Chapter 77 Arrangements for the Gunpowder Department (Second update of the big chapter)

"Ah? Your Majesty, the Military Staff Bureau is too far away from the palace. If something goes wrong, I'm afraid there will be danger. Moreover, if the ministers in the court find out, they will have to talk more."

"The secret is to keep it secret. Go and get back as soon as possible. Besides, I will contact the shop owner at any time."

Recently, Chongzhen often went to the Dongchang Monitoring Room, but the Dongchang Monitoring Room was right next to the palace, but this time he had to walk some distance to go to the Military Staff Bureau. With the temperament of the ministers, Chongzhen's leaving the palace would cost them their lives.

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We rushed all the way to the Staff Bureau. Standing in front of the door were Wang Chengen, who had been notified and rushed there, as well as the Staff Bureau, Gunpowder Department, and eunuchs who were called out by Wang Chengen, a total of more than 200 people.

Chongzhen's surprise inspection left everyone present at a loss. Wang Zhixin, who had just been driven from Dongchang, looked even more terrified.

Gao Yushun's Dongchangban rushed into the weapon bureau. After a while, they handed the account book to Chongzhen.

"Your Majesty, they are all here."

"Wang Zhixin, the account book is recorded once a month. How do you explain these embezzlements and vacant items?"

"Your Majesty, I am wronged. I have been transferred to the Military Staff Bureau for more than a month, and I am not familiar with the affairs yet. I don't know at all. Those things were copied from the account book last month."

Wang Zhixin shouted loudly, remembering that he was in charge of investigating unjust cases in Dongchang. He was the biggest among the people in prison and the cashier was soft-handed.

Who knew that a month ago, he was inexplicably transferred to the Military Staff Bureau. Does the palace still have money to run the Military Staff Bureau? If there is no money, can he find a way to make some money?

"You've only been here for a month, and you've already gained so much but lost so much. If you stay for one more year, are you going to empty out the military staff?"

Gao Yushun stepped forward and gave Wang Zhixin a slap in the face, telling Dongchang's officers to take him down.

"Among you, those who have received enough food and salary this month should stand on the left. Those who have not received enough should stand on the right."

After hearing Chongzhen's order, among the more than 200 eunuchs below, except for more than a dozen heads, only more than 20 ordinary eunuchs received the full amount. And a few heads actually said that they had not received any salary this month.

arrive.

Looking at the group of people standing on the left, Chongzhen closed his eyes.

"The ones on the left are taken away for review, and the ones on the right are left only with the people from the Gunpowder Department, while the others return to their respective posts."

"I accept the decree."

Gao Yushun asked Jin Yiwei and Dongchang Fanfu to capture the people together, then walked into the courtyard, comforted a group of eunuchs, and ordered people to make up for their food and wages. At the same time, he warned that everyone's food and wages would be sufficient in the future, and there would be

More.

"Wang Banban, please wait first.

Your name is Li Xiao, right? I remember that you are the monitor of the Imperial Academy."

"Your Majesty, I am your minister, long live your Majesty! Your Majesty is wise!"

Li Xiao, who was arranged to take over the Military Staff Bureau, looked at Chongzhen with excitement. He could not have imagined that the emperor had only been to the Imperial Academy twice before he remembered him, and immediately shouted the slogan he shouted every day enthusiastically.

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"Well, you are very good. I hope you will lead your colleagues here well. You must remember the education given to you by the Imperial Academy, unite your subordinates, and make rewards and punishments clear. Can you do this?"

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. I am extremely honored to serve your Majesty!"

In front of a large group of people, Chongzhen was somewhat embarrassed to be shouted at by a fanatical eunuch who was heart-rending, but Li Xiao was immersed in his own conditioned reflex habit and didn't feel anything.

The eunuchs in the Gunpowder Department lowered their heads and looked puzzled.

Is this new young eunuch's brain not normal?

Asking Li Xiao to lead everyone into the Gunpowder Department, Chongzhen placed the equipment in the yard. When Li Xiao heard the call, he curiously looked at the steel machine he had never seen before.

"Li Xiao, here are some teaching materials. I will teach you how to use these machines later, and then you can teach them.

They must learn according to the teaching materials. This machine will tell you which additives are missing. Just add them according to the teaching materials. Did you hear that?"

"Your Majesty, don't worry. I will study the teaching materials seriously, educate my subordinates carefully, and ensure that I complete my tasks!"

"Well, very good, very energetic!"

Chongzhen patted Li Xiao on the shoulder and began to explain how to use the equipment.

Several screening machines are purely mechanical. Only the additive mixer requires electricity and water at the beginning, and the subsequent paper shell customization does not require machines.

After firmly memorizing the method of use, Li Xiao did it again by himself, and Chongzhen saw that everything was fine.

He was told to do it a few more times. After the relevant personnel were trained, he just waited for resources to be transferred from the Ministry of Industry to produce directly, and then left the Military Staff Bureau.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will definitely complete the glorious mission of leading the gunpowder factory!"

Listening to the voice coming from behind, Chongzhen couldn't help but sigh at Wang Chengen who was following him.

"What a talented person! He is very popular with me."

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The other side of the capital.

