No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 327 Armament Research and Development Division?

After a few loud bangs, there was silence in the practice field of the Prince Regent's Mansion.

Gu Jue looked at the gun in Luo Jinyan's hand with frantic eyes, "My lord, this..." Is this really a gun?It's not that he has never seen a firecracker, it's not easy to use, and it's quite troublesome.For someone who is not weak like Gu Jue, it is not as easy to use as bows and crossbows.

Xie Yan said: "Yao Yao said, this is called a flintlock gun."

Luo Jinyan doesn't care what it's called, and there are folks who call all kinds of firecrackers guns.

He just asked: "Yao Yao said, can this be improved? To what extent can it be improved?" Mr. Luo regretted the perfunctory treatment of his younger sister when she went to the prison earlier.Yaoyao was the first to show him something good when he got something good, but he dismissed him casually, how sad it must be for Yaoyao.

Xie Yan nodded and didn't speak, Luo Jinyan played with the things in his hands, thoughtful.

Gu Jue stared at the things in Luo Jinyan's hands, "Master Luo, show me."

Luo Jinyan handed it over without saying a word, obviously still thinking about the problem.

Gu Jue took it and reloaded the gunpowder and bullets following the method taught by Xie Yan just now, and shot at the archery target in front, and saw with satisfaction that the archery target was pierced through a hole.

"It's a good thing." Gu Jue was full of praise: "My lord, if this can be..."

Xie Yan glanced at him lightly and said, "Don't even think about it." If it was really possible to equip it in the army immediately, how could General Luo not express it?They can all see the benefits of this thing, how could General Luo not see it?
Gu Jue curled her lips in disappointment, "Okay."

He also knew what the prince was worried about. This thing is indeed good, but the cost should not be underestimated.Not only the body of the gun, but also the gunpowder and the projectile.But on the other hand, the speed, range and lethality cannot be substantially separated from the bow and arrow.

In other words, the price/performance ratio is not high.

Now that the Dasheng treasury is clinking poorly, the reason for the truce is to reduce military expenditure as much as possible. Now that they want to change their clothes, the officials of the entire household department may hang themselves directly in front of the Prince Regent's mansion.

Oh, and this also includes Wei Changting, who was the minister of household department at that time.

Luo Jinyan was much calmer, "If there is indeed room for improvement, there is no need to worry." Anyway, there will not be any major battles in recent years.In addition, this thing is not difficult to use, but it is not something that ordinary soldiers can use.

Fighting and fighting are still different.

Xie Yan nodded and said: "I'll talk to Yaoyao later, and when her improvement stabilizes, I can have someone make some in small batches for a try."

Luo Jinyan said: "I have a few skillful craftsmen under my command, and I will send them back to Yaoyao for dispatch."

Xie Yan didn't say thank you, but just nodded.

Luo Junyao and Su Rui, who were watching a few children reading, naturally also heard the sudden voice. Su Rui was startled, "What... what are you doing?"

Luo Junyao naturally knew what was going on, but he said with a smile: "Probably they are making gunpowder in the martial arts arena."

Su Rui was relieved now, looked at the children who were looking out when they heard the voice, and said, "His Royal Highness is still testing gunpowder in the palace?"

Luo Jun said: "It's not like this usually, it's probably because the people below came in with new things. I told him later that it's better to put these things in the Zhen Guojun for testing."

After waving to a few children to signal them to concentrate on their studies, Luo Junyao and Su Rui turned around and walked out of the courtyard.

Su Rui looked at the time, then turned around and said goodbye to Luo Junyao.

Luo Junyao didn't leave her behind, and personally sent her outside.The two had just walked to the screen wall inside the gate when they saw Xie Yan and Luo Jinyan and Gu Jue coming out from the other side.

"Brother!" Luo Jun shook his eyes, ran over quickly and pulled his elder brother with a smile, "Brother, aren't you busy? Why do you still have time to come to the palace?" While speaking, he winked at Luo Jinyan behind his back Eye.

Luo Jinyan naturally saw Su Rui a long time ago, but his expression was still calm, and he said: "My lord asked someone to call me and General Gu over to discuss something."

Luo Jun shook his head to look at Xie Yan, Xie Yan nodded towards her.

Gu Jue looked at Luo Junyao with a smile and seemed to want to say something, but he didn't speak because of Su Rui's presence.

