Daming: If I find a great-grandson, I will teach an emperor through the ages

Chapter 133: The silver mine is successful, all officials are raising their salaries, Ming Dynasty is my home!
The next day,

After leaving the court, Cao Wei went straight to the western suburbs shipyard, where craftsmen were already building fortifications.Split the huge shipyard into two.

Cao Wei found Song Pingping, a group of craftsmen with experience in making muskets, and then summoned the [-] shipyard craftsmen who had been divided yesterday.

From today on, they are affiliated with the musket manufacturing factory.

Cao Wei gave a brief speech, telling them the next tasks and the importance of this job.

After learning that they were about to start manufacturing the most advanced weapons and equipment for Ming Dynasty, which would make Ming Dynasty superior to other countries, all the craftsmen were very enthusiastic!
The repeating musket they are about to make is designed by Zhong Guogong himself!And it can make Ming soldiers invincible on the battlefield!
This feeling that the responsibility of the family and country rests on their shoulders makes them full of energy!

It turns out that they, these miserable idiots, can also have the opportunity to contribute to the country in another way!

"Okay, next, Team Leader Song from the Manufacturing Bureau will lead his members to teach you how to make muskets." After Cao Wei finished speaking, he waved to Song Ping to come forward and let everyone remember him.

Song Ping is a very responsible person. After learning about Cao Wei's plan, he rushed to make a batch of musket decomposition diagrams last night to use as teaching materials.

Moreover, the three thousand craftsmen who were about to be assigned were allocated according to the personnel under their command. Specifically, the three thousand workers were divided into groups and classes, and then experienced craftsmen from the Manufacturing Bureau went to each group and class to teach how to make. Muskets and ammunition.

After working under Cao Wei for so long, Song Ping has developed a very obvious managerial temperament.

Seeing him making various arrangements in an orderly manner, Cao Wei nodded with satisfaction.

Let Song Ping be busy here and let him release the news of recruiting workers again.

"Sir, how many places are we recruiting this time?" Zhao Heng asked.

"The more, the better," Cao Wei said, "Muskets are important weapons, and the more output, the better. The number of craftsmen recruited this time must be at least over [-]."

Zhao Heng was shocked, "But sir, judging from the household registration distribution of Yingtian Mansion, it may be difficult to recruit [-] craftsmen at one time. And if we really recruit [-] craftsmen, we can't accommodate that many people here."

"I know that. You don't have to worry. It's difficult to recruit enough people in Yingtian Mansion, so we'll go to surrounding provinces to recruit people. The court will release the news. As for the lack of space, I will ask His Majesty for instructions to build more fortifications."

Zhao Heng nodded, "I understand, sir. Don't worry, I'll do it right away!"

After saying that, Zhao Heng turned around and left, immediately organizing people to go to the eight counties of Yingtian to announce the recruitment news.

Three days passed quickly.

The partitions in the shipyard have been repaired. Under the leadership of Song Ping, more than 3000 craftsmen have gradually learned how to make muskets and began manufacturing.

The news released by Zhao Heng also worked. The eight counties and districts under the jurisdiction of Yingtian Mansion began to receive a steady stream of people to apply for recruitment. In three days, nearly 1000 people had been recruited.

This speed is not slow, but it is still far from the number of thousands.

Moreover, Cao Wei knew that although the recruitment of workers this time was not as strict as the previous recruitment of craftsmen, Yingtian Mansion alone would definitely not be able to recruit less than 1 people.

There will only be fewer and fewer people coming to apply for the job...

So Cao Wei asked Zhu Yuanzhang for instructions and asked the officials to cooperate with the governments around Yingtian and other places to release news about the Jinling Manufacturing Bureau's recruitment.

And ten miles away from the north of the manufacturing bureau, Cao Wei selected a site to start building a firearms manufacturing plant.

When the Ming Dynasty opened the sea, the shipyard was built on a very large scale.

The firearms factory is much more important than the shipyard, and the demand for firearms is also greater, so the scale naturally needs to be built larger.

After the site selection was determined, we began to plan the land area, which was a full [-] acres!
There are dedicated personnel from the Ministry of Industry responsible for the construction of fortifications. Cao Wei does not need to worry too much, he only has to check the requirements. The design plan of the site can only be implemented with Cao Wei's nod.

After checking that everything was OK, Cao Wei said to the Minister of Works next to him:
"Okay, let's start construction."

"promise!"

The Minister of Works responded and immediately ordered the workers to work...

Another half month passed in this way, and it came to the end of November.

