Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 185 What on earth does His Majesty want to do? Why did you give the second emperor's grandson the title of king!
The civilian group of Ming Dynasty was full of resentment towards the emperor's favoritism.

Military generals run rampant in the village and do all kinds of evil, and civil officials embezzle 60 taels of silver, so they have to peel day lilies and hang them in the Town God's Temple for public display.

Although His Majesty the Emperor has killed many generals in recent years, the civil servants are still unhappy.

The reason why those generals were killed was not because they were corrupt and broke the law, but because they were involved in party disputes!
What makes the civil servants even more upset is that the civil servants were killed in the case of Hu Dang!

Almost all of these officials in the court had a few of the same age, fellow countrymen, and even classmates and friends who died in the Hu Dang case.

It can be said that Hu Weiyong killed at least two rounds of Ming officials by himself...

Therefore, the reason they targeted Zhu Yunxi this time was not all to support Zhu Yunqi, but also aimed at the generals group, to attack the arrogance of the generals, and let them spit out some money.

If the military generals wanted to support Zhu Yunxi, they would have to help the imperial court to solve the problem, and first collected the money for the frontier army's outfit change this year.

"This time, we would like to thank His Royal Highness King Wu. If it weren't for him, we would have found it harder to get money from those generals Xungui!"

"Thanks to Chen Shangshu's ingenious calculations, I had expected that they would give generously, and deliberately used 15 taels of silver to lure them into the bait!"

"If it weren't for the 15 taels of silver, His Royal Highness King Wu might have retreated a long time ago, hahaha!"

"Qin Shangshu is not bad either, he tried to evade and argue a few times, which forced the King of Wu to make a contribution and accept this job, hahaha!"

The two talked, laughed and flattered each other along the way.But the laughter stopped immediately when they encountered Habayashi Guard patrolling, and the faces of the two of them subconsciously stiffened.

By the time the two of them reached the gate of Qianqing Palace, they had already deliberately distanced themselves from each other, and put on serious expressions.

While the two were waiting to see you, the two tigers also came to the weapon manufacturing bureau outside the city.

At this time, the Weapons Manufacturing Bureau has long been an empty city, only used as an office space, a cargo transfer warehouse, and a temporary dormitory for craftsmen.

Zhu Yunxi ordered people to rebuild a workshop by the Tongji River, which was specially used for making weapons.

When the two tigers arrived, Zhu Yunxi was leading a group of his students to study the blueprints, so he didn't notice that there was an extra person in the room.

"Now that the dam has been built and the hydraulic transmission device is almost installed, the next step is to debug various equipment."

"Our drawings are definitely fine, but whether the craftsmanship of the craftsmen can meet our requirements depends on the actual results."

"Lao Lin, you bring the people in your class to be responsible for checking the operation of lathes, milling machines and other equipment."

"Old Meng, you bring the people in your class to record all the data, and report any abnormalities immediately!"

"Old Lu, you continue to prepare for building a new workshop, and you don't need to take care of the things here."

After Zhu Yunxi finished speaking, everyone suddenly took orders.

"promise!"

"Follow the teacher's order!"

They were all recruited by Zhu Yunxi from the Guozijian. They were students for Zhu Yunxi and teachers in Hope Primary School at the same time.As Zhu Yunxi took over the Weapons Bureau and various workshops under the Ministry of Industry, they were arrested as technical backbone personnel, responsible for helping him design, install, and debug new equipment.

After Zhu Yunxi sent them away, he saw a dazed Erhu in the room.

"Uncle Tiger, when did you come?"

Erhu looked at Zhu Yunxi with resentment on his face, thinking that the young master must be too calm...

"Son of the third emperor, the emperor asked me to come over and ask, when will you start working here?"

"almost!"

"Work will start around the end of the month."

"What, wait half a month?"

"Uncle Tiger, haven't you heard a word?"

"What?"

"Sharpening a knife is the same as chopping firewood, hahaha!"

Erhu watched Zhu Yunxi go out laughing, and hurriedly followed.

"Young master, you have to tell the humble officer, can you deliver the goods to the Ministry of War before the end of the month?"

"There is no rush for the farm tools, but the reloading of the frontier army's ordnance must be speeded up. If it delays the important affairs of the court, the emperor will not be able to protect you!"

Seeing that Erhu was so eager, Zhu Yunxi couldn't help waving at him.

"If Uncle Hu is really worried, why not follow me to the new workshop?"

"it is good!"

Erhu jumped directly into Zhu Yunxi's carriage and followed him to the new workshop located a few miles away.

As soon as they reached the ground, Erhu was shocked by the scene in front of him.It's only been a few days, and it's nothing more than an extra house here out of thin air, but the young master actually built a dam on the river!

"Son of the Three Emperors, what is your dam used for?"

"The secret cannot be leaked!"

Zhu Yunxi smiled, purposely showing off, and then walked into the new workshop.

Erhu hurriedly followed in, but as soon as he entered the new workshop, Erhu felt that his eyes were no longer enough.

I saw unspeakable utensils everywhere in the workshop, each exuding the luster of steel.

Although he didn't know what these things were for, he had a vague feeling that these things seemed very powerful.

"Son of the Three Emperors, is this the new workshop you mentioned?"

Zhu Yunxi nodded.

"Let's count it as a part, there are still a few in other places."

"This place is mainly close to the Dajiaochang, and it is also close to the Wuzi library of the Ministry of War. The weapons are produced and transported conveniently."

"I have placed several other equipment manufacturing workshops in the north of the city."

