Time unconsciously to the end of December, the weather became even colder, during which there were a few heavy snowfalls, maybe for many people outside the Zhao family hoard, maybe they have to face the fate of hunger and cold, or even starvation, but for the people of the Zhao family hoard, this is a hot winter.

After the young and strong farming in the tundi, he began to enter the intense training.

The Weapons Bureau established by Zhao Yan has already created a spear for each young man, and has also made thousands of longbows for distribution.

Most of the young people are training hard, striving to get a place in the team training competition, so they will have money to take, and the young people who were originally a little resentful about the hard training have no complaints after getting the Zhao family's subsidy.

Marksmanship, archery and queue are the items that every young man must train, spearmanship and queue rank first, and archery ranks second, after all, not everyone can become a longbowman, but it is not so difficult to become a pikeman.

The purpose of training is discipline first, and at the same time of training discipline, training courage is also one of the projects arranged by Zhao Yan, so there is a 'cliff jumping' project, where each villager jumps from a two-meter-high stone.

This is what Zhao Yan deduced from Qi Jiguang's "Actual Record of Military Training", and at the same time remembered that Yu Dayou, who was in the same period, also had the same thoughts.

The training method from the stone to the bottom is the method of learning Yu Dayou. Fujian still retains Yu Dayou's 'gallstone training'.

Recently, in addition to building a factory, Zhao Yan has been reading "The Practical Record of Military Training" and "The New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness" all day long, which were written by Qi Jiguang.

In the thirty-ninth year of Jiajing (1560), Qi Jiguang took advantage of the gap between battles to write the "New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness". In the preface, he says, "The husband is disciplined, and it is clear that it is not empty words; It is said that the new book is a new book, so it is clear that it comes from the law, not from the law, and it is appropriate to take measures at the right time." The book expounds on the selection of soldiers, orders, tactics, camps, martial arts, sentry guards, water warfare, etc., and also absorbs the valuable experience of contemporaries, such as volume 12 includes Yu Dayou's "Sword Classic", and volume 14 includes the boxing techniques of various factions. This book is a summary of his experience in fighting against the Japanese invaders, and it is also a textbook for him to train the Qi family's army.

"The Actual Record of Military Training" is a military book written by Qi Jiguang when he was guarding Jizhou, which was completed in the fifth year of Longqing (1571). In the field of military training, Qi Jiguang advocated strict moderation, showing grace and authority, and correcting one's ranks; during training, it is necessary to train the military method, courage, ears and eyes, hands and feet, and camp formations; Qi Jiguang also systematically expounded on the marching formation, marching rules, camping arrangements, camping rules, combat discipline, and precautions. In terms of training generals, Qi Jiguang believes that generals must have four virtues: morality, talent, knowledge, and art. In terms of arms, Qi Jiguang gave a detailed introduction to the organization of the horse battalion, infantry battalion, and baggage battalion, as well as the selection and training methods of each branch of the troops. "Actual Record of Military Training" is a summary of Qi Jiguang's experience in guarding the border.

These two military books are simply Zhao Yan's supreme guidance, because they stipulate various regulations of the army.

Qi Jiguang believes that although the program of "The Art of War" is subtle, it is like the so-called superior teaching of the Zen family, and the scholars are at a loss.

This means that although the Art of War is exquisite, for those who have not experienced war, even if they know it, they do not know how to do it.

Zhao Yan deeply agrees with this point of view, he has memorized the Art of War, but it is something that can only be used by a master, if it does not reach a certain height, Sun Zhi's Art of War can only be a theory on paper.

The victory of the Qi family army was also based on strict and even harsh military law: if the battle was ineffective and defeated, the main general would be killed in battle, and all the partial generals would be beheaded. The partial general was killed in battle, and all his subordinates were beheaded. The thousand generals died in battle, and all the hundred generals under him were beheaded. Bai Zong died in battle, and all his banners were beheaded. The flag commander was killed in battle, and his captain was beheaded. The captain was killed in battle, but his soldiers were not captured, and all ten soldiers were beheaded. The reward for cutting the level is also quite rich, and each level is rewarded with 30 taels of silver! In this way, each soldier will fight with all his might, fighting until he wins or dies.

Cut the first level and reward 30 taels! Zhao Yan's face twitched a little. Thirty taels is such a rich reward, and it is supported by the state.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the court didn't have so much silver, and he didn't have that much silver.

At the same time, there are also many criticisms of the Ming court's 'first merit system', which happened the last time Zhao Yan fought against the thieves.

Everyone is grabbing the head, and there is no time to cut off the head when fighting.

Whether it was the Japanese in the south or the nomads in the north, they all used the Ming court's system of recording merit by the first rank to deal with the Ming army.

