Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 483 Priority of Technology
The two craftsmen who won the Gongju last year were knighted.

Once the news was released, it quickly spread throughout Shuntian City, and spread towards the surrounding area at an extremely fast speed.

The class division of scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. It cannot be said that everyone lives to get ahead, but at least more than [-]% of people are like this, and the remaining [-]% basically hope to earn money for their families. live a good life.

To sum it up in one sentence: People rarely live for themselves in this life, and most of them live for their families, so that they can live a good life.

Most of the ways to achieve this goal lead to the same goal.

In this era, the status of craftsmen is not high, and merchants have no money, so most people who become craftsmen have no choice but to earn a little money.

Nowadays, artisans may also be knighted, which makes people feel that the concept has been shocked.

Before leaving for Europe, Zhu Zhanhe did two last things, one of which was to meet these two craftsmen.

The names of these two craftsmen are quite interesting. The first one, the craftsman who invented the Thunderbolt, is named Lin Mandou.

This name can be said to be very simple and clear. It should be that his parents hope that the harvest in the field will be full every year.

And the second craftsman, that is, the craftsman who invented a new mining method, has a more interesting name, Li Yuan.

Yuan, the pronunciation is the same as round, which means the same as aid.

"Li Yuan..." Zhu Zhanhe looked at the name on the booklet in his hand, and then at the two people below.

"Caomin is here..." Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Zhu Zhanhe to mention his name first.

"It's you who invented the Zhuotong well for extracting kerosene, right?" Zhu Zhanhe put down the notebook in his hand, looked at Li Yuan below and asked.

"His Royal Highness, it is Cao Min."

"Can you tell me how you came up with it?" Zhu Zhanhe looked at Li Yuan with great interest, and this person's reaction was different from what he expected.

The social status of craftsmen is not high, and their income is even lower. At least businessmen still have money, so craftsmen can be said to be the bottom of society.

And such a person, although a little unresponsive when seeing himself, is more calm,

Lin Mandou next to him was trembling, his head almost buried in his chest, but Li Yuan's reaction was normal, as if he saw an ordinary person.

"His Royal Highness, the grass people are from the Qingzhou Prefecture. When they went to the fields, they could see the officials mining fire oil. After watching too much, an idea came to their mind..."

Qingzhou Prefecture?
Zhu Zhanhe went through it quickly in his mind and found the location of Qingzhou Mansion.

It is the place where Daming mainly exploits oil now, and Qingzhou Prefecture is very famous in later generations, because there is an oil field here, named Shengli.

"I see." Zhu Zhanhe nodded slightly.

"Zhuo Tsutsui is a good idea. It can help the imperial court to mine fire oil faster and more. My son intends to let you join the household department to be responsible for fire oil mining. I wonder what you want?"

"Everything is at the command of His Royal Highness." Li Yuan knelt down on the ground, which could be regarded as a thank you.

"Excuse me." Zhu Zhanhe waved his hand, signaling him to get up.

"This son has seen three generations of your ancestors. Your father was originally the county magistrate of Boxing under the Qingzhou government. He was framed and his family fell into ruin."

"Nowadays, you are working to become a nobleman. It may be different from what your father thought at the beginning, but it can be regarded as taking over your father's class."

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness, for your kindness!" Hearing what Zhu Zhanhe said, Li Yuan, who had just got up, knelt down to thank him again.

"Huh?" Zhu Zhanhe frowned.

"His Royal Highness does not know..."

Li Yuan talked endlessly for a long time, and Zhu Zhanhe finally understood why he thanked him for the second time.

It turned out that Zhu Zhanhe had been to Qingzhou Mansion back then, when he was on behalf of the household department to carry out the matter of raising cattle on behalf of the household department, and Zhu Zhanhe dealt with the governor of Qingzhou Mansion who killed Li Yuan's father at that time.

Zhu Zhanhe didn't even remember it anymore, but he didn't expect to be brought up again at this time.

"Since that's the case, then don't disappoint your father's expectations." Regarding this, Zhu Zhanhe didn't want to say anything.

For him, this kind of thing is just a matter of raising his hand, and punishing corrupt officials was originally the task given to him by the old man at that time.

For Li Yuan, Zhu Zhanhe didn't have too much expectation.

Li Yuan is destined not to become an important official. He will be in charge of oil exploration in the Ministry of Industry in his life. Besides, it is very difficult for him to improve through other inventions.

After all, Zhu Zhanhe set a very high threshold for the examination.

"Okay, Li Yuan, you step back first, I still have something to say to Lin Mancang."

Seeing Li Yuan thanking him verbally for the third time, Zhu Zhanhe directly motioned to Zhu Ping to take him away.

There is so much red tape, it is really uncomfortable.

"Lin Mancang..." Li Yan left, Zhu Zhanhe looked at Lin Mancang, his tone was not as easy-going as before.

"The grass...the grass people are here..." Lin Mancang did not have Li Yuan's family background, and his mentality was not very good. Zhu Zhanhe scared him to the ground with just one word.

"Get up..." Zhu Zhanhe had a headache.

These two Gongju people who were selected for the first Gongju in the Ming Dynasty felt a little nervous...

"Thank you... Thank you, Your Highness..." Lin Mancang stood up tremblingly.

"Lin Mancang, the Xunlei gun you invented is very useful. It is more useful and comprehensive than the three-eyed gun currently used by our Ming Dynasty."

"So, this time, you are the first, and Li Yuan is only the second."

"but……"

Zhu Zhanhe made a turning point, which made Lin Mancang tremble with fright again, and almost fell to his knees again.

"You are different from Li Yuan, because what you invented is fundamentally different from what he invented."

"Firearms have always been my strength, Da Ming, but at the same time, the enemy is also staring at our firearms all the time, thinking of looking for opportunities to steal them, so that our Da Ming's advantage in firearms can be weakened or even eliminated."

"So, you are different from Li Yuan. You will be protected by Jin Yiwei for a long time in the future."

Hearing the word Jin Yiwei, Lin Mancang froze for a moment.

After the Hongwu and Yongle dynasties, Jinyiwei has become synonymous with terror. Although it is mainly aimed at officials, there are precedents for arresting civilians.

"I'm not hiding it from you either." Seeing that Lin Mancang did not kneel down again, Zhu Zhanhe nodded in satisfaction.

"It is said to be protection, but it is actually surveillance."

"I said to protect the stone because you will become the enemy's target in the future. It doesn't matter if you snatch you and let you help them make firearms, or kill you so that I, Da Ming, lose a talent. In short, when you invent the Thunderbolt, your fate will be changed." It's already doomed."

"And the reason why I said surveillance, I don't need to explain it, you should know why."

"So, you have to prepare in advance."

……

Lin Mancang's mentality is not good, but his ability to accept is quite good.

After Zhu Zhanhe talked with him, he quickly accepted that he would spend the next half of his life under the supervision of Jin Yiwei, and he even had to report in advance about things like going back to his hometown to visit his relatives.

Regarding this point, Zhu Zhanhe was still very satisfied.

Because compared to Li Yuan, Zhu Zhanhe paid more attention to Lin Mancang.

Hot weapons are the main theme of future wars. If you master the latest hot weapons, you can't say that you can be invincible in a war, but at least you can gain the upper hand.

As for other aspects of technology, it's not that Zhu Zhanhe doesn't pay attention to it, but he just thinks that he can make plans after the war is completely over.

As for what is the complete end, it may only come according to his ideas.

(End of this chapter)