Last year, the two craftsmen who were knighted were knighted.

As soon as the news came out, it quickly spread throughout Suncheon City, and spread to the surrounding area at an extremely fast speed.

The class division of Shinong industry and commerce has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it cannot be said that everyone lives to get ahead, but at least more than sixty percent of the people are like this, and the remaining forty percent are basically all hoping to earn money so that their families can live a good life.

To sum it up, there is one sentence: people live this life, rarely for themselves, most of them are for their families, so that their families can live a good life.

And most of the ways to achieve this goal are the same way.

In this era, the status of craftsmen itself is not high, and there is no money for businessmen, so most of the people who become craftsmen have no way to earn a little bit of subsistence.

Nowadays, craftsmen also have the possibility of being knighted, which makes people feel that their ideas have been shocked.

Before leaving for Europe, Zhu Zhanyan finally did two things, one of which was to meet these two craftsmen.

The names of these two craftsmen are quite interesting, the first one, that is, the craftsman who invented the Thunderbolt, is named Lin Mandou.

The name can be said to be very simple and straightforward, it should be that his parents hope that the harvest in the field will be full every year.

And the second craftsman, that is, the craftsman who invented the new method of mining the mine, has an even more interesting name, called Li Zhan.

爰, pronounced the same circle, and the aid of aid is the same meaning.

"Li Zhan......" Zhu Zhanyan looked at the name on the fold in his hand, and then looked at the two people below.

"The grass people are ......" Li Zhan was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Zhu Zhanyan to mention his name first.

"You're the one who invented the Zhuo Tsutsui for extracting kerosene, right?" Zhu Zhanyan put down the fold in his hand, looked at Li Zhan below and asked.

"His Royal Highness Hui Shizi is the grass people."

"Can you tell me how you came up with the idea?" Zhu Zhanyan looked at Li Zhan with interest, this person's reaction was different from what he expected.

The social status of craftsmen is not high, the income is even lower, and the merchant at least has money, so the craftsman can be said to be the lowest person in society.

And such a person, although he is a little slow to react when he sees himself, is more calm,

Lin Mandou's body next to him was trembling, and his head was about to be buried in his chest, but Li Zhan's reaction was normal, as if he had seen an ordinary person.

"His Royal Highness Hui Shizi, the grass people are from Qingzhou Mansion, and when they go to the ground, they can see the officials mining hot oil, and after seeing too much, they have an idea in their minds......

Qingzhou Mansion?

Zhu Zhanyan quickly went through it in his mind and found the location of Qingzhou Mansion.

It is the place where the Ming Dynasty now mainly exploits oil, and in later generations this Qingzhou capital is very famous, because there is an oil field here, called Shengli.

"I see." Zhu Zhanyan nodded slightly.

"Zhuo Tsujing is a good method, it can help the imperial court to extract thermal oil faster and more, this prince intends to let you enter the household department, specifically responsible for the exploitation of thermal oil, I don't know what you think?"

"Everything is at the command of His Royal Highness." Li Zhan fell to his knees, which can be regarded as gratitude.

"No courtesy." Zhu Zhanyan waved his hand and motioned for him to get up.

"This son has seen your ancestors for three generations, and your father was originally the county magistrate of Boxing under the rule of Qingzhou Mansion, but he was framed and his family fell into the middle of the road."

"Now, you have become a knight, which may be different from what your father thought at the beginning, but it can be regarded as taking over your father's class."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your grace!" Hearing Zhu Zhanyan say this, Li Zhan, who had just gotten up, knelt down again to thank him.

"Huh?" Zhu Zhanyan frowned.

"His Royal Highness doesn't know anything about ......"

Li Zhan talked endlessly for a long time, and Zhu Zhanyan finally understood what he was thanking for the second time.

It turned out that Zhu Zhan Yan had been to Qingzhou Mansion back then, when he went to carry out the matter of cultivating cattle on behalf of the household department, and the assassination history of Qingzhou Mansion that killed Li Zhan's father was handled by Zhu Zhan at that time.

Zhu Zhanyan doesn't remember it anymore, but he didn't expect it to be brought up again at this time.

"If that is the case, then do not disappoint your father's expectations." In this regard, Zhu Zhanyan didn't want to say anything.

This kind of thing is just a matter of raising his hand for him, and punishing corrupt officials was the task given to him by the old man at that time.

For Li Zhan, Zhu Zhanyan didn't have much expectations.

Li Zhan is not destined to become an important official, and in this life, he is responsible for oil extraction in the Ministry of Industry, and it is difficult for him to improve through other inventions.

After all, Zhu Zhanyan's threshold for work is very high.

"Okay, Li Zhan, you step back first, I still have something to say to Lin Mancang."

Looking at Li Zhan's third verbal thanks, Zhu Zhanyan directly signaled Zhu Ping to take him away.

There's a lot of red tape, and it's really uncomfortable.

"Lin Mancang......" Li Zhan left, Zhu Zhanyan looked at Lin Mancang, and his tone was not as easy-going as just now.

"Grass...... Caomin ......, "Lin Mancang doesn't have Li Zhan's family history, and his mentality is not good, Zhu Zhanyan directly scared him down with a word."

"You get up, ......" Zhu Zhanyan had a headache.

The two workers taken by the first work of the Ming Dynasty are a little nervous......

"Thank you...... Thank you, His Royal Highness......" Lin Mancang stood up tremblingly.

"Lin Mancang, the Thunderbolt you invented is very useful, it is more useful and more comprehensive than the Three-Eyed Gun currently used by our Daming."

"So, you are the first in this work, and Li Zhan is only second."

"But ......"

Zhu Zhanyan made a turn, and once again scared Lin Mancang to tremble, and almost fell to his knees again.

"You are different from Li Zhan, because what you invent is fundamentally different from what he invented."

"Firearms have always been my Ming's strengths, but in the same way, the enemy is also staring at our firearms all the time, thinking of finding an opportunity to steal them, so that our Ming's advantage in firearms can be weakened or even disappear."

"So, you are different from Li Zhan, you will be protected by Jinyi Wei for a long time in the future."

Hearing the three words of Jin Yiwei, Lin Mancang was stunned for a moment.

After the Hongwu and Yongle dynasties, Jinyiwei has become synonymous with terror, and although it is mainly aimed at officials, there is a precedent for arresting civilians.

"I'm not hiding it from you." Seeing that Lin Mancang did not kneel again, Zhu Zhanyan also nodded with satisfaction.

"It's protection, but it's also surveillance."

"Say that the protective stone because you will become the target of the enemy in the future, whether it is robbing you and letting you help them make firearms, or killing you and making me lose a talent, in short, when you invent the thunderbolt, your fate is already doomed."

"And the reason why I say surveillance, I don't need to explain much, you should know why."

"So, you have to be prepared in advance."

……

Lin Mancang's mentality is not good, but his ability to accept it is very good.

After Zhu Zhanyan talked to him, he quickly accepted that he would spend the next half of his life under the supervision of Jinyiwei, and even things like returning to his hometown and relatives had to be reported in advance.

For this, Zhu Zhanyan is still very satisfied.

Because compared with Li Zhan, Zhu Zhanyan attaches more importance to Lin Mancang.

Thermal weapons are the main theme of future wars, and having mastered the latest thermal weapons, we dare not say that we can be invincible in war, but at least we can gain the upper hand.

As for other aspects of science and technology, Zhu Zhanyan didn't pay attention to it, but he just felt that he could make plans after the war was completely over.

As for what is the complete end, it may only come according to his ideas.

(End of chapter)