Daming: Start with an Altar of Luck

Chapter 26 The Upcoming Hu Weiyong (for collection)

"No, you guys come up with a charter first, and discuss this matter directly at the court meeting!" Lao Zhu thought for a while, it would be better to discuss it directly with the ministers at the court meeting.

"I understand, Your Majesty, can we add one more person when discussing this matter?" Li Shanchang thought of Hu Weiyong, who had always been respectful to him, to see if he could get Lao Zhu's permission.

"Who is it?" Lao Zhu thought about it and had a guess in his mind, but pretended not to know, to see if what Li Shanchang said was consistent with his guess.

"Hu Weiyong, this man has a quick mind and has unique insights into the people's livelihood. If he doesn't use it for a long time, he might be abandoned." Li Shanchang kept his tone the same as before, as if recommending Hu Weiyong was really dedicated to the public.

"Let's forget about him, okay, count him in." Seeing that Li Shanchang said Hu Weiyong's name as expected, Lao Zhu agreed with a smile on his face.

As for what Lao Zhu thinks in his heart, only Lao Zhu knows clearly.

"My lord, I will invite them to discuss tonight and come up with a solution as soon as possible." Li Shanchang was still very happy in his heart, although the old Zhu's northern tour did not last long, he had just taken over the imperial court, and he had just realized that he was in power I feel like Lao Zhu is back.

But when I recommended Hu Weiyong this time, Lao Zhu agreed without hesitation. Although Li Shanchang didn't show much on the surface, he was quite happy in his heart, and felt that his weight in Lao Zhu's heart was still very high.

After all, the minister who participated in the deliberation on this matter was not a high-ranking and second-ranking court official. Hu Weiyong didn't even have a half-job to participate in this national event. Li Shanchang decided to have a good drink when he returned to his house later. .

"Okay, that's it. We're tired from this northern tour. Let's go back and rest. We'll talk about it after you discuss a plan."

Old Zhu saw that Li Shanchang had nothing to say, so he was ready to kick him out. Although Lao Zhu's body had returned to the state of his youth, the Yangzhou party and Lao Zhu's heart was tired. Seeing the dilapidated Yangzhou City, his clothes Lao Zhu feels uncomfortable if he doesn't cover his body and feed the common people!
"My minister retire."
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"In the Emperor's Long Huan, I directly called your name, which brought you into Daming's inner circle. Weiyong, from now on, you can participate in discussing important affairs of the government again! Your situation in the future will definitely improve greatly, and no one dares to underestimate you anymore."

"Even when it's time to confer the title, you might get a title too!"

Since Li Shanchang is going to train Hu Weiyong as his successor, he naturally wants to let Hu Weiyong know how much he is indebted to him, so that in the future when he is favored by him, he can also use Hu Weiyong to remotely command the Ming Dynasty government.

"Thank you, Mr. Li, for your kindness. I will never forget my subordinates. Whenever Mr. Li uses Weiyong in the future, Weiyong will definitely not refuse." Hu Weiyong has a clear mind and naturally understands what Li Shanchang means, and he really wants it Step into the core circle of Daming.

Don't think that every major event is discussed at the court meeting. In fact, whenever you get something discussed at the court meeting, you have already said that the small circle of the Ming Dynasty's inner circle has agreed with the emperor, and then it will be brought to the court for a formality, so that others The minister knew that even if someone objected, it would be useless.

"You, let's thank the emperor for his grace!" Li Shanchang stroked his beard and said in a neutral tone.

Hu Weiyong was still about to say a few words to show his loyalty, when he saw a few court ministers walking towards the end of the road, they were the head of the Ming Dynasty literati 'Song Lian', the Minister of the Household Department 'Lv Chang', and the serving ministers of this Northern Tour Liu Bowen is also a bachelor in charge of the Imperial Academy.

"All of you are here." Li Shanchang bowed his hands in salute.

Liu Bowen and others also came to you, and you hurriedly bowed your hands in return, and they stepped into the house together.
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"Ban Zhu, how are you doing with the things I gave you before the Northern Tour?" After Zhu Biao returned to Yingtian Mansion, he informed Lao Zhu and went to greet Empress Ma who had just returned. He didn't return, and went straight to the Science and Technology Bureau on Xuanwu Lake.

Having seen the tragic situation in Yangzhou, Zhu Biao just wanted to know whether the "cement" was successful or not, and if it was successful, he could build a "concrete road" from Yingtianfu to Yangzhou as soon as possible.