Generally, some heads are used as bait, and then the Ming army is taken advantage of the opportunity to rush to the first rank, and this military merit system leads to a lot of defeats, but it weakens the combat effectiveness of the Ming army.

At the same time, the most criticized place is to kill the good and take the merit, the reason why there are so many examples of killing the good and taking the merit in the late Ming Dynasty is because of this military merit system.

Some military books written by Ming scholars also put forward that 'judging merit by combat performance' should be placed above the 'first merit system', and there are many suggestions of all kinds.

It was Qi Jiguang who really applied the suggestions to practice. It is stipulated that the soldiers who are responsible for charging and killing are not allowed to carry the head knife, and when they encounter the pipe of the battle, they will rush forward to kill, and the first rank will be the responsibility of the soldiers who specialize in cutting their hands, and when they return to the camp, they will be divided equally according to the different types of troops.

At the same time, if there is a scramble for the first rank, the losing party will be beheaded, and the captain of the team will also be punished.

These systems are clearly written in Qi Jiguang's two systems, and Zhao Yan's worship of Qi Jiguang has increased a few points at this moment.

Qi Jiguang's experience is like a shining light, which can guide Zhao Yan forward. Although worshipped, the aim is to transcend.

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After the glass factory was completed, Zhao Yan led people to build a cement factory and a gunpowder factory.

The cement is made by calcining a mixture of limestone, clay, gypsum, and several other materials, and this recipe was prepared by Zhao Yan when he was in the research institute of later generations.

The strength of this kind of cement is good, similar to that of general cement, but the conditions are limited after all, so don't think about what special cement is.

At the same time, because of the lack of machinery, it can only be milled with animal power, and the production speed is relatively low.

There is also a shortage of talents in craftsmen!

If there are talents, Zhao Yan can directly draw a drawing for them, don't count on the steam engine, the hydraulic press is still feasible.

It just so happens that there is a river on the edge of Zhaojia Village with a relatively turbulent current.

In terms of the construction of the gunpowder factory, it was also built by Zhao Yan's commanders. The Ming court had strict control over firearms and gunpowder, and ordinary people did not know how to make them.

The most important thing in the gunpowder factory is the kiln, and at the same time, saltpeter and sulfur are treated with white radish and egg white, so as to produce satisfactory gunpowder.

However, the source of raw materials for gunpowder is worrying, there are very few saltpeter mines in Shandong, almost none, and you have to buy gunpowder if you want to use saltpeter to make gunpowder, but fortunately, although the Ming court has strict control over this, but the officialdom is corrupt [***], and silver can also be bought. In addition to saltpeter, gunpowder can only be made by collecting nitrate, but it is more troublesome.

The gunpowder factory was located outside the fort, and Zhao Yan formulated strict regulations to restrain the workers, hoping that there would be no explosions, but he didn't have a plan in his heart, and many accidents happened and accidental......

The study of the flintlock pistol is progressing relatively smoothly, the structure of the flintlock pistol is actually very simple, and the later generations of this flintlock pistol device has become a lot of children's toys, loaded with the kind of gunpowder in a circle, and it rings off, but the materials used by those unscrupulous manufacturers are very cheap, I don't know whether to use copper or something, anyway, it is not iron or steel, and it is always broken after a few days.

Generally, after the toy gun is scrapped, Zhao Yan will bring the circle of gunpowder to the school, press it with a stool, and then ...... There was a loud snap.

For this reason, Zhao Yan was punished by his teacher for standing for a morning when he was a student.

The Ming Dynasty was not much later than the West in the study of flintlock pistols, and the Ming Dynasty firearms researcher Bi Maokang made the flintlock pistol in 1635. The flintlock pistol is equipped with a flint automatic lighter device, which is not afraid of wind and rain and does not need to be ignited by the fire rope in advance, and the firing speed and accuracy are greatly improved.

In 1635, that is, the eighth year of Chongzhen, and now it is the end of the sixth year of Chongzhen, in this year, after Kong Youde defected to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he detected the emptiness of Lushun and took the opportunity to capture Lushun. Jiangdong General Huang Long left the poem "I don't love a five-foot body in life, and I only have a three-foot sword after death" and then killed himself.

The structure of the flintlock pistol is not difficult, but the hammer needs to be paid attention to in the material, and it is best to use steel bars, and the general material will be interrupted if it is used several times.

The real problem is still in the manufacture of muskets, although Zhao Yan has studied muskets, but the drilling of muskets is really a problem, using primitive means to drill slowly, that is too slow, time-consuming and labor-intensive, in this regard his technology is definitely not comparable to the craftsmen in the army who specialize in building firearms.

It's just that he doesn't have those talents on hand.

If you want to drill a hole with hydropower, you have to build a hydraulic machine, which will take some time......

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