The scholars of the Donglin Party gradually dispersed, and most of them advocated the advice of court officials, or even the death to advise, and the method of organizing scholars to subdue the throne. However, the two young men, Chen Zilong and Fang Yizhi, expressed their agreement with Zhao Peng's proposal, believing that the solution by force was the best way.

Zhao Peng was very fond of these two young men from the Donglin Party and felt that these two were not as pedantic as other Donglin Party, especially Fang Yizhi, who was very interested in the weapons of the Jinyi New Army.

"I heard that Mr. Fang is a great scholar in Tongcheng, but he is actually a little interested in these strange and lewd skills." Zhao Peng said with a smile.

Fang Yizhi retorted: "Building weapons is to investigate things. Students have served as the Ministry of Works to observe politics. If officials of the Ministry of Works do not understand the investigation of things, how can they create weapons for military strategists? If the way to investigate things is mentioned, students are more than a little bit worse than Mr. Zhongtai (Chen Yujie)! Mr. Zhongtai has been deeply taught by Mr. Xuanhu (Xu Guangqi), and the way to investigate things is far higher than that of students."

Zhao Peng immediately became interested in the other party with wisdom, so he discussed with him the nine-grid mathematics, Pythagorean meaning, and geometry. For a special force soldier from later generations, he was naturally familiar with artillery. Only by proficient in mathematics can he control artillery in quantity. These Investigation of Things back then can be said to be very simple questions for Zhao Peng.

Shi Kefa, Qian Qianyi, Lu Zhenfei and others said goodbye first, going back to prepare for tomorrow's morning court advice and organizing scholars to Fuque. Only Fang Yizhi and Chen Yujie, who were still unsatisfied, were left behind.

Zhao Peng was very excited and asked someone to hold a banquet, and the banquet was held by Fang Yizhi and Chen Yujie.

"Both are much older than me. If the two gentlemen don't dislike each other, please call you two big brothers." Zhao Peng bowed.

Fang Yizhi laughed: "The Prince Consort is joking. You are a nobleman in the court. How dare I dislike it? By the way, there is a young sister in my family called Fangzizhuo. Fang Erjiu has not yet been married. Just because he likes to investigate things and uses arithmetic to attract relatives. The younger sister asked questions, but no one could answer them! My father repeatedly advised her younger sister to get married, but he refused to do so. No one can solve the arithmetic problem so far, so he has not yet been married. It's a pity that General Zhao is the Prince Consort. Otherwise, I will tell my father that he can be betrothed to General Zhao."

Fang Yizhi's youngest sister was eighteen years old. At that time, she was an older single woman before she got married. However, this sister liked to investigate things and mathematics, and vowed that someone could solve the problem and be her husband. As a result, no one could solve the math problems she had developed so far, so the younger sister has never been married. Fang Yizhi felt that his sister and Zhao Peng must have a common language, but unfortunately his father would definitely not agree to his younger sister as a young girl, and His Royal Highness the Princess was even more unlikely to be a young girl, so he felt a little regretful.

Chen Yujie, the rising star of the Donglin Party, was also a master of things to study. He was Xu Guangqi's nephew and was deeply influenced by Xu Guangqi's true teachings. Naturally, he was also a scientist of that era. Later, Yangzhou was lost. Although he escaped from Yangzhou by chance, after the Qing army captured Nanjing, Chen Yujie was brutally killed by the Qing army, and a scientist died tragically at the hands of the Qing army.

No matter how bad Zhao Peng's history is, he also knows who Xu Guangqi is. He heard that Chen Yujie was Xu Guangqi's nephew, so he immediately took the paper with interest. Then he took out the charcoal pen from his sleeve and drew a musket on the paper: "This gun is a musket that does not require a fuse. Originally, a fuse was pressed on the hook of the fuse. There was an iron piece in front. Pull the trigger and the fuse hit the iron piece to make sparks. Ignite the drug in the medicine pool, which can ignite the gunpowder and shoot out the projectile."