Su Rui stepped forward to salute Xie Yan and then left. Luo Junyao personally sent Su Rui out and got into the carriage before turning back.When Luo Junyao returned to the mansion, Gu Jue had disappeared, but Luo Jinyan and Xie Yan were still standing there waiting for her.

Luo Junyao rolled his eyes at Luo Jinyan, walked over and pulled Xie Yan's sleeve and said, "Are you guys doing a gun test at the back?"

Xie Yan said: "Yes, I would like to say that he has a few skilled craftsmen under his command, and he can send them to help you later."

Naturally, the more people working, the better, Luo Junyao smiled happily: "Thank you, brother."

Luo Jinyan said: "Yao Yao is interested in these things, so naturally my eldest brother will support you."

"Brother is so kind." Luo Junyao also reciprocated: "Sister Su told me just now that the Taifu has already mentioned the matter of retiring the engagement with the eldest son of the Xiao family." There are only three of them here, so Luo Jinyan naturally knows what he means, thank you It sounds a little strange to Yan.

However, he is also an extremely smart person, so he immediately understood, gave Luo Jinyan a meaningful look, and said, "I am afraid that the eldest son of the Xiao family can't handle this matter, and the Xiao family has to come to the capital in person. Fortunately, Yang Xinli Shangyong is not too far away."

Luo Jun shook his head and said: "That's right, but now that Xiao Hong seems to be missing, and the eldest son of the Xiao family is also looking for him. The Xiao family is also strange, why do they have to wait until the eldest son of the Xiao family returns? There are many Xiao Hongs in Shangyong." Is it time?"

Xie Yandao: "I heard that Xiao Hong ran away from home, making his parents so angry that they fell ill on the bed and couldn't get up. Even if the rest of the Xiao family came, it's useless, and Xiao Hong can't be controlled."

"So that's the case." Luo Jun shook his head and said, "I hope Xiao Hong doesn't really disappear, otherwise the divorce would be quite troublesome."

Luo Jinyan ignored the two people singing together, turned around and said, "I still have something to do, so I'm leaving first."

Luo Junyao didn't stop him, and added with a smile, "Actually, there is no need to worry about this matter. Anyway, Taifu Su will definitely not go back on what he said, and this marriage must be called off. Sister Su has already persuaded Mr. Su Grand Tutor, I haven't talked to her about marriage for the past two years, she is going to become a teacher at Anlan Academy."

"..." This younger sister can't have it anymore.

Seeing that Luo Jinyan's leaving pace seemed to speed up a bit, Xie Yan raised his eyebrows and looked down at Luo Junyao and asked, "Jinyan, Miss Su Family..."

Luo Jun shook his brows and eyes with a smile, "Brother seems to be secretly in love with him, brother is really too ink-stained, if my second brother would have rushed over to confess his love."

Xie Yan didn't think Luo Jinyan's ink marks, and reminded: "Miss Su still has a marriage contract." Luo Jinyan's being so cautious must be because of Su Rui's reputation. After all, a girl's family is not as important as a man's, and reputation is too important.

Luo Jun said: "But, sister Su is not familiar with him at all. What if sister Su suddenly sees someone when she goes out one day, tsk tsk... so miserable."

Xie Yan laughed, "That's why you are deliberately aggressive? Aren't you afraid that he will come back to trouble you?"

"I didn't." Luo Jun shook his face and said: "What I said is true. I am willing to inform him because he is my elder brother. If Sister Su really makes up her mind, even People don't necessarily pay attention to him when they come to mention relatives. If he doesn't appreciate it, he deserves to be single."

Xie Yan shook his head, took her hand and walked back.

Luo Junyao followed him, and said curiously: "By the way, have you seen the eldest son of the Xiao family? Sister Su hates Xiao Hong so much, but she is full of praise for the eldest son of the Xiao family."

Xie Yan nodded, "Da Xiao has done a good job in his post these years. After this report, he will stay in the capital and be promoted to the post of Shaoqing of Dali Temple."

Luo Junyao couldn't help thinking to himself, this Xiao Hong not only abducted his father's concubine, but also cheated on him.It seems that the eldest son of the Xiao family has not yet stood up. He was the magistrate of Yuezhou before, and he will soon be promoted to the fourth rank of Dali Temple Shaoqing.Although not as good as people like Luo Jinyan and Wei Changting, they definitely have a bright future.

