That night, Zhu Jun slaughtered a few fat pigs, put dozens of jars of wine in the valley, gathered the people, said a bunch of words of encouragement, and talked about the wine until late at night, and then was drunk and helped back to the residence by the little eunuch.

When he woke up the next day, Zhu Jun felt dizzy, he barely got up and asked Xiao Guizi to get a basin of water and wipe his face to be sober.

"Chen Sanxi and Li Tieda from the workshop asked to see the emperor early in the morning, but they were blocked back by the slave maid, and they are still waiting outside the door." Xiao Guizi smiled and wrung out the face towel for Zhu Jun and said.

"Oh." Zhu Jun knew what was going on, he took Xiao Guizi's wrung out face towel and wiped it on his face, wiped the moisture on his face, straightened his clothes and said, "Let them come in." ”

Soon, Chen Sanxi and Li Tieda came in with a formed imitation steel crossbow, and before they could see the salute, Zhu Jun stretched out his finger and pointed at the steel crossbow and said, "No need to be polite, take this steel crossbow to take a look." ”

After taking over the steel crossbow, Zhu Jun carefully checked the subtleties, the imitation steel crossbow was relatively rough compared to the original one, but on the whole, it was decent, but this kind of poor steel was not smooth enough, which would inevitably affect the accuracy of the shooting, and Zhu Jun was still satisfied overall.

"Damn it, this steel crossbow is much different from the emperor's crossbow, the range is only eighty zhang, and the accuracy seems to be a little off, please forgive the emperor." Li Tie pulled his face bitterly, obviously not very satisfied with this imitation steel crossbow.

Eighty zhang is about two hundred meters, although compared to Zhu Jun's steel crossbow from modern times is twenty zhang worse, but Zhu Jun has been very satisfied, at least than the most advanced arquebus in this era The range is twice as high, and the hand crossbow uses the pedal method to pull the bowstring, and the arquebus is to load ammunition at the barrel, compared with the two, the rate of fire of the hand crossbow is at least twice as fast as the arquebus, although after a hundred years, the development of firearms gradually prevailed, and the bow and crossbow were gradually eliminated, but unfortunately this is the seventeenth century, Zhu Jun chose to major in agriculture and forestry when he was in college, and where he knew how to improve complex things such as guns, a steel crossbow that could shoot with one hand was his best choice.

"You don't have to be presumptuous, I am already very satisfied with being able to do this, and I will build according to this system in the future, the more the better." Zhu Jun encouraged Li Tie and said: "But you can't be stiff in your work, you can study and study how to improve in your spare time, and I will fully support you." ”

"And Chen Sanxi, firearms will be the foundation of my Ming Dynasty in the future, although the current firearms are too far from steel crossbows, but you are proficient in firearms, you can also do some research, and bring a few apprentices out."

"The villain will never fail the emperor." The two solemnly knelt down and saluted Zhu Jun.

At this time, Xiao Guizi had already brought Zhu Jun's breakfast, a bowl of millet porridge, and a few plates of side dishes, although not luxurious, but also small and exquisite.

"You haven't had breakfast yet, so come, come, sit down and eat with me. Xiao Guizi, go and bring two bowls of porridge. Zhu Jun sat on the stool and picked up his chopsticks.

"Your Majesty." The voices of the two were a little choked, and tears flashed in their eyes, this is definitely not a fake, let alone hypocrisy, at this time, the artisan household and the lowly are almost only one step away, and the social status is very low, although Zhu Jun is said to be the son of heaven in distress, it is also unattainable in their eyes, like the emperor's banquet, this kind of thing is only available to some close ministers, Chen Sanxi and Li Tieda are not grateful, then there is a problem.

"What's wrong? Come and sit down, and you're welcome. Zhu Jun and Yan Yuese beckoned to the two, in fact, his words were just unintentional words, in the previous life, as long as the family came to the dinner time, how could there be a reason not to invite guests to eat together, Zhu Jun just now was a purely natural reaction, and did not feel that there was a problem, at this time, seeing the demeanor of Chen Sanxi and Li Tie, he remembered that he was the son of heaven of the Ming Dynasty, no wonder they were grateful, but this method of winning people's hearts is not bad, Zhu Jun is more enthusiastic.

The two sat down cautiously, and accompanied Zhu Jun to have breakfast before leaving.

Xiao Guizi came over to clean up the dishes and chopsticks with his robe, Zhu Jun glanced at the imitation steel crossbow, and said to Xiao Guizi: "Don't be busy cleaning up first, you go and ask the commander Zhang Youde, and Mu Jianming of the hundred households to come to see me." ”

After a short time, the panting Zhang Youde and Mu Jianming came in, they had just come back in the morning, their breath had not eased, and when they heard the emperor's summons, they rushed over non-stop.

"Sit down, I have something to say." In front of the generals who were close to him, Zhu Jun's kind smile disappeared and was replaced by a harsh face.

