My father Yong Le Emperor, you let me keep a low profile

Chapter 56 The Tsundere Old Man.

"Your Highness, after a day of publicity, 760 people have signed the contract."

"There are many others who are willing, but they are still under consideration. It is estimated that tens of thousands of people will be recruited in the next few days."

Yuewang Mansion, Zhu Gaoyu's study.

Zhang An, Zhang Bo's son, flipped through the notebook in his hand, and quickly reported the result of today's recruitment.

Zhu Gaoyu, who was scribbling on the desk, nodded in satisfaction.

"Very good. We must do a good job in the placement, and we must be strict in the selection of the management. Once there is a problem and the hearts of the people are lost, the team will not be easy to lead."

"Yes, the villain will strictly pay attention to this aspect."

Zhang An came last night.

Zhu Gaoyu originally thought that it would take at least a few days for the other party to hand over the work of the Duke's Mansion.

Zhang Yue's sister-in-law is also Zhang Fu's wife. When she learned that her brother-in-law wanted to employ someone, she directly took over the affairs of the Duke's mansion, and asked Zhang An to rush over.

Zhu Gaoyu had a chat with him and felt that it was very good, so he handed over the matter of the craftsman camp to Zhang An.

Zhang An was only in charge of logistics and personnel arrangements. In terms of technology, Lu Fei, the chief engineer of the craftsman battalion, who claimed to be a descendant of Lu Ban, was in charge.

"Anything else?"

Zhu Gaoyu, who was writing the plan for the Great Ceremony of Nations, saw that Zhang An hadn't left after the report, so he glanced at him suspiciously.

"The villain has gone to the Ministry of Industry." Zhang An said worriedly: "The people in the Ministry of Industry said that they really can't find manpower for the construction of the craftsman camp, so let us wait for half a year."

"Playing the qin randomly, wait for half a year when the daylilies are cold, half a year...why do I need them to come? Repair the graveyard for me."

Hearing that it would take half a year, Zhu Gaoyu threw the brush on the ground angrily.

"The villain is ineffective, please punish him, Your Highness."

Zhang An was so frightened that he knelt down and pleaded guilty.

"It's not your fault." Zhu Gaoyu waved his hand.

After the other party got up, Zhu Gaoyu turned around the desk with his hands behind his back.

In terms of teachers and engineers, Lu Fei has already taken over.

The other party has already written a letter with all his strength, inviting his like-minded friends to come over.

In terms of personnel training, Lu Fei and others are also compiling teaching materials.

The artisan camp adopts assembly-line operations. Except for the confidential and cutting-edge technical work, the workers are responsible for the fixed work of other item processing, and the training is very fast.

Take the manufacture of flintlock guns.

Except for the barrel and spring, engineers are required to do it, and other accessories can be manufactured in a uniform size, and they can be handed over to ordinary workers.

For such a simple job, even if the workers do not know how to read, after about a month of training, they are almost ready to work.

However, everything went well, except that there was a problem with the construction of the factory camp.

Without the factory camp, it is impossible for Zhu Gaoyu to let the workers work in the large open space.

Not to mention the rain and wind, this hot day alone can kill people.

The construction site has been selected, and now it is almost time to start construction.

However, the Ministry of Industry has no manpower and no construction personnel, so the craftsman camp is still a fart.

"Hey, yes, why don't you look for them."

While thinking in circles, Zhu Gaoyu inadvertently left on the table the requirements for firearms from the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

At the old man's place today, the military general who had seen the new weapon was very itchy.

As soon as the court came down here, a few old men from the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies ran over and asked when the weapons could be collected.

Zhu Gaoyu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, his factory camp hadn't been built yet, and workers were still being recruited, so these old guys were in a hurry to ask for things.

Zhu Gaoyu talked for a long time before coaxing these old guys back.

"These first batch of weapons are made for you. Although I have the idea of ​​using you as an experiment, it is also to help you increase your strength. Now I need help. It is unreasonable for you not to come and help."