Ever since Zhou Kui was threatened by the queen yesterday, he had been tossing and turning for a while when he returned home. He couldn't sleep. He stayed up all night and his eyes were dark.

"Sir, the second young master of the Kong family is here and is drinking tea in the main hall."

"But it's here, I'm waiting to die."

After Zhou Kui finished speaking, he followed the boy to the main hall.

In the main hall, Kong Lianli was drinking tea, thinking about the purpose of Zhou Kui calling him here today.

After Zhou Kui came out of the palace yesterday, he asked his servants to send a message to him overnight before the curfew started, saying that he had something important to discuss.

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard the sound of the door being opened and followed the sound. He saw that the waiter opened the door and turned sideways to let Zhou Kui enter the room.

"I have seen Uncle Jiading. I wonder why the emperor called the villain here all night long?"

"Master Kong, I'm afraid I won't be able to continue our business! I don't dare to let the price of food continue to rise. If it goes up any more, the emperor will take action against me."

"Why did the state leader say this? Today, the price of grain has not reached its peak, and the grain in Chang Pingcang in the capital has been harvested by us soon. How can the state leader give up such a high profit?

Besides, as the king of the country, how can there be any reason for your majesty to take action against his father-in-law? If so, we people will also seek an explanation from the father-in-law.

Ninety percent of the grain stores in Beijing are brought in by nobles from the court and merchants from the south. Do you dare to risk the power of the world and compete with the people for profit?"

Kong Lianli knew as soon as he heard that the emperor would pay attention to the price of food in the recent court meeting. He had already found out who was seeing the price increase, and he felt a little worried.

However, thinking about the backstage of so many grain shops in Beijing, I was secretly relieved that if the emperor was smart, he would not directly attack the grain merchants, but could only negotiate the prices carefully.

Otherwise, if the situation breaks down, the nobles in the north will be dissatisfied, and the merchants in the south will also be dissatisfied. No one can guarantee whether the tax and grain will be collected by then.

"No, no, after Changpingcang, there are still Changpingcang in various places, as well as water transportation. The Queen has already said that either the grain price will be returned to the original price, or I will donate it. Anyway, it cannot be increased.

Hey, what should I do? I spent thousands of taels to buy brown rice and refined noodles. With this sudden price reduction, didn’t I lose money?

Mr. Kong, you brought up this business, and you must be responsible for me to the end!"

"Uncle Jiading, you???"

Kong Lianli almost breathed a sigh of relief. Is there such a truth in this world? How could someone be so shameless?

Zhou Kui looked serious. At the beginning, we agreed to make money together, but we didn't say we would lose money together.

"Uncle Jiading, if you want to quit, then quit. Your grain store can be closed first, so that you neither sell at a loss nor gain.

When the price of food reaches its peak later, you can sell it to us at a slightly cheaper price at that time, so that you will listen to what I said and make money, what do you think?"

"Okay, so good, so good!

But I think this is not enough. In a few days, I will let the granary in my house burn down, and it will make more sense for me to close the granary shop."

"Fire...fire...Well, Uncle Jiading, I won't bother you anymore. If you are still willing to join this business secretly, you can also find a way to absorb the food from the surrounding charity warehouses."

When Kong Lianli heard Zhou Kui's words, he muttered that he thought of a good way that he had ignored.

A good way to make the price of food in the capital skyrocket.

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modern.

Su Qing completed the formalities at the customs in the morning and took two company employees to unpack the boxes at the seaport.

Box after box of various flintlock parts, sleeves, and delicate bolt components. At the speed of industrialized processing, tens of thousands of products were completely processed in less than half a month.

"Boss, all the components of the handicraft flintlock gun have been installed on the ship. It will go out to sea with a ship of fast-moving consumer goods tomorrow and arrive in Singapore in about three days."

"By the way, where are the tents?"

"We have contacted the logistics supply chain in the northern theater, and they have ready-made supplies. They are now ready to ship and ship them in Qinhuangdao."

When the company salesperson contacted various tent manufacturers and military factories, he contacted Factory 3524 with the mentality of giving it a try.

As soon as the factory over there heard the request from here, it immediately covered it. Is a simple living area for tens of thousands of people a problem for them? The training requirements of the People's Liberation Army + Armed Police for one month are more than this amount.

"Their manager also said that since they are for export, if you have any other needs, you can contact them. They can also help you contact the Northern Military Industry. Boss, do you think you need it?"

"Uh... I can leave a contact number. You can help me and I'll ask if there are any retired cannons or rocket launchers or anything like that, which could be useful props for making movies.

By the way, are there any long-distance drones that don’t use GPS and satellites? If so, let me know and order a few."

Chen Ye has no need to buy supplies from the military factory for the time being. The main reason is that the system restricts him from buying arms. All kinds of bullets and cannons are available. Instead, he can just buy guns and put them in the Ming Dynasty. Well, he has already experimented in free America.

"I understand, boss, how long do you have until you come back?"

"There are about five or six days left. I'll go to bed first and call me if there are other situations."

Listening to the end of the call on the phone, Su Qing closed the container and waved to the other two employees.

"Okay, have you finished reading over there?"

"Sister Su, have you finished reading it?"

"Well, let's go and sign back."

No matter whether Su Qing is the youngest among them or not, given her status in the company, she is still called sister.
Chapter completed!