"Young master, Yan Shangshu is here."

As soon as Ye Hongyi left, Fang Fu came in to report.

Yan Lanfeng?

Fang Jue smiled: "Get ready, I'll ride with Yan Shangshu and enter the palace." ”

Fang Fu went down to prepare the carriage and horses, while Fang Jue walked out of the village and met Yan Lanfeng who was getting off the sedan chair.

"Young Master ......"

Yan Lanfeng saw the courtesy, and saw that Fang Jue was smiling, this was his God of Wealth.

The fireworks bureau has been in business for a long time, and it has begun to earn money in the past half a month, and this money is simply a blessing for the household.

With money, he, the treasury goalkeeper, can harden up.

"Lord Yan, I heard that you have been very proud lately, and you walk with the wind," Fang Jue said with a smile.

I say this because Yu Shitai is idle and has already played to impeach him.

What do you say Yan Lanfeng is frivolous, without the demeanor of a minister, and rude.

The Ministry of Rites also agreed.

"Cut...... A group of sour and rotten Confucians, who only know it, are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality...... It is true to be able to do practical things for the country. Yan Lanfeng said proudly.

He didn't pay attention to those impeachments at all.

An official at this level, unless he is said to be unfilial and disloyal, he doesn't care about impeaching the emperor.

Fang Jue nodded: "Yan Shangshu understands it thoroughly." ”

"I have long realized that when the first year of Shangshu, there was a drought in Beili Prefecture and other places, but the household department could not come up with money for disaster relief...... In the end, it was with the help of the Emperor's Pavilion that the imperial court did not lose face......"

Yan Lanfeng said chicly: "At that time, I understood that useless is a scholar, and only money and food are real!" ”

As the head of the household, Yan Lanfeng has a great responsibility.

Increasing revenue and reducing expenditure is what he has to do every day, contributing money and food for the affairs of the whole country, and he has to calculate every penny.

It's no easier than being the head of the cabinet.

The cabinet only deals with government affairs, but the household department has to pay for it, and if it can't be taken out, it is not his face that Yan Lanfeng is alone.

The credibility of the entire country will be hit.

This is also the reason why Fang Jue made the household rich first.

Only when the household department is rich can it not be afraid of disasters and famines, and it will be possible to carry out follow-up reforms for all parts of the country.

"By the way, young master, do you know, why did Your Majesty call me here?"

Yan Lanfeng said strangely, he was summoned by the inner supervisor to come and discuss with Fang Jue.

As for what was discussed, the inner supervisor did not say anything, because the inner supervisor did not know.

Fang Jue said, "Lord Yan, would you mind sharing the car with me?" ”

"It's a real honor to be in the same car with the young master." Yan Lanfeng smiled, like a two-skinned face, and didn't care at all that he nodded to a teenager.

Not far away, Fang Fu came.

As soon as Dian got into the car and drove the horse, Fang Jue made an invitation.

Yan Lanfeng said to his entourage: "You wait here, and no one will know where I am going today." ”

"Yes......"

After that, Yan Lanfeng and Fang Jue had a polite conversation before getting into the carriage first.

Inside the carriage, feeling the carriage moving slowly, Yan Lanfeng wanted to look out and see where the young master was going to take him.

Fang Jue stopped him: "Lord Yan, where you and I are going today, it's best not to spread the word." ”

"Want to enter the palace?" Yan Lanfeng immediately understood.

Fang Jue nodded, worthy of being a book of the household, and his brain was very bright.

"For the Musket Bureau? Or a fireworks bureau? Yan Lanfeng kind of understood.

The emperor asked him to come to Fangjiazhuang, probably to use this as a cover to let him enter the palace with Fang Jue.

As for what to discuss, it is not obvious.

"Don't ask, you'll know when you enter the palace."

The carriage drove into the city, and Norichi changed his costume.

Soon after, Noiichi also got into the car.

Yan Lanfeng was surprised: "Dian Daxia is in, who is driving?" ”

Norichi shook his head.

Yan Lanfeng looked through the door curtain slightly, glanced at it, and found a very familiar back.

"Mr. Wang?"

Seeing that it was Wang Feng, Yan Lanfeng was shocked, did he want to keep it secret to this extent.

The emperor didn't send anyone else, but directly let the chief supervisor come, and didn't fake others.

Wang Feng was driving, and he was informed early in the morning, and no one knew who was in the car all the way into the palace.

Any forbidden army patrol battalion is not qualified to inspect, and every time Wang Feng shows a gold medal, he will pass without danger.

"Young Master, Yan Shangshu, it's here." Wang Feng said in a suppressed voice.

Dian Yi was the first to get out of the car, and it was Fang Jue and Yan Lanfeng.

"Where is this?" Yan Lanfeng was extremely surprised, this was not the Fengtian Palace, nor was it any place in the Imperial Study or the Yangju Palace.

"Back to Yan Shangshu, this is the East Palace, please." Wang Feng led the way.