You know, most people at his age are still struggling with the imperial examination.

Now that Young Master Xiao is going back to Beijing to take up a post, Xiao Hong has offended the Grand Tutor Su's family.Even if the Su family has no opinion on Young Master Xiao, as long as this matter gets out, it will be enough to make the entire Shangyong dignitaries doubt the character of the Xiao family.

As a result, Young Master Xiao will naturally be implicated in court.

Xie Yan said: "Xiao Da's ability is excellent and his character is excellent. Now it's time for the government to employ people. As long as the Xiao family can handle this matter well, it shouldn't have much impact on Xiao Da."

As for how to deal with it, it is the Xiao family's own business.

Luo Jinyan and Xie Yan were very forthright in doing things. The next day Luo Jinyan sent a few people over. It is said that they are all proficient in organs and weapon manufacturing.

Xie Yan also quickly selected a few people from the Military Weapons Bureau to report. The difference is that these people in the Military Weapons Bureau have official positions conferred by the imperial court. Even if they are only low-level officials of the eighth or ninth rank, they are much more arrogant than ordinary craftsmen. .

The regent sent them here to wait for the concubine's order, although they didn't say anything on the face, they were not necessarily happy in their hearts.

But these dissatisfaction turned into ecstasy after seeing the blueprint given by Luo Junyao.

Craftsmen like them don't need to pass the imperial examination and read the Four Books and Five Classics, they just rely on their craftsmanship to get ahead.Although some intrigue is unavoidable internally, it is limited after all.If it weren't for family background or true love, no one would choose this line of work.

After all, the Dasheng Arms Bureau is under the Ministry of Industry, and the highest level is only the sixth rank.As a matter of fact, most of the principals in charge of the Military Weapons Bureau were born in the imperial examination and had no knowledge of craftsmanship at all. These craftsmen can only be promoted to the seventh rank at most, which is really not a promising career.

And because the Weapons Bureau is related to the weapons of the army, the craftsmen here are all the best craftsmen, and they all really love this line of work.

Xie Yan attached great importance to Luo Junyao's research, and naturally these people were carefully selected.At the beginning, these craftsmen were quite disapproving of Luo Junyao, who knew nothing about these regent princesses at first sight, but they all cast wild eyes on her the next moment.

Looking at the expressions on their faces, Luo Junyao was also very satisfied, and slowly rolled up the drawings.

Seeing her put away the blueprints, several craftsmen looked eagerly at the slender plain hands holding the blueprints, wishing to stare at her hands.

Luo Junyao felt that if she wasn't the princess regent, these few might just jump over and grab her.

"Wang...Wangfei?" An old man in his fifties who was the leader couldn't help but said, "Wangfei called me here, I don't know where I can serve Wangfei?"

Luo Junyao smiled and said: "Everyone, what do you think of these two blueprints?"

The old man's eyes lit up, and he said, "I wonder who drew it? Although it's just a blueprint, it is already enough to show its subtlety. To tell the truth, I thought about transforming the firecracker when I was young, but unfortunately...the progress has not been made. Good. Now that I saw the picture of the princess, I just felt enlightened."

Luo Junyao's blueprints didn't include what was drawn, but he could tell at a glance that it was something related to firecrackers, which shows that he did have some discernment.

Luo Jun said, "I drew it."

"..." Everyone looked at Luo Junyao in unison, whether they were from the Weapons Bureau or Luo Jinyan's people, their faces were filled with disbelief.

It's just that compared to the people in the Military Weapons Bureau, the people in the Luo family have to give their second daughter a little bit of face, which is not so obvious.

Luo Junyao leaned on the back of the chair lazily and said, "I have only made one sample of these two blueprints so far, but I am not very satisfied with the effect. I already have some ideas for improvement. I don't know if you have any suggestions. Interested in participating?"

Of course there is!It is simply too much!
Everyone responded in unison, for fear that if they were a little slow, they would be excluded by the princess.

As for who drew the drawings, who cares?

Luo Junyao smiled and said: "My lord and my eldest brother should have explained to you before sending you over that these things...need to be kept secret. Therefore, once you participate in it, your personal freedom may be subject to some restrictions."

