Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 126 Apocalypse (5)

The New Year has always been very luxurious. The pursuit of the New Year's flavor is more about getting together less and staying away more often. It is a yearning and yearning for a better life. I want to make up for the debt I owe to my relatives. My wife and children are on the hot kang, and you can support them. When I am young, I will take care of you when you grow old. This is the long-cherished wish of many people. Generation after generation, it is passed down in this land of China. However, in this world, a group of people will eventually bear the burden and move forward...

"hurry up!"

In the Xishan area, the gun factory directly under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of War has a certain workshop under its jurisdiction. Hundreds of craftsmen are scattered everywhere. Fireworks are burning in furnaces and hammers are hammering. The air was mixed with an unpleasant smell.

The hot interior of the workshop is in sharp contrast to the cold outside.

"This won't work!"

Song Yingxing's voice suddenly sounded somewhere, "More than half of the finished bayonet products that have been accepted can only be considered as average. How do you, the workshop manager, do it?"

Allocate these bayonets to the Lumi gun. If you really go to the battlefield and fight with the enemy, the sword will break after a few seconds. How can you ensure the safety of the gunman! ! "

"Master Song, this is definitely not what I thought, but I also have difficulties."

A burly man with a bare upper body and sweat flowing down his face said, "The smelting plants under the Bureau of War, especially those that use the crucible steel-making method, smelt good steel. Iron is mainly provided by the gun barrel workshop, and the share given to my workshop is already small.

Yes, the craftsmen and apprentices in the gun barrel workshop have become familiar with assembly line operations. Even Wang Langzhong has developed a hydraulic forging process, which has increased their output, but we can't just follow them for every good thing. We can't, either. I'm not a stepmother. The yield rate of this batch of bayonets is..."

Song Yingxing frowned, but he was not angry at the strong man in front of him. Song Yingxing knew that what he said was true.

The Military and War Bureau Yousi, who is currently stationed in Xishan, has long been different from the original after these days of adjustments and adjustments. The changes can be described as earth-shaking.

"The emperor just gave the young ones a reward of silver two days ago. The young one is the manager of the workshop, and he was given a full dozen taels of silver."

The strong man continued, "No matter how dark-hearted I am, I don't dare to mess around with things. Can I increase my share of this good steel? Otherwise, I won't have the face to take the emperor's money." It’s a monthly stipend.”

As he spoke, the strong man squatted on the ground and scratched his head. When he thought about the strict acceptance system established by the War and War Bureau and the failure to improve the yield rate of the workshop under his control, he felt anxious.

Previously he had fled the household and took his wife, children and children to seek a way out in Shuntian Prefecture. He used to be a hereditary blacksmith of Jinzhou Wei. His craftsmanship was so good that he could not even support his family. In addition, Liao was defeated in the war, so he gritted his teeth and Taking the risk of being caught, he led his family and fled into the customs.

It wasn't until the imperial department began to recruit craftsmen from all kinds of craftsmen that Zhao Chengzhu came in without knowing it, and his family members were settled in a nearby imperial village. At first, the war situation was in a mess, and then Wang Zheng, Bi Maokang, and Song Yingxing came to the army. Because of his superb craftsmanship, Zhanju was promoted to workshop manager, and his monthly salary increased from 3 taels per month to 8 taels per month. In the past, Zhao Chengzhu would not even dare to think about it.

Although there are many rules in the military war bureau, and being a steward requires you to learn more and understand more, Zhao Chengzhu gritted his teeth and persisted with eight taels of silver per month.

If you suffer a little, be tired a little, and make your family live well, then risking your life is nothing. Man, even if you have tears, you still have to hold back your tears!

"Okay, stop complaining here."

Song Yingxing frowned and said, "You are in charge now. Let the people below know what they think. The prince has already entered the palace regarding the rationing of shares. I believe things will change soon."

"That's daring!"

Zhao Chengzhu stood up emotionally and said with wide eyes: "As long as the share can be raised, doubled, no, raised to [-]%, I can guarantee the quality of the forged bayonets, absolutely..."

"Don't make these words empty cannons, implement them into reality."

Song Yingxing waved his hand and interrupted: "Equipped with a bayonet for Lumi's musket, it will undoubtedly give the musketeers more life-saving means on the battlefield. You also entered the pass from the Liao region. You know better than anyone what the Liao region is like. Jianlu The rebellion will definitely be suppressed by the imperial court. If you don’t want to see the athletes of the Ming Dynasty, go to the battlefield and use fire sticks to fight against the Jianlu."

"That can't be!"

Zhao Chengzhu glared and said: "That son-of-a-bitch Jianlu is a coward for daring to rebel against our Ming Dynasty. Mr. Song, just take a look at it. If you come back for inspection in the future, and there is a situation like this, then you Cut off the little one’s head.”

"I will remember your words."

Song Yingxing stepped forward and patted Zhao Chengzhu on the shoulder, not dissatisfied, "Go and do the work, I have to inspect the gunpowder workshop."

"Yes."

As a technical official promoted by Zhu Youxiao, Song Yingxing did not follow the rules and schedules like traditional bureaucrats. After all, he had never passed the scientific examination before, and what he had learned was not good enough. Being accepted by the mainstream also made Song Yingxing gradually give up the idea of ​​becoming an official.

Until the Jin Yiwei who came from the capital asked him to enter the capital with the imperial edict, Song Yingxing went to the capital in a daze. In the capital, he met Wang Zheng, Bi Maokang, Jiao Xu, Sun Yuanhua, Mao Yuanyi and other people, and even went to the palace to meet the emperor. , and then he was busy non-stop. Although there were constant turmoil in the capital, these did not affect him.

He just wanted to do something practical.

He just wants to do more things.

