Subsequently, Zhu Linmiao handed over the detailed rules for the reorganization of the Ming army that he had drawn up to Zhang Jiayu, and asked him to lead the staff department to improve the detailed rules and implement them as soon as possible.

When he saw that the officers on the side had sorted out the proposal to lure the enemy south, he ordered the meeting to be dismissed. After all, there are still many things that the troops need to prepare for, and they need to leave some time for the officers.

When he walked to the door of the staff hall, he suddenly remembered something again, and turned around to beckon Tianxiang to come over.

"What does Your Majesty command?"

Zhu Linmiao continued to go to the army deployment office, and turned his head and asked, "How many winter clothes and quilts has the logistics department prepared at the moment?" ”

Ying Tianxiang followed closely behind him and said, "Back to Your Majesty, there are 30,000 pieces of cotton clothes and quilts in the warehouse, and more than 1,000 pieces of cotton clothes and quilts are brought with them in the army. ”

"Thirty-one thousand sets...... Zhu Linmiao shook his head and said, "It's not enough." If he could collect the men and horses of Duoduo this time, the army would immediately continue to march north. Nowadays, Shandong is already full of wind and snow, and we may even fight all the way to Beizhili, where it is even dripping into ice. ”

In the middle of the seventeenth century, the whole world had not yet emerged from the Xiaoice period, and the temperature in winter was extremely low. Previously, the Ming army was in the subtropical region south of the Yangtze River, and the impact of the cold winter was not obvious, but Zhu Linmiao knew that if the southern soldiers under his command did not have sufficient warm equipment, they would probably lose a lot of combat effectiveness due to weather reasons.

In history, Napoleon and Hitler were defeated by the cold of Russia, and more than sixty percent of the soldiers were frozen to death and frostbitten, far exceeding the combat losses!

It was because he must not let a similar situation occur during the Northern Expedition of the Ming Army.

"At least 50,000 pieces should be prepared."

Ying Tianxiang hurriedly saluted: "Yes!" The last general immediately went to prepare for the tender. ”

Zhu Linmiao nodded, and asked again: "How many catties of cotton are used for the soldier's winter clothes?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the jacket is two and a half pounds of cotton, and the pants are one pound and three taels, all of which are covered with two layers of thick linen."

It is said that this thickness was considered a luxury in the Ming Dynasty, and who was willing to give the big soldiers four catties of cotton? But Zhu Linwei knows how terrible the winter in Beijing is, not to mention that the Xiaoice River is ten degrees lower.

"Double the thickness." As soon as he finished speaking, he felt that it was inappropriate, the cotton alone weighed eight catties, plus the fabric was nearly ten catties, and the soldiers had to carry quilts and weapons, etc., and the load might exceed thirty catties. This can severely drain the soldier's stamina.

Didn't you feel a heavy burden on your body in the winter in the future? Zhu Linmiao couldn't help but smile when she thought of this, who will still wear a padded jacket in the future? It's all down jackets that solve the problem, and they weigh two or three pounds, and the warmth kills the big cotton clothes.

Right! If you have this kind of cold killer, what are you worried about in the northern weather? He then instructed Ying Tianxiang: "No, the thickness of the cotton clothes will be halved, and another 100,000 catties of chickens, ducks and geese will be collected." ”

"Huh?" Ying Tianxiang hurriedly admonished, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that two catties of cotton are not enough to keep out the cold......"

"I know, you just do it." In fact, Zhu Linmiao didn't even want to put on two catties of cotton, but she was worried that it would be difficult to collect the down, so she didn't finish canceling the cotton clothes, and she wore it as a warm mezzanine.

"The last will obey."

"You'll find some skilled garment makers later, and I'll show them how to use the down."

"Yes!"

"If it goes well, the army may have to go north in a month and a half, so the preparation of winter clothes must be hurried." Zhu Linmiao instructed again, "The bidding price can be relaxed, and we must choose powerful large merchants and choose a few more in case of accidents." ”

"The last will be remembered."

