The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 365: The Ming Dynasty destroyer, the most important weapon of the country made by Ye Damai, really can’t be even a little nice to Zhu Yuanzhang!

Shen Wan'er and Wu Yong, who were standing behind Ye Qing, looked at the scene in front of them with obvious horror in their eyes.

Shen Wan'er even blinked her eyes, and two drops of crystal-clear tears flowed down her cheeks.

Although she is not Ye Qing's pillow person yet, she has already done almost everything except sleeping next to him.

Therefore, she understood the scholar-official in front of her who was saluting many ordinary people!

In her opinion, those well-dressed scholar-officials in the court who spoke of benevolence, justice, and morality were not really scholar-officials.

Only Mr. Ye, who acts informally and doesn't care what the world thinks of him, and who always insists on serving the country and the people in his own way, is the scholar-bureaucrat who "worries first about the world's worries"!

Of course, you can’t say it all!

People like Xu Da are also the ones who emerge from the mire of the imperial court and remain unstained.

Otherwise, they would not become Ye Qing's lifelong friends.

While Shen Wan'er was thinking this way, all the workers in front of Ye Qing also had tears in their eyes.

They had seen officials from the Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty in their lives, but they had never seen an official who could bend down to them.

The next moment, everyone knelt down.

"Master Ye, this is impossible!"

"You are trying to undermine the villain, we can't afford it!"

"Don't worry, we will do our best. Even if we die at our workstation, we will still create enough 'Fire Dragon Izuku'!"

"Don't improve our food treatment. We are already well fed. If we are better, we will gain weight."

"Don't mention doubling wages, the wages given are already very high."

"Yes, we are also making weapons for our children. My son is the Ningbo Navy!"

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Wu Yong looked at the scene in front of him and thought he saw four words, that is, 'running in both directions'.

At the same time, he also confirmed once again that there was nothing wrong with him working tirelessly with Master Ye.

Because the person he is loyal to is a person who has family and country at heart!

In his opinion, those in the court would hate him because of his unruly appearance, and he was a blind man who was worse than an animal.

If one day, the emperor breaks up with their Lord Ye, the emperor will chop off his head.

He doesn't mind letting these 'fire dragons come out of the water' and break them all into the palace of Yingtian City!

At this moment, Ye Qing straightened up and walked into the group of workers.

While he helped the supervisor up, he said to everyone: "Everyone, get up. I, Ye Qing, will definitely mean what I say."

"It is said that the emperor's golden words are not worth as much as my words."

"My words are not directed at His Majesty the current Emperor, but only at all Emperors in history."

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After some complaints, he continued: "Food benefits must be improved, and wages must be doubled. I don't want you to die on the job, as long as you do your best."

“If quality and quantity cannot be guaranteed, then quality must be the priority, and we will do whatever we can.”

"Of course, it would be great if we could ensure quantity as well as quality."

"Don't force it. As I said before, your lives are priceless. They are the most precious to your families and this country."

"Because the technology you master is enough to crush thousands of armies!"

"The technology you have mastered is enough for your descendants to hold their heads high and say, 'How lucky you are to be born in China!'"

"You don't have to save money for me. Really, what I hate most is money."

"Putting money in the warehouse is just waste paper that is not as good as toilet paper and takes up space!"

"I really don't like the kind of things that I won't take with me until life and death. If one day I am gone, there will only be two boards left."

After saying that, Ye Qing shook his sleeves and said, "Look, I don't have a single coin on me."

Shen Wan'er and Wu Yong looked at this scene and immediately felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere at the scene.

Their Lord Ye can't say any more!

If you keep saying this, you may run the risk of being beaten up by a group!

"Sir, it's time to go."

"We should go to the big factory."

Wu Yong hurriedly walked to his side and reminded the impassioned Ye Qingdao.

Only then did Ye Qing realize that his main purpose was to inspect and accept the 'national treasure' of the large factory.

He just stopped by to take a look at these small factories dedicated to producing the country's most important equipment and supporting weapons. He really couldn't waste any time.

"Okay, I'll stop here and won't disturb the masters any more."

As soon as Ye Qing finished speaking, he, Shen Wan'er and Wu Yong left the workshop dedicated to the production of 'Fire Dragon Water' and went straight to the large factory area near the sea.

The masters looked at Ye Qing with seemingly complaining eyes and quickly returned to their posts after sending Ye Qing away.

"Master Ye is good everywhere, but he is so bad."

"That's right, what qualifications does he have to say that he doesn't like money?"

"A man who is as rich as a country says he doesn't like money, isn't he being disrespectful?"

