The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 14 Secret Decree
After a short period of excitement, Zhu Linmi quickly calmed down and began to think about the current arrangement.

Bring as many weapons and ammunition as possible. He first thought of Yu Xin's extremely crude weapons and equipment. Although it can't solve everyone's equipment problems for the time being, it is always better than nothing.

When Longnan had to solve the weapon problem as soon as possible, the flintlock was launched on a large scale.Thinking of this, Zhu Linmi immediately remembered that the seven craftsmen she recruited were still in the palace.

He originally thought that he was going to "tour" various places in the south of Ming Dynasty, so he let these people stay in the palace.The wages are still paid to them as agreed, and the palace doesn't care about this expenditure.

Now that they are going to train, these talents must be brought along.

He asked Qiao Qian and several guards to return to Fujing on horseback.Instructed them to bring the seven craftsmen, and explained the favorable conditions for the craftsmen.The second is to bring more firecrackers and gunpowder from the palace to the road.

Finally, he looked at the people brought by Huang Yu, and saw that nearly half of them were not riding horses, so he asked Qiao Qian to bring three carriages.

Several people claimed yes, got on their horses and left in the dust.

Since all civil and military officials in the court knew that Zhu Linmi had offended Zheng Zhilong and was convicted, he didn't even meet anyone who greeted him or sent him off along the way.

He just didn't want to deal with these officials too much, so the group stopped at the post station and waited for the people who went to Fujing to return.

Dozens of people crowded the station to the brim, and the guards even had to pitch tents in the yard.

With nothing to do, Zhu Linmi simply started to teach everyone how to make granular gunpowder, using paper to wrap lead bullets and gunpowder into fixed-loaded bombs.

These guards are very familiar with the firecrackers, and after trying the fixed-loading ammunition, they were all surprised—at least the reloading time was shortened by [-]%!
The guards took the fixed-load ammunition and ran to the soil slope behind the post station to try firing. They were full of praise for this simple invention, but they were so frightened that the post station huddled in the room and did not dare to breathe.In the end, it was Zhu Linmi who came forward to stop them, and they quickly put away their guns and went back to rest.

At noon of the next day, when the guards had prepared the granules of gunpowder and wanted to try shooting again, Shi Lin looked at Yi Cheng's timid expression, and finally stopped them.

In fact, Qi Jiguang's "Records of Military Training" recorded the production of granular gunpowder decades ago, but after the Qi family army was completely wiped out in Shenyang, no one in Ming Dynasty thought of this technology anymore.

And the scholars who came with Huang Yu obviously also had a strong interest in gunpowder and fixed-load ammunition, but they didn't have firecrackers in their hands, so they could only tap gunpowder and pack fixed-load ammunition to get addicted.

However, these scholars are different from the guards who only know repetition. In the afternoon, someone actually figured out a new origami method, which can make the paper package more difficult to disperse.This was something Zhu Linming hadn't expected.

It wasn't until dawn the next day that Qiao Qian and the others finally came back.

There were more than a dozen craftsmen who came with him.Zhu Linming only found out after inquiring that the seven craftsmen not only came by themselves, but also brought their apprentices along with them.

They heard that the king of Chenzhou personally recruited them, and they added [-]% of the wages, and helped arrange the family members, so they immediately agreed to go to Jiangxi with Zhu Linmi to develop.

But no one brought their family members. Now the west of Fujing is not peaceful, and they want to wait for peace before moving.Anyway, the prince of the county has opened his mouth, and they are not in a hurry for this moment.

In addition, Qiao Qian also brought more than 40 gunpowder guns and large boxes of gunpowder and lead from the palace. It is said that only three gunpowders were left in the palace.However, it is not difficult for Wang Mansion to add some bird guns in Tianxing Mansion.

After leaving the post station for more than ten miles, I heard the sound of horseshoes coming from behind the official road.

Soon, four riders caught up with Zhu Linmi's convoy, and one of them shouted: "King Chenzhou, please stay!"

