In the next few days, Wang Quanquan would come to Guanghan Mansion every day to tell Lu Xiaoxian the story in the Red Mansion, and several times he talked about the wonderful points, Lu Xiaoxian was so fascinated that he forgot to put down the pen and let the ink fall down the tip of the pen.

Finally, on the fifth day, Wang Quanquan talked about the end of the story, about the fall of the Jiafu tree, about Baoyu becoming a monk, and Daiyu's fragrance and death.

Lu Xiaoxian was completely fascinated, and a big man actually cried so much that the pear blossoms brought rain. Seeing this scene, Wang Quanquan tried his best to restrain the urge to hug the other party for comfort, thinking that it would be better to come to Guanghanlou less after today, otherwise he would be bent sooner or later.

Lu Xiaoxian finally calmed down and solemnly promised Wang Quanquan that he would do his best to perform this work, and after Wang Quanquan said some words of encouragement, the two said goodbye.

As soon as Wang Quanquan returned home, he was told that the Salt and Iron Division had just sent someone over, saying that the ordered iron pipes had been made and could be picked up at any time.

Wang Quanquan went to the Salt and Iron Division non-stop, and after seeing the Salt and Iron Envoy, under his leadership, he first inspected the iron pipe, confirmed that the quality was okay, and then asked the other party to take him to the factory to visit.

The salt and iron business has always been controlled by the imperial court, and private individuals are not allowed to operate, and once discovered, it is a felony to kill the head, so high walls are erected around the factory, and there are heavy soldiers guarding outside the high walls.

As soon as Wang Quanquan entered the factory, he felt a wave of heat hit, and three blast furnaces stood inside, and he looked up, which was much higher than the furnace in the glaze factory.

The salt and iron envoy explained the iron casting process to Wang Quanquan one by one, and Wang Quanquan nodded and coped, while looking around, and after a while, he turned his head to look at the salt and iron envoy and said, "I want to say a few words to the workers, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

"Of course, it's their blessing." The salt iron envoy nodded and replied.

The allowed, Wang Quan, stood in the middle of the courtyard and clapped his hands, and said loudly: "Everyone, come here, I have a few words to say to you!" ”

When the workers heard this, they all looked at Wang Quanquan, and when they saw this young man looking at him, they all gathered around.

Wang Quanquan looked around at everyone and spoke loudly: "Although you are doing hard and tiring work, your work is indispensable to the country, and each of you is a pillar of the country, in this ......."

"Oh yes, you haven't asked your surname yet?" Only then did Wang Quanquan remember that he seemed to have never asked the salt and iron envoy what his surname was.

"The villain's surname is Wu." The Salt Iron Envoy immediately leaned over and whispered.

"Oh, under the leadership of Lord Wu, shine and benefit the people!"

As Wang Quanquan finished speaking, the scene suddenly erupted in fierce applause. They are coolies, they suffer all day long, where have they heard the praise of others, especially the prince in front of him is a noble lord at a glance, his praise is worth more than real money, and the surrounding workers' favor of the king's authority immediately doubled several times.

Wang Quanquan looked at everyone with a sincere smile on his face, and after a while he made a quiet gesture and continued to speak:

"I can't bear to see you doing such an important job, and only getting that little bit of money every month. However, it just so happens that there is an armory station newly established in the imperial court, if you are willing to deign to go, I can give you double the reward, I wonder if anyone is willing to go? ”

Lord Wu on the side originally listened to it with interest, but the more he listened, the more wrong it became, and he was digging his own corner here, and he was digging in front of himself.

Just when he wanted to interject, the originally quiet scene suddenly exploded, and those workers who were usually unknown and worked hard were all beating up like chickens at this moment, jumping and raising their hands, and shouting "I'll go, I'll go!" ”

I'll it! At this moment, the official surnamed Wu scolded his mother in his heart, according to this momentum, if he blocked their financial path today, he was afraid that he would be beaten to death in public. He looked at the king's authority with a sad face, but at this time, the king's authority had been submerged in the crowd, and outsiders couldn't squeeze in at all.

In the evening, Lord Wu sat on the steps of the ironworks, he felt that all this was too unreal, and in the afternoon it was still in full swing, and it was empty at the moment. Not a single one of the more than 30 workers was left by the king's authority, and before leaving, the king's authority left behind his cruel words: "Tomorrow afternoon, I will see my goods and thirty workers at the ordnance station."

It's the first time I've seen it in my life to be so shameless!

Everything was in place, and Si Tianjian still helped to choose an auspicious day, and a few days later, the ordnance factory officially started on this day.

The ordnance factory was built in the suburbs of Beijing, covering an area of more than 10 acres, in addition to the factory building and warehouse, there is still a lot of vacant land. Wang Quanquan planned to keep it for the first time, and then ask for a batch of silver for the household department to build dormitories and canteens, but this is all for later, and now the first task is to produce the first batch of reliable and practical firearms.

Standing at the gate of the factory, Wang Quanquan looked up at the sign hanging next to the door with the words "Ordnance Institute" written on it, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart. Because of the need for self-preservation, the king had to hand over the glaze factory, and now that the overall situation has been decided, he no longer needs to be timid, and he can let go of it.

Walking slowly into the factory, Liu Luming had already arranged the task. Yesterday, the two of them deliberately discussed and decided to make a batch of muskets according to Liu Luming's design plan to equip the Jingshi musket team, because the quality of the steel produced by the salt and iron division is uneven, and Wang Quanquan plans to produce steel himself after using up this batch of iron pipes, after all, the corners dug up cannot be wasted.

The iron and steel smelting technology of the dynasty, although it is much more advanced than that of the barbarians of Northern Turkistan Donghan, is far from meeting the requirements of making military supplies, not only mixed with a lot of impurities, but also contains bubbles, if it is used to make gun barrels, there will be a risk of exploding at any time, so he plans to produce low-end firearms while studying the steel process.

So he selected a few experienced craftsmen from among the thirty craftsmen, and Liu Luming took the lead in setting up a research and development department specializing in the research and development of military steel, and the rest of the workers were responsible for making the first batch of firearms.

Wang Quanquan is like the original establishment of the glaze factory, eating and living in the factory every day, and going into battle in person, which is half a year.

In the past six months, he has gone to the household department four or five times, every time the household officials see him, as if they are dead and crying with a sad face, it is really this master who spends money like running water, just gave a sum of money and came to ask for it a few days later, because of this matter, the household department of the Shangshu waiters went to the new emperor to complain.

This also complains about the king's power, he wants to be corrupt, but every time the money that has just arrived is paid, there is not much left after the materials are finished.

In addition, there is an extremely expensive R&D department, not to mention that Wang Quanquan didn't make any money, he also built a lot of money into it, he knew that the money for R&D could not be saved, so he could only be cheeky and continue to go to the household department to ask for it.

He was also not happy to see the stinky faces of the group of officials in the household department, and every time he came out of the household department, he couldn't help but think, if the glaze factory was still in his hands, would he still be guilty of their bird anger? Finally, on this day, Wang Quanquan entered the palace with a piece of jade pendant in his arms.