"May I ask if this is the mansion of Lord Jinyi Wei Baihu?"

Sun Dahai was finishing dinner in Wang Tong's hall, and was about to go to the Juyi Fang not far away to get the silver.

Looking at the appearance of the person who asked the question, he was dressed up, wearing a blue official robe, and under the lamplight, he could see that it was the complement of the heron, a six-rank civil official.

At the foot of this Son of Heaven, the six-grade official is really nothing, but Sun Dahai is just a small flag, and he can't take it on the table, the other party is so polite, Sun Dahai doesn't dare to slack off, and quickly nodded and replied:

"This is the mansion of my lord, may I ask who this lord is?"

The man bowed politely and said:

"At the bottom, the head of the Ministry of Works, the lord above ordered, saying that Lord Wang wants a set of measuring tools, and he will be sent over."

No wonder listening to a big car on the other side, a few "loitering" passers-by were blocking over there, Sun Dahai smiled, said wait a minute, turned around and hurriedly entered the house.

When Sun Dahai entered, Wang Tong was chatting with Lu Wancai, there were several stacks of papers on the table, Wang Tong's eyes hurt when he looked at it under the lamplight, and he rubbed his eyes there and said:

"All the servants have to go to the place where the sign is issued and ask what is the matter, and when they come back, they must put these words into writing, hire a few old masters, rest assured and reliable, and give them more money, and they will not know why these things are recorded, and report them to me every time."

Lu Wancai looked at the stacks of paper on the table and persuaded:

"Brother Wang, if you want to do that, this newspaper alone will go out several times more, and when you are still growing up, don't get tired."

Wang Tong smiled, his hands still rubbing his eyes, and said in a low voice:

"If Brother Lu is willing, come and check with the younger brother, now that Zhang Ge Lao Ding is worried and undecided, and the situation in Beijing is chaotic, it is always right for us to know more, especially when it comes to the families of various high-ranking officials and magnates, we must pay special attention."

"It's natural to help my brother, but Brother Wang, say a word for my brother, you are now just a hundred households in brocade clothes, and the jurisdiction is fixed, so I am afraid it will be ...... to spy on the situation."

Wang Tong put down the hand on his eyes, looked at Lu Wancai and asked with a smile:

"Brother Lu, do you want the name of the Zhenfu Division or the name of the East Factory, this is also simple."

Lu Wancai was stunned for a moment, and after a little pondering, he unfolded the folding fan and said with a smile:

"Brother Wang, you really let Brother Wei surprise again and again, the name of Zhenfu Division and Dongchang is too big, or do it for Brother in the name of Shuntianfu."

The two sides looked at each other and smiled, but Wang Tong pondered in his heart, the following people are enough, but the news of the mixed place of the dragon and snake in the capital can be collected, but only himself and Lu Wancai are analyzed and identified, they will definitely be too busy, and they should also find some reassuring people to deal with it, but this is such a matter of urgency and privacy, what kind of person can be assured?

Sun Dahai came in and said something outside, Wang Tong couldn't help but smile and said:

"Those blacksmiths in our Zhuangzi think that it is a difficult thing, and someone will send it to the door when I say hello to Gonggong Zou here, no wonder everyone wants to be an official!"

Everyone laughed, Wang Tong got up and went out, the delicious restaurant was wide, the lights were lit and bright, and the person who delivered the goods was unloaded here.

On this side of South Street, it was convenient for Wang Tong to call more than a dozen people to help move things, and the measuring tool was not a heavy item, so it was quickly placed in the house.

Wang Tong took out one hundred taels of silver and divided it into two parts, and said to Sun Dahai:

"Fifty taels will be given to the official, and the remaining fifty taels will be divided among the people who deliver the goods, so be polite."

As soon as he turned back to the hall, before he continued to talk to Lu Wancai, Sun Dahai walked in again, and said to Wang Tong with some confusion:

"Lord Wang, the head of the Ministry of Engineering is not leaving, and he said that he wants to meet you?"

Wang Tong frowned and said in a cold voice:

"Go and get him ten taels of silver, and if you want more, then give me the money in front of me to get it back."

Sun Dahai scratched his head, put the silver bag on the table in a bit of confusion, and said:

"My lord, this principal didn't even ask for the fifty taels, but he just wanted to come and see the lord."

It turned out that he didn't want more, Wang Tong and Lu Wancai looked at each other, and Lu Wancai stood up and said with a smile:

"Brother Wang, let's see the guest, I will come back to discuss with my brother tomorrow, and say goodbye first."

Wang Tong sent Zhang Shiqiang next door to send people away, and asked Sun Dahai to invite people in, as soon as the principal entered the house, he was stunned when he saw Wang Tong, and then smiled and said:

"Lord Wang is really a young hero, Ren didn't expect Lord Wang to be so young, the first time we met, Ren was polite."

After saying that, he made a move, and the hundred households are also six products, and the main thing is also six products, but the Ming Dynasty is noble and cheap, and there is no reason for the head of the ministry to give a hundred households first.

