The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 73 Zhu Yuanzhang is an Apprentice, and the Master Wants to Reward Him with Two Ears
"grown ups,"

"Since he entered our Yanmen Arsenal, the lower officials have been paying attention to him."

"Prisoner No. 88 is very calm, and he has not spoken too much. It is impossible to accurately determine his true identity when he is in office."

Beside Ye Qing, Wu Yong said with some shame.

Ye Qing just looked at prisoner No. 88 inside and said: "It's rare that this strong man who looks like a warrior has such a state of mind."

"Don't worry, he won't be able to walk a few workshops, and he will tell me himself whether he is a Beiyuan spy or an imperial envoy!"

In Wu Yong's eyes, in Ye Qing's deep eyes, there is a bit of playfulness.

He knew that Master Ye liked to deal with talents.

Whether it is a Northern Yuan spy or an imperial envoy, first of all he has to be a talent to be qualified to be played by him in the applause.

Just like a natural rider, taming a tigress with a strong sense of resistance is far more fulfilling than taming a docile pack horse.

In fact, Wu Yong still didn't understand their Master Ye's true heart.

Yes,

A capable Beiyuan spy can make him a little bit interested in taking it for his own use!

But if they were imperial envoys, he, Ye Qing, would not just have a little interest, but a great benefactor who helped him go home!

We must let people embark on the road of responding to Tianfu in a healthy and healthy way!
Again, as long as it is confirmed that they are imperial envoys, they will definitely be given a batch of good horses with good endurance and fast running!

And in his eyes, it's not just a simple playful look, but also a little bit of hope!
Ye Qing, as the chief designer of the Yanmen Armory Factory, and as the person who knows the Yanmen Armory Factory best, he is absolutely sure that the No. 88 labor reform prisoner will reveal his true identity in person if he can't walk through a few workshops!

Of course, Ye Qing still hopes that they are Beiyuan spies!
As long as they are not imperial envoys, Ye Qing just needs to lie down and wait.

But if they are imperial envoys, there is no other way but to let these imperial envoys go back and complain.

Just when Ye Qing made up his mind, Prisoner No. 88 and his group in the workshop received a new chore.

Old Liu continued to reprimand and said, "Are you dumbfounded again?"

"Why are you Beijing officials so knowledgeable?"

Old Liu hesitated to speak, if he didn't see that this Beijing official was a good official sent by the emperor to suffer in the frontiers, and he was full of family and country, he would have said the word 'short' directly.

Not only should the word 'short' be spoken, but also a look of disdain should be given, and at the same time, a gesture of thumb pinching the little finger should be given to emphasize the word 'short'!

"Hurry up, send these iron ores to each iron furnace and stack them up!"

"The location of the pile should not be too far away, lest it is inconvenient for the masters to get the iron ore!"

"The stacking position can't be too close, lest the iron ore get hot due to long-term roasting, and it can't burn the hands of the masters!"

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After some instructions, Zhu Yuanzhang, Mao Xiang and others immediately took action.

It's just different from the women's reform-through-labor workshop. Unlike Empress Ma, they became the focus of everyone from the beginning, and even got the treatment of teachers.

You must know that many of the master craftsmen here are veterans who fought in the Yuan Dynasty before. Even if they are not veterans, they are also uncles and fathers of the current Yanmen Garrison.

Even if it is not a family of military households, they are all good sons with a passion.

The reason why they gather here to suffer is to let the children of Yanmen County die as little as possible when the war starts.

And this Yanmen arsenal, which can turn iron ore directly into weapons and armor, took a year and a half to build.

That is to say, after Master Ye took office for one year, they started construction when they had money in their hands. Including the time for trial production, the real scale production time of the arsenal was less than four months!

They must produce all the things that should be produced before Beiyuan sieges the city!
Time is tight and tasks are heavy, how can I have time to deal with these reform-through-labor prisoners?

Not only did I have no time to talk to him, but I also had some opinions in my heart!

This is one of the most important secrets in Yanmen County. How can the labor camp prisoners come here?
Of course, they figured it out soon!

Master Ye approved them to do odd jobs, so there is a reason for Master Ye.

