Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 155
Wait until the two leave.

Zhu Di turned to Guo An and said seriously: "Guo Qing, Tao Yiping and Yang Tingji are the youngest son of Wanhu, and the youngest disciple of Wanhu. "

Guo An nodded again and again, "Your Highness is wise, this minister has exactly the intention!"

"My humble minister was still worried, although there are many craftsmen in my Prince Yan's mansion, but all of them are old, and they only follow the rules, there is no craftsman like Tao Wanhu.

Unexpectedly, Tao Wanhu sent his youngest son and youngest disciple here.

In this way, it is absolutely impossible to let these two go back! "

Zhu Di nodded and said: "Let's see that Tao Yiping is also a man with a flexible mind. Moreover, his family has a long history, as long as he is sincerely loyal to us, he can succeed Xu Yun in the future and work for Gongzheng!"

Guo An said softly: "Your Highness, since he wants to learn the craftsman's way from a lowly official, he must be loyal to His Highness. Moreover, he will be a servant of the Yan Palace for life!"

Zhu Di looked at Guo An in surprise.

Guo An realized something, and quickly smiled awkwardly, "Of course, if His Majesty and His Royal Highness ask for this person, he can leave!"

"Can!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly.

The next day.

Zhu Di summoned Tao Yiping and Yang Ting over.

"Guo Qing's craftsman's way is to inherit the former Yuan Guo Taishi, Tao Shan Xuehai. Guo Qing is willing to let you and the other two learn from him.

However, the things developed by Guo Qing are all the top secrets of my Palace of Yan. If you two study with Guo Qing, it is inevitable that you will come into contact with the secrets of my Palace.

Therefore, you two must enter my Yan Palace! "

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting nodded quickly, "Caomin is willing."

Afterwards, he greeted Guo An respectfully at the side.

"Students Tao Yiping and Yang Ting pay homage to Teacher Guo!"

Guo An waved his hand to stop, "Wait a minute, you two!"

"I don't know what else Master Guo wants?"

Tao Yiping was taken aback, and asked quickly.

Guo An stared closely at Tao Yiping and Yang Xian, and said in a slow voice: "You two can think clearly. If you learn from me, you will be the ministers of the Yan Palace. You must fulfill your duties and be loyal to the Yan Palace. Allowed, not to disclose the slightest."

"The servants of Prince Yan's mansion?"

After Guo An's reminder, Tao Yiping and Yang Ting also came to their senses. Doesn't this mean that they should serve Yan Palace for the rest of their lives?
Immediately, he fell into a dilemma.

When they came, they just wanted to follow Guo An to learn the craftsman's skills, and they didn't intend to serve as servants of Yan Wangfu for the rest of their lives.

Moreover, their Tao family is also the pinnacle of craftsmen in Yingtian Mansion.

How can one stay in Yan Wang's mansion forever just to learn a knowledge?
Thinking about it, Tao Yiping and Yang Ting looked at each other, wanting to decline.

Guo An continued: "Although we are not sages, the knowledge of physics is also profound, and it will take at least ten years to master it.

Apart from staying in Prince Yan's mansion, you have nowhere to go to learn. "

"Physics?"

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting couldn't help being curious.

"The principle of how everything works is physics!" Guo An said slowly.

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting were surprised immediately, and then looked at Guo An with puzzled eyes.

Guo An smiled lightly, "Physics is easy to say, and simple to say. But difficult to say, it is also extremely difficult.

Just like glass, transparent glass can be calcined.

However, even if the transparent glass is placed in front of the two, or even thousands of craftsmen in the world, can they imagine that transparent glass can be used to grow vegetables in the cold winter?

Furthermore, the secret recipe for cement is extremely simple, some stones can be ground and calcined for several hours, and cement can be obtained.

However, if we hadn't developed it, who would have thought of it?
The two of you have also seen the process of building a house with cement. I don’t know if you have thought about it. Why can the cement become as hard as a rock again after it is evenly mixed with water?
……

Why can fire burn?But put the torch in an airtight house, and the torch will automatically go out?
Why do the birds in the sky fly?
Why can't people fly after making two wings out of feathers?

Why..."

As Guo An asked more and more questions, Tao Yiping and Yang Ting's eyes widened.

"Caomin and others have also had doubts about these issues, but they have no way to study them. Does Guo Changshi know all about them?"

Guo An was full of confidence, "We all know it."

"Otherwise, why can we calcine cement, and why can we grow vegetables in the cold winter?

Moreover, to tell you the truth, we hate Japanese pirates deeply. A few months ago, we built a very spacious gunpowder workshop with cement, and planned to develop a kind of incendiary bomb.

Just throw it on the Japanese pirate ship, unless the bomb burns out, it will be like tarsal poison, which will never go out, and burn all the Japanese pirates to ashes..."

"There is such gunpowder?"

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting were attracted again and looked at Guo An expectantly.

"It's natural."

Guo An nodded, "Gunpowder and firearms are also part of physics knowledge, and we also have some understanding of gunpowder."

"May I ask Guo Changshi, has that kind of gunpowder been developed?" Tao Yiping asked.

"Naturally!"

Guo An shook his head regretfully, and said, "Although we know some formulas, we also know how to develop them.

However, the two of you should also be clear that, as the Chief History Officer of King Yan's Palace, we are busy with our affairs and have no time to experiment over and over again.

As for the artisans in Yanwang Mansion, although they all listen to our words, gunpowder also pays attention to talent, and they... oh..."

The faces of Tao Yiping and Yang Ting were full of struggle.

