Zhang Huangyan went to preach from military camp to military camp after barracks, and soon his speech became more and more down-to-earth, especially when he went to the "Wuying Battalion" station in Zhenjiang Mansion, when he was at the last stop, if those soldiers hadn't heard of him before, they couldn't have imagined that he was a man, they just thought that Zhang Huangyan was also their slender brother, but his mouth was smeared with oil, and he was especially able to speak.

Zhou Shixian knew that the army of this era almost did not attach importance to spiritual strength, and those generals were also limited by the times, and did not realize what kind of combat effectiveness the soldiers would have when they combined with strict military discipline and generous military salaries.

In other words, there are some military geniuses, such as Qi Jiguang, who foresaw it, but the Ming Dynasty couldn't pay such a military salary at all, there was no material support, and other things were just a plate of loose sand.

Of course, in Zhou Shixian's plan, the discipline officers will become a system, like the military judge advocate general's department, which is being prepared, to manage the army, check and balance officers, and avoid corruption and lax discipline in the army. In the future, it may not be Zhang Huangyan, the chief instructor, who will preach everywhere, but a whole system is running.

After being banned by Emperor Chongzhen, the Nanjing court finally got a respite, and Zhou Shixian finally took a break from the busy government affairs.

Today, the craftsmen in the government-run workshops in the entire Jiangnan region have been transferred to Nanjing by order of Chongzhen. However, due to the corruption of the Ming court, many of the artisans in the government-run workshops had fled, and only more than 200 people were finally recruited.

However, fortunately, the economy in the south of the Yangtze River is prosperous, the handicraft industry is developed, and there is no shortage of excellent craftsmen among the people, Zhou Shixian directly offered a monthly salary that was twice the market price, and soon recruited more than 3,000 craftsmen from nearby major cities, most of whom could start making armor and muskets as long as they studied for a period of time.

At the same time, he had already begun to recruit a group of craftsmen from Fujian and Guangdong who made artillery and muskets to meet the army's demand for weapons and guns. During this period, the highest artillery-making technology in the Ming Dynasty belonged to these two places close to Macao.

After Zhou Shixian gathered all the craftsmen, he left the cannons, guns, bows, crossbows, and armor in the weapons workshop in Nanjing, and prepared to form the backbone of the "Nanjing Ordnance Bureau" together with the Portuguese craftsmen invited by John Tang from Macao.

The rest of the craftsmen, those with excellent craftsmanship, stayed in the "Nanjing Ordnance Bureau", and those who were of a lower level were assigned to the weapons workshops of various military camps to do some repair of armor and firearms and the manufacture of consumable weapons such as lead bullets and arrows. Once the big war starts, the workload in this area will also rise rapidly.

After the discussion and planning of Zhou Shixian and the craftsmen, the "Nanjing Ordnance Bureau" was divided into: artillery, muskets, bows and crossbows, knives and guns, armor, shields and so on.

All kinds of cold weapons are naturally the strength of local craftsmen, and old-fashioned musket artillery such as tiger squat cannons and bird guns can also produce high-quality products under the condition of sufficient materials. And the new artillery, the new musket, such as the four-pounder gun, the Lumi gun, etc., had to rely on the Portuguese craftsmen that John Tong was about to invite to assist in the manufacture.

Zhou Shixian will naturally not interfere in the specific management of the workshop, but the new management system, assembly line production mode, division of labor and cooperation, training of new craftsmen, and flexible salary incentive system, these things related to the production efficiency and progress of firearms are things that he must worry about, and they are also problems that only he can solve.

And these are also the ways that Zhou Shixian can improve productivity through management reform on the basis of not changing the science and technology of this era. This is the advantage of his superiority, and it is also Zhou Shixian's dimensionality reduction blow to this era.

When Zhou Shixian, the court's concubine, accompanied by Ni Yuanlu, the secretary of the household department, the sudden inspection of the two heavyweights caused quite a stir in several musket and artillery workshops in the Ordnance Bureau.

Whenever they walked into the workshop, the craftsmen would immediately gather and bow down to Zhou Shixian, chanting "See the horses". Although Zhou Shixian was a little awkward in his heart, he could only follow the customs.

Zhou Shixian would always let these craftsmen get up, and then talk to them cordially about the work situation, whether they encountered any difficulties, and whether the communication with their superiors was smooth...... In addition, it is common to ask whether the families of these craftsmen have been resettled and whether they have any difficulties in food, clothing, and housing.

Although he is just pretending, he is a colt, and in this era, this status is enough to make countless people die, let alone such a polite corporal. In this way, Zhou Shixian will not let go of the fact that he can win the hearts of a group of people without spending money.

After some inspection, Zhou Shixian asked Wang Yinglai, the head of the Armament Bureau, to summon the craftsmen and craftsmen of the two musket workshops to the office of the Armament Bureau.

According to Zhou Shixian's request, two craftsmen were arranged in each firearms workshop, one was Han Chinese in charge of personnel and craftsmanship, and the other vacancy was reserved for the Portuguese, who was responsible for supervising quality and guiding technology.

This is the balance of power in the management of the workshop, foreigners have nothing to do with the local forces, they will only obey Zhou Shixian's orders, and there are not so many worries about using it.

In fact, when John Tang set out for Macao, Zhou Shixian also told the other party to buy more books related to weapon manufacturing and the art of war. At the same time, he brought more missionaries to Nanjing, and he planned to pay an additional salary for the Portuguese to translate the books on weapon-making that they had bought from Macao into Chinese characters, and then print them into volumes in preparation for the subsequent mass training of craftsmen.

This is not to say that the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty will not be able to make guns and cannons, but it is another thing to be able to make them according to the gourd painting scoop, and understand the scientific theories inside, know the caliber ratio of different artillery, and even the modulus, and then continue to develop artillery technology.

Otherwise, it is very likely that like the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the cannons will become larger and larger, and the appearance will become more and more fancy, but the power will become less and less. Technology and systematic science, while looking alike, are not the same thing.

What Zhou Shixian wanted to do was to use the insights of his later generations to promote the accelerated establishment of the scientific system in the Ming Dynasty, so as to form a crushing weapon advantage over the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and even after the recovery of Heshan, the Russians/Nationals in the north, the Dutch in the southeast, and the British who were about to invade Southeast Asia.

Soon, Wang Yinglai, who had a round face and a somewhat fat figure, led the two craftsmen to the office room, and he came to Zhou Shixian's side, hunched his waist, and his attitude was very respectful: "Horses, the lower officials have brought them here, please give a lecture to the horses." ”

As soon as Zhou Shixian looked up, he saw two middle-aged craftsmen who were very nervous and hurriedly knelt in front of him, they were obviously worried about the "lecture" of the young horse master in front of them.