Ma Shaoguang saw Zhu Hongsan standing on the hilltop and watching the Nanshan River Village below, and asked, "Why don't the prince go down and take a look?"

Zhu Hongsan shook his head and said, "This Li Zhi is so annoying. These stinky old Jius are arrogant and will be dealt with when he has the chance to deal with him in the future."

When Ma Shaoguang heard Zhu Hongsan cursing intellectuals here, his face was a little unnatural.

When Zhu Hongsan saw Ma Shaoguang's face, he knew that he was uncomfortable and hurriedly said, "Boyu, don't take it to heart. I didn't say anything about you. You are a very stinky old ninth."

Ma Shaoguang sighed inwardly, and he really had nothing to say to this rogue prince.

Zhu Hongsan looked for a while and it was getting late. Zhu Hongsan took his people back to the military camp outside the city for dinner.

The dinner was very good today. The cooking team purchased hundreds of kilograms of sea fish from fishermen outside the city. Each soldier could get two crispy fish made tonight. The staple food was steamed buns and rice.

Zhu Hongsan's team is mostly Henan people. Most of them were refugees in Huguang back then, so they were not used to rice. However, when they came to Guangdong, there was more rice than white flour. Zhu Hongsan ordered the staple food to be half rice and half steamed buns. In the past six months, these guys' eating habits have almost changed.

Zhu Hongsan brought the meal and had a meal with several officers. The crispy fish was cooked very well and the fish bones were crispy. Zhu Hongsan saw Zhu Hongyi's two fish and bites and left his portion for Zhu Hongyi to eat. Zhu Hongsan made the rice with cabbage soup.

After the meal, Zhu Hongsan said to the officers: "This is the training, let's go back tomorrow." Then he said to Ma Jingyuan beside him: "San brother, you go back and start organizing recruitment and recruit 30,000 soldiers within one month."

Ma Jingyuan nodded. This guy has been left here by Zhu Hongsan in recent years, and it has been difficult to get up and down. Ma Jingyuan has also gone to Ma Xiaofang in private and wanted to work in a place. After Ma Xiaofang and Zhu Hongsan talked, Zhu Hongsan did not agree.

Seeing Ma Jingyuan's dejected look, Zhu Hongsan said: "Third Brother, you should do it well. After that, I will let you be the magistrate of Xin'an County."

Ma Jingyuan was stunned and said happily: "Really, Prince, don't worry, I will definitely do my job of recruiting soldiers."

Ma Shaoguang next to him felt very uncomfortable. He really didn't look down on this illegitimate third uncle. This time, he didn't expect that Ma Jingyuan would come to be a county magistrate and his dignified juren would be a secretary.

After dinner, Ma Shaoguang found Zhu Hongsan and tactfully expressed his intention to be the county magistrate.

Zhu Hongsan smiled and said, "Boyu, I am going to set up a navy in Nantou Water Village. Your third uncle has worked in the army. Let him work for this county magistrate and those pirates can cooperate. Do you think you can do this?"

"So that's the case, let Ma Jingyuan deal with the pirates." After knowing the reason, Ma Shaoguang quickly said: "Prince, let the third uncle who is familiar with military affairs do it."

Zhu Hongsan glanced at Ma Shaoguang and said, "Boyu, don't worry, do your secretary's job first. Do you just want to be a county magistrate?"

Ma Shaoguang quickly bowed and said, "Prince, I don't mean that. I'm afraid I won't be able to do the job of secretary well."

Zhu Hongsan knew clearly what Ma Shaoguang thought he was doing. This guy felt that the secretary was not promising and wanted to do something big.

Zhu Hongsan said: "Boyu, the position of secretary is very important and plays a role in connecting the past and the future, but it is much more useful than a county magistrate. It is a painstaking effort to recommend you to do this work. Don't let your father down."

Ma Shaoguang, whose mind was seen through by Zhu Hongsan, blushed and said, "What the prince said is that my subordinates will work with peace of mind in the future."

Zhu Hongsan nodded and watched Ma Shaoguang say goodbye.

Zhu Hongsan looked at Ma Shaoguang who was out and thought to himself: "This Ma Shaoguang has the ability, but he is almost thirty and doesn't know the depth. It seems that he is still short of training. Ma Jingyuan has been hanging by himself in recent years. Maybe he can find some difficult jobs for Ma Shaoguang to try, and maybe he can mature early."

There was nothing wrong the next day, and Zhu Hongsan took the team to return to the Nanhai Guard. In the next few days, Zhu Hongsan lived in the army and made subtle adjustments to some things.

