Forbidden City, Hongde Palace.

Zhu You looked at the pile of messy pieces on the imperial case, and his face was full of anger.

Wang Chengen stood on both sides with his head bowed and did not squeak.

Every time there was a recital about the Shanxi guerrilla general Qin Chuan, the emperor would always be furious, and they had long been accustomed to it.

This time, a large number of notes about Qin Chuan were sent to the palace at the same time, impeaching him for leading troops to attack and kill the guards of the Jin Palace, intending to rebel.

Among those songs, there are also the princes of King Jin and King Ninghua.

In addition to the impeachment of Qin Chuan, there is also a note on Qin Chuan, saying that there is a big head plague in Xingxian County, Shanxi, which is spreading to the east and southeast.

It is also said that this kind of plague is actually called plague, which is transmitted from rats and fleas from person to person, and the spread speed will be very fast, and the harm caused is extremely serious.

It is very likely that the corpses of the entire Beizhili will be scattered all over the field, and even cause Jingshi to become a dead city.

After only a few glances, the emperor threw Qin Chuan's letter aside, and then scolded angrily.

Wang Chengen knew that the reason why the emperor was angry was not just that Qin Chuan attacked and killed the palace guards.

also because the king of Ninghua was bold and sent the palace guards to Fenzhou to rob the people's daughters.

You must know that now that the treasury of the Ming Dynasty is empty, internal and external troubles, and money is used everywhere, it is necessary to draw 30% of the annual taxes to make the clans and vassals, and the emperor has long had a lot of complaints about these clans.

Not long ago, the emperor finally quelled the rebellion in Qinchuan, but he didn't expect that on the day of Qinchuan's marriage, King Ninghua actually went to rob his bride, and it turned out to be such a bad thing.

Isn't this intended to cause chaos for the emperor?

If you want to cure Qin Chuan's crimes, that guy must be opposed, and tens of thousands of troops will have to be transferred to quell it.

Besides, this matter is not right for King Ninghua, on the day of other people's marriage, robbing other people's brides has not been heard of since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

If he is not punished, the courtiers will make noise every day, disturbing the emperor's heart.

At this time, a little eunuch came from outside the hall and shouted softly: "Emperor, the young secretary of the Taifu Temple is fighting for the audience." ”

"Announce him in." Zhu Youzhen waved his hand impatiently.

The little eunuch answered, and hurried away.

Not long after, a gray-bearded old man bowed down and walked into the Hongde Palace, knelt on the ground with a "poof" from a distance, and sang: "The criminal minister Wen Zheng, knock to see His Majesty the Emperor." ”

"The discipline of the criminal minister is not strict, so that the rebellion of the son Wencheng marrying the daughter is not well managed, and the prince of Ninghua and the Shanxi guerrilla general Qin Chuan met with each other, causing a big disaster, this is the lax discipline of the criminal minister, and the godson has no way, please punish Your Majesty."

With that, Wen Zheng put his head on the bottom plate and cocked his ass motionless.

Zhu Youzhen said angrily: "Then you should tell me, how should I punish you?" ”

"The guilty are willing to punish themselves for a year."

"It's not that you punish yourself, but that I want to punish you, you say, how should I punish you?"

"Sinner...... The guilty ministers searched through the laws of the Ming Dynasty all night, and did not find the laws and regulations on the punishment of the ministers and godsons, so there is a saying that they will be punished for one year. ”

Zhu Youzhen wanted to be angry and wanted to laugh, pointed at Wen Zheng with one hand, and scolded angrily: "Wen Zheng, others say that you are an old fox, I didn't believe it before, but now it seems that you are really an old fox." ”

"The sinners don't dare."

"Humph!"

Zhu Youzhen asked again: "Tell me more, how should I punish Qin Chuan?" ”

"The criminal minister is bold, thinking that Qin Chuan has a reason for what he did, and it is really annoying that he was blocked by others on the day of the big day, and it is understandable to attack the clan in a fit of anger, and the criminal minister thinks that he can be punished for two years to set an example."

"Yu Lu, it's Yu Lu again, what else do you have in your mind besides Yu Lu?"

"The guilty minister has His Majesty in his heart, and there is also the court."

"Humph! Sharp teeth and sharp mouth. ”

Zhu Youzhen glared at him angrily, then leaned back in the chair, rubbed his forehead and fell into deep thought.

Wen Zheng didn't dare to get up, nor did he dare to say anything, so he just raised his butt and lay quietly on the ground.

After a long time, Zhu Youzhen sighed inexplicably and said "That's it" three times in a row.

"Wen Zheng, you have no way to teach your son, and if you cause a big disaster, I will punish you for a year."

"Shanxi guerrilla Qin Chuan has no king's law, and attacked the clan relatives without authorization, in view of the fact that he did this for a reason, and the anger was so great that he committed such a big rebellion, so he was punished lightly, punished him for two years, demoted to one level, and still served as a thousand households in Ninghua and led the Shanxi guerrilla general."

"The king of Ninghua also had no royal law, and even sent someone to rob the people's daughter on the day of other people's marriage, which was morally corrupt and had a great impact, so he was punished for one year, and issued an edict to reprimand, and he will never be allowed to do it again in the future."

"Guilty Minister, Thank Your Majesty Longen."

Wen Zheng slammed his head three times.

"Let's go down."

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand impatiently.

"The sinner is gone."

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Standing up, he bowed and slowly took a few steps back, then turned away.

