Chapter 322: The Craftsman Also Needs to Be Appeased
Since its establishment, the Beijing Ordnance Supervisor has been a secret.
In Chang'an City, there will be no more than twenty courtiers who know that there is such an institution, except for those who are guarding the forbidden army. And among them, there are only a handful of people who know the location.
Even if outsiders need to go in and out of the interior to deliver things, they have to be taken over by the guards from Chang'an City, and only those with cloth bags around their heads can be brought over, and then sent out. The route will never be known.
And the Beijing Ordnance Supervisor has also done a lot of things for the army.
Needless to say, binoculars and camouflage suits, there are also some improved weapons and new weapons, all of which have come down from the assembly line in batches and are equipped into the army.
The Right Jinwu Guard is now fully equipped with these improved and newly made weapons. And with the maturity of the new steelmaking method, steel weapons such as steel crossbows will also come out of there and be the first to be equipped in the Right Jinwu Guard.
Based on this alone, Wei Renshi could not but thank the craftsmen in the Beijing Ordnance Prison for their hard work and racking their brains to improve weapons, and to find ways to transform Wei Renshi's ideas into a reality that could be realized in the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, Wei Renshi believes that he should also reflect his gratitude and attention to them.
"Brother Renshi, if you want me to say, why don't we take out some money and reward it to those craftsmen." Li Chun looked at the ingredients prepared by Wei Renshi and said, "Just eating this meal, how can you soothe them?" ”
Wei Renshi was about to speak, but he heard the voice of Gou Er coming from outside the door: "Xiaolang, everything is ready." ”
Wei Renshi got up, Li Chun walked behind him, and the two went out of the study together, and the sunlight outside broke in, making Wei Renshi dazzle.
As Gou Er walked to the front yard, he saw several fully loaded carriages parked there, as well as his own cooks, all of whom were all dispatched. Wei Renshi nodded, and was about to walk out, but suddenly stopped. Because Li Chun was still hesitating there.
He looked at the loaded carriages, scratched his head, and said, "Otherwise, I would not go, and if I did, I am afraid that the craftsmen would not be able to let go." ”
"You'd better go." Wei Renshi persuaded: "It's meant to treat them, if you don't go in person, how can you show it?" And your identity is here, and being able to go and eat with them in person is in itself more customary than rewarding them with wealth. At present, they are all supported by the imperial court, and there is no shortage of food and clothing. ”
"I don't look down on them, but I just think that if I go, I'm afraid that they won't let go, and the restraint will not be beautiful. Second, now the Beijing Ordnance Supervisor has a lot of weight in Ah Weng's heart, and I am afraid of arousing suspicion. Li Chun thought about it and said.
Wei Renshi understood his thoughts, so he smiled and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not be suspicious of you because of this matter." Have you forgotten that the two of them jointly chose you to take the lead? Peace of mind is. ”
Li Chun saw that Wei Renshi was sure, so he nodded again and went out together.
The cooks and a few carriages in the back also went out together and went outside Chang'an City.
In the valley where the capital armory prison is located, it is an excellent place. The terrain in the valley is flat, and there are mountain streams and rivers behind the valley, and there is no shortage of water.
When Wei Renshi and Li Chun arrived, those craftsmen were already waiting there, and when they saw Wei Renshi and Li Chun coming from a distance, they were all excited.
"The prince is really here!" Those craftsmen passed over together, and some of them were there at the beginning, Wei Renshi and Li Chun had seen him, so they recognized him, and hurriedly ran over to the two of them to greet them: "The little one is here to meet the prince!" Meet the Lord! ”
Li Chun waved his hand and said, "Hey, don't be polite, master, today is a dinner and play with all our colleagues in the capital Ordnance Superintendent, but don't be formal." ”
Wei Renshi and Li Chun walked into the open space surrounded by everyone, and saw that the people around them were all around, so they said loudly: "Your colleagues have made great contributions to the imperial court, because of our work, you have been careful and cautious, you have suffered a lot and made a lot of contributions. What we have made has made Datang's army stronger, and it has also made Datang stronger. Your Majesty is thinking about how to reward everyone, I am taking the opportunity to invite everyone to eat, drink and make a fuss first, I thank you for your hard work and dedication! ”
"For Your Majesty! For Datang! The people around him raised their arms and shouted, they had all received ideological and political education, so they were full of enthusiasm and passion.
"Good! I won't say much about today. All Chang'an knows that I am a picky, and the food at home is a must in Chang'an City, and today, I brought all the cooks at home. In addition, because the work we do must be kept secret at all times, this wine should not be too strong, so as not to get drunk and lose your mouth. So I only brought grapes over today, and everyone ate and drank and had fun! Wei Renshi shouted loudly, and everyone cheered again.
Li Chun also laughed and added: "I'm not a prince today, just your colleagues, if you don't have much, just one sentence: eat and drink well, have fun, and count Lord Wei's family to eat poor!" ”
The crowd burst into laughter.
"Ouch, we can also eat what the lord eats?!" One craftsman was a little confused: "I'm not dreaming!" ”
The cooks told them the answer by their actions.
Several loaded carriages stopped at the river, and the cooks took out the stoves from the carriages, and took down the barbecue grills, and the big black pots, and all kinds of materials, and soon laid out a large area, and got busy.
The craftsmen of the Beijing Ordnance Supervisor also began to laugh, and many people gathered around the group of cooks as if they were lively, and those cooks were immediately excited in the face of this starry moon-like feeling.
Wei Renshi looked at it with a smile, and didn't care, happy to see them like this.
The craftsmen in the capital's ordnance prison are among the best craftsmen in various handicraft industries. The fact that the techniques that Wei Renshi brought with him from later generations were able to appear in the Tang Dynasty in the form that the Tang Dynasty could have was inseparable from the mastery of the techniques that these craftsmen mastered.
In many cases, the techniques brought by Wei Renshi cannot be 100% restored, because many materials were not available in ancient times.
However, because of the mastery of these craftsmen, they were always able to come up with alternative ways together, and only then did they transform the technology that Wei Renshi brought from a thousand years later into a physical object that could be produced and used smoothly in Datang.
Wei Renshi respects them and treats them because he wants them to know their own value, gain a sense of self-worth realization and identity, and then be more actively involved in the research and development and improvement of technology.
In the valley, an enticing aroma gradually lingered, and the craftsmen kept sniffing and inhaling, staring at the cooks and the delicacies in front of them.
Wei Renshi laughed, thinking that after the maritime business stabilized and his income increased in the future, he would simply follow the example of the Youjin Wuwei Canteen and establish a canteen for the Capital Ordnance Supervisor to improve their living conditions and treatment, so that they could rest assured that they would dedicate themselves to the Capital Ordnance Superintendent!