Zhu Gaoyu looked at the official letter from the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Go to the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion immediately and tell those old men that you want to get weapons as soon as possible, okay, let them send their soldiers to help us build a camp."

"Just tell them, if the camp can be built within a month, and the quality and quantity are guaranteed, I will give them an ivory flintlock pistol each when the delivery is made."

Let the soldiers build the camp?

Zhang An was a little suspicious. Apart from being able to fight wars, those Qiuba guys also knew how to build houses?

Besides, so what if it happens, without His Majesty's will, would those people dare to make a move?

Although he felt a little uneasy, but Zhu Gaoyu had already given orders, so Zhang An could only follow the orders and retreat, and went to the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion to inform him.

As for whether the people in the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion would dare to take on this job, he didn't know.

"Workers are illiterate after all, and need to find some intellectuals."

Illiterate ordinary workers alone are not enough for industrial development. Middle and high-level workers still need literate people.

Moreover, these middle and high-level personnel must be monitored, otherwise, once the secrets are leaked, it will be a huge loss to the court and Zhu Gaoyu.

Therefore, the officials of the imperial court can't want them. Apart from feeling that they are unreliable, there is no guarantee that they will not disclose secrets unintentionally in their daily life.

After pondering for a while, Zhu Gaoyu gradually got an idea, thinking of where to get these cultural people.

"Dong'er, tell the princess, don't cook my dinner tonight, I'm going to the palace."

Picking up the regulations of the Great Ceremony of Nations, Zhu Gaoyu gave instructions to Dong'er who was always serving at the side, and quickly walked out of the palace and headed for the palace.

"Hey, isn't this your Majesty? You are so busy, why don't you come to my old man when you have time?"

Zhu Gaoyu arrived at the palace just in time for dinner.

The old man, who was biting a steamed bun with onions and grilled meat, glanced at Zhu Gaoyu who was sitting across from him and asked Biyu for porridge, and said something strange.

Zhu Gaoyu ignored him, put the regulations of the Great Ceremony of Nations on the old man's desk, took the porridge bowl Biyu handed over, and made a big bowl of porridge.

How could he fail to understand the meaning of the old man's words, obviously he was blaming him for leapfrogging Jin Yiwei.

Good guy, even the title of "little majesty" has been mentioned. If it is a few days later, what kind of ugly words will this old man say?
Picking up a steamed bun, with some barbecued meat in it, Zhu Gaoyu took a bite and said, "Didn't I ask you for something, and thank you for the new title, old man, I will hang up the flag when I go back."

"Eat honestly!"

Seeing that the two of them were talking more and more endlessly, Empress Xu put down her chopsticks and glanced at them.

The old man, who was so annoyed by Zhu Gaoyu's words, was about to lose his temper when his daughter-in-law's glance made him hold back the swear words he was about to utter.

With a soft snort, he muttered, "Just get used to him!" He took two steamed buns, carried the plate of onions and roasted meat, and ran to the desk to read the notebook.

After drinking another bowl of porridge, he picked up a roasted meat bun and peeled off the onion inside. Zhu Gaoyu leaned over to the old man while eating.

"Father, let's discuss something!"

The old man raised his eyelids, "Get lost!"

"Ugh!"

Zhu Gaoyu responded, and replied: "You eat first, and we will discuss it slowly after we finish eating."

The old man's face darkened, and he picked up the steamed bun and was about to smash it at it.

But as soon as he lifted it up, he noticed the look in Empress Xu's eyes, snorted, stuffed the raised half of the bun into his mouth, and muttered softly: "We are the emperor."

However, as soon as he finished speaking, he was deeply attracted by a sentence in the regulations of the Great Ceremony of Nations in his hand, and couldn't help but read it out.

"It's useless for the common people in this prosperous age to talk about it, but it's useless for the emperor and scholar-bureaucrats!"

(End of this chapter)