The day after arriving at the factory area, Zhu Youjian did not continue north, but visited the factories in the factory area in detail, and did not even let go of the canteen and staff dormitory.

The development of the factory area is crucial. Only through detailed research can we fully grasp the current industrial development situation and put forward some opinions and suggestions to check for omissions and fill in the gaps. He has no ability to make an object from scratch, but it is still possible to put forward some improvement suggestions for local issues.

"Mr. Song, the Tiangong Bureau should focus on the following aspects: the production process, materials, precision, and production speed of bearings, gears, and chains is only better, but not the best. It requires years and years of investment of a lot of energy and material resources to do it." After seeing the machinery in the factory area, Zhu Youjian put forward higher requirements to the Tiangong Bureau under the jurisdiction of Song Yingxing.

Bearings, gears and chains are the three major connecting parts made by mechanical manufacturing. They appeared in China quite early in the unearthed cultural relics during the Qin and Han dynasties, and there were bronze gears. But this does not mean that the Ming Dynasty's production process was mature in this area. In terms of texture and accuracy, iron connecting parts are still a long way to go before they are truly mature, especially large-scale preparation, and these things require long-term technical accumulation.

"Your Majesty, the Tiangong Bureau has set up a special yard to do this."

"Developing tools is one aspect, and a school is required to teach them. To teach craftsmen skills, they must also teach them to read and draw pictures. Mr. Song, my opinion is that Tiangong Bureau will open night schools in the factory area to literate craftsmen who are willing to improve and improve their skills. Also, to popularize the craftsmen in the factory area to allow craftsmen to participate in the rating. Above the craftsmen of the great craftsmen, the supervisory department will come forward and give them a special allowance, which is called the court technical allowance, which will be distributed monthly to encourage craftsmen to improve their skills."

Founding a technical school was something Zhu Youjian always wanted to do, but it was limited by conditions. Until now, there were not enough teachers and textbooks to formally do this. He could only start by running a night school and start to start a technical school.

"At this point, I suddenly thought that there are many craftsmen and children living in the factory area. The problem of these children going to school needs to be solved. The factory area will pay to run a three-year free primary school. All craftsmen in the factory area can go to primary school for three years for free. General Manager Liu and Song Magistrate came to implement this matter quickly. In addition, the living environment of the workers in the factory area is a bit too bad. Most of them live in shacks. This is not a long-term solution. We need to find a way to build collective dormitories for them and a family area."

The main reason why the factory area can be put into production quickly is that the accommodation benefits are quite affordable. Most people just set up a shack or dig a cave to settle it. Now that it has been in production for a year, it is still so satisfying that Zhu Youjian can't stand it.

"Your Majesty, can the factory area really produce 20 to 30 million taels of silver in two or three years? In fact, the production is already quite large now. If there are 20 to 30 million, the national tax alone can pay 2 to 3 million silver dollars a year. Ordinary provinces do not produce such a large amount!" When leaving the factory area, Zhou Yanru gathered with the emperor. It was a bit difficult for him to imagine how could he earn so much money in such a big place? In his opinion, the current production in the factory area is already shocking enough.

"As long as you are careful, it is not difficult. Although the factory area is built in Miyun, it does business all over the world. The things produced are both urgently needed by the people, and they are also cheap and good. It is not difficult to earn more than 10 million taels of silver dollars."

After leaving the factory area and continuing north, he arrived at Gubeikou Pass City. This is the garrison of the 51st Division of the Ming New Office Army, and the division commander is Ma Youliang, who came out of the general's school hall.

When he arrived at Guancheng, the first thing he did was to review the army and formally award the flag to the division, and to assign ranks to the brigade general and above officers of the division, showing the emperor's control over military power and sense of existence.

After awarding Ma Youliang the rank of major general, Zhu Youjian gently patted his shoulder and said, "Zhongfu (Ma Youliang's name), was awarded the rank of major general at the age of 24, and controlled the troops of the first division and guarded the border. He is also a young and promising general in the national dynasty. But he must not be proud and complacent, and let down my expectations and the Ming Dynasty."

After a military salute, Ma Youliang replied loudly: "Don't worry, the principal, the students will never let Long'en down."

On the school ground, after the training was made to all the soldiers, Zhu Youjian asked all officers above the division to gather in the central army tent to hold a strategic meeting for the front enemy troops.

"The 51st Division is the foundation of the original second division of the new army, and can be regarded as a strong army in a strong army. This time, the main body of your division has basically not moved, and the combat effectiveness should be fine. Therefore, in addition to daily training work, the war work to advance north during this period must be carried out. The so-called northward advance means taking advantage of the summer time, about 100 miles north of Gubeikou, and more than five military forts that can be supported by stone mud and stone, so as to move the northern defense line of the Ming Dynasty to the north." At the military discussion, Zhu Youjian proposed his own plan to advance north. There are no large Mongolian tribes in this area, and the resistance to advance is small, suitable for development at this stage.

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"Your Majesty, the north is a region where the northern barbarians grazed, and it is difficult to defend the military fortress. I feel that it is a bit wasteful of financial resources and military strength, so it is better to strengthen the city and the side walls." Chen Xinjia, who was accompanying him, suddenly heard the emperor's plan to advance north and felt that it was a bit inappropriate. Now the military strength is already tight. Why do you do when you run to this place where birds do not shit in the north? It is better to advance west or go south to suppress the rebellion if you have the spare strength.

"Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it has been repairing border defenses to prevent bandits, but the bandits have never been reduced. I think it is better to actively expand the outside world rather than passively defending, turning the raw land outside the pass into mature land, and the bandits become nationals, and the progress of a hundred miles a year, and the northern border has become mature land. Wouldn't it be better? Judging from the wars in Liaodong over the years, with the support of the military fort, our war with the enemy bandits will be more advantageous. It is difficult to defend the military fort because the defenders have no power to field battle, and the military fort has become a dead land, so it is naturally difficult to defend. Now our army has the power to field battle, so the military fort is easy to defend."

Relying on the military fort system to advance outward is the most suitable way for the Ming New Army, which is mainly infantry, to advance northward. Sun Chengzong's Guanning Jin defense line built by the military fort on the mountain and sea was not considered a foolish move. Of course, the Guanning Jin defense line ignored a problem. The so-called Guanning Iron Cavalry did not play its due role. The military fort was not intended to keep them in a strong position. The real role was to rely on the support role of the military fort to launch large-scale mobile operations with the Qing army.

When the war began, it was difficult for the Guanning Army to go out of the city to fight for ten miles, and the military fort became the last shelter, so the role of the Guanning Jin defense line was naturally greatly reduced. As long as the army dared to go out of the city to fight in the field and could not suffer losses in most cases, the strategic support role of the military fort system will be greatly exerted. At present, Tsarist Russia used this trick to expand the entire Far East into its own territory in this era, and the Ming Dynasty could also do it with its counter-force.
Chapter completed!