He can indulge the craftsmen, but he can't do it to these soldiers, if you call them brothers, they will lose their fear, and the only way to convince these people is to be more brutal and ruthless than them. Whoever dares to offend the rules set by Zhu Jun, no matter who it is, is a killing word, so that they will fear you and will bow down to carry out every wise or absurd order you have.

"Please show the emperor." The two of them clasped their fists together and saluted.

Zhu Jun pointed to the imitation steel crossbow on the table, and said to Mu Jianming: "Mu Baihu, look at this steel crossbow, how does it compare to your Mu family's firearms in Yunnan?" ”

Mu Jianming took the steel crossbow and looked back and forth: "The steel is good steel, and the crossbow is also very chic, but the last general doesn't know what the range of this steel crossbow is?" ”

"Eighty zhang."

"Huh?" Mu Jianming made a strange sound in surprise, he had played with the firearms in Yunnan since he was a child, and the farthest range was less than forty zhang, and a one-handed steel crossbow actually reached a terrifying eighty zhang, what kind of concept is this? For example, if the Shenji battalion of the Ming Dynasty faced off against a pair of cavalry, the steel crossbow with a range of 80 zhang could start shooting from 80 zhang away, while ordinary firearms could not attack until the opponent was close to 40 zhang, and this double distance alone could increase the casualty rate of the enemy by more than double, not to mention that the rate of fire of the one-handed crossbow was at least twice that of the firearm, and the lethality was at least doubled.

"I ordered you to establish a Shenji battalion, with three hundred soldiers under your command, and practice the three-stage combined attack method day and night, and there must be no slackness, do you understand?" Zhu Jun said.

"The last will obey." Mu Jianming responded excitedly, with these strong crossbows, coupled with three hundred crossbowmen, it will definitely be able to create a powerful Shenji Battalion, which Mu Jianming is very confident about, he hesitated for a while and said: "Your Majesty, to build a Shenji Battalion, the last general still needs a few helpers, otherwise no matter how hard the last general is, I am afraid that he will be weak." ”

Zhu Jun said: "What kind of helper do you need?" ”

"When the Mu family was in Yunnan, there were four generals of Liu Baifang and Su, and they knew the method of three-stage attack training, when the emperor entered Burma, my father also took these four generals into Burma together, and now they have nothing to do in the village, it is better to let them assist the last general, and they can also create an elite army for the emperor."

(Liu Baifang's Su Sijia will be true, and it has also appeared in Jin Yong's Lu Ding Ji, I checked it for a long time, and finally knew that it was also recorded in the historical materials.) ）

Zhu Jun glanced at Mu Jianming hesitantly, if he agreed to Mu Jianming's proposal, then it would mean that the entire Shenji Battalion was firmly controlled by the Mu family, and Mu Tianbo had a very high prestige among the Wenchens, if they rebelled, he would not have the power to parry at all, Zhu Jun had to consider this, no matter how loyal the Mu family was to him, he could not help but be completely defenseless, he pondered for a while and said: "These four families will not join the army for a long time, it is better to do this, I will appoint them as the teachers of the Shenji Battalion, only training, not leading troops, how about it?" ”

"Your Majesty." Mu Jianming is a confused young man, where does he understand the power of this. Zhang Youde on the side was in his heart and understood the key, but this is also a good thing for him, the Mu family is too powerful in the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Zhu Jun wants to suppress the Mu family, and he will definitely stabilize Zhang Youde's rights in the army, so that they can check and balance each other, he was originally afraid that Mu Jianming would threaten his position after joining the guard, but now he is finally relieved.

"General Zhang, from now on, the right guard of Longjiang is divided into two battalions, namely the Shenyong Battalion and the Shenji Battalion, the Shenyong Battalion Master is in close combat, holding a gun and shield in his hand, and the Shenji Battalion Master is fighting from afar, hitting the enemy with a bow and crossbow, how about I make you the commander of the Shenyong Battalion, and Mu Jianming is the commander of the Shenji Battalion?" Zhu Jun said.

"Command!" Zhang Youde felt that this distribution was fair, after all, Mu Jianming was the prince of the country, and it didn't matter if he divided his three hundred people, as long as he didn't rob him of his commanding name, the others could be discussed.

"How's the training of the minerates now?" Zhu Jun settled the issue of the military system, and asked casually in a relaxed tone.

"A few days ago, the brothers were not used to the new training methods, but now they are getting used to it." Zhang Youde replied.

Zhu Jun smiled and said, "Since you are used to it, then from tomorrow onwards, you will run thirty miles in the morning every day, and after training in the afternoon, each person will do a hundred jumps, otherwise you are not allowed to eat." ”

Zhu Jun's principle is like this, since you have eaten my food, drunk the wine and meat I rewarded, and taken my monthly salary, I am really sorry for myself if you don't squeeze some surplus value from you to the maximum. Gradually increasing the intensity of training can tap the potential of soldiers to a greater extent, sweating more in peacetime and shedding less blood in wartime, which is not an empty slogan.

Zhang Youde shuddered, and hurriedly nodded yes, but he secretly sighed in his heart that those poor soldiers didn't know how much they would have to suffer.