Chen Yujie picked up the drawings and looked carefully for a while: "This self-produced musket is completely different from Bi Maokang's self-produced musket, and it is easier to manufacture. The only point is that the steel sheet that needs to be connected to the trigger is extremely elastic. Only the best Sugang can meet the requirements."

Through Chen Yujie's explanation, Zhao Peng realized that Bi Maokang's self-born musket was a rotary-type self-born musket. The material requirements for the material were much lower than that of the dog-locked flintlock painted by Zhao Peng. However, the structure was much more complex and the ignition rate was lower. The rotary flintlock, similar to the principle of a clock, uses a clockwork to drive the rotary wheel. The rotary wheel rotates, and the flint emits Mars to ignite the ignition drug. The material requirements for the clockwork are much lower than that of the spring steel strip, but the structure of the rotary flintlock is much more complicated than that of the dog-locked flintlock, and the ignition rate is extremely low. Therefore, after the birth of Europe, this flintlock was eliminated and was not put into mass production.

"We can find more blacksmiths to produce Sugang, so that the cost will be reduced and the output will increase. In the future, all bird guns can be replaced with self-generated muskets." Zhao Peng said.

Chen Yujie smiled and retorted: "The prince-in-law, let the students say something unpleasant. You think things too simple. There are not many craftsmen who can build Sugang, and they will not easily pass on the skills of supporting their families to others. Even if there are too many craftsmen recruited, Sugang's output will not be increased, and instead wastes silver. If you want to make a large number of self-made muskets, it is better to go to Haojing (now Macau) to buy it, which will save even more silver."

Isn’t this better than buying a gun than making a gun? Zhao Peng thought to himself. Then he said, “Although buying a self-produced musket from the Little Franchise man is cheap, it cannot be purchased in large quantities. If you want to equip a self-produced musket in large quantities, you will have to produce it yourself in the end. The cost of self-produced muskets at the beginning was higher than that of buying, but after having manufacturing experience, we have our own production system, and in the future we can produce in large quantities, and the cost will be reduced.”

It is impossible to really buy an elf army by purchasing weapons. Just like a major country in later generations that can produce nuclear weapons and nuclear submarines cannot produce bullets on their own! This is because they only rely on buying and buying, and in the end their domestic weapons can only become a joke. So if you want to create a well-equipped army, you must ultimately have your own industrial system.

According to Zhao Peng's idea, after the prince ascended the throne, he would build a large number of hydraulic factories, use hydraulic power to drive machine tools to process parts, and also build large steel plants and coking plants. Making steel with coke can greatly save costs.

While the three were having a good conversation, Prince Zhu Cilang appeared behind them.

"The three are so interested!" Zhu Cilang said with a smile.

Zhao Peng and the other three quickly turned their heads, stood up and bowed. Zhao Peng took the opportunity to make a request to Zhu Cilang: "Your Highness, if you ascend the throne to the emperor, you can make Fang Mizhi the Minister of Works and Chen Zhongtai the Minister of Works."

Although Fang Yizhi and Chen Yujie were surprised, they were still humble: "Students are not talented and knowledgeable, so it is difficult to take on this important task. Your Highness Taizi must not listen to the nonsense of the prince-consort and Duwei."

Zhu Cilang laughed: "I have never had a difference in the way of knowing Wenfeng's way of knowing people. Since I am the person recommended by Wenfeng, if I ascend the throne to the emperor, I will definitely use the two!"

"Your Highness, I told Your Highness last time that the six ministries need to be reformed. In addition to the tax payment department independent from the Ministry of Revenue, it also needs to set up a special department for Investigation, which is on par with the Ministry of Works. The Ministry of Works is responsible for creating physical objects, which can establish a Geju Academy and specialize in developing new things. The Geju Academy is invented and created, and then handed over to the Ministry of Works to manufacture." Zhao Peng suggested.

"After this palace ascended the throne, I will naturally consider what Zhao Aiqing mentioned carefully!" Zhu Cilang nodded.

At this moment, someone came outside to report: "Your Highness, the Prince, the Prince Consort, and Eunuch Han are here."

"Please invite him in." Zhao Peng said.
Chapter completed!