Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 18 The Artisan Camp
After receiving the gift, Zhu Yixi felt that the eyes of the people around him were quite different.

It's hard to say, anyway, there is a little more flattery in the affectionate attitude.

"It seems that the tie with Sun Chuanting is a bit too tight."

Zhu Yixi thought about it, but there was nothing he could do.

Sun Chuanting is still the fattest if he borrows chickens to lay eggs!

After accepting the task, Zhu Yixi directly bought two hundred limes, and borrowed a team of soldiers from Sun Chuanting to carry out a general cleaning of the entire Qin army.

A team is a hundred people.

Different from other Ming armies, Sun Chuanting was extremely strict and emphasized military discipline exceptionally. Even generals like Gao Jie and Bai Guangen who came from bandits had to succumb.

There is no way, Sun Chuanting's previous record was too ruthless, and he basically defeated them all.

"Boom-"

Beating gongs and drums, they shouted: "Eliminate the pests and rats, drive away the plague."

"Lime to detoxify, boiled water to detoxify—"

Almost all the 100,000 people in the four major military camps were mobilized and hurriedly began to cooperate.

If you are not in this world, you don't know the horror of Datou plague.

Even Gao Jie, who is as ruthless as Gao Jie, has to give in. He even bought a limestone and cleaned his home and military camp.

"This General Doctor Zhu, looks incredible!"

While Gao Jie was busy, beside him, there was a tall and curvy young woman who glanced at her beautifully and said softly.

Hearing this, Gao Jie was a little jealous: "Why, have you taken a fancy to him?"

"Bah—" Xing spat hastily, and directly beat his shoulders, put his hips on his hips, and said vehemently, "I don't think I'll look down on a young boy."

"Hmph!" Gao Jie snorted coldly, expressing his dissatisfaction.

"You!" Mrs. Xing laughed, pawing her alluringly on her body, and said: "The old lady has her eyes on you, and nothing else. In terms of handsomeness, you are the leader of the whole Shaanxi."

"Hey!" Gao Jie hooked his right hand and hugged the soft waist, his mind wavered, and he immediately hugged him: "I'm going to kill you seductive bitch this year."

All of a sudden, the tent shook, and there were endless screams.

Not far away, Zhu Yixi watched the man and woman enter the camp, and was quite puzzled: "Why are the female relatives also in the army?"

"Chief doctor, that's Gao Zongbing and his wife Xing."

The chubby veterinarian had too much money, so he said in a low voice: "Don't look at her as a woman, she controls all the money and food in the Gao camp, and it's not bad at all. Moreover, President Gao obeys her."

"She was also the one who made the surrender to the imperial court back then."

Zhu Yixi stared, and suddenly remembered.

Isn't this Xing family Li Zicheng's wife?
Sure enough, every successful man has a successful woman behind him, and in front of Mrs. Xing, there are two men who are famous.

However, Li Zicheng was also pitiful. His first wife Han Jin'er gave him a cuckold and was killed by him, and his second wife Xing ran away with her subordinates.

And it has no children, it is very likely to be infertile.

"Tell me, this Li Zicheng may not work there!"

Zhu Yixi teased and said, "Otherwise, why would I be cuckolded by two aunts in a row?"

"Hey!" Qian Too much showed an expression that any man could understand: "I don't even have an heir, something must have gone wrong."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and their relationship suddenly became much closer.

It took nearly three days for the Qin army to be cleaned up almost completely, and the height of the piled up garbage was almost parallel to the city wall of Xi'an.

There were tens of thousands of cockroaches and mice, all crackling and smelling like meat.

Many soldiers couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to eat meat, but they were directly rejected:
"Rat meat is poisonous, I can't save you if I eat it to death."

reprimanded, Zhu Yixi couldn't help shaking her head,

Suddenly, "Boom——"

A loud noise startled Zhu Yixi.

"what happened?"

"Chief doctor, that's the craftsman's camp!"

Qian Taiping hurriedly asked with concern: "Are you okay? Those are the cannons and guns in our army. They were all made in the craftsman camp."

"We are all used to the explosions every now and then."

"Carpenter camp?"

Zhu Yixi was taken aback, her face was as usual, and she began to ponder in her heart.

Not surprisingly, this is the largest artisan camp in the entire north under the control of the imperial court!

"That is to say, they also made the firecrackers and tiger crouching cannons?"

"That's right!" Qian Taitao said casually, "I heard that many chariots were built a while ago."

"Isn't there a chariot?"

"That's a new tank. What you saw at the train camp today is new."

Too much money is not too much trouble, he explained in detail.

"How do you know so much?" Zhu Yixi finally realized, full of surprise.

"Hey, those people sent wounded horses, so you don't have to talk about them. There are them in every battalion, so I know more about them."

"Let's go, go to the craftsman camp, there is no deworming there yet!"

Zhu Yixi became interested in an instant, and said hurriedly.

Too much money is a sycophant, who dares to object.

So, beating the gong and carrying lime, a group of people came to the craftsman camp.

The Carpenter Camp is located near a small hill, so it might be convenient for testing cannons!

Entering the craftsman's camp, there are densely packed stoves, a large number of coals are piled up randomly, and everyone seems very busy and full of enthusiasm.

"We shouldn't need it!"

The craftsman was an old man, although he was very old, he still greeted Zhu Yixi respectfully and did not dare to say serious words.

The low status of craftsmen can be seen.

"really!"

Zhu Yixi looked left and right, and heard the sound of ding ding dong dong, and then said loudly:
"There are no pests and rats in the camp, but it doesn't matter where you live. You have to sweep what needs to be swept. Liming cannot be avoided."

"That's right!" The craftsman squinted his eyes and thought for a while, but also realized that it was reasonable, and then ordered.

Lime is also taken away.

"You guys, how much?"

"About more than 2000 people, there are carpenters, blacksmiths, and stonemasons, but the house needs to be repaired? You just say a word, and I will find someone for you right away."

"No need!" Zhu Yixi shook his head, then asked:
"Can you make a cannon?"

"Mostly they are tiger crouching cannons and Franco machine cannons." The craftsman said unequivocally.

The tiger squatting gun is the artillery used by the Qi family's army. The barrel is mounted on an iron ring and can be fired when it is placed on the ground, so it is called the tiger squatting gun.

The Fran cannon has been passed down since the Jiajing period. It is equivalent to an enlarged version of the tiger crouching cannon, weighing hundreds of catties.

"Can't Hongyi Cannon?"

Zhu Yixi asked hopefully.

"No!" The craftsman shook his head and said, "Those who know how to cannon in red are all in the capital. We don't have this in Shaanxi, and everyone has never seen it before."

Zhu Yixi was a little disappointed.

However, it is already a surprise to be able to make firecrackers and Frang cannons.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but make up his mind, the craftsman camp must be in his hands, and he must not just ruin it like this.

Perhaps, this is the most powerful artisan force in the hands of the northern court.

However, in this way, the temptation is getting bigger and bigger, and I can't do without Xi'an...

(End of this chapter)