I am the carpenter king

That night, Emperor Tianqi held a family banquet in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, gathered his women together, and narrated the pain of parting.In the evening, Emperor Tianqi lived in Kunning Palace, a place that everyone expected!

Early the next morning, Emperor Tianqi got up very early, packed up and came to the main hall.After two months without going to court, Emperor Tianqi felt as if he had passed away. Looking at the ministers below, he suddenly felt a burst of pride in his heart.

Zhao Chaoshang didn't say anything, after all, not many people knew that Emperor Tianqi was not in the palace, and no one would go over the previous things.After the early court, Emperor Apocalypse summoned several cabinet scholars from behind, which is extremely critical.

Smiling and waving his hands to several people, Emperor Tianqi said briskly: "Sit down and talk! All Ai Qings are not young, you must take care of your health!"

"Your Majesty is sympathetic, and I am waiting to thank the Lord for your kindness!" Everyone bowed and sat down as Emperor Tianqi ordered.

Looking over the faces of several people, Emperor Tianqi was quite emotional, heaved a sigh of relief, and said: "My loves, you have worked hard in the past two months, now tell me about the things in these two months!"

"Yes, Your Majesty! Your Majesty has prepared it a long time ago. This is the compilation of memorials prepared by your Majesty. It contains the solutions. Please take a look at it!" Liu Yijing stood up and took out a memorial from his sleeve. Bowing to salute, he held the memorial in his hand.

After taking the memorial presented by Wang Chengen, Emperor Tianqi slowly unfolded it, looking at the densely packed paper on it, he lost the desire to continue reading.Putting the memorial aside, Emperor Tianqi smiled and said, "I'll be reading this memorial when I go back. Liu Aiqing, is there any news from Liaodong recently?"

"Back to the emperor, Mr. Sun Ge submitted the memorial a month ago. All matters in Liaodong have been handled properly. The new army has already started drills, and I believe it has achieved results!" Liu Yijing's heart moved, and Emperor Tianqi really cared the most. It's still about Liaodong.

Nodded, as long as Sun Chengzong is stable, the rest is not a problem.After pondering for a while, Emperor Tianqi said to Liu Yijing again: "Is there anything else? Aiqing will tell me the key points!"

He knew that Emperor Tianqi was unwilling to read his memorial.Liu Yijing was also very helpless, although it was written by himself with a lot of effort!Liu Yijing didn't dare to omit the slightest thing after telling the important things of the past two months like Emperor Tianqi.

Slowly nodded, Emperor Tianqi had a smile on his face, and said: "Dear loves have worked hard these days! Now go back and rest, if there is anything, I will send someone to find you loves!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Everyone replied.Turned around and walked outside.

As soon as he walked to the door, Wang Chengen said with a smile: "Master Xu, please stay, the emperor summons Master Xu!"

Not surprised at all, Xu Guangqi cupped his fists at Wang Chengen and said with a smile, "Thank you, my lord!"

Under the guidance of Wang Chengen, Xu Guangqi came to the pavilion in the imperial garden. When he saw Emperor Tianqi, the wind was blowing in the pavilion!See Xu Guangqi coming.Emperor Tianqi frowned slightly, and said: "Xu Aiqing seems to have lost weight. It's true to work hard for state affairs, but you must keep your body!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. Although I am over 50, I am in good health and can do something for the Emperor. The Emperor is wise and punishes corrupt officials. Clarify the rule of law, and the Ming Dynasty is expected to rejuvenate. I am very happy. This body seems to be many years younger. Ah!" Xu Guangqi sat on the brocade pier beside him, the wrinkles on his face trembling, and said with a smile.

He nodded with a smile.Emperor Tianqi was also delighted, and said: "Xu Aiqing, do you know why I kept you here?" Emperor Tianqi looked at Xu Guangqi with an unusually relaxed expression.

"Going back to the emperor, I know. Everything is going well at the firearms factory, and the development and use of firearms are going smoothly, but there are some problems at the shipyard!" Xu Guangqi nodded, a little embarrassed.

Slightly taken aback, Emperor Tianqi didn't expect Xu Guangqi to have such an attitude, and quickly said: "Aiqing just say what you have to say, don't hide anything!"

"Returning to the emperor, the ministers have been working day and night on shipbuilding, looking up shipbuilding classics, and learning from many sunset shipbuilding methods, trying their best to achieve perfection. Finally, a prototype ship was built a month ago, and it was modified later. , Now the sample ship has been launched and tested, and now it can be used as a warship!" Xu Guangqi nodded, still with a embarrassed look on his face, but what he said made Emperor Tianqi very happy!

Standing up with a smile, Emperor Tianqi said happily: "As expected, Aiqing did not disappoint me, really good! Take me to have a look, to see my new Ming warship!"

"Your Majesty, listen to what I have to say!" Xu Guangqi was slightly embarrassed, and Emperor Tianqi would really be very happy.

Pausing, Emperor Tianqi sat back again, looked at the embarrassed Xu Guangqi, and said in a deep voice: "Xu Aiqing, just say anything! No matter who is involved, I will never tolerate it!"

