"Commander of the same knowledge? How big is an official? Su Hao asked Hao Tong.

Hao Tong felt quite helpless about Su Hao's ignorance, and in front of the commander, he was inconvenient to explain too much to Su Hao, so he simply replied: "The commander of Tongzhi is a military attache from the third grade, you can count it yourself." ”

The prefect is a seventh-grade official, and the prefect is a fourth-grade official, and this commander of Nanchang Wei is a third-grade official, which is a great official. Although the Ming Dynasty was heavy on literature and light on military force, and the status of military attachés was far lower than that of civil officials of the same level, or even a few grades worse, no matter what, people were from the third grade, which was countless higher than his nameless master.

"Student Su Hao, please say hello to Lord Fang. The students didn't know that Master Fang was coming, and they were disappointed, so they asked Lord Fang to forgive their sins. Su Hao hurriedly bowed respectfully to Fang Shu, and at the same time let Fang Shu into his home.

Fang Shu was still holding the shelf, and seeing that Su Hao's etiquette was sufficient, he waved his hand, symbolically returned the salute, and said a few kind words such as disturbing, but he also looked quite reluctant.

After entering the room and sitting down, Fang Shu took out two things from his arms, put them on the table, and asked Su Hao, "Su Hao, do you know these two objects?" ”

Su Hao took a closer look and found that this was the telescope and white silk map that Hao Tong had violently "borrowed", it seemed that Hao Tong did not run to Yunnan with his things, but only went to Nanchang Mansion and moved the officials of Nanchang Wei.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, a large number of military guards were set up in Jiangxi, but later because it was far from the border, there was no war. Some of the guards were withdrawn one after another. By the Wanli period, there were a total of 3 guards and 11 guards under the Jiangxi Metropolitan Division. Among them, Nanchang Wei is a Wei command post, with a commander of the third grade, two commanders from the third grade and four commanders of the fourth grade, under the jurisdiction of 5 thousand households, a total of 5,600 officers and soldiers. In addition, there is also a martial arts school under Nanchangwei, which is dedicated to training officers.

Hao Tong belonged to the soldiers of the Yunnan Border Army, but because the main general Deng Zilong was from Jiangxi, he was a veteran in the army. There are quite a few old friends in Jiangxi's military circles. Before Tu Wenhuan returned to Yunnan, he specially explained to Hao Tong and Deng Kui, so that they could go to Du Si or Nanchangwei's colleagues to solve problems when they encountered problems. After Su Hao built a telescope and drew a contour map, Hao Tong realized that these were two inventions that had a significant impact on the army, and such things must be reported to his superiors immediately, so he forcibly borrowed the telescope and map, borrowed a fast horse at the post station, and galloped to Nanchang. handed these two things into the hands of the commander of Nanchang Wei.

After that, something happened again. After dragging on like this for more than ten days, Nanchang Wei sent a commander to Tongzhi Fangshu and Hao Tong to Fengcheng to meet Su Hao.

Su Hao didn't know what to do with this, and when he heard Fang Shu ask about the telescope and the map, he nodded and replied: "These two things are designed by students and made by craftsmen, which makes adults smile." ”

Fang Shu said expressionlessly: "These two things. The officers of the military department and the capital department have seen it, and they all think that the ingenuity is unique, but I don't know where you learned this technique, so I specially asked the general to come to check it. The stakes are too high for you to hide. ”

Su Hao's heart froze, and he couldn't help but glance at Hao Tong. Hao Tong stood beside Fang Shu and lowered his head. didn't look at Su Hao either, obviously he didn't want to get involved. Su Hao was slightly annoyed in his heart, he contributed such two technologies, both of which were beneficial to the military. Instead of commending the military at all, they also sent someone over and put on an interrogation posture.

"Lord Huifang, these two techniques are all developed by the students themselves, not taught by outsiders." Su Hao simply didn't push it on any Franc man, this is what I invented myself, what can you do with me?

Fang said: "Are you sure so? ”

"Sure how." Su Hao replied firmly.

"Sure enough, it's a genius!" A smile appeared on Fang Shu's face, it turned out that his previous performance was just pretending, wanting to bluff Su Hao and see if he could deceive a little truth. Now that Su Hao insisted that he had invented it himself, he didn't continue to pretend.

On the day Hao Tong ran out of Su Hao's house, he had already sent the telescope and map to Nanchang Wei. After inspecting these two things, the commander of Nanchang Wei knew that they were very important to the military, so without delay, he immediately reported the matter to the Jiangxi Metropolitan Division, and then the Jiangxi Metropolitan Division sent a fast horse to Nanjing and reported the matter to the Nanjing Military Department.

The officials of the Nanjing Military Department were also quite shocked when they saw these two things, and they arranged for people to go to the Miscellaneous Manufacturing Bureau, the Ordnance Bureau, the Baoquan Bureau, and other units under the Ministry of Industry to go to the old craftsmen and inquire about them repeatedly, and the answer they received was that they had never seen such a thing. As a result, the Nanjing Military Department sent an official letter to the Jiangxi Metropolitan Division, asking the Jiangxi Metropolitan Division to confirm who the inventor of these two things was, and requesting that this person be incorporated into the military for reuse.

