The swarthy scholar named Sun Yuanhua was a disciple of Xu Guangqi. This time he came to Beijing after receiving a letter from his teacher and entered the Tiangong workshop to cast cannons. Sun Yuanhua was a civil servant. Because he was obsessed with Western learning, he failed to pass the imperial examination many times. Later, he simply gave up the scientific examination.

, concentrate on Western learning.

He came to Beijing this time to firstly make some meritorious deeds with the help of his teacher and to find a career; secondly, he planned to be baptized into Christianity and become a Catholic believer.

His teacher Xu Guangqi was a Catholic. He studied under Xu Guangqi, so he was naturally exposed to this aspect very early. After a period of understanding, he confirmed that Catholicism can "replenish Wanghua, influence Confucianism, and save Buddhism."

So I also planned to join teaching and learn up close and personal.

While Sun Yuanhua was stunned, a handyman from the guild hall ran over and said, "Mr. Sun, Mr. Xu has sent a car to pick you up."

"Oh, okay." After folding the newspaper, Sun Yuanhua followed him out. When he came out, he saw a four-wheeled carriage parked at the entrance of the club.

"You are Mr. Sun, right? Mr. Xu asked the younger one to pick you up." The coachman took a horse and put it on the ground and asked him to step on the carriage.

Da da da!

The crisp sound of horse hooves sounded, and the four-wheeled carriage left quickly, arrived at Fucheng Gate, walked out through the gate, and headed west, heading toward Tiangong Workshop.

The road connecting Tiangong Workshop and the capital is very wide. On this side alone, four carriages can be lined up side by side. There are some partitions in the middle of the road, dividing the entire road into two halves.

It has been a few days since he arrived in the capital. Sun Yuanhua also inquired about the Xiatiangong Workshop and learned that this road is called a one-way road. You can only go in one direction on one side, and you can only turn around when you encounter a gap.

There are rows of pits on both sides of the road. It is said that trees will be transplanted here in the spring. From the ears of the people in the capital, he heard a lot of news about Tiangong Workshop.

Apart from those absurd things, the common people in the capital have the most impression of it being that it is a good place for work. I don’t know how many people found a job there during the winter and made some money.

A good year.

Some people plan to continue working there after the New Year, and even some girls from poor families plan to work there as sewing workers. He just read about the textile factory over Tiangong Workshop from the newspaper, and it recruits female workers all year round, and

Except for the eunuchs who were demoted at the beginning, there were only female workers in that factory, not men.

Sun Yuanhua estimated that after the New Year, there would probably be a large number of young girls and young wives going to work. The people of the Ming Dynasty were really suffering, and there were very few ways to make money.

The wheels were sparkling, and half an hour later, the carriage came down.

After Sun Yuanhua got off the bus, the first thing that caught his eye was a very tall city gate. The imposing gate gave the place a majestic momentum.

There are two teams of Jinyi guards waiting at the door. Different from what we have seen before, these Jinyi guards are much more capable. They are wearing flying fish uniforms and embroidered spring knives. They look very imposing.

After the announcement, Sun Yuanhua was led in. After circling up the stairs, the Jin Yiwei led him to a room where his mentor Xu Guangqi was looking at the information carefully.

"Master Xu, Sun Yuanhua brought you here." Jin Yiwei reported.

"Well, okay, you can go down." Xu Guangqi replied, but did not raise his head. Instead, he lowered his head and continued to read the information.

The Jin Yiwei was not surprised. He bowed and went out. Sun Yuanhua was the only one left in the room, and he was accustomed to his teacher's temper. He quietly wandered around the room, looking for things of interest.

Soon, he found his target, a small bookshelf. The title on the spine aroused his keen interest, gun design, a book about muskets and artillery.

When he took it out and took a look, he was very surprised by the contents. There was no specific design plan in the book, but it expounded the working principles and military uses of muskets and artillery, and told the development direction of muskets and artillery.

These books were all technical knowledge in Zhu Youxiao's mind. After he compiled and copied them, they all were sent to Xu Guangqi. He did not plan to take care of technical matters in the future and left them all to Xu Guangqi.

Some of this knowledge is systematic and very detailed, and some is not systematic and can only be mentioned in fragments. For example, when he mentioned the iron mold for casting a cannon, there are only a few general steps. First, use a clay mold to turn the cast iron mold.

, then use iron molds to cast the cannon, and then clean it.

But it was such a simple thing that made Sun Yuanhua suddenly realize it and suddenly understood it. This sight made him obsessed with it, and it was not until an unknown amount of time that he was woken up by Xu Guangqi.

"How is it?" Xu Guangqi asked with a smile.

"This author is considered a great talent. Why don't you recruit him and recommend him to the emperor?" Sun Yuanhua expressed his feelings.

"Hahaha!" After hearing his student's answer, Xu Guangqi burst out laughing.

"Teacher, what do you mean by this?" His teacher's reaction made him confused, and his heart was full of doubts. He didn't know where his answer was wrong.

"These were all written by the emperor and sent here." Xu Guangqi said, pointing to the books on the bookshelf.

"Emperor!?" Sun Yuanhua was shocked. This book was actually written by the emperor? It's incredible.

