"That's their incompetence too!"

Zhu Di was still a little angry.

Thinking about it, dozens of craftsmen in his house studied for two months, but there was no progress at all. And Tao Yiping and Yang Ting, two boys, were developed in less than half a month.

Doesn't this tell Zhu Di that those craftsmen in his house are incompetent?

It's a little uncomfortable to put it on anyone.

Guo An also understood, and chuckled: "Your Highness, now Tao Yiping and Yang Ting are also from our Yan Palace. ”

Zhu Di nodded slightly, "In the future, if Tao Wanhu has any more disciples coming, they will have to be kept by us." ”

"That's nature!"

Guo An smiled slightly, and changed the topic, "Your Highness, judging from Tao Yiping and Yang Ting, it is still a scholar who comes to study the skills of craftsmen, and the results will be the highest." ”

Zhu Di nodded in agreement, "Readers have been enlightened by the books of ancient sages, and let them study the skills of craftsmen, which is naturally much stronger than ordinary craftsmen." ”

Guo An continued: "Your Highness is wise, now I have a glass workshop, a cement workshop, a wool workshop, as well as a Zhangjiawan wharf and an iron smelting workshop, all of which can make a lot of money every day.

However, the craftsmen in these workshops are just ordinary craftsmen, and although those craftsmen are experienced, they are all illiterate in big characters, and they do not have the intelligence of Tao Yiping and Yang Ting at all. ”

Zhu Di seemed to have just realized this problem, and hurriedly looked at Guo An, a strange look flashed in his eyes.

"What Guo Qing means, is that our Yan Wangfu still needs to invite some craftsmen from Tao Wanhu?"

Guo An was helpless, and hurriedly replied: "Your Highness misunderstood, that Tao Wanhu is obviously a craftsman left by His Majesty to His Royal Highness the Prince, and it is already considered a great luck for my Yan Wangfu to get Tao Yiping and Yang Ting." ”

Zhu Di thought of something, and nodded subconsciously, "What Guo Qing said is right, just because we left Tao Yiping and Yang Ting, my father also specially asked the imperial brother to write a letter to ask us."

If we fight Tao Wanhu's children again, I'm afraid that next time my father will scold him personally. ”

Guo An looked at Zhu Di seriously and admonished: "Your Highness, Tao Wanhu was a scholarly family before, and he was also the head of the academy, so that a group of craftsmen who are proficient in the art of craftsmen can be cultivated.

If His Royal Highness opens a craftsman school with Tao Yiping and Yang Ting as the mountain chiefs, he will definitely be able to train a group of craftsmen like Tao Wanhu in my Yanwang Mansion.

In this way, why should His Royal Highness covet other people's craftsmen, so that the Yanwang Mansion is prosperous. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Di felt a little wrong, squinted his eyes slightly, and turned his head to look at Guo An.

"When did Guo Qing have such an idea?"

Guo An smiled slowly, and did not shy away from it at all, but said directly: "When Wechen wants to improve the iron-making furnace and develop cement, even the recording of some processes and data needs to be written by Wechen himself.

Even, how to operate, must be taught step by step by Weichen.

Weichen knew that if Weichen alone wanted to prosper the Yanwang Mansion, he was afraid that Weichen would be exhausted to death, and he would not be able to complete it. ”

Zhu Di looked a little strange and asked, "Can craftsmen rejuvenate the country?" ”

Guo An's face turned ruthless, and he directly asked the words that made Zhu Di's face change slightly, "Weichen dared to ask His Royal Highness, if there were no firearms, would the establishment of the Ming Kingdom be so smooth?" ”

Zhu Di said leisurely: "The ten thousand households of Tao Wanhu don't want to be sealed in vain. ”

Guo An continued: "Therefore, craftsmen are also a member of life that should not be taken lightly. Your Highness, just calcining out transparent glass and cleaning the smell of wool, how much money has your Highness already made with these two technologies? ”

Zhu Di's expression moved.

Guo An hurriedly struck while the iron was hot: "There is also the fishing boat, although it is a few inconspicuous small changes, but it can have huge benefits for the Ming Dynasty."

Weichen heard that the fish caught by the Daming sailor in the sea last year were tens of thousands of catties!

Even our Yanwang Mansion, with so many boats, has also caught millions of catties of sea fish. ”

"Your Highness, now you are making money in a traditional way, and Your Highness is suspected of competing with the people for profit.

