Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 123
Li Tiezhu is now deep in thought. His ancestral craftsmanship, his father and grandfather were all making firearms during the Yuan Dynasty.Even his ancestors, said to have been looted by the Jurchens, originally lived in Kaifeng.

Zhao Tiezhu looked down on firecrackers made of pig iron, because casting was very difficult and cracks were prone to appear.Many craftsmen now know that copper-cast firearms are better, but there is a slight problem in accuracy.

In fact, if we talk about it, in the Yuan Dynasty, firearms had a front barrel, a medicine chamber, and a tail, but these firearms were basically just a tube. Many people at this time did not realize the importance of rifling, and did not realize it. Some reasons to bomb the chamber.

There is a lot of gunpowder in it, and the chamber may explode. When the barrel is sloppy, it will also explode. If it is not well maintained, it will also explode, or it will be overused, etc., which will also cause the danger of explosion.

In this era, or in any era, if you use a firearm, you have to accept the risk of bombing, at most it depends on the frequency of bombing.

In fact, Li Tiezhu is also aware of some of the current changes, such as the emperor's grandson's strict order that craftsmen like them must register their names when making firearms.In other words, once a bomb explodes, etc., it must be analyzed to find the person who went wrong.

This naturally made the craftsmen be careful, not daring to be sloppy. If they were vague, they would lose their heads or be assigned.In fact, over the years, Zhao Tiezhu has also seen some colleagues being taken away.

The reason is that during daily training and combat, something went wrong with the firearm and was traced.As for those who have been wronged, there may be some, but there should not be many.Because it is said that the emperor's grandson specially hired someone to study these, and it is the soldier's problem that the soldier's operation error is wrong.Or the officials who supervised the production were corrupt and broke the law, that is the affairs of the officials.

Watching his son return home, Zhao Tiezhu asked, "Laibao, do you think we should offer crafts?"

Zhao Tiezhu was reluctant to hand over the ancestral craftsmanship like this, because it was a treasure left by his ancestors to carry on the family line.Zhao Tiezhu's son, Zhao Laibao, was also reluctant. He didn't want much wealth. If this skill existed, his descendants would have food.

Zhao Laibao thought for a while, and said, "Father, His Highness Taisun values ​​craftsmen, but we also heard from others that we are craftsmen, and it is not easy to change after being registered. If this ancestral craftsmanship is handed over, His Highness Taisun will not approve it." What should I do?"

This is not only what Zhao Laibao is worried about, it is also something that many craftsmen are worried about.

This is the case in China. Many technologies are inherited from the ancestors, and they are not passed down from male to female.If this is spread, it will be deceiving the master and destroying the ancestors, and it will be unfilial.The most important thing is that this exclusive craft is gone, and the ability of the descendants to eat is gone.

It is quite normal to have such worries.Even though many craftsmen have heard about some rewards in the past two years, they dare not hand in some skills easily.Besides, if some of the skills they handed in are not recognized, at most they will be rewarded with some money.

Zhao Tiezhu can't guarantee that he can get a half-job in exchange for his ancestral craftsmanship.If you hand it in, if you can't get an official position, but just get some rewards, then the descendants will lose their cooking skills.

After all, he got the reward money, and those other craftsmen probably will learn the skills soon.

This is also the reason why Zhao Tiezhu is unwilling to go to that Laoshizi Academy. Those old craftsmen in the academy have exchanged some skills for easier tasks.To receive some salary seems to be a little easier and more decent, but this salary is not for nothing, it is for teaching apprentices, so it is not worthwhile.

Zhu Xiongying didn't know what these craftsmen were thinking, he was just studying his own big development, just studying some skills, and felt a little headache.

Xu Miaoqing looked at her husband and asked softly, "Husband, are you worried about Zhihu?"

"Yes, a lot of cotton has been planted, but there are not enough weavers here." Zhu Xiongying shook his head with a smile and said, "Especially in all prefectures, there is a shortage of weavers. It’s not easy to come here, it’s better to weave it into cloth or quilt it, there’s still a shortage of weavers!”

Not only the lack of weavers, but also the lack of looms, etc., the production efficiency is somewhat behind.Sending cotton to the capital is not a cost-effective business.Cotton looks light at first, but it takes up too much space. This is also something that Zhu Xiongying has a headache now.

Xu Miaoqing couldn't help it at this time. In fact, she wanted to learn from the former emperor's grandmother under the reminder of her two aunts. She usually weaves herself and rewards some students of the Imperial College.But the emperor's grandson didn't agree with this approach, and Xu Miaoqing also knew that she was just like a female celebrity, so she didn't force it.

These things are indeed what Zhu Xiongying and Xu Miaoqing are worried about. In the final analysis, the production materials and production tools are not keeping up.When many captives were captured to reclaim the land, and when many coolies were busy growing cotton, there was cotton, but the looms and weavers could not keep up.

This gave Zhu Xiongying a headache. It really needs a system. Once certain links are missing, it will not work.