As the sons and disciples of Tao Wanhu, they worshiped Tao Wanhu very much, who was able to wait for the emperor to reward Wanhu with the skills of craftsmen.

Naturally, also a man obsessed with artisans, especially gunpowder and firearms.

Guo An continued to say in a bewitching tone: "Before, I also saw such things as Huo Tong, General Cannon, and Bowl Mouth. We always felt that these firearms were powerful, but they were not suitable for hitting the enemy. In terms of flexibility, it is far inferior to bows and arrows and hand crossbows.

What if the fire system is transformed?

Even if it is casually installed on the fire system and the general gun, and then installs a scope or an aiming device, wouldn't it be easier to aim?crack shot?
Furthermore, if the fire system can be made smaller, such as only the size of a palm, it can be carried with you...

Also, the fire thorns can only burn, why can't they explode?If you fill it with suitable gunpowder, gunpowder that is more powerful than bombs, and throw it on the pirate ship..."

"Puff~"

Without the slightest hesitation, Tao Yiping and Yang Ting knelt down in front of Guo An.

"Meet Master Guo!"

"The two of us would like to worship Guo Changshi as our teacher, and we will always be the servants of King Yan's Palace."

Guo An quickly helped the two of them up with a gentle expression on his face, and said: "We are about the same age as the two, so we must not be the two masters!"

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting looked anxious.

Guo An continued: "However, if you two agree, you can call us Master.

We can't guarantee anything else, but we have at least a hundred ideas on firearms and gunpowder, enough for the two of you to study for a lifetime! "

"I've seen Master, but I didn't expect Master to be so knowledgeable?"

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting said in surprise.

"It's natural!"

Guo An said with emotion, "It's a pity that we have no means to separate ourselves, and we want to make a lot of money for Yan Wangfu, and bring hundreds of thousands of people in Beiping Mansion together to make a lot of money.

Otherwise, we would have already entered the workshop and studied them one by one. "

"Please don't worry, master. If you have any ideas, you can leave them to me. We will study them seriously!"

Tao Yiping said solemnly.

"Very good!"

Guo An's face was full of joy, "You two have this ambition, although we can't guarantee that you can be enshrined as Marquis of Ten Thousand Households, but as long as our King Yan's mansion is strong in the future and we accidentally knock down Goryeo or our country, we implore King Yan Your Highness... No, His Highness, King Yan, please ask His Majesty to enshrine the two small neighboring countries.

Let the two virtuous names surpass Tao Wanhu! "

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting were excited, but then hesitated.

"Master, is this really the case?"

Zhu Di said, "Why can't it be like this?"

Tao Yiping said: "Your Majesty seems unwilling to conquer those vassal states."

Guo An sneered and said, "That's because His Majesty feels that it's not worthwhile to use the imperial army to conquer those poor and small countries, even if they conquer them, they won't get much money.

However, for the firearms of my Prince Yan's Mansion to be dozens of times more powerful, [-] troops can capture those vassal states?

His Majesty will definitely reward such a great contribution.

Moreover, the world is so vast, the two of you must not confine yourself to this corner of Daming..."

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting were completely limped by Guo An, and they bowed to Guo An again with excited faces.

"Master, don't worry, the two of us will definitely do our best!"

"Very good!"

Guo An said happily, "We will take the two of you to the gunpowder workshop in a while, and tell you how to develop that kind of incendiary bomb.

In addition, when the two of you are bothered by studying incendiary bombs, you can also bomb fire caltrops, or study palm-sized small fire systems..."

"Yes, Master!"

Tao Yiping agreed with Yang Ting, and he couldn't wait to get up, intending to go to the gunpowder workshop.

Guo An quickly stopped him, "You two are going to the gunpowder workshop this time, we are worried that you two will concentrate on researching gunpowder and be unable to extricate yourself.

In order not to worry about your family members, you should first write a letter to your family members to explain the situation. "

"It's still the master who thinks well."

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting didn't notice anything wrong, and once again thanked Guo An respectfully.

And this time, Zhu Di had already signaled Ma He to bring the pen, ink, paper and inkstone over.

Therefore, Tao Yiping and Yang Ting each wrote a letter.

Then, seriously sealed it with fire wax and handed it over to Guo An.

Guo An handed it over to Ma He, and asked Ma He to order the guards of Yan Wangfu to send the letter.

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting couldn't wait to look at Guo An.

"Let's go!"

Guo An got up, bid farewell to Zhu Di, and took the two to the gunpowder workshop.

But at this time, Tao Wanhu, who was far away in Yingtian City, didn't know it. He just wanted his youngest son and the closed-door disciples to travel far to Beiping Mansion, to see that there is a sky beyond the sky, and there are people beyond people.

Then, go back and follow him to study firearms with peace of mind.

This time, he gave the youngest son and closed disciple who he had carefully taught for more than ten years to the King of Yan from thousands of miles away!
Along the way, Tao Yiping and Yang Ting also wanted to ask Guo An for some knowledge about gunpowder.

However, Guo An stopped directly, and passers-by were easily overheard by outsiders.

Thinking of His Majesty's strict supervision of gunpowder and firearms, the two of them didn't dare to ask more questions.

When they got off the carriage, they saw that the gunpowder workshop was heavily guarded, but inside were all kinds of novelty items that they had never seen before.

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting's eyes widened even more.

Under Guo An's leadership, they all got to know each other!

The more they understand, the more fortunate they can enter Yanwang Mansion!

The gunpowder workshop here is completely a paradise for craftsmen like them!
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(End of this chapter)