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In fact, this thing is a matter of proficiency, as long as there are many people, and the proficiency comes up, although the manual grinding is still not too fast, but it will definitely ensure that the scrap rate is very low.

But the problem is that he didn't want this technology to spread, and he was the emperor's grandson at that time, and he was afraid that the family would know that he was not doing his job properly by the civil officials and Zhu Yuanzhang, so the scale has always been very small, and there are only four or five craftsmen who grind glass, and they are still asked to come out of the roster of the Ministry of Industry in the name of the Chang family.

Yun Xi asked again: "Did the craftsmen who studied 'cement' have any results?" ”

Lu Chengfeng said: "Your Majesty, not yet. ”

Yoon-hee took a breath. It's been almost six years since I started working on cement, but there are still no results. It's a pity that I forgot how the cement was studied, otherwise the cement with low technical content would have come out a long time ago.

Yun Xi said: "Since there is no result, let's continue to allocate money every month according to the current amount of money." ”

Lu Chengfeng replied, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

Yun Xi then said: "Lu Chengfeng, Feng Mo, the two of you have been in charge of Heyanzhuang in the past few years, and you are also in charge of these craftsmen who make glass and cement. I intend to set up a subordinate yamen under the supervision of the internal officials to be in charge of the craftsmen, and the two of you will be in charge. ”

"You don't need to be eunuchs, the place is in the imperial city (eunuchs) twelve eunuchs. Now because you are under the inner official prison, you have no rank, but you will be given according to the annual salary of the officials. Later, after I have placed you in the Ministry of Works, you will be able to become officials. Would you like to? Yun Xi explained in detail again.

Yun Xi now wants to engage in scientific inventions, but he can't fully control the government, and the Ministry of Industry is arranged behind because it is not very important among the six ministries, so Yun Xi can't be placed under the Ministry of Industry in order to be able to guide more conveniently.

Fortunately, there were 24 internal officials in the yamen, and there was originally the responsibility of managing some craftsmen, and the people in the 24 yamen of the internal officials never dared to disobey his orders, so they were arranged under the internal official prison.

Lu Chengfeng was stunned for a moment, and after hearing that he didn't need to enter the palace as a eunuch, he hurriedly agreed; Feng Mo was stunned for a long time before he said, "Your Majesty, the grass people are willing." But although he said yes, there was no joy on his face.

However, Yun Xi, who was thinking about things, didn't pay attention to Feng Mo's expression. He continued, "After a few days it is all arranged, I will ask the guards to tell you to enter the Imperial City." In the future, all the craftsmen who are now in Heyanzhuang will also be arranged here. ”

Lu Chengfeng agreed.

Yun Xi finished talking about it, said a few more words, and let them go. Then he got in the car and left.

In fact, this matter does not have to be Yun Xi, it is almost the same to find a guard to pass the word, but Yun Xi has been in the palace for a long time, and he wants to go out of the palace to breathe, so he came out in person.

Now that the air outside the palace is breathing, it's time to go back.

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Lu Chengfeng and Feng Mo rode back to Heyanzhuang. Thanks to the blessing of Tuo Yunxi, one person gave them a horse, and the daily expenses of raising horses can also be reimbursed, so they have horses to ride.

Lu Chengfeng asked Feng Modao: "When Your Majesty said today that you and I would be in charge of the affairs of the craftsmen, I didn't think you were very happy, why?" Don't you want to? ”

Feng Mo said: "You also know that my ambition is to have a hot kang head for my wife and children, and I am not very willing to get involved in the rights and wrongs of these big people." As the saying goes: Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, and getting involved in the emperor's affairs is all about wealth and danger, and besides, we don't have an official body, which is even more dangerous. ”

Lu Chengfeng understood Feng Mo's worries, involving royal affairs, wealth and wealth are big, and the risks are also great.

However, Lu Chengfeng asked again: "Then why did you still agree?" ”

Feng Mo said: "Refuse Your Majesty's request in person, what if Your Majesty gets angry?" What should we do if the people below uphold His Majesty's will to rectify us? So I still have to say yes. ”

As he spoke, he sighed and said, "Hey, be careful in the future." ”

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After Yun Xi returned to the imperial city, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Prison took advantage of Yun Xi's efforts to report to Yun Xi when he had just dismounted: "Your Majesty, the craftsmen related to the carriage under the Imperial Horse Prison, whether they are ordinary people or eunuchs, have all been called. ”

Yun Xi said: "Okay! Take me to them. After a moment of hesitation, Yun Xi said again: "Don't reveal my identity, just say that I am the second son of King Yan." "Zhu Gaoxu should not have a chance to contact them.

Bai Xiguang, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Prison, bowed his head and replied, "Yes."

Then the white eunuch took Yunxi to the place where the craftsmen were housed.

There, at this time, a dozen craftsmen sat or stood, staying in the room. At first, everyone didn't speak. But after a while, no one came to ask them, and some people couldn't help it.