These things make Zhu Xiongying feel a headache, but he really has no other better way now, it seems that there is some sense of being anxious, and he can only look forward to some improvement in skills at this time.

Or they can only rely on the current productivity to digest the cotton slowly. Although it is a little slower, the cotton is there, which is not a bad thing.

Lian Qiongqiong came to the palace with maids, eunuchs, and food boxes.Zhu Xiongying didn't really talk about some rules, so now both Xu Miaoqing and Lian Qiongqiong are used to eating with Zhu Xiongying, and they also feel that this is different from what they heard before entering the palace.

Before entering the palace, they heard that the most important rules of the Tian family.However, the emperor's grandson is more disciplined in some major matters, but in some "small things", the emperor's grandson does not follow any rules at all, which also makes Xu Miaoqing and Lian Qiongqiong a little uneasy, which is related to their contact since childhood. Education is also different.

Wang Chengen came over at this time, and said with a bitter face, "Your Highness, His Highness the Prince of the County whipped the prefect of Yangzhou in Yangzhou."

Zhu Xiongying nodded calmly, then asked, "Why?"

Wang Chengen replied cautiously, "It seems to be a matter of emigration."

In fact, Yangzhou began to immigrate from the early years of Hongwu, and now the total number of immigrants has reached more than 60.Today, the total population of Yangzhou is close to [-], which is not a small progress.

After all, when the People's Republic of China was just founded, Yangzhou was almost empty.So in recent years, there have been some immigrants from southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other places, constantly enriching Yangzhou, a place in the south of the Yangtze River that used to be extremely prosperous.

Wang Chengen continued, "His Highness the Prince of the County blames the magistrate of Yangzhou for not being sympathetic to the immigrants and forcing them to change their customs."

Zhu Xiongying nodded, and said calmly, "Song Zhong is a cunning old man, let you report this matter? Let that old man come over, I want to ask carefully."

Song Zhong came obediently, and when he saw Zhu Xiongying, he quickly knelt down, "Your Highness, the prefect of Yangzhou is eager for quick success and quick benefits, and forced the immigrants from all over the country to follow the customs of Yangzhou. His Royal Highness was furious, and forcibly broke into the hall to whip the prefect. Played on the Yushitai, impeaching the county His Royal Highness."

Zhu Xiongying nodded, and said to Wang Cheng'en, "I ordered the magistrate of Yangzhou to go to Yingtian Mansion to face the saint. Those who impeached the king of Yushitai will be named, and Song Zhong will investigate. I want to know those people What did you eat in the morning and evening, I want to know if their family has any evil deeds!"

Wang Chengen and Song Zhong fell to their knees, not daring to show any extra expressions, they knew that the grandson was angry.

It may be because His Highness is dissatisfied with those censors who impeached His Highness the county king, or it may be because His Highness is dissatisfied with those scholars and thinking about some fools.

Zhu Xiongying sneered, and said, "These scholars are really interesting. They think that the world is still in the early stage, and the people's hearts are not attached, thinking that the scholars and bureaucrats will rule the world together?!"

Song Zhong said cautiously at this time, "Your Highness, His Royal Highness the King of the County led Qingqi and several people straight to Beiping Mansion afterwards, the envoys of the Holy Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Zhu Xiongying suddenly didn't know what to say, and cursed angrily, "Bastard, why are you talking about such an important matter now?!"

Song Zhong is also in a dilemma. Going against the will of the Holy Majesty is a rebellion.But he didn't dare not to listen to His Royal Highness' orders.But now he is the Taisun's official, and the principle is based on Taisun's orders.It's just this one thing, he doesn't know how to deal with it.

Zhu Xiongying suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Are you far away from Beiping? You can't do it. Just tell me, but the second child was taken back?"

Song Zhong also couldn't laugh or cry, and said to Zhu Xiongying, "His Royal Highness, according to the footsteps, His Royal Highness has arrived at Yanzhou Mansion."

This is probably because the soldiers and horses who arrested the second child were all under another order and were secretly protecting them.It's been more than a month, and this kid is still in Yanzhou.That's right, the second child is probably traveling with his cousin Zhu Zhaohui, who is now King of Lu.This kid went straight to Beiping Mansion, obviously to travel around the mountains and rivers!

The first generation of Lu Wang Zhu Tan passed away two years ago due to excessive consumption of Jinshi medicine. This absurd and uninhibited Lu Wang gave birth to Zhu Zhaohui, a virtuous corporal and a well-educated corporal.

Zhu Xiongying said angrily, "Get someone to pick him up, let him come here earlier, you bastard!"

Xu Miaoqing hurriedly said at this time, "Your Highness, let the concubine write a letter to the family and let the second brother escort it."

Zhu Xiongying shook his head and said, "It's too troublesome for him to chase from Yingtian Mansion. Let Cao Guogong go, just in time for military training."

After saying this, Zhu Xiongying glared at Song Zhong, who was useless.This is the third member of Jin Yiwei, and it took a month or so before the incident received the news.It seems that Lao Zhu and Da Zhu have handled many things properly.

(End of this chapter)