Zhang Gui was surprised, pondered for a while, and then instructed Liu Zongmin: "Go and pass on Zhu Zhiyu, just say that the official secretary of the country wants him to do it!" ”

"Yes!"

It didn't take long for Zhu Zhiyu to come to Zhang Gui.

After Zhang Gui explained to Zhu Zhiyu and let him do this, and so and so, Zhu Zhiyu was ordered to leave Zhang Gui.

And after Zhang Gui made arrangements for Zhu Zhiyu, he asked Liu Zongmin after returning to the house: "There is an eyeliner in the West Factory to find out why Li Fuming didn't come; It was the military department that drifted and did not give him silver; Or did Yang Sichang deliberately not give it, so as to give his country's public security a charge of favoritism? ”

Liu Zongmin replied: "According to Xichang's eyeliner in the Ministry of War, Yang Sichang did not have Li Fuming's silver, and he did not dare to float, and he also took out two million taels of silver directly from the private treasury of the Ministry of War, and gave it to Li Fuming that night, without any delay. Obviously, this Yang Sichang really wants to make meritorious contributions and win His Majesty's favor, so that His Majesty will treat him as an important minister of your family in the future, so as to satisfy the emperor's desire to balance the situation since ancient times. ”

After Zhang Gui heard this: "Then why didn't this Li Fuming come?" ”

Liu Zongmin said: "This small one is not clear. ”

Zhang Gui therefore instructed: "Inquire carefully, and be sure to find out the reason why Li Fuming did not come to the Industrial Division to buy high-quality firearms after getting the money!" In the end, there are other forces that can make flintlock guns or shoot guns? This is not to be underestimated! ”

After hearing this, Liu Zongmin also felt the seriousness of the matter, and hurriedly said: "Yes!" The small ones must be strictly investigated! ”

After all, the significance of being able to make flintlock guns and firing guns is not only to know how to make these guns, but also to know how to make these guns, which means that the smelting technology of various materials is very proficient, especially the firearms that supply tens of thousands of troops, and it also means that there are a large number of mature craftsmen and systematic and assembly line industrial scale, as well as mature gunwear manufacturing experience.

You must know that the flintlock can be equipped with the army, and can surpass the arquebus in actual combat, it must go through many actual combat improvements, and the technical experience in this is very important.

Zhang Gui didn't want to be in addition to the Department of Industry, there were other large-scale private workshops that could do this.

"Husband! But what's so hard about it? ”

Shang Jinghui was stunned when he saw that Zhang Gui had been staying in the study, so he came with a big belly, hugged Zhang Gui's head in his arms, rubbed his temples with his slender jade hands, and asked softly.

Zhang Gui smiled slightly, got up and held Shang Jinghui's soft hand, pulled him to sit beside him, took it into his arms, looked at the lights on the candlestick, and said: "It's just that I'm worried that there are really any characters who can be stronger than the imperial court in terms of craftsmanship, after all, the financial and human resources controlled by many local wealthy families in my Ming Dynasty are not bad, and there are also many skilled craftsmen in the mansion." ”

Shang Jinghui nodded after hearing this: "This is also true." For example, my businessman, from repairing Western clocks to making gold and silver jewelry, there are skilled craftsmen in the house, and then they also married a lot, and then they were sent to the Department of Industry for further study, and now many of them have become technical officers of the Academy of Engineering and the Academy of Sciences. This is also their creation, without your husband, they are now just craftsmen in the house, not to mention the shadow of their wives, but now they are all developed, and they are also grateful to your husband, saying that meeting such an uncle is a blessing that they have cultivated for several lifetimes. ”

Shang Jinghui smiled as he spoke.

Zhang Gui nodded: "Therefore, I am worried about my husband, who knows which scholars have how much background, and I don't know how many physics and chemical science they have mastered with the Taixi people behind their backs." If you don't worry about any puppet dynasty, you're worried that it's not your own side that will lead the technological revolution. The key in particular is the steam engine, and His Majesty is also concerned about this. ”

Shang Jinghui frowned: "The concubine doesn't understand this, she can't help her husband, she can only write poetry, and then she will give birth to children for her husband. ”

"That's enough! Forget it. In terms of the ability to invest in craftsmanship, the imperial court cannot be worse than any wealthy family! ”

As he spoke, Zhang Gui asked curiously because it was still early to go to bed: "What poems have you all written recently?" Do you have a good sentence? ”

"Yes, there are, but it's still not as good as the husband's sentence 'falling flowers are not ruthless things, turning into spring mud is more protective of flowers', and our boudoir women think you are a real great man!"

Shang Jinghui said with a smile.

"Great man?"

Zhang Gui smiled meaningfully, and then asked: "What else is new, but some people say that your husband's power is powerful, and it may be difficult for the emperor to control it in the future?" Liu Hongxun, an old man, is now a strong reminder to His Majesty to learn to use cultivation forces to check and balance his husband. Typical infighting thinking, it seems that people at the top of power can only be the biggest master in this land. ”

Because it was a night talk between husband and wife, Zhang Gui was not afraid and said everything in his heart.

"He also underestimated His Majesty! I always feel that Your Majesty doesn't even understand this bit of imperial art, so the husband who connived at it seems that His Majesty is still a three-year-old child, and he wants someone like him to ask for a face, and he can therefore let His Majesty acquiesce to him to form a party and cultivate his own power. In the words of the concubine's sister (Shang Jinglan) to her brother-in-law (Qi Biaojia), this is the act of childishness for His Majesty. ”

Shangjing Hui Road.

Zhang Gui was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and said with a smile: "From this point of view, my sister is not a simple woman in the end." No wonder his brother-in-law and his Qi family are not embarrassed. ”

Shang Jinghui smiled at this.

And Shang Jinghui is a famous lady in the end, and he talks extraordinary, even if it is a night talk between husband and wife, it also makes Zhang Gui chatting with interest, so that Zhang Gui continues to speak: "Liu Hongxun will not have the intention of forming a party, the problem may be that there are people in the city government who are using him, and he doesn't know it yet, and this person who is very deep in the city government is estimated to be deliberately hiding himself until now." ”

"My husband has said so, so it means that this person is just covering his ears and stealing the bell?"

Shang Jinghui asked.

Zhang Gui scratched her nose and said with a smile: "My wife shouldn't be too smart!" Be clumsy! ”

Shang Jinghui smiled and said, "The concubine is not smart, and many things can't be sorted out, so you have to be the husband in charge." However, among the famous and noble women who are in contact with the concubine, most of them are smart people, and if the concubine mentions the husband, no one asks much, even if it is mentioned, it is a good word, and the husband can rest assured. As for the novelty, there is one thing, because the imperial court raised shares to mine Maoshan iron ore before, so that many people made a fortune. Nowadays, there is also a wealthy businessman in Shanxi surnamed Wang, who said that he had discovered a large coal mine in Shanxi and was secretly raising shares, and many powerful people had invested, feeling that he had not caught up with the opportunity to make a fortune in Maoshan Iron Mine, and he wanted to catch up with this opportunity. ”

Zhang Gui nodded after hearing this: "I will let Xichang go to investigate, but you don't let our family vote, there is no need to rush to this excitement." Raising shares without the endorsement of the imperial court is not necessarily true. ”

Shang Jinghui let out an "um".

"Sleep."

Zhang Gui said suddenly.

"Hmmm! Husband, the concubine thinks..."