Not only is it convenient to transport materials to Yangzhou to support the reconstruction of Yangzhou, but it can also speed up the supply of materials for the Northern Expeditionary Army.

"See Your Highness." The craftsmen in the Science and Technology Bureau who saw Zhu Biao hurriedly saluted.

"Mianli, Wuli, Wang Qi, where is your master?" Zhu Biao saw Ban Zhu's eldest disciple at a glance, and asked hastily.

"Master, these days I have been studying how to mass-produce the blueprint of the flintlock given by His Highness, and it is estimated that it will be tested in the school yard." Wang Qi thought for a while and said quickly.

"Let's go, lead the way." Zhu Biao's personal eunuch Wang Yonggang wanted to tell Wang Qi to call Ban Zhu over, but before he could speak, he was interrupted by the impatient Zhu Biao.

"Please, Your Highness." Wang Qi said respectfully.

"boom!"

Before Zhu Biao got close to the school grounds, he heard the sound of continuous shooting. Hearing the gunshots that were completely different from Daming's current firecrackers, Zhu Biao was overjoyed. I am afraid that the flintlock gun was really rubbed out by Ban Zhu with his hands.

"Bang!" Zhu Biao heard another gunshot when he walked to the school yard, and the interval between them was far shorter than that of the Daming Fire.

As soon as Zhu Biao entered the school grounds, he saw Ban Zhu holding a long gun with a barrel of about [-] centimeters in length. After firing once, Ban Zhu removed the push rod hanging under the long gun and started filling gunpowder again.

I saw that Ban Zhu was extremely proficient in the operation, and the process time was much shorter than the filling time of the current Daming Fire blunderbuss. I am afraid that refilling the Daming Fire blunderbuss once is enough to fire the flintlock three times.

Seeing that Ban Zhu had just loaded the gunpowder and was about to fire again, Wang Qi ran over to stop Ban Zhu.

"Master, His Royal Highness is back." Wang Qi whispered beside Ban Zhu.

Hearing Wang Qi's words, Ban Zhu turned his head and saw Zhu Biao walking towards him, he quickly handed the flintlock gun to Wang Qi, and hurriedly walked towards Zhu Biao's direction excitedly.

"See His Royal Highness the Prince." Due to his frequent contact with Zhu Biao, Ban Zhu also understood many rules. If this was still in the war, Ban Zhu would dare to go directly to see Zhu Biao with a firecracker.

"Please, please, class master, I don't know if all the things that you arranged for your Science and Technology Bureau to produce before leaving have been successful." Zhu Biao didn't write any ink, and asked what he cared most as soon as he came up.

"His Royal Highness, it was all successful. His Royal Highness is really a god. Although the production of this flintlock gun is too troublesome, especially the rifling in the barrel, fortunately, it lived up to His Royal Highness's expectations and was produced smoothly. And with the help of the water power of Xuanwu Lake, our Science and Technology Bureau has also overcome the problem of rifling."

At this time, Ban Zhu looked at Zhu Biao as if he saw his own ancestors, even more enthusiastically than he looked at their ancestors.

Zhu Biao felt relieved when he heard what Ban Zhu said so affirmatively. Before leaving, what Zhu Biao valued most was the flintlock gun. After visiting Yangzhou, what Zhu Biao valued most at this time was cement, but Ban Zhu said The cement is ready, so there is no need to be in a hurry now, let's take a look at the Ming version of the flintlock gun!
"Master Ban, what is the specific data of this flintlock?" Zhu Biao asked.

As for the data, it was also said by Zhu Biao and Ban Zhu before that the detailed information of a gun was recorded, which is the data of this flintlock gun.

"Reporting to Your Highness, the flintlock gun you designed is really amazing. The one I tested just now does not have the rifling you mentioned, and it is easy to make. The accuracy within 50 meters is very high, and the shooting range is amazing. It’s more than 120 meters, but the farther you shoot, the lower the accuracy, and the power gradually decreases.”

"As for the most difficult rifled flintlock gun to shoot within 150 meters, the maximum range has reached 260 meters, but it is more troublesome to install gunpowder than the smoothbore gun."

Ban Zhu has some regrets about rifled flintlock guns. One is that reloading is too time-consuming. Although the range is longer and the accuracy is higher, it takes longer than the current big fire gun, which feels like a chicken rib.

"How many flintlock guns have been produced now? Tomorrow the Imperial Palace invites the emperor and the generals to visit the flintlock guns." Zhu Biao asked.

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(End of this chapter)