Zhu Youxiao, who learned that the craftsmen of the military factory had developed flintlock rifles, quickly rushed to the military factory for inspection. Zhu Youxiao soon saw these flintlock rifles.

There are as many as a dozen flintlock rifles, with different calibers and different flint firing structures.

In order to make a name for themselves, these craftsmen also worked hard and came up with various plans. Looking at the row of flintlock rifles in front of them, Zhu Youxiao was very happy and asked, "Which type is the best?"

"Your Majesty, this flintlock rifle has the best performance, and it only takes seven times to make a blind shot once. It is much more reliable than the previous bird gun, and the structure is simplest and the structure is simplest and reliable." Yang Qianshan reported to Zhu Youxiao that Yang Qianshan was so excited when he saw the emperor's happy appearance.

Zhu Youxiao picked up the flintlock rifle. The weight of this flintlock rifle is the same as the original combing rifle, about 4.5 kilograms.

"Not bad. However, the R&D team of the military factory can try to continue to optimize the muskets, and try to build some of them in all calibers. As long as the muskets can be made stronger, faster firing speed and lighter weight, I will give you rewards." Zhu Youxiao announced.

The craftsman who designed this flintlock rifle was called over and rewarded him with one thousand taels of silver and the official positions of the Jinyiwei hundred households.

Zhu Youxiao had already felt that the Ming Dynasty's title system was not very convenient. The Ming Dynasty only had three titles: Duke, Hou and Bo, and the Viscount and Baron had been cancelled.

Viscount and baron are not Western systems. The Western system of titles is just translated according to the Chinese name, and can also be translated into first-class titles, second-class titles, etc. Viscount and baron, which are traditional Chinese title names.

Because there is no viscount or baron, Zhu Youxiao naturally feels inconvenient when he is awarded. Many times, those who are rewarded cannot achieve the level of being granted the title of Bo and Marquis, so there is no title to be rewarded, so they can only use the Jinyiwei Hundred Houses to reward them.

However, there is one advantage of not having a viscount, that is, it is not easy to cause class conflicts. The founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang came from ordinary people and was obviously unwilling to see too many aristocratic classes emerged in this empire, and he acted as a blessing on ordinary people, so he only retained the titles of three levels of Duke, Marquis and Bo. The number of nobles who could be granted to these three levels would not be too many, and there would not be as many nobles as there were in the country, thus resulting in class division.

Only more than two hundred years later, the Ming Dynasty did not lead to class division in this title, but the imbalance in wealth distribution had led to another class division. At this time, the viscount and the baron system were restored. This gave birth to a group of emerging classes that could compete with private capital merchants.

The title is indeed a double-edged sword, and the key is still how to control it. If it can be strictly controlled and only granted to those groups that contribute to the country, it will have good results and stimulate the enthusiasm of the people of the empire. If there are excessive rewards and seals, there will be problems.

At least Zhu Youxiao is sure that he will not be rewarded or awarded in his lifetime. Moreover, he can also restrict privileges, and even have no privileges, just as an honorary title.

The most important thing at this time is to train the Beijing camp first, and Zhu Youxiao decided to let this matter go.

Then, the Royal Military Factory adjusted the caliber and weight based on this flintlock rifle. After some tests, the Royal Military Factory determined the first standard flintlock rifle. This gun weighed 4 kilograms, which greatly reduced the weight, but did not decrease.

The manufacturing cost has also been reduced. The cost of a flintlock rifle only needs 3 taels of silver, and the material of a flintlock rifle does not require 1 tael of silver. A craftsman has an average workload of enough to make a musket in one month. At this time, the labor cost of the Royal Military Factory was actually not high, but it only allowed the craftsmen to have no worries about life. The main reason is that the welfare is better, and there is no need to worry about birth, old age, sickness and death, and the living conditions are also improving rapidly.

The craftsmen of the Royal Military Factory were all working hard to use their brains and trying every possible way to improve production technology.