However, if His Royal Highness Yanwang's Mansion can always research new objects, no matter how much money he makes.

Then those officials and gentry will not only not be blushing and making trouble, but they can even follow His Highness all the time and keep talking to His Highness, asking His Highness to study more objects! ”

"Of course, the most important thing is to research more powerful weapons and more steel swords and armor, so that my Yan Wangfu can attack the Mongols and the Japanese at will, so that these barbarians can flee directly when they see my Ming soldiers, or kneel on the ground and beg for mercy......"

Zhu Di was already a little moved, and frowned: "Guo Qing should know that many scholars are reluctant to farm, let alone become craftsmen!" ”

Guo An nodded and said: "Therefore, Weichen thinks that His Royal Highness should cultivate the Yan Wangfu's own craftsmen, directly recruit the heirs of those craftsmen, and let their heirs enter the craftsman's workshop in advance, and follow along while learning literacy."

Or, if their children are too young, teach the craftsmen to read. ”

At this time, Zhu Di was really moved, but he was a little distressed, you must know that reading and writing is extremely costly.

Although, there are hundreds of thousands of taels of silver lying in the treasury of his palace now, and they can't spend it all.

However, he was very reluctant to let him throw all the money to those craftsmen to read and write, but his mind was full of the pictures described by Guo An.

He Zhu Di took tens of thousands of armor and steel knives and firearms in his hands to wipe out one Mongolian tribe after another in the vast grassland!

Extremely contradictory.

"So, how much money do we have to spend?"

Guo An was a little surprised, he didn't expect Zhu Di to speak so easily.

However, he hurriedly said: "Your Highness, teaching craftsmen and their heirs to read is a very long and important matter, and it will take at least two or three years.

The first step is to make the artisan or the children of artisan households literate, and then according to their performance in the first year, select half of the craftsmen and children who are still willing to work hard, and let them continue to read and write.

Then, in the second year, half of the best of these craftsmen and craftsmen were selected to provide them with literacy in the third year.

When the third year came out, although they were not as good as Tao Yiping and Yang Ting and others, they were definitely stronger than most craftsmen. As long as they work hard for a few more years, they may not even be worse than Tao Yiping and Yang Ting.

As for the rest of the craftsmen, they have also begun to know some words, and they can go to work.

Of course, if they want to study at their own expense, my Yanwang Mansion is also very encouraged......"

Zhu Di thought about it carefully, and then understood Guo An's thoughts, and he was a little relieved, and said with satisfaction: "This can not only save half of the money and food for the government, but also encourage those craftsmen and craftsmen to be the heirs, and dare not slack off in the slightest, Guo Qing is really talented." ”

Guo An's face was overjoyed, "Your Highness has agreed?" ”

Zhu Di shook his head, "This matter is important, we still need to discuss it with Zhu Qing and Master Dao Yan." ”

Guo An hurriedly said: "Your Highness, Zhu Changshi is busy with the government affairs of the Yan Wangfu all day long, and he can't look down on such a cheap job as a craftsman.

As for Venerable Daoyan, in order to attain enlightenment, he studied the Dharma all day long, and His Highness should not be disturbed by such mundane things......"

Before he finished speaking, the entire carriage shook violently, and Guo An hurriedly supported his body tightly with both hands.

After a while, it calmed down.

Zhu Di said unhappily: "Why is it so bumpy? ”

"Your Highness, forgive me, this section of the road is really a bit bumpy."

The coachman said with a panicked look on his face outside.

Zhu Di ignored the coachman, but looked at Guo An, who had an ugly face, and said, "We should ride to the gunpowder workshop." ”

Guo An said: "What His Highness said is extremely true. ”

Zhu Di's expression eased slightly.

Guo An said: "However, Weichen feels that the road is so bumpy, he should find a time to pave this road with cement."

Otherwise, the transportation of iron smelters, gunpowder factories and cement factories is a huge problem. ”

"Hmm!"

Zhu Di readily agreed, since he saw that Zhangjiawan Wharf could bring him a lot of money to Yanwangfu, he saw the benefits of cement roads.

……

As soon as Zhu Di and Guo An arrived at the gate of the gunpowder workshop, Qiu Fu walked over with two guards.

"See His Royal Highness King Yan, I have seen Guo Changshi."

Zhu Di waved his hand