A man who looked to be about thirty years old, with dark skin, looked like he had been repairing carriages outside all the year round, and said to the oldest person here: "Old Liu, why do you call us all here?" If someone's job is not good, they won't call everyone here, right? ”

The person who is called Liu Lao is named Liu Shuang, because he is old and has good craftsmanship, so he is regarded as the head of these craftsmen supervised by Yuma. Of course, everyone is only verbally better, and no one will really listen to his orders.

Liu Shuang said: "Who knows? Even the little father-in-law who passed on us didn't know, only said that it was an order from the big man above. ”

The person who spoke first was called Yang He, and said: "Big man, is it a classic? Or even a prisoner? Feng Yu can't be considered a big man, right? ”

Liu Shuang was still talking, when someone from outside came in and said, "It's all out, I want to see your big man coming." ”

More than a dozen craftsmen rushed out. Although Liu Shuang is already fifty years old, his eyesight is good, and he saw at a glance that a person seemed to be wearing royal clothes, and he was immediately shocked: "It's the royal people who want to see us!" ’

When they walked in, most people saw clearly the clothes of one person, and they didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse, and they were suddenly afraid.

At this time, a little eunuch said: "King Gaoyang, the second son of King Yan, is here, and he won't see him yet!" ”

The craftsmen and several eunuchs immediately knelt down and said, "The grass people have seen His Highness!" His Royal Highness Chitose Chitose Chitose! ”

Yun Xi waited for them to finish saluting, and asked Bai Xiguang, who was the Imperial Horse Supervisor, to say, "Get up." ”

Then Yoon-hee led them into the house. Yun Xi sat down with his head in front of him, and the rest of the people stood aside.

Yun Xi asked, "Which of you people has the best craft?" ”

The craftsmen looked at each other, and Bai Xiguang pointed to a man in his forties and said, "This person has the best skills, whether it is repairing carriages, making wheels, or making racks, he is a good hand." ”

Yun Xi looked at this man, and the first thing he noticed was the thick calluses on one of his hands. On the whole, it's not too dark, but the skin is still very rough, and I can't see the physiognomy or anything, but I obviously feel that he is afraid.

Yun Xi said: "Your craft is the best? What's your name? ”

The man immediately knelt down and said, "Don't dare to be praised by the white eunuch, the villain's craftsmanship is much stronger than the villain." ”

Bai Xiguang said: "Ask what your name is, what are you talking about!" ”

The man's voice trembled: "The villain's name is Ma Che. ”

Yun Xi smiled and said, "Your name is Ma Che?" Good name. He casually praised and said, "Get up and speak." But the man still fell to his knees.

Bai Xiguang said: "If you are told to get up, you will get up!" "Now this man is up.

Yun Xi Wenyan asked him a few questions, and the carriage answered them one by one, and gradually relaxed a little.

Then Yunxi asked, "Do you think that if you build a track on the road and let the carriage run on the track, can you pull more things from one horse to another?" ”

Yes, what Yun Xi wanted to 'invent' was the rail-drawn carriage. Yun Xi had heard of such a thing as a railroad carriage before he came over, and he had searched for information on the Internet, but it was difficult to distinguish the authenticity of the information on the Internet, and it was said that it was used by the Qin State during the Warring States Period, and I don't know whether it was true or false.

Yun Xi wrote it down casually after passing it through that year, and then forgot about it because there were too many things, and recently re-read the information he wrote down and found out. So I came to these craftsmen with the idea of giving it a try.

The carriage thought for a moment and said, "Let the carriage run on the tracks?" What track? ”

Yun Hee said: "It's the kind of two that always keep the same distance between the middle, and the same distance as the wheels on both sides of the carriage, and then let the wheels of the carriage run on it. As he spoke, Yun Xi also took out a pen and paper and drew it on the paper.

The carriage looked at it for a long time and said, "Your Highness's idea is good! It must be more than running and pulling on the ground, but it's hard to say how much. And what is this 'orbit' made of? ”

Yun Xi said: "How about wrapping wood in iron sheets?" ”

The carriage said: "It's hard to say, wood is easy to change shape, there is always a carriage on the top of the pressure is afraid that it is difficult to always maintain the shape, it is estimated that the wood has to be changed." It's hard to say even if it's wrapped in iron sheets. ”

Yun Xi admired his attitude. Not knowing what will happen means not knowing, and this is the attitude of doing things. People who come up and brag about it are basically bad at things.

So Yun Xi said: "In this way, Gu ordered to set up a special group of craftsmen to study railroad carriages, and you will be in charge, how many people are needed, how much money and Bai Xiguang said, first build a short section of track in the imperial city, try it with iron sheet and wood, and see how much stronger it can be than the horse-drawn carriages that run on the road, and how long the track can be used." Come back in two months. ”

Although the carriage didn't know what the 'group' meant, he probably heard that he was in charge of the matter, so he immediately said, "No, no! Your Highness, the grass people can only be a craftsman, and if they can't be the leader, it's better to let their father-in-law be the leader. ”

Yun Xi said: "It's you who said Lonely, don't shirk!" Isn't it the mistake of a layman leading an insider? Lone would never do that. ”

The carriage couldn't refuse, so he could only agree.