"Old fox."

Zhu Youzhen scolded angrily.

"Wang Banban, order the Ministry of Officials to hand over the list of additional officials to Jingle County and Lan County to prepare the edict document, and then draw up an edict, which must leave for the south to suppress the bandits before June 15, otherwise it will ...... Otherwise fall from the re-hair. ”

"Yes."

"By the way, take Qin Chuan's letter to a few elders, and ask them to order someone to go to Shanxi to investigate whether it is true, and then check whether it is really as Qin Chuan said, it is a mouse pass, and then a flea person, and ask the ministers what their opinions are tomorrow morning."

"Yes."

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Thanks to the spring rain that fell for a few days before, as well as the snow in Zhouhongshan and Montenegro, the water volume of Xitougou Reservoir is now very sufficient, and the two springs on Zhouhongshan are also bubbling with water, continuously replenishing the reservoir capacity.

Moreover, even in a dry year, there will inevitably be rain in the Luliang Mountain area in July and August, and it will be concentrated in just a few months or even a few years of continuous heavy rain.

This is because the towering mountains of Lvliang Mountain block the north-south airflow, which causes the airflow to rise suddenly, and it is easy to form topographic rain, especially when the humid and warm air flow from the south reaches the Lvliang Mountains in July and August.

Therefore, Qin Chuan is very relieved to discharge water from the Xigoutou Reservoir and use the barrel of the gun to drill the gun, anyway, the reservoir will definitely be filled with water again in July and August.

But he had only opened two drain holes, only half a foot in diameter, and slanted down a masonry drain to hit the two waterwheels below.

Each link of the waterwheel and linkage device is equipped with carefully made bearings, so as to reduce the friction coefficient of each link as much as possible and improve the hydraulic utilization rate.

As a result, each waterwheel can drive as many as 15 boring machines.

The other end of the linkage shaft is also connected to a turntable, if the water power is insufficient, it can also be used to make up for it.

And because there is a long slope under the dam of Xitougou Reservoir, Qinchuan has built a total of four workshops, which are neatly arranged along the slope from top to bottom.

After the two streams of water from the embankment hit the waterwheel at the top, it collects in the pond under the waterwheel and continues to the waterwheel that slopes down the slope to the waterwheel of the second row of workshops.

By analogy, the two streams of water will be reused all the way to the waterwheel of the last workshop at the bottom of the slope, and then the water will be diverted in several directions by the waterway.

If there is a shortage of water in the farmland, a waterway will be dug to get water, and if there is no shortage of water, it will flow into several ponds to continue to store water, and the ponds will flow into the Xiaojian River when they are full.

There are a total of 120 boring machines in the four workshops, and the guns are constantly drilled from morning to night.

When the gun factory was first put into operation, Qin Chuan asked Li Xuejing to train a large number of apprentices, and now most of those hundreds of apprentices have become skilled craftsmen, and most of these people follow a few masters to drill gun barrels in the workshop.

The Mengjiazhuang Gun Factory only kept 40 boring machines driven by the accumulator, because the other workpieces of the flintlock pistol had to be made and assembled here.

Mass production will inevitably lead to a decrease in the yield rate, and not every craftsman has the skills to stay attentive at all times.

However, Yan Sanqi improved the iron-smelting technology and smelted better quality iron, and the quality of the barrel was also improved accordingly.

One hundred and sixty boring machines can produce one hundred qualified barrels every twenty days, which is one hundred and fifty guns a month.

Coupled with the time spent on making other workpieces, assembling, testing, etc., about 1,500 white flintlock pistols can be made in a year, and if the production capacity continues to increase, Qinchuan will be able to have 10,000 musketeers in about five years.

The progress of artillery casting also made Qin Chuan very satisfied, Chen Zhan built three furnaces in the cannon factory, brought out a few craftsmen who could preside over the construction of small cannons, and then the three production lines started at the same time.

In the past four months, Chen Zhan has built a total of eight qualified red-clothed general cannons, 13 big Fran machine guns, 32 small Buddha lang cannons, and 50 tiger squat cannons.

The improvement of the quality of iron materials has also correspondingly improved the quality of the barrel, and the qualified rate of the finished products of the small Franc machine and the Tiger squat cannon can reach more than 80 percent, and the pass rate of the red coat general cannon and the big Franc cannon is also about 60 percent.

The improved quality also greatly reduced the rate of bombing and increased the ammunition capacity, and some guns were able to increase the charge when necessary in order to achieve a longer range and greater power.

Qin Chuan was very satisfied with this pass rate and speed, whether it was speed or efficiency, or artillery performance, it was much stronger than Ming Ting and Jiannu.

After the expansion of Mengjiazhuang is completed, he will expand the artillery factory, train more skilled craftsmen, and add a few more production lines.

Within five years, he would have enough firearms to blow up Jiannu.

When the time comes, it will sweep Mongolia and Liaodong and overthrow the Ming Dynasty.

Before that, he had to prepare for the expedition.

Even if there is a plague now, he still wants to go out and fight the rogues.

Military training is secondary, and the most important thing is to ease the contradictions with the imperial court and gain time for development.

In a few days, the winter wheat will be ready to be harvested.

It is now the end of May, and we must sow the winter wheat immediately after harvesting and continue planting for another season, and strive to complete the summer sowing before the middle of June, so as not to come too quickly this winter and affect the crop harvest.

When the summer sowing is completed, he can lead the troops to the battle.