"That's you." Chongzhen was overjoyed when he heard this.

"Chen Zilong, from now on, you will be in charge of the Agricultural Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

"You can also select a hundred scholars from the Shizi Camp to serve as agricultural ministers."

"In Xuzhou, Nanzhi and even the entire Ming Dynasty, the promotion of the planting of sweet potatoes, buds and potatoes is the sole responsibility of the Agricultural Branch, but what you have to do now is to select and breed."

Chongzhen repeated what he had just said.

"Commandment." Chen Zilong gladly received the holy decree.

In another time and space, Chen Zilong committed suicide by throwing himself into the water after the failure of the Qing Dynasty, but in fact, what he likes to do most is not to fight, but to study knowledge, so he is very happy with Chongzhen's appointment, especially as the agricultural science capital, he can also carry forward the knowledge of the teacher Xuanhu Gong and benefit Li Shu.

As long as it is for the benefit of Li Shu, Chen Zilong is willing.

What's more, the professional counterpart in this matter can inherit the teacher's legacy.

Chongzhen is also very happy, because the Ministry of Internal Affairs is gradually improving.

Now, in addition to Ma Mingluo, the deputy director, there are already three departments, three of which are given to the middle of the matter, namely the mission department is given to Ruan Dacheng in the matter, the agricultural department is given to Chen Zilong in the matter, and the medical department is given to Fu Shan.

In the future, other departments should be gradually improved, but we should not be in a hurry.

Chongzhen's attitude towards this is that he would rather lack than abuse, and would rather take a smaller step so as not to pull the egg.

told Gao Qiqian to harvest the harvested bud potatoes and sweet potatoes, and Chongzhen took Zhu Cijiong and Shiziying back to Xingzai.

Although Gao Qiqian didn't say anything about this, he could see that he was still unhappy in his heart, after all, this eunuch was still ambitious, so he didn't want to take the little eunuch to farm, and was more willing to serve the king.

But Chongzhen will not care about this, in the future power structure of the Ming Dynasty, there is no place for eunuchs, and the only mission of eunuchs in the future is to do some rough work in the palace.

……

Chongzhen had just returned to Xuzhou and received another piece of good news.

The artillery instructors hired from Macao through Bu Miga finally arrived.

Fifty other mercenaries arrived in Xuzhou together.

This is the second time that Macao has sent a mercenary team to the Ming Dynasty.

More than 20 years ago, Macao sent mercenaries to train artillery for the Ming Dynasty.

It is a pity that this artillery was later cheaper than Jiannu along with hundreds of Hongyi cannons.

So this is the second time that Macau has sent instructors and mercenaries to the Ming Dynasty, but the number is not as large as the last time.

"Your Majesty the Great and Mighty Emperor, King of Kings of the Entire East, Qu Shawei from distant Europa has obeyed your call and has come to your dispatch with fifty faithful warriors across thousands of mountains and rivers, and God can testify that we will be your most loyal servants."

Qu Sha came up slightly, and there was a lot of enthusiastic Western.

Well, it's all for the sake of silver, money can make ghosts grind, a few sycophants are nothing.

Chongzhen would not be stupid enough to believe these nonsense, and after listening to the translation, he asked: "Qu Shawei, it is only a few hundred miles from Macao to Xuzhou, why have you walked for more than two months?" ”

"Your Majesty is angry." Qu Shawei hurriedly explained, "I could have arrived a month ago, but I was delayed in order to wait for a merchant ship from Goa, because this ship has the artillery observation instruments that Your Majesty urgently needs. ”…

"Observation instruments?" Chongzhen's heart moved, "All the observation instruments are ready?" ”

"It's all set." Qu Sha stroked his hand slightly and said, "I have also brought two more pairs of tools such as telescopes and astrolabes for geodesics, compasses, protractors, and triangular rulers for cartography. ”

Chongzhen smiled and asked, "Just say it directly, how much?" ”

Qu Sha slightly stroked his hand and said, "A total of ten taels of silver, Your Majesty." ”

Chongzhen laughed dumbly when he heard this, and said in his heart that the red-haired ghost had just this vision.

At the moment, Chongzhen ordered Wang Chengen to take twenty taels of silver from Qu Shawei, just a little money, as long as Qu Shawei can train the artillery for the Ming army, let alone twenty taels, what does it matter if he gives him two thousand taels?

Qu Shawei was overjoyed: "God, Your Majesty the Emperor, you are really generous, you can be your servant, Qu Shawei really feels very honored, Qu Shawei will definitely do her best to train the artillery unit for Your Majesty." ”

"Then don't stay here and talk nonsense." Chongzhen said directly, "Let's go to the barracks to demonstrate first." ”

After listening to the translation, Qu Shawei said happily: "Of course, this is what your servant should do. ”

However, Qu Shawei obviously lacked an estimate of the complexity of the Ming army's artillery models, so when he followed Chongzhen to Ma Huabao's camp and saw the artillery equipped in the town of Ma Huabao, the whole person was almost stupid on the spot.

