Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 202 The ministers and others ask for credit for His Royal Highness King Wu!
"Marbo?"

Lao Zhu remembered that Erhu seemed to have mentioned this name, so he couldn't help but glance at Erhu.

Seeing the emperor's searching gaze, Erhu hurriedly explained.

"My lord, Ma Bo is His Royal Highness's favorite student, and he is the class representative of physics."

"oh oh……"

Lao Zhu confirmed the identity of the person in front of him from Erhu, and immediately smiled at him.

"Are you in charge of delivery?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I did come to the Ministry of War to deliver weapons under the order of my benefactor."

"Now I just wait for the receipt from the Ministry of War, so I can take it back and report to my teacher!"

Seeing that Ma Bo talked about his mentor and shut up about his mentor, Lao Zhu respected his grandson from the bottom of his heart, and was sincerely happy for his grandson.

Judging from the way he has watched people all his life, this person is destined to be Dasun's diehard loyalist!

Lao Zhu Aiwu and Wuxia also changed their address to Ma Bo.

"Little Ma, come and tell us, how did you make these weapons, and how long did it take in total?"

"Could it be that Ni Sun secretly sent someone outside to order weapons, and then pretended that they were made by you?"

Ma Bo is a typical science and engineering student thinking, never considering other people's feelings.Even if it is His Majesty the Emperor, it is only out of respect in etiquette.But I don't know that the pony sound of the old emperor is a blessing that many people can't ask for in a lifetime.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, my benefactor, His Highness the Third Emperor, has always been upright, how can he do such a thing like a dog?"

"What's more, my mentor is a scholar of heaven and man, deeply understands the mysteries of the universe's operation, and has insight into the mysteries of everything in the world. Just use a little bit of talent, build some machinery, and use the power of heaven and earth, and some weapons are effortless!"

Although Ma Bo praised Zhu Yunxi in every sentence, Lao Zhu still didn't like it.

Who is this guy showing his cold expression to!

Besides, we don't know what kind of virtues our turtle grandson has. If you praise him for being smart, that's all. He also studies heaven and man, understands the universe deeply, and has insight into all things. Why don't you say that he is in heaven!

"Little Ma, it's enough to boast a few words. According to your boast, our eldest grandson will go to heaven!"

Lao Zhu originally said it as a joke, but when he heard it, it became a statement in Ma Bo's ears.

"What?"

"Master has gone to heaven?"

"Is it the day of sitting on a hot ball?"

"The teacher has already agreed with the students, take me with you when you go to heaven, how can you talk without counting..."

Old Zhu was dumbfounded looking at Ma Bo who was about to cry. Could it be that this kid can't hear good words? Aren't we just having fun?

"Marbo, don't be sloppy with us, just tell us the truth, how long did you produce in total!"

"Returning to Your Majesty, it took ten days in total, not counting the time for debugging the equipment."

"What!"

As soon as Ma Bo said this, not to mention Lao Zhu, even the two tigers who had been sending Jin Yiwei to watch Zhu Yunxi were stunned.

"Only ten days?"

When Lao Zhu was immersed in shock, Minister of the Ministry of War Ru Chang came over with a face full of disbelief, grabbed Ma Bo by the collar and questioned him.

"How could it only take ten days!"

"You must be deceiving Your Majesty, this is the crime of deceiving the King!"

Seeing that Ru Chang was going crazy, Lao Zhu hurriedly sent someone to pull him away.However, although Ru Chang was pulled away, he still snarled fiercely at Ma Bo.

"impossible!"

"This is absolutely impossible!"

"No one can produce so many weapons in ten days!"

"Even if Da Luo Jinxian comes, it won't work!"

Qin Kui, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, also had a look of disbelief, but he was still restrained and just circled around in front of the carriage, trying to find evidence to expose Ma Bo's lies.

Generally speaking, weapons made in different places will have subtle differences regardless of their color or shape.

