Time always keeps moving forward, the years are always in a hurry, and the new year is always coming as scheduled. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the beginning of New Year's Day, Vientiane is renewed. At this time, there is no lunar calendar and solar calendar, and the beginning of the year is both New Year's Day and Spring Festival.

This is Zhong Yu's first Spring Festival in Daming!

The Spring Festival is a day of reunion, and it is also a day for wanderers to go home.

Seeing the reunion of thousands of families and the joy of the family, but Zhong Yu, a wanderer who was far away from the world, could never see his relatives in that era again, and he couldn't help but feel a little sad when he thought about the sore spots.

Fortunately, in this Beijing division, there are wanderers who can't go home to reunite like him, and on the vigil of Chinese New Year's Eve, Zhong Yu spent it with Yang Fan, Gao Yu, and of course, Gao Wan.

Xiang'er made a table full of Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and everyone talked about wine and had a happy life.

Halfway through the hour, the fireworks honorably produced by the firearms workshop that the prince got into the palace were set off on time.

There was a loud "bang", and a brilliant multicolored fireworks exploded in the sky, and the fireworks began to be set off. Zhong Yu's house is not far from the Forbidden City, and the fireworks are clearly seen, and even the sound can be heard clearly.

The exploded fireworks were like a beautiful lotus flower spreading its petals in the air. Immediately after that, the fireworks flew into the sky again, and there was a loud explosion, and the radiant and brilliant fireworks flew in the sky. All kinds of colorful fireworks decorate the sky into a flower, and the night sky suddenly becomes dazzling. All kinds of fireworks are like thousands of purples and thousands of reds, full of flowers, full of stars, and a hundred flowers are blooming...... Coupled with the background of the sky, it seems that the fireworks are like fairies in the sky, what a magnificent scene!

Gao Wan looked at the beautiful scene in the sky and couldn't help but be intoxicated.

The fireworks in the Forbidden City were put at the end, and the colorful fireworks actually showed the words "Long live my emperor" in the sky, which caused a lot of sensation for a while. These fireworks were specially customized by the crown prince as a sign of filial piety to his father. I have to say that although Zhu Houzhao is stubborn, he is still filial to Emperor Hongzhi, and his father's kindness and son's respect are rare in the royal family of previous dynasties.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the streets and alleys are full of people visiting relatives and friends to greet each other, and when they meet each other, they can't help but say a few auspicious words and greet.

Zhong Yu didn't know many people in Beijing, so the task of paying New Year's greetings was relatively simple, except for the need to go to Ming Langzhong and Commander Mu to pay a New Year's greeting, there was no other place to visit.

But when Zhong Yu arrived at Ming Langzhong's mansion, he was told that Ming Lang Zhong had entered the palace. Officials above the fifth rank in Beijing, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, they need to take turns to enter the palace in batches to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor, and Ming Langzhong went to the palace very early to pay New Year's greetings.

After Zhong Yu left his own greeting sticker, he said goodbye from Minglangzhong's mansion and went to Commander Mou's mansion to pay New Year's greetings.

There are a lot of people who come up to the embassy to pay New Year's greetings.

Although the power of the Jinyi Guard is not as good as that of the previous dynasty, the general people still try to be as polite as possible to Mu Bin, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and they can not provoke the subtlety, so there are many people who come to pay their respects to the New Year, for fear that the commander of Mu will pick out the thorns.

Zhong Yu exchanged a few words with Commander Mu, said a few pleasant words, and said goodbye in a hurry after the New Year. There are still a lot of waiting behind, and it's not appropriate to stay for a long time.