The gunsmith's premises had not yet been completed, but the three thousand craftsmen in the shipyard were already producing results.

In half a month, under the leadership of Song Ping, the craftsmen successfully produced the first batch of 300 repeating muskets.

Since the craftsmen were inexperienced and unskilled, Song Ping did not have excessively strict requirements in the early days. Basically, ten craftsmen worked together to create a repeating musket.

When Cao Wei heard the news, he rushed over immediately and felt excited when he saw the brand-new 300 firearms.

The future of Ming Dynasty's strong army lies in these repeating muskets!

Suddenly, Cao Wei saw a small note placed where these muskets were placed.

Picking up the small piece of paper, he opened it and looked closely. There were ten names on it.

Song Ping stepped forward to explain at the right time.

"Sir, these first batch of muskets will definitely be mixed, so I will ask the manufacturer to write down the names one by one. After the inspection and test of the guns, if there is any problem, I can order someone to find the manufacturer according to the name and focus on teaching them. "

Cao Wei nodded after hearing this.

At this time, most of the craftsmen were inexperienced and were just trying to rush the market. There would definitely be some problems with the firearms they produced.

But this cannot be blamed on the craftsmen, after all, it was their first time to make it.

Song Ping's method was very reasonable and appropriate in the early stage.

"Then arrange for people to test the guns."

Song Ping immediately found manpower and went to an open area to start testing the gun.

Suddenly there was a burst of gunfire!There was a crackle and explosion. Listening to the messy gunpowder explosion, Cao Wei even felt like watching an anti-Japanese drama on TV.

There was a smell of gunpowder in the air. After the gunfire stopped, Song Ping stepped forward to check and record one by one.

Then he came to Cao Wei and presented the book in his hand.

"Lord, please see."

Cao Wei took it and looked at it. There were 300 muskets recorded on it, and 216 of them could operate normally and successfully fired empty cartridges.

The remaining 84 guns all had different problems, such as jamming, unstable parts, incorrect barrels, etc.

The first time we made a musket, we had a yield rate of more than two-thirds, which is already very good.

Cao Wei returned the booklet to Song Ping, "Not bad, let's continue."

……

The days passed in the busyness of everyone.

Time came to mid-December, and half of the construction work at the firearms factory was completed as workers were busy day and night.

At this moment, a Ming fleet returned from Japan...

Fengtian Temple.

All the ministers are waiting eagerly.

Just now Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the people who returned to the Ming Dynasty to be recalled for an audience. It should be clearer about the Japanese silver mines.

Cao Wei once petitioned Zhu Yuanzhang for an increase in salary for all officials of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang also agreed to come down, but he had to wait until the Japanese silver mines were successfully mined.

These people who are returning to the Ming Dynasty now have the rations of all their civil and military officials tied on their bodies!
Seeing everyone turning their heads to look around one by one, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth and look at them with some teasing.

Compared with the impatient officials throughout the dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang found Cao Wei, who stood in the crowd with a calm expression, more pleasing to the eye.

Cao Wei is really different from these people!finally,

Outside the hall, there were sparse footsteps approaching from far away.

He stopped at the door of the main hall, and then there was a cry for permission.

"Come in!" Zhu Yuanzhang shouted.

A group of people outside the hall entered the hall, carrying boxes one by one.

Seeing these boxes, Baiguan suddenly felt confident.

Most of the contents in the box are silver mined from silver mines.

In this way, their salary adjustment is basically secure!
"The villain sees Your Majesty!"

After putting the box down, the soldiers all saluted Zhu Yuanzhang. The leader, Cao Wei, looked familiar. He was the leader of the guards who always followed Zhu Di with Ma He.

For such an important matter as escorting Bai Yin back to China, Zhu Di must find a reliable person to handle it.

"Be flat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"What...are contained in these boxes?"

The leading soldier cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, this is the silver stone mined from the Shijian Silver Mine of the Japanese Kingdom and smelted to produce silver."

When the ministers in the court heard this, they all showed expressions as if it was true. They couldn't help but whisper to each other, with smiles on their faces, as if they were celebrating the New Year.

Zhu Yuanzhang ignored these ministers and said directly to the leader:
"open to take a look."

"promise!"

After the leader responded with his hand, he turned around and opened all the boxes with the other soldiers, revealing the white silver ingots inside.

The craftsmen who went to the Japanese country only smelted the mined silver stone into silver initially and did not shape it.

Therefore, the silver ingots in the box vary in size and are all irregularly shaped.