The emperor personally decided on a reward measure. Whoever can improve production technology will be rewarded according to the improvement effect. The lowest reward is 300 taels, and the highest is 5,000 taels.

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The creativity of workers is amazing in an era when industrial technology is still relatively low.

At the same time, the Royal Military Factory also set up a special research team to conduct special research on muskets and artillery, and Zhu Youxiao basically gave enough research funds.

However, if you want to take off your technology, you still have to cultivate a group of math, physics and chemistry talents first!

Zhu Youxiao did not have the energy to do such things for the time being. After leaving the military factory, Zhu Youxiao rushed to the "Royal Military Academy".

This is another new move by Zhu Youjiao after the Ministry of Political and Education.

At present, this military academy is just a junior grass-roots team. Zhu Youxiao mainly explains new tactics to the officers, and the officers are also involved in the improvement and discussion of the new tactics.

The square formation tactic proposed by Zhu Youxiao is relatively simple in structure and is not difficult to learn.

The officers who can enter the martial arts lecture hall to study were all "baptized" by the Ministry of Political Science and Education, and their outlook on life, values, world outlook, and thought were unified, and they also swore to join the Han Imperial Party.

Zhu Youzhai personally served as the principal, and he was very stunning to imitate a bald head. The military academy established an "infantry department" and a "cavalry department", but there was no artillery department at the moment.

The military equipment of the Beijing camp was also in place, and the Royal Military Factory was fully engaged in production. Due to the change of the production system, the quality of the military equipment was fully qualified.

The equipment of the spearmen was a 4-meter-long spear, as well as a helmet, armor, war knives, and a set of red military uniforms. The Ming Dynasty was fire virtue, and the uniforms were mainly red. The Qing Dynasty was promoted by the black water dragon veins in the north, so the Qing Dynasty advocated black.

The spearman's spear has the lowest cost, requires little metal, so it is relatively simple to make.

The cost of helmets, armor and swords is higher than that of spears. Although there is a spear, each spearman is equipped with a sword.

Many of the Ming army's swords were made in shoddy and could be cut off by people at will. The main reason was that craftsmen cut corners, and craftsmen cut corners because the official allocation was too low. If they were to build real materials, they would not only not make money, but they also had to pay a sum of money by themselves.

The production model of the Royal Military Factory avoids such problems, and the equipment must be inspected after it is manufactured, and the unqualified ones will be rebuilt.

With such a set of equipment, the armed expenses of a spearman were only used up to 6 taels of silver. Compared with the cavalry, even the expenses of their horses were not as good as those of their horses.

The equipment cost of musketeers is similar. A soldier's equipment is only 5 taels of silver for a flintlock rifle, a sword, and a uniform.

The cost of war is actually not calculated entirely based on the cost of equipment. Another is the time for military formation. After all, soldiers need military pay, and they will also consume food, etc.

The biggest advantage of spearmen and musketeers is that if there are enough grassroots officers, they can be put into the battlefield within three or five months of training, and the speed of forming an army is very fast.

However, there was no way for the Jingying camp at this time, because the Jingying lacked experienced officers.

Therefore, it takes at least one year to practice the training of the Beijing camp to engage in combat. In order to ensure that the new army can be successfully trained, Zhu Youxiao is not stingy in equipment and equipped each spearman with a sword. Although this sword is not actually used many times, it also adds a condition for soldiers to respond to various environments.

As long as the Beijing camp is trained into an elite new army, it can obtain many grassroots officers, and it will be very simple to expand the army in the future.

The establishment of the Royal Military Academy also provided sufficient military officers for training. Officers who have studied theory also explored this theory together, and then focused on discussing and overcoming the problems encountered in the process.

Soon the training of the Beijing Camp began to rush forward. The spearmen began to practice gun assassination, and the musketeers began to practice using flintlock rifles. PS: The update was a little late, and today's mental state was not very good, sorry!
Chapter completed!