Firearms Bureau R&D Workshop.

The R&D workshop is the most important place of the Firearms Bureau, where a group of the most experienced craftsmen of the Firearms Bureau are concentrated to develop and improve various firearms.

In the new gunpowder research and development department, a seventeen-year-old girl is talking to a group of old craftsmen over forty years old.

The girl is dressed in blue, with a slender waist and a beautiful face, and she is a rare beauty.

Looking at her negotiations with a group of old craftsmen, the old craftsmen not only did not have the slightest impatience in their applications, but had a trace of admiration.

"Xiuxiu girl Gao Jian, such a preparation experiment, the success rate of the new gunpowder will definitely increase greatly!" An old craftsman suddenly spoke out with joy.

"Yes, Miss Xiuxiu is a genius in firearms pharmacology, I will respect you!" All the old craftsmen nodded in agreement, and praised the girl together.

This girl named Xiuxiu's pretty face was a little red, in fact, she just said what she thought of, there was really nothing, how could she be worthy of the praise of a group of old-timers, which made her so embarrassed.

"Old Chen is back!"

Just when the girl named Xiuxiu was shy, Chen Xin, the director of the Firearms Bureau, suddenly walked in with a happy face.

"Seeing that Old Chen is happy, it must be that the emperor has another reward, and the craftsmen who developed the new Shenwu cannon seem to be blessed!" A group of veterans in the R&D workshop were all envious, and the veterans who had participated in the research and development of the new Shenwu cannon were even more excited.

"Well, huh! I remember that Miss Xiuxiu seems to have participated in the research and development of the new Shenwu cannon, and if there is any reward, Miss Xiuxiu will definitely have a share! A craftsman suddenly looked at the girl named Xiuxiu.

Suddenly, all the old craftsmen looked at the girl named Xiuxiu.

"Miss Xiuxiu is really a genius, Mr. Chen gave birth to a good granddaughter, I am ashamed of myself, don't you say, Miss Xiuxiu!" An old craftsman said half-jokingly.

Under the gaze of a group of old craftsmen, the girl felt shy again.

"Grandpa!" After the girl shouted at Chen Xin, she ran towards Chen Xin.

Yes, this girl named Xiuxiu is Chen Xin's granddaughter, if Zhu Ci sees her, he will definitely be able to remember Chen Xiuxiu, who was brought by him all the way from Beijing to Nanjing.

Chen Xiuxiu was only more than fourteen years old at the time, and now she is seventeen, and she has become a big girl in a blink of an eye.

"Xiuxiu! I'm here again to help with the Firearms Bureau! Chen Xin smiled and touched Chen Xiuxiu's hair and said.

"Hmm!" Chen Xiuxiu nodded vigorously, and asked with a smile: "Grandpa, is it that the navy test gun has been completed, and the emperor has a reward?" ”

"The emperor rewarded each craftsman who participated in the development of a new cannon with fifty taels of silver!" Chen Xin said the good news loudly, not only to Chen Xiuxiu, but also to the craftsmen in all departments of the R&D workshop.

"Fifty taels of silver!" The craftsmen involved in the development of the new cannon couldn't help but be delighted.

Although the reward for the development of the new cannon this time is not as much as the last time the field Shenwu cannon was developed, fifty taels of silver is already a heavy reward, saving a little, enough for a family of five to use for almost ten years.

"Xiuxiu also has a copy." Chen Xin suddenly said to Chen Xiuxiu with a smile.

When the number of craftsmen involved in the development of the new Shenwu cannon was reported, although Chen Xin did not report the name of his granddaughter Chen Xiuxiu, he knew very well that his granddaughter had contributed to it, so he deducted a share of his reward for his granddaughter, which also made his granddaughter happy.

To talk about this granddaughter, Chen Xin never imagined that his granddaughter would one day be able to show a genius mind in firearms, and she was better than his most proud disciple Ji Niansheng, after all, Ji Niansheng was only talented in firearms, while his granddaughter Chen Xiuxiu was all-round.

As the only granddaughter of Chen Xin, the director of the Firearms Bureau, and the only family member of Chen Xin at present, the grandfather and grandson have always depended on each other, and many times Chen Xiuxiu has come to the Firearms Bureau with Chen Xin.

