"Please command!"

"I am ready to implement a national policy, that is, the people do not add endowment and the country is sufficient, for this reason I am ready to open another office in the imperial court, specializing in business on behalf of the imperial court, ready to start with the establishment of a cash cabinet, the money from the inner government, the initial investment of 20 million taels of silver, we not only absorb deposits, but also borrow from anyone with collateral, of course, the loan amount can not exceed 80% of the value of the collateral, and the deposit must also give a certain interest, of course, the deposit interest cannot be higher than one-fifth of the loan interest, I think so, how to decide, You need to investigate and explore by yourself, in short, it can't be higher than the private interest, so that the business of the cash cabinet will be completely grasped in the hands of the imperial court, so that the imperial court can control the right to trade and trade, do you understand what I mean? ”

"The slave understands that the slave has been in contact with a lot of cabinets before, and he knows a little about the doorways."

"That's good, after the institutional reform, there will be no more years to use the internal supervisor to take power, so you will be in charge of the financial power of the inner government for me, I will not treat you badly, and I will give you 100,000 taels of silver a year to ensure that you have no worries."

"The emperor can rest assured, the slave will definitely not be dishonored."

"Okay, so you also have a stable income, I can rest assured that I will hand it over to you, and let you avoid the troubled waters of the imperial court, do it well!" Wang Chengen listened to Gao Yiming's consideration for himself everywhere, and he was very happy in his heart, and said yes again and again.

"In addition, in addition to this, you also have to establish a secret intelligence organization for me, responsible for finding out the intelligence of our enemies and all officials of the imperial court, especially those of the Qing army outside the Guan, you must be detailed, report to me once every three days, emergency, no matter when, report to me at any time, I allow you to enter the palace at any time."

"Yes! Please rest assured. ”

"Remember, this intelligence agency only investigates intelligence, and if there is a need to act, I will arrange it for the relevant yamen, and your people will reach out and chop their hands, stretch out their feet and stomp their feet, understand?"

"Slaves understand."

"Intelligence personnel are treated preferentially, and they are given the rank of five officials and above, and you will decide the specifics, and report to me for approval!"

"Yes, the minion commands."

"How's that with the weapons I gave you?"

"Emperor, the multi-barreled artillery has been developed, and there are currently three samples, and it can be demonstrated when there are enough five."

"That's good, where's the Gatling?"

"A sample has also been made, but the springs produced so far have not been fitted, so the problem of automatic loading has not been solved."

"Where's this workshop?"

"In the Purple Mountain, it's not too far."

"Okay, let's go see it tomorrow, I'll see what's going on."

"Yes, the minion will arrange it."

"Okay, remember to be quiet."

"Minions understand."

"This is my handwritten order, you go to the inner government to spend 20 million taels of silver, go and do things, the cabinet and the intelligence agencies have to do things step by step, don't be in a hurry."

"Yes!"

After Wang Chengen went down, Gao Yiming walked to the door, looked at the clear sky outside, and muttered to himself: "The season when the grass grows and the eagle flies is a good time for large-scale use of troops outside the Guan, as soon as this year passes, the Qing army outside the Guanxi should complete the appeasement outside the Guan, and may go south to enter the customs at any time, where will they enter the customs from?" ”

On the second day, Gao Yiming explained to Han Zan on Monday, and then dressed in cloth clothes and followed Wang Chengen out of Nanjing City, and went straight to the arsenal in the Purple Mountain, accompanied by Shi Kefa, for the sake of insurance, Gao Yiming was ready to let the Ministry of War also intervene in the management of the arsenal, and in the near future, this is the most important department of the Ming Dynasty.

The more you go into the mountains, the more deserted and uninhabited, so you walked another stick of incense, and in a natural cave, Gao Yiming saw the Ming army patrolling back and forth.

"Emperor, this is it, there are more than 5,000 brocade guards before here, and 3,000 people have been arranged here."

Gao Yiming nodded, after Wang Chengen showed his waist card six times, he came to the cave, Gao Yiming was not annoyed by this, on the contrary, he was very pleased, this kind of top secret, such a strict control method is necessary.

The first thing that caught his eye was the three black and shiny 107mm rocket launchers placed there, the familiar feeling, Gao Yiming was very satisfied, walked up and patted the barrel gently, with this thing, he felt much more at ease.

"Where's Gatling?"

"Inside, please come with me."

Since Wang Chengen did not introduce Gao Yiming and Shi Kefa, the craftsmen in the cave only knew kowtow, but no one made a sound, and when he came to the Gatling production area, Gao Yiming was speechless, gold is a convenient shape, but this thing is soft, how can it be used to make springs, make trouble.

"This spring should be made of iron wire drawing, and it should not be so thin, it will be like vermicelli, come on, do it now, I will teach you." As he spoke, Gao Yiming rolled up his sleeves and beckoned the craftsman to start working, with a ready-made stove and fine iron, which would not bother him.

Under Gao Yiming's personal control, it took most of the day's work to make a usable spring, and it was installed on the assembled Gatling, which could be used freely immediately, which caused a burst of jubilation among the craftsmen in the cave, and they all gave Gao Yiming a thumbs up.

Gao Yiming accepted it happily, and before leaving, he threw them a diagram of a steam engine, which is still a handicraft workshop, and the production efficiency of weapons is too low to adapt to high-intensity warfare, so it is necessary to improve work efficiency, and what can be done now is to develop a simple and effective machine like a steam engine.

The government is complicated, Gao Yiming should not stay here for long, and soon returned the same way.

On the road, Gao Yiming said: "This arsenal is just an experimental site, and more will be built in the future, and the internal government of the arsenal is responsible for how to use the weapons after they are manufactured, and the military department is responsible for them, and you two are in charge of each stall." ”

Shi Kefa and Wang Chengen should be together.

Back at the palace, Han Zanzhou hurriedly greeted him.

"What?"

"Emperor, early this morning, several vassal kings came to the palace gate and made a noise to see you, and the servants told them that you were not in good health according to your instructions, but they didn't believe it, and now they are at the queen's place."

"Did they say they wanted to see what I was doing?"

"No, but seeing that the princes are excited, it seems that they are not satisfied with the accommodation and the placement of their families, and they want to come to you to tell you justice."

"When you go to the queen, just say what I said, the household department and the Ministry of Rites have already made a plan before this matter, let them go to the household department and the Ministry of Rites to say justice, and if the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Rites deduct their treatment, let them come to me. There is a war coming soon, for such a trivial matter of sesame mung beans, roaring the palace, what kind of system. "Gao Yiming is a little unhappy, he is not satisfied with not doing anything, eating and drinking well, he doesn't believe that the household department and the Ministry of Rites dare to deduct the food and salary of these vassal kings, they came here, it is just too low, and they don't have time to grind their teeth.