The Ming Dynasty's Ordnance Bureau was located near the Dajiaochang outside the Taiping Gate, with a total of 9,200 craftsmen.

Of course, this is only the number of people on paper, in fact, there have been successive escapes over the years, and the actual number is less than 7,000.

Even so, when the 7,000 craftsmen were firing with all their power to make weapons, it was still huge and fireworks were all over the sky.

But this is all the old yellow calendar, and when Zhu Yunxi entered the Ordnance Bureau, only sporadic jingling sounds came out.

Half of the craftsmen were chatting and farting, and half of the craftsmen were squatting at the base of the wall to bask in the sun. Only some of the craftsmen on duty are making weapons on the spot.

The ambassador in charge of the Ordnance Bureau heard that His Royal Highness King Wu had come to inspect on behalf of His Majesty, and he was so excited that he trotted all the way over.

As soon as he saw so many people basking in the sun, he immediately angrily ordered them to work.

"You slackers, don't you hurry up and get up and work, do you have to wait for the official to whip you!"

Hearing the urging of the bureau ambassador, the craftsmen reluctantly got up from the ground and ...... And then there was no then......

"Ambassador, we don't have any iron here, what do you want the little ones to use to build weapons?"

"Charcoal isn't enough, you can't let us burn our thighs!"

When the bureau ambassador heard the complaints of the craftsmen, he couldn't help but curse.

"Can't you work without iron, can you clean the yard!"

"And you know that there is no charcoal, so you don't know how to cut down trees outside the city, so you have to wait for the charcoal to run out before complaining?"

The ambassador of the bureau scolded the craftsman while explaining to Zhu Yunxi.

"His Royal Highness King Wu, look at this group of lazy ghosts, they really can't move!"

Zhu Yunxi frowned when he heard this, and looked at Huang Ligong on the side. Huang Ligong hurriedly stepped forward and explained.

"Recently, there is indeed a shortage of iron materials, and the guards in various places have built weapons, and the iron materials of our Ordnance Bureau in the capital will not be available."

"How much is missing?"

Zhu Yunxi said this to the bureau ambassador, but the bureau ambassador was stunned for a long time and failed to give an exact number. In the end, Huang Ligong took out a booklet from his sleeve and flipped through it slightly.

"Back to His Royal Highness King Wu, iron smelting workshops in various places, this month should have handed over 300,000 catties of refined iron, but the actual payment was less than 50,000, a gap of 200,000 catties."

"Jin?"

When Zhu Yunxi heard the unit of measurement "jin", the whole person was stunned. His concept of iron is still stuck in "ton", and at first glance he hears "catty", which is called an discomfort.

"It's only one hundred and twenty-five tons?"

After Zhu Yunxi converted the unit of measurement of iron into "tons", he immediately had an idea in his mind.

In later generations, let alone building bridges, it is estimated that even a building with more than 17 floors will be built. can be placed in the Ming Dynasty, which is already a month's consumption of the Ordnance Bureau.

"Is there an iron-smelting workshop under the name of the Ministry of War?"

"Yes!"

"There are a few places under the lime mountain on the north side of Xuanwu Lake, but the scale is not large, and it is mainly transported by neighboring prefectures and counties."

"Oooh......"

When Zhu Yunxi was chatting with the two, the old craftsman who was watching the excitement came over and asked tentatively.

"You are the grandson of the Living Bodhisattva?"

"Huh?"

Zhu Yunxi was stunned again when he heard this, who gave him a nickname, why didn't he know?

"I am indeed the emperor's grandson, but I don't know what you mean by living bodhisattva?"

The old craftsman took two steps forward, but was stopped by the guards brought by Zhu Yunxi.

"This is the grandson of the three emperors of the Ming Dynasty, who has just been named King Wu by His Majesty!"

When the old craftsman heard this, he hurriedly fell to his knees with a thud, and then beckoned behind him.

"Come and see, everyone, the living Bodhisattva emperor and grandson are here, we will have a good life in the future!"

As soon as the old craftsman's voice fell, all the craftsmen who were standing under the wall to watch the excitement gathered at the hula, and then knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Zhu Yunxi.

"The little ones kowtow to the Bodhisattva Emperor!"

"Bodhisattva Emperor Sun Chitose Chitose!"

At first, there were hundreds of craftsmen, but as their shouts became louder and louder, other courtyard craftsmen also gathered and kowtowed to Zhu Yunxi.

This sudden scene not only blinded Zhu Yunxi, but also the bureau ambassador and Huang Ligong were also confused.

Only Zhu Yunxi's three masters looked relieved, and they had a sense of pride that could be used by the people.

"Then the old man get up for me, you tell me what's going on with this Bodhisattva Emperor and grandson, when will I become a Bodhisattva!"

Hearing this, the old craftsman hurriedly asked.

"Aren't you the grandson of the Three Emperors who built houses for the craftsmen of the Silver Crafts Bureau?"