He just wanted to study firecrackers.

He also wanted to study something else.

The cold wind howled outside the workshop. Song Yingxing walked out of the workshop and couldn't help shivering. An attendant stepped forward and put a cloak on Song Yingxing.

Song Yingxing tightened his cloak and looked up at the gray sky with a complicated expression. No one knew what he was thinking.

"To the gunpowder workshop."

After pondering for a moment, Song Yingxing walked quickly, but secretly prayed in his heart that Wang Zheng entered the palace this time, hoping to get more internal funds.

yo yo~
The sound of horses hooting sounded here, the wind blew by, and the figures of Song Yingxing and his party gradually moved away, but the wind did not stop and kept blowing like this.

The capital city is extremely cold in the middle of winter.

Forbidden City.Dong Nuan Pavilion.

"Good, good, good!"

Zhu Youxiao smiled, put down the Lumi gun he was holding, looked at Wang Zheng and said: "Wang Qing, you are all good. I really saw you right. The changes in the military situation that we have today are hard-won." ah."

"Your Majesty is wrong."

Wang Zheng hurriedly bowed and saluted and said: "I don't dare to take credit. This is all due to your majesty's wisdom and prowess. General..."

"Don't say these words."

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said: "Without you, no matter how many ideas I come up with, the military situation will remain the same."

In the war bureau that was moved out of the city, no matter how busy Zhu Youxiao was, he had to read the corresponding memorials every day. If he wanted to train a new army and win on the battlefield, it would not work without sophisticated armaments.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were really no worse than Jianlu! ! !
It's his mother's corruption that ruined the morale of the army and flooded the army with defective weapons. Otherwise, Ming Dynasty would not be like that in Liao.

"Your Majesty, I have something to do when I come to the palace this time."

Seeing that the emperor was in a good mood, Wang Zheng hesitated for a moment, bowed and said: "I sincerely request your majesty to allocate another internal fund to the War and War Bureau to expand the scale of the smelting factories."

With that said, Wang Zheng knelt down on the ground and bowed to Zhu Youxiao. When Wang Tiqian heard this, he couldn't help but frown slightly.

You are too greedy.

Not long ago, the emperor only allocated a sum of internal funds to the Military War Bureau as a reward for Yousi. Now he is still asking for internal funds. The scale of the smelting factories is not small.

"Wang Qing, there is no need for this."

Zhu Youxiao stood up from the throne, walked quickly towards Wang Zheng, bent down to help Wang Zheng up, "The demand for steel and iron materials from the War Bureau can no longer meet the production needs?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Wang Zheng lowered his head and said: "In the past few days, the War Bureau has divided into factories for guns, gunpowder, armor, knives, crossbows, etc. based on the needs of its functions. Each factory has its own workshops. Thanks to the internal affairs department in the inner court and the recruitment of various craftsmen and apprentices in the local area, the military affairs department has a department department perfected..."

Wang Zheng spoke in detail, and Zhu Youxiao listened attentively. The preparation and development of the military industry system must be difficult in the initial stage of preparation. If you want to support it, a lot of money must be poured into it.

For example, the current scale of the Bingzhan Bureau is also due to the fact that he is the emperor of heaven. He can ask Yousi to do whatever he wants to do regardless of other things. Otherwise, whoever dares to do such a thing will have to weigh it first.

What is the Son of Heaven?
The emperor is righteous!

What worries Zhu Youxiao the least at the moment is the Military War Bureau and Xishan and Fengtai Camps. There is absolutely no corruption in these two places.

The reason is also very simple. The people here are all newly transferred, and they are all full of energy and want to do something.

This enthusiasm cannot be dampened.

There will definitely be some follow-up supervision, but everything is fine for now.

"...Your Majesty, please allocate 50 taels of internal money, sir..."

The more Wang Zheng said, the less confident he became. In the past few days, the amount of internal funds allocated to the emperor exceeded 150 million taels. The key is that not long ago, the emperor just allocated a sum of internal funds to reward the generals of the war.

"Wang Tiqian!"

"The servant is here."

While Wang Zheng was worrying about gains and losses, Zhu Youxiao said with a serious expression: "Go to the Supervisor of Ceremonies immediately and pass on my instructions to allocate another 100 million taels of internal money to the War Bureau."

"My lord~"

Wang Tiqian was shocked and subconsciously replied that this was too much.

"Wang Qing, it's time to expand and expand, and it's time to recruit people."

However, Zhu Youxiao ignored it at all, and instead looked at Wang Zheng and said: "I still said what I said, don't think about anything else, let me take care of the military situation and lead it well."

"The minister kowtows to thank God."

Wang Zheng, whose eyes were reddish, knelt down on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, please rest assured. If I fail to manage the military situation, I will be willing to accept any punishment!"

A scholar dies for a confidant.

Wang Zheng and the others were well aware of the importance Zhu Youxiao attached to the war situation. In order to delegate power to them, they did not even ask the eunuchs of the inner court to interfere with their affairs. This trust and reliance alone made Wang Zheng and the others work hard. Son, if they can't make some achievements, then they will be sorry for the emperor's trust and reliance.

"Just do your job and don't think about anything else."

Zhu Youxiao bent down and helped Wang Zheng up, and said with concern on his face: "It's cold now. You should pay more attention to your health when you are working in the war bureau."

No one knows better than Zhu Youxiao what technical talents such as Wang Zheng, Song Yingxing, and Bi Maokang mean to the Ming Dynasty. The military industry is a bottomless pit. If you want to make a sound of the money thrown in, the scale of the core talents That's the key. The current military situation is not even a prototype in Zhu Youxiao's eyes. The Ming Dynasty's military industry has a long way to go...

(End of this chapter)