Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 62: Is this leisurely?

Within a few days, salesmen from the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce filled the streets and alleys, wearing uniforms and delivering goods to various stores.

Some shops that had not joined in were also curious to inquire about it. After hearing about the various benefits of selling goods, they took the initiative to approach the salesmen.

Moreover, the various new products of the Chamber of Commerce are also very attractive. Soap is now widely circulated, and the newly emerged briquettes and coal stoves have quickly become essential products for daily use. Although they are sold very cheaply, due to the large quantity It consumes quickly and is very profitable.

As for perfume, like the high-quality liquor that was tested before, it is a real luxury product that ordinary people cannot afford. However, there are many powerful and wealthy businessmen in the capital, especially Zhu Yuanzhang who forcibly moved the country's wealthy households to the capital several times, which made the capital's There are also many wealthy households, and they don't have to worry about selling these luxury goods, and they can really make a lot of money, with profits dozens or hundreds of times higher.

As the business expanded, it became increasingly difficult for the salesmen to deliver goods. Li Wei quickly made adjustments and divided his manpower into two. The good performers concentrated on promotion and sales, and the less good salesmen were added to some newly recruited young people. Zhuang, who is responsible for delivering goods, is managed by Abu.

The tricycle war game has been made, and Li Wei went to try it out. Although it works, it is still quite heavy when it is full of goods, and most importantly, the cost is too high!

Hand-making precision parts was too time-consuming to mass-produce, so he eventually gave up and used ordinary handcarts and donkey carts to deliver goods.

After all the matters at the Chamber of Commerce were basically arranged, Li Weicai went to get the official uniform of the third grade and reported to the Ministry of Industry.

The Ministry of Industry is just outside Chengtian Gate in the south of the imperial city. The civil and military offices are lined up on both sides of the avenue. On the left is the Sixth Department and on the right is the Fifth Army Governor's Office.

Li Wei found the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry and was about to enter. The official at the door saw that he was dressed as a third-grade official and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

"Greetings to your lord, I wonder why you are here?"

"Well, I'm the new minister of the Ministry of Industry."

Li Wei touched his nose and felt a little embarrassed. He had been appointed for more than a week, so he was really embarrassed to report today.

The officer was surprised to find out that he was his own leader. He quickly bowed respectfully and said, "I'm going to pay my respects to the Minister. Your Excellency, please come in."

"Well, is Shangshu Xue here?"

Li Wei agreed and asked again.

"Yes, I will show you the way."

Li Wei walked into the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry under the leadership of the police officer, and met his immediate boss in the lobby.

"Shilang Li, you're finally here. I've been waiting for a long time!"

Xue Xiang was very happy to see Li Wei. He had asked the emperor for Li Wei before, but he didn't get it. Later, Li Wei was appointed as the minister of the Ministry of Industry due to his merit. He was happy for a few days, but he waited and waited. There was no one there, so we finally waited for today.

Li Wei smiled awkwardly: "I'm sorry, I'm busy with other things these days, so I'm a few days late. Thank you for your forgiveness, Shangshu Xue."

Mainly a strike for a few days.

"It's good to come, it's good to come!"

Xue Xiang didn't pursue the question further. Li Wei was disappearing every day. Since the last budget table, he basically didn't participate in court matters. He just went to the war bureau all day long. The ministers only knew that this traitor was there. Make firearms for His Majesty.

"If there is anything you want me to do, Lord Shangshu, just give me your orders."

"Don't worry, let me introduce you to your colleagues first."

Xue Xiang said with a smile, and then took Li Wei to a nearby room, where an official was working.

"Servant Zhao, are you busy?"

Xue Xiang shouted outside the door.

Zhao Jun, who was in the room, saw the person coming clearly and quickly put down his pen and stood up and saluted: "Master Shangshu."

"Let me introduce you. This is the new Mr. Li Wei, Mr. Li, the new right servant. This is Mr. Zhao." Xue Xiang introduced.

Li Wei stood next to him, and he and Zhao Jun bowed their hands to each other, and they were acquainted.

"Shilang Zhao is now mainly responsible for the construction of the city wall, as well as other camp maintenance and water conservancy matters."

Xue Xiang briefly introduced the division of labor, and then took him away to his office.

"Li Shilang, you can handle official business here from now on. I'll have people call all your subordinates in charge later, and they will tell you."

"Okay, thank you, Lord Shangshu."

Li Wei just arrived and didn't know anything. Fortunately, Xue Xiang was easier to talk to.

After a while, a group of subordinates under Li Wei's charge came to his room to pay homage to the new superior.

"Greetings to your lord, the minister. Your subordinate is Jiang Shouqing, the chief minister of the field cleaning department. Our department is in charge of planting, collecting grain, fuel, labor, and tombs."

"Greetings to the Vice Minister, my subordinate is Guan Ziming, the official of the Qing Dynasty in Yu Heng. I am in charge of weapons, kiln smelting, miscellaneous departments, fire room, etc..."

"Greetings to the Vice-Chancellor, my subordinate is..."

A large group of people crowded into Li Wei's room, and they began to report work to him in a buzzing manner, which made his scalp numb. Damn, is this so relaxing?
After listening for a long time, Li Weicai roughly figured out what these people were doing.

Now there are four Purging Officials Departments under the Ministry of Industry, namely Yingzhen, Yuheng, Dushui, and Tuntian. The people in front of him are mainly people from the two Purifying Officials Departments: Tuntian and Yuheng.

The Tuntian Qingli Division is mainly responsible for farming, collecting taxes, collecting firewood, collecting laborers, building tombs, etc. The taxes collected here are taxes from craftsmen's households, and they are all in kind.

Yu Heng's Qing officials were in charge of collecting and capturing meat, leather, bones, horns, feathers and other items from birds and beasts in the mountains and rivers. They were also responsible for manufacturing military uniforms, weapons, firing ceramics, and smelting equipment.The Ordnance Bureau is one of the subordinate agencies of this department.

Each of these two departments has a doctor of the fifth rank, two other members of the fifth rank, four or five sixth-rank directors, and other subordinate agencies are generally junior officials of the eighth or ninth rank.

After finally understanding the responsibilities of each department, Li Wei's head got bigger. His salary didn't increase much, but the workload was significantly higher than in the cabinet.

Of course, when he was in the cabinet before, he delegated work to other people. Even if he caused trouble, Zhu Yuanzhang would always take care of it. He was basically the soy sauce maker.

It doesn't work now. The minister is the real powerful man and has too many things to do. If he messes around, Xue Xiang probably won't be able to handle it.

"Okay, I understand everything. You... just do what you are supposed to do. Do what you did before. Don't come to me if you have nothing to do. If something happens... try not to come to me."

Li Wei scratched his head irritably.

Guan Ziming and others were a little confused when they heard this. They tried not to come to you if something happened, so do you still care about it?

"Let's all go down first." Li Wei said.

"Well, I'll take my leave now, my subordinates."

With that said, everyone was about to leave. Li Wei thought of the Ordnance Bureau and quickly shouted: "Wait a minute, who is in charge of the Ordnance Bureau?"

"Your Majesty, it's the people from Xiaguan's side who are in charge." Guan Ziming stopped and said, and then stopped a chief who was going out. This chief was in charge of the affairs of the Ordnance Bureau, his name was Sun Jian. .

"Tell me about the situation in the Ordnance Bureau." Li Weidao.

"Okay, sir, the Ordnance Bureau was restructured from the Munitions Depot. It is responsible for the production of firearms, swords and shields, bows and arrows, saddles and bridles, etc. There are currently more than [-] craftsmen of various types..."

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