I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 226 The Emperor Visits the Arms Department

The Forbidden City, the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Jiajing sat cross-legged on the futon, and there were small incense burners around the room. The whole room was filled with smoke, like a fairyland.

The lavender magic power wrapped Jiajing's whole body, and the spirit gathering array in the Hall of Mental Cultivation automatically operated, gathering all the spiritual energy in a radius of hundreds of miles in the hall.

After Jiajing used his exercises to absorb all the spiritual energy, he slowly exited the cultivation state.

After practicing persistently for this period of time, Jiajing suddenly discovered that the shackles that prevented him from entering the next realm had been unknowingly loosened!

Next, it is only necessary to maintain the current situation, and then cooperate with the power of the elixir to advance to the next level, which is nothing more than a matter of course.

Jiajing got up from the futon, and with a slight wave of his hand, he stopped the Spirit Gathering Formation, and at the same time removed the Ecstasy Formation in the hall.

"Lu Fang?"

Jiajing's voice was not loud, but Lu Fang, who had been waiting outside the hall, heard it clearly.

Then I saw him walking quickly into the Hall of Mental Cultivation, his face full of respect.

"Slave to meet your majesty!"

Jiajing glanced at Lu Fang and asked unhurriedly.

"I ask you, how are Yan Song and the others implementing the recent measures to abolish the craftsman registration system?"

Hearing the emperor's inquiry about this matter, Lu Fang responded after thinking for a moment.

"Your Majesty, as far as I know, the current treatment of those craftsmen has been implemented!"

"Among them, the Weapons Division has the biggest salary increase. Their salary has increased by about three times compared to before!"

"Right now, the money that a skilled craftsman in the Weapons Department can get every month has increased from the original 200 to the current [-]."

After hearing Lu Fang's answer, Jiajing was also quite satisfied, nodded, and said in a deep voice.

"Count them acquainted!"

"By the way, speaking of the Weapons Department, I plan to go there to see the situation myself later!"

"Lu Fang, go down and make arrangements."

After Jiajing finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Lu Fang, and then gave instructions.

"Does Your Majesty want to see if the money allocated earlier has been implemented?"

Lu Fang was quite surprised that the emperor wanted to go to the Weapons Division to check the situation on a sudden whim, and immediately responded.

"Yes, Your Majesty, this servant will go down and get ready!"

After Lu Fang finished speaking, she quickly left the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"Go to the cabinet and tell them that His Majesty is going to the Weapons Department!"

On the way to the Weapons Division, Lu Fang called the eunuch she trusted and gave instructions in a low voice.

"Obey, Eunuch Lu!"

After the visitor responded, he headed towards the cabinet.

……

In the cabinet, several people are reviewing the memorials sent up from below.

"By the way, did you find out about Tan Lun's request for payment from the imperial court earlier?"

Yan Song took off his reading glasses, turned his gaze to Xu Jie, and asked.

"It's all cleared up. After His Majesty learned of this, he sent Jin Yiwei to investigate! The truth soon came to light, and everyone involved in it was beheaded."

Xu Jie at the side heard this, and immediately stopped reviewing the memorabilia, and answered Yan Song's inquiry.

"This group of moths, they are drinking the blood of soldiers!"

"If you want me to say, beheading alone would be considered cheap for them."

Yan Shifan on the side seemed quite annoyed by this, and then interrupted.

"Yeah, beheading is considered cheap for them, and they should sit still. Their actions are digging the roots of my Ming Dynasty!"

"If this continues, I'm afraid it will cause a mutiny!"

After listening to Yan Shifan's words, Gao Gong on the side rarely expressed his agreement.

While everyone was chatting, a small official came in and reported respectfully.

"Report, my lord, there is a eunuch waiting outside, he said that Eunuch Lu sent him here!"

"Oh, Eunuch Lu? Let him in!"

Xu Jie on the side heard this, raised his eyebrows, and instructed.

"Yes, my lord! This subordinate will inform him now."

After the little official finished speaking, he left respectfully.

After a while, an eunuch came in and saluted everyone respectfully.

"I have seen you, my lords!"

"Tell me, Eunuch Lu asked you to come here, do you want to inform us of something?"

Yan Song turned his gaze to the visitor and asked.

"That's right, Eunuch Lu said, Your Majesty wants to visit the Weapons Department today!"

"Therefore, I specially asked me to come here to inform you."

As soon as the eunuch's words fell, everyone's eyes turned to Zhang Juzheng.

