The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 161 Mr. Ye is fast and good Zhu Yuanzhang is slow and poor. He is infinitely powerful in normal times and stronger than cannons in wartime!
"Old Guo,"

"Let's go to a place where we can have an overview of Yanmen Pass."

After Ye Qing and Wu Yong saw their agents, they just nodded in tacit understanding and called Zhu Yuanzhang away.

They knew that the Mao surnamed brother next to Mr. Guo was a very capable person, and they might find out when he had called the agent who had met him.

Even if he didn't find the secret agents, he might still find the Beiyuan spies who were doing tricks.

In order not to overwhelm others, I had to take him to a condescending place to have an overview of the whole situation!

They first went to Yanmensai, the starting point of East Gate Bianmao Street and Ximen Bianmao Street, where they were going to wait for those boys who were shopping wildly with Ye Qing's blank stamps.

Soon, the twelve young men, carrying two big black cloth bags on their backs, returned to the pre-arranged meeting place one after another.

Mao Xiang looked at these young men who looked so much like returning from thieves, and nodded in satisfaction.

Of course, I am very grateful to the generous Master Ye!

Soon after, they came to the highest place in the entire Yanmen Pass, which is the downstairs of the city gate of Yanmen Pass Zhongmen (iron-wrapped gate).

Zhu Yuanzhang discovered something different when he first came here.

The Yanmenguan City Wall, which is nearly two miles long, still connects the natural mountains on both sides and the Great Wall on the ridge.

But he found that the city wall, which was originally three feet high, had been directly raised by nearly one foot, and it had also been widened a lot.

You must know that this is a big project, and there is no way to complete it in three to five years, let alone the three-story gate tower above the city gate.

Obviously, this big project was also completed by Ye Qing.

But it took him three years to become an official here, and even if he could make money again, he would only start making big money in the second year.

The city wall can only be repaired after you have money, that is for sure.

It can be seen that the city wall will have to be completed for more than half a year, which means that the city wall will be completed and delivered for use in less than a year and a half!
Zhu Yuanzhang just did a simple calculation, and calculated the construction period for the renovation of the city wall, but the result of this calculation is really the word 'impossible'!

But he couldn't help but not believe the facts before his eyes.

Zhu Yuanzhang took another look at the city wall, which was enough to cause headaches for the siege troops, and immediately began to doubt it.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked Ye Qing, "Master Ye, do we remember that the Yanmen Pass main pass wall, which was built in the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, is not so high!"

"The three-foot-high city wall has been raised to four feet, and the base and walls below have been thickened a lot. Such a huge project, it stands to reason, is absolutely impossible to complete within three to five years."

"You finished it in a year and a half. Do you want to use this towering city wall to scare the other party back?"

After Zhu Yuanzhang asked this question, Empress Ma and Mao Xiang also looked at Ye Qing.

They didn't believe that Ye Qing, a county magistrate who was greedy for money for the people and gave money to change equipment for the garrison, would do such a thing.

But this ridiculously short construction period, in their opinion, is the only explanation.

How to increase speed without sacrificing quality?

If they are allowed to repair it, even if the quality is completely ignored, the construction period cannot be shortened so short.

In the expectant and doubtful eyes of the three,

Ye Qing looked at Master Guo in front of him, his eyes were full of contempt: "Ignorance!"

Just like that, after Ye Qing appreciated Zhu Yuanzhang's two words, he and Shen Wan'er walked on the stone ladder to the city wall.

The three of them were a little confused by these two words, especially Zhu Yuanzhang, who was even more confused and furious.

He really wanted to take off his shoes, and hit Ye Qing directly on the back of the head.

Shouldn't he be suspicious?

Even if he, Ye Qing, is Lu Ban alive, he can't explain it in a few sentences, so he must be so impolite?

If this was the imperial palace, he would definitely do something demeaning, that is, draw out his Emperor Sword, and cut off his talking mouth with one sword!
And at this moment,
Wu Yong had his own idea.

In his opinion, the reason why Master Ye left such two words, and then took a step ahead with Shen Wan'er, and kept him here, must have ulterior motives.

Obviously, he was asked to explain to them why they could achieve a short construction period and high quality!
As for the reason why Master Ye did this, it was too simple.

For the four words 'playing hard to get'!

After their Lord Ye was wronged, not only did they not care about it, but they just gave a two-word reward lightly and left, which is enough to show their Lord Ye's arrogant and magnanimous character.

And his explanation can also play the role of "other people agree".

Other people's good words are far more convincing than their own good words, not to mention it can also make them feel a strong sense of guilt.

If nothing else happened, after they knew their own ignorance, they would speak well of Mr. Ye, and even think that Ye Qing should be arrogant.

A capable person should be proud!

Thinking of this, Wu Yong took a step forward and said with a smile: "Master Guo, you have wrongly blamed our Master Ye."

"Look, what is that?"

Zhu Yuanzhang and the others looked in the direction of Wu's finger, and their eyes widened immediately.

"what is this?"

"It's pitch black, so I can't see very clearly. I can only see such a long shelf sticking out of the city wall and hanging below it, which looks like an elephant's trunk."

Just as the boys in Jinyiwei were discussing, Mao Xiang immediately said: "Could it be a kind of lifting machine?"

