Jingming

Chapter 350

"Another one fell, and another one fell! Which family's son is this?"

"Is it from the British government?"

"What's the use of this car? I've dropped more than a dozen young masters during this time..."

The Huitong Hall is not far from the Five Mansions and Six Ministries. Several employees of the Tongyi Bureau ran to the door to watch, and some of the Duoyan Mission also went to the door to take a look, and then returned to the lobby where they drank tea to pass the time. Ha said: "It's that kind of two-wheeled car. I heard it's the son of the British Duke of Ming Dynasty. When it fell down, the car broke down."

"Why on earth can the car move forward like a horse and turn around?" Daha attaches great importance to this.

I came to this lobby because of the "Ming Pao".

Now, he is still listening to those who can read Chinese characters in his entourage, struggling to identify the simplified characters on it, and then relaying them to him.

His father is old, and Daha is the future lord of the Duoyan tribe.When he came to Daming's capital again this time, he found that Daming didn't control them more than before.And in this hall, the "Ming Pao", which published so many imperial decrees and even various secrets of the Ming Dynasty, was placed here in such a grandiose manner.

The person who went out to look at the fallen bicycle was also a connoisseur.

At this moment, he whispered solemnly: "It's very unusual! The wooden shell was smashed, and there were iron plates with teeth scattered all over the floor. It can be seen that those iron plates with teeth were still painted. Grease. Although it looks like a wooden wheel and a wooden frame on the outside, it is actually an iron frame inside!"

Daha lightly clenched his fists, but didn't speak: Da Ming's iron is so much?
Just now he heard someone read the meaning of an article in a newspaper, which introduced a practical matter of benefiting the people.

The general content is that since the Emperor Ming mentioned in his Spring Festival congratulatory speech on the first day of the first month of the fifth year of Jiajing that every household in the Ming Dynasty should have iron hoes, iron plows, and iron rakes, after three years of hard work, it is now ahead of the autumn harvest. , Another batch of iron farm tools was shipped from iron factories in Beijing, Foshan, Zunhua and other places.

By the end of this year, Daming will reach the yellow book rebuilt in the sixth year of Jiajing, and every household will have at least an iron hoe, iron plows and iron rakes will reach [-]% and [-]% respectively.

With the completion and commissioning of more iron kilns, it is estimated that in another three years, iron plows and iron rakes that consume more iron will be available in every household, benefiting the entire Ming Dynasty.

Now, Daha not only knows that the Ming people planned to lay iron on the road, but also saw that they used iron to make iron horses and iron carts that are similar to horses!
Not only with iron, but also with precious fat.Daha naturally knew that iron arrowheads and various ironware could be protected from rust with grease.Although he didn't understand wear and tear, what he could see was the affluence and extravagance of Daming!
What's more, you can't believe what Mingren said to him!They say that you can only walk on the paved and flat roads in the city. Who knows if this is the case?If all the frontier troops of the Ming Dynasty rode this kind of iron horse, it would be terrible!
Daha was a little shocked by the first-generation handmade pure gear-driven limited edition bicycle, but Lu Bing was arranging for people to verify the many things reported by Wei Bin.

Based on his experience and situation, Wei Bin saw some problems and made the most important report to the emperor before he resigned. Lu Bing didn't understand many of them, but he was only responsible for finding out whether the things Wei Bin said existed or not. ,right.

This investigation found Yan Song's home, Yan Song was not at home, and Yan Shifan was really copying books.

"Where's the car I gave you?"

When Yan Shifan heard him ask this, he was very puzzled: "What's wrong in the wing room in the backyard?"

"Take me to see."

In the past, he lifted the bicycle to the yard, and Lu Bing watched intently.

The entire body, the wheels and the triangular frame, the pedals and the connection to the rear wheels are covered with high-quality cork.The seat and wheels are wrapped in high-quality leather, and soft and elastic cashmere is used in the interlayer.

But this was only part of what Lu Bing wanted to observe. He took a closer look and saw how the wooden boards wrapping the two sides were snapped together with fine mortise and tenon joints.After some paint, it's barely noticeable.

"Let's do it together, take it apart!"