This kind of difference cannot be seen by ordinary people, but for Qin Kui who has been immersed in the Ministry of Industry for many years, he can tell it at a glance.

Chen Zongli, Minister of the Household Department, also came up and whispered in Qin Kui's ear.

"Well, what clues do you have?"

Qin Kui reluctantly grabbed a few arrowheads from the carriage and spread them in his hands.

"Old Chen, just look at the arrowhead."

Chen Zongli looked at Qin Kui in puzzlement.

"What's so good about this stuff, aren't they all exactly the same?"

"The key point is the exact sameness!"

"Such a regular arrowhead, even the old man couldn't make it when he was in charge of the Weapons Bureau..."

When Qin Kui said this, he immediately pointed to the bamboo basket full of arrowheads on the carriage.

"However, if you look here, the arrowheads that you grab randomly are all exactly the same, whether it's the iron material for casting the arrowheads, the casting process, or the shape of the arrowheads..."

When Qin Kui said this, he took a deep breath and said.

"Although I don't want to believe it, I have to admit that His Royal Highness King Wu really has the inhuman ability to forge a whole year's worth of weapons in a short period of time..."

"This……"

When Chen Zongli heard this, he felt dizzy for a while. If Zhu Yunxie really made such a great contribution, then Zhu Yunqiu would basically be out of action!

When Chen Zongli was worried about Zhu Yunqi, Qin Kui was only worried about his own fate.

As the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Qin Kui was actually compared by a child with a yellow mouth. How could he have the face to be the Minister of the Ministry of Industry in the future?

Thinking of this, Qin Kui walked up to Lao Zhu and fell to his knees with a plop.

"My humble minister, Qin Kui, is ashamed of His Majesty's grace. He has been in the Ministry of Industry for several years, but he is not as good as His Royal Highness Wu!"

"I implore Your Majesty to allow me to resign from the position of Minister, let me go home and farm, woo woo woo..."

When the surrounding officials heard this, they all looked at Qin Kui in shock.He wondered in his heart how hard Qin Kui had to suffer before he could think of retiring?
However, when they came to the carriage and saw the standard waist knives, spears, arrowheads, firecrackers, etc. that were measured with a ruler, they were all dumbfounded, and they all understood that Qin Kui would be so disheartened. .

This Zhu Yunxi was completely rubbing the Ministry of Industry on the ground, and it was at the level of rolling.

It's nothing more than the delivery quantity can be exceeded, but the quality can be guaranteed while completing the quantity. This is a miracle that you can't believe when you open your eyes!

But after the shock, everyone had a doubt in their hearts at the same time, that is, how did Zhu Yunxi do it?
"Your Majesty, I want to visit the new weapon workshop!"

"Wei Chen also wants to go!"

"I want to go too!"

Qin Kui, who knelt on the ground to plead guilty, was also aroused by everyone's curiosity when he heard what everyone said.

"Your Majesty, I also..."

Lao Zhu waved his hand without waiting for Qin Kui to finish speaking.

"Stop talking!"

"Let's go together!"

Lao Zhu was also very curious about how his grandson could complete half a year's output of the Weapons Bureau within ten days.

Not long after, everyone came to the workshop of the New Weapon Bureau.

When Lao Zhu saw the dam built on the Tongji River, he couldn't help asking.

"When was there a dam here?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this is the transformation of the power of heaven and earth, and it is a little bit of good fortune from my benefactor."

Old Zhu secretly rolled his eyes when he heard the words, thinking in his heart that this Ma Bo was useless, he was talking about the grandson of the turtle, and what was even more outrageous was that he had even made good fortune, did he really think that the grandson of the turtle was a god?
Lao Zhu led the crowd into the forging workshop, and was immediately attracted by all kinds of strange machines in the workshop, especially the dozen or so big hammers at the door. Every time they were forged, countless sparks shot out, which was particularly conspicuous.

"What is this thing for?"

Because the forging workshop was too noisy, Lao Zhu almost shouted out with a roar.

