After riding a carriage around the construction site, the progress of the Army Academy could be clearly seen.
When the cement plant is built, the Army Academy will be able to use cement to lay its foundation.
As for the original supplier, if Chen Kan guessed correctly, even if he was not a relative of an official in Shuntian Prefecture, he still had a lot of connections with the government.
Let's go back and let people investigate. At worst, what was done in Nanjing will be done again in Beijing, and everyone will tie up their interests.
This kind of thing is very familiar to me.
Driven by Fang Xu, who was dressed as a boy, the carriage slowly drove out of the construction site and headed towards the military camp not far away.
When Chen Kan went out today, he deliberately did not put a sign on the carriage because he wanted to see the true appearance of the five thousand forbidden troops at the Army Academy and Beijing.
Naturally, military camps are not that easy to enter, especially the big camp of 3,000 battalions.
Fortunately, Chen Kan was well prepared, and before the soldiers guarding the camp took action, he took out the document issued by the Shuntian Mansion Office and ordered to reward the Imperial Army.
One of the soldiers frowned tightly: "My lord, isn't it usually someone from the Ministry of War who is responsible for rewarding the Imperial Army?"
"Quite cautious."
Secretly admiring in his heart, Chen Kan said with a smile: "This time, the adults in the Ministry of War are all staring at the battlefield in Annan, so His Majesty directly ordered these trivial matters to be handed over to Shuntian Mansion. I may be a fake, so by the way The documents from Tianfu and His Majesty’s seal can’t be fake, right?”
Hearing this, the soldiers guarding the camp gate checked the document issued by Chen Kan again, and then said in a deep voice: "You can go in, but they."
The soldier pointed at the group of guards headed by Fang Xu and shook his head, his meaning was obvious.
"My lord, no!"
Fang Xu's face darkened, and he stood up to stop him, but was stopped by Chen Kan's look.
Chen Kan smiled and said: "Yes, but the military master has to ask someone to move these supplies into the camp."
The two soldiers looked at each other, and then one of them nodded: "I'm going to find someone to move it. Please excuse me, sir, and follow me through the door."
As soon as he finished speaking, another soldier followed Chen Kan closely, obviously not fully trusting Chen Kan, the so-called civil servant of Shuntian Mansion.
Chen Kan didn't care. After following the soldier into the gate, he started walking around casually.
Whether the soldiers are elite or not can be seen from the layout of the camp, the sanitary conditions in the camp, and the mental outlook of the soldiers.
Chen Kan was running around in the camp, actually observing these things.
At present, it seems that the soldiers of the Three Thousand Battalion, at least in terms of appearance, are in line with the characteristics of elites.
The entire camp was arranged in an orderly manner. The camps of the general and the deputy general were at least a hundred meters apart. The camps of other soldiers were scattered along the two camps in a plum blossom shape, which looked neat and orderly.
This shows that the person who set up this camp was someone who knew the military. He deliberately separated the camps of the generals and deputy generals to prevent the entire leadership team from being taken over by the enemy in the event of a war, causing the entire army to fall into chaos.
The soldiers who passed by Chen Kan were all high-spirited, with an indescribable pride on their faces. This is an arrogance that can only be cultivated after winning many battles. Ordinary soldiers will never have it on their faces. This expression.
The soldier took Chen Kan around the camp and couldn't help but said: "My lord, the place I have taken you to see is the place open to the public in the military camp."
The implication was to tell Chen Kan that he could leave.
However, Chen Kan was thick-skinned and pretended not to hear the expulsion in the soldiers' words, and still wandered around the military camp.
After a while, Chen Kan smiled gently at the soldier and said, "This young general, can you take me into the camp to have a look?"
When the words "little general" came out of his mouth, a strange look suddenly appeared on the young soldier's face.
The main reason is that this young adult looks younger than him, but he always sounds mature when he speaks.
Noticing the strange expression on the soldier's face, Chen Kan smiled and asked, "Isn't it inconvenient?"
The soldier shook his head: "If it is just a camp where ordinary soldiers live, there will be no inconvenience. It is just a camp where officers above the general banner live. Your humble rank does not have the authority to take you in."
"It doesn't matter, please ask the young general to lead the way!"
Perhaps it was Chen Kan's harmless appearance that made him gradually let down his guard. After pondering for a moment, he took Chen Kan towards a tent on the edge of a camp.
As he walked, he introduced Chen Kan: "It's afternoon now. The military camp is overcrowded. It's hard for me to take you to other camps. This is the camp where Beizhong's group lives. If you don't mind, you can come in and have a look."
"I don't dislike it. I don't even have time to be curious about the place where the heroes of the Ming Dynasty live. How can I dislike it?"
Chen Kan gave up and showed a curious expression on his face.
The young soldier did not doubt that he was there, stretched out his hand to open the big tent, and said in a neither humble nor condescending manner: "Sir, please!"
The tent was a little low, and Chen Kan had to bend down to get in.
