The deterrent effect of killing is extremely obvious. Almost all soldiers began to practice seriously. Not only that, in their spare time, these rude men did not forget to hurry up and shake their heads and recite Zhu Jun's newly released military rules. Just kidding, it would be a joke. If they didn't recite it after seven days, they would lose their heads. Last time, someone was just late, so they cut off their heads. Who dared to joke about their lives?

Zhu Jun set up a training exercise to get up early and jog for twenty miles every day, train the queue in the morning, and practice swords, guns and sticks in the afternoon. The whole day was almost full of kung fu, but no one complained, which was also a loss of head. What's more, the treatment given by Zhu Jun was much better than before, and the salary was improved by several levels. With both kindness and power, soldiers and oil men seemed to be very fond of this.

Zhang Youde has also been a little worried recently. He is the commander of the hereditary Jinyiwei and has learned some military tactics since he was a child. He wanted to break his head but did not find such a strange training method from any famous general in history. However, the emperor's will must be absolutely obeyed and must not be dragged on. Zhang Youde dared not neglect in this regard.

The fog in Myanmar is extremely thick. In the valley, all the soldiers stood straight in the thick fog. They had already jogged for a full twenty miles, and after breakfast, they were standing in line.

"When you cheer up, the emperor will check the brothers' training at any time. Which turtle dares to appear in shame in front of the emperor and embarrass me. I will chop him alive." Zhang Youde and several thousand households each carried long whips, and saw someone moving randomly, and then threw them over.

Thousands of soldiers remained motionless. Occasionally, a few guys who couldn't stand it became honest after the whip was whipped. Some people began to sweat on their foreheads and their legs began to tremble.

For the first time, they realized that standing in a team was more painful than jogging. At the beginning, everyone could stand upright and even felt a little relaxed and freehand. The morning breeze blew across their faces with a hint of pleasure. But soon, they found something was wrong, their feet began to appear sore and numb, and their whole body was always uncomfortable. Two hours later, the real pain came, their legs began to numb, their whole body was soaked with sweat, and their strength seemed to be sucked dry by their legs. The biggest wish was to move and evade their muscles and bones. Unfortunately, Zhang Youde and several inspectors were holding long whips to peek at themselves. As long as they moved lightly, the long whip immediately broke through the air, leaving a scar on their body with a squeak.

Jogging in the morning is to exercise the soldiers' physical strength, standing in the morning is to test their will and endurance, and practicing swords, guns and sticks in the afternoon is to let soldiers learn combat skills. In an era when cold weapons are mainstream, the rewards brought by this crazy training brought by Zhu Jun is absolutely unimaginable.

In Zhu Jun's eyes, the training of will in the morning is the top priority of the army. On the ever-changing battlefield, an accidental event can often lead to the success or failure of the entire war. If one side's will collapses, the chain reaction it brings is unimaginable.

For example, ambushing is set in the mountains and ridges and forests, but often it is necessary to wait until the enemy completely enters the ambush circle before attacking. At this time, the time has come to test will and patience. The soldiers must endure the bites of mosquitoes, must endure hunger, choose the most powerful time, and finally one blow will kill.

The powerful crossbow team formed by Zhu Jun in the future also requires super willpower. When thousands of troops are running towards him, willpower can overcome the deepest fear in his heart. With super patience, you can persist until the enemy enters the range, and finally use arrow clusters to kill all enemies who dare to move forward.

Zhu Jun was in great enthusiasm these days. The people respected him like a god. The officials no longer spoke in their ears and spoke in saints. Everything about the remains was gradually firmly in their hands by Zhu Jun. The last charlatan performance was so effective that Zhu Jun became a little fluttering.

However, no matter how far he floats, he will have to return to reality. Several Jinyiwei stared at the pirate leader's one-eyed move. Within a month, the pirates might have to take action. Zhu Jun is worried now whether the steel crossbow can be imitated.

The small blast furnace on the left side of the village has been built. After a few days of air drying, the clay began to become harder. All the steelmaking work was ready. Chen Sanxi led a group of blacksmiths to set fire under the blast furnace. When the temperature reached a certain level, several blacksmiths began to dump iron filings into the blast furnace. These iron filings were purchased by Tuwa City. Tuwa City faced the sea. Occasionally, Nanyang merchants came to try their luck with goods. Various raw materials were extremely rich. Even the iron ore that Myanmar did not allow private purchases and sales could be secretly put on a few trucks.

Li Tieda stood on the earth staircase and looked down at the top of the blast furnace. At the high temperature, the iron filings were quickly melted into molten iron, rippling back and forth on the brick boards in the furnace.

