Monument Yangmen

Chapter 803
"His Majesty……"

Peng Pai clenched the blanket tightly in his hand, feeling quite moved.

"When you wake up, hurry up to freshen up, and then prepare some simple breakfast. After eating, bring Tang Gong and the others over."

Yang Qi continued to lower his head to draw pictures, not caring about the emotion in Peng Pai's eyes.

Although he is now the king of a country, he doesn't have much self-awareness as a king of a country.

In Peng Pai's eyes, it was a kind of grace for Yang Qi to cover him with a blanket.But in Yang Qi's eyes, it was a trivial matter.

Peng Pai carefully folded the blanket and put it on the kang without making any noise to disturb Yang Qi.

After tidying up the blanket, Peng Pai opened the door of the room and went out to wash, and then prepared to help Yang Qi prepare breakfast.

Been busy for nearly an hour and a half.

Yang Qi drew up the precise construction drawings of the matchlock gun.

In order to make it easier for Tang Gong and other craftsmen to understand, Yang Qi picked up a small brush and wrote notes in tiny characters on the side.

Yang Qi's annotations are very detailed, and the labels are marked, which is easy to understand.

A complete construction drawing of the arquebus is ready.

Yang Qi put down his pen, moved his wrist, and moved his shoulders and neck.

When he raised his head, he saw Peng Pai standing in front of him respectfully holding a plate of food.

Yang Qi couldn't laugh or cry and said: "Just put it on the table, why bother to carry it yourself?"

Peng Pai said seriously: "With it in your hand, your subordinates can keep staring at it. If you put it on the table, if your majesty summons it, and your subordinates lose sight of it for a while and make some mistakes, it will be a disaster."

Ever since Yang Qi experienced an assassination, Peng Pai, who has been following Yang Qi's body, immediately upgraded his defense work to a higher level.

I heard that he also went to the spies who followed Chen Lin from the Song Dynasty to ask for advice on protecting the emperor.

Yang Qi shook his head helplessly, and asked Peng Pai to put down the plate.

The food on the plate looked simple, but after Yang Qi tasted it, he felt that it was not simple.

On a plate of fresh and tender meat similar to melon seed sprouts, Yang Qi frowned after eating only a chopstick.

Peng Pai's heart bulged, and he asked cautiously, "Isn't it to your taste?"

After a pause, Peng Pai said cautiously: "This subordinate has tasted it himself, and there is no peculiar smell..."

The reason why Peng Pai tasted it himself was to test the poison.

For any emperor, among the people who serve him in his daily life, there must be someone who has tasted poison.

Yang Qi remembers that in later generations, he read a book of Song history, which contained a sentence of emotion from Song Renzong and Zhao Zhen.

"In my whole life, I have never had a hot meal..."

It can be seen from this that how many tests a dish has to go through from being out of the pot to entering the emperor's golden mouth.

Of course, the reason why Yang Qi frowned had nothing to do with the heat or coldness of this thing, but the material.

Yang Qi raised his chopsticks, tapped the side of the plate, and sighed, "Did you order them to do this, or did they offer it on their own initiative?"

Peng Pai looked bewildered, "This is what they prepared to present... Is there a problem?"

Yang Qi shook his head and said with a wry smile: "There is no problem with the materials, it's just too wasteful. Although our country of Yan has the money-making machine of the Nanguo Money Bank, we can't stand such a waste.

Although I, Yang Yansi, am the king of a country now, I don't want to stir up a trend of extravagance in the country of Yan.

I don't even want to encourage the greed of those with ulterior motives because of this wind. "

From the seriousness of the corruption caused by extravagance, it can be easily seen by carefully reading the history of the Qing Dynasty.

During the Qing Dynasty, especially at the end of the Qing Dynasty, extravagance became the norm.

This has encouraged the eunuchs in the Ministry of Internal Affairs to become extremely corrupt.

An egg that only sells for two or three taels of cash among the people, would cost a full ten taels of silver to purchase by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

It can be seen how serious the corruption is.

If He Shen was the biggest corrupt official in the Qing Dynasty, then the Ministry of Internal Affairs was the biggest corrupt institution in the Qing Dynasty.

Yang Qi didn't want this kind of thing to happen to the people around him.

He would rather let the people around him do business than embezzle them.

Because Yang Qi was unwilling to raise the butcher's knife to the people around him.

Peng Pai still didn't see what the plate of bud meat was. He scratched his head and said in doubt: "Your Majesty, this is a plate of minced meat. What kind of extravagance can it cause?"

Yang Qi glanced at Peng Pai, shook his head and smiled, "You still have too little experience, what kind of minced meat is this? It's chicken tongue..."

"Sigh~"

Peng Pai gasped and said in shock, "This..."