Zhu Linmiao said again: "By the way, since we want to convene merchants to bid on a large scale, it is better to carry out the bidding for other military utensils as well."

"In terms of grain and grass, we can add a contractor, after all, the grain and grass in the north is not as abundant as in the south of the Yangtze River. Military boots and military hats also need to be replenished for winter use. Although the transport vehicle must be made by the Ordnance Bureau, the frame can be contracted. ”

He immediately opened his mind, "Even the shipyard has come to bid together, wood, canvas, hemp rope and the like, which can make merchants compete." There are also iron ore, coal, charcoal, sulfur and other necessities, all of which are subject to a bidding system, which can also eliminate corruption. ”

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but snap his fingers and said, "You might as well hold a big trade fair." The location is in Hangzhou. "You turned your head and instructed Shi Lin," and then summoned the chief officials of the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Propaganda to come to the Palace of Raising the Heart to discuss this matter. ”

"Yes!"

In the Temple of Nourishing the Heart.

Yang Tinglin, Song Yingxing and others were all flexible people, and they quickly understood what the saint meant, roughly discussed the framework of the fair, and went back to arrange for people to start preparing.

Hong Si was responsible for arranging the mission office and informing the world of the imperial court bidding.

At the same time, he also received another task - to publicize among the people that the war in Huguang was going well, and the imperial court was preparing to raise troops for the Northern Expedition to recover Yangzhou.

The more you say that, the more Jianyu will feel that you are playing tricks, and Nanzhili must be empty. For the people of the Ming Dynasty, only when they know that the lake is wide and safe can the people's hearts be stable.

After the matter was discussed, Song Yingxing waited for Yang Tinglin and Hong Si to leave, and said to Zhu Linmi: "Your Majesty, the Ordnance Bureau has created the new gun you drew earlier. The new hydraulic press for the Mini bullet was also made in two. I wonder if Your Majesty wants to see it for yourself? ”

"So fast?" Zhu Linmiao was a little surprised, these things were all projects in the "Million Budget" customized a month and a half ago, and they were made so quickly. It seems that Daming does not lack "science genes", as long as the imperial court supports it a little, the efficiency of scientific research is also just.

"Okay, I'll take a look." Zhu Linmiao was more at ease with Song Yingxing, but these things had a great deal to do with the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, so it was better to go to inspect them in person.

He asked Song Yingxing again: "How is the progress of the hydraulic boring and open-hearth steelmaking plant?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the boring drill has eyebrows, but the strength of the drill shaft is slightly insufficient, and the minister estimates that it will take another month to be available. As for open-hearth steelmaking...... Recently, the minister has been supervising the manufacture of weapons in Antarctica, and there are only a dozen young people in Fujing presiding over it...... I sent the news three days ago, and the heat storage room has just been built. ”

Seeing his self-reproachful expression, Zhu Linmiao couldn't help but smile and comfort: "It's okay, it's not bad to let young people have more experience, this progress is already faster than I expected." ”

Open-hearth steelmaking was already a nineteenth-century technology, and it was rare for these people to be able to build a thermal storage chamber in just a little more than a month with just a stack of drawings. He secretly thought in his heart, but looking at this, if he wanted the open-hearth steel plant to be put into use in a short time, he was afraid that he would have to guide it himself.

Zhu Linmiao ordered Shi Lin to prepare a car, and was about to go to the Ordnance Bureau with Song Yingxing, but a eunuch hurriedly came, saluted, and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, I can be regarded as looking for you, the Queen Mother has sent several groups of people to the Heart Cultivation Palace, let you go over." ”

"Oh? The Queen Mother looking for me? ”

Now there is a convention in the palace that the Empress Dowager Zeng is called the "old empress dowager", so Zhu Linmiao knew that the "empress dowager" said by the eunuch meant his mother, so he ordered Song Yingxing to go first, and he went to Xianfu Palace with the eunuch.

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