"Of course he doesn't need to bring money. He is always surrounded by a golden boy and a beautiful girl. Does he still need to bring money?"

"That's right, I'm still embarrassed, but the feelings that made me pull up all of a sudden disappeared."

"No, you can't lose your feelings. Apart from saying that he doesn't like money and it's a bit annoying, Mr. Ye's other words are all wise words!"

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After a while, Ye Qing arrived at the large factory area near the sea.

Yes,

These nine large factories are factories dedicated to the production of naval warships.

The first factory is dedicated to the production of 'net shuttles', which are ultra-small fast battleships with a draft of seven to eight inches, a crew of two to four people, and are equipped with two or three firecrackers or magical arrows. During war, hundreds of ships are used to swarm Ant attached.

You can use the ant-eating-elephant tactic to besiege the big ship!

The second factory building is dedicated to the production of "serial boats", which are light and fast battleships with a total length of 4 feet. The two ships are connected. The ship carries fireballs, poisonous fire bombs, fire blunderbuss and other firearms. The rear ship is a paddle-type troop carrier.

After the war begins, they can rush into the formation with the wind, light the firearms of the forward ship, and the rear ship can free itself from the iron hoop and return home, specifically for ramming and burning enemy ships.

The third factory is dedicated to the production of 'Fire Dragon Ships', which are also light warships.

This kind of warship is protected by rawhide, with soldiers lurking below, flywheels on both sides, and is equipped with four sailors.

This type of warship is a tactical warship. During a tactical retreat, it first pretends to be defeated by the enemy and lures the enemy to board the ship.

Immediately afterwards, the lurking soldiers below turned on the mechanism, causing the enemy to fall from the upper level to the middle level. Then the knife board and nail board were activated, directly killing the enemy and feeding them to the fish.

The fourth workshop is dedicated to the production of 'Cangshan Ship', which is a small warship slightly larger than a light warship.

According to records in the "Arms and Preparations", this kind of warship has a draft of 5 feet and has 37 people on board, including 4 sailors and 33 soldiers, organized into three teams.

The first team is a long-range firearms combat team, equipped with two cannons and seven muskets. The second team is a cold weapon combat team, equipped with four crossbows, one hundred crossbows and several bows and arrows.

The third team is a short-range firearms combat team, equipped with 40 nozzles, 60 chimneys, 30 fire bricks, and 100 rockets.

The fifth workshop is dedicated to the production of 'Haicang Ship', which is a medium-sized warship.

This kind of warship has a crew of fifty-three people, including nine sailors and 44 soldiers, divided into four combat teams.

The Haicang ship is equipped with four cannons, nine fireguns of various types, fifty short-range gunpowder nozzles, eighty smoke cans (only available in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the ancestor of smoke bombs), fifty fire bricks, and two rockets One hundred, six crossbows and one hundred crossbows.

The sixth workshop is dedicated to the production of 'centipede ships', which are large warships.

According to historical records, this kind of warship sailed very quickly because it had as many external propellers as a centipede, and was not afraid of headwinds or waves.

This is the main battleship in the Luliang naval battle, equipped with twenty cannons and thousands of fireballs and rockets!

The seventh workshop is dedicated to the production of 'three-masted gunboats', giant battleships of the era!

According to historical records, this kind of warship has three masts, the main mast is four feet high, the captain is twenty feet, and the cabin has as many as five floors.

Above the ship's deck, the buildings are as high as a city, can accommodate 300 people, and can be equipped with up to 48 cannons of various types.

In addition to the sail, the boat is also equipped with external centipede propellers, which allows it to sail quickly and not be afraid of wind and waves.

The eighth workshop is dedicated to the production of 'rushing boats', which are large-scale Fu boats.

This kind of lucky boat is thirty-six meters long, seven meters wide, has twenty-four cabins, and can carry 1500 stones!

This kind of ship is equipped with thirty sailors and boatmen and eighty soldiers per ship.

This kind of ship has a wide range of uses. It can be used for civilian fishing, and can also be used as a material transport ship. When there is a shortage of warships, it can also be used as a warship.

According to historical records, this multi-purpose warship is the main warship of Zheng Chenggong's navy!

And this ninth largest workshop is the workshop dedicated to the production of the [Destroyer], which Ye Qing owns the 'intellectual property rights' for.

In fact, strictly speaking, Ye Qing still has no so-called 'intellectual property rights'!

After all, the destroyer he designed was based on modern battleships, combined with the main battleship 'Centipede Ship' of the mid-to-late Ming Dynasty, and the current industrial level!

