Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 119 Your Majesty drinks kuding tea

One person is short of wisdom, but everyone is wise. Although he has a lot of knowledge of future generations in his mind, if he wants to develop industrial technology, he still has to spread this knowledge to create an industrial civilization like that of later generations.

However, in this way, he will inevitably have to lead a group of people to work hard with him, and the fate of these people will be implicated in him. Think about it carefully, so far, there are nearly [-] craftsmen from the Arms Bureau and Minghuang Chamber of Commerce. Nearly a thousand cargo men, as well as the five thousand soldiers of Shenji Camp, these are all people who work with him and need him to be responsible!

Suddenly, he suddenly felt that these responsibilities were like mountains, weighing him down!
How could this be?
Li Wei was at a loss for a while, a little at a loss. This is not what he wants!

Originally, he refused to serve as an official for Lao Zhu because he simply disliked the high salary and high salary, and was also afraid of losing his head. But with Lao Zhu's knife on his neck, he couldn't refuse at all, so he just agreed.

Later, I felt that I had to do this job anyway, so why not build something good to improve my life.

As for the establishment of the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce, it was just to make some money.

Lao Zhu forced him to lead the Shenji Camp.

However, just as he walked down step by step, he suddenly realized that he was carrying not only Lao Zhu's knife on his neck, but also the heavy responsibilities brought to him by more and more subordinates!
For a moment, Li Wei suddenly had the urge to run away!
Anyway, he is not short of money now. The Minghuang Chamber of Commerce directly sold it all to Lao Zhu or Shen Jing, which cost at least 30 to [-] yuan. It will definitely be enough to squander a lifetime. The Arms Bureau will maintain the status quo and will never develop any technology in the future. , just pretend that you really don’t know anything, and Lao Zhu won’t really kill him.

If there are no electric lights, you can get by with candles. If there are no cars or trains, you can go out less often.

Now he is still a count. As long as he keeps a low profile and doesn't mess with those big shots, no one should be able to bully him.

With a noble status, no shortage of food and clothing, and Xiaoqing, life is not bad, no need to work hard anymore, right?

"My lord! My lord!"

Seeing that he was absent-minded and silent for a long time, Luti called out twice tentatively.

Li Wei came back to his senses and looked at his expectant eyes. For a moment, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty for his thoughts of escaping.

If you want to escape, you can’t escape now!
Li Wei cheered up and ordered: "Go and gather all the craftsmen, count who has elderly children, or others who need help taking care of them, write them down, and I will find a solution."

"Okay, I'll go right now!"

Luti immediately agreed happily.

On the day the military report arrived, the Ordnance Bureau was suddenly closed, and they were all caught off guard. Now only Xu Yong, the ambassador of the Ordnance Bureau, could go back and forth to the Ministry of Industry to distribute subsidies and bounties to the families of the craftsmen. Others No one is allowed in or out.

Li Wei then warned Xu Yong: "The craftsmen's wages must be paid in full. If anyone dares to be corrupt, I will punish them severely!"

Xu Yong was startled when he heard this and hurriedly said: "I don't dare, my lord, please don't worry!"

Li Wei nodded and followed the two of them out. Lu Ti ordered the stewards below to take action and summon the craftsmen.

Many people are anxious when they are suddenly blocked. Some are worried about their families, and some are worried about their families. Everyone has their own worries.

Seeing Li Wei standing on the high platform at this time, everyone looked at him expectantly and regarded him as their backbone.

Li Wei felt these gazes and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. It seems that there are some things that cannot be avoided.

In the later generations, there was an elder brother at home, and his parents did not need to worry about him. He was just a lonely migrant worker outside. He could feed himself and the whole family would not be hungry, and he could do whatever he wanted. Even if he lay down naked, he would not starve to death for a while.Even when I was 28 years old, I never really took on any responsibilities, and I still acted a little willfully.

But now, he really feels the pressure of responsibility.

After adjusting his mood, Li Wei said loudly: "Don't worry, everyone. The blockade by the Ordnance Bureau is only temporary. I will inform Your Majesty as soon as possible and let everyone go home as soon as possible. Please wait patiently for a few days."

After hearing what he said, everyone looked happy and finally felt confident.They may not believe others, but they still trust Li Wei!

"In addition, if you have elderly or children at home, or if you need help with anything else, please go to your supervisor and record it, and then hand it over to me, and I will help you take care of it."

"Thank you sir!"

"Thank you sir..."

When the craftsmen heard this, they breathed a sigh of relief and thanked them one after another.

Li Wei said some more comforting words, and then asked Lu Ti and Xu Yong to arrange for the stewards to start collecting the craftsmen's needs and record them and give them to him.

During this period, he also met Lu Tang and others who had just returned. The hundreds of craftsmen were closely monitored after their return. After Li Wei saw them, he expressed relief and promised each of them ten more guans as a reward.

This battle was not in vain. All the generals were rewarded, ranging from a few hundred to a thousand guan, and ordinary soldiers received [-] or [-] guan.

Li Wei also has a reward of more than 1000 yuan, which is enough to distribute to these people.

It was not until the afternoon that Li Wei hurriedly left the Ordnance Bureau with the expectations of the craftsmen. When he went out, Mao Xiang had someone check the books that Li Wei took away that recorded the needs of the craftsmen.