Everyone in the Weapons Bureau is no stranger to this. Although there are no particularly large weapon transformations now, sometimes when the court has extremely important tasks, the craftsmen in charge will be restricted in their freedom to avoid leaking secrets.

As for the members of the Luo family, they don't care much, they are doing things for the Luo family, and they only need to listen to the second girl's orders.

"But, the princess has shown us the blueprint just now." A younger man couldn't help but said.

Luo Junyao didn't care, and said indifferently: "That's just the first blueprint, and I just said that I'm not very satisfied. And... even though the blueprint is not very complicated, just with just a few glances, everyone thinks you want to study it. I’m afraid it won’t happen in a few years.”

The difference between flintlock guns and ancient firecrackers is not small. There is no shortage of skilled craftsmen in this world, but firecrackers have been around for a long time without much development.

Even in her previous life, these would have taken a long time.

Sometimes a technological change is inevitable, but some are accidental.

"So, what do you think?" Luo Junyao asked: "If you are willing to join, you will need to withdraw from your original position in the future and listen to my arrangement. Of course, if you don't want to, you can leave now. No matter what you saw today , Whatever is researched in the future, the Prince Regent's House will never pursue it."

Everyone exchanged a few glances with each other, and finally all stayed.

Leaving aside the members of the Luo family for the time being, it was Mr. Luo who dispatched them to the second girl.What the few members of the Military Weapons Bureau think is that they will be at the seventh rank in the end at the Military Weapons Bureau.Although the regent concubine wanted to resign, after all, the regent personally selected them to come, so they couldn't suffer any disadvantages.

Most importantly, seeing Wang Hao's indifferent attitude, who doesn't know that Wang Hao must have more subtle things in her hands?

In their line of work, it is vain to pursue any kind of high official and high salary. Isn't their greatest ideal to create unprecedented exquisite artifacts and leave their names in the annals of history?

"I'm willing to listen to the concubine's orders!" All the people clapped their hands in unison.

Luo Junyao nodded in satisfaction and said: "Very well, you don't have to worry, as long as the result satisfies me and the prince, the prince will naturally not treat you badly. Please report to the last yard of Lihua Street in the west of the city tomorrow, and you will be there from now on. Serving in a job, the treatment will not be worse than where you were before. The prince said that as long as you make an artifact that satisfies him, he will order the establishment of a military weapon research and development department independent of the Ministry of Industry. Among them are the elders. By the way, if this yamen can be successfully opened, the person in charge will be the third rank."

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but burst into an uproar, and their hearts became even hotter.

Genuine third grade, this is a grade that craftsmen like them never dared to think about in their entire lives.

"Princess, I'll wait..." Everyone looked at each other for a long while, and some people couldn't help but said, "I'm all white, so I can..."

Luo Junyao said calmly: "You are all great talents with expertise in art, and it is unfair to ask you to use the imperial examination. Of course, I have to make it clear in advance that even if the research and development department is established in the future, you probably won't Just like the ordinary imperial examination Jinshi, he rotates among the various ministries and localities in the central government to be an official."

The implication is that they have their own promotion system, and it is impossible to rely on this system to become a marquis.

But the hearts of the people are not lost. There are specialties in the art industry, many first-class craftsmen let alone officials, and there are many illiterate people.Those who took the imperial examinations also studied hard for 30 to [-] years, and they were not on the same path.

If they could really receive such treatment, it would be an unprecedented grace from the regent king and princess.

Therefore, after listening to Luo Junyao's words, not only did everyone not feel lost, but they believed her words even more.If the princess regent said that their future treatment would be the same as that of officials promoted through ordinary imperial examinations, they would wonder if they were trying to coax them.

"Thank you Wangfei, the subordinates will do their best to drive Wangfei." Someone took the lead, and everyone said in unison.

Luo Junyao couldn't help but smiled and said, "You haven't even met the regent, aren't you afraid that I'll lie to you?"

"..." Everyone was speechless for a while looking at the beautiful girl who was smiling and smiling, but they were actually a little bit excited by the two drawings and the few words of the regent princess.

Looking at it now, this little princess is indeed a bit unreliable.

　Dear friends, sorry for the sudden rush to go out in the morning, so I can only update in the afternoon.Continue to double update tomorrow~~
　　
　
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