Marbo, too, replied loudly.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this is a hydraulically driven hammer, which is specially used to forge impurities in iron ingots, making them high-quality iron!"

Lao Zhu was secretly surprised when he heard this. This iron ingot would cost hundreds of catties at least. With such a huge hammer, it would probably take only a few strokes to forge it.

No wonder that turtle grandson dared to waste so much. Others forged iron and iron at least cost hundreds of thousands of hammers.It's easy when you get to him, just a few clicks and you're done!
"Your Majesty, after the iron ingots are forged here, they will enter the next workshop for smelting, pouring, and degerming."

"There is also a small forging hammer over there, which is specially used to make standard weapons..."

"Your Majesty, this is the foundry method, which is an original method created by my teacher. It can be used to cast large utensils. However, this method can also be used for small knives."

"There is also a foundry workshop on the other side, which is specially used to make molds..."

Lao Zhu walked, watched and listened to Ma Bo's explanation all the way. At the same time, he was shocked by all kinds of strange appliances he saw along the way.

A standard waist knife that usually takes several days to forge, here only needs to be removed once, and then forged several times with a hydraulic hammer at will, trimming off the corners and then grinding.

And the grinding here is also different from usual, but in front of a fast-rotating grinding wheel, as long as you gently rub it up, you can only hear a "stab" sound, sparks shoot out, and the blade of a waist knife is sharpened .

Arrowheads and the like are even simpler. After the molten iron is smelted and poured into the mold, hundreds of them can come out at a time.After the mold is removed, just take it in front of the self-rotating grinding wheel and wipe off the corners.

Looking at their smooth and smooth process, I feel that there is no pressure at all to pour hundreds of arrowheads a day.

No wonder it took only ten days to make so many arrowheads. If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, you would never have dreamed that the casting of arrowheads was so simple.

But what shocked Lao Zhu the most were those omnipotent machines. In the new weapon workshop, it seemed that there was a special machine for any process.

All craftsmen work step by step, and each person is only responsible for one process.

Although the whole workshop seemed extremely busy, everyone was in order without the slightest sense of mess.

After browsing through all the procedures, Lao Zhu couldn't help expressing emotion.

"This military weapon is also!"

"Our Daming has such a sharp weapon, why worry about the immortality of the Northern Yuan, why worry about the injustice of the world?"

The civil servants and military generals who followed Lao Zhu, when they heard this, hurriedly knelt down and flattered them whether they wanted it or not.

Along the way, no matter how picky they were, they were still conquered by Zhu Yunxie's ability.

Such a huge workshop was actually managed by him in an orderly manner, and his management ability was already stronger than many officials present.

As for Zhu Yunqi, who was in charge of the military battle bureau, he was not even worthy of carrying Zhu Yunxi's shoes.

The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry secretly sent many people there, thinking of helping Zhu Yunqi manage it.However, Zhu Yunqi stubbornly drove everyone out, insisting on personally proving his management ability to His Majesty the Emperor.

Ever since, he spent three times the manpower and material resources to be able to complete the normal output...

Then there are all those incredible machines, which are simply unheard of and unseen.It not only saves time and effort, but also guarantees quality and quantity.

It's just a pity that this son is too close to the military general Xungui, he is the kind that really breaks the bones and connects the tendons, and can't be broken even if he wants to.

Otherwise, let them turn their heads to support Zhu Yunxi, they really don't have any pressure at all.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

"My Ming Dynasty has such a sharp weapon of the military and the country, it is really the luck of the Ming Dynasty, the luck of the country!"

"Your Majesty the King of Wu will be honored!"

After everyone flattered, only Ru Chang still knelt on the ground and refused to get up.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Wu is indeed indispensable. It is not an exaggeration to say that the merits in the present age will benefit the future."

"However, Weichen has something to say..."

Old Zhu was jubilantly planning how to reward his eldest grandson, when he heard this, his face was so gloomy that he could drip water, he already guessed what Ru Chang was going to say.

"Stop talking!"

"We can trust grandson!"