Zhu Yunxi thought about it when he heard this.

"yes!"

"I am repairing the Wu Palace, and by the way, I bought a piece of land in the north of the city and built a staff dormitory for the workers of the Silver Bureau, so that it is more convenient for them to work for me."

As soon as Zhu Yunxi's words fell, the old craftsman said loudly.

"Then you are the Bodhisattva Emperor's grandson!"

"Since the Mengyuan Tartars came, our craftsmen didn't even get paid for their work, let alone someone to build a house for us!"

"The little ones heard that you not only paid the people of the Silver Bureau to start work, but also gave them houses, this is not a living bodhisattva!"

When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he finally understood why he had made a name for a bodhisattva, and he dared to love because of such a bad thing.

It's natural to work and get money, there's nothing to talk about, right?

Moreover, the reason why I gave them a house was just that I hoped that they would live closer and have more time to work for themselves, which was far from being a good heart and a good deed......

However, he just did something that a "human" should do, and he was called a bodhisattva by so many craftsmen, which made him feel extremely ashamed.

The lower limit of this Ming nobleman is too low......

Zhu Yunxi looked at the black pressure on the ground and said with a little emotion.

"Craftsmen, your good days have come!"

"From now on, all the workshops near the Daming Jingshi will be under my Zhu Yunxi's control!"

"I'm not going to brag to you, I'm only going to promise two things."

"First, work with me to make money!"

"Second, work with me and have a room to live in!"

"Third, I'll let you eat the meat every once in a while!"

"Fourth ......"

"Fifth ......"

Every time Zhu Yunxi said a word, the bottom cheered.

No one cares that what he says doesn't count, he only talks about two points when he says it, but he has already talked about seven or eight points, and even they want him to talk about a few more points, the more he talks, the better.

Qin Hengbo knew the suffering of the Ming craftsmen, and when he heard Zhu Yunxi's words, he only gave one evaluation.

"If this son can really do that, he doesn't need to say everything, even if he only does half of it, then he is a Bodhisattva in the hearts of Ming craftsmen!"

Yang Xinlu also agreed.

"yes!"

"The Ming Dynasty's artisan household system is so lacking in morality, and it is really hopeless to fix people's ancestors on the identity of craftsmen."

"In the long run, the generals will only escape from labor one after another, resulting in the slack of the Ming Dynasty's ordnance, and the generals will no longer have weapons to use."

Gao Ming muttered quietly.

"If someone reads a few more history books, he will not be able to fully accept the system of Mengyuan......"

"How rough Mengyuan's system is, there is only one who is like a treasure......"

When Qin Hengbo and Yang Xinlu heard the words of this anti-thief, they invariably took a step to each side, indicating that they were not all the way to this anti-thief.

Gao Ming saw that the two of them were so timid and afraid, so he snorted and stopped talking.

After all, he himself is quite apprehensive when he criticizes His Majesty today.

Zhu Yunxi came over today to say hello to the craftsmen, and then under the leadership of Huang Ligong, he visited the production environment of the Ordnance Bureau, as well as the accommodation environment.

An hour later, Zhu Yunxi walked out of the Ordnance Bureau with a heavy face, and there was only one thought in his heart, this place could be demolished!

Not to mention the backward production methods, the production environment is still amazingly poor. The ground was covered with red rust, which combined with the cross-flowing sewage, showing an agate-colored filth.

The artisans lived in a miserable place, a shed supported by a few sticks, with no walls on all sides, and only a pile of straw on the ground.

In such a dirty and messy working environment, he also expects to be able to create qualified weapons, and the emperor's grandfather is also big-hearted!

"Lord Huang, I've already seen it here, take me somewhere else......"

"No!"

In the next few days, Zhu Yunxi followed Huang Ligong to visit the iron-smelting workshop outside the city, as well as the military bureau under the inner government superintendent and specialized in the production of saddles and other military equipment.

Relatively speaking, the War Bureau is directly under the control of the palace, and the environment is much stronger than that of the Weapons Bureau.

However, there are still various shortcomings such as low production capacity, overstaffing, and shortage of raw materials.

However, this can't be said that the government is incompetent, it's really that the Ming craftsman system is too pitiful, and it's useless to replace it with anyone.

Because from the beginning of its establishment, this thing was not to improve production efficiency, but to facilitate the ruler to collect taxes.

This was the case during the Mengyuan period, and Zhu Yuanzhang copied it as it was after establishing the Ming Dynasty, which was also based on this purpose.

Under this system, craftsmen not only had to be craftsmen for generations, but also worked for the government for three months a year.

During this period, there was no salary, and the government only provided a small amount of salt and grain.

If food can make people full, it's actually fine. The key is that officials at all levels have their hands on it, treating these free laborers as private property, and trying their best to scrape oil and water from them.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty's artisan household system, basically, there were a lot of escapes when Lao Zhu was alive, and after Zhu Di, it became a common practice to flee, and no one was willing to work for the court anymore.