"what?"

"Take it down as soon as you tell me! I'm doing business."

It took a lot of effort for the two to dismantle the wooden board between the pedal and the wheel.

At this time, you can see that the pedals are made of cast iron curved rods, and the congratulatory gift Lu Bing gave to Yan Shifan is different from the one that broke outside the hall.

This one, between the pedals and the rear wheel, is a section of good steel, forged piece by piece by a skilled craftsman, and then covered with layers of hollowed-out rings.

Yan Shifan was taught by his father, Yan Song, who had extraordinary eyesight, and immediately praised: "I heard that His Majesty thought it up again. It is really a wonderful workmanship to let them do this. Your Majesty has thoroughly studied the three principles of nature, nature, and human beings!"

Lu Bing remained silent, stretched out his hand to touch the chain, and then pulled it hard with both hands.

No wonder Duke Zhunding Xu Yande, who is still in mourning, said: This is the latest batch of good cars, only three of which have been trial-produced.

"I'm done watching, let's go."

Yan Shifan was stunned when he heard the words: "Then what about this car? It's broken!"

"I'll send someone to take it back later."

"Brother Lu, didn't you send me off?"

"You copy your book carefully, now I will check it back first."

"Ah?" Hearing the word search, Yan Shifan was actually excited, "What big case is it involved?"

"It's not a case, what are you asking about? Let's go!"

Lu Bing left Yan Song's house, and then went to many places, just to get acquainted with the children of Xunchen's families who are working in various companies.

At the same time, of course there were Jinyiwei of Beizhen Fusi who were ordered by him to go to various places to inquire about news.

After officially walking to the front of the stage, and with the identity of the captain-in-law, it was not uncommon for Lu Bing to interact with them.

Light Industry Park, Heavy Industry Park, Ming Pao Shop in the city, etc...

He didn't enter the palace to see him until the next afternoon.

Zhu Houcong was looking at the materials compiled by the internal archives department, and called him into the imperial study room, without raising his head: "Have you verified something?"

"Return to Your Majesty, that's right." Lu Bing finished speaking and looked at Gu Dingchen and others.

"Say it directly."

"Yes." Lu Bing thought for a while, and finally said, "What Eunuch Wei said is basically the same."

Zhu Houcong finally looked up at him, and then just sighed slowly: "It's normal. After all, there is still a shortage of new talents, and someone needs to do things. Just take a few classes and listen to a few trainings, and start doing things. It’s still the same old way.”

Gu Dingchen and others couldn't understand why.

"The minister ordered people to go to the countryside in the suburbs of Beijing. I heard that one of the iron farm tools sold in Shuntian Mansion can be exchanged for two in Hebei, and it is better to use iron. The heavy industry park has always said that there are not enough craftsmen, and they are also affected by it." It’s not going to be a lot of hard work. In fact, in Liangxiang, the minister sent people to also visit three iron kilns and iron factories, and there is no rest all day long.”

Zhu Houcong listened quietly.

"I went to Yan's house and disassembled the bicycle that I received when I married the princess. The fine steel gears and steel chains were tempered and tempered. I don't know how much iron and labor are needed to make it. The wood is the best golden nanmu among cork. , the seats and wheels are covered with pine flower tiger skin, and cashmere lining. I heard that there is no price in the market now, and a new car like this can be sold for a thousand taels of silver."

Zhu Houcong sneered: "This kind of gift really not only shows the status of the Duke of the country, but also worthy of the princess' wedding gift."

"This is just under the Bureau of Baojin. Huangmingji and other families have these things that take advantage of the opportunity to lay eggs, forgetting His Majesty's instructions, but making a lot of money. Especially the license of the Zhejiang Shipping Department that is allowed to go to sea, Eunuch Wei I can't verify the number mentioned. However, I have revealed my identity, and a shopkeeper in the capital told the truth that all the shares of the Weaving Bureau in their family have actually been withdrawn. I went to various houses, and the managers of each house Even though the person in charge is five, four or even three in official rank, he still respects the sons and daughters of the Xunchen's families and does good deeds."

