Weapons supervisor, Chen Guang is here for the first time, this is a heavily guarded courtyard. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The weapons needed in the imperial capital were all produced here, and everything in them was, of course, a military secret.

Chen Guang followed Ah Fu to the Ordnance Prison.

Regardless of the dense row of guards, this is not much different from an ordinary workshop, except that the walls are a little higher, the bricks used to build the walls are a little larger, and the carvings on the doors are a little more elaborate.

Other than that, there is nothing special to see, and even on this archway, only the three neat characters of the ordnance supervisor can show the unique identity here.

"Stop, who's who?" Chen Guang had already changed into ordinary clothes, and he had never been to the ordnance prison, so the soldiers guarding the door naturally didn't know him.

Ah Fu hurriedly said: "He is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. ”

The soldier looked at Ah Fu, who was holding a big box in his hand, frowned, and said, "Who are you?" ”

Obviously, not only did this soldier not know Chen Guang, but even Ah Fu, who himself worked in the ordnance superintendent.

According to the book "Six Classics", "there are 19,850 supervisors in Shaofu, and 15,000 will be superintendents, and they will be scattered out of the states. This account does not include the total number of craftsmen in the official handicraft industry, and it does not include the craftsmen used by the Kyoto Prefecture or the craftsmen of the prefecture handicraft workshops, but there are more than 10,000 people, which shows how many people must have been in this place of the Armament War, which was of great importance to the power of the state. Because of this, although he is the most powerful person in the armory, Ah Fu has not been able to mingle with these soldiers guarding the door.

Ah Fu was about to speak, but Chen Guang didn't have time to talk so much nonsense with a janitor, he took out his gold medal and said, "Do you know?" ”

This gold medal is finely made, carved with dragons on both sides, lifelike, around the two characters of the prince in the center.

"Huh? For the small ones, see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. "Where is there any reason I don't know, the soldier guarding the door hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

Chen Guang didn't have time to worry about these things with them, so he waved his hand and said, "Okay." ”

Then he and Ah Fu entered the ordnance prison together.

Entering from this archway, there is a stone road, and on both sides of the stone road, there are houses one by one, and there is a jingling sound from inside. Although the country is now peaceful, it is still in the era of feudal divisions, and war may start at any time, and the casting of weapons is a long and huge project, so the manufacture of weapons will not stop in the current situation.

The houses here, unlike the rest of the house, are round and large, each with at least one acre of land, and the roof is conical and made of huge wood. It is very similar to the brick factory that Chen Guang saw before he crossed.

It covers an extremely large area and stretches all the way to the city wall, and Chen Guang followed Ah Fu through several huge domed factories before finally stopping in front of a factory with a "arrow" sign.

"This is where we usually work, His Royal Highness the Prince, please come in." Ah Fu said.

There was a knocking sound from inside, clanging, one after another. Ah Fu opened the curtain and went in, and Chen Guang followed in.

It is very dim inside, because of the large area, the only lighting equipment is only candles, but in this kind of place, it is not like the palace or the prince's mansion, where dozens of rooms are lit and pulled, and there is a brazier here from a long distance, which is used as lighting equipment. As soon as the wind blows somewhere, the light in the brazier shakes, and the light in the room changes. In such a situation, two people are more than a foot apart, and they basically can't see their faces clearly.

In addition to the braziers, there are several boilers with a roaring fire that can provide a little light, but that doesn't help for such a large space.

"Ah Fu, you're here."

Ah Fu seems to have a high popularity here, and someone greeted Ah Fu immediately after the two came in.

Everyone was also curious about the young man beside Ah Fu, but no one asked.

Ah Fu responded: "Yes, here it is." This is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and we have just come from the East Palace. ”

Hearing Ah Fu say this, everyone was taken aback and involuntarily stopped the movements in their hands.

Is this His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? So young.

Chen Guang was thirteen years old when he crossed over, and now he is sixteen years old after more than two years. At the age of sixteen, he has grown a lot taller, because he has practiced Ling Bo Weibu and Luoying swordsmanship, his body is very strong, but he is not fat, he still looks like a handsome son, that is, the legendary stripping and flesh clothes look thin. Wearing this luxurious satin dress, his bearing is extraordinary.

But in the eyes of this group of old craftsmen, the sixteen-year-old Chen Guang is still very young, incredibly young.

It was the first time they had seen the prince. By extension, this was the first time they had seen the royal family.

Naturally, I felt very new and frightened.

It's as if you are a brick movers, and a stranger comes next to you, and next to the stranger is your co-worker, and your co-worker introduces you to the big man in the middle of the South / Hai. At this time, although you can't understand what kind of master he is, you can't help but be in awe.

A truth. When everyone saw Chen Guang, they were all in awe.

So there is a very important question, since we are in awe, then we should always do something to show it.

At that time, kneeling was not popular, and in the entire 5,000-year history of civilization, only the Manchu Qing Dynasty knelt when they saw anyone.

This caused everyone to forget for a while how to face His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and just stared blankly, as if they were at a loss when they saw a wolf in a husky house when they visited the zoo.

Fortunately, His Royal Highness the Great Crown Prince Chen Guang didn't care about these details, he said with a smile: "This prince just came to see, what should you do." ”

When the prince spoke, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, okay, what should you do, why go.

Everyone was busy again, and Chen Guang looked at everything here curiously.

Chen Guang noticed that next to each stove, there was a skin bag almost one person high, like an upside-down umbrella, someone pulled the top part of it, so that the upper part of it opened, like an umbrella upside down, and then let go, this skin bag closed again, and then the fire on the stove next to it suddenly became much brighter. The craftsman next to him seized the opportunity to throw the steel into the fire and calcined it.

"What is this?" Chen Guang felt that this thing was somewhat familiar, not that this object was functioning, but that the function of this object made him feel very familiar.

Ah Fu said: "This is Lu Gong." (To be continued.) )