Zhu Qizhen said so much to the little brother, just to free up his hands to do his own thing.

In his opinion, when the emperor is a day and night, except for the court, he is a batch of folds, and he rests for less than three hours every day, and the donkey pulling the mill at the door of the village committee next door does not dare to use it like this!

Just, hand over this mess.

In this way, he can put all his energy into implementing the new deal, and in case of problems, with Zhu Qiyu, a little brother, caught in the middle, he can also play a buffer role and leave enough time for himself to respond.

Judging from the evaluation of later generations, Zhu Qiyu has a high positive evaluation, and he just took this opportunity to let him exercise, so that he can be independent in the future, and he can also help himself share some pressure.

When he used to be a sales manager, he knew the importance of building a team, and if he had to do everything himself, he would tire himself out sooner or later, and in the end he would not produce results.

An excellent leader is not how strong his personal ability is, but how strong he is to bring out a professional team.

For example, Pingxiang Bo Chen Huai is now very professional in digging pits and firing kilns, so he must cultivate in this aspect.

Although we have not yet seen the drawings of the Ministry of Works, it is conceivable that according to their method, it will take at least two to three years, after all, stones and timber need to be transported from other places, which is very troublesome.

If you want to be simple, effective and save money, these people in the Ministry of Industry can't count on it, so they can only go out on their own.

As soon as Chen Huai returned home, the celebration banquet had been set up, and he was about to start the meal, when a little eunuch hurriedly arrived.

"Uncle Pingxiang, summoned by the emperor, please enter the palace quickly."

When Chen Huai heard this, he naturally didn't say a word, put down the dishes and chopsticks, changed into court clothes and rushed to the palace.

"The minister knocks to see the emperor!"

"Aiqing is exempt!"

Zhu Qizhen was writing, and said without raising his head, "Come forward and speak." ”

Chen Huai stepped forward and saw that a lot of content was densely written on the paper, and if he looked closely, how did it look like ...... What is the process of burning lime powder?

Could it be that the emperor is going to use this thing as a conventional weapon?

"Your Majesty, are you preparing...... Burnt lime? ”

"Almost!" Zhu Qizhen put down the pen and handed the note over, "But this thing is not called lime, it is called cement!" ”

"Cement?"

Chen Huai took it and looked at it a few times, and was puzzled in his heart, you called me out of the house, and I was not allowed to eat, just to make peace with you?

"This thing ......" Zhu Qizhen didn't know how to describe it for a while, so he said, "In short, this thing is necessary for the construction of the Martyrs' Shrine, you just need to do what I said." ”

As soon as Chen Huai heard that the Martyrs' Shrine was used, he immediately became interested, patted his chest and said: "The emperor can rest assured, the old minister has the most experience in firing kilns!" ”

"If you want to successfully fire cement, the first step is to choose the material, you must use limestone, nothing else, this limestone ......"

Zhu Qizhen suddenly realized that cement is different from lime and requires limestone with extremely high purity, but he has not studied geological exploration, so how can he know how to find limestone!

"The emperor is looking for limestone?" Chen Huai seemed to have found a problem, so he said, "There is one over there in Xishan!" ”

"Are you sure it's limestone?"

Zhu Qizhen secretly said in his heart, if you don't test this thing, how can you tell what lithology it is?

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the folk mining and firing process of limestone has long been mature, and it is not difficult to find it."

Zhu Qizhen thought about it, yes, how did Yu Qian's poem come about?

Thousands of hammers were carved out of the deep mountains, and the fire burned as if it were idle.

Don't be afraid of broken bones, you have to leave your innocence in the world.

Lime groans, lime groans, isn't it limestone?

It can be seen that Chen Huai is right, the current technology should not be a problem for limestone exploration and mining.

"That's good!" Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "In short, this task will be handed over to you, according to the steps I wrote, first burn a batch of experimental products, and I will test them." ”

"The old minister obeys the order and guarantees to complete the task!"

Chen Huai left with a note, Zhu Qizhen thought about it and took out another piece of paper.

Jin Ying served on the side, and when she saw that the tea was cold, she went to change to a cup of hot tea.

"Your Majesty, you drink tea."

"Well, good!"

Zhu Qizhen took a sip of the teacup and continued to write and draw on the paper.

Suddenly, he raised his head and asked, "If you don't go to investigate Wang Zhen's case, what is the pestle doing here?" ”

"Huh?"

Jin Ying was stunned for a moment and said, "The case is already being investigated, and the slave maid stayed to serve the emperor......"

"Just put someone around me, you have to handle Wang Zhen's case in person, monitor the whole process, it's all my silver, be sure to read carefully! Also, this dog thing has transported a large amount of gold and silver to his hometown in Ulzhou, and he will send someone to check it immediately! ”

"Slave obeys!"

