Zhu Linmiao is not surprised that Lu Ning can be rated as a master, after all, he has studied with him for the longest time, but this craftsman from Luzon is not ordinary. He had not heard of this person when he left Fujing, so he would be in Fujing for three months at most, and he must have been a great genius to master the art of industrial drawing and arithmetic in such a short time.

"What is this person's last name, and what is his origin?"

Song Yingxing said: "Back to His Highness, his name is John. Bent, a native of Zhejiang, went to Luzon because of his ancestor, and became a shipwright. ”

Zhu Linmiao nodded and wrote down the name, but Song Yingxing on the side brought the topic back to silver, "Your Highness, this is not the main thing with the use of silver plus food, clothing, etc., the Fujing Ordnance Bureau spent 110,000 taels to buy iron, copper, charcoal, coal and other things last month. ”

Zhu Linmiao's eyelids jumped, she thought that there was only a bottomless pit in the shipyard, but she didn't expect the Ordnance Bureau to be so powerful!

Song Yingxing continued: "Although these expenses are all allocated by the household, or the money is late, or the money is lost on the way, there will be thousands of taels of bad accounts every month.

"The students took it upon themselves to make axles, plows, and other tools to sell in their spare time to fill the gap."

Zhu Linmiao said with a smile in her heart, she didn't expect Mr. Song to have such an economic mind, and the Ming Dynasty started to engage in "military-civilian integration". However, it is not a matter in the long run, and it is necessary to break the current pattern of court appropriation and mission assignment by the imperial court.

He nodded and said, "I will instruct the household department to allocate some to you as appropriate." When the Logistics Department of the Ministry of Ordnance begins to operate, all ordnance will be purchased in the form of bidding, and the actual purchase will be paid, and there will be no more money on the Ordnance Bureau. ”

The introduction of the bidding mechanism can not only make the flow of funds of the Ordnance Bureau faster and freer, but also avoid the excessive waste of the Ordnance Bureau. In addition, during the bidding, several ordnance bureaus compete with each other, and even private workshops can participate in the bidding, which can effectively promote everyone to reduce costs and improve technology.

Zhu Linmiao remembered Song Yingxing again, saying that John. Bent also entered the Fujing Gezhi Academy, and asked him: "Mr. Song just mentioned the Fujing Gezhi Academy, but it has already been built to teach?" ”

"Back to His Highness, only forty percent of the school building has been built, and the complementary laboratories have just begun to build the foundation.

"However, Zhu Fuzi and Li Fuzi have arrived in Tianxing Mansion for a long time with many talents from Zhejiang. Seeing that they were enthusiastic, the students asked them to teach on the existing premises. Song Yingxing's face was overjoyed, and he looked at Xu Er Lu and said, "The whole battle is to recruit people from afar, just for the current conditions, there are more than 300 students who come to study." When the school is completed, more students will come. ”

The Zhu Fuzi and Li Fuzi he mentioned were Zhu Zongyuan and Li Zubai, who were masters of Western learning in the late Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Linmiao smiled and praised: "It is really hard for Wei Yuan to be responsible for supervising the construction of artillery, and then spare energy to recruit students for Gezhi Academy." ”

"Your Highness is serious." Xu Erlu hurriedly said, "The subordinate official serves in the Ministry of Rites, which is a matter of duty. ”

Speaking of artillery, Zhu Linmiao turned to ask again: "By the way, how are these chasseur guns and cannons made?" ”

Song Yingxing arched his hand and said: "Back to Your Highness, now the Suji Iron Field and the Ganzhou Ordnance Bureau have completed the process standardization transformation, the former can produce 900 huntsmen per month, and the latter can produce 200 guns per month. ”

Su Ji Iron Yard was originally influenced by Zhu Linmiao, and the process standardization was carried out very quickly, and the level of craftsmen was higher. As for the Ganzhou Ordnance Bureau, it took more than two months to complete the process, and the training of craftsmen was relatively slow.

Song Yingxing continued: "With the Fujing Ordnance Bureau, a total of 2,500 hunter guns and 43,000 shells can be made every month. At present, there should be more than 7,000 guns and 120,000 ammunition in the Treasury Department of the Ministry of War. ”

Zhu Linmiao nodded slightly.