I have to say that Huang Mengyu, a highly pragmatic character who did not read his name from history books at all in his previous life, was actually quite efficient.

After accepting the task of Gao Pragmatic, Huang Zhenshou gathered all the officials in Datong City and several surrounding fortresses overnight, and early in the morning of the second day, the sky was just showing the white of the fish's belly, and Huang Zhenshou, who had two black circles under his eyes, took them to visit the senior deputy envoy.

To tell the truth, Huang Zhenshou's serious and serious work attitude surprised Gao Shishi a little - he has been a so-called "small cabinet elder" for half a year, and he has already seen the procrastination of court officials in the process of accompanying the prince to watch the government every day.

In case it is a remote area, it will be even more speechless, for example, after Liu Xian arrived in Guizhou, he suppressed the rebellion and the like, from the approval of the central resolution to Liu Xian's dispatch of troops, there was no response for three or five months.

Although he also knows the level of communication in this era, it is not surprising that the near ones rely on roaring, the far ones rely on walking, and it is not surprising that they are slow, but the post station system of the Ming Dynasty is obviously quite developed, and a "delivery station" has been specially set up to strengthen logistics.

And the cabinet's resolution actually doesn't take a month to reach Guizhou at all, a round trip is at most two months, and the soldiers and horses brought by Liu Xian are his headquarters, they are perennial guest soldiers, and they don't need to spend much time on training, so why can it take five months to send troops? It can be seen that the efficiency of officials at all levels is low.

With such a comparison, Gao Pragmatic also understands why so many emperors favor eunuchs - like an arm!

This kind of work attitude was barely attainable when Gao Shishi, as a young cadre who had been taught by the party and the people for many years, that is, when he learned that he might be promoted soon.

Huang Zhenshou took a full seven prison gun officials to meet the deputy envoy Gao respectfully, Gao pragmatically smiled and gave them a seat, but only Huang Mengyu sat next to half of his buttocks like yesterday, and the other seven prison gun officials said that they could not sit down in front of Gao Shiyu.

However, Gao Pragmatic knew that they didn't dare to sit back, not because of their own prince's companionship, but because of Huang Mengyu.

There are actually a lot of rules among the eunuchs, even stricter than the rank of civil and military officials, they saw that Huang Zhenshou, the dignified eunuch of Datong Town, only dared to sit down cautiously in front of Gao Shishi, thinking that their level was more than one level lower than Huang Zhenshou, so how could they sit? I'm afraid that I won't dare to fall down if I don't have my buttocks, so I'll change to squatting and walking, so it's better not to sit.

Gao Pragmatic because he "worked" in the Wenhua Palace, and it was the eunuchs who dealt with him a lot on weekdays, knowing their difficulties, he was not reluctant, so he said to Huang Mengyu: "Huang Zhenshou has done a good job, the emperor and the young master and Meng Zhangyin are there, I will tell them truthfully." ”

Huang Zhenshou had a smile on his face, and although he was sitting, he bowed his head: "Thank you for reading and taking care of the slave and maid, in fact, this is all within the slave and maid's business, and it is not worth mentioning." ”

Hey, this posture is really low enough.

You must know that the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty are different from other dynasties, and the status of eunuchs like Datong Town, even in front of the emperor, can not be called "slaves", but ministers.

However, Huang Zhenshou is also a human spirit in the end, and the most classic is the sentence "It's not worth mentioning" - it was not worth mentioning, but you must mention it!

Gao Shiyu is not a junior brother in officialdom, so he smiled at the moment: "How can you not mention the credit you deserve?" ”

Huang Zhenshou saw that he knew the three flavors of officialdom so well, smiled even more happily, and complimented: "The slave maid heard earlier that the high waiter was amazingly talented, and the young man was erudite, but he hated not having the opportunity to meet. Today, I know that the ancients did not deceive me, and sure enough, there was no vanity under the fame...... "praised all the way, and only blew the high pragmatism to the sky."

"Huang Zhenshou has won the award...... Gao pragmatic saw that it was not the way, when would he be able to get to the point like this, and hurriedly interrupted: "For what I said last night, Huang Zhenshou has an arrangement?" ”

Speaking of business, Huang Mengyu immediately stopped blowing nonsense, and said: "Gao Shi reads Rong Yu, there are three gun supervisors in this Datong City, and they are in charge of three firearms warehouses, one of which is to release guns, one to discharge guns, and the other to discharge gunpowder. Outside the city, there are four dock forts on the left and left of the fort to set up a gun supervisor, but it is not so fine, the cannon and gunpowder are all together. According to the meaning of the slave maid, because these four outside are scattered, I am afraid it will be difficult for us to check them one by one today, so it is better to check the three in Datong City first. As for which side to go to first, it is better to ask the high attendant to decide for you, and the slaves and maids are all here. ”

Gao Pragmatic understood what Huang Mengyu meant by "everything is indispensable": although the gun supervisor is responsible for the management of the firearms warehouse, they only manage the warehouse after all, as long as the number of guns, artillery and gunpowder is not any different, they don't care about the quality - that is a matter of manufacturing and quality inspection, and it does not depend on their warehouse management personnel.

Whether Huang Mengyu and his subordinates secretly sold gunpowder and guns and artillery is logically said to be pragmatic and can also "watch politics", but he is not very interested.

With a high level of pragmatism, of course, he will feel that he is not here to be the director of the Datong Anti-Corruption Bureau, why should he be distracted by these bullshit things?

His goal was clear: to produce conclusive evidence that the firearms of the Northern Army were not only outdated, but also of poor quality, so that even if the imperial court did not have the financial resources and the determination to carry out a comprehensive reform of the military industrial system, it should at least carry out a pilot reform - that is, to allow the pilot to open private military factories.

Belch...... To put it bluntly, it is actually to make excuses for setting up a military factory.

Could a person like him be a great benevolent person who opens a charity hall for free and does good deeds? Don't be kidding, he really opened a good church one day, and it must be for fame, not conscience. After all, in Gao Shishi's eyes, even if the benevolent hall is opened, it should be the imperial court to open an almshouse, because it is the duty of the imperial court to help the disadvantaged, and the private benevolent hall either has a problem with the brain or has an intention in the heart.

At this time, Gao Shi thought about it for a while, and then made a decision: "I came to inspect the armament on this trip, mainly to see firearms, and the original intention you also have a rough understanding, that is, I may have to face the retaliation of the enemy now. If I want to send troops to attack, in fact, although the cannon is powerful, it can't actually hit a few people, so let's look at the fire gun first. ”

Gao pragmatic still adheres to his previous point of view: the main role of artillery is in field warfare and siege, and the use of artillery to defend the city is completely evil (religion) at least in this era, and only people like Inspector Yuan will be regarded as a magic weapon for victory.