"The Weapons Department..."

Gao Gong showed hesitation on his face and said.

"Don't worry, it's alright!"

"The Weapons Department has been producing according to the set goals. The batch of money allocated by His Majesty earlier has also been invested in the research and development of new cannons."

"Everything is going well so far, and some results have been achieved."

Zhang Juzheng met everyone's gaze, and then explained.

"Whoo~ that's fine."

After listening to Zhang Juzheng's words, everyone quickly relaxed.

……

"Your Majesty, look, the Weapons Division is ahead!"

Lu Fang walked in front of Jiajing. While leading the way, he also introduced the general situation here.

The weapons department occupies a huge area, and guards guard the door closely!

Within a few kilometers, no one is allowed to enter or leave without permission!Anyone who breaks into the weapons department without authorization will be severely punished by the court.

But at this moment, the head of the Weapons Department had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw the emperor and his party approaching the Weapons Department, he hurriedly greeted them.

"Your Majesty Yi Bin, I have met His Majesty!"

After Yi Bin finished speaking, he knelt down on the ground respectfully. Because he was too nervous, his body began to tremble slightly uncontrollably.

When he learned from Lu Fang that His Majesty was coming here to check the situation, he couldn't help but feel flattered.

You must know that ordinary officials may not be able to see the emperor up close in their entire lives!
But right now, the emperor took the initiative to come to the Weapons Department, wanting to know something. For Yi Bin, this is an excellent opportunity, an opportunity to show himself to His Majesty!
No matter how bad it is, you can still have more capital in bragging with your colleagues in the future. This official is an official who has seen the emperor up close!what about you?
"Get up."

Jiajing withdrew his gaze from the man, and said slowly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After Yi Bin got up from the ground, he quickly took over Lu Fang's errand, and introduced the situation of the Weapons Department to the emperor.

After Yi Bin's narration, Jiajing had a more detailed understanding of the Weapons Department.

There are more than [-] craftsmen in the Weapons Department, and the entire Weapons Department is divided into three parts according to the different powers and responsibilities.

One part is responsible for debugging and improving the new cannon, the other part is responsible for the improvement of the gunpowder, and the last part is responsible for improving the gunpowder formula, increasing its power, and making shells.

Under the leadership of Yi Bin, Jiajing entered the Weapons Division.

And many craftsmen in the weapons department stopped their work when they saw the emperor coming, and knelt respectfully on the ground.

"You go on, I'm here today, just to see the situation!"

Seeing this, Jiajing ordered so.

After hearing the emperor's words, those craftsmen also started to work again.

"Your Majesty, the new cannon you ordered to develop has already made some progress!"

Seeing this, Yi Bin gritted his teeth and reported this to Jiajing.

"Oh, take me to have a look."

After hearing Yi Bin's words, Jiajing also became interested, and then ordered.

"Yes, Your Majesty, please come here with the officer!"

After Yi Bin finished speaking, he went to the side to lead the way respectfully.

"Your Majesty, here is the new type of cannon developed by the Ordnance Department. Its power and range have been significantly improved compared to before."

"How much has it improved?"

After listening to Yi Bin's introduction, Jiajing turned his attention to the cannon in front of him, which was being debugged and improved by countless craftsmen, and then asked.

Facing Jiajing's questioning, Yi Bin didn't dare to hide anything, he knelt on the ground and said hesitantly.

"Your Majesty, the range of this cannon has increased by less than one mile compared to before. In terms of power, it has also been slightly improved due to the fact that it is loaded with more gunpowder."

After Jiajing listened to Yi Bin's report, he shook his head imperceptibly, a look of disappointment flashed in his eyes, and then he said.

"Get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After Yi Bin got up from the ground gratefully, he suddenly found that the emperor's interest had dropped a lot after listening to his report.

"Do you know what the problem is?"

Jiajing looked away from the cannon in front of him, and turned to Yi Bin to ask.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I understand the problem. The root cause is that the gunpowder is not powerful enough!"

Jiajing also nodded after listening to Yi Bin's explanation, and said, "It's not easy for you to realize the problem."

"Your Majesty, since I realized this problem, I have organized craftsmen overnight to experiment with the best ratio of gunpowder."

"But so far, I have failed many times and still have nothing!"

After Yi Bin finished speaking, his face was full of unwillingness.

"In this case, you might as well conduct the experiment according to my ratio."

Jiajing took a panoramic view of the expression on Yi Bin's face, and then said lightly.

(End of this chapter)