Now the five newly taken over Huangzhuang have a total of 800,000 taels confiscated, plus the 400,000 taels taken from Zhufu, there is no problem with funds for a period of time.

Crystal Zhai's business is booming, in the first half month, the daily turnover exceeded 30,000 taels, and now it is slowly stabilizing, more than 20,000 taels per day, and the new book has also generated a profit of 100,000 taels within half a month, and the money in Zhu Houwei's hands is much more abundant.

All the profits of Crystal Zhai were used to renovate the Huangzhuang, and the management personnel were also in place.

The craftsmen who built the road and the house have also set out to start building, although the number of people and labor is not very sufficient, but when Bai Xiaode's recruitment team comes back, the problem will be solved, so the two brothers have basically nothing to do except go to Master Yang's class recently, and often go to Chaoyang Courtyard to pass the time.

Zhu Houzhao often dragged his younger brothers and sisters to Lao Li to play, but he mainly went to find someone to be courteous, and Zhu Houwei and the little girl also knew it in their hearts, and they didn't say it.

In the past, Empress Zhang went to Zhuangzi to sit in the Zhuang Mansion at most, and she hadn't talked about Bai Yulian yet, Zhu Houzhao thought about whether to introduce Bai Yulian to Empress Zhang, but he was a little apprehensive and couldn't pay attention to it.

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao often showed a tangled expression on his face, Zhu Houwei and the little girl were also happy in their eyes.

The students of Chaoyang Academy brought vitality to this huge complex built of concrete and simple in appearance, and from far away you could hear the sound of neat reading inside, and the villagers passing by also showed satisfied smiles on their faces.

Students are mainly taught Chinese, Mathematics, Nature, Physical Education and Music, and they are only in their first year of study, and there will be no other courses until the third year.

After staying in Chaoyang Courtyard for a while, these children slowly became familiar with the rules of the courtyard, knew what they could do and what they could not do, and began to let go of their restraints and return to their previous liveliness.

When it comes to physical education or no classes, many students run to the playground to play wildly, of course, most of them are boys, and most of them run to the library.

All the playgrounds have children playing, basically playing football, but there are also other games, such as badminton, hopscotch, and the more skinny ones chasing and playing on the playground.

Zhu Houzhao's brothers and sisters also came to the playground today, Zhu Houzhao wanted to play football, but unfortunately the players of Zhu's house were basically sent out before, and now everyone on the field is beginners, and the level really can't arouse his interest, so he just walked slowly on the sidelines and watched these students playing.

Walking and walking, Zhu Houwei, who was holding his sister, suddenly stopped, and looked at a group of students who were playing in a daze, and Zhu Houzhao and the little girl also followed Zhu Houwei's eyes.

About 30 meters away from them, more than 30 boys, both older and younger, were fighting, they were divided into two groups, the number was about the same, and one shouted, "I am Lu Bu, Lu Feng, the first also, the enemy general is not coming to be killed." ”

In the other wave, someone shouted, "What is Lu Fengxian, I am Hong Qigong, look at me descending the dragon eighteen palms." ”

Saying that, the two groups of people picked up some small stones on the ground and threw them at each other more than 10 meters away, and at the same time there were other people reporting to each other's homes, either historical generals, or martial arts masters, fighting happily, and some people shouted in pain during the period.

Zhu Houzhi thought it was funny, so he turned his head and asked Zhu Houwei, "Who do you say is the most powerful among these famous historical generals, I mean personal martial arts." ”

Zhu Houwei turned his head and was a little excited, "It's not easy to compare, it's like Yue Fei fought the King of Qianning at the beginning of the dynasty (Mu Ying, who was named the Duke of Qianguo when he was alive, and was posthumously named the King of Qianning after his death), which one do you think is powerful?" ”

Zhu Houzhao frowned and thought for a while, "Qin Qiong." ”

Zhu Houwei said, "I don't know who is good at personal martial arts, but I am fighting for life and death, and it is estimated that King Qianning can survive." ”

Zhu Houzhao became interested when he heard it, "Why, what is the ability of King Qianning to press the bottom of the box?" ”

Zhu Houwei turned his head to look at those "famous generals" again

"Martial Arts Master"

, his eyes were eager, and his mouth was a little excited, and he said "firearms"

。

When the old Zhu family fought the world, it was the time when firearms began to develop.

Historically, firearms originated in the Song Dynasty, but an important period of development was in the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, the Zhu Jiajun already had a lot of firearms in the team, and these firearms were also repeatedly exploited on the battlefield.

Of course, the firearms at that time were also bronze guns, fire guns, rockets, thistles, large and small muskets, large and small general barrels, large and small iron cannons, and magic arrows.

The bronze gun was also the artillery at that time, the appearance was like a large copper pipe, the power was not great, the range was not far, and it could not be compared with the later redcoat cannons, but all the parameters of the gun were basically the same as the arquebuses in Europe, but in time it was nearly a hundred years earlier than Europe.

Among so many generals, Mu Ying was undoubtedly the best in the use of firearms, and his invention of three-stage shooting made him invincible in war.

His descendants are also in Yunnan, the town of Shizhen, and they are resting with the country.

Zhu Houwei, who was idle and didn't know what to do, finally remembered what he could do now, firearms, which will play a decisive role in the war in the future, what he needs to do now is to improve the current level of firearms first, so that they can come in handy.

