Song Yingxing suggested that more barbed wire and tribulus be placed outside the entrances of Miyun and Jizhou, which could play a big role in preventing prisoners from entering the pass. Zhu Youjian followed suit and thought this suggestion was very good. With barbed wire, the wall would be better guarded.
a little.
"Sir, the most critical thing right now is to improve the production and quality of muskets, as well as the manufacturing speed and quantity of bullets."
"I'm also thinking about this, but the trouble is that making bullets requires a lot of copper. After a battle, the consumption of copper bullets is too large."
The Ming Dynasty was originally short of copper, but now the amount of copper used in all aspects has increased dramatically. Song Yingxing has seen this phenomenon. In the long run, it is not difficult to solve this problem. Zhu Youjian knows where there is copper, and there is a lot of copper on the Mongolian grasslands.
Mine. But now, we can only use high-priced copper.
"Sir, we'll figure out a solution for the lack of copper later. Let's improve the craftsmanship first. There must be a way for the car to reach the mountain. By the way, I have some rough recipes for preparing military heavy objects here. I'll give them to you first, sir. I'll look for them later.
Let some confidential personnel choose a secret place to test these recipes and make something." Zhu Youjian took out two pieces of paper from his sleeves and handed them to Song Yingxing.
Written on these two pieces of paper are the rough preparation routes for soda ash, nitric acid and radium mercury. Of course, the methods are all crude methods and are not the methods used by later generations.
The crude method of making soda ash, Zhu Youjian remembers, seems to be made by sealing and heating Glauber's salt and carbon. Nitric acid is made by dry distillation of saltpeter, evaporating it into gas, and then passing it through water. As for radium and mercury, it seems to be produced by alcohol, nitric acid and mercury.
Yes, I can’t remember the details clearly. I have to rely on Song Yingxing to lead people to slowly explore the method.
Soda ash is an important industrial raw material, used in glass production and wool washing. Nitric acid is made to produce serious explosives. As for radium mercury, of course it is to make a serious primer. It is not necessary to boil urine to obtain phosphorus.
A matter.
Seeing Song Yingxing holding the prescription and looking at it carefully, Zhu Youjian suddenly thought that he needed to be reminded of safety and confidentiality issues: "Sir, these things are poisonous. You must not touch them with your hands when making them. And you must be careful.
People must be careful during operation, especially nitric acid and radium mercury, these two things can easily injure people and explode. These prescriptions must be kept secret and not allowed to be known to outsiders."
"I understand the importance. According to the description on the prescription, these are truly important items for the military and the country. We must not let the thieves know about them."
The monarch and his ministers chatted for a while, and then ended the conversation by having a casual meal together. When Song Yingxing walked out of the palace, the little eunuch next to him was envious and jealous. How could this old man be so valued by the emperor? It felt like the big eunuch in the palace.
The relationship between Wang Chengen and the Holy One is not as close as this old man.
After sending away those close to him, three annoying people came. When he summoned Tang Tong, Ma Ke, and Bai Guangen in the dormitory, Zhu Youjian couldn't help but have the urge to chop off their heads.
"Ma Ke, I heard that you are full of complaints about me transferring you to the military command hall?"
"Your Majesty, I didn't dare. It was just impulsive at that time. I really did not betray the divine grace."
"It's okay if you don't dare! I sent you three to the capital because I want you to work hard at the military command hall. When the court decides on military orders, you can give more opinions on specific battle formations to share my worries. Remember, the military command hall is not
The Xianchai Yamen is the center of the Ming Dynasty's military, you three cannot take it lightly."
"Finally, respect the Holy Will."
"You are all generals from the battle formation. The other members of the military command hall make military decisions. If the battle formation is not considered, you need to put forward your own opinions. You can even reject their military discussion and hand it over to the Holy Judgment. From now on.
We need to go to the Military Command Hall every day, and there will be a military meeting every five days. I will be there in person to participate in the meeting. Also, the three of you will concurrently teach in the General School Hall, and each of you will teach a class for the General.
The students in the hall teach.”
Let us teach? What kind of lessons? Isn't this what the masters do? The military leaders are a little confused about the situation.
Zhu Youjian asked these three guys to give lectures in the general school hall. He mainly asked them to talk about the wars they had encountered since joining the army and share these combat experiences with the students for discussion and reference.
After all, they are veterans who have experienced many battles. Even if they have no experience of winning battles, they always have lessons of losing battles, right? No matter whether they win or lose, only those who have experienced it can tell the story so that the students can have a more intuitive experience.
After meeting the Holy Queen, the three military leaders left the palace with complicated expressions. They originally thought that the emperor sent them to the capital just to deprive them of their military power and let them work as idle fish. But now it seems that being idle fish after entering the capital is not possible. It is necessary.
It is not easy to deal with these oily people all day long in the Military Command Hall, the Ministry of War, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and the civil servants, eunuchs, and nobles of the Fifth Army Governor's Office. In addition, I have to teach the students in the General School Hall.
The most troublesome thing about talking about battle formation experience is that you have to prepare lessons in advance and have them reviewed by the emperor before you can talk about them.
Does the emperor want to transform us into teachers?
Bai Guangen was the first to be named by the emperor, who asked him to prepare to speak about the tactical characteristics of early bandits in the general hall in three days.
What is a tactical feature? After the emperor explained it for a long time, he understood what it meant. It was to talk about how he marched and fought when he was a bandit.
Knowing what he was going to say, Bai Guangen was even more troubled. When he was a bandit at that time, he had a shitty rule. He just followed the big bandit and ordered a group of people to attack the army. How should he say this?
Three days later, in the main hall of the school, Zhu Youjian and a group of students sat under the podium and listened to Bai Guangen's first lecture.
Looking at the students, the emperor and some officials below, Comrade Lao Bai was so nervous that he almost sweated. He tried to read out the manuscript that the master had prepared in advance. As a result, Lao Bai, who was not very literate at first, suddenly became nervous.
I don’t even recognize the words.
After being stunned on the podium for a long time, Zhu Youjian finally came to the rescue and said: "General Bai seems to be too well prepared. I don't know where to start. Let's do it! I'll ask, and General Bai will answer. You know how to be a thief?"
"Route? The route is to follow the official road."
"Why do you follow the official route? Taking the official route is easy to be intercepted by the army."
"It's not easy to get separated when you take the official road. There was no such thing as exploring horses at that time. The team was noisy. If you took other roads, you would lose people while walking. At that time, there were many places we went to.
It’s an unfamiliar place, so it will be very troublesome if we get separated. Besides, when walking on the official road, the ox cart and other things brought by the team are also convenient for hauling things.”
"Students, what have you learned from General Bai's words? Those who have understood will raise their hands and answer." After Bai Guangen finished speaking, Zhu Youjian turned around and asked the students to see if there was anyone smarter who could replace Bai Guangen in the early stage of the epidemic.
The marching characteristics of thieves are summarized.