But when everyone saw these silver ingots, their eyes lit up!
It doesn’t matter what the shape is, the key is that these are genuine silver!
Even Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but widen his eyelids when he saw so much silver appearing in front of him.

"How much is this silver in total?" Zhu Yuanzhang's tone was a little urgent.

The leader bowed his hand again,

"Back to Your Majesty! This time, on the order of His Highness King Yan, we escorted a total of 193 stones of silver back to the Ming Dynasty. They are all here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was an uproar in the court!
"190 three stones? The output of Japanese silver mines is so high?"

"It's really a rich mine!"

……

Everyone was chatting away, but they couldn't hide the shock in their hearts.

You know, the Ming Dynasty's professional mining and smelting craftsmen set out for the Japanese country in May this year!
Based on the two-month sea journey, they would not be able to reach Japan until July or August.

Including the two months for the return trip, there are only three months in between!

In three months, nearly two hundred stones of smelted silver could be mined!
One stone is about 150 kilograms, and one kilogram is divided into ten taels. 193 stones is equivalent to 29 taels of silver!

Nearly 30! !

Such a huge amount of silver production...

The wealth of the Ishimiyama silver mine in the Japanese country astonished everyone!

No wonder Cao Wei said that the Shijian Silver Mine produced [-] shi of silver annually. This statement was absolutely true!

With this silver mine, Ming Dynasty will no longer be short of money!

High above, Zhu Yuanzhang's hand holding the dragon chair was clenched tightly, his eyes blazing!
Even he couldn't help but feel his heart beat violently when he heard about Iwamiyama's high silver output!
Zhu Xiongying on the side quickly stepped forward and patted him on the back.

"Grandpa Huang, don't get excited and take care of yourself."

Zhu Yuanzhang calmed down and patted Zhu Xiongying's hand with a smile on his face.

"We are so happy!"

The wealthy Iwami silver mine in Japan could solve too many problems for the Ming Dynasty!

People's livelihood, military, and engineering, which one should not use money?
Take the manufacturing of firearms, which has been in full swing in recent days, as an example. The materials used to make muskets are steel, iron, and gunpowder.

These are very expensive things. If Ming Dynasty wanted to manufacture muskets on a large scale and spread them among millions of troops, the amount of money it would cost would be an astronomical figure!
The silver mines of Japan have solved an urgent need!
"This is truly your majesty's lucky star. God bless me!"

Suddenly a gray-haired doctor Guanglu spoke.

All the ministers reacted immediately and kowtowed in unison and shouted,
"Your Majesty's blessings are shining brightly, God bless you!"

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly laughed heartily.

Isn’t it just God blessing the Ming Dynasty?
Isn't it because of his good fortune?

Otherwise, how could his grandson return to him?
Otherwise, how could he meet Cao Wei?
"Good! Good!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said two good words in a row, and then said,

"The silver mining in Japan has yielded results, so we can't break our promise."

Many ministers in the audience suddenly looked happy.

After waiting for so long, it's finally here!
"Let us think about how to increase your salary..."

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Yuanzhang raised his palm and immediately announced that from the ninth rank official to the first rank minister, their original salary would be increased by [-]% to [-]% from low to high.

In other words, the salary of the lowest ninth-grade officials will increase by [-]% of the original salary every year. This is because their salary is already scarce.

The first and second grade officials will receive an increase of [-]% of their original salary. The salary base for high-grade officials is larger, and [-]% is already a lot.

The officials in the middle also have their salaries increased by [-]%, [-]%, [-]%, and so on, from bottom to top...

"My dear friends, how about we change it like this? Are you satisfied?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at everyone in the audience with a smile.

When the day finally came when their salaries were actually raised, some officials even cried with joy!

Their tight days can finally breathe a sigh of relief!
My family can finally live a better life!
Suddenly,

Hula la, all the ministers knelt down and worshiped Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Your Majesty's kindness is so great that I dare not repay it with death!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was also in a good mood.
"We don't want you to retaliate with death. We want you all to live well, build the Ming Dynasty well, and contribute to the country well!"

All the officials shouted again,

"I will bear in mind His Majesty's words, and I will dedicate myself to the Ming Dynasty until my death!"

"Hahahaha, okay, everyone, get up and get back on your feet!" Zhu Yuanzhang waved and smiled.

All the officials stood up one after another, and their momentum was obviously different from before...

Cao Wei secretly thought, is this the so-called, if the salary is enough, Ming Dynasty is my home?

(End of this chapter)