The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 356 John Bent
Zhu Linmei is not surprised that Lu Ning can be rated as a master. After all, he has studied with him the longest, but this craftsman from Luzon is not ordinary.I hadn't heard of this person when I left Fujing, so he worked in Fujing for at least three months. He must be a great genius to master industrial drawing and arithmetic skills in such a short period of time.

"Who is this person's name, and what is his history?"

Song Yingxing said: "His Royal Highness, his name is John Bent, a native of Zhejiang, his ancestors fled to Luzon, and he was a shipwright."

Zhu Linmei nodded and wrote down the name, while Song Yingxing brought the topic back to silver, "Your Highness, it's not important to use ICBC plus food, clothing, etc. The Fujing Military Bureau purchased iron and copper last month. , charcoal, coal and other things will cost 11 taels."

Zhu Linmei's eyelids twitched. She thought that there was only a bottomless pit in the shipyard, but she didn't expect the Ordnance Bureau to be so powerful!
Song Yingxing continued: "Although these expenses are allocated by the household department, the money may be late or lost on the way, and there will be thousands of taels of difference every month.

"Students made their own ideas and asked the craftsmen to make axles, plow tools and the like for sale in their spare time to make up for the gap."

Zhu Linmei laughed in her heart, she never expected Mr. Song to have such an economic mind, and the Ming Dynasty started the "Military-civilian Combination".But if things go on like this, it won't be a problem. We have to break the current pattern of imperial government appropriating funds and imperial court assigning tasks.

He nodded and said: "I will instruct the Ministry of Households to allocate some more to you as appropriate. When the Logistics Division of the Ministry of War begins to operate, all weapons will be purchased in the form of bidding, and the real purchases will be paid for. There will be no more money in the Military Weapons Bureau. .”

The introduction of the bidding mechanism can not only make the fund flow of the Military Weapons Bureau faster and freer, but also avoid excessive waste of the Military Weapons Bureau.In addition, several military bureaus compete with each other during the bidding, and even private factories can participate in the bidding, which effectively promotes everyone to reduce costs and improve craftsmanship.

Zhu Linmi remembered Song Yingxing's saying that John Bent had also entered the Fujing Gezhi Academy, and asked him: "Mr. Song just mentioned the Fujing Gezhi Academy, but it has already been established to teach?"

"Returning to Your Highness, only [-]% of the school building has been built, and the foundation of the complementary laboratory has just begun.

"However, Master Zhu and Master Li have brought many great talents from Zhejiang Province to Tianxing Mansion for a long time. The students saw their enthusiasm, so they asked them to teach in the existing house." Song Yingxing looked at Xu Erlu with a happy face. Dao said, "It's all about recruiting students from afar. Only under the current conditions, there are more than 300 students who come to study. When the school is completed, more scholars will come."

The Master Zhu and Master Li he mentioned are Zhu Zongyuan and Li Zubai, masters who spread Western learning eastward in the late Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Linmei smiled and praised: "Weiyuan is responsible for supervising the construction of artillery, and then spared no effort to recruit students for Gezhi Academy. It's really hard work."

"Your Highness is serious." Xu Erlu hurriedly said, "It's my duty to serve as an official in the Ministry of Rites."

When mentioning the artillery, Zhu Linmi asked again: "By the way, how are the hunting guns and cannons going?"

Song Yingxing clasped his hands aside and said, "Returning to Your Highness, both Suji Iron Works and Ganzhou Arms Bureau have completed the standardization of craftsmanship. The former can produce [-] guns per month, and the latter can produce [-] per month."

Suji Iron Works was originally influenced by Zhu Linmi, the standardization of craftsmanship was carried out very quickly, and the level of craftsmen was also higher.As for the Ganzhou Arms Bureau, it took more than two months to complete this process, and the training of craftsmen was relatively slow.

Song Yingxing continued: "Including the Fujing Arms Bureau, a total of 12 hunting guns and [-] bullets can be made every month. There are now more than [-] guns in stock at the Department of the Ministry of War. [-] bullets."

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