The 24 yamen of the inner court of the Ming Dynasty were the 12 yamen, the 4th division, and the 8th bureau.

The chief yamen of the 24 eunuchs is the famous celebrant and the most prominent department in the entire eunuch system.

He is not only the de facto head of the affairs of the inner court, but also the power of the outer court, and the successive governors and eunuchs of Dongchang are all celebrant eunuchs.

Cao Huachun was the eunuch of the celebrant and the pen.

However, Luo Chen was not interested in the celebrant for the time being, he didn't want to take a "shortcut", nor did he want to practice to ward off evil spirits, he was looking for one of the eight rounds of the Staff Bureau this time.

In the early and middle Ming Dynasty, the specific institutions in charge of the arms manufacturing industry in the Ming Dynasty were the Ordnance Bureau under the jurisdiction of Yu Hengqing Officials of the Ministry of Industry, and the Staff Bureau under the jurisdiction of the Inner Government.

In the late Ming Dynasty, the scale of the Central Ordnance Bureau and the Military War Bureau continued to shrink, and the number of craftsmen from tens of thousands in the heyday to only a few hundred remained, and the number of bows and crossbows and firearms manufactured was also decreasing.

On the contrary, because the authority to manufacture weapons was delegated to the local guard offices, the local weapons manufacturing bureaus developed to a certain extent. This also includes the manufacture of firearms, but only under the watchful eye of the imperial court.

The reduction in the scale of the Scepter Bureau's manufacturing does not mean that it has been abandoned.

In addition to making ceremonial utensils and small objects for the palace, it is also responsible for the manufacture of firearms in the three major battalions, including the Shenji Battalion.

The firearms manufactured by it include dozens of kinds of firearms, such as bird guns, magic machine guns, bowl guns, meteor guns, copper and iron guns, and other military firearms

At this time, inside the staff bureau, the main hall.

The Scepter Bureau has a member of the palm seal eunuch and a member of the Commandery's Arsenal eunuch.

At this time, the person who received Luo Chen was Zheng An'an, the eunuch of the Admiral Armory.

"Gonggong Zheng, you can give me a quasi-word, can you make a self-generated firebolt?" Luo Chen looked at the white-faced eunuch sitting on the opposite side and said, "Yes, then I will give you the list of Beizhen Fusi." No, I'll go to the Ordnance Bureau. ”

The so-called self-generated fire gun, that is, a flintlock pistol, this thing was invented in the eighth year of Chongzhen by Bi Maokang, the right attendant of the Nanjing household department.

As the most important long-range strike weapon in the Ming Dynasty, the Jinyi Guard naturally has a small amount of equipment, but except for some specific tasks, it is generally not used much, and more often it is rusty and moldy in the arsenal.

The common firecracker is actually an arquebus, which was also called a bird gun in the Ming Dynasty.

Its performance is not reliable, the accuracy is poor, and the shooting accuracy is basically relied on.

In addition, because the ignition method is extremely cumbersome due to the use of arquebus, the firing speed is slow. In the event of a stormy weather, the gunpowder in the fire door was either blown away by the wind or wet by the rain, so that it could not be fired, and it was seriously restricted by the environment.

The flintlock pistol invented by Bi Maokang is not much different from the bird gun in terms of structure and performance, mainly because of the improved firing device.

The arquebus ignition method was improved to flint firing, which not only overcame the environmental impact, but also improved the shooting efficiency. In addition, there is no need to press the dragon head by hand like an arquebus, so that the aiming is more accurate.

It's a pity that this flintlock pistol was born at the wrong time, and it didn't have time to shine, so it was buried in history with the fall of the Ming Dynasty. Ironically, by the time of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the flintlock pistol could only be used as a hunting plaything for the children of the Eight Banners.

At that time, European armies had already re-equipped and used flintlock pistols on a large scale.

Hearing Luo Chen's words, Zheng An'an looked at Cao Huachun's face and said with a smile: "Giggles! What did Lord Luo say, I'm not afraid of offending people, what I can't do in the Scepter Bureau, you can't do it in other yamen in the Ming Dynasty either! However, you Beisi bypassed the Ministry of Industry to place an order, I'm afraid it doesn't follow the rules......"

Luo Chen smiled: "Whether this is in line with the rules or not, it's not up to people to decide." ”

He took out a stack of silver tickets, and the brocade guard beside him took the silver tickets with great discernment, and then quickly held them in front of Zheng An'an and bowed down to offer them.

"Alas...... Lord Luo, what are you doing here? ”

Zheng An'an pretended to be angry, but he took the silver ticket very honestly in his hand, and counted them quietly, a total of five, each with a denomination of one hundred taels of silver.