"Wait a minute!"

Jin Ying hurriedly asked, "What else does the emperor command?" ”

"Li Cheng, the former secretary of the Ministry of Industry, does he still have a son who remains in the Ministry of Industry?"

Jin Ying thought for a while and replied: "His son Li Shulin is currently the head of the Ministry of Works, mainly responsible for supervising the manufacture of weapons. ”

"Call him!"

Li Cheng was originally the son of Hu Jichen, the monarch of the Hu Dynasty in Annan, in the third year of Yongle, Emperor Dazong used troops against Annan, in the fifth year of Yongle, the Hu Dynasty perished, Li Cheng was pardoned for being good at making firearms, and since then he has entered the Ministry of Industry, studied firearms with peace of mind, and was worshiped as the "god of firearms" by the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

In the eleventh year of orthodoxy, Li Cheng died, and his son Li Shulin remained as the head of the Ministry of Industry, inherited his father's business, and continued to study armaments.

Zhu Qizhen is most concerned about improving firearms and gunpowder, this world is no longer the era of cold weapons fighting, the Western Francophone countries already have arquebuses, if you don't hurry up to develop your own firearms, and wait for other people's strong ships and cannons to hit the door, then it will be too late to say anything.

More importantly, although the royal driving expedition turned defeat into victory, but this evil breath has always been difficult to swallow, at most a year, vowing to set foot in the north of the desert, a small wara, waiting to accept the baptism of artillery fire!

Not long after Jin Ying left, a eunuch about twenty-five or sixteen years old came to the palace.

"Slave Huai'en, knock on the emperor!"

Zhu Qizhen glanced up, then lowered his head and continued to write and draw on the scratch paper.

"Get up!"

"Emperor Xie!"

Huaien stood up and stood beside Zhu Qizhen obediently.

"What's for lunch?"

"Huh?"

It was the first time that Wynne was serving the emperor closely, and he was very nervous.

"I ask you, what do you eat at noon?"

"Oh, oh!" Wynne hurriedly said, "It's all arranged, it's roasted mutton at noon today, and there are ......."

"Stop!"

Zhu Qizhen raised his head suddenly, and said with a pale face: "Can you change it?" ”

"Huh?" Huaien was startled, and hurriedly said, "What the emperor wants to eat, the slave and maid will go and prepare." ”

"Anything but mutton!"

"Then ...... Roasted beef? ”

The muscles on Zhu Qizhen's face twitched obviously, and he said, "I don't want to eat meat today!" ”

"That'...... Slaves and maids going to prepare some vegetarian food? ”

Zhu Qizhen thought for a while and said, "Is there any seafood?" ”

Huai En suddenly made a mistake and said: "Has the emperor forgotten, my court stipulates that the people are not allowed to go to the sea......"

Zhu Qizhen frowned and said, "What kind of bullshit rule is this?" ”

"Your Majesty, be cautious, Your Majesty!"

Huai En knelt directly, this is the ancestral system, if this kind of words are heard by those Wenchen Qingliu, then it will be ......

"That's it, just get some, it's not beef and mutton."

Huai En had an idea and said: "There are a few carps in the imperial dining room, all of them are fresh, so the slave maid will go and order to make a steamed carp for the emperor." ”

"Okay, go ahead!"

Zhu Qizhen secretly sighed, the dignified Emperor Ming, he couldn't even eat a meal of seafood, and he was a fart!

No, I have to open the sea, I want to eat lobster, abalone, salmon, skin shrimp......

Thinking of this, he suddenly got up and took out the picture just now.

The reason why the Ming Dynasty implemented the sea ban was mainly because of the rampant Japanese bandits along the coast, the people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and even the foreign merchant groups living in Quanzhou at that time had assisted Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen and others.

At this time, the Wa Kingdom was experiencing an era of division of princes, and the feudal lords attacked each other, and those defeated feudal lords were forced to leave their homeland and become pirates, frequently raiding the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty.

As the plague of the Japanese became more and more serious, the Ming Dynasty's maritime ban policy became more and more strict, and although it could play a certain role in protection, it completely lost the coastline.

Zhu Qizhen stared at Yutu, and a thought suddenly flashed in his heart.

The reason why the Japanese are rampant is mainly because the coastline of the Ming Dynasty is too long, and as a defender, it is very passive.

You are stationed in Dengzhou, and people will land in Quanzhou.

You are arming in Quanzhou, and people turn around and run to Taizhou......

Therefore, although the imperial court raised 200,000 guards and consumed a lot of money and grain every year, it always felt powerless.

But why be on the defensive?