"oh oh……"

Although Erhu promised very well, his mind was still full of confusion, and he didn't understand a single sentence of Zhu Yunxie's words.

"Son of the Three Emperors, with these things, you can make weapons, right?"

"Of course!"

"This is the masterpiece of tens of thousands of craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty. Isn't it trivial to make some weapons?"

Zhu Yunxi led the two tigers around the new workshop for a few times, until the manager of the new workshop came to ask if he could open the gate to release the water, and then he stopped wandering.

Zhu Yunxi saw that all the teams were already in place one after another, and immediately said to the steward.

"Open the gate and release the water!"

"promise!"

The steward ran out and yelled at the people on the dam.

"Open the gate!"

Several bare-chested men on the dam immediately started to turn the turntable and slowly raised the gate.

As the river flows through the gate, the pre-installed fan blades are immediately driven, and then the hydraulic power is transmitted into the workshop through various transmission devices.

People in each team use differentials to control the speed of the machine tool, and then the craftsmen step forward and take out various iron materials for cutting, chipping, drilling and other processes to test the production performance of the new equipment.

Erhu was dumbfounded when he saw the huge iron lumps suddenly come to life.

He never imagined that iron can be cut and drilled arbitrarily like wood.But just when he was dumbfounded, he heard a loud "dang", which made him tremble all over with fright.

The two tigers turned their heads, and saw that the big hammers they had just seen when they entered the door were beating a newly baked iron ingot with a clang.

"This this this..."

"My God!"

"The big hammer can move by itself?"

Zhu Yunxi casually explained.

"It's powered by water, just like the waterwheels that are common in the countryside."

"Hydraulic..."

Erhu muttered, but he couldn't figure out how the water power was transmitted to the workshop, and how it drove the big hammer.

However, he understood one thing, that is, the "dangdang" hammering of the big iron hammer was much faster than the previous manpower.

In the past, it took ten craftsmen several days to forge the iron, but with this hydraulic hammer, it only takes one day to complete the forging!
You must know that forging is the most time-consuming and labor-intensive process for making ironware. Ordinary iron ingots contain a lot of impurities. Only after countless times of forging and tempering can it be forged into pure steel.

However, with such a big hammer, the production speed of the workshop will be greatly improved.

Seeing this, Erhu was very determined, and no longer worried that Zhu Yunxi would miss the construction schedule.

"Young master, how many weapons are expected to be handed over at the end of the month?"

Zhu Yunxi shook his head when he heard the words.

"I don't expect to pay much. The equipment is still in the debugging period. It would be good to start production before the end of the month."

"Uh……"

"Then this workshop is officially put into operation, how many sabers, spears, arrowheads, etc. can be forged every day?"

"Are there still thousands of handles?"

"Arrowheads are simple. One hundred thousand a day is not a problem. The main reason is that the supply of arrow shafts will not be enough."

"Uncle Hu also knows that we don't have much good wood near the capital, so we can only transport it elsewhere."

While the two were talking, they suddenly heard a click, and all the equipment stopped.

The two tigers turned pale with fright when they saw this, but Zhu Yunxi didn't panic in the slightest, but hurried to the scene of the incident to check.

Several people responsible for checking the operation of the equipment hurriedly reported.

"Report to the king of Wu, this transmission rod is overwhelmed and split from the middle..."

In order to meet the construction deadline, Zhu Yunxi did not use iron for some transmission devices, but used hardwood.

After all, no matter how hard wood is, it is easier to process than iron.

"Change another transmission shaft, and then record the breaking time. In addition, we will study with other workshops to see if it can be changed to iron."

"promise!"

When Erhu saw the accident, most of the surprises in his heart were lost, and he secretly thought that the new workshop of the third emperor's grandson seemed unreliable...

"Third emperor's grandson, how should I return to my life with the emperor when I go back to my humble position?"

Zhu Yunxi thought about it after hearing the words.

"Just tell Grandpa Huang that my place will definitely be put into operation next month at the latest!"

"Uh uh..."

Erhu was dumbfounded again when he heard this, the young master was too ruthless, and he went straight to the next month!

However, after witnessing the mechanical roar just now, Erhu is inexplicably full of confidence in the young master, feeling that the young master will definitely be a blockbuster!
"Humble job understands!"

After half a month...

Zhu Yunqi once again delivered a batch of saddles and bridles and other military equipment to the Ministry of War, and once again received praise from the courtiers.

Although they didn't dare to write a letter to persuade His Majesty to name the grandson of the emperor, the memorials for Zhu Yunwen still flew into the Qianqing Palace like snowflakes, disturbing Zhu Yuanzhang's mind.

If Erhu and Qin Deshun hadn't been staring at the grandson and reporting his progress to him every day, he would have sent someone to arrest Zhu Yunxie and ask him where he spent the 10 taels of silver!
It's been a month, and Nisun hasn't even made a single weapon, so he's really anxious to death!
Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor has not said anything, the civil servants can only continue to increase the output of firepower, and call on more people to write letters to ask for credit for Zhu Yunqi.

Zhu Yuanzhang was so annoyed by them that he wrote an imperial decree and shut everyone up.

When the officials of the Ministry of Rites saw the emperor's "reward" intention, everyone felt like they were shooting themselves in the foot.

"This is the will of the king!"

"What on earth does Your Majesty want to do? Why did you give the Second Emperor's grandson the title of king!"

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　　The author, a liberal arts student, really doesn't know how to write about industry-related things, just take a look at it, don't throw stones at me, blah blah...

　　
　
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