"Oh no, it must not be true." Qu Shawei held her head in her hands and said, "How can it be so messy?" ”

The fifty grape tooth mercenaries who came with Qu Shawei also looked at each other, because in the past twenty years, the artillery of European countries has gradually achieved the standardization of models.

For example, in the case of Spanish artillery, there are only seven models left.

Another example is the British artillery, which is divided into several models according to the weight of the projectile.

This is how the 8-pounder, 10-pounder and 12-pounder gun models came about.

In short, the degree of standardization of these guns has been very high, not only projectiles, but also parts can be universal, so there is a professional subject of artillery observation.

Without the standardization of artillery, there is no artillery observation.

However, the artillery of the Ming army was not standardized at all.

The model regulations are disorganized, and even the caliber of the same model is inconsistent.

The last time Macao sent instructors and mercenaries to the Ming Dynasty, the artillery equipped with its own army and navy had not been standardized, so it was naturally impossible to bring standardization to the Ming Dynasty.

However, there has been an introduction to standardization in works such as "Illustrated Description of Weapons" and "Fire Attack Deed".

But it is only a general introduction, just a mouthful, how to standardize, the standardized artillery is divided into several models, and what are the specific size parameters of each model, none of these contents.

"Oh, my God." Qu Shawei said to Chongzhen with a bitter face, "Your Majesty the Wise Emperor, your servant Qu Shawei is really an excellent artillery observation expert, but there is no way to give the same firing parameters to two guns that have nothing in common, this is absolutely impossible. ”…

Chongzhen smiled and said, "You just assume that the parameters of these cannons are the same. ”

"Huh? Suppose these artillery parameters are the same? Qu Sha was slightly dumbfounded, "How do you assume this?" ”

"Assume whatever you want." Chongzhen pointed to the soldier behind him and said, "I will give you a month, and within a month, these students must basically learn artillery observation." ”

There were probably more than a hundred scholars standing behind Chongzhen.

This is the first batch of artillery selected by Chongzhen, and there will be a second and third batch later......

Chongzhen's goal was to make every soldier learn artillery observation and ballistic calculations.

"No, no, no, it's impossible." Qu Shawei was so anxious that she shook her hand again and again, "Your Majesty the Emperor, your servant Qu Shawei has absolutely no disrespect, but it is absolutely impossible to teach these students to observe within a month, and no one can master artillery observation within a month." ”

"Listen, I don't require proficiency." Chongzhen corrected, "It is only required to learn the rough step, or rather, to learn the methods and processes of observation, and at the same time to memorize the calculation formula of the trajectory." ”

"Oh God." Qu Sha said in surprise, "Your Majesty the omnipotent emperor, you actually know ballistics?" Also know that there is a formula for calculating ballistics? ”

"I know a lot more than you think." Chongzhen snorted lightly and said, "So don't think about being clever, you do your best to teach these students how to observe and calculate ballistics as soon as possible." ”

The principle of observation and the calculation formula are difficult for the uneducated soldiers, but it is not difficult for these scholars who can read and write and have a considerable cultural foundation.

It is not difficult to learn basic observation methods and memorize ballistic formulas within a month.

Of course, learning how to observe and memorizing ballistic formulas does not mean that you have become a good observer, but you need to accumulate a lot of observations.

However, this is not possible at this stage.

Because even the standardization of artillery has not been achieved, there is no way to talk about the accumulation of observations.

Chongzhen said again: "In short, you only need to be responsible for teaching, if you do this errand well, I will not treat you badly, and even let you be the commander-in-chief of artillery." ”

"Commander-in-Chief of Artillery?" Qu Shawei suddenly became interested and asked, "How many cannons are there?" ”

"There will be a lot of cannons, many more cannons than you think!" Chongzhen smiled, and continued, "The most conservative estimate is that there will be tens of thousands of artillery pieces!" ”

Chongzhen actually only said half of it.

This commander-in-chief of artillery was only responsible for artillery construction and training.

"Tens of thousands of cannons?" Qu Shawei's mouth was wide enough to swallow a goose egg.

Chongzhen said, "In addition, I can also offer you a good salary. ”

Qu Shawei stopped pretending, licked her lips and asked, "How rich can it be?" ”

"Fifty taels a month!" Chongzhen directly offered a price that was enough to make Qu Sha slightly break the defense.

At that moment, Qu Shawei stroked his hand and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, your servant Qu Shawei has been conquered by your vision, and it is really nothing whether the salary is not paid, the main thing is that your servant Qu Weisha really loves this job, so please rest assured, these students will be taught how to observe and calculate ballistics within a month." ”

Chongzhen smiled slightly, and said, "By the way, these students haven't studied modern mathematics yet. ”

"Huh, huh? Yes! Qu Sha was slightly stunned, and then reacted, she hadn't studied mathematics? In other words, we have to start with the most basic mathematics? My God, fooled!

But the words have already been spoken.

It's too late to regret it.