Two generals who have been frustrated in officialdom all their lives, under Zhu Jie's "lure", finally decided to go out of the mountain, I have to say, this is a great news for Zhu Jie, with these two people themselves began to carry out ordnance innovation with great fanfare, they have enough confidence, especially Mao Yuanyi, Mao Yuanyi is an all-rounder, and even has rich experience in the construction of naval warships and sea battles.

"Haha!"

Zhu Jie was overjoyed and laughed: "Meng Hougong, Shi Mingong, then thank you two gentlemen!" ”

Bi Maokang shook his head and replied: "Shi Min is now in the prime of life, as long as he quits drinking and stretches his chest, it is not difficult for his body to recover, but the old man is not good, he is almost old, he is really lacking in skills, my lord, you still don't have too much hope for me, I just hope it won't drag you back......"

"Uncle, you are old now, but aren't there still us?"

Bi Dengfu said with a smile: "It's time for you to gather your disciples, Denghan is in Nanjing, Jimeng is also in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, all you need is a letter, who of these people doesn't want to follow you?" In the future, you only need to point out the people below, and we can do specific things! “

Bi Maokang glared at Bi Dengfu angrily, and said angrily: "Doesn't the old man know? The good guys let you be a kid! Can you please move them without me coming forward? ”

Zhu Jie smiled: "Meng Hougong, you are old, it is really not appropriate to take on too many things, and I don't plan to let you take on too heavy affairs, how about this?" This governor has appointed you as the vice president of Yingtian Academy, responsible for the improvement and manufacture of firearms, as for the annual salary, the annual salary of the squire is only a few hundred taels, as the vice president, your annual salary is five times that of the squire, that is, two thousand taels! At the same time, in order to guarantee your research, the college will allocate another 1,000 taels of silver for you every year, how about it? ”

Bi Maokang smiled bitterly: "My lord, I only have two wives and concubines and three slaves in my family, don't say two thousand taels, even two hundred taels of silver is enough, too much gold and silver will make me feel pressure......"

Zhu Jie shook his head and replied: "Meng Hougong, this is not for you alone, but for all the deans and teachers of the academy, as long as you have a skill, have profound attainments in a certain field, you will have a salary of three hundred taels of silver when you enter the academy, as for the cost of research, depending on the project of each person's research, the field of firearms you are responsible for is one of the most important directions of the academy, and the cost of one thousand taels of silver is only a preliminary cost, as long as it can make more advanced muskets and artillery, even if it is ten thousand taels a year." I'll dial it to you too! ”

Bi Maokang's heart was shocked, this master is really generous, as soon as he makes a move, it is a thousand taels of silver, if it is not enough, it can rise even tens of thousands of taels!

Bi Maokang said in a deep voice: "Master Inspector, the old man won't say much else, even if he is tired to death, the old man will make you advanced muskets and artillery!" ”

Zhu Jie looked at Mao Yuanyi again, and said with a smile: "Shi Mingong, Yingtian Academy also has a seat for you, the same as Meng Hougong, however, your direction is the sailor, I know that you are proficient in the sailor, in a word, what kind of talents need to be summoned, you decide for yourself, what method to bring people over, and you also decide, I have only one request, that is, to re-supervise the construction of a battleship beyond Western ships for the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible, from today on, your official position is the right attendant of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry, directly in charge of Nanjing Longjiang Bao Shipyard, Restore the strength of Longjiang Bao Shipyard! At the same time, you are also the first chief soldier of the Yangtze River Naval Division of the Ming Dynasty! It's up to you how the sailor develops! ”

"Master Overseer, do you really want to rebuild the Great Ming Water Master? You must know that rebuilding the water division is not the same as opening an academy for you, without hundreds of thousands of taels or millions of taels of silver, you can't see anything at all! And it doesn't happen overnight! ”

Mao Yuanyi was shocked and hurriedly said.

Zhu Jie shook his head and replied, "No matter how much money is spent, this thing must be done!" Shi Mingong, if we don't hurry up, it will really be over, and the loss will be more than these tens of thousands of taels of silver, it may be millions of taels, tens of millions of taels, or even tens of thousands of taels of silver, don't think I'm alarmist, in the future, I will explain to you one by one, anyway, sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, you are a real expert, you should be clear, after Zheng He, the imperial court has implemented a sea ban for nearly two hundred years, and now various shipyards, but can still build Zheng He's treasure ship? “

Mao Yuanyi's face darkened, and he shook his head and said, "Build Zheng He's treasure ship back then?" Impossible, the flagship treasure ship of the three treasure eunuchs back then, but more than 5,000 materials, but now more than 2,000 materials of warships on the Daming Sea are very rare, many crafts, with the death of the older generation of craftsmen and gradually disappeared, and, to tell the truth, even if the treasure ship is built, in the face of the attack of the new warship of the red-haired devil, no matter how big the treasure ship is, it is not the opponent of others, there are too few artillery on our treasure ship, and over the years, the power of Western artillery has surpassed that of the Ming Dynasty, Whether it is a Franc machine or a Hongyi artillery, it is very powerful and has a long range, and our treasure ships are passively beaten in the face of foreign warships, one-on-one, even if they are the same size, they are definitely not people's opponents! “

Zhu Jie nodded fiercely and replied, "Isn't this over?" Shi Mingong, I didn't expect you to have a deep understanding of the foreigners' warships and artillery, the gap between our warships and sailors and the foreigners is getting bigger and bigger, once the red hair ravages the coast again in the future, what will we do to compete with others? Not to mention keeping the enemy out of the country? It's not time, it's not time......"

Mao Yuanyi smiled bitterly: "But my lord, how can I change the entire trend with my own strength?" When I followed Inspector Sun, I had a deep relationship with Sun Yuanhua and Matteo Ricci, John Tang and others, in the West, the monarchs of various countries attached great importance to the study of gunpowder, weapons, warships, etc., these craftsmen and scholars enjoyed a high status in the West, and the prestige was even awarded by the king......

"Don't worry, Shi Mingong!"

Zhu Jie's face was indifferent, but his tone was extremely firm, "From today onwards, craftsmen will no longer be cheap!" ”

(End of chapter)