When he left the palace of the commander of Mou and walked to his house, passing by the Forbidden City, Zhong Yu wanted to pay a New Year's greeting to the prince. During his time in the firearms workshop, although the prince had to see him again, he often sent Gu Dayong or Zhang Yong to the firearms workshop to spread the word. The two often passed through the messages of Gu and Zhang, and continued to play their game of deducing war examples, but they were still happy. Although Zhong Yu knows Zhu Houzhao's noble status, he has always regarded him as a younger brother in his heart, and he hasn't seen him for a long time, but he really wants to see Zhu Houzhao. However, Zhong Yu's waist card walking in the palace has been withdrawn, and he can't enter the palace, so he has to think about it.

When Zhong Yu returned home, he found that Qian Ning was waiting to pay New Year's greetings to himself, Zhong Yu couldn't help but be happy, he was also a subordinate person.

Soon after Qian Ning left, two deputy envoys and a cadre of scribes from the Ordnance Bureau came to pay New Year's greetings one by one.

In the next few days, Zhong Yu's life was quite comfortable, and he basically spent it in a leisurely eating, drinking, and merrymaking.

People who have been busy for a year, during the period from the Spring Festival to the Shangyuan Festival, have invariably stopped and enjoyed life.

However, Zhong Yu's leisurely life did not last a few days, and he had to go to the firearms workshop to start work.

It turned out that the fireworks set off in the Forbidden City that day and could show words in the sky aroused the interest of many wealthy nobles and inquired about the origin of the fireworks.

After the wealthy nobles learned that it was developed by Zhong Yu's firearms workshop, they sent people to customize it and prepare for the night of the New Year's Eve. These wealthy nobles Zhong Yu didn't dare to offend, and besides, everyone had a lot of money, so Zhong Yu had to give up his vacation and start work in advance to make fireworks.

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Zhong Yu came to the firearms workshop and saw that Qian Ning had already come over. This kid is very dedicated now, and he personally takes care of the glass workshop, which is Zhong Yu's money bag, and of course Qian Ning's money bag.

It is said that Qian Ning rushed to stare at this firearms workshop as soon as he finished his New Year's greetings. Now that Qian Ning has seen Zhong Yu's various skills, and knows that Zhong Yu and the prince have a close relationship, he has already made up his mind to follow Zhong Yu, and he is very concerned about the supervision and protection of firearms workshops.

"My lord, is this gunpowder workshop also to be guarded more closely, now our gunpowder workshop can show the words of fireworks, but a must, than the Jincheng Fang's Li Gui handmade are all popular, this is our firearms workshop to make money treasure!" Qian Ning's mouth in the Jingshi Xicheng Jinchengfang Li Ghost Hand, is an ancestral master of making fireworks.

Zhong Yu touched his chin and said, "Well, then send a few more people to keep an eye on the gunpowder workshop, although Gu San is quite honest, he can't change his drinking problem, don't let him leak this craft after drinking!" ”

Qian Ning agreed, and then said with a little embarrassment: "My lord, our Jinyi Wei only has a hundred households in this firearms workshop, and now we have to take care of the blast furnace by the Yongding River, and the manpower is a little insufficient!" Do you want to recruit some more help? ”

Alas, there are indeed not enough manpower! Most of the hired helpers are idle and lazy people, but there is no other way for the time being.

Zhong Yu pondered for a moment and said, "Then let's recruit some more helpers, recruit some honest ones." ”

Channing agreed and went himself.

Zhong Yu went to the gunpowder workshop again, and on the way back to the barracks, he saw the children running around in the workshop, and he couldn't help but feel a move in his heart.

The craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty are all passed down from generation to generation, and the son inherits his father's business, but there are still many surplus people who have no livelihood. Forced to make a living, those surplus Ding also became artisan households, and the status of artisan households in this era was much lower than that of private households. If they give those surplus a livelihood and don't have to take care of the lowly business of the artisan household, they will be happy to serve. Zhong Yu thought that this firearms workshop must be expanded, and he planned to train these children who did not need to inherit their father's business and continue to be craftsmen, as the main force to take care of this firearms workshop. Your own people are better than the hired helpers.

However, Zhong Yu also knew that this matter was urgent, and he had to think about it in the long run.