As we all know, salt and iron are exclusive to the imperial court, and weapons and armor are even more important, which cannot be touched by ordinary people, but Lu Zhi is different, he is a master of building weapons.

In order not to waste Lu Zhi's craftsmanship, Han Zhibing suggested setting up another weapons bureau.

Of course, Han Zhibing's move had his political intentions, and the construction of the Ordnance Bureau vaguely avoided a problem.

It is said that the city lord is qualified to build weapons as soon as he grasps the military and politics, just like the original Xuanwu city lord, didn't he use the hands of the Lu family to create some weapons to supply to the imperial court.

But Golden Scale City didn't do this, how did Lu Zhi, a figure who was more powerful than the city lord, do it?

Write to the imperial court to request allocation, and request for focus.

Hey, you can see the problem here, it's a very subtle temptation.

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In the court, the proposal to re-establish the Ordnance Bureau was quickly passed, and it was even smoother than Lu Zhi's payment for the construction of the Grand Canal.

There was no nonsense at all, and as soon as Han Zhibing brought it up, none of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty objected.

It is also said that the city lord himself is qualified to build weapons, so there is no need to discuss it at all.

As for the name of the Armaments Bureau, it should be a matter of the identity of the county horse, after all, Lu Zhi was originally the deputy envoy of the Armaments Bureau.

It can be seen from this that Han Zhibing's political proposition is not easy, and there is a long way to go.

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On the matter of the Grand Canal, several departments of the six departments of the imperial court spoke.

Naturally, the Ministry of Industry is fully supportive, and there are already three Mizube Langzhong ready to go to support You Hai.

Because of the problem of flooding and refractory treatment, the position of Mizubu Langzhong has been expanded, and there is more than one.

The Ministry of War also took a supportive attitude, saying that the construction of the Grand Canal was conducive to the development of the naval army.

In fact, this is simply a disguise, after all, the Dayue Navy is just like that.

The household department neither supports nor opposes, Ma Shangshu's attitude is very clear, if you want money, you have to die, as long as you don't pay money, you can do anything, whatever.

Only the Ministry of Rites has a lot of complaints, Xu Shangshu said some feng shui, good luck and evil issues, but under the general trend, it also made the topic discuss for half an hour, but it is harmless.

It is worth mentioning that in response to Xu Shangshu's speech, a group of speech officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate exerted their full-level mouth cannon ability, and responded fiercely with words.

This made the big troll Xie Yan a little depressed, and secretly sighed that heroes were useless.

In fact, Xu Shangshu also understands that everyone is happy to see Lu Zhi bleeding profusely, so the matter of the Grand Canal is unstoppable, and the reason why he stood up and said a few words was nothing more than some careful thoughts.

One is that everyone knows that Xu Shangshu and the Lu family have some disagreements, and he has to maintain his personality;

Again, if there is any problem during or after the construction of the Grand Canal, as he said, then his few remarks against it become far-sighted?

Hey, this is also the essence of the court debate, if there is a positive side, there must be a negative side, otherwise how can it be called a debate?

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The new house of Lu Mansion.

Just when the official will was still on the way, Lu Zhi had already called the master craftsman Lu Youshou and began to discuss the matter of the new Arsenal Bureau.

"Fourth son, isn't it the Ordnance Bureau, it's not a problem." Lu Youshou was very confident.

The sapper himself is in charge of the underground royal tomb, and he has always had a psychological advantage in the face of the Ordnance Bureau, let alone him, the representative of the sapper.

If others can do it, we can do it even more!

"It's nature." Lu Zhi never doubted it, to be honest, these sappers were indeed much better than those under him in the Ordnance Bureau, especially at the technical level, which was one or two grades higher.

"But this time I came to you mainly to talk about hydraulic forging."

Lu Youshou thoughtfully, "Ah, is that the one made by Lu Shilang?" I've heard, I've heard. "In terms of attitude, it's a little frivolous, not so respectful.

Lu Zhi is also a craftsman, and he can probably understand Lu Youshou's mood.

From a technical point of view alone, although Lu Jian is also very strong, he is still a little worse than Lu Youshou, especially in terms of innovation, which is much inferior.

What Lu Youshou thought was that Lu Shilang alone definitely didn't have that ability, it must be the idea of the county horse, and he was a layman.

All in all, he was not convinced by Lu Jian.

"Haha, I have a drawing here, can you see if you can improve it?" Lu Zhi didn't have much to say about this kind of thing, so he could only laugh.

"Drawings of hydraulic equipment?" Lu You's hand lit up, and he hurriedly studied it.

Lu Zhi didn't bother, he was thinking about the matter of making steel by the soil method, and a small blast furnace built with clay and bricks could meet the requirements, and he had both clay and bricks in his hands.

"Do you want to expand some scale?" The brick and cement yard has always been in charge of Foreman Zhou, and its scale has expanded more than ten times compared to when he was in the capital.

It is said that it should be enough, but Lu Zhi doesn't have a large number of laborers in his hands now, and the manpower is relatively rich.

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"Fourth son, look here, I wonder if I can add more things to make it more refined?"

The hydraulic equipment built by Lu Jian was very rough and could only be roughly processed, and Lu Youshou saw the crux of the problem and wanted to make some improvements.

"No problem." Lu Zhi waved his hand, "We want money and money, and we want people, just worry about it boldly." ”

"Hey, good!" Lu You's hand responded, and he was willing to listen to this.

As a craftsman, if you want to study something, you will inevitably need a lot of money, in this regard, Lu Zhi has always been generous, and this is what Lu Youshou likes most about him.

We have to say that due to the limitations of the times, most people don't understand this, but Lu Zhi clearly knows one sentence - science and technology are the primary productive forces.

Industry and agriculture are basic industries, and they are all pillars!

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"Fourth, I found a talent here, can you come and take a look?" Lu Zhi was thinking about the problem here, and Lu Yi came back.

Lu Zhi was a little puzzled, "Talent? Didn't the dead fat man go to find the horse? ”

Because he was busy arguing with Han Zhibing, ah, no, it was the fighting method, the √, the fighting method, and Lu Zhi was not very concerned about Lu Yi's affairs.

Doubts are doubts, Lu Zhi is still ready to take a look at this talent, the talent that Lu Yi has found is really rare.

"What about people?" As soon as Lu Zhi got up, Lu Yi had already run in.

"It's in the living room, I didn't let him come." Lu Yi touched his head, "It is said that it is the castle owner of the Thousand Miles Racecourse, and his name is Ma Qianli." ”

Lu Zhi nodded, Lu Yi did a good job, and he didn't rush to bring people over.

"Ma Qianli? It sounds familiar, well, there should be information about this person at home. Lu Zhi muttered a few words and greeted Lu Eighteen.

Didn't the Eighteen Cavalry originally protect Lu Li, who was the Inspector of the Imperial History, and came to Golden Scale City one step earlier, what should they know?