At the beginning, Chen Xiuxiu just came to accompany Chen Xin, and helped from time to time.

One day, when Chen Xin and others were about to succeed in developing the Weiyuan cannon but encountered a bottleneck, just when they were helpless and were thinking about what was missing, Chen Xiuxiu, who had been watching from the sidelines, suddenly timidly put forward a suggestion.

Since then, the veterans in the R&D workshop of the Firearms Bureau have looked at Chen Xiuxiu differently, and even Chen Xin himself was a little surprised. And Chen Xiuxiu was also under the encouragement of this unintentional encouragement, and came to the Firearms Bureau for more and more time, although the excuse was to accompany Chen Xin, but most of them soaked in a group of old craftsmen to help, and from time to time put forward some new but extremely effective suggestions, many of the Firearms Bureau's research and development can be quickly released, thanks to Chen Xiuxiu's credit.

Of course, in fact, Chen Xiuxiu's views on some aspects such as firearms and machinery are not innate.

Chen Xin only has such a granddaughter, plus Chen Xiuxiu's father died early, Chen Xin was in the Chongzhen Dynasty, although he was also the head of the Fire Gas Manufacturing Bureau of the Ministry of Industry in Beijing, but the salary was not high, at the beginning he could still invite one or two servants to take care of his granddaughter, but later with the Ming Dynasty using troops inside and outside for many years, the treasury was empty, and the Firearms Bureau had no appropriation, Chen Xin's income naturally decreased again and again, and finally he almost couldn't even support himself, and naturally he couldn't afford to support a servant, and at that time, Chen Xiuxiu was not yet eight years old, Chen Xin was helpless, had to take his granddaughter to the Fire Gas Manufacturing Bureau and take care of her, it can be said that Chen Xiuxiu grew up in the Fire Gas Manufacturing Bureau of the Ministry of Industry in Beijing during the period from eight to fourteen years old.

One day, Chen Xin took Ji Niansheng as a land, and taught Ji Niansheng a lot of theories about guns and machinery every day, Chen Xiuxiu listened to them together, no one knew, Chen Xiuxiu actually remembered all the things Chen Xin said, and at the same time, Chen Xiuxiu had already known the manufacturing process of guns, and in private Chen Xiuxiu had discussed the manufacture of firearms with Ji Niansheng, no one knew that the principle of the flintlock musket was still thought out by Chen Xiuxiu and Ji Niansheng, but it was completed by Ji Niansheng alone.

"Grandpa, when did you say the emperor would come to the Firearms Bureau again?" Chen Xiuxiu suddenly blinked and asked Chen Xin.

Chen Xin was stunned suddenly, looked at his granddaughter Chen Xiuxiu, he clearly saw a trace of inexplicable expectation hidden in the depths of his granddaughter's eyes, Chen Xin's heart suddenly twitched, his granddaughter was raised by him since he was a child, and nothing could hide from his eyes.

"Xiuxiu, the emperor is busy with world affairs, how can he have so much effort to inspect everywhere." Chen Xin said with a smile.

Intentionally or unintentionally touched his granddaughter's head, Chen Xin thought, his granddaughter is also older, it seems that it is time to find her a mother-in-law, and only then can she break the thoughts in her granddaughter's heart, the emperor's kind of noble person is really not what his granddaughter can miss, although he still doesn't know whether his granddaughter's thoughts are just simple thoughts or have been deeply involved, but he doesn't want to gamble, let alone want his granddaughter to think about it in that way.

"Oh." Chen Xiuxiu nodded a little gloomily.

After a while, Chen Xiuxiu suddenly thought of something, the current emperor of the Firearms Bureau seems to be most concerned about the new gunpowder that has been developed for a long time and a thing called primer, the new gunpowder already has eyebrows, and the thing called primer has not yet landed, if she comes up with eyebrows, then when she reports to the emperor, maybe the emperor will be interested in coming over to take a look, and I don't know if after so long, does the emperor still remember her little girl?

Chen Xiuxiu thought, with a hint of a coquettish smile, and ran towards the place where the primer was developed.

Don't guess the girl's thoughts, it's always difficult to guess, Chen Xin was stunned for a moment when he saw this scene, and he was a little confused for a while.

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