After a few days of observation, combined with the teachings of the three masters, Zhu Yunxi finally had a certain understanding of the Ming Dynasty's artisan household system.

It only took Zhu Yunxi one afternoon to write the note to the emperor's grandfather. In the evening, he showed it to the three masters, and after the three masters saw it, they first praised him fiercely, and then began to criticize him for an hour.

"Third Emperor Sun, if you write to Your Majesty, don't make drastic changes."

"Your Majesty is now very old, and he doesn't like big movements, so he can only accept minor adjustments."

"For example, you can change the proposal of abandoning the original supervisor, bureau and workshop to build another branch next to the original site to implement a new business model, and everything will remain the same!"

"This will minimize His Majesty's disgust."

"There is also a ban on the craftsman rotation system, which must also be revised, this is the basis of the Ming craftsman system, if you change it now, Your Majesty will definitely not like it, and will even call you back directly......"

"There is also the matter of giving money to craftsmen to start work, or to give grain and salt, it is too eye-catching to give money directly, and it is easy for officials from other prefectures and counties to write to impeach."

"If the craftsmen in other prefectures and counties also ask for this, they will not work without paying, which will cause a big turmoil."

"And ......"

"And ......"

Zhu Yunxi listened quite seriously at first, and after listening to more than a dozen "and", he became angry directly.

He only wrote five articles in total, and they have all overturned them, so do they have to come up and step on a few feet!

"Three masters, why don't you write it for me, and I'll copy it according to you!"

When the three of them heard Zhu Yunxi say this, they all smiled embarrassedly.

"The Three Emperors don't have to worry, in fact, you have a few suggestions that are still good, the angle is very unique, and the ideas are novel. It's just a bit under-thinking and doesn't look at the big picture......"

Zhu Yunxi rolled his eyes when he heard this, and said in his heart, I believe in your ghosts.

"Then ask the three gentlemen to draft one for me!"

"Good!"

When the three of them got this request, they hurriedly racked their brains to polish, adjust, and revise, and then the three of them fought.

"Qin Hengbo, you idiot who cultivates immortals to the point that your brains are broken, how can you write like this here!"

"You scum who writes erotic love stories and has the face to say about me, look at what you write, the life of a craftsman is already miserable, and you are afraid that others will complain and cut off so much treatment!"

Gao Ming saw that the two were arguing, and hurriedly stepped forward to comfort them.

"Why do you bother, we are all planning for the three emperors and grandchildren, how can we quarrel over a little thing?"

When the two heard Gao Ming's persuasion, they not only did not appreciate it, but turned the muzzle of the cannon and fired at Gao Ming.

"Don't talk!"

"The two of us are fighting for trivial matters, you look at you writing that thing, and directly deny the Ming Dynasty's craftsman system, do you want to kill the three emperors?"

"I ......"

Zhu Yunxi saw that the three of them would not be able to quarrel for a while, so he hid aside and revised it himself. He combined the shortcomings proposed by the three of them, and combined with some vague concepts in his mind, he rewrote a new version.

After the new version was written, Zhu Yunxi put it directly in his sleeve, but he didn't dare to show it to three more people.

These three people are like the ** of later generations, staring at the two eyes will only find faults, really write the "pen" to them, but they can't write Mao, pure mouth strong king.

The three of them quarreled until midnight, and suddenly realized that it was very late, so they said goodbye to Zhu Yunxi awkwardly.

"Let the Three Emperors and Sun wait for a long time, let's go back and think about it again, and we will definitely give you a final version tomorrow morning!"

Zhu Yunxi comforted a few people politely.

"The three masters have worked hard, go back and sleep well first, don't worry about the Tiao Chen for the imperial grandfather!"

"Alas......"

The three of them hid their faces in shame when they heard this, and even the carriage sent by Zhu Yunxi was faceless, and they walked all the way home.

Early the next morning, the three old men who stayed up all night gave Zhu Yunxi a version each, and then hid aside and closed their eyes to recuperate.

As soon as Zhu Yunxi saw this posture, he knew that none of the three of them could convince anyone, so he had to write one by one, and then give the choice to himself.

Zhu Yunxi opened it casually and looked at it, and had to admit that the three of them were all talents, and they could write better than themselves if they took out any of them.

But!

He decided not to use any of them, but only the poor version he had written!

"Three great talents, I really don't know how to choose......

The three old men who were sitting sulking couldn't help but feel a little more angry when they heard this.

"Three Emperor Suns, we can't convince anyone now, you can judge who writes the best note!"

Zhu Yunxi sighed in his heart when he heard this, it was really the first in the article, no matter who he chosen, he was bound to offend the other two.

"It's all good, it's all good......"

"You have to pick one!"

"Can't you choose it?"

"No way!"

"Then I will choose Su Daqiang!"