A plate of nearly [-] sprouts.

That's five hundred chickens.

How extravagant it is to have five hundred chickens and only eat their tongues.

"Gudu~"

Peng Pai swallowed secretly, not knowing what to say.

Yang Qi looked at the soup next to him again, and said, "Squab soup, without a hundred pigeons, it can't taste like this..."

"There are three quail eggs, three camels, three sheep, three chickens..."

"..."

Three dishes and one soup, each dish is extraordinary.

Peng Pai made a rough estimate, the four dishes in front of Yang Qi didn't cost 400 taels of silver, so he couldn't afford them at all.

In an instant, he realized what it means to be extravagant.

Poverty limited his imagination, and he had never eaten anything so delicate.

Naturally, I didn't expect the four simple dishes in front of me to be so expensive.

After introducing the four dishes, Yang Qi ordered Peng Pai: "Go down and tell all the craftsmen that each person will add a piece of chicken for today's lunch. At the same time, tell them that I will have dinner with the craftsmen today. No more special dishes like this .

Most importantly, bring me the cook who cooks these three dishes..."

"Your Majesty wants to kill that cook?"

Peng Pai asked in astonishment.

Yang Qi glared at him, "Although I don't like extravagance, but this person can cook these three dishes, either he used to be an imperial chef, or his ancestors were once imperial chefs.

This kind of person can be regarded as a talent, and it would be a waste to stay in Yanmen Pass.

I'm going to change him to another place, so that his talents can be displayed. "

Peng Pai nodded and left the room.

Not long after, Peng Pai brought a thin man wearing an apron to Yang Qi's room.

When the skinny man entered, he saw Yang Qi eating the food he cooked, eating deliciously, and a sincere smile appeared on his face.

The thin man's name is Tan Qing, and his ancestors were imperial cooks.

The craftsmanship has been passed down to his generation, but he has no chance to enter the palace.

Has been loitering among the people.

A place where one's abilities have not been displayed.

Later, when he was in Fuxingguan, he was promoted to the head of the fire because he cooked the big pot of rice well, and became a fire head army.

After the weapon workshop was established, he was transferred to the weapon workshop.

As soon as I stayed, I stayed until now.

After hearing that Yang Qi had arrived yesterday, he wanted to use his skills to win Yang Qi's favor and become the royal chef of the Yan Kingdom.

For this reason, he specially took out all his savings, invited sixteen people, bought a lot of materials, and prepared these three dishes and one soup for Yang Qi from yesterday's preparation until now.

Now he was summoned by Yang Qi.

The thin and weak man already felt that he was about to rise to the top.

"Villain Tan Qing, see Your Majesty."

After Tan Qing entered the room, he bowed to Yang Qi.

Yang Qi didn't seem to see him, and kept eating on his own.

It wasn't until after eating up the three dishes and one soup that he raised his head and looked at Tan Qing.

"Your ancestor was an imperial cook?"

Yang Qi asked the question in a neutral manner.

Tan Qing was exposed to the sun for a quarter of an hour, which made his joy less.

Facing Yang Qi's unsalty voice now, his heart was a little bit raised again.

He felt that he couldn't figure out Yang Qi's preferences, but Yang Qi seemed to have seen through him.

After pondering for a moment, Tan Qing bowed honestly and said, "Returning to Your Majesty, the ancestor of the villain is indeed the imperial cook."

Yang Qi nodded slowly, "Ordinary cooks can't make these four things. The craftsmanship is good, I like to eat..."

The joy in Tan Qing's heart was brought up again.

However, Yang Qi's next sentence brought him into a trough.

"But I don't like such an extravagant way of eating, and I don't like the spread of this extravagant way of eating among Yan's royal family and Yan's officials..."

Tan Qing looked at Yang Qi who was sitting at the table sipping tea in astonishment, not knowing what to say.

Yang Qi's words have already blocked his way to enter the imperial palace as an imperial cook, or to become a servant of officials and eunuchs.

Tan Qing felt a thunderbolt strike on his head.

Flattering on the horse's leg?
Is this skill destined to be buried?

Or, therefore, to lose their lives?

Yang Qi seemed to see through Tan Qing's thoughts, and he said calmly, "Don't worry, I won't kill you. Instead, I will recommend a good place for you. When you get there, you will be able to use everything you have learned, and you will not lack for glory." rich.

But you have to remember that any official invites you to cook at the house, you are not allowed to go.

Moreover, from today onwards, you are a member of the Scarecrow, under the jurisdiction of Peng Pai. "

Hearing this, Tan Qing didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

All he could do was to salute Yang Qi, "My villain, thank you for your majesty Long En."