As soon as we entered the tent, we were hit by the stench of sweat and feet.
There are also a few pairs of curious eyes.
The five soldiers in the tent looked at the uninvited guest at the door at the same time. After seeing the green official uniform on Chen Kan, they instantly withdrew their curious eyes.
The soldier leading the way also smelled the manly smell in the tent, and a look of embarrassment flashed across his face.
Chen Kan's expression remained normal. He had walked through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and this smell was not enough to change his expression.
Besides, it is normal for a place where men live to have no smell.
Chen Kan came to a soldier, sat down on the other's canopy bed, and asked with what he thought was a gentle smile: "I, Qu Cheng, what do you call me?"
The soldier glanced at him and said nothing.
After asking for trouble, Chen Kan was not embarrassed and continued: "Can I ask you a few questions?"
"explain!"
The soldier cherished his words like gold, and looked at Chen Kan with disdain in his eyes.
Chen Kan didn't mind and asked, "Are you still used to life in the army?"
"Habit!"
"How intense was the training?"
"good."
"Has food and salary been paid out on time?"
"on time......"
"..."
There was a sense of impatience in the words of the general and the soldier. If Chen Kan hadn't been wearing a green robe, he might not have even bothered to pay attention to Chen Kan.
But Chen Kan didn't care about these things. After all, he wanted to see the true appearance of this army today.
At present, it seems that there are two more words to be added after elite - xenophobia.
That's right, it's xenophobia. From the moment Chen Kan entered the camp to now, all the soldiers have a feeling of not being allowed to approach strangers.
This is a feeling that Chen Kan has never felt in any army when he was in the capital.
After asking a few random questions, Chen Kan had a general understanding of this army.
After getting the information he wanted, Chen Kan walked out of the camp under the supervision of the young soldier.
Fang Xu came up to him and asked in a low voice: "Master Marquis, how are you doing?"
Chen Kan shook his head: "The elite are the elite, but the military is extremely xenophobic. I'm afraid it will be difficult for you and Cheng Feng to blend in."
A trace of disdain flashed across Fang Xu's face, and he said coldly: "Master Hou, don't worry, my subordinates and General Cheng will definitely gain a firm foothold in the army. It's just xenophobia. You can be as xenophobic as you like."
Seeing Fang Xu's confident look, Chen Kan couldn't help but smile, and then shook his head: "As long as you are confident."
Chen Kan didn't say much. He must have this army under his command.
What boy doesn’t have a dream of riding on the grassland?
Chen Kan also has it.
But if you want to gallop across the grassland, Chen Kan's manpower alone is not enough, so he is bound to gain the command of this army.
As Fang Xu said, it's just xenophobia and not a big problem.
The group slowly returned to Jinshui River. As soon as they entered the mansion, Chen Kan summoned the housekeeper Yuncheng.
Yuncheng hurriedly came up to him: "Master Hou, I'm here, what are your orders?"
Chen Kan took off his green official uniform and threw it to him, then ordered: "Send a few smarter stewards to look for vacant land nearby that is suitable for building factories. I plan to build a few more factories."
Yuncheng carefully folded his official uniform and asked, "Does the Marquis want to build several perfume and soap workshops in Beijing?"
Chen Kan shook his head: "The perfume and soap produced in the capital are enough to supply the domestic market of the Ming Dynasty. There is no need to build more. What I want to build this time is a cement workshop."
"cement?"
There was a look of confusion on Yuncheng's old face.
But Chen Kan didn't explain too much and just walked towards the backyard study.
The production of cement is much simpler than perfume and soap. It is nothing more than calcining limestone, clay, sand and shells together.
The biggest difficulty is the ratio of various raw materials.
Because Chen Kan didn’t know the specific ratio, he could only try it again and again.
Of course, it is definitely impossible for Chen Kan to do such a troublesome thing personally.
At this time, the benefits of educating disciples are revealed.
So, Zhu Zhanji, Hua Shi and Zhu Zhanhe were caught by Chen Kan while they were having fun in the yard.
The three of them stood neatly in the study room, holding the design drawings given by Chen Kan in their hands, their little faces almost wrinkled.
After studying the new knowledge with Chen Kan for so long, they can naturally understand the drawings given by Chen Kan, but it is precisely because they can understand that they become confused.
Because they couldn't figure out what the things on Chen Kan's drawings were used for.
After a while, Hua Shi wrinkled her face and asked, "Teacher, is this a brick kiln? Why does it look similar to me?"
Zhu Zhanji immediately retorted: "How can there be such a brick kiln?"
Then he pointed to the large chimney on the drawing and asked: "Teacher, is this big barrel your newly developed artillery? What kind of barrel should be twenty or thirty meters long?"
Both of them expressed their opinions, only the little Zhu Zhanhe stood aside, like a pure white lotus, because he couldn't see what was on the drawing.
Chen Kan said calmly: "Don't worry about what this is. You just need to lead people to build the things on the drawings. As for the construction location, you can ask Yuncheng later."
