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Chapter 22 Song Yingxing, who failed the ranking
Bi Maokang is living a very good life recently.

As a person whose status has been cut, he is already very satisfied to be able to return to the officialdom.

The important thing is that the emperor appointed him as Yuan Wai Lang, the official secretary of the Qing Dynasty.Although he is only a fifth-rank official, he is better than his professional counterpart.

The Weapons Bureau under its jurisdiction happened to be in charge of manufacturing weapons, so there was no need to go to the Weapons Bureau to do research now.

When Zhu Youjian found him, he was beating on an iron pipe.

"Old Bi~ What are you studying?"

When Bi Maokang saw the emperor coming, he dropped his hammer and saluted.

"Your Majesty, I'm making gun barrels."

"Do you still need to make the gun barrel yourself?"

"I intend to make a new type of gun barrel, and the craftsmen don't know how to do it yet."

"Oh? Show me what kind of barrel it is?"

"I was very inspired after reading the books His Majesty gave me last time, so I decided to try to see if I could make a gun that loads from the back."

Zhu Youjian really wanted to tell him, Lao Bi, your skill tree is a bit off!Breech-loading guns are not easy to make!But I was afraid of dampening his enthusiasm.So I changed the subject and asked:

"How is the research on self-generating firecrackers? Are the craftsmen able to make them?"

"Basically, it's all there, but the quality of the self-generating guns produced is uneven, and it's very busy."

"What causes it?"

"Craftsmen are good at different things. Some are good at blacksmithing, and some are good at carpentry."

"Why not use an assembly line?"

"Huh? What line?"

"The assembly line is to make multiple parts of the gun atmosphere, assign each part to different people, and finally assemble them together. For example, if a person is good at making gun tubes, you can ask him to only make gun tubes and be good at making wooden supports. Let him make wooden supports. Then unify the standards and strictly require the thickness and length of the gun tube. Even one cent more will not work. Won't everything produced in this way be qualified?" Zhu Youjian bought Sanfeng Vernier calipers, more than 2000 each.As long as you strictly follow the requirements, it is not difficult to make qualified products with the skills of current craftsmen.

"Long live Your Majesty, you can think of such an ingenious method! The minister is like a enlightened person, and he has suddenly awakened!"

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You have only been in Beijing for a few months, and you have failed in your studies, and you will be flattering.

By the way, the assembly line seems to have existed a long time ago, right?You have thick eyebrows and big eyes, and you are a Jinshi anyway, have you never heard of it?
"How much silver would it cost to make a self-generating gun?"

"Self-generated guns are more expensive than bird guns, and each one costs one or two or five renminbi."

"How many craftsmen are there in the Weapons Bureau?"

"152."

"So little?" Zhu Youjian asked in surprise.

In fact, the scale of the central arms manufacturing industry in the Ming Dynasty continued to decrease. By this time, it had basically been completely replaced by the local arms manufacturing bureau.However, the manufacture of weapons by the local weapons manufacturing bureau must be carried out under the strict supervision of the imperial court.To a certain extent, the development of local weapons represented the development of weapons in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youjian thought for a while, and said to Bi Maokang:

"You first count what each craftsman is good at, and then report the missing number of people to me, and I will transfer people from the Military Bureau for you!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"In two months, I will see 4000 self-generated guns. The quality must be good. If there is a mistake, I will ask you. Also, the salary of the craftsman cannot be deducted, and it must be paid in full."

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

Zhu Youjian left after speaking.

Go back and continue to devote yourself to the great translation business.He had to do as much preparation as possible before Song Yingxing's arrival, try to capture his heart, let him abandon the impracticable imperial examination path, concentrate on researching science and technology, and contribute to the glory of the Ming Empire again!

Song Yingxing didn't know that there was a person silently fighting for him in the palace at this time.

February [-]
Today is the day when the list is released, and he and his elder brother Song Yingsheng are standing under the list looking for their names with their faces up.

I searched from front to back but couldn't find it, and then searched from back to front but still couldn't find it.

The two brothers stood there silently, listening to the constant cheers and sighs around them, feeling ashamed.

Back in the day, the two brothers also had a brilliant career, one was third in the provincial examination, the other was sixth, they made a sensation in Fengxin, and they were called 'Fengxin Second Song Dynasty'.But I don't know if this resounding title took all my luck, and I failed the next exam.

No, it hung up again.And it's the fifth time.

12 years!From the 44th year of Wanli to the present!Exam five times!Hang five times!
He thought of his ancestor Song Yuang, his great ancestor Song Dijia, and his great ancestor Song Jing.

I'm sorry, ancestors of Shangshu, I've shamed you.

Song Yingxing and Song Yingsheng looked at each other and silently retreated from the crowd.

"But you didn't pass the exam?"

One asked, tugging at his sleeve.

Song Yingxing smiled bitterly, then shook his head sadly.

"Haha! That's good! That's good!"

When Song Yingxing heard this, he became angry!

Are you a fucking human?Are you still laughing when I failed the exam?Good fart!He turned his head to punch the person who spoke.

But when he looked closely at the clothes the other party was wearing, he slowly lowered his raised fist.

Jinyiwei!
Even an ordinary strongman is not something that a down-and-out scholar like himself can mess with.

Seeing that Song Yingxing was a little angry, the guard in Jinyi quickly smiled and said:
"Brother, I'm sorry, I lost my composure. That's it."

Said, explaining his purpose.

This Jin Yiwei's name is Zhang Quanfu, a small flag from Dongchang.After Wang Chengen received Zhu Youjian's order, he quickly made arrangements and ordered the Jinyi Guards of the East and West factories to search for this person named Song Yingxing.

In the end, it was Dongchang's Fanzi who was proficient in business and had a better skill.The first to find people.When Zhang Quanfu reported to his superiors, the reply he got was: "Keep an eye on him! When he fails the exam, leave and take him into the palace!"

So the task of keeping an eye on him fell to Zhang Quanfu.For more than ten days, Zhang Quanfu has suffered unbearably.Because this Song Juren is really capable of tossing around.I am not idle all day long, running around and going everywhere.Even a dung truck has to be followed to study and study, and it will not stop until it is outside Andingmen.

Finally came the day when the rankings were announced, and seeing Song Yingxing walking out of the crowd dejectedly, Zhang Quanfu finally couldn't hold back his inner joy.Mission accomplished, relieved!

Song Yingxing looked at the Jin Yiwei in front of him with a strange expression, Your Majesty wants to see me?
You still want to see me after failing the exam?
It can be seen that Zhang Quanfu's attire and waist badge do not look fake, besides, no one in the world dares to pretend to be Jinyiwei.

"Song Juren, shall we go?"

"Let's go."

Song Yingxing followed Zhang Quanfu to Dongchang Hutong, and waited there for about a cup of tea. Then another eunuch came out and said to Song Yingxing:
"Come with us."

Followed the eunuch to the gate of Qianqing Palace. After the guards searched him, he was led by Wang Chengen to Zhu Youjian.

"Long live, the Song Yingxing you were looking for has arrived."

Zhu Youjian, who was translating the textbook, suddenly raised his head, bypassed the imperial case in surprise, and came to Song Yingxing who was about to salute, and supported him!
"The King of Heaven and Earth Tiger!"

(End of this chapter)