Peng Pai stared at the side and said, "You should call yourself a subordinate."

Yang Qi accepted Tan Qing as a scarecrow.

Neither Peng Pai nor Tan Qing could figure out Yang Qi's intentions.

A cook, what does the income scarecrow do?
Let him help to find out the news?
Assassination?
They would never have guessed that Yang Qi's intention of doing this was for the sake of honesty.

This can be regarded as a preventive measure.

Throughout the dynasties and dynasties, the trend of corruption cannot be corrected.

Even in later generations, corruption is still rife.

Yang Qi just didn't believe in this evil.

He must correct this unhealthy trend that has been blowing for thousands of years.

I will keep an eye on you for food, clothing, housing and transportation.

I see how greedy you are?
If you can hide the embezzled money for a lifetime, and then bury it in a coffin, then you are great.

Casually buried a vital pawn for the future Yan State's clean government.

Yang Qi asked Peng Pai to send someone to fight Tan Qing on the road.

Dealt with such a small episode.

The sun has climbed over the treetops.

Tang Gong and others were already waiting outside the door.

Yang Qi asked Peng Pai to bring him in.

"My subordinates and others see Your Majesty..."

Daily greetings, after greetings.

Yang Qi led Tang Gong and his party to the table.

"Look, this is a new firearm I thought of. See if you can make it. What's the difficulty?"

After Tang Gong and others' eyes fell on the blueprint on the table, they couldn't pull it out again.

It can be said that such exquisite drawings are rare in life.

Neat and neat thin lines outline the components of a complete matchlock gun.

In addition to that, there is a dismantling of all the parts on the side.

There are also a lot of text explanations.

These skilled craftsmen can easily judge from the drawings which kind of component is the difficulty and which kind of component is the key.

Except for the different proportions, it is almost a scaled-down drawing of the real thing.

They only glanced at it, and they were familiar with the making of the matchlock gun.

Except that the materials of a small part of the components need special characteristics and take a lot of time, the others are not difficult at all.

The reason why they still couldn't pull their eyes out was because of this picture.

You know, the blueprints of the handicraft inheritance they learned before were all outlined with the simplest stick figures.

Compared with the picture in front of me, it is like a comparison between a stick figure drawn with a brush and an engineering drawing made by CAD.

"Your Majesty, have you ever learned blacksmithing?"

While Tang Gong was shocked, he looked at Yang Qiwen eagerly.

It is no wonder that Tang Gong had this doubt, it was because he was used to stick figures, and suddenly there were such exquisite and detailed drawings, which made him uncomfortable, and he also wondered whether Yang Qi was a craftsman.

Yang Qi shook his head dumbfounded.

Tang Gong and the others looked eagerly at the picture on the table, and then at Yang Qi.

Someone sighed dejectedly, "If our ancestors could draw such exquisite pictures, things like wooden cows and horses would not have been lost... It's a pity, it's a pity..."

Yang Qi heard their intentions through this sentence.

"Do you want to learn?"

As soon as Yang Qi said this.

Tang Gong and the others nodded excitedly.

Yang Qi couldn't laugh or cry and said, "It just so happens that I have been staying at Yanmen Pass for the past few days, and I have time to teach you. When you come back, prepare paper and pens, and I will teach you in person."

Tang Gong and others excitedly bowed to Yang Qi, "Thank you Your Majesty for imparting magical skills..."

Yang Qi pointed to the matchlock gun on the table and said, "Go down and forge the matchlock gun first. I want this thing urgently. Let's talk about drawing skills in our spare time."

Tang Gong and the others shook their heads when they heard the words, and said: "This thing is not difficult, we don't need to do it at all, just let the apprentices do it. Your Majesty should hurry up and teach us the drawing skills."

Yang Qi almost spit out a mouthful of reverse blood, the picture I drew so hard for feelings, you can take a look at it?

Yang Qi didn't believe that they were willing to teach drawing skills only after they forged things.

Then Tang Gong and others gave Yang Qi a lesson on the spot.

I saw that Tang Gong and others sent people to call a few apprentices, and they didn't even show the blueprints. Everyone dictated the style to the apprentices and gave them an order to let them go down to build.

Yang Qi felt that they were sloppy and terrible, and they were just teasing himself.

After Tang Gong and others ordered their apprentices, they guarded Yang Qi's room one by one, looking at the blueprints on the table and trying to figure out how to draw them, without worrying at all that their apprentices would not be able to cast something.

An hour later.

The result came out.

A large pile of matchlock gun parts appeared in front of Yang Qi.

Yang Qi took those parts and assembled them with a look of astonishment.

There are only two words in his mind.

These are all time travelers, right?

And all of them came from the arsenal before time travel, right?

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(End of this chapter)