Zheng An'an suddenly smiled, pinched his orchid finger and said with a smile: "Alas, why is Lord Luo so outside." Our family is also brought by Father-in-law Cao in the palace, and they are all from their own family, even if there is a problem with this little thing, can I still embarrass you! ”

Don't always watch martial arts novels, drink a few cups of tea, eat a meal in costume movies on TV, and throw a few taels of silver or a dozen taels of silver at every turn, and feel that silver was worthless in ancient times. Five hundred taels of silver, the value of ancient times is still very large.

Luo Chen smiled in his heart when he saw this, he didn't hate this kind of person.

"Dare to ask my father-in-law, how many self-generated firearms can the Scepter Bureau make in a month?"

Zheng An'an put away the silver ticket close to his body, and after hearing the words, he showed a look of embarrassment: "I don't hide it from Lord Luo, this self-made fire has been made by my Staff Bureau before." Although this thing is good, it is very difficult to manufacture, and the cost is several times that of ordinary firearms. The craftsmanship of craftsmen is even more rigorous, and it takes a lot of effort to train a craftsman. ”

"After all, the Staff Bureau is not as good as before, with the number of existing craftsmen, without affecting other errands, it will make you a maximum of ten in a month. If the adult does not require a large number and is not in a hurry to use it, we can arrange it for you ourselves. If there are too many of them, we will have to report to Father-in-law Wei of the palm seal and ask him to decide. ”

Luo Chen frowned when he heard this, pondered for a while, and said, "Father-in-law, you said that you can only make ten sticks in a month, this is when the craftsman is not familiar with the craft, right." ”

Zheng An'an understood it and said with a smile: "Exactly, when the craft is proficient, it will naturally be faster." ”

Luo Chen smiled and said, "Within a year, I want three hundred!" ”

"Lord Luo, this ......" Zheng An'an was suddenly embarrassed.

Luo Chen took out five more silver tickets, and the brocade guards around him immediately sent them to Zheng An'an, and the embarrassed look on his white face suddenly disappeared.

Seeing this, Luo Chen continued: "How many self-generated firearms does your Staff Bureau produce every month, and how much does my Beisi collect, the price is easy to say, and it will not lose the benefits of my father-in-law." The premise is that no self-generated fire system is allowed to be unreliable. ”

Zheng An'an smiled: "Alas! Where did Lord Luo say, you can rest assured, our family has kept an eye on this matter for you, but if there is a flaw, which one is made by the plague, our family will screw off his head for you. ”

Luochen's price is easy to say, which means that there is a lot of oil and water. Every time you make an extra self-generated firebolt, there will naturally be more oil and water, so you can't help but be safe.

"Then this matter will be entrusted to my father-in-law." Luo Chen stood up and reminded with a smile: "It's best not to keep quiet about this matter, and let those craftsmen keep their mouths shut." ”

Zheng An'an chuckled: "Lord Luo is at ease, our family understands." ”

The matter was decided, and Luo Chen said goodbye directly.

The reason why I came to this staff bureau this time was that some of the waste firearms within the North Division needed to be replaced, and the last envoy of the North Division had already applied to the Ministry of Industry more than half a year ago, but it was not until Luo Chen took office that this matter was implemented.

Then the problem came, the batch of firearms pulled by the Ministry of Industry was a pile of broken copper and iron. Luo Chen let people check it out and know that these garbage were replaced by the Shenji Battalion. As for the batch that was originally intended to be allocated to the North Division, it has long been missing.

The current Jinyi Guard, any yamen can step on it.

Anyway, the old-fashioned arquebus Luo Chen didn't think much of it, and he didn't bother to make trouble. He soon has a lot of silver, so he will directly let Beisi put the flintlock pistol.

Although the local guard can also be manufactured, and the operation of the North Division is easier, Luo Chen has no sense of security at all about locally made weapons, especially firearms.

In contrast, although the scale of the Central Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau is getting smaller and smaller, the quality control can be somewhat guaranteed. As for why you are looking for the Scepter Bureau instead of the Weapons Bureau?

That's because the Ordnance Bureau is controlled and controlled by the Ministry of Industry, and they just stepped on Beisi, and Luo Chen was not stupid enough to stick out his face and beat people.

Now the bow and crossbow of Beizhen Fusi is okay against ordinary green forest bandits, but it is a little less interesting to deal with real martial arts masters. Luo Chen is just one person after all, no matter how powerful a modern rifle is, he is afraid that the masters are not afraid of death and rush to it.

Walking out of the Staff Bureau, Luo Chen was followed by two brocade guards.

These two Jinyi guards of the North Division, one of the general banners, is called Meng Fan. One is Xiaoqi, named Guan Tianhao. The martial arts of the two are not much inferior to Zhang Jin, and they can be regarded as second-rate in the rivers and lakes, so they are also the second of Luo Chen's daily sparring.

The reason why I brought the two of them with me is because these two people are not low in martial arts, can do things, talk little, and have vision.

It was Guan Tianhao who handed Luo Chen the silver ticket to Zheng An'an before.

