I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 90 The Gunpowder Factory
The craftsman who was called Big Brother Qi by Li Tian rolled his eyes, and looked at Li Tian like a mentally handicapped child and said:

"Why else, so that the dolls can stand out in the future, you are still a scholar, why don't you even understand this?"

Li Tian wanted to see how much the craftsmen had for Tiangongyuan, so he deliberately sang an anti-tune:
"Get ahead? Everything is inferior, but reading is high. When you don't study, you can get ahead. Brother Qi, are you kidding me?"

"Just kidding, this construction site is a university hall. Later, my grandson will learn my craft and come here to go to school, and he will be an official after learning it."

Speaking of being an official, the craftsman's eyes were bright, and he looked back at Li Tian and said:

"You are a scholar, you are here to make trouble, right? The emperor has said that we will make us craftsmen an official. How can you, a scholar, not know?"

As soon as the craftsman said this, the rest of the craftsmen also lowered their faces, thinking that Li Tian was really here to make trouble, stuffed a bowl full of yellow sauce noodles into Li Tian's hand, and hurriedly urged Li Tian to leave.

With a faint smile on Li Tian's face, he didn't get angry, allowing the craftsmen to push him and push him far away.

He left the construction site with only two mouthfuls of noodles in yellow sauce. Zhou Zhen, who had been waiting, rushed up to dust Li Tian, ​​took the noodle bowl and said:
"Why does Your Majesty have to deal with a group of craftsmen? If something happens, how can I explain to the people of the world."

Letting Zhou Zhen dust off the dirt, recalling what the craftsmen said earlier, Li Tian laughed softly, and said in a meaningful tone:

"If you don't listen to what the people say, how will you know what the people think. Zhou Zhen, the people are full of longing for this Tiangong Academy. Remember to tell Yang Rong not to chill the hearts of the people."

"Dean Yang will come to Fucaifang every day. Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely bring my words to you."

Turning around to let Zhou Zhen brush the dirt off his back, Li Tian looked at the hot construction site again, with moist corners of his eyes.

The imperial court issued a decree, and the Tiangongyuan didn't even write a word, so these simple craftsmen came to help them one after another. How could he live up to such innocent people.

Just thinking about how to give some benefits to the craftsmen, Li Tian heard Yang Rong's voice from all the way.

Trotting all the way to behind Li Tian, ​​Yang Rong straightened his face, bowed and saluted:
"I didn't know that His Majesty came to visit in private, so I couldn't pick him up, so I ask Your Majesty to forgive me."

Turning around and looking at Yang Rong whose face was a little darker, Li Tian couldn't help but laugh.Yang Rong really cares about the Tiangong Institute. If he doesn't stay under the sun on the construction site for two hours a day, he can't get such a healthy complexion.

Signaling Yang Rong to get up, Li Tian pointed to the busy construction site behind him and said:

"Zirong, from tomorrow onwards, don't let the craftsmen do their jobs for nothing. All the craftsmen who come to help the workers will get [-] Wen a day from now on from my internal treasury."

"Eight hundred words?" Before Yang Rong could respond, Zhou Zhen exclaimed:
"Your Majesty, the laborers who carry the big bags on the canal outside Guangqumen only spend two hundred Wen a day. Is it too much to give eight hundred Wen to the craftsmen who come to help?"

"Many?" Li Tian smiled, lost his eyes and said lightly:

"Zhou Zhen, believe it or not, I still have craftsmen who earn ten taels of silver a day after the Ming Dynasty."

Twelve days a day, Zhou Zhen was dumbfounded when he heard the words, his mouth grew so big that he couldn't speak for a long time.

Knowing that Zhou Zhen is a practical official, Yang Rong didn't care about Zhou Zhen's disrespect, and said respectfully:

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will make arrangements in a short while."

"En." Li Tian nodded, glanced at the high wall not far away, knew that it was Daming's gunpowder factory, and said in a deep voice:

"Zirong, I won't leave the palace for a while, and accompany me to Wang Gong's factory."

The construction site of Tiangongyuan was right next to Wang Gong's factory. Li Tian and Yang Rong arrived at the main entrance of Wang Gong's factory within two steps.

Wang Gongchang, also known as the Gunpowder Bureau, is one of the highest-ranking arsenals in the Ming Dynasty. Like the Weapons Battalion of the Ministry of War, the Three Guards of the Pro-army Kung Fu, and the Military Battle Bureau in the Palace, it represents the highest technology in the military of the Ming Dynasty.

The defense of Wang Gong's factory was extremely tight. As soon as Li Tian and Li Tian walked to the main entrance and were about to approach, the guards in the turret on the high wall gave a loud warning.

Seeing this, Yang Rong quickly took off the gold seal from his waist, held it up above his head and said:

"This pavilion has something important to come, where is the guard eunuch of Wang Gong's factory?"

Seeing that Yang Rong was wearing a crimson official robe and a purple gold seal, the guards didn't dare to delay, so they hurriedly ordered someone to pass the news in the factory.

Not long after, Liang Xu, the guard eunuch of Wang Gong Factory, learned that the Grand Master of Jinshen Palace had arrived in person, so he hurried to greet him in person.

But when he got out of the factory, Liang Xu realized that it wasn't just Mr. Ge who came, and he knelt down in panic and said:
"The old slave didn't know His Majesty was coming, so I beg His Majesty to forgive me."

Li Tian waved his hand indifferently, looked at Liang Xu twice and said:

"If I remember correctly, you used to be a member of Shang Baojian?"

Eunuchs are most afraid that the emperor will not remember him, so Liang Xu hurriedly nodded and said:
"Yes, yes, Your Majesty remembers correctly. The old slave followed Mr. Zheng to serve the late emperor in Shangbaojian. Later, Mr. Zheng saw that the old slave was doing things properly, so he recommended the old slave to the late emperor, and let the old slave take care of the king for His Majesty. Congratulations to the factory."

"What does Ma Dazhong have to do with you?" Liang Xu led him into Wang Gong's factory, Li Tianrao looked around with interest, and asked casually.

Yangwu Marquis Xue Lu impeached Ma Dazhong, the garrison eunuch in Nanjing, for being greedy for ink and money. There has been a lot of noise recently. Liang Xu had expected that the emperor would ask him, so he hurriedly responded respectfully:
"Returning to Your Majesty, there were two young supervisors in Shang Baojian at that time, the left young supervisor was Ma Gonggong, and the right young supervisor was an old slave."

Li Tian knew what he said, so he didn't ask any more questions, looking at the water tanks everywhere in Wang Gong's factory, he said:

"In addition to these large water tanks that can be seen everywhere, does Wang Gong Factory have other means to prevent fire?"

Liang Xu, a eunuch who can be in charge of Daming's gunpowder factory, naturally needs no further explanation of his abilities. Hearing Li Tian's question, he hurriedly replied respectfully:
"Returning to Your Majesty, the Wanggong Factory can now produce 600 catties of black powder every day, and the warehouse always has [-] million catties of black powder.

The gunpowder in the warehouse is stored underground, divided into large and small warehouses by iron gates, a total of more than a thousand small warehouses, and almost no one approaches them on weekdays. As for the new gunpowder made every day, once it is made, it will be sent to the military camp of the Ministry of War. "

Although Li Tian was mentally prepared, he was still a little nervous when he heard that there were millions of catties of gunpowder under his feet.

If this fucking explodes, I'm afraid that collapsed souls won't be able to find it.

Following Liang Xu up to the stilt building where he watched the gunpowder preparation process, Li Tian breathed a sigh of relief.

(End of this chapter)