Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 193
"I thank the emperor for your kindness on behalf of the craftsmen of the Ordnance Institute! I have another piece of good news to report to the emperor." Liu Hongjian said, and after speaking, he glanced mysteriously at Fan Jingwen, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and looked straight at Fan Jingwen, who was terrified.

"Weichen's ordnance station has transformed a Suifa fire blunderbuss!" Liu Hongjian was shocked!

"Why Suifa Firebolt?" Chongzhen was a little confused.

"Back to the emperor..." Fan Jingwen finally knew why An Guohou looked at him with a half-smile, it was embarrassing, but he had no choice but to explain the principle of firing the gun to Chongzhen in every detail.

As early as more than half a year ago, An Guohou handed over the blueprint to him, but the officials under him were too inefficient, and now the blueprint has gone to nowhere.

"How does this fire blunderbuss compare to my Daming's bird blunderbuss and three-eyed blunderbuss?" Chongzhen frowned.

"Back to the emperor, the shooting range is [-] steps farther than the bird's gun, and the accuracy is at least twice that of the three-eyed gun!" Liu Hongjian was confident about this.

In the past, before shooting, soldiers had to light the match with a torch, and then quickly aimed and waited in a hurry, waiting for the match to burn out before the projectile could be launched.

The flint firing device modified by Franz not only omits this step, so that soldiers can shoot at will when the timing is right, but also the matchlock is prone to moisture and has poor stability.

"How many craftsmen do you have in your armory, and how many guns of this kind can you produce in a day?" Hearing Fan Jingwen's explanation, Chongzhen was really surprised.

Originally, he thought that it was just a child's play for An Guohou to set up an ordnance shop. After all, An Guohou himself was just 21 years old.

But in less than two months, he was given two surprises, and the latter was related to the improvement of the strength of the Ming army, which was no small matter.

"Returning to the emperor, there are a total of 500 craftsmen of all kinds in Weichen's ordnance. As for the daily output, the craftsmen's proficiency is not enough at present. They can only produce more than [-] firecrackers a day."

"Too few. There are hundreds of thousands of craftsmen registered in the household department. Increase the tax! Increase production!"

Ever since he took control of the military on Liu Hongjian's suggestion, Chongzhen really felt that only the army was his foundation, and everything else was false.

The Ming people always paid attention to firearms, but since the late Ming Dynasty, the development direction of firearms has gone astray. The firearms produced are either getting bigger and bigger, or they are weird.

"Your majesty, it's not that I don't want to levy more. This thing costs money! Moreover, this is an important weapon of the country. Although I am reckless, I don't dare to act recklessly. First, I am afraid of being criticized by others. Second, there are too many people. It’s not easy to deal with confidentiality.”

What Liu Hongjian said was true. It was such a big mess. His family property was 120 million taels, and half of it was spent in two months, and most of it fell into the pockets of the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry.

Ni Yuanlu, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Fan Jingwen, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, looked at each other, feeling overjoyed.

"That also has to be levied, at least to ensure that the entire army will be equipped within half a year. If there is not enough money, the Ministry of Households will come out!" What is silver, the most important thing in the Ming court is now.

Speaking of it, this is also the credit of the kid in front of him, so the courtiers and Chongzhen turned a blind eye to some of Liu Hongjian's actions. After all, the whole country's money was obtained from them.

"Your majesty, I do not agree!" This is to be nationalized. This is not acceptable. He has no intention of giving up the leading power of the Ordnance Institute. If it really becomes nationalized, Liu Hongjian can guarantee that it will not be within three years. The armory would be different.

Within five years, it will become the same as the various workshops of the Ministry of Industry.

"However, Your Majesty, your internal money is not... I suggest that your internal money can be invested in shares! The wealth is endless, Your Majesty!!" Hehe, the ghost wants to cooperate with the Ministry of Accounts!
How much money the official spent on buying various materials with the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, you can tell by the expressions of the two uncles in front of you.

Now let them give the money to the official again, and then they come to participate, wouldn't they sell themselves?And the money is still paid by yourself?

But doing business with the emperor is different. First of all, it is ordnance, so you can add the prefix of emperor later, and become the Ming Royal Ordnance Institute. Not only does it have a lot of money, but its reputation is also different.

When the time comes, the business will be done well, even if those ghosts and snakes are jealous, will they dare to break ground on the emperor's head?

What's more, this is privatization, even if the emperor is counted, it is a simple partnership system, and the emperor is busy with everything, so he has no time to stare at this small armory every day, at most he is a major shareholder.

And the chairman is still the official.

Liu Hongjian could almost imagine the bitter expression on his face when Suifa guns were mass-produced and the pricing power was in his own hands, and when the Ministry of Households paid out money to equip the entire army.

What a joke, my money is so easy to earn?You have to spit it out to me!
"What kind of money is rolling in? This is a big deal for Ming Dynasty. Please be serious!" Chongzhen hadn't realized the relationship between shooting guns and making money before production, but seeing Liu Hongjian grinning and laughing, he almost fell off, and slapped the table road.

"My Majesty, when I go back, I'm going to levy a hundred more from the blacksmith and one hundred from the carpenter. Who should I go to for the silver...?" Liu Hongjian was overjoyed. With the silver, there was also a shield.

"How about 200 additional recruits? I want you to equip the whole army within half a year! You can find Wang Daban for as much money as you need!" Chongzhen signaled to Wang Chengen, and Wang Chengen bowed to accept the order.

"No problem! If that's the case, then it's settled, Your Majesty, the Ordnance Institute invests in shares, and the profits are [-]-[-]!" This is a good business, but the brothers clearly settle accounts, even though the person in front of them is the Emperor, they must speak clearly. So that no one will be reckless in the future.

As for the specific number of people to be recruited, the more the better, this Liu Hongjian made up his mind.

"Nonsense! Why don't you buy shares or not? What's going on with the crown prince these days?" Chongzhen only thought about equipping the Beijing camp as soon as possible with the fire blunderbuss, how could he know that it could earn him money.

"Er—— Your Majesty, these days, I've been patronizing the ordnance department. In this way, I'll go to His Highness the Crown Prince's place soon!" Liu Hongjian said in his heart as he ate the imperial meal.

"Then this humble minister is going to retire?" Liu Hongjian saw that he had nothing to do here, so he got up and saluted.

"Oh! Look at Weichen's brain, he forgot the most important thing!

Ladies and gentlemen, I have brought a total of seven briquette stoves this time. Everyone who sees them will have a share. I will give one to each person, free of charge! "The Ordnance Station no longer has to worry about money, Liu Hongjian is extraordinarily generous.

The courtesy is light and the affection is heavy, and several elders also stood up to express their thanks.

"Then your Majesty, please continue to chat, and the humble minister will retire first!" The cabinet chiefs have a busy family, and when they produce some stoves, they will send some for free to the major yamen of the Sixth Department and the Third Department. This is a free advertisement.

"Where did you just say?" Chongzhen felt a headache after being disturbed by Liu Hongjian.

"Your Majesty, we are talking about the amount of taxes collected by the thirteen provinces this year." Ni Yuanlu, Minister of the Household Department, reminded.

"Oh, Youming, you are also a member of the cabinet, stay and listen!" Chongzhen said suddenly.

Nani?Liu Hongjian turned around and put the big fur cotton hat on his head...

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(End of this chapter)