"Yes, after the emperor ascended the throne, he attached great importance to firearms. He spent huge sums of money to build a steel plant and a gun foundry here, so he recruited you to come here as a teacher. What you have learned will be like a fish in water here. I am afraid you can make a big difference.

Achievements." Xu Guangqi stroked his beard and expressed his thoughts.

"But teacher..." Sun Yuanhua hesitated for a moment and then said hesitantly, "I heard that the Tiangong Workshop belongs to the Inner Palace. However, the Inner Palace has no grades and no honorary titles. How can he be born in the right way?"

"You don't have to worry about this. The emperor knows that he is a teacher. There is a case against him. You don't have to worry about it. Just stay here and do good things. I'm afraid that all this will be handed over to you by then. I'm afraid I won't be able to stay for long.

." Xu Guangqi explained.

"Teacher, you..." Sun Yuanhua asked worriedly.

"Just stay here with peace of mind. Don't worry about Master." Xu Guangqi waved his hand, indicating that he didn't have to worry, "By the way, Master has accepted a disciple here, named Song Yingxing. You and Master

Come here and see him."

With that said, he took Sun Yuanhua to the laboratory building.

At this moment, Zhu Youxiao was not idle, but was inspecting his troops.

After the Yulin Army recruited 20,000 new recruits again, it was in the midst of intense training. With 800 cores and 4,000 backbones, Zhu Youxiao was not worried about the decline in the army's combat effectiveness. This is why troops trained with modern formations are good at it. They can

Rapid expansion.

Under the strict and cruel military discipline, the recruits were quickly formed and then fought according to the drill. Only after arriving in this era did Zhu Youxiao discover the huge role that queue training played in this era.

Like other modern people, when Zhu Youxiao first joined the army, he was very puzzled. Why should he be trained with these old-fashioned things? We are in the high-tech era. When a war begins, aircraft and missiles take the lead, or they are skirmishers.

Infantry squad platoon tactics, these are not used at all, and they only look better during military parades.

His ideas cannot be said to be wrong, and can even be said to be correct. This set of things is indeed useless in modern times, but it has played a huge role in this era.

Whether it is now that firearms are in the ascendant, or in the earlier era of cold weapon confrontation, it is very useful. The infantry gathers in a square formation, the cavalry is arranged on the two wings, and the archers are in the front.

When the war started, bows and arrows went first, then the infantry and spears formed a large formation to press the enemy, and finally the cavalry followed in pursuit. This was a simple but effective tactic, but now Zhu Youxiao just replaced the archers with muskets and artillery.

It's just that realizing this effective tactic requires extremely high military quality. What matters is the mutual cooperation between soldiers, and these can be achieved through queue training.

In comparison, the chaotic and swarming charge and attack of the frontier infantry at the garrison seemed extremely backward. Facing the Houjin Eight Banners, which was well-organized and well-coordinated in formation, they were defeated as soon as they came into contact. They could only defend the city and did not dare to fight in the field at all.

The military failure of the Ming Dynasty was not only a matter of personnel, but also the backwardness of military systems and tactics.

Tiangong Workshop's iron armor manufacturing and musket manufacturing plants have started construction. Some finished products have been delivered one after another these days. However, Zhu Youxiao did not put them into production. Instead, he had wooden models made and then distributed to the selected ones.

The musketeers trained. As for the gunpowder, sand was used instead, and the lead shot was made of stones.

In this way, he first became familiar with the action of firing the charge, and then conducted live ammunition training after the musket, which was newly named the Apocalypse rifle, was installed. In addition to this, Zhu Youxiao also made fine adjustments to the military system.

At first, he was lazy and directly applied the military ranks of the People's Liberation Army of later generations, but ignored the difference in official positions between the two eras. In this era, official positions were in the nine-level system, but his military rank was three and ten levels, which could not be matched one by one. Now he wants to

This level is very important to clarify the officialdom and achieve parity between the military and the government.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao canceled the military rank of senior colonel, and the government positions and military ranks were equal. This also laid the foundation for future military officers to change careers.

At the same time, he also elevated the status of second lieutenant to the same rank as company commander. First, because there were not enough cadres, he gave all positions such as platoon commanders at the grassroots level to veterans, that is, non-commissioned officers. Of course, there are still

Without this word, all veterans are called soldiers of a certain year.

As a result, since there is no formal division, military ranks are very valuable. Each military rank corresponds to a position. Moreover, the quality requirements for officers are also very strict. The lowest officer is a company commander, commanding 200 people.

The team requires a considerable level of command ability.

Among the total 30,000 Yulin Army, only the 800 core members who had gone through half a year of professional military training were at this level, and the rest later were much weaker.

With this adjustment, Zhu Youxiao established four departments in the Yulin Army, namely the Staff Department, the Training Department, the Logistics Department and the Equipment Department. Of course, it is currently limited to the Yulin Army. He plans to establish

After the Central Committee matured and had a group of experienced officers, it extended upwards and established four headquarters in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, which was equivalent to the Military Commission.

The Yulin Army should actually have a commander, but this Zhu Youxiao temporarily took over the post himself. He commanded the Yulin Army. He was surrounded by four divisions, and below him were officers at each division level, such as Li Yuyu, Xu Wen, and Li

Tu, a senior officer of Li Tao's level.
Chapter completed!