At present, the Ordnance and Gunpowder Bureau has temporarily set up four branch factories to manufacture muskets, artillery, explosive mines, and gunpowder.

The musket is the focus of Zhu Youxiao's requirements, and now the monthly output has finally exceeded 3,000, but it cannot meet the requirements of the new army.

In fact, Zhu Youxiao was puzzled about this output. According to his idea, more than 5,000 craftsmen can make at least one musket a month per person, right?

For this reason, Xu Guangqi and others had no choice but to write a book to give the young emperor a science popularization of the manufacturing process of the firecracker, and explain in detail the bottleneck of production and manufacturing.

At that time, the process of making the gun was about four or five steps, and the most time-consuming of them was trimming, that is, drilling out the gun boring and breaking the crosshair.

Due to the technological limitations at that time, the efficiency of the soil drilling machine with wood as the frame, the stone plate as the inertia wheel, and the leather strip as the soil drilling machine pulled by manpower was not high.

Zhu Youxiao read the question book, went to the factory for a field inspection, and came up with his own analysis and judgment.

The root of the low efficiency of the soil drilling machine lies in the quality of the tool, at that time, the good drill bit and the frustration knife were made of a material called fallen steel, but it was not hard enough!

Therefore, almost half of the time spent making firecrackers is drilled and scraped, sometimes as long as a month.

"Ji Xiao Xinshu" recorded: "(Bird) the original hole is very small, drill it with a steel drill, drill an inch a day, until the end, and drill light in January." ”

Knowing the problem, Zhu Youxiao also had a solution. He can't get any open hearth and converter for the time being, but he still knows how to make steel from graphite clay crucibles.

Of course, this steelmaking method is unlikely to produce large quantities, but as a tool steel material, it can still meet the requirements and then increase the output of firecrackers.

Although Zhu Youxiao didn't know exactly when the crucible steelmaking method appeared in history, he asked the ghosts about it, and there should be no way to produce liquid steel now.

That-this has to be kept secret, and foreigners can't know about it.

So, Zhu Youxiao made use of the Inner Government Ordnance Bureau, built a well-defended Royal No. 1 Factory, recruited craftsmen, and let Xu Guangqi and others start tinkering with crucibles and steelmaking.

When the crucible steelmaking experiment was successful, Zhu Youxiao needed not only drills and files, but also various molds and elastic reeds to solve the biggest problem in flintlock pistol manufacturing.

"Kill, kill, kill!" The shouting and killing sound that shook the audience pulled Zhu Youxiao's thoughts back.

Zhu Youxiao put down the binoculars and smiled to express his appreciation.

The Four Guards Battalion and the Warrior Battalion are trained like this, which is very good. At least, there is no problem guarding the palace. Jingying, you can also reorganize it with a heavy hand.

"It's a great practice, and I'm rewarded." Zhu Youxiao opened his mouth and said: "Each soldier will be rewarded with three taels of silver, and the officer will be rewarded with five taels of silver. ”

Although it hurts, this reward cannot be less. There will also be rewards for the officers and soldiers who quelled Xu Hongru's rebellion. Zhu Youxiao calculated it behind his back, and almost lost sleep.

The oracle of the emperor's reward was gradually amplified by the guards and reached the ears of the officers and soldiers on the school ground.

"Hooray, hooray, hooray!" The officers and men knelt on one knee and thanked the emperor with a voice like a mountain and a tsunami.

Kong Youde knelt on one knee, and didn't forget to squeeze his eyebrows at Zhang Pan next to him, and it was not too much to say that his eyebrows were flying.

After the drill, Emperor Wuyingdian summoned them to a banquet, which could be regarded as a feast for them. Because, they will return to their original troops and start their journey again.

Hehe, a treatment that you can't dream of! If it weren't for the public eye, he would have been happy to roll on the ground.

In fact, there are many people who are just as excited as him, even Zhang Pan. It's just that he is more reserved and can hold on.

But seeing the Huang Luo umbrella moving in the distance, the emperor had already set off and turned back to the palace.

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Regarding the placement of these generals, Zhu Youxiao had a period of entanglement. For example, Zu Dashou, such as Kong Youde.

change these guys with bad deeds in history, Xiangzu Dashou and Kong Youde are exchanged, and Liaodong is exchanged for Dongjiang; Or transfer to another military town as a general, wouldn't it be better?

In the end, Zhu Youxiao decided not to do it.

The reason is very simple, even Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others, he can ignore them. I believe that I can change the environment and reverse the trajectory of historical development, not to mention Zu Dashou them!

I am worthy of you, and I will make the country worthy of everyone who has paid for it.

If the last Dongjiang Town fell apart and rebels were frequent, the overall root cause was Mao Wenlong and Mao Wenlong's killing.

But will it still be the way it was in history, no, it has changed!

Although Dongjiang Town is still isolated overseas, it is by no means an independent kingdom, and all the situation will be known to the imperial court.

Can Mao Wenlong still be dominant? Can he still be attacked by civilian officials for lying about the military situation, and deviate from the court because of the issue of food and salary?

I'm not a faint king!

I won't let Daming sink!

I will not let the soldiers who fought for the country shed blood and tears!

I will not let my people cry and struggle in the abyss of blood and fire!

When Zhu Youxiao meditated around the room and finally burst out of his chest this solemn oath, he had already made his final decision.

When I returned to the Qianqing Palace, I washed and changed my clothes, and prepared to go to the Wuying Palace to give a banquet to the generals.

There are some things that still have to be explained; There are some things that also need to be reminded.

These generals and troops who rushed to various military towns were the kindling that would form a prairie fire in the Ming army.

Of course, some prevention work has already been done.

It's not about anyone, it's not about keeping any hostages, but it's a new rule in the Ming army, family members are not allowed to accompany the army, and there are also regulations such as strictly prohibiting raising private soldiers.

The Xiangzu family has been relocated from Ningyuan City and resettled in Jinnan. In this way, Zhu Youxiao is not so worried about Zu Dashou becoming long-legged again.

And with Xiong Tingbi, the smasher of the Jiangmen family, coupled with his full support, Zhu Youxiao is not too worried about the emergence of scum like the warlords of Liaoxi in history.

That's right, Xiong Tingbi was forced to leave his post for the first time, largely because his promotion of advantages and elimination of disadvantages touched the original corrupt officer system in Liaodong, and the interests of various military leaders in Liaodong, including the Li Chengliang family.

Xiong Tingbi's "Liao people are not available" also refers to the Liaodong army leaders and scholars, these guys take the preservation of strength as the first when they fight, and repeatedly trap the guest army who enter the Liao to fight.

In other words, for ordinary Liao people, Xiong Tingbi still trusts and relies on him.

And Nurhachi's sudden rise to unify the Jurchen tribes was precisely because of Li Chengliang's indulgence.

To be precise, it was Li Chengliang who was raising thieves and wanted the Li family to become the head of the army in Liaodong, Yongzhen.

It's just that Li Chengliang got away with it. With his son's relatives and subordinate generals, the head of the Liaodong army, after his death, he could not control the rapid rise of Nurhachi at all.