These warships were absolutely unheard of during the Hongwu period of the early Ming Dynasty, and they were giant sea beasts that were ahead of the world for more than a hundred years!

Coupled with Ye Qing's massive improvements using modern thinking, in terms of speed, protection, and combat performance, it is at least three hundred years ahead of the current world.

Especially the [Destroyer], which he owns most of the 'intellectual property rights', as long as the steam engine is not developed, no warship can be advanced than it!

It took Ye Qing and the others an entire afternoon to walk from Workshop 1 to Workshop 8.

Although these eight types of warships are already very advanced for this era, in Ye Qing's eyes, they are just warships from the middle and late Ming Dynasty. They have been optimized in terms of power, speed, and combat performance. That’s all.

His acceptance went relatively smoothly, there were no problems, and it was ready for mass production.

But when he came to the ninth largest workshop, he discovered a lot of problems.

After all, this is the real 'national weapon'!

If it weren't for his technical support, even if we exhausted the highest industrial level in this era, we still wouldn't be able to do it.

After seeing it, Ye Qing invited the technicians from Workshop No. 9 to dinner.

After the meal, they were trained for several hours, and then all the problems were solved.

By the time Ye Qing's carriage left [Donghai Mining Development Group], it was already early the next morning.

Yes,

Ye Qing was busy all night because of this ship, which once it was unveiled, would be enough to shock the world as a 'national treasure'.

"Coachman, drive slower and take the main road."

Shen Wan'er looked at Ye Qing who was already asleep in the carriage and hurried out to greet him.

In Wu Yong's eyes, Shen Wan'er took the 'Thousand Children's Blessing Cloak' and covered Ye Qing's body.

At the same time, she caressed Ye Qing's cheek and said distressedly: "You deserve it."

Wu Yong looked at this scene, just smiled faintly, opened the curtain, and went out to accompany the coachman to drive.

In the next few days, Ye Qing has been running between the government office and the [Donghai Mining Development Group], personally transforming into the chief technical engineer, for fear that any problems will arise with the [Ming Destroyer], which he owns most of the 'intellectual property rights'.

At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was in the Yingtian Mansion Palace, couldn't sit still.

In the imperial study room,

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Queen Ma and Zhu Biao who were sitting on the left and right and said, "You said that he has to wait a month before going to Henan and Shandong on business. What is he wasting his time on?"

"Calculate the time, it has been more than 20 days since he returned to Ningbo from Zhengzhou!"

"He hasn't rested yet, okay?"

"Even if you conceive and give birth to a baby in ten months, you should be full of confinement!"

In the eyes of Empress Ma and Zhu Biao, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hands and said: "We definitely don't believe that he is busy with official duties. He is the Ningbo Mansion's Wu Yong who has done all the things of magistrate, general judge and tongzhi."

"He's just a bastard!"

"We are in a hurry to implement [dividing a small family like an acre] and [gentry working together as errands and paying for food], but he is enjoying himself at home."

"In the final analysis, this is not a national policy proposed by him. It's just that in order to protect him, we put this matter on our shoulders."

"Why is he so lazy?"

"We are very pleased with his attitude in accepting the order this time, but the way he is so lazy in doing things makes us anxious!"

"Also, he refused Xu Da and Wang Baobao's help. Why did he refuse? What ability did he have to refuse?"

"We don't believe it. He can still fight against the Confucius and Mencius family who have been cultivating for thousands of years?"

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Queen Ma and Zhu Biao looked at this scene and really didn't know what to say.

This Zhu Yuanzhang really can't be nice to him at all.

As soon as Ye Qing's attitude in accepting the order improved, he turned into this arrogant and arrogant person again, wishing that he could work 365 days a year.

He really agreed with what Ye Qing said, the higher the position, the more powerful a person becomes!

Thinking of this, their mother and son's eyes lit up at the same time. They did not admit this point of view.

In the eyes of their mother and son, the saying "the higher the position, the more humble a person becomes" only applies to him, Zhu Yuanzhang, and not to their mother and son.

After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang finally closed his mouth.

Empress Ma smiled again and admonished: "Chongba, why are you in such a hurry?"

"Ye Qing, maybe he is busy with something important?"

"Maybe I'm helping you build the [Southern Army Arsenal]?"

"I believe him. If he says he will leave in a month, he will definitely leave on time."

Zhu Biao also smiled and said: "Mom is right, you have been waiting for more than twenty days, and you don't care how many more days you wait, right?"

"He refused Uncle Xu and Wang Baobao's help, but his feet grew on both of them."

"If you are worried, you can grant them leave and let them follow Ye Qing to Henan and Shandong!"

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