On the fourth day of June in the forty-seventh year of Wanli, the sky was cloudless.
Zhu Youxiao took Li Jinzhong, Zhou Yuji, Zhang Qianfang and 20 guards and a group of 24 people to set out for Tongzhou.
Li Jinzhong drove the car, and the guards were all on horses.
Ten were leading the way in front, ten were following behind the car, and Zhou and Zhang were on both sides of the car to protect him.
After only sitting for a while, Zhu Youxiao suffered enough.
The carriage bumped too much while he was riding.
He was riding a two-wheeled carriage.
Although a two-wheeled carriage was no worse than a four-wheeled carriage for hauling goods, it was indeed far inferior in terms of comfort, so he asked Zhou Yuji to ride a horse.
Zhou Yuji's equestrian skills were excellent, and the group had extra horses anyway, so Zhou Yuji chose the most docile horse, and then told Zhu Youxiao some basic control methods.
Zhu Youxiao mounted the horse tremblingly and followed Zhou Yuji's instructions.
The method is to control the horse to move forward.
Slowly he adapted to the horse, and the horse slowly adapted to him.
The whole cavalry advanced slowly at a tortoise speed.
The journey from the capital to Tongzhou, which was only a few dozen miles, took more than an hour, and Zhu Youxiao was here for more than an hour.
Shi Chen basically learned to ride a horse.
This made Li Jinzhong and Zhang Qianfang flatter him a lot, and Zhu Youxiao almost believed it when he said "His Royal Highness is wise and powerful".
However, self-knowledge is not considered wise and powerful, but at least the ability to accept is still good.
Xu Guangqi and his men greeted His Royal Highness Taisun and his entourage at the gate of the military camp.
After everyone saluted, they embraced Zhu Youxiao and entered the military camp together.
There was a drill going on in the military camp.
The soldiers were high-spirited, their steps were vigorous, their movements were sonorous and powerful, and their shouts were earth-shattering.
People couldn't help but admire: "What a mighty and majestic man!"
But looking at them, only half of them were wearing cloth and cotton armor, only half of them were holding spears, and the others were holding wooden sticks.
He looked at Xu Guangqi in confusion, and Xu Guangqi lowered his head: "The last time I returned to the capital, I went to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs to ask for military pay and equipment.
In the end, the pay was 70%, but the soldiers and armor could not be supplied.
Last month, the pay was only 50%. ” It is not difficult for Zhu Youxiao to spend dozens or even hundreds of taels of silver to reward people, because he has a routine, and his mother also left him some money.
If it is not enough, he can ask Li Xuan for it.
But when he came out to help Xu Guangqi with money, he didn't have the ability.
Secondly, he was just a grandson, and he didn't dare to do it even if he had the ability, so he could only shake his head and sigh.
I thought that there was only one year left, and when I became the emperor, I would rectify the old mountains and rivers.
Everyone entered the room, and after the guards served tea, Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, and Li Jinzhong led the guards and Zhou Zhang out.
Seeing this, Xu Guangqi also asked his men to withdraw.
Zhu Youxiao said: "Master Xu is so eager to train troops because of the Saarhu incident."
Last year, in the forty-sixth year of Wanli, Nurhaci raised troops with the so-called "Seven Hatreds" and led the Jin army to attack Fushun and Qinghe.
Emperor Wanli appointed Yang Hao, the left minister of the Ministry of War, as the Liaodong manager and in charge of the defense of Liaodong.
And decided to send troops to Liaodong to attack Houjin on a large scale.
In the forty-seventh year of Wanli, that is, in February of this year, they marched in four directions with 110,000 troops.
On the first day of March, they fought with Hou Jin's soldiers and were defeated one by one.
By the fifth day of March, the four routes' soldiers lost a total of more than 50,000 people.
More than 300 generals died, including two major generals, more than 30,000 mules and horses were lost, and more than 20,000 guns and muskets were lost.
This battle changed the strategic situation of the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty.
Later generations believed that this battle was of great significance when the Ming Dynasty fell and the Qing Dynasty was resurrected.
Xu Guangqi nodded, then shook his head: "Building slaves to torture our border people and attack our border cities.
All our people should think about destroying this great rebellion.
Therefore, Guangqi went to Shu many times to ask for military training.
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Now he has given permission to serve in Tongzhou.
Training new soldiers.
However, I think that the new soldiers should be mainly equipped with firearms, supplemented by swords and guns.
Now they are not even equipped with weapons, let alone firearms."
"Isn't there a firecracker in the Shenji Camp?
Why didn't the Ministry of War allocate you a firecracker?"
"The Ministry of War thinks that there are not enough guns and guns for Liaodong, so how can it allocate them to our institute for training the new army?"
Zhu Youxiao was helpless, so he changed the topic: "I wonder if Mr.
Xu has ever heard of a fire gun that does not use a match rope?"
"I have heard that there is a kind of self-generating fire gun that does not require a match rope.
But I haven't seen it yet.
I have already asked someone to go to Macau to inquire.
I don't know where your highness learned about it."
"Have you sent someone to Macau to ask anyone from Folangji?
Will they tell you?"
Zhu Youxiao asked curiously, suppressing his desire to show off.
"Xiaguan was baptized and joined the Catholic Church in the 31st year of Wanli.
Therefore, some foreign believers often studied European and Western learning together.
If they had any questions, they would often write to him for advice."
There is collusion with the Portuguese in Macau, oh, there is a connection.
This is a good thing.
I was worried about the technology tree, but to hear such good news was really a blessing from God, and Zhu Youxiao was secretly happy.
So he slowly said: "As for the matter of self-generating fire blunderbuss, I know a little bit about it.