Even if they couldn't figure out Master Ye's decision, they didn't need to doubt it.

Because of this, they would look at these reform-through-labour prisoners at first, with contempt and disgust in their eyes.

But it quickly turned into relief and ignorance!

It is precisely because of their relief and ignorance that Zhu Yuanzhang and the others were given the opportunity to "investigate"!

Zhu Yuanzhang pushed a small trolley, moved two baskets of iron ore to the place, and began to pile them up.

At the same time, his peripheral vision stayed on this unseen craft layout.

Looking at everything in front of him, the scene of an iron-making workshop under the Military Weapons Bureau of the Ministry of Industry of the Imperial Court appeared in his mind.

The scene in front of me and the scene in my mind directly formed an extremely strong contrast!

The iron-smelting workshop under the Military Bureau of the Ministry of Industry of the imperial court still uses the iron-smelting technology of the Yuan Dynasty, but even the iron-smelting technology of the Yuan Dynasty is the best in the world today!

The development of iron smelting technology in the Yuan Dynasty was very fast, especially the development of metallurgical machinery, which made leaps and bounds.

[Vertical wheel water exhaust blower] and [horizontal wheel water exhaust blower], which appeared in the Yuan Dynasty, use hydraulic power to start the blower, which is more labor-saving than the manual push-pull blower, and the blower is uninterrupted. It is more powerful than human blowing.

Therefore, the iron smelting furnace can be made larger, and the temperature inside the furnace can be raised even higher!
Of course, this kind of technological improvement and the invention and creation of related machinery all came from folk workshops of the Han family, and had nothing to do with the Man Yuan court!
The reason for such technological improvement is that the Yuan Dynasty was too oppressive and the people were too poor. They wanted a durable kitchen knife and a firewood ax that could be passed on for three generations.

And he, Zhu Yuanzhang, used this advanced technology from the people to create weapons and armor that were superior to those of the Yuan Dynasty.

But even with this kind of advanced technology, compared with the scene in front of me, it is still far behind!

It was the first time Zhu Yuanzhang saw this kind of layout method of connecting the iron-making furnace and the iron-frying furnace in series.

He just watched helplessly as the liquid pig iron smelted from the iron-smelting furnace flowed into the iron-smelting furnace in a steady stream.

Immediately afterwards, the iron smelter held a willow stick and stirred vigorously inside.

"Master, why do you stir it with a stick?"

Zhu Yuanzhang took advantage of the master craftsman's concentration, and hurriedly asked in a tone of asking for advice.

The master craftsman immediately said: "You don't understand this!"

"We used to want to smelt iron into steel, but we could only forge pig iron and heat carburize wrought iron (steel pouring method)!"

"This method requires several times of heating and refining, and it is extremely wasteful of human, financial and material resources!"

"And the method Master Ye taught us can make the carbon in the pig iron melt directly."

"What do those two words read?"

"Yes, it is directly oxidized. Although we don't know what 'oxidation' means, it does directly mature iron."

"Master Ye named this method 'Continuous Steel Stirring Method'!"

"This method does not require cooling and reheating at all, and can directly produce steel, which not only reduces material consumption, but also greatly increases output!"

"Combined with Master Ye's 'assembly line crafting method' layout, after the iron ore comes in from this end, steel is needed to go out from the other end!"

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After a while, the master craftsman saw that the willow stick in his hand should be changed, but when he looked up, he saw prisoner No. 88, whose eyes were full of "hungry for knowledge".

It was at this moment that the master craftsman realized that he had made a big 'mistake'!

Because a new craftsman asked him this for a long time, in order not to waste time, he just kept his eyes on the matter at hand and started to give lectures directly.

Today, he actually regarded the reform-through-labor prisoner who came out of nowhere as a new craftsman!

If he knew he was a reform-through-labour prisoner, he wouldn't have said it!
And at this moment,
Zhu Yuanzhang, who had already been fascinated by the lecture, saw the master craftsman hesitate to speak, so he immediately asked for advice: "Master, continue, continue to talk!"

"Do you want me to reward you with two ears?"

"Get out of here, Laozi!"

The master craftsman looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and scolded him directly!
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