Guarding the gate of the palace was not a forbidden army, but a group of tall men wearing masks.

Each of them wore black dragon head masks, and their heavy armor only showed their eyes.

"Black Dragoon?" Dian's eyes lit up, and his hands rubbed for a while, and his hands were a little itchy.

"East Palace?" Yan Lanfeng is really strange.

The emperor summoned himself and others in the East Palace, which had never been done before.

The East Palace is the prince's bedroom, but there is no prince in this dynasty, so the East Palace has been idle until now, and no one knows what it looks like here.

After it was built, there was no mention of this place.

"Let's go, Lord Yan." Fang Jue patted Yan Lanfeng's shoulder.

Yan Lanfeng came back to his senses, walked parallel with Fang Jue, and walked up the long stone steps.

And Dianyi was very conscious, standing at the foot of the stone steps of the East Palace, and did not go up.

He knew that these black dragon riders appeared here, probably to keep it secret, and also to guard against him, the fourth master in the world.

"I'm pretty ...... a row," she smiled, and sat casually in the carriage.

……

In the East Palace, the emperor was wearing regular clothes, which was the same set that went to Fangjiazhuang before.

"Chen Fangjue/Yan Lanfeng, see Your Majesty's ......"

The two bowed slightly.

The emperor didn't sit either, this is the position of the crown prince, and it is not appropriate for him to sit.

"The two Aiqing are flat, and today is a private matter, and it is inconvenient to make it public, so I am here."

The two of them saluted.

To be honest, Fang Jue didn't expect that the emperor would choose to meet here.

But think about it, in the entire imperial city, probably only this place is the safest.

Without the crown prince, the East Palace would be empty, and no one would have thought that the emperor would meet the two of them here.

"Young Master, Yan Qing, do you know why I summoned you two here?"

Fang Jue said: "Probably for the Musket Bureau, right?" ”

Yan Lanfeng is not stupid here: "Need the help of the household department?" ”

Then there's only one thing.

Xiao Pingsi looked at the two of them with a smile, and liked that the two of them didn't pretend to be stupid, this is not a court.

"Lord Yan, it's a matter of musket ammunition." Fang Jue said.

Yan Lanfeng nodded: "This should be a matter of the Musket Bureau, Your Majesty summoned the ministers, but what do you need the cooperation of the Fireworks Bureau?" ”

"Exactly."

Xiao Pingsi said solemnly: "The young master has said many times that the most important thing is to control the ammunition when it comes to the weight of the musket, so the manufacture of ammunition must be careful and cautious, and it cannot be known to everyone. ”

"Your Majesty wants to make the musket and ammunition separately, and the Fireworks Bureau will be in charge of the ammunition part?" Yan Lanfeng looked at Fang Jue in surprise.

Young Master, Your Majesty is guarding against you, what do you say?

Fang Jue smiled lightly: "This is officially what I suggested to Your Majesty." ”

"I see, the young master is really thinking far." Yan Lanfeng was a little admired.

He suddenly understood.

The establishment of the fireworks bureau is not just to sell fireworks and to collect money for the households.

The most important thing is to cover the Musket Bureau.

Who would have thought that the Bureau of Fireworks could make ammunition for muskets?

Factories that sell toys can actually make munitions...... That's cover.

And Yan Lanfeng can also think that the young master deliberately separated the guns and bullets, just to appease His Majesty's heart.

"What I and the young master mean is to let the Fireworks Bureau set up a second factory, in the name of making fireworks, but in fact, it is to manufacture the ammunition needed for muskets."

"Externally, we also need to keep it secret, and internally, employees can't let them know what they are making."

"The materials, proportions and final packaging of the ammunition need to be handled by different people, and they are completely confidential from each other."

"The person in charge of the final packaging can't leave the factory."

The emperor said some details and thought about them.

looked at the two: "Two Aiqing, can you add anything?" ”

It is impossible for the emperor to discuss this kind of thing with others, so naturally he can only brainstorm at this time.

Rigid and self-serving, Xiao Pingsi knows this very well.

"Your Majesty is thoughtful, and the minister has nothing to add." Yan Lanfeng said with a smile.

Fang Jue said: "Your Majesty is thoughtful, but the minister thinks that the entire fireworks factory should not be allowed to go out without permission. ”

"If you go out, you need to send the secret agents of the Hanging Sword Division to follow and protect and monitor."

"People who know the formula, even if they don't know everything, can't let them leave the factory, they can build a barracks for them to live in, and they can take their families there...... However, the whole family is not allowed to go out, and the household department is responsible for purchasing according to demand. ”

Fang Jue said something, and the emperor and Yan Lanfeng both nodded.

Yan Lanfeng echoed: "What the young master said is true, after all, it is an important weapon of the country, and there can be no leakage. ”

The Emperor thought of something else:

"In the Musket Bureau, it needs to be so secretive."

"Your Majesty Shengming ......"