Ning Yu sighed in his heart, this thunder camel is really amazing, and under his guidance, he actually solved such a big problem without a teacher.

The iron mold casting cannon method proposed by Ning Yu originally improved the original casting cannon method, which can be said to have improved the casting technology of the 16th century to the 17th century, which greatly improved the speed of casting cannons, but there was no qualitative change in quality, and the sub-cannon given to Ning Zhongyuan's green battalion could only be filled with ten percent of the original standard gunpowder, and could not further improve the power.

However, today's Thunder Camel has gone further on the original iron mold casting method, and further improved the method of casting cannons from the 17th century to the 18th century, which not only improved the speed of casting cannons, but also made a leap in quality.

Today's Ray's cannon is only one-third of Napoleon's weight, but its performance is not much worse, and it is much stronger than the sub-mother cannon and mountain splitting cannon used by the green camp today.

Ning Yu said with emotion: "Master Lei, I originally promised that if the cannon was cast, I would be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, but now the results on your side have greatly exceeded my imagination, so the kid decided to increase the reward of one thousand taels of silver to three thousand taels." ”

No matter how proud he is of his craft, he has always understood his identity, he is just a craftsman who makes cannons, and in this era, he can be called inferior.

Now that Ning Yu has rewarded him so much, Lei Huozi has been a little moved in his heart, although three thousand taels of silver is said to be a huge amount of money, but this respect makes Lei Huozi even more heartbroken.

The thunder camel immediately knelt down and bowed down, "The son has an order, and the camel should obey it." ”

"These three thousand taels of silver, the camel only takes a hundred taels for his descendants, and one thousand taels for his apprentices, they are all very hard, and there are no days and nights these days, so they can't be bitter."

Speaking of this, Lei Huozi said firmly: "The remaining 1,900 taels, the camel will be invested in the expansion of the workshop and cast more cannons for Gongzi." ”

Ning Yu was a little surprised, now everyone is just seeking wealth, and it is indeed rare for someone who does not love money to suddenly appear.

According to the plan of Lei Huozi's side, after April next year, this artillery workshop can make eight cannons and 500 flintlock guns in a month, and maintaining this speed is basically to the limit.

Ning Yu was satisfied with this promise, at least so far, the growth of personnel was actually a little unable to keep up with the growth rate of armaments. Later, when the manpower is more abundant, it is not too late to expand.

On the twenty-ninth day of the fifty-eighth year of Kangxi, Ning Yu ended everything at hand and returned to the old house of Xiaogan.

Xiaogan County can be called the base camp of the Ning family, tens of thousands of people are attached to the Ning family under this big tree to live, and at this time the Ning family can be called a flourishing, all the people of the Ning family side tribes are gathered in the old house to prepare for the ancestor worship ceremony, so it is extremely lively, but at this time the Ning family did not relax their vigilance, the entire Xiaogan County is arranged as solid, ordinary outsiders can not enter at all.

The head of the Zheng family and the head of the Cheng family also arrived, and some families in the Huguang area also sent representatives, and the so-called squire is more powerful than this.

Cheng Yuanzhi was originally a high-ranking official of the Imperial Court's household department, and he seemed confused on weekdays, but in fact, his heart was not small, and Huitong Qianzhuang had developed very rapidly under his guidance during this time, and so far, it has absorbed three million taels of total silver, in addition to Yunmeng Salt Mine, it has also made selective investments in the industries of various ethnic groups.

Although the Ning family also has a deep foundation in Huguang, after all, it is not as good as an old fox like Cheng Yuanzhi, so Ning Zhongjing is also quite admired, and in this regard, he has always been the first to look forward to the old man Cheng.

As for the Zheng family, they were originally the big landlords of Huguang, and their connections were also extended in all directions.

The two of them saw Ning Yu, and they were also quite affectionate, although they had heard about the Peach Blossom Mountain a year ago, but after all, they had not seen it with their own eyes, so they would inevitably feel a little exaggerated, and their impression of Ning Yu was still a very capable genius junior.

Cheng Yuanzhi said with a smile: "When I saw Yu'er before, I felt that Yu'er was extraordinary, not only managed well, but also got the true inheritance of his father, which can be called the unicorn among my younger generations." ”

This remark caused a sensation, after all, the junior who can make Old Man Cheng praise so much is indeed only Ning Yu. Many new small and medium-sized families also began to pay attention to this Ning family's Qilin'er, and they also began to make a new assessment of the Ning family's strength.

Zheng Xian's attitude was a little conservative, although he also encouraged Ning Yu a few words, but Ning Yu could obviously feel the worry in the other party's heart, after all, the son of a local hero, could actually bring a "family ding" to eliminate the bandits in Peach Blossom Mountain, how to look at it is abnormal.

Ning Yu didn't care, for him, now being able to convince most of the people in the Ning family has already completed the task goal super strongly, as for the other families, no matter how close they are, they can only be cited as Austrian aid, but they can't be relied on, only the Ning family is his real basis.

The guests gathered together, and the atmosphere was very eager. The Ning brothers are also smiling and toasting everywhere, but for them, the real highlight has not yet begun.

Ning Yu knows that the highlight of this is the Huguang Chamber of Commerce.

In these years, the imperial court was very sensitive to any civil organization, but it was only open to the Chamber of Commerce, which was also because after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the eight major merchants of the Jin Dynasty made a great effort in it, and put the hat of a traitor on their heads, which also made the Qing court always tolerant of the Jin merchants.

For a long time, the Qing court's control of the chamber of commerce was not so similar, such as the later Hui merchants, Zhejiang merchants and other ten merchant gangs were developed in this environment, and for the merchants at that time, the most reliable relationship was the development of commercial groups with local ties as a link.

For the Ning family, it seems to be developing and growing at present, but in fact, the hidden dangers are not small, there are Huaibei Salt Gang staring at it outside, and there are governors and governors staring at it inside, so the development of Huguang Chamber of Commerce has become inevitable.

With the strength of the Ning family, the Cheng family and the Zheng family, plus some small and medium-sized families, it is barely possible to set up this stall, not to mention that with the salt mine and Huitong Qianzhuang, the development of this chamber of commerce has a bright prospect.

Ning Yu is also very much looking forward to such a chamber of commerce, because it also indicates that it is not impossible for the power of capital to come to the front of the stage independently, as long as this seed is protected, it will bring unimaginable benefits in the future.

The fifty-eighth year of Kangxi is coming to an end, and Ning Yu is very much looking forward to the upcoming fifty-ninth year of Kangxi.