The needs of the craftsmen have been collected, but apart from ordinary messengers and news of safety, there are thousands of people who are not too anxious about other urgent matters, and Li Wei himself is too busy.

After thinking about it, he decided to let the salesmen under Abu help him. Now these are the only people he can instruct.

Arriving at the headquarters of the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce, Li Wei found Laifu. Wu Qi happened to be there too, so he joined him when he saw him coming.

In fact, among the three heads of the Chamber of Commerce, Li Wei is offline all day long, and Shen Jing often disappears to do his own business. Wu Qi is the only one who hangs up here every day for no reason.

Li Wei ignored him, called Laifu, handed him the addresses and matters of the craftsmen's houses he had collected, and ordered: "Ask the salesmen to go to each house based on the addresses above, and deliver the letters that need to be delivered. If you need help taking care of it, let someone take care of it. All expenses will be temporarily charged to the account of the Chamber of Commerce." Upon hearing his words, Wu Qi immediately interrupted in displeasure: "Master Li, I'm afraid this is inappropriate, the Chamber of Commerce is the property of the royal family. , how can you put these personal matters on the Chamber of Commerce’s account?”

Li Wei glanced at him and said: "These are the families of the craftsmen of the Ordnance Bureau. Your Majesty suddenly sealed off the Ordnance Bureau. You should take care of these people's families. What's wrong with this?"

"The Miscellaneous Family feels something is wrong. These people should be paid taxes for working for the Ordnance Bureau. Besides, His Majesty has already paid them rewards!"

Li Wei frowned impatiently and said, "Don't worry about this matter. I will tell your Majesty. My father-in-law just needs to drink tea here."

"you……"

Wu Qi was insulted by him. Wasn't this a mockery of him having nothing to do and having to eat all day long?

Li Wei ignored him and said to Lai Fu, "Do you understand?"

"I understand, sir, don't worry!"

Laifu said respectfully that he was Li Wei's slave anyway and only listened to Li Wei's words. Wu Qi's words had no effect at all.

After speaking, Li Wei took a sip of tea and asked, "What kind of tea is this?"

"It's Hongzhou Shuangjing, what do you think, sir? If it doesn't work, I'll find someone else to replace it!"

Laifu’s diligent way.

"Change it to Kuding tea. Your Majesty drinks Kuding tea. How can we be so extravagant? The Chamber of Commerce is the property of the royal family, so we can't spend money indiscriminately!"

Li Weiyi spoke righteously, looking like he was loyal to His Majesty.

Wu Qi's eyes widened and he opened his mouth but couldn't say anything in opposition.

Laifu smiled and agreed, and now Eunuch Wu couldn't even drink tea.

After arranging the salesmen, Li Wei hurried into the palace to find Zhu Yuanzhang before the next shift.

Zhu Yuanzhang had already gone back to the Qianqing Palace, so Li Wei went directly to the Qianqing Palace.

When he came to the door, the guard on duty suddenly turned dark when he saw it was him. Before he left, he stole the jade Ruyi under the eyes of these guards. Lao Zhu couldn't catch anyone else, and then these guards were unlucky. , although it won't be a heavy fine, you can't escape a slap in the face.

However, these guards all know that Mr. Li is a popular person in front of His Majesty. His Majesty stole His Majesty's jade Ruyi and didn't do anything to him. The guards can't do anything to him.

Li Wei smiled and nodded to the two of them, and the two of them rolled their eyes at him angrily.

After being informed, Li Wei walked in.

"See Your Majesty."

"Ah."

Zhu Yuanzhang sat still, without even looking at him, and gave a faint hum.

Li Wei was not polite, straightened up and said: "Your Majesty, why did you let people seal the Ordnance Bureau?"

"Hmph, speaking of this matter, if you don't come to us, we will come to you too. Why did you hide that flying thunder cannon from us?"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and asked dissatisfied.

"Well, Your Majesty, this thunder cannon is not a conventional artillery. It has many shortcomings. I just made it temporarily as an emergency, so I didn't tell Your Majesty."

"So what does a conventional artillery look like? You can make one for us!"

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately grasped the topic.

Li Wei paused for a moment. The conventional artillery he was talking about was not the cast iron cannons now, but a real breech-loading rifled cannon, but that thing could not be made for the time being.

"Your Majesty, even I can't do this."

"is it?"

"Yeah!" Li Wei nodded repeatedly with a sincere attitude.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him. Of course he didn't believe that this piece of shit couldn't be made.

After adjusting his sitting posture, Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously: "Li Wei, you have to know that what you are making is a weapon, and it is an advanced firearm. Some things must be kept confidential. This time we have sealed the weapon." The purpose of the bureau is to prevent the skills of the flying thunder cannon from leaking out, do you understand?"

Li Wei certainly understands this. Flintlock guns are still assembled in the heavily guarded war bureau in the palace. He was indeed negligent when making the thunder cannon, and now he must find a way to make up for it.

After thinking about it, Li Weidao said: "Of course I understand this truth, but Your Majesty, in fact, only a small number of craftsmen participated in the production of flying thunder cannons. Most of the other people in the Ordnance Bureau know nothing at all, so there is no need to seal them all up. "

　Look, everyone, the author updated six thousand words today, six thousand!Although this is only a small step for the author, it is indeed a small step.
　　
　
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