The knowledge obtained on the Internet in his previous life has been used again, and Zhu Houwei showed a silly smile on his face, as if he saw that in the future, he would lead thousands of troops and horses to the north, and the fierce Tatars would be defeated in the rumbling cannons and sharp muskets, and his name would remain in history and climb the peak of his life.

However, in the eyes of Zhu Houzhao and the little girl, Zhu Houwei had already begun to go crazy at this time, this foolish smile, just didn't leave saliva, the two of them unconsciously stood away from him, when the little girl broke free of Zhu Houwei's hand, someone who was daydreaming came back to his senses, put his left hand into a fist and put it to his mouth and coughed twice to hide his embarrassment.

If you want to improve firearms, you must first know what the current level of firearms is and what the various parameters are, and then decide which ones should be modified and which ones can be directly discarded.

After dinner at Kunning Palace, the father and son chatted, and Zhu Houwei proposed to Hongzhi to inspect the army with the most advanced firearms in the country, and of course Zhu Houzhao went with him.

Hongji thought about it and nodded in agreement.

He knew that his youngest son would not be untargeted, and that there must be a purpose for him to make any requests, and now he was going to inspect the army, but he was going in the name of the crown prince, so there would be no problem.

On the second day, they came out of Master Yang and said hello to Empress Zhang, and the two brothers went to the Shenji Battalion, the most advanced army with firearms today.

Because they went to the barracks, the two brothers didn't take the little girl with them today, after all, the barracks are not allowed to enter the women's dependents, the little girl was very unhappy, and it was time for Zhu Houzhao to hemorrhage, and after reaching a series of treaties, the two brothers set off.

Zhu Houzhao's face was green, and the little girl was beaming.

The Shenji Battalion is the earliest firearms unit established in China and the world, more than 100 years earlier than Europe, and is responsible for "internal defense of Beijing division, external preparation for conquest"

The important task is that the strategic mobile force under the direct command of the imperial court is stationed not far from the capital, about 20 kilometers away.

The establishment of the Shenji Battalion is different from that of the garrison established in the early Ming Dynasty, and its highest establishment level is the battalion, with 2 commanders and ministers, 3 military attachés, and 2 chief officers in charge; Under the battalion, there are five armies: the central army, the left leg, the right sentry, the left sentry, and the right outpost, each with 1 internal minister and 1 military minister, in addition to the four divisions under the Chinese army, the rest lead three divisions; Each division has 1 gun supervisor, 1 officer, and 2 card officers.

The battalion specializes in sharpshooters and artillery.

Later, he had to supervise Tan Guangma 5,000 horses, called 5,000 battalions, attached to the Shenji battalion, and set up officers such as the armies below the Shenji battalion, and the battalion was organized into four divisions, each division set up 2 officers, and the task of the Shenji battalion was to be in charge of training firearms and accompanying escort horse officers and soldiers.

This time, it was a horse-drawn carriage, and the five horse-drawn carriages quickly marched along the newly built cement road to the Shenji Camp.

After walking for about one and a half hours, the group finally arrived at their destination.

From a distance, I can see the camp on the left side of the Shenji Battalion, the camp is surrounded by a stone wall, about 3 meters high, and you can see a few people patrolling on the wall, and it seems that the thickness will not be small.

A handful of people stood at the gate of the camp, and the two admirals, ministers, and other key officials were waiting to greet them.

The two brothers got out of the carriage, and a group of people stepped forward to salute, knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "The minister knocks to see His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Second Highness." ”

Zhu Houzhao held his hands on the ground: "Get up." ”

Liu Jin took out the token given by Hongzhi from the side, and the ministers took it and read it correctly, and everyone walked into the camp together.

Along the way, it was basically the minister (eunuch) surnamed Liu who was making an introduction, leading the two brothers to see the dormitory, the training ground, and the defense of the camp.

After reading it, the two brothers have a feeling, that is, dirty, although it seems to have been cleaned, it can be seen from some places that it should not be long after cleaning, but the black marks on the walls of various buildings can not be erased.

On the way, I also saw some sergeants, there was no drill today, and most of them remained in the barracks.

These sergeants are basically well-treated, obviously they don't eat well, of course, there are also majestic men, but looking at their arrogant appearance towards others, it can be seen that these people also have a small status in the battalion.

Zhu Houzhao asked Liu Neichen at this time, "Don't you need to practice today, how often do you usually practice." ”

Liu Neichen said unhurriedly, "Back to the prince, the camp is the same as the rest of the army, and it is a ten-day exercise." ”

Zhu Houwei smiled and continued, "How often do you practice live ammunition?" ”

Liu Neichen's face changed slightly, but he still replied calmly, "Second Highness, the Shenji Battalion is different from other military camps, all of them are firearms, and the live-ammunition drill is quite expensive and food-intensive, so it is a monthly exercise." ”

Zhu Houwei nodded when he heard this, but did not make a sound.

Zhu Houzhao frowned slightly and said, "In this way, you go to the drums and gather the generals, and let our brothers see how the Shenji Battalion is trained today." ”

Liu Neichen's face did not change "yes"

However, Zhu Houwei observed the faces of other officials, and many of them were a little dark.

Before he came, Zhu Houwei had a bottom in his heart, but he didn't know if the current situation of the Shenji Camp would break this bottom in his heart.