are very cleverly laid out, forming a closed and safe residential area, the east, west and south three exits are hidden in the green bamboo and green trees, 420 craftsmen and their families who specialize in the manufacture of artillery fixed propellants and flintlock fixed paper bullets live here.

Walking out of the village and entering the heavily guarded West Gate of Gushan Iron City, you can reach the tall factories that they work hard every day.

The two small villages outside the south gate and the east gate of Gushan Tiecheng are also residential areas, but the difference is that the 560 households living in the east village are all craftsmen and their families from the gunpowder factory.

The village outside the south gate is the largest and most populous.

More than a dozen independent courtyards close to the city wall are the residences of senior craftsmen and officers who garrison thousands of households, and the avenue leading to the south city gate is lined with tall storehouse-style buildings, and all the fire and nitrate within 300 miles with Jinling as the center will be sold here, so the front of the village has specially built a wide and comfortable inn, a high-style shop and a newly opened two-story teahouse, and the business has been quite good since its opening.

Zhu Daolin whispered to Wu Jingxian, who had rushed to meet him, and then inspected the workshops of the gunpowder factory, which had been officially put into mass production, accompanied by Li Kuanji, acting commander of the Firearms Bureau and a garrison of Qianhu, and six general managers.

Zhu Daolin listened to the reports of the general managers and senior craftsmen, and then, in accordance with the rules and regulations, took off his robe, removed all metal items on his body, including swords, silver taels, copper coins, rings and jewelry, changed into red and yellow overalls made of pure cotton cloth and cotton shoes with mille-feuille soles, and entered the independent workshops built along the mountain in the east of Gushan.

Zhu Daolin visited the entire production process of gunpowder grinding, mixing, rolling, drying, crystallization, screening, grading, canning, transportation and storage, and finally walked through two tall stone walls on the north side to the second plant to discuss the problems in the production process and the areas that need to be improved.

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PS: Xiaohuo begs for subscriptions and monthly passes! (To be continued.) )