"It's not just them? Even Wei Bin can only turn a blind eye and close one eye, as long as there is no problem in the general direction. If he is not seriously ill and resigns now, he will not show these things to me again. Be loyal and complain." Zhu Houcong lowered his head and continued to look at the information, "After all, honored officials are extremely important, and it is not appropriate to force them too much. Now, I have the hope of a great victory, and there are more and more new honored officials. He also feels that When the time comes, it will be played."

Lu Bing finished what he had to say, and then fell silent.

It's an easy job to do.What kind of person is Wei Bin?He has been in Huangmingji for so many years, and the things underneath are very clear.Now that he has said it, Lu Bing just goes to check it according to the map, which is easy and quick.

What matters is what the emperor is going to do.

Most of the old ministers no longer expect to make military exploits.If they say that if they make good use of things in the enterprise, they can be promoted or not degraded through meritorious service, but they probably don't believe it in their hearts.In contrast, it is better to make more money.In this way, in the future, the title of descendants will be lowered again and again, and eventually they will become ordinary people, at least they will still be rich.

Since the first batch of state-owned enterprises officially entered the stage in the fifth year of Jiajing, Zhu Houcong has focused most of his energy on Beilu in the past two years.For these state-owned enterprises, more thoughts are to get off the ground directly and help them point out the direction technically.

As long as a skilled craftsman has a direction, even with the current technology and craftsmanship, isn't this primitive bicycle made?It's just that Zhu Houcong hoped that they would continue to smelt better steel through experiments and explore the process of mass production. Some people immediately turned this thing into a luxury.

Thinking about it, the capital will soon be full of princes and princes, and it will become more and more prosperous.There is always someone who can afford a car worth a thousand taels of silver.

Zhu Houcong said: "Xuan Zhanglun and Yu Chengye are here."

Gu Dingchen and others understood now: it was the company's ministers who committed the crime with the idea of ​​"getting rich" with the emperor.

They exchanged glances: this is not a small matter, after all, most families of honored ministers now only want to make a fortune with His Majesty in the enterprise.

The emperor's words just now also revealed his thoughts: Now that His Majesty has the reputation of beheading the Lord of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and there are a group of new honored ministers, the time has come to attack the old honored ministers.

But wouldn't this chill the hearts of the large group of Xunchen after all?Don't let you get rich?
In addition, His Majesty kept them to listen. Could it be that he was implying that this matter could be reported to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so that the censors could find something to impeach them?
British Duke Zhang Lun and Prince Consort Yu Chengye were announced into the palace afterward and waited outside the imperial study.

Zhang Lun felt a little nervous, because when he entered the imperial study, he felt a different atmosphere. The three imperial scholars all looked at him strangely.

At this time, Zhu Houcong said, "Jiuhe, go and see how the arrangements for the meeting with the Duoyan mission tomorrow are going."

The three left immediately: Could it be that His Majesty is going to scold the Duke of England angrily?Always save face for the British public.

Then why did you ask Yu Chengye to come?
There were only five people in the imperial study room, Huang Jin looked up at the emperor.

Zhu Houcong did not get angry, but asked Yu Chengye with a smile: "I have stayed in Huangming University for more than two years, how are you doing?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, I have been studying with my heart, and now I only dare to say that I have a glimpse of the door."

"That's good." Zhu Houcong ordered, "Huang Jin, make arrangements for me to have a family dinner with the two consorts tonight, and the British government will accompany me."

"……Yes."

Zhang Lun felt uncomfortable all over: What kind of rules is it for me to accompany you?
Lu Bing came in the afternoon, and Zhang Lun and Yu Chengye heard that they had entered the palace, so they could really start preparing dinner at this moment.

Then Zhang Lun was there listening to the emperor chatting with his brother-in-law and his brother-in-law about the family affairs, talking about major civil affairs, and the Palace of State Affairs helped to take care of them. As an emperor, besides employing people in government affairs and military affairs, the most important two are military power and financial power. , that is to ask them to help share the worries.

Yu Chengye was naturally modest: "The minister's talents and learning are mediocre and can't be reused."