Instead of using a match rope, hitting the flint with steel to ignite the gunpowder is a self-generating fire blunderbuss.
We call it a flint fire blunderbuss.
The craftsmen of the Bingzhan Bureau have already made it.
The ignition device is now being improved to increase the ignition rate.
I reported yesterday that the ignition success rate has reached 32%.”
Xu Guangqi was dumbfounded, and the look of disbelief on his face severely hit Zhu Youxiao.
He said dissatisfied: "Master Xu, if you don't believe it, I will ask someone to send it to you tomorrow."
Xu Guangqi came to his senses and quickly explained: "Your Highness, forgive me.
It’s not that I don’t believe it, but that when I first heard such good news, I was so excited that I couldn’t control myself.”
He had been immersed in this Tao all his life, and when he heard Zhu Youxiao explain the principle, he immediately understood that it was not just talking nonsense, but being true to his words. reason.
It's just strange that at such a young age, His Highness not only cares about farming, but also about military affairs, and his concern is not empty words, but his words are meaningful.
Could it be that the Ming Dynasty is going to produce a sage?
"Your Highness is a genius, with unexpected wisdom at a young age, and a kind nature.
I am here to congratulate the emperor and congratulate the Ming Dynasty."
It seems that the scientists of the Ming Dynasty also have a way of flattering, Zhu Youxiao proudly said think.
"Knowing this, you should also know why it is so, and then you can draw parallels.
Mr.
Xu is a scholar of heaven and man, and you should know this truth.
If you can get Mr.
Xu's advice, you can get twice the result with half the effort.
Today I am here to ask for your advice."
"I don't dare to be falsely praised by His Highness.
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Your Highness is a naturally wise person, and I can't ask for advice from my subordinates.
However, I can do some service to Your Highness by looking at the details together.
Your Highness has a student named Sun Yuanhua, who has an expertise in firearm matters.
It's foolish to train here with my ministers, and I won't be able to fully display my talents, but they can be used by His Highness."
Zhu Youxiao is currently neither qualified nor able to employ Xu Guangqi.
This Sun Yuanhua can be recommended by Xu Guangqi and is his student, so he should be good.
It is scientific truth to use theory to guide practice.
He now only has some superficial knowledge of future generations.
Although it is far ahead of this generation, to turn it into reality, he still needs to rely on the smart people of this generation.
"Since I can win Mr.
Xu's favor, I believe that I can benefit a lot from Mr.
Sun.
Since you are familiar with Westerners, can you help me find a few things?"
"Thank you for your support.
I don't know what your Highness wants.
I should try my best to find it."
"The currency system of our dynasty is in chaos, the method of minting is old, and the use of silver is inconvenient.
I heard that there is a machine for minting coins in the West, which is called a minting machine.
There is also a thing called a lathe or other names, which can also be used for minting.
For the purpose of coins and artifacts, you can ask your friends if they can bring them to our court.
Or someone who knows how to make it and how to use it can come to build it."
He didn't know the name of the machine that made gold coins, but he thought it would be no problem to call it a coin minting machine.
As for the lathe, he didn't know yet.
Yes or no, but as long as it can be used to make something, it should be useful.
"It is said that Westerners have telescopes that can see distant objects as before.
If you can pass on the manufacturing method to our court, I will be generously rewarded."
You should have telescopes by now.
This thing should be useful in the military.
Maybe it can also be used in astronomical research.
"What Your Highness said, I have never heard of it before.
But if you have such things, you should try your best to dedicate them to Your Highness."
"In addition, although the method of keeping time in our dynasty is simple and easy to use, it is not very accurate.
Although the clocks from Taixi have been introduced to our dynasty, if you want to know how to make them in large quantities, please pay attention to Xu Qing."
"Some of the Western cannons weigh more than a thousand kilograms, and the cannon shells can reach a mile or even a mile and a half.
We have them in Macao.
In the future, we can buy more of these cannons and have people who can build and operate them.
What the Westerners want is gold and silver.
"Except, it's just about missionary work.
You can tell the Westerners that the emperor is not only interested in learning, but also in missionary work."
He had heard of the Hongyi Cannon, and he knew from the name that it was made by foreigners.
Things should be available in Macau.
Westerners seem to like preaching very much, so using this temptation may be effective.
Xu Guangqi was overjoyed.
At that time, Western missionaries translated science and technology books, revised almanacs, and wanted to expand their influence in China in order to preach.
If the emperor's grandson was interested in their missionary work, they would be overjoyed.
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If the future prince and future emperor support them, then preaching shouldn’t be too easy.
The Nanjing teaching plan in the 44th year of Wanli will never appear again.
The emperor's grandson asked him to tell the missionaries this way.
What to ask them to do, I'm afraid they will rush to do it.
It should be just around the corner to find what His Highness wants.
After discussing some details in detail, Xu Guangqi called Sun Yuanhua in.
Sun Yuanhua is in his thirties, with thick eyebrows and big eyes.
He is a good scholar.
Learn firearms and mathematics from Xu Guangqi.
Historically, he served as the governor of Denglai and was executed by the court because of Kong Youde's rebellion.
Now Xu Guangqi recommended him directly to the emperor's grandson, which completely changed his destiny.
Of course, Zhu Youxiao had never heard of his name.
Zhu You was so proud of his school ambition that he almost forgot about the business.
It was Li Jinzhong's reminder that made him think about asking about potatoes.
Xu Guangqi told him that the person sent had not returned yet.
Once it comes back, it will be delivered to His Highness Taisun immediately, so please don't worry.
So, the team with one more person returned to the capital in a hurry
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