After living for a few days, Zhu Hongsan saw that the recruitment work was in full swing, and Ma Jingyuan's enthusiasm was completely transferred by the position of the county magistrate. In the past few days, two thousand people had been recruited.

Zhu Hongsan first completed the organization, expanded the division based on two regiments, and expanded the battalion into a regiment. Let the chief officers at all levels do a good job in training recruits and strive to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

Zhu Hongsan returned to the factory and found Tie Niu, wanting to ask him how the flower bullets were doing.

When Tieniu heard Zhu Hongsan ask him, he said with a frustration: "Prince, this thing is easy to work with, but it is not powerful."

Zhu Hongsan was stunned, he shouldn't have asked, "Tieniu, tell me what's going on?"

Tie Niu said: "Prince, for the sake of easy movement, our cannons are designed with very small caliber, so there is no problem when using solid bullets. However, the flowering bullet is subject to the caliber, and the filling is too little, and its power is not as large as a hand grenade."

After Tien Niu said this, Zhu Hongsan understood. He used to be too obsessed with technology and thought that technology solved everything, but forgot that the Western army used solid bullets until the 19th century.

Before World War I, the use of new explosives was the main shell, and the solid shell finally left the stage. It seemed that I had made an empirical mistake.

Zhu Hongsan asked: "Then is there no way to solve it?"

Tieniu said: "We have studied it and only by increasing the charge, that is, increasing the caliber. However, when the caliber is larger, the cannon will become very heavy and cannot be used in the field. It can be used on a boat or guarding the city."

When Zhu Hongsan heard this, he didn't expect this method. He happened to build a navy by himself. Zhu Hongsan said, "Okay, you can study large-caliber artillery and let us put it on the ship. In this way, you can also make some small-caliber flowering bullets, and use them according to 50% solid bullets, 30% shotguns, and 20% flowering bullet equipment."

Tienniu nodded and went down to arrange production.

When Zhu Hongsan saw Tie Niu leaving, he thought that he had come anyway, so he might as well go and see how the boat keel bones were doing.

Zhu Hongsan entered the casting workshop of the steel mill and asked someone where Liu Dali was, and went to find Liu Dali.

When Liu Dali saw Zhu Hongsan coming, he bowed and said, "Master is here."

Zhu Hongsan nodded and said, "Da Li, I will see how the dragon bone is doing today."

Liu Dali said: "With his help, we have already made the main keel bones and now we are getting the ribs."

Zhu Hongsan said, "Are you okay? Take me to see it."

Liu Dali brought Zhu Hongsan outside, with a semi-finished product of a sea boat on a large shelf.

Zhu Hongsan stepped forward and looked at the boat. The keel of the boat was made of cast iron. An old man in his fifties came over next to him and saw Zhu Hongsan bow and said, "Son-in-law is here, the little old man is polite."

Liu Dali said: "This is the craftsman Qian San."

Zhu Hongsan asked: "How is Qian San? When will the first ship be launched?"

Qian San replied: "It's still early. I've just started laying the keel bones, but this is the first time that my son-in-law has seen it with iron as a keel bone. Can't he sink into the water like this?"

"It's so bad. I've seen all the big ship brothers with tens of tons in the future."

Zhu Hongsan replied: "You just take care of the production, you don't have to care about the others."

Qian San nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, my son-in-law. The most rare thing about a sea boat is the choice of keel bones. As long as there is a suitable keel bone, the villain can complete the boat within two months."

Looking at the keel that was fifteen or sixteen meters long, Zhu Hongsan asked: "How much material is this ship?"

"The ship is twenty meters long after it is built, and it is almost three hundred materials. Now the main keel has been completed. Next is the installation of the side keel and ribs, and the ship plate will be the next. At this point, it will be half completed. Next is the setting of the watertight cabin, the installation of the sails, etc.."

Unexpectedly, a ship was so troublesome. Zhu Hongsan used to think that the keel bone was like a beam of a wooden body, but he didn't expect that it would be divided into such thin pieces, such as ribs and side keel bones.

Zhu Hongsan suddenly thought of installing artillery and said, "Qian San, what should I do if I install artillery on the deck?"

Qian San said: "It can be installed on the bow and stern."

This is a bit ugly. What Zhu Hongsan wants is the kind of warship that fires on the side in the movie. Zhu Hongsan told Qian San what he thought, and Qian San said: "What my son-in-law said is the same as the gunboats of Western ships. Our ships are also OK, but there are not as many gun positions as Western ships, and only ten cannons can be installed on one side."
Chapter completed!