If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

Chapter 66 Jade Medicine and Common Affairs

With the luck of humanity igniting the spiritual fire of the alchemy furnace, all the necessary conditions for refining the jade medicine were in place. Naturally, Zhu Zhanqi started the furnace to refine the medicine without any nonsense.

Zhu Zhanquan had already ordered people to prepare the other auxiliary materials for the jade medicine, and the jade was also obtained through the channels of the merchants who came to donate it. He only needed to cut it as needed and put it into the alchemy furnace.

The deputy general on the side watched with awe as the various materials were put into the alchemy furnace one by one in order, with only shock on his face.

For an ordinary person like him who doesn't have much experience, alchemy is shocking enough, especially since the technology used by Zhu Zhanchun is the real 'immortal alchemy', which can really produce elixirs. When it came, the lieutenant was even more shocked.

However, for Zhu Zhanchen, this is mostly just a trivial matter, not even worth mentioning.

In the world of cultivating immortals, jade elixir is a higher level thing than Qianyuan Marrow Strengthening Ointment. It will be comparable to elixir. It is an ointment that can be refined by mortals in the world of cultivating immortals.

If it weren't for the cultivators who would use jade medicine to cultivate Taoist soldiers, perhaps the jade medicine could only be regarded as an 'ordinary medicine' in the world of cultivating immortals.

You must know that it is a world of immortal cultivation. Even mortal humans can use some spiritual energy, but not much.

Therefore, when it comes to refining the jade elixir, Zhu Zhanqi plans to do the first batch himself to check if there are any problems. He will leave the subsequent refining work of the jade elixir to others.

After all, it was impossible for him to really burn the alchemy furnace here for three months.

As for the candidates for these elixirs... In the feudal dynasty alone, there were too many ways to ensure that a person would not leak secrets, and the most important thing for refining jade elixirs was the spiritual fire of the alchemy furnace ignited by human luck. Without this, it would not be possible. If the prescription is leaked, even Zhu Zhanquan's step-by-step instructions will only produce a pile of ashes.

So he didn't worry about anything going wrong at all, and he let the others in the alchemy room watch with confidence and boldness.

Refining a furnace of jade medicine does not take too long. As the spiritual fire in the elixir furnace gradually melts the jade into jade liquid, the medicinal properties of various medicinal materials are melted into the jade liquid, and finally becomes the elixir furnace. There is a ball of ointment at the bottom with a round luster like beautiful jade. This batch of jade medicine is considered to be refined.

"It looks good. Take it out, pack it, and store it in the warehouse." Zhu Zhanquan checked the quality of the batch of jade medicine. Seeing that it was quite satisfactory, he asked someone to put it away.

The deputy general on the side saw this batch of jade elixir coming out of the oven, and couldn't help but compliment Zhu Zhanqi: "His Royal Highness's alchemy skills are worthy of being secretly passed down by the immortal family. He is truly the best in the world!"

"In the army, don't call me Your Highness, call me Commander." Zhu Zhanquan said lightly. As for praising him for being the best in the world in alchemy?He is the only one in this world who knows how to make elixirs, so this compliment is meaningless.

Compared with these, Zhu Zhanyu was more concerned about the training of this new army.

So he told his lieutenant: "A furnace of jade medicine is dissolved in water and can be drunk by a hundred people. It takes three months to drink it once a day. In addition, in order to allow the soldiers who drink the jade medicine to better digest the power of the medicine, I I will teach you a set of Poyuquan, and you will be responsible for teaching it to the entire army later. Our guard station has a total of five thousand households. I will recruit all the troops, and I will leave the daily training tasks to you. .”

"Yes, Your Majesty... No, Lord Commander!" The deputy general changed his title cleverly.Zhu Zhanjun nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "I plan to use cotton armor for the armor of the generals. I have discussed it with the craftsmen assigned by the Ministry of Works before. Cotton armor is easier to take care of than pierced armor. And protection, it can also prevent rust and cold. It is much easier to use than the plain armor that is commonly equipped in the military. Therefore, except for officers, our guard will only be issued cotton armor in the future.

However, cotton armor is not as good as plain armor. If the soldiers are lazy and neglect maintenance, it will be more difficult to detect. At this point, you must find a way to supervise it.Besides that……"

Although Zhu Zhanjun did not know how to train soldiers, as a time traveler and having been in the world of immortal cultivation for hundreds of years, he generally knew what he should pay attention to.

You don't need to handle these things yourself. You only need to tell the deputy general what you need to pay attention to, and the deputy general will naturally handle these things.

This was also the fundamental purpose of why Zhu Zhanjun wanted a deputy future from Zhu Di. He was impatient to deal with complicated mundane affairs.

In fact, most military generals usually leave the trivial and complicated daily management matters to their deputy generals, so that they can save more energy to deal with more important things.

The deputy general sent by Zhu Di seems to be very good in level and ability. Although he has only been here for a short time, he handles everything Zhu Zhanjuan handed over in an orderly manner and does not require Zhu Zhanjuan to worry too much. This is very surprising. Save your worries.

After leaving the affairs of the military camp to the deputy general, Zhu Zhanjuan immediately left the military camp and returned to Nanjing.

Now that all preparations for military training are almost in progress, Yang Pu has also gone to Yiwu to start recruiting troops. He needs to go to Zhu Di and the Ministry of War to deal with the cavalry and corresponding war horses, and at the same time, he needs to get Zhu Di to allow him to recruit in the capital. Those second sons of honorable families.

Of the two things, the former is easier to deal with. After entering the palace and saying hello to Zhu Di, you can just go to the Ministry of War and ask them to make arrangements.

During the Ming Dynasty, after nearly 400 years, they recaptured the northern territories of Youyun Sixteen Prefectures and pushed the national border to the north of the Great Wall for a long time. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty obtained a horse-raising land that the Song Dynasty did not have. There is no need to import horses through trade from the northern grasslands. The Ming Dynasty itself raises horses.

Especially on Jeju Island in North Korea, which was the place assigned to North Korea by the Ming Dynasty and asked them to raise horses for the Ming Dynasty.

Soldiers who are good at cavalry and archery are even better to say. Not to mention the three thousand battalions in the Beijing camp are cavalry troops. Zhu Di was the king of Yan at that time. When he was stationed in Peiping, the Yanwang guards under his command had many cavalry, and later they swallowed them up. Not to mention that Zhu Zhanyu only wanted some untrained soldiers who were good at cavalry and archery for King Ning's three guards, Zhu Di, a ready-made cavalryman who wanted to fight for the rest of his life, could give it to him.

But if you want to recruit the second son of Jingzhong Xungui, this is not so easy to say.

It's as simple as recruiting people, but the key is whether Zhu Di will agree to recruiting the second son of the honorable noble to join his army.

After Zhu Di agreed, it was also a question whether the nobles in Beijing were willing to send their own children to join the army.

After all, this will be regarded as a signal that these noble families will turn to the prince and the East Palace. Even if the emperor agrees, these noble families still need to consider their own alignment and position.

(End of this chapter)