"You can't say that." Zhu Houcong said solemnly, "After you got married, I didn't have many people to trust. I had to send you to Jiangxi to patrol the water, and you did very well. After working in Jiangxi for several years, Bo'an presented There are a lot of compliments on you, but it caused you to be separated from the imperial sister, and the queen mother reprimanded me so many times."

"...Your Majesty has an order, so I should share my worries. After returning to Beijing, the princess is also considerate of me. I have more time to study in Huangming University."

"I didn't arrange an errand for you to make up for the imperial sister. I only let you go to study. After you return to Beijing, I chatted with you and asked you to ask Yongxiu for advice. You should understand that I still want to use you again." Now that the imperial sister is pregnant, the queen mother is worried about bringing her into the palace to raise her baby, so you should come to the palace to visit her once or twice."

"The minister understands, and the minister accepts the order."

Lu Bing probably understands that His Majesty is going to use him to go to the Huangming Asset Management Bureau under the inner shipping warehouse, right?
So next, it seemed that just because his husband and wife relationship with Princess Yongfu became more and more stable, he was going to start giving him another idle job, and arranged for him to go to Zhang Lun's hands to familiarize himself with the situation.

As a person who went to Huangming University to study for more than two years, and has been in various colleges such as the School of Computing, and was born as a Jinshi in the second year of Jiajing, he also consulted Yang Shen, who has an in-law relationship with him. Having passed many characters, Zhang Lun also understands: he is here to succeed him.

Who is Yang Shen?Regardless of the status of the talented scholar and the number one scholar, he is now one of the few people in the household department who understand the new law and the account law the most.

Some people are so talented, you have to admit it.As long as his thinking turns a corner, he learns faster than anyone else.

At the family banquet, Zhang Lun thought that today was for this matter, so he was here as a company, and naturally expressed his kindness to Yu Chengye frequently.

When it was almost time to finish eating, Zhu Houcong put down his chopsticks, and said lightly: "This year is the big national policy meeting. On the side of the Assets Bureau and the companies, the year-end summary report can't be the same as the previous two years. Especially last year, I just came back from my class teacher, and I didn't bother to read your summary carefully. This year, this summary must be done carefully, especially the summary on the financial accounts. Chengye, please help the British government to sort out the financial accounts."

"The minister leads the order."

Zhang Lun was startled, but he had no way to evade or explain anything in advance.

Why did the emperor's attention turn to this side so quickly?Isn't there such a thing as the opening of the market with Duoyan, the trial reform of the military station in the border town, and the general change of the court center?

It was only when Zhang Lun resigned from the imperial study that he remembered that there was another person present today, Lu Bing, who had never had a sense of presence.

He is in Fusi, Jinyiwei North Town.

Zhang Lun broke out in a cold sweat, and immediately put on a smile: "You two sons-in-law, just now, it's really inconvenient to drink freely. Why don't we find another place..."

Lu Bing just grinned: "I'm newlywed, if I come back late, the princess will not forgive me."

"...Then go to the princess' mansion?" Zhang Lun didn't dare to be so confused, and eagerly took Lu Bing's hand, "I'm not stupid! What is going on, we must find out. I am here The game is also difficult, it is difficult to go up, down, left, and right!"

Lu Bing shook his head again and again: "Where is the Duke? I work in Jinyiwei, how can I talk nonsense? Duke, what are you afraid of?"

"I……"

But Yu Chengye smiled at Lu Bing: "Let's go to your house and discuss it again. Since His Majesty has invited the Duke of Guo to accompany him at a family banquet, I will let you and me handle this matter well."

Zhang Lun looked at Yu Chengye gratefully: what a good partner!
Lu Bing thought for a while, and then nodded: "Okay. But the words are up front, Zhang Guogong, you should think about it after you listen to it. It is best for your Majesty to enter the palace immediately after seeing the Duoyan Mission tomorrow, and let His Majesty With the decree issued, we also know what to do with this matter.”

"sure!"

"Don't be afraid, since His Majesty entrusts the Duke of the country with a heavy responsibility, under the Holy Chase, he will also understand your difficulties."

Zhang Lun could only frown: something really happened, it seems that Jin Yiwei was the first to find out.

He just didn't understand what was going on.

(End of this chapter)