Zhu Lin hurriedly ordered to stop.The four of them got off as well, the leader was a man in his thirties with fair skin and a beardless face, followed by two burly young men.Another young man stood still while leading the horse.They were all dressed up as merchants, and they carried some goods on horseback.

The two young men just stood there far away, their eyes piercing.And the fair-skinned man walked towards Zhu Linmi.

Shi Lin frowned, and was about to reach out to stop him, when the man said in a high-pitched voice just enough for Zhu Linming to hear: "Your Highness, our family has something important for you."

Zhu Linmei signaled Shi Lin and the surrounding guards to step back.Shi Lin had commanded the guards of the palace for many years, so he had a very winking look, and immediately called the guards to retreat two or three feet away, and stood in a circle with their backs to Zhu Lin.

The father-in-law walked up to Zhu Linmi, and without being polite, he quietly took out a wax-sealed wooden box from his body and handed it to Zhu Linmi, smiling and whispering: "The emperor's secret decree." Then he immediately added, "The Holy Majesty said, don't kneel."

Sure enough, as Huang Geng said, Zhu Lin's heart skipped a beat. It seemed that Long Wu had discussed it with Huang Daozhou.

He took the wooden box carefully, and heard the eunuch say: "The Holy Majesty said that during the period of your Highness's work, you can appoint officials below the third rank at a low price. Those above the third rank can be appointed first, and then make up the performance."

After saying this, the eunuch did not stop any longer, and immediately got on his horse and whipped away with three followers.

Zhu Lin took off the sealing wax and opened the wooden box. He was greatly moved by the contents in the box.I saw a piece of brocade cloth on the top, and hundreds of blank letters of appointment below, each stamped with the official seal, the cabinet seal, and the imperial seal, as long as the name and official position are written, it will take effect immediately!
With this box of commissions, he could build a small imperial court by himself.

He unfolded the brocade cloth again, with the first row of characters reading "Emperor Nephew Zhu Lin Mi Qi Zun Xing", and the back said: Order the Emperor Nephew to act as an agent for military training, and I will directly control it.The grain, grass and military pay are temporarily allocated to the Ganzhou Department. If there are special circumstances, they will be secretly reported to me immediately, and other matters can be handed over to the cabinet Huang Daozhou himself.This new army was given the name Longwei, and it needs to be practiced diligently, taking the country's destiny as its responsibility, and never slacking off.

Zhu Linmi looked in the direction of Tianxing Mansion, and said in a low voice, "That's interesting! I promise to give you back a prosperous and powerful Ming Dynasty!"

When he returned to the car, he suddenly remembered that during the Northern Expedition of Zodiac Zhou in history, Longwu only gave him a soldier and one tael of silver, plus a hundred blank commissions.Huang Gelao took his disciples and disciples together and set out on the road with more than 4000 taels of military pay.

Huang Daozhou's disciples, military pay, blank appointment certificates... Zhu Linming found that it seemed that after he stopped Huang Daozhou's Northern Expedition, all the resources that should have been controlled by Huang Ge were transferred to him.

Except that Long Wu didn't give me a tael of silver, Zhu Linming thought of this, and couldn't help but scratch her current net worth - 3000 taels brought out from the palace, the sum of the gold and silver sent by Huang Daozhou was equivalent to more than 4000 taels, and 8000 "labor army money" Taels, a total of more than 5000 taels.

It seems like a lot, but according to the market conditions that Zhu Linmi learned, the money is far from enough to build a battalion of troops according to his ideal state.

You know, the salaries of officers and soldiers cost tens of thousands of taels of silver every month!

He had to find a way to make money, he let out a long breath.In war, money is ultimately what is fought.

A group of people continued to drive along the official road, and two days later they arrived at the border of Tingzhou Prefecture in southwest Fujian.

　Due to some relatively large changes to the manuscript, I can only update one chapter today, and I sincerely apologize.

　　
　
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