Seeing that Emperor Tianqi was wrong, Xu Guangqi quickly said: "Going back to the emperor, it's not because of someone's embarrassment, but because of my minister. In order to pursue perfection, the cost of warships built by my ministers is a bit high!"

"How much?" Just about to wave his hand and say that money is not a problem, but Emperor Tianqi swallowed the words back abruptly, and asked with a serious face.

"Returning to the emperor, this prototype ship has been designed since last year, and construction began in the spring of this year. It took 400 million taels of silver for half a year, and now the shipyard has no money!" Xu Guangqi raised his head, his eyes evasive. Dare to look at the Emperor Apocalypse.

Originally, the Ming Dynasty was not rich, and the annual tax was only 400 million taels. Xu Guangqi spent 400 million taels on a boat, and his jaw dropped when he said it.

Looking at Xu Guangqi with piercing eyes, Emperor Tianqi was also taken aback, but he was even more curious about Xu Guangqi's boat!You must know that the cost of the current warships of the Ming Dynasty is only 30 taels. What kind of ships were built with these 400 taels?

"Xu Aiqing, will all the ships built in the future cost like this?" Emperor Tianqi frowned and looked at Xu Guangqi. If the cost of each ship was 400 million taels, then ten ships would cost 4000 million taels. bearable.

Emperor Tianqi also understood why Xu Guangqi was so demeanor at this time. It is impossible to mass-produce such a ship, and it looks more like a joke!

"Return to the emperor, no! Because it is going to build a navy, all kinds of warships must be available. This kind of warship is super large, equipped with [-] side strings, and it is very powerful! As for the specifics, It’s better for the emperor to go and have a look in person! As for other small warships, the cost is much cheaper!” Xu Guangqi quickly explained to Emperor Tianqi that he had already thought about this!

Frowning, Emperor Tianqi was obviously not distracted by Xu Guangqi's words, and said with a bit of doubt on his face: "Xu Aiqing, you mean that from spring to now, the shipyard has not built anything except this sample ship? "

Looking at Emperor Tianqi with a little embarrassment, Xu Guangqi hesitated to speak several times, his face flushed.

Seeing Xu Guangqi's expression, Emperor Tianqi immediately understood, and his heart was filled with anger!I need a navy, but if this goes on, I'm afraid I won't have a navy even if I die!

Seeing that Emperor Tianqi sat there with a dull expression on his face without saying a word, Xu Guangqi knew that Emperor Tianqi was really angry.Quickly knelt down on the ground, and said with a serious face: "Return to the emperor, I have already prepared the blueprints of other ships, and the work can start immediately! As long as a large number of people are recruited, I believe it will be built very quickly!"

Sighing softly, looking at Xu Guangqi on the ground, Emperor Tianqi felt helpless, and stepped forward to help Xu Guangqi up. Emperor Tianqi said calmly: "Xu Aiqing, I didn't mean to blame you, get up! I don’t have time, tomorrow I will go to shipbuilding to see the warship that Xu Aiqing worked so hard to build!”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the old minister is so grateful!" Xu Guangqi was full of gratitude, and wanted to kneel down but was held up by Emperor Tianqi!

"Okay, Xu Aiqing, go back and get ready! I will go and see, I hope my 400 million taels will not be in vain!" Emperor Tianqi patted Xu Guangqi on the shoulder, with a soft smile on his face, and said gently.

Xu Guangqi left, Emperor Tianqi slowly sat back on the chair, sighed deeply, it was all caused by money.I don't know how much silver Jiangnan can copy this time, I hope it will be enough to squander it for a while!

"Your Majesty, let's switch to lunch!" Wang Chengen was behind Emperor Tianqi, and those matters in the court had nothing to do with him, so Wang Chengen didn't care about them at all.For eunuchs like them, serving Emperor Tianqi well is the most important thing.

Nodding his head, Emperor Tianqi stood up slowly, glanced at the lush imperial garden, and said: "Let's go! After lunch, I still have to find someone else. Huang Taiji ran away. I have not forgotten this matter." !"

Wang Chengen, who was following Emperor Tianqi, felt his heart sink. I am afraid that the Wei Dynasty will suffer disaster this time!The tone of Emperor Tianqi's speech was not kind, but with Jin Yiwei standing in front of him, I don't know what happened to Luo Sigong!

After lunch, Emperor Tianqi left the palace with a few people. He hadn't walked around the capital for a long time, and Emperor Tianqi felt much better.Stopping and stopping along the way, finally Emperor Tianqi and his party stopped in front of a family.

Just looking at the door, you can tell that this family is extraordinary. There are two stone lions at the door, one person tall, majestic.On the horse-mounted stone and off the horse-mounted stone, there is a row of stakes for tying horses not far away. At this time, there are many cars in front of the door, and it can be seen that there is a lot of traffic.

Although everyone respectfully handed in invitations, none of them were sent in. Obviously, the master has already given an explanation!Whatever the men said, the concierge just shook his head.

There is a huge plaque on the top of the vermilion lacquer gate, with two large characters on it: Luofu! (To be continued..)