I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 216: A small station? Training?
Some of these alloys were very strong and well suited for use as drill bits, and combined with primitive machine tools, the time required to drill a gun barrel was greatly reduced.

Moreover, Zhu Houxuan had been promoting standardized manufacturing, which could be used in the production of bird gun barrels to ensure consistent caliber.

The production of plate armor and new sabers went most smoothly.

Because the Ming Royal Group has the most technical accumulation in this area.

The new military knife is actually the Qi family knife of later generations, which is extremely useful for chopping.

Just when Zhu Houxun was concentrating on the research and development of various weapons, Zhu Houzhao's envoy came to him.

Tell Zhu Houxuan that he has recruited more than 10,000 new soldiers and ask him to send the money over as soon as possible.
At this time, two months had passed since Zhu Houxun proposed to establish a new army. Zhu Houzhao acted quickly and recruited more than 10,000 new troops.

Although Zhu Houxuan had not been in the capital for some time, he had actually been paying attention to various things happening in the capital and had been in frequent contact with Zhu Houzhao.

The 60,000 shi of grain were also transported to Zhu Houzhao early on.

Zhu Houzhao immediately began preparations for the new army.

Naturally, all this could not be hidden from the court officials. They strongly opposed Zhu Houzhao's establishment of a new army, but they were also surprised to find that the only thing they could do now was to persuade Zhu Houzhao to give up the idea of ​​establishing a new army.

Because after Zhu Houzhao got the support of Zhu Houxuan, they could no longer stop Zhu Houzhao through administrative means.

In the past, civil officials were able to restrict Zhu Houzhao because the cabinet could refute Zhu Houzhao's imperial edicts, which was a more intense form of confrontation.

Even if Zhu Houzhao bypassed the cabinet and issued the imperial edict directly to the relevant departments, the civil servants of the relevant departments could refuse to execute it on the grounds that there was a lack of cabinet procedure.

Even if officials in the cabinet or relevant departments cannot withstand the pressure from the emperor, they can engage in passive resistance.

Take the establishment of a new army as an example. According to normal procedures, the Ministry of Revenue should provide money and food, the Ministry of Works should provide equipment, and the Ministry of War should provide relevant personnel, and they should work together to do this.

In this process, they can engage in passive resistance at many stages.
However, the appearance of Zhu Houxun allowed Zhu Houzhao to bypass all these. The money, food, and equipment were all provided by the Ming Royal Group, and the civil servants could only watch helplessly.

That's why this matter progressed so smoothly.

In fact, Zhu Houxuan went to Tangshan for two reasons: one was to improve his weapons and equipment, and the other was to avoid those civil servants.

Anyway, out of sight, out of mind. I'm happy that you can't find me.

At this time, the first batch of more than 13,000 new soldiers had been training for almost a month, and the first military pay would be paid in a few days, so Zhu Houzhao was so anxious to urge Zhu Houxuan.

After receiving the news, Zhu Houxuan also promptly pulled up more than 5 cannons, a dozen muskets, new sabers and plate armor, as well as kilograms of salted fish and pieces of cloth, and prepared to set off in a mighty manner.

At this time, Zhu Houxuan suddenly realized that although he had been communicating with Zhu Houzhao and knew the training progress of the new soldiers, he did not know where Zhu Houzhao was training.
Because Zhu Houzhao never mentioned it, Zhu Houxun also forgot to ask about it.
Fortunately, Zhu Houzhao's envoy was there, so Zhu Houxuan quickly asked, "Where is my brother training the new army?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, His Majesty is training troops near Tongzhouwei in the eastern suburbs of the capital." The messenger said and Zhu Houzhao nodded. It seems that Zhu Houzhao did listen to what he said at the beginning, so he specially found a relatively remote place to train the troops to prevent these new troops from being corrupted by the prosperity of the city.

"The nearest place is an abandoned post station, so Your Majesty named that place Xiaozhan," the messenger continued.

Zhu Houxuan almost vomited blood after hearing this. What the hell is this? A small station? Training? New army?
Zhu Houxuan's memories that had been buried in his mind were awakened, and he began to attack him continuously.
Moreover, the name "Xiaozhan" was given by Zhu Houzhao himself.
Why did they choose such a name when there were so many good names to choose from? Zhu Houxuan thought helplessly in his heart.

Training troops at a small station, is this fate? Zhu Houzhao secretly complained in his heart.

Zhu Houxuan did not hesitate for too long and asked the envoy to take the convoy to Xiaozhan for training.

They met up with the silver cart of the Ming Royal Bank transporting silver coins at Tongzhouwei, and then headed towards the small station together.
As soon as Zhu Houxuan entered, he heard deafening shouts.

When we got closer, we saw four large camps standing in the wilderness, and there were people moving around and training in the camps.

It was early winter, but the people in the camp were not wearing thick clothes. They were running in a fairly neat line. White steam was steaming above their heads. The deafening shouts and the enthusiastic atmosphere seemed to disperse the dark clouds in the sky.
The people in the camp had already received the news that Zhu Houxuan was coming and were waiting at the camp gate.

As soon as he saw Zhu Houxuan and his group coming, he hurried over to greet them.

"Greetings to the Emperor's uncle." The leader was Jiang Bin, who bowed and said respectfully to Zhu Houxuan.

"No need to be so polite." Zhu Houxuan waved his hand and said, Jiang Bin has now become the chief officer of the new army.

Although he is not a good person, he has good military qualities and is very trusted by Zhu Houzhao. He is indeed the most suitable candidate at present.
"Uncle, please follow me. I will take you to see the emperor." Jiang Bin said hurriedly.

Zhu Houxun was soon brought to a large tent. He noticed that many buildings had been built around the parade ground. Those buildings should be dormitories for the recruits. It seemed that these venues were going to be turned into semi-permanent training camps.

"Brother, I've been waiting for you to come. How about this formation? Is it good? What do you think? These are all strong men I recruited from the mines near the capital." Zhu Houzhao smiled when he saw Zhu Houxuan.

"Not bad, very energetic!" Zhu Houxuan smiled broadly, "These people recruited by my brother look very impressive."

"Haha!" Zhu Houzhao was even more proud, but he still remembered the main thing, "Have you brought all the military pay?"

"I've brought them all. A total of one month's worth. At this time next month, the staff of the Ming Royal Bank will come here to deliver this month's military pay," Zhu Houxuan explained.

"Good!" Zhu Houzhao clapped his hands excitedly, "You can give the money to Bin'er and let him be responsible for distributing it."

Zhu Houxuan glanced at Jiang Bin and didn't want to give the military pay to him because he knew Jiang Bin's reputation for being greedy for money. It was a bit dangerous to give him the military pay. He didn't want any trouble to happen in the new army.

But Jiang Bin was still listening, so he couldn't point it out directly, because that would be a slap in Jiang Bin's face...

"Brother, why don't we pay the soldiers in person this time?" Zhu Houxuan took the initiative to say
(End of this chapter)