This director is tall, and although the blue heron complement official robe he wears is clean, it is already very old, and the bookish sour air on the civil official does not seem to be in this director, he is very honest and honest, and his temperament is very gentle.

In short, this person will not be offensive, Wang Tong also smiled and stood up in return, explained and asked:

"I was a little distracted just now, I neglected Lord Ren, I don't know what happened to Lord Ren when he saw Wang?"

Ren is also an official of the Ministry of Industry, and he has a lot of knowledge, so he came in and greeted him politely, this young Jinyiwei actually accepted it without any cramps, and then casually found a reason to return the gift.

What's more, it was Lord Shilang who greeted him and wanted to personally send this set of measuring instruments and scales here, thinking of this kind, this person finally straightened his position, and was a little polite in his speech and attitude, and said with a smile:

"Don't hide it from Lord Wang, this set of measuring instruments and scales in the Ministry of Industry is known as the standard in the world, but no one has touched it for almost 40 years, and when I sent it to my lord, Ren and a few poor people in the ministry were busy for a long time to wipe the dust clean, Ren is also curious, what is Lord Wang used to do?"

Wang Tong's principle of doing things is to be above board, and he has a good feeling about this principal, so he replied with a smile:

"I want to make a few firecrackers in the blacksmith's workshop, but the measuring tools in my hand are too rough, and I need this standard instrument to do calibration, so as not to come out of the goods."

He said casually, but the director's eyes lit up, and he asked:

"Lord Wang, do you have to use measuring tools to measure and calibrate the fire guns in your workshop over there?"

"Of course, the fire gun tube should be straight, the inner chamber should be polished and smooth, it should be fitted with the wooden tray, and the linkage between the trigger and the medicine pool should be smooth and durable.

After all, he has been a blacksmith and has experience in modern quality systems, Wang Tong said that this was also a casual come, and he found that the director of the Ministry of Engineering was full of surprise and astonishment, and couldn't help but stop and ask:

"Is that so wrong?"

His rhetorical question made Director Ren suddenly open the conversation, sighed and said:

"How can there be a mistake in doing this, but when did our Ming firearms workshop do one of them, craftsmen are like livestock, when making firearms, they deal with shoddy manufacturing, who would be willing to spend that effort to use measuring tools to check and calibrate, it is good to make it, it can be made quite good, several official workshops in Beijing and Tianjin, even may not be able to do it, and the waste is incompetent to the extreme, but as long as these firearms workshops can make qualified firearms, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War do not have to go to Guangdong every year to buy firearms from private workshops."

The more he spoke, the more indignant he became, and the face of the man was full of indignation, and he said angrily there:

"Can't do it is not only a firearm, the Ming official workshop claims to be all-encompassing, but nothing can be done, and what is made is unbearable tattered goods, even those private workshops are infected with such problems, in the long run, what is the word "work" in the Ming Dynasty, and what is the craftsman. Wang Tong covered his mouth and coughed a few times, and then the director was stunned, stopped his increasingly excited emotions, and said with a somewhat embarrassed smile:

"Ren went to another place again, and now I mainly want to see who is so serious in the workshop, I really didn't expect that the background of the adult brocade clothes and the army is so proficient in hundreds of craftsmen."

Wang Tong couldn't stand the other party's boundless nonsense, so the surname Suo opened his mouth and asked directly:

"Lord Ren is here to praise me?"

Finally got to the point, Ren cleared his throat, and said:

"It's rare to see such a fine workmanship, Ren is also a little happy, can Lord Wang do a favor and let Ren go to the blacksmith workshop to have a look and participate."

Wang Tong glanced at the chief a few times, shook his head and laughed, in this era, it is rare to see this kind of official who studies technology, he was quite respectful of professional and technical personnel in that life, and the chief in front of him also gave him enough good impression, and immediately opened his mouth and said:

"Lord Ren wants to go, Wang is welcome, if you think there is anything that needs to be improved in the workshop, just open your mouth and make good things if you need any expenses, you and I will benefit both."

Hearing Wang Tong's words, the principal couldn't help but be overjoyed, and he was deeply troubled, and hurriedly said goodbye, Wang Tong hurriedly shouted and asked:

"Lord Ren, there will be more time to deal with in the future, but please take the fifty taels of silver first, if the workshop can be done, Wang will be rewarded."

Director Ren looked at Wang Tong, hesitated but picked up the silver bag, hugged his fists and turned around to go out.

"Lord Zhang, my lord is grief-stricken these days, but he can't let go of this upcoming big policy, family affairs and state affairs are compared, or state affairs are important, my lord wants everything to have a rule and then go back to Jiangling to worship and mourn, this love proposal is also initiated by Lord Zhang according to the regulations, and it will be a lot of trouble. ”

At night, in the mansion of Zhang Han, the secretary of the ministry, a middle-aged man said with a respectful face, Zhang Han's face sank like water, and he didn't say a word.

(To be continued)