Huang Yingyun’s feeling in the past few days is like a country bumpkin entering the city and Liu Laolao entering the Grand View Garden.

In the past few days, accompanied by Ma Shiying and others, I have traveled to many places.

He saw too many new things, dazzled and dazzled.

Huang Yingyun didn't understand why a new city that was about to be built had no walls? This is too incredible. Are you not afraid of the enemy's attack in the future and there is no defense?

He even didn't understand that without the imperial examination, he could easily enter the officialdom with the so-called college diploma?

So how to eliminate nepotism in the college?

How to prevent the formation of examples of appointees?

But one thing makes Huang Yingyun feel very... interesting?

When he visited Jiangnan College, he happened to meet the college that held a half-month forum. This is an open forum led by the college and Mingshe. Without a speaker, anyone who has an argument can go to the stage to guard the arena.

The ordinary forum that sets the main speakers was very common in the Ming Dynasty. For example, the Donglin Party often held forums regularly in various places, saying that it was to make friends through literature, but in fact, it was nothing more than to attract talents and win people's hearts.

So Huang Yingyun didn't find it strange.

But what’s strange is that there are only participants in the college’s forum, but there is no speaker.

This is already strange in itself, but it can still be understood as learning from others' strengths.

What is puzzling is that what the students are discussing is that some issues that should be taboo should not be discussed publicly in public.

For example, how will the General's Mansion survive in the future?

For example, should the King of Wu be independent?

For example, if the King of Wu won the world, should he continue the cabinet system or concentrate the imperial power, and other issues.

Huang Yingyun was stunned when he heard this. The Ming Dynasty was still open to the public's remarks, but there was no such "big rebellious" discussion.

Huang Yingyun could not speak out the questions in his heart because he was worried that he would violate other people's taboos, so he forced himself to go to the Songjiang Prefecture Military Academy with Ma Shiying's arrangement.

Looking at the neat square formations in infantry platoons, Huang Yingyun felt that the army could still train to this level?

An elite tiger is actually visible to an ordinary person at a glance.

It's not their equipment.

Even if you line up shirtlessly, you can see it at a glance.

Because such an army has their unique momentum.

Even if there is only one person standing, it can give people the illusion of standing in a row of people.

Huang Yingyun has never felt like this that makes people feel palpitations, it is a feeling that makes people feel stuffy and painful in their chests.

It's like facing a mountain with a heavy sense of oppression.

When he went to watch the shooting training of the musketeers, Huang Yingyun suddenly felt the urge to curse. This is a baby selling his land, and I don’t know how heartache?

What was shot out was all silver, and it was just squandering it?

But Huang Yingyun could still hold it back.

After that, when I visited the artillery training, Huang Yingyun couldn't help it.

Eight hundred gunners trained in turn with hundreds of cannons. The deafening sound of cannons has never stopped since he came in.

This shocked Huang Yingyun even more. Is this still training?

The Western Army also had artillery, and there were still many.

Do you dare to let soldiers train like this?

The gunpowder has a quantitative quantity. Lead bullets and iron bullets can only be used to attack cities. When it is rare to train, they are all stone bullets chiseled out by stonemasons, and the amount of charge is reduced by half, just to save gunpowder.

It’s not like these people in front of you that they are so useless.

The Western Army is afraid that it will be a big battle, and the training cost is not as high as such a day.

Huang Yingyun couldn't help it anymore. He asked Ma Shiying tentatively, "Master Ma, won't the King of Wu stop this kind of training method?"

Ma Shiying casually said: "There are infantry training and artillery training. This was decided by the prince and the generals after discussing it. There is nothing wrong with it."

Huang Yingyun said in surprise: "How many gunpowder and projectiles should be used for so many cannons... Lord Ma, if this is used on the battlefield, how many Tartars would have to be killed?"

Ma Shiying smiled and said, "Actually, Ma has thought so too."

"Then you won't advise the King of Wu?"

Ma Shiying laughed and said, "Why haven't you persuaded me? For this matter, not only Ma, but also all the ministers of the General's Mansion have persuaded me... But the prince said that an elite army must be fed with bullets. It is better to practice on the spot to talk about war on paper. No one can do anything if he decides with one word."

Huang Yingyun was shocked, "Don't the King of Wu feel sorry for the money? Can the General's Mansion bear such squandering?"

Ma Shiyingcong teased with a hint of laughter: "Then do you go and persuade our prince?"

Huang Yingyun heard Ma Shiying's joke, and he closed his mouth depressedly.

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On the third day, Huang Yingyun went to visit the military workshop in Songjiang Prefecture.

The buildings that stretched for dozens of miles were like scattered in front of Huang Yingyun's eyes, which made Huang Yingyun open his mouth in shock and unable to close it for a long time.

In the workshop, Huang Yingyun's mind was almost in shock as he watched the steam engine forged.

There are really such strange and lewd skills in this world?

Only then did he realize that Ma Shiying's joke was not malicious, because the General's Mansion could indeed afford such training expenses.

But this made Huang Yingyun feel sad and angry. If the Western Army had such a firearm, no, no, no, even if it was 10%, it would be necessary to attack Guizhou and recover Huguang.

When I saw four large warships built at the same time on the dock, when I saw a warship that was already installing the side guns, seventy-two artillery pieces were placed.

Huang Yingyun finally said in anger: "There is such an elite army under the command of the King of Wu. Why don't he fight in the north? What exactly is the King of Wu waiting for?"

Ma Shiying looked at Huang Yingyun strangely and did not answer immediately.

Instead, he pointed to the warship and said to Huang Yingyun: "Have you ever thought that these ships can get ashore?"

Huang Yingyun was stunned.

Ma Shiying explained: "Actually, two years ago, Ma was like you. He asked my prince, and this is the prince's answer. Have you ever thought about these boats going ashore?"

Huang Yingyun opened his mouth wide and stared at Ma Shiying, saying for a long time: "But the ship can carry many people to land..."

"What then?" Ma Shiying looked at Huang Yingyun's expression of rushing wildly and said hurriedly, "These three words are also what the prince said to Ma."

Huang Yingyun did have an urge to break out. He stared with red eyes and said, "Then you can expel the Tartars, recover the northern land, and then you can restore the Ming Dynasty and revitalize China..."

"What's next?" Ma Shiying said helplessly, "This is really what my prince asked Ma at that time."

Huang Yingluo was so lucky that he stomped his feet, "Regain lost land, and the country is stable... how can there be so many?"

Ma Shiying said leisurely: "So, we have to repeat the tragedy of the 17th year of Chongzhen?"

Huang Yingyun suddenly closed his mouth, and he seemed to have understood the meaning of this sentence.
Chapter completed!