Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 42 Evacuation of the Armor Factory

"Quick, quick! Check everything, especially the gunpowder factory. If anything happens, it will be light to punish your nine clans!"

"Hurry up!"

The Fifth Highness came down, and everyone heard the news, so whether it was a craftsman or a supervisor, everyone nervously checked their own territory for fear of accidents.

Nearly [-] craftsmen, hundreds of eunuchs, and hundreds of guards inspected one after another.

For a time, the armor factory was full of turmoil, and the grass and trees were full of soldiers.

It's not that everyone makes a fuss over a molehill, but that accidents often occur in armor factories in history.

In the [-]rd year of Wanli, the officers and soldiers of the three major battalions in the capital went to the armor factory to get gunpowder, and the internal officials Zang Chao and Wang Quan were released because of the old gunpowder agglomerated, so they ordered the craftsmen to split it with iron axes.

When he was splitting, a fire broke out suddenly, and the sound was like thunder. Gunpowder and muskets shot a hundred paces away. Zang Chaohe burned more than ten officials including Zongfu Zhong and eighty-two soldiers including Li Zhongbao to death on the spot. The number of casualties and injuries among nearby residents was incredible, and five buildings and more than [-] workshops were burned down.

After the incident, Wang Zhong and Wang Quan, the in-house supervisors in charge of the factory, were arrested and imprisoned, and the ambassador of the Armament Bureau was also deprived of his salary for two months.

In the next fifteen years, the armor factory occasionally caught fire, basically every few years.

If something happened to Zhu Youjian's identity here, Zhu Jiu Clan is really not a joke.

Everyone was sweating anxiously on their foreheads, but it was Zhu Youjian who sat in the main seat in the reception hall of the armor factory supervisor and internal officials, drinking tea and eating snacks.

Beside him, Jin Yiwei and Cao Huachun were looking at the armor factory's material booklet.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, the inspection has been completed. The armor factory is very safe. You can go to inspect it."

Six quarters of an hour later, the prison officer Sun Liang ran back with sweat and wet clothes on his head, while Zhu Youjian glanced at Cao Huachun.

Seeing this, Cao Huachun ordered someone to summarize the specific number of books in his hand, and finally said after the summary:
"Your Highness, there are [-] registered military craftsmen in the Armor Factory, who make [-] pieces of armor, waist knives and other utensils every year."

"Yes yes yes..." Sun Liang kept nodding his head, while Cao Huachun glanced at him and continued:
"Among the twenty-six guards of Shangzhi, the four guards of Jinwu, the three guards of Habayashi, the five guards of the government army, and the left guard of Huben have collected [-] sets of armor, waist knives and other weapons in the past four years."

"In the armor factory right now, there are still [-] flying saucer hats, [-] phoenix-wing helmets, [-] waist armors, [-] chain mail armors, [-] hood armors, and [-] cloth face armors. Twenty-seven thousand arm armor."

"In addition, there are [-] fish scale armors and [-] pierced armors."

Having said that, Cao Huachun paused, and gave Zhu Youjian time to react, and Zhu Youjian also said directly:

"Except for the armour, everything else will be loaded into the car for me, and the flying saucer hat, phoenix-wing helmet, and arm armor will be taken away as a set."

"Ah... this..." Hearing Zhu Youjian's words that he was going to evacuate the armor factory, Sun Liang broke out in cold sweat and was in a hurry, but he didn't dare to refute.

Before he could think of something good to refute, Cao Huachun continued to report:
"Thousand-layer shoes are [-], mandarin ducks are [-], goose feather knives are [-], long knives are [-], long axes are [-], swallowtail shields are [-], long spears are [-], party rakes are [-], and waist knives are [-]. , pumpkin hammer..."

Zhu Youjian just listened to the long list of cold weapons reports, and only after Cao Huachun had finished reporting did he speak:

"Take away [-] layers of shoelaces, [-] mandarin ducks, and take away all the goose feather swords, long swords, waist swords, long spears, pumpkin hammers, and plum blossom hammers."

"Yes..." Cao Huachun bowed to show that he knew, and continued to report to Firearms:

"Thunderbolt cannon [-] (infantry fire blunderbuss), more than [-] million lead pieces weighing eight coins, [-] Dalian pearl cannons (multi-barreled fire blunderbuss), [-] handles (artillery self-defense) with handguns), one hundred and twenty generals of Zhankou (field heavy artillery)"

"Franji one hundred and forty, three-eyed blunderbuss seven thousand and two hundred, Wansheng Frangji three thousand two, five Lei Shenji one thousand and two, Lumi three thousand guns, and carrying guns six hundred"

"Six hundred tiger squatting cannons, four hundred generals cannons, [-] million catties of gunpowder, and [-] stone bullets."

噔......

Suddenly, the tea cup in Zhu Youjian's hand touched the teacup. Cao Huachun thought that Zhu Youjian was upset, so he closed his mouth.

He didn't know that Zhu Youjian was not unhappy, but afraid.

Hearing that there were more than [-] million catties of gunpowder beside him, Zhu Youjian wanted to scold his mother:

"Which bastard made the architectural design? Pile so much gunpowder in the capital? Who wants to die when it blows up?"

But scolding is scolding, he is thinking in his heart to finish things quickly and leave, so he said directly:

"For firearms, take away the Lumi blunderbuss and Wansheng Frang machine, carry guns, and General Zhankou and Fran machine guns. Take away [-] catties of gunpowder, [-] million lead, and all stone bullets. "

Speaking of this, Zhu Youjian looked at Sun Liang, the prison official, and said:
"Tell the craftsmen in the armor factory to check all the things I want before releasing them. I don't blame those who fail, but if they blow up the guns after sending them out, the whole family will be exiled in Yunnan!"

"Yes yes yes!" Sun Liang nodded quickly, he also knew about the court military craftsmen cutting corners on firearms.

But he also knew that Zhu Youjian was going to take it to the Four Guards and One Battalion, and he might do it himself if he was happy. If his chest exploded, Sun Liangke still had many relatives in his hometown. Maybe not enough, but the three clans are definitely enough.

But the problem right now isn't quality, it's...

"Your Highness, here... there is no Long Live, Supervisor of Ceremonies, and Military Bureau..."

"I'll tell Brother Huang, you just need to check and load the car. If the quality of the firearm is not good, write to me and tell me the reason, and I'll make it up later."

Sun Liang spoke tremblingly, but was interrupted directly by Zhu Youjian, but he was not unreasonable.

After finishing talking, he explained to Sun Liangdao:
"Military craftsman of the armor factory, you are also ready to prepare, I may have to leave a lot in the future."

"But don't worry, in the future, most of the time, this armor factory will directly supply the soldiers and horses of the Imperial Horse Supervisor."

"If you do well, you will be rewarded. If you do not do well, you will have nothing to say."

"Yes, yes, servants should keep His Highness's words in mind, and check those military craftsmen day and night!" Sun Liang was overjoyed, thinking that this unpopular yamen of his own could actually climb up to the high branch of His Highness the Fifth Highness.

"Hua Chun, let's go." Zhu Youjian got up and was about to leave when he saw that he had finished speaking, while Sun Liang led the people away and followed the escort with nodding and bowing.

After Zhu Youjian got into the carriage and left the armor factory, he turned from a flattering smile to a serious one, turned around and shouted at all the eunuchs:
"Did you hear what His Highness said?! Tell the military craftsmen below to check all the firearms, armors, and weapons. If they explode, I want their whole family to be buried with them!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)