Ru Chang kowtowed heavily when he heard this.

"Your Majesty, even if you believe His Highness King Wu, I still have to tell you."

"Such military and national weapons should only be under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, directly under the jurisdiction of the emperor, and must not be used in the hands of vassal kings!"

Everyone woke up when they heard these words, the secret path was still clear to Ru Chang.

If the king of Wu is in charge of such key points, he can create weapons that can be equipped by thousands of people in an instant!

Once King Wu became dissatisfied with His Majesty and wanted to usurp the throne, how can anyone in the world be able to stop it?

Everyone thought of this, and just got up from the ground before kneeling down again.

"Your Majesty, Minister Ru Changshu is right. Such military and state weapons must not be used in the hands of vassal kings. Your Majesty, please take back the supervision of King Wu and put the new workshop of the Weapons Bureau under the jurisdiction of the court!"

Lao Zhu looked at the officials who were kneeling on the ground, and then at the generals of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion standing aside who seemed a little cramped, feeling helpless in his heart.

From the emperor's point of view, such military weapons must be firmly held in his hands, even his own sons cannot deliver them.

But from the grandpa's point of view, he really had no face to talk to Dasun and take the workshop back from Dasun's hands.

"We'll discuss this later!"

"His Majesty!"

Ru Chang wanted to fight again, but unexpectedly, he was touched by Chen Zongli, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, just as he shouted out.

"Why are you touching me?"

"Shut up!"

"Your Majesty didn't directly refuse, it's a blessing!"

When Ru Chang heard this, he quickly shut up, and then shouted to His Majesty with everyone!
Listening to everyone's flattery, Lao Zhu felt extremely irritable.

In fact, he also wanted to take this workshop back. It wasn't that he couldn't trust Dasun, but because he was afraid that Dasun would be young and energetic, and cause terrible disasters.

Distraught, Lao Zhu walked out of the workshop unknowingly and came to a low one-story house next to the workshop.

"Where is this?"

"Your Majesty, this is the duty room of His Royal Highness!"

"what!"

If he hadn't heard it with his own ears, Lao Zhu would even think it was a hut.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with calling this so-called palace a hut.Because this was originally a temporary duty room, and when the staff dormitory a hundred meters away was built, it would naturally be abandoned.

"During the production of the weapon workshop, my mentor has been living here to deal with problems that may arise at any time in the workshop."

"question?"

Lao Zhu thought of the orderly forging process in the new workshop, and really couldn't think of any problems.

"Your Majesty doesn't know that when the new workshop first starts production, there are often various problems. However, looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, no one except the teacher can understand the principles of machinery."

"Therefore, in order not to delay the important affairs of the court, the teacher can only stay here every day."

"Oh!"

When Lao Zhu heard what Ma Bo said, he was slightly moved.Unexpectedly, the turtle grandson, who was lazy on weekdays, would be able to endure hardships at critical moments, which really impressed him.

Lao Zhu opened the door and walked in. Seeing the narrowness of the room, he felt a pain in his heart.

It seems that the new workshop can have such an astonishing output, our eldest grandson has also put in countless efforts!
When Lao Zhu was immersed in emotion, Ma Bo suddenly saw a wooden sign of "[-]" on the ground, and hurriedly kicked it under the bed.

I am hiding for the sake of the venerable, not flattering my teacher!
"Your Majesty, this is the bed that my mentor usually sleeps on!"

Lao Zhu broke his defenses when he saw that the bed where the grandson slept was so simple.

"Our grandson is pitiful!"

"How can we compensate Dasun so that we can be worthy of Dasun's hard work..."

Hearing this from the side, Erhu couldn't help but rolled his eyes secretly, thinking that if you give him several million taels of silver, you will be sure that your grandson will happily sell the workshop to you!

Lao Zhu returned to the palace full of worries, originally wanted to have a good chat with Dasun, and ask Dasun what he wanted, but unexpectedly he was in vain.

"Where's our grandson?"

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