"The temperature is still too low, increase the heat." Li Tie, who was standing on the earth stairs, yelled at Chen Sanxi, who was standing on the ground.

The fire at the bottom of the furnace became stronger and bigger, and the iron began to boil. The golden iron splashed in the blast furnace. Li Tieda nodded with satisfaction and shouted to the blacksmith below: "Pick up the basket of charcoal quickly."

Charcoal was cut by blacksmiths themselves. After putting them in the iron, they can remove the excessive carbon in the iron and convert the iron into steel.

A man with his upper body exposed had already picked up the basket of leftover charcoal, walked up the steps of the earth stairs, and fought with Li Tie to pour the charcoal from the basket into the neck of the blast furnace.

"Continue to increase the fire and don't stop. Add another bellows, and be sure to succeed in one go." Li Tieda kept observing the changes in iron, feeling both expectant and worried. At this time, a sound of long-lasting worship from my emperor came from behind him. He turned his head and saw that Zhu Jun had arrived at the blast furnace at some point. The blacksmith under the earth stairs knelt on the ground. Li Tieda shivered, trotted down the earth stairs, and also knelt down the earth stairs.

Zhu Jun pursed his lips, shook his sleeves and said, "Everyone should get up, has the steel been made? I'm still waiting to see."

"It's almost done, you can take it after it cools down." Li Tie estimated the time and immediately ordered the blacksmiths to extinguish the fire and wait for the steel in the blast furnace to solidify.

An hour later, Li Tiedao took the solidified steel up and put it in front of Zhu Jun.

Zhu Jun glanced at it and saw that there were too many impurities in this steel. No matter the hardness and toughness were several levels worse than the various modern steels, he did not expect this steel to be advanced, as long as it was higher than the current craftsmanship level.

"Li Tietao, look at how this steel is?" Zhu Jun asked Li Tietao.

Li Tieda nodded and praised: "This is good steel. The villain has been fighting for half his life, and has never seen such good steel. Your Majesty, if he uses it as a crossbow, the villain is 100% sure."

Zhu Jun nodded with satisfaction and said to him: "Don't worry, please find more blacksmiths to imitate them as much as possible. If you have any difficulties, please tell me."

"Your Majesty, your steel crossbow is too complicated, and there are more than 40 parts in various sizes. I am afraid that the villain will do his best and it will take two days to make a pair at the earliest." Li Tieda said in a bit embarrassing manner.

"What's the difficulty? You can make molds of various parts first. At that time, you only need to introduce the molten steel into the mold, and the speed will naturally be more than ten times faster." At this point, Zhu Jun suddenly stopped. He forgot that this was the Ming Dynasty, not the place where he lived before. It was not easy to make molds here. Not to mention not being able to find the high-hardness and high wear-resistant metal material, as well as the forging, spring, and other technologies that can be completed overnight.

"Li Tieda, no matter what, I want you to imitate a pair of crossbows a day. If you lack personnel, you can tell me. If you lack craftsmen, I can also temporarily go to Tuwa City to recruit some apprentices. Do you understand?" Zhu Jun was obviously not satisfied with the output of only fifteen pairs in a month. The pirates will launch sneak attacks in a month. If you have a new crossbow, Zhu Jun will have a higher chance of winning.

"The villain does his best. All our blacksmiths are in two shifts, and they don't stop fire day and night, so it's not impossible to create them." Li Tie said.

"Okay, I copied the first pair of crossbows and sent it to me. I want to see the effect." Zhu Jun nodded with satisfaction.

To the west of the village is a huge bamboo forest. Because of the recent large-scale cut of green bamboos to build bamboo houses, a large open space has been cleared. Zhu Jun asked someone to clean it up and asked someone to go to Tuwa City to try to buy mulberry seeds. He planned to create a mulberry forest here, then raise silkworm cocoons and silk, and make silk to trade in various countries in Southeast Asia.

Now it is the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. After the Qing Dynasty went south, several massacres were held. The population in Jiangnan decreased greatly, and the production of silk also dropped to the lowest point in history. However, overseas wealthy businessmen could not without silk. They could either wait for the little supply in Jiangnan, but they could not produce it themselves. A piece of silk has been raised to the price of 110 taels of silver. Even so, there is still a shortage of supply and no market.

Zhu Jun plans to take this opportunity to produce a batch of silk to sell in Southeast Asia. This is simply a profitable business. How can I not do it?

What's more, Zhu Jun has an advantage that others cannot reach. He does not need to plant all the limited land in food. With this new variety, more people can free themselves from agriculture and join the ranks of handicrafts and commerce.
Chapter completed!