I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 226 Is This Thing a Firecracker?
Inspecting the Tianxiawei is tantamount to touching the cakes of all generals.

The troubles that will be encountered next are absolutely indispensable.

Originally, Li Tian didn't intend to bring this matter up so soon, but who would have thought of it.

In order to get rid of the suspicion, Li Qing actually revealed this matter at the court.

The sudden change forced Li Tian to put this matter on the agenda in a hurry.

It's not that he doesn't want to participate in the discussions of Yang Shiqi and others, but that he has already discussed the details of the military reform with Yang Shiqi and others a few days ago.

After the two rounds of discussions, I believe that Yang Shiqi and others should have completed the filing for a long time, and there shouldn't be any major problems.

Another point is that the civil servants had a grudge with the generals.

If they themselves participated in it, they would not have scruples, but it would not be beautiful.

That's why after he explained the matter, he let them discuss and deal with it.

But this matter is easy to say, and it is really necessary to investigate the Tianxia Wei.

If it is fast, it will take one to two years at least, if it is slow, it is possible in two or three years.

What will happen during this period, no one can predict.

Li Tian also knew that he had to be prepared, otherwise something big would happen.

If he didn't even have the power to suppress him, wouldn't he be in trouble.

At this time, the four guards of Longxiang were handed over to Zheng He to train according to the method of his previous life. Although it was only a month old, the improvement in combat effectiveness was obvious to all.

However, correspondingly, the daily consumption is gradually increasing.

This is actually impossible.

The officers and soldiers of the guards in the Ming Dynasty exercised every three days, and performed it every half a month. It was not that they did not want to practice every day, but that they practiced every day.

The consumption of food, salaries and military equipment will rise in a straight line. In terms of Daming's current supply, it simply cannot keep up.

Since he adopted the method of later generations to train troops, the consumption of Longxiang's four guards has more than tripled.

According to the current consumption calculation, these materials that can feed the four guards of Longxiang are enough to feed twice or even three times the number of people in the past.

After Li Tian learned of this situation, he did not give up, but gritted his teeth to let them persist.

In the past, there was no extra money to replenish them, but at this time the Royal Bank has been launched, and in less than a month, there may be more than 1000 million income.

Although the money was deposited in the bank by others, as long as the bank is not run on, it is not a problem to temporarily withdraw three or four million taels.

The so-called good steel should be used sharply, Li Tian intends to use this money to enrich his own strength again.

And the best way to increase one's own strength is nothing more than to further strengthen the combat effectiveness of Longxiang Four Guards.

Thinking of this, Li Tian said to Jiang Bao beside him,

"Come on, let's go to the Military Bureau to have a look!"

Jiang Bao was taken aback for a moment, thinking secretly in his heart.

"Your Majesty has committed some kind of convulsion again. The war bureau is either iron or a craftsman covered in dirt. What's so interesting about it?"

But he had to obey Li Tian's order, so he had to lead the way.

It didn't take long for them to arrive at the military battle bureau located in the northwest corner of the imperial city.

The Bingzhan Bureau is one of the 24 yamen of the inner court, responsible for making knives, guns, swords, halberds, whips, axes, helmets, armor, bows, arrows and other military equipment and small places in the palace.

Because of the existence of workshops, the land occupation is not small.

The eunuch in charge is also the eunuch Liu Baohe who is second only to the head of the twelve supervisors.

Before anyone arrived, Jiang Bao's voice came from far away.

"Where is Liu Baohe? Your Majesty is inspecting the military situation, so why don't you hurry up and meet him?"

Generally speaking, emperors rarely come to such messy places.

Liu Baohe didn't expect Li Tian to visit unexpectedly.

He seemed to be busy with something, and before he even had time to change into clean clothes, he hurried out to greet him with two storehouses.

"Liu Baohe has seen His Majesty with the seal of the Slave Military Bureau!"

Li Tian looked at Liu Baohe slightly.

In his thirties, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and slightly dark skin, he doesn't look like a servant, but a simple farmer.

"Get up and talk!"

The fact that Liu Baohe was in his 30s and less than 24 years old, and he was in charge of one of the [-] yamen of the inner court shows that he still has some ability.

Seeing that his clothes were covered with dirt, Jiang Bao's expression changed slightly, as if he said harshly,
"What's the matter with Liu Bao and you? I didn't know to change into clean clothes when I saw you."

Liu Baohe looked aggrieved, and said with a bitter face,

"The servant was helping to repair the equipment just now, and I didn't have time for a while. Please forgive me, Your Majesty, Chief Jiang."

Seemingly smelling a little bit of sulfur on Jiang Bao, Li Tian asked curiously,

"What were you doing just now, is the dirt on your body gunpowder!"

After patting the dust on his body vigorously twice, Liu Baohe said quickly,
"Don't dare to hide it from Your Majesty, the servant was indeed repairing some old firecrackers just now."

As soon as he heard the firecracker, Li Tian immediately became interested.

He came to Daming with arrogance, and he has never seen Daming's firecrackers once.

"Go, take me to have a look!"

Although Liu Baohe was a little hesitant, Jiang Bao didn't say anything, so he had to take Li Tian and the two to the inside of the military battle bureau.

After a few orders, it didn't take long for two strong craftsmen to come to them carrying a few wooden boxes.

Liu Baohe dug it out from the box, and found three strangely shaped bronze thongs of different lengths.

And one of them, the appearance looks pretty good.

It was about [-] centimeters long, with a bulging belly in the middle, a dead center at the back, and a bell mouth at the front, and something weighing about three catties was handed to Li Tian.

Li Tian looked at this thing up and down, and said a little strangely, "What is this, could it be that this thing is a firecracker?"

Liu Baohe thought Li Tian had never seen this thing before, so he hurried forward and explained.

"Your Majesty, this is indeed a firecracker. This firecracker was made by Taizu Hongwu in the eighth year. It has been decades since now."

"Because it is one of the samples, it has never been used, so there is no gunpowder residue on it. It is not surprising that His Majesty can't recognize it for a while."

Li Tian smiled bitterly in disappointment, thinking to himself.

"What kind of thing is this? A broken thing like an extended flashlight dares to be called a firecracker."

Of course, he also knew that most firecrackers in this era were probably like this, so he didn't say this in person.

He looked at the contents of the other two boxes.

He pointed to one of the slender tubes, which was 1.5 meters long, and asked, "Is this also a firecracker?"

Liu Baohe quickly took out the thing again, wiped it up and down, and handed it to Li Tiandao.

"Return to Your Majesty, this is not a firecracker, this is a spear."

(End of this chapter)