Wusong Port.

Two three-masted gunships, two blessed ships, two copper snare boats and 520 naval officers and soldiers formed a northward silver offering fleet. In recent days, officers and soldiers are repairing the ships and replenishing fresh water and vegetables on the ships.

The Staff Office is organizing people to carefully study the northern charts.

Because Eunuch Wei had specially instructed that Wei Xifeng, the chief of staff and rank of guerrilla general, selected 40 literate soldiers from the army, and sent people to various prefectures to recruit 60 young people with the reputation of children who were not able to go further on the road to imperial examinations. With the guarantee of resettlement and future, these children were recruited into the Imperial Army of the Ming Dynasty and became reserve staff cadets for the navy and army.

Now, Wei Xifeng mainly organizes these students to conduct basic mapping and learning.

In addition to the few generals in the army who knew how to draw and look at pictures, the instructors invited were some people from the local area. Most of them had dealt with maritime merchants, and their analysis of maps and positioning of maritime charts were even stronger than those in the army.

Eunuch Wei repeatedly emphasized the importance of maps in war, and said that the accuracy of maps is no less than the importance of intelligence, and even at some point an accurate map can determine the outcome of a battle.

If the surname of the country attacks Taiwan, it depends on He Bin's charts and measurements.

The maps used by the Ming army are diverse and have too many errors compared with the maps in later generations. They also have a variety of measurement methods for waters and mountains, and there is no unified standard.

In terms of sea charts, except for the near-shore area, which is within the range of coastal garrisons, it is relatively accurate, and those that are slightly further away are basically heard of, and they are roughly a little bit like a certain landmark, such as Luzon, Ryukyu, Japan, Siam, etc.

The reason for this situation was that Liu Daxia went into seclusion and destroyed the map and burned all the results of the Ming army's seven voyages to the West. The Ming Dynasty, whether it was the court or the army, had basically only a rough impression of overseas countries, but did not know where it was and how to go.

Otherwise, if two hundred years have passed, the chart will definitely be more accurate, rather than as unbearable as it is now.

Eunuch Wei himself has an understanding of the ocean, but he is just a concept. He is also a slander for the specific situation and precise situation.

At the latest, we will join forces with Fujian and Zhejiang to attack the Eastern Front, so the importance of accurate charts becomes more and more urgent.

Wei Xifeng has already started to acquire the Nai Chart, and he wants it no matter what Nai Chart. In addition to the coastal garrison, he is a maritime merchant, or even a pirate.

The acquired charts will be compared by the Staff Department, and then the chart-making students will be compared with the hands of these chart-making students to determine the final chart for use in combat for the Imperial Army.

After more than three months of training, these 100 students can already complete the drawing of some simple nautical charts or land maps with the cooperation of multiple people.

In order to train them and to assess them, Wei Xifeng ordered all the 100 students to go north with the ship.

On the way, they will be divided into twenty groups, each with five people.

Draw new charts independently without reference to past charts. If they stop along the way and have enough time, they will also go ashore to draw land maps. Which group of maps has the highest restore degree and the most realistic proportions, then they will receive more rewards, and they will also be given priority after the students have expired.

These are also what Eunuch Wei meant. He himself couldn't spare the energy to lead the students, but he conveyed some major programs and spirits at all times.

Wei Xifeng's ability to do things should be considered to be middle-aged and superior. Sometimes the instructions of the elder brother-in-law are not very accurate, and they need to be repeatedly emphasized or corrected.

But generally, the structure of the Staff Department has been built.

Eunuch Wei is very accurate in positioning the functional positioning of the Staff Office, which is to make the Staff Office become his helper and provide the most accurate data and the most reasonable suggestions for him.

In reality, Wei Xifeng's understanding of this is measurement, statistics, topographic surveying, and command, guiding the troops, and drafting reports and documents for his father-in-law.

This understanding belongs to the initial stage of the concept of counsel, but Eunuch Wei is already happy and very happy about it.

Everything is difficult to get started. As long as Wei Xifeng can seriously put up the airs, equip him with personnel, and impart relevant technologies in place, his father-in-law believes that the future staff will definitely become the staff department of the Ming Empire.

Eunuch Wei’s “headquarters” were officially moved to Wusong Port on the 24th.

The so-called "headquarters" is the headquarters of Eunuch Wei, and is called the imperial admiral of the Royal Admiral.

Also, because the army has not yet completely separated from the navy, for example, the army has a battalion of infantry composed of naval officers and soldiers. The plan for the expansion and formal organization of the army has not been announced. Therefore, for unified command, Eunuch Wei ordered the army affairs to be allocated to the "headquarters" to facilitate the leadership of the old man.

This move is the same as the Jiangnan Guard Zhongguan Office and the Admiral Maritime Office, but it has two signs on it.

Eunuch Wei has been listening to gunpowder and musket restructuring matters from the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau these two days. The headquarters is temporarily under the responsibility of Wang Dali, the captain of the Navy's Mobile Detachment and the general of the rank.

Wang Dali and Wei Xifeng were both Guangdong generals who participated in the war to fight against Japanese desperation in Korea. They firmly supported Eunuch Wei when seizing power in the water camp, so they were very loyal.

On the 25th, Wang Dali received the latest order after loading more than 20 tons of silver on board.

Eunuch Wei will arrive tomorrow, the twenty-sixth.

Wang Dali quickly ordered his personal soldiers: "Send the order, my father-in-law will come to the base camp tomorrow to make the men more energetic and quicker, so don't embarrass me."

"Basic Camp" is the headquarters. Because Eunuch Wei sometimes calls the headquarters the headquarters, the navy uses this title to suit his preferences.

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During the past two days of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, Eunuch Wei basically determined the personnel, business, and management of the Manufacturing Bureau, and deployed the connection between the Manufacturing Bureau and Liyang Iron Farm, that is, Liyang Iron Farm belongs to the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, and the iron ore produced is given priority to the Manufacturing Bureau.

The specific matters will be implemented within one month, with Zheng Duo in charge and Li Yanzhao in charge.

There are two good news. One is that the practice of boiling manure and boiling nitrification proves that nitr materials can be extracted, and the nitr extracted from this is more powerful after being made into gunpowder. In addition, the boiled manure can indeed make the fields richer and are deeply loved by the people around us. So many people spontaneously boil manure for the General Administration of Manufacturing in order to obtain the official manure for free.

Li Yanzhao's head was very active. He took the opportunity to boil manure and boil nitrogen in the special zone and even surrounding townships, and then purchased the saltpeter cooked by the people. This reduced the workload of the General Administration of Manufacturing, greatly improved the source of nitrogen, and at the same time allowed the people to increase their production and generate income.

To this end, Eunuch Wei wanted to accompany the people of all sizes to learn from Li Yanzhao and officially promoted him to a hundred households.

Another good news is that the six-bar flintlock musket was successfully built by King Jianghu and the other elders of Hong. After testing, the power rate of fire was more than three times higher than that of the previous musket.

But there is bad news, that is, after using particulate gunpowder, as the power of the gunpowder increases, the blow rate of the musket actually increases.

Li Yanzhao installed the ten muskets brought from the Shenji Camp in Nandu in front of Eunuch Wei with pelleted gunpowder. After firing, one of them exploded on the spot. If it weren't for the preparation in advance, the soldiers who fired the gun would definitely be injured.

In the words of veterans, this problem is the quality of the gun barrel.
Chapter completed!