"Your Majesty has been sent, and the minister will never give up."

Zhang Wenyu said excitedly, although he is a craftsman who does not listen to the things outside the window and is dedicated to studying technology, it does not mean that he does not have the heart to progress, when Tianqi first ascended the throne, he also thought that he could be valued, but Tianqi is just more interested in the creation of furniture, and rarely communicates with these craftsmen, plus the funds of the imperial court are limited, not to mention new projects, and even the repair projects are decreasing day by day when it is not necessary (such as building a mausoleum for the Emperor of the Apocalypse), so there are fewer and fewer craftsmen, and at the same time, even with him, who was already not taken seriously, was gradually marginalized.

"For example, today is still quite peaceful, whether it is because of natural disasters caused by homeless people, and outside the gate of the wary Jiannu, these are the current unstable factors of the Ming Dynasty, maybe the homeless people are a little coerced just want a full meal, but the Jiannu outside the gate is by no means thinking that every time they come to loot can be satisfied, so when these craftsmen are all placed in place, I need you to strengthen the improvement of firearms, if you use excellent firearms on the battlefield, At that time, we will be able to reduce a considerable part of the losses of our Ming soldiers, do you understand? ”

Zhang Wenyu suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, and said eagerly: "Weichen understands, please rest assured that Your Majesty will not fail in his mission." ”

"Okay, then let's go to the Armory Bureau with me now!"

"Wechen obeys."

In the Ordnance Bureau, there are only a few dozen or so craftsmen who are over fifty years old under the leadership of an old man who is over fifty years old, and most of the rest are making bows, arrows, armor and other cold weapons.

At this time, Zhang Wenyu shouted excitedly: "Everyone put aside the work on your hands for a while, Your Majesty came to see you in person." ”

I saw that the people who had just been shuttling and busy hurriedly stopped, and immediately knelt down to salute, and at the same time thought in their hearts, this is really rare, some people have been working here since the Wanli years, and they have never said that the emperor has visited in person for ten years, and their hearts are also quite excited, and they don't know what to do for a while.

I saw Emperor Chongzhen cough lightly and said: "All craftsmen are the pillars of the country in my Ming handicraft manufacturing industry, and you have suffered a lot of grievances over the years, and you have worked hard." ”

For a while, everyone couldn't hold back anymore, and some craftsmen had already begun to talk to each other.

"What did Your Majesty just say? I heard His Majesty tell me that I had worked hard, and I heard you right! A craftsman asked.

"Your Majesty said that we are the pillars of the country!" Then another craftsman answered.

"My God, Your Majesty has personally come to praise me, it seems that there is hope for this month's money." This is the voice of the craftsman who spoke first.

"That's for sure, just keep doing it!"

“……”

Listening to the chattering voices of the craftsmen, and looking at Chongzhen's face at the same time, Zhang Wenyu was a little embarrassed on his face, and scolded: "Okay, be quiet, what should you do, Your Majesty wants to see some of the equipment of our Ordnance Bureau." After saying this, he turned his head to look at Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, please." ”

Chongzhen didn't say a word, strode to an old man who had just come in to pay attention, the old man saw Chongzhen walking towards him, hurriedly threw aside the fire gun in his hand, and joked, if he held the fire gun, before Chongzhen walked to his side, the embroidered spring knife would have to be on his neck.

"Weichen Xu Guangqi knocks to see Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live."

Nani, Chongzhen suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, this is Xu Guangqi, the first time that he has made himself so out of shape after crossing over, in addition to the three famous generals, what kind of person is Xu Guangqi?

Mathematics and scientists, agronomists, politicians, and military strategists in the last years of the Ming Dynasty. In fact, he was the first to put forward the selection and training of soldiers and the application of artillery in war (similar to the concept of artillery physical fitness selection), and he himself has been involved in all aspects such as firearms and urban defense, firearms and siege, firearms and infantry, and cavalry. It can even be said that Xu Guangqi is the first person in the history of Chinese military technology to put forward the theory of the application of artillery in war, in order to study the improvement of artillery and imitation methods, he even directly purchased firearms from the Franco-Rang (Portuguese), at the same time he was also the exchange of Western culture in the late Ming Dynasty, but at that time Xu Guangqi's behavior was regarded by everyone as a deviant at that time, saying that he attached importance to Western strange and obscene skills, and there was no ancestral skill in his eyes, so Xu Guangqi finally spent his life silently in the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

"Xu Aiqing, I remember that you are an official of the Ministry of Rites, but not only have I never seen you at the court meeting, but now you are working in the yamen of the Ministry of Industry? Could it be that you were 'caught by Zhang Aiqing'? ”

At this time, Chongzhen looked at this top firearms manufacturing boss in the late Ming Dynasty and said jokingly.

"Your Majesty forgives me, Weichen has been on leave in the past few months, and he was going to go to the Ministry of Rites tomorrow to cancel his vacation, and he will come to the Ministry of Industry to have a look if he has nothing to do today."

Xu Guangqi knelt on the ground and said at a loss.

"Xu Aiqing, I have heard about you a long time ago, as early as when Wanli Ye was there, you were on the reorganization of armaments, and Wanli Ye also promised you at that time, but this firearms reform seems to have not just started to be implemented because of too much silver, and it was interfered with by officials of various ministries and did not succeed, since then you have been transferred to the Ministry of Rites, I am not wrong!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the old minister is incompetent, so far he has only a small experience in firearms, and there is no way to equip the whole army on a large scale."

"I can't blame you, after all, you have been in the Ministry of Rites all these years, and you have been consumed a lot of energy by these sacrifices and imperial examinations! Xu Aiqing asked you, if I don't let you be an official in the Ministry of Rites, would you like to come to the Ministry of Industry to be a craftsman? ”

The atmosphere dropped to zero o'clock in an instant, Zhang Wenyu didn't dare to speak on the side, he didn't know the situation, he thought that the emperor was unhappy, a dignified waiter of the Ministry of Rites was not good to sit in the yamen to handle official business, and asked for leave to go to the Ministry of Industry to be a craftsman, then it was your wish.

At this time, Xu Guangqi was also carefully considering Emperor Chongzhen's words, but as far as he was concerned, he was willing to do things rather than be an official, so he immediately had the courage to answer: "Your Majesty, Weichen is willing, do not hide from Your Majesty, Weichen's vision in his lifetime is to improve the manufacturing of firearms, so that they can make breakthroughs, so Your Majesty wants the minister to resign and come to the Ministry of Industry, and the minister is willing to receive the order." ”