Kangxi shook his head and said:

"It's not strong now, but with the Franc cannon and the Franc gun, the combat power of the musket battalion cannot be underestimated, let you take over the musket battalion, by the way, take over the firearms workshop in the West Garden, it is said that the artillery power of the Hongyi people is far greater than our current one, and their muskets have adopted more advantageous flintlock guns, we have to strengthen our research;

You are asked to take over this important firearms battalion, because you don't want this kind of stronger weapon to fall into the hands of others, so I have specially allocated 10,000 taels of silver to you, and you must let the people of the firearms workshop get new cannons and muskets out as soon as possible. ”

"The ministers will be grateful, and they will carry forward the firearms camp and firearms workshop to promote the majesty of the Qing Dynasty."

Chen Mo pondered for a while and then took this errand, anyway, he felt that it had little impact on his affairs, but it would be more helpful for what he wanted to do, as for the later things, he still had to find Chen Jinnan's master to make plans.

Exiting the study, Chen Mo and Gonggong Xu, who was holding the holy decree, went to the firearms camp camp in the western suburbs outside the city, after the holy decree was read, he checked with Mo He, the commander of the infantry camp who came, and after Gonggong Xu left, Chen Mo handed Kangxi's secret decree to Mo He and said:

"The emperor asked me to command the firearms battalion and take over the firearms workshop in the western suburbs, the main purpose is to make the firearms battalion form a force, as for the other battalions, they have to be controlled by Commander Mo, and he is also the deputy commander of the internal guard, and he can't stay outside for a long time."

Mo He originally thought that these days the court was changing, and Chen Mo was the one who came to set him up, but when he heard that Chen Mo just wanted this firearm battalion that he didn't like, he said with a smile on his face:

"Since it is the emperor's will, Lord Chen is at will, as for the supplies of the firearms battalion, I will be delivered on time, the firearms workshop is outside this camp, wait for the firearms battalion escort to take Lord Chen to see, there are a lot of things in the capital these days, Mo will not bother Lord Chen."

Chen Mo doesn't know what Mo He thinks, he is now Kangxi's celebrity, it's really simple to set up Mo He, but it's a pity that he is not here to fight for power and profit, nor is he playing any kind of hegemony, now his goal is eight forty-two chapters, and now he has four treasure maps, and the rest is Ruidong, Kangwangfu, Shunzhi and Wu Sangui;

Now these treasure map fragments are not so easy to get their hands on, if he has Chen Jinnan's ability, then it is okay to steal and steal secretly, but Chen Mo himself has more than a few catties and taels, and he is still relatively self-aware.

Mo He is the lion supplement of the second rank, and he is actually worried about him, the deputy commander of the third rank, Chen Mo smiled and watched him lead people away, turned to look at Zhu Neng, the commander of the firearms battalion guard beside him, and said:

"Zhu Shenling, take me to see the work of the firearms workshop, and ask a few brothers with good marksmanship to shoot a few shots for me, you must know that I am not familiar with this thing, you usually lead soldiers in the army, let them train more, but you have to be careful."

"The last general obeys orders, but the firearms battalion usually has less training, and it costs a lot to train more." Zhu Neng frowned and said.

Chen Mo took out a stack of silver tickets from his arms, handed them to Zhu Neng and said:

"Well, the emperor allocated 10,000 taels of silver this time, but it was for the research expenses of the firearms workshop, and I only have a few thousand taels of silver tickets on me now, wait for you to treat the brothers in the firearms camp for me, so that everyone can train hard to contribute to the emperor."

When you become an official, you have to learn to invite people to buy people's hearts, Chen Mo has not received the dividends of copying at this time, otherwise he will take out more silver to make the people of this firearms battalion loyal to him, but even so, Zhu Neng, who has always only seen receiving money and not seeing rewards, was excited and half-knelt on the ground and said:

"Zhu Neng thanked Lord Chen for the brothers, and it is a privilege to be able to serve the adults and my brothers for three lives."

"Get up, let's go to the firearms shop." Chen Mo hurriedly picked up the staff leader who seemed to be so excited that he was about to shed tears and said.

Walking into the firearms workshop, Chen Mo unexpectedly found that this was not a very backward workshop, the casting and polishing of the manufacturing barrel and barrel were assembly line operations, and the people inside were also very serious.

"Liu Ke, come here."

After looking at it for a while, Zhu Neng shouted to a six-grade petty official who was instructing the craftsman on the side, and when this person arrived, Zhu Neng introduced with a smile:

"Lord Qiyu, this Liu Keke is a master of our firearms workshop, and there are not a few muskets and artillery guns made."

"Oh, Lord Liu is still a master, I wonder how well you have studied artillery muskets? Can you research the Hongyi cannon and flintlock pistol like the Hongyi people? Chen Mo looked at Liu Kexiao, who was not very old, and asked.

Liu Ke shook his head and said:

"I'm not a master, I was an errand boy in the firearms battalion of the previous dynasty, but I learned a little from people, if the person who taught me came out, he might be able to make Hongyi cannons and flintlock pistols."

Chen Mo looked at Liu Ke thoughtfully, he knew who this person was talking about, that is, the missionary Tang Ruowang, who had made many cannons for Chongzhen and was now locked up in prison, his face twitched slightly and said:

"Who are you talking about, and where are you?"

"Missionary John Tong is now in prison." Liu Ke said lightly.

Chen Mo nodded and didn't ask, as Zhu Neng walked around, and handed over the voucher for withdrawing the 10,000 taels of silver to Liu Ke, he went to look at the shooting of the musketeer, looking at the shooting field where the shot was a cloud of green smoke, he sighed, this thing has no advantage over bows and arrows at all, no wonder the current Tartars don't care much about the firearms battalion, even Kangxi just hopes that Chen Mo can control the artillery with greater power.

Leaving the firearms camp, Chen Mo, who had just learned to ride a horse, hurried back to the Forbidden City slowly, and as soon as he arrived at the martial arts training ground, Gonggong Xu beckoned to him outside the door.

"Father-in-law Xu, what's the matter?" Chen Mo took out a string of pearls from his arms and stuffed them into Gonggong Xu's arms, and asked in a low voice.

"Happy event, great happy event, now the emperor and the queen mother are in the study, and they want to marry Lord Chen." Gonggong Xu put away Mingzhu with a smile on his face and said.

"Marriage, so soon? Do you know who gave it to me? Chen Mo quickly thought for a while and asked.

At this time, there are a large number of princes and ministers who have daughters and granddaughters, and there are not a few who are willing to marry Chen Mo.

"Hehe, the miscellaneous family has said that it is a big happy event, then it is not an ordinary family, it is our Princess Jianning, and Lord Chen has been recruited as a concubine." Gonggong Xu said.

"Ejianning? She's only a little over fourteen years old, so why is she in a panic looking for a forehead? Chen Mo frowned and said.