"But it doesn't look like a common potter's wheel crane or a winch crane!"

Wu Yong said with a smile to Mao Xiang: "Brother Mao Qiang knows the goods, this is indeed a kind of crane, and it is a [counterweight block tower crane] designed by Mr. Ye."

"The city wall is two miles (1000 meters) long, and at intervals of 65 steps (100 meters), such a counterweight pulley tower crane is installed."

"Adjust it to the required height. It can be used for lifting. It can lift tens of thousands of catties. Not to mention a piece of stone, even a cannon can be easily lifted to the city wall."

"With such a magical lifting tool, coupled with our reform-through-labour prisoners and so many soldiers and civilians, can you be unhappy?"

"Do you know why the imperial court's project took a long time and still failed to achieve results?"

"Take the Zhongdu Palace in Haozhou as an example. Many people were sent to build it, but it has only been a joke until now."

"One is that the lifting machinery is not good, and the other is that the supervision and management officials are the same as His Majesty. In the words of our Lord Ye, that is 'I want the horse to run, but I don't want the horse to eat grass'!"

"Your Majesty's salary to the craftsmen is very low, that is, barely enough for them to eat, and a large part of it has been embezzled by the management officials. If you don't rebel, you are worthy of Your Majesty."

"Our place is different. We Lord Ye have a lot of money, and we will never treat anyone badly, even prisoners of reform through labor."

"This is why His Majesty's project is slow and poor, and our Master Ye's project is fast and good!"

"Of course, engineering management is also a university question."

"As far as those idiots from the Imperial Ministry of Industry are concerned, their level of project management is nothing compared to our Master Ye!"

"Our counterweight block tower crane can not only adjust the height according to the needs, but also can be used for both peacetime and wartime use!"

"If needed in wartime, it can also be quickly converted into a [super long-distance trebuchet], and the throwing distance is much farther than that of a cannon!"

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Wu Yong was explaining so energetically, he didn't notice how dark Zhu Yuanzhang's face was at all.

Not only Zhu Yuanzhang, but even Empress Ma behind him had slightly frowned eyebrows.

And standing not far away, who only accepted Ye Qing's benefits, Mao Xiang and the others felt even more chilled, and they all had expressions of silent mourning.

They don't know why, the county magistrate likes to talk about His Majesty the Emperor, and the county magistrate's deputy, the county magistrate, also likes to talk about His Majesty the Emperor?

It really means which pot is not opened and which pot is lifted. It is specifically about Zhu Yuanzhang's failed project, and the Haozhou Zhongdu Palace is talking about it.

Haozhou is also Fengyang in the people's mouth, because it is the land of Longxing, so Zhu Yuanzhang tried his best to build the imperial city, and wanted to make his hometown the capital!
Not to mention that there is no danger to defend Haozhou City, the key is that the officials under his hands have made him lose face.

Not long after the start of construction, because of embezzlement of project funds, some people in his hometown rebelled like him, which directly made him lose the idea of ​​moving the capital and returning to his hometown.

But he is not only the emperor, but also the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, so he must keep his word.

There is no other way, the imperial city of Zhongdu has to be rebuilt, and it should be repaired for a certain prince who enfeoffs the country of Fengyang.

But he never expected that Ye Qing would send him a song 'Say Fengyang, Dao Fengyang' on the Mid-Autumn Festival, and make such a mess again.

Emperor Zhu was born in Fengyang, and the folks not only did not get the honor, but also lived even worse!

Thinking of this incident, he even lost the face of going home, let alone moving the capital!

But this Lord Wu is good, in order to elevate their Lord Ye, he made a comparison with the emperor's sadness.

Empress Ma just watched Zhu Yuanzhang's face getting worse and worse. In order not to let the matter develop to the point of getting out of hand, she immediately interrupted: "Master Wu, you, Master Ye, invented this counterweight formula." Is there really such a wonderful use of a block tower crane?"

"In normal times, it is a crane with a force of ten thousand catties. In wartime, it is a super long-distance trebuchet with a throwing distance that is farther than the range of a cannon?"

"How is this possible?"

When Empress Ma said these words, she strengthened her tone a little.

There is no other reason,

She only hoped that Ye Qing's another achievement of creation could offset this another crime of disrespect!
She knew that if the county magistrate was allowed to continue talking, her family's Zhongba would definitely punish them for their disrespect!

Sure enough, after hearing what Queen Ma said, Zhu Yuanzhang's face also looked a little better.

He immediately said: "How can there be such a magical machine in the world?"

"Cranes and trebuchets are completely different things. How can a crane with a force of [-] jin be able to throw a trebuchet farther than a cannon in wartime?"

"Master Wu, don't exaggerate too much, what you hear is what you hear, what you see is believing."

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth, Empress Ma was a little relieved.

But she didn't know that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say this for the sake of "one who doesn't know is not guilty".

He just wanted to see for himself what was going on.

If this is the case, don't say that those who don't know are not guilty, even if you give Ye Qing a credit, it won't be a problem!
But if this is not the case, then the crime of disrespect plus the crime of bullying the emperor will be more serious!
Just when Zhu Yuanzhang made up his mind, Wu Yong immediately said, "You don't believe me?"

"I'll do it right away and show you!".
(End of this chapter)