Meng Fan is older, more stable in his work, and has a wider range of knowledge.

"Get ready, bring some people, let's go to Nanjing." Luo Chen commanded.

……

Half a month later, Nanjing.

In front of a mansion, more than a dozen people and horses appeared in front of the door, all of them were dressed in black, with long knives and bows hanging from their waists, exuding the aura of quick killing.

Luo Chen rode on a horse and looked up, the plaque above the gate was inscribed with the words 'Great Achievement', and the plaque was full of vicissitudes of life after many years.

Meng Fan stepped forward to report: "We asked Nanjing Jinyiwei's brother to help investigate, and there is only one mansion in the whole Nanjing called Dagongfang." The mansion is not inhabited, and its owner, who is not in Nanjing, seems to be interested in selling it. ”

Because Luo Chen came early, this house has not been bought by Min Zihua.

Luo Chen nodded and said, "Find an inn nearby to stay, don't reveal your identity, so as not to cause misunderstanding and trouble with the yamen here in Nanjing." ”

"My subordinates understand!"

Although Meng Fan and the others didn't know what Luo Chen's purpose was for coming to Nanjing, and they didn't know what problems there were in this big mansion, they were very knowledgeable and didn't ask too much.

This Dagongfang, is the Ming Taizu rewarded the founding hero Xu Da's mansion, because Xu Da's descendants offended Chengzu, the descendants did not dare to live in the Dagongfang Cidi, so they moved again. After more than 240 years, descendants no longer know the origin of this old mansion.

Who would have known that under this mansion there was a treasure left by Emperor Jianwen when King Yan usurped the throne. In the original work, Yuan Chengzhi and Wen Qingqing relied on the treasure map left by the Golden Snake Langjun to find here, dug up the heavy treasure and gave it to Li Chuang as a soldier.

Since Luo Chen already knew, he couldn't let this heavy treasure fall into the hands of the Liukou as in the original book, and hasten the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

In the middle of the night, Luo Chen walked out of the inn alone, came to Dagongfang, and turned in.

It is true that the mansion has been abandoned for a long time and is uninhabited.

Coming to a firewood room in the back garden, Luo Chen directly opened the perspective eye.

The blood-colored pupils looked into the ground, and they looked through the earth and rocks, and soon made a discovery.

Luo Chen found tools, determined the location, and began to dig in the open room.

After digging for half an hour, I heard a loud sound, and the shovel touched a large stone, shoveling away the soil from the stone, revealing a large stone slab.

Luo Chen lifted the stone slab, revealing a large hole, and his heart was calm.

didn't go down immediately, after half an hour, the air exchanged, and the filth in the cave was almost dispersed, Luo Chen lit the torch and walked down.

Under the stone steps, under the light of the torches, I saw ten large iron boxes lined up, and the iron boxes were locked with huge locks. Luo Chen's see-through eyes saw the treasure in the iron box, and his heart suddenly calmed down.

There are ten large boxes, all full, and the upper half of the box is full of precious jade, pearls, agate, jadeite, etc., and none of them are not treasures worth a huge amount. The bottom half of the box is stacked with gold bricks, and every box is the same.

Luo Chen took a deep breath and calmed the shock in his heart.

His experience is still too little, after all, it is not a cold number on a bank account, and the impact of this worldly treasure on him is still a bit big.

I saw that all ten large boxes were locked, but the keys were not there. Luo Chen continued to search with his clairvoyant eyes, and soon found another iron box underground, but the box was unlocked, and Luo Chen quickly dug it out.

When I opened the basin, I saw a bunch of keys and two pieces of paper in the box.

He opened the two sheets of paper and looked at them, then crumpled them up and threw them on the floor, closing the box again, without opening the large box.

……

In the next few days, Luo Chen would arrive at the treasure hiding place every night, and use the space ring to transfer the large boxes of treasures to the barren mountains outside the city to bury them separately, and mark them.

After all the treasures were transferred, Luo Chen set off for the capital with a group of men with puzzled faces on their faces.

In addition to mobile phones, power banks, guns and bullets, these things, the water, food, and clothes brought by him in reality were all buried by him.

Two alloy knives and shields, as well as gas masks and chemical suits, were taken out for his subordinates to carry. All the space that was vacated was used to hold treasures.

The reason why I didn't go back with all the treasure chests was because I was afraid that Yuan Chengzhi would arouse the covetousness of thieves from all walks of life like Yuan Chengzhi in the original book, and there would be many twists and turns.

A single box is already worth hundreds of millions, and it is not only unnecessary to bring too much back to Beijing. And even if he returns to Beijing safely, if he accidentally leaks it, he will inevitably be remembered by the emperor, princes and nobles, and even Cao Huachun.

When the time comes, he will be in the brocade guard, and he is afraid that he will not be able to do anything.