This work took more than ten days, which should be regarded as a very fast pace in the era when there were no modern means of transportation and communication. After receiving the letter from the Nanjing Military Department, the Jiangxi Metropolitan Division arranged for Nanchang Wei to send Fang Shu to Fengcheng to handle the matter.

"Su Hao, if the telescope and this contour method you invented can be used in our army, it can increase the combat power of our army by three percent. Wu Shangshu of the Nanjing Military Department is full of praise for your two inventions. He will come to ask you, will you want to serve in our army? Fang Shu asked.

"Serving in the army?" Su Hao was stunned for a moment, "Master Fang, how can a student join the army and serve if he has no power?" ”

Fang said: "Those who have a plan do not need to be brave. Zhuge Kongming when he thought about the Three Kingdoms was not known for his bravery. Brother Su is talented and intelligent, if he can join our army to serve, he will definitely have a bright future. ”

"What can I do when I go to the army?" Su Hao asked.

Fang said: "The method of making this telescope, the Nanjing Ministry of Industry has already looked at the craftsman, and I feel that although the design is very ingenious, it is not difficult to imitate it." But after reading these high-line maps, the people in the military department said that although they knew the meaning, they didn't know how to survey and map, so they still need to ask you to pass on the scouts in our army. ”

"No, I invented this telescope, so you're going to copy it like this?" Su Hao said with a depressed face, think about it, there was no patent protection law back then, and the military wanted to imitate it, what can you do with them? The principle of the telescope is very simple, as long as the military gets a sample, it can be imitated, and it cannot be kept secret if it wants to.

Seeing Su Hao's reluctant look, Hao Tong raised his head and interjected: "Master Su, I have already presented this matter to Zhang Dusi, what Zhang Dusi means is that since the telescope was created by Master Su, it is better for the military to purchase it from Master Su." Zhang Dusi also knew that this colorless glass was worth a lot of money, and it was not improper to say that a telescope cost 100 taels of silver. ”

"What you said is true?" Su Hao's eyes lit up. The Zhang Dusi mentioned by Hao Tong, Su Hao once heard Tu Wenhuan talk about it, referring to Zhang Hong, the head of the Jiangxi Dusi, who is the leader of the entire Jiangxi Provincial military. This person and Tu Wenhuan used to serve in the same military department, and they had some personal friends, if he said that he wanted to purchase a telescope from Su Hao, and he could pay the price of 100 taels, it would be great news.

Fang Shu said with a smile: "This matter is true. The Nanjing Military Department also asked the miscellaneous manufacturing bureau of the Ministry of Industry to estimate the price, and they said that it would cost a lot to refine this colorless and translucent glaze, and it would take a lot to calculate the loss when polishing, and 100 taels would not be able to be made. If the Jiangxi Dusi can buy it at the price of 100 taels and one piece, the Nanjing Military Department also plans to buy one or two hundred. ”

"Uh...... It's a bit difficult, but since it's needed by the military department, students should find a way to overcome it. It is only natural for the military to protect the territory and the people, and for us to share the worries of the military. Su Hao held back a smile desperately, pretending to be righteous and awe-inspiring, and replied.

Su Hao has learned from Hao Yizong that due to the deviation in the production process, the cost of making colorless transparent glass by craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty is very high. In addition, the management costs of those workshops under the Ministry of Industry are amazingly high, and what ordinary people can make for 1 tael of silver may cost 10 taels of silver in the Ministry of Industry. The Ministry of Industry said that the cost of a telescope is more than 100 taels of silver, which is why it is for this reason.

As for the production cost on Su Hao's side, in fact, Hao Tong knows very well in his heart that a telescope is worth 1 tael of silver. But obviously, he didn't reveal this secret to his boss, so he won the order price of 100 taels of silver for Su Hao and a telescope. Now it seems that the Nanjing Military Department alone wants one or two hundred telescopes, and at the price of 100 taels of one, it is a big order of 120,000 taels of silver.

Hao Tong, enough buddy! Su Hao said secretly in his heart.

Fang Shu said: "You can hand over the telescope to a private workshop to do, and you don't have to do it yourself to avoid suspicion." Zhang Dusi wants to recruit you into the army, because he wants you to teach the military a group of scouts who are proficient in surveying and mapping and cartography, and now the army everywhere is short of such talents. ”

"If you just let students teach surveying and mapping, you don't have to enlist in the army, right? All you have to do is send these people over, and I'll give them a lecture. Su Hao said.

Fang said: "Su Hao, recruiting you to serve in the army is what Zhang Dusi meant. With a military identity, it will be more convenient to do something. You can rest assured that if you plan to participate in the imperial examination in the future, you can take off this military status at any time. If you don't want to participate in the imperial examination, you will have a good future if you take this martial arts career. ”

"Is that so? I don't know what position Zhang Dusi arranged for the students. Su Hao asked.

Fang Shu took out a piece of paper from his arms, put it on the table, and said: "This is a hundred households issued by the Nanjing Military Department, if Brother Su is willing, as long as you fill in your name on this notice, you will be a hundred households in my Ming army." ”