The establishment of the Academy of Sciences, the status of the Academy of Sciences to the same level as the six departments, and the collection of some skilled and innovative craftsmen, let them enjoy a certain title, pay a certain amount of subsidies on time every month, let them concentrate on the exchange and learning in the Academy of Sciences, and let them enter the workshop for a period of time every month to teach craftsmen how to improve the relevant forging process, so that those who have the so-called ancestral secret recipe may flock to it, with their own secret recipe to join the Academy of Sciences and share knowledge with everyone.

In ancient times, the status of craftsmen and merchants was very low, if they could be attracted by official rank and remuneration, I am afraid that no one would want to rely on the so-called secret recipe to mix rice, this way may be more rich than the former, but do not get the corresponding status, but everywhere is looked down upon, even their descendants are stipulated that they can not be tested for fame, if you want to change your fate, only out of the lowly status, after three generations, the descendants can restore their due social status.

The system of the Academy of Sciences is very attractive to these people, it not only provides another way to change their fate, but Zhu Jun also intends to conceive of the issue of charging for related patents, but this idea can only be thought of, if it is to be established at least a year later, Zhu Jun can imagine how much backlash the conservative officials will provoke at that time, I am afraid that even Mu Tianbo, who has always supported him, will jump out against him.

Everything is inferior, only reading is high. This famous saying, which has been passed down for thousands of years, is not just empty words, it is the pride of the entire scholarly class, and it is the core of the entire Confucian civilization.

Zhu Jun was not a deviant person in his previous life, but in this era, he became a traitor to the mainstream because of the ideas of his previous life, and it is obviously not so easy to fight against the power of the entire world on his own, and the more drastic the reform, the more fierce the reform, the more fierce the backlash, Zhu Jun does not have the courage to fight the world alone, so he can only be forced to choose another way - imperceptibly.

Aside from distractions, Zhu Jun put all his energy on the manufacture of cement, which was widely used in later generations, and Zhu Jun planned to use cement to build some fortifications outside the village in order to cope with future changes.

The manufacturing process of cement is very simple, and there are only a few simple ingredients, but because of the limitations of this era, the production process is full of hardships.

Zhu Jun first let people grind the limestone transported from the tile city into powder, in the era when there was no machine, it was very difficult and protracted to grind the stone into powder, fortunately, the limestone is not hard, under the joint efforts of everyone, the whole half of the morning actually grinded out a full sixty catties of powder, although the results are not ideal compared to Zhu Jun, but now it is only the trial production stage, but it is not forced to produce it.

The next step was to mix clay and limestone with each other, and dozens of porters brought a load of clay into a large pit loaded with lime powder, and soon, dozens of people with shovels turned up and down in the pit to fully mix the lime powder and clay, and after two hours of busy work, the preliminary process of cement was finally completed.

Zhu Jun saw that it was getting late, so he asked the craftsmen to go back to rest first, but he took some concrete and returned to the hut.

"Xiao Guizi, you go to get a pot and come outside the house to make a fire, remember, the fire must be big, and then call me after the iron pot is red." Zhu Jun carefully wrapped the concrete into a ball and placed it on the table.

"Your Majesty, but is there anything new? The slave and maid will do it. Xiao Guizi said with a flattering grin, he has always been the little eunuch of Emperor Yongli, since Zhu Jun pretended to be Emperor Yongli, he suddenly found that Zhu Jun's temper has become extremely good, and he is no longer scolding indiscriminately for a little eunuch like him, and Xiao Guizi, who was originally trembling and frightened, also looks cheerful, and sometimes when he sees Zhu Jun in a good mood, he will also say a few jokes.

"Go and come back quickly, I'm in a hurry to use it, by the way, you go and call Commander Mu too, I have something to ask him." Zhu Jun took off his coat and lay on the couch with his eyes closed.

After a while, Mu Jianming came in a hurry, he obviously just got out of training, his whole body was covered in armor, and his whole body exuded a smell of stinky sweat, after the ceremony, Mu Jianming said: "The emperor summoned the last general to come, what do you have to say, the last general will do it." ”

Zhu Jun opened his eyes slightly, turned sideways and got out of bed, and couldn't help but glance at Mu Jianming, only to see that his originally white face had become a lot darker, and a thick beard had grown under his chin, and his face was much thinner.

"For the sake of the generals, you should share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, you have done a good job, I see that you are not lazy." Zhu Jun stood up and patted Mu Jianming's thick shoulder, and praised it.

Mu Jianming's face was slightly red: "The emperor is serious, the last general was not so good, it's just those sea... No, it was the people of the water master who wanted to challenge the Shenji Battalion three times and twice, and the last general was afraid of losing face, so he practiced diligently. ”

Zhu Jun's heart moved, since he could divide the craftsman's workshop into two and let them participate in the competition, why couldn't the army? However, this is just an idea, the specific plan has not yet been confirmed, Zhu Jun only smiled, and said: "I asked you to come here to study and study the construction of the crossbow tower with you, I plan to build a number of strong fortifications outside the village, Gukou and other important places, you are the commander of the Shenji Battalion, naturally you should know where the crossbowman is in order to exert the maximum combat power." ”

Mu Jianming said: "Does the emperor want to build a city wall?" Since you want to give full play to the advantages of crossbowmen, the higher the better, so as to increase the range of the bow and crossbow, and also improve the vision of some crossbowmen, but if the city wall is built too high, it will cost a lot, and the gains outweigh the losses. ”

Zhu Jun nodded: "It makes sense, you come here." As he spoke, he walked to the table, until Mu Jianming approached, then he picked up a brush from the table, dipped it in some ink, spread out a scroll of paper, and drew on the paper.

After a while, Zhu Jun breathed a sigh of relief, threw down the pen and pointed to the paper scroll and said, "Let's see, if it is built like this, is it reasonable?" ”

Mu Jianming looked at it and saw a straight line drawn on the paper, on which were painted various concave and convex small platforms, and the dimensions of the small platforms were marked, some were one meter high, and some were two meters or even three meters high.

Zhu Jun pointed to the straight line and explained: "This line is the city wall, which is three meters high. He pointed to the small platform on the paper and said: "On this three-meter city wall, and then increase the height of the small platform by one to three meters, so that some crossbowmen who are not outstanding only need to stand on the three-meter city wall to hit the enemy, and all the crossbowmen with better eyesight and accurate shooting are placed on the high platform of three meters to one meter according to their respective abilities, in order to increase their range and vision, so as to save some costs, and can rely on their respective abilities to choose the right position, everyone performs their duties, and it is not worse than those four or five meters high city wall defense." ”

Mu Jianming nodded thoughtfully: "What the emperor said is that the last general will promote some accurate crossbowmen to force training these days, and make sure that they become sharpshooters guarding the high platform, so that the effect will be greater." ”

Zhu Jun saw that Mu Jianming could understand what he meant, so he smiled and put aside the business and chatted with Mu Jianming, after all, Zhu Jun is a traversal person, both in terms of vision and experience, he is more long-term than everyone, so he seems to be much more mature. This young general is about the same age as himself, and although Zhu Jun feels that he is not calm enough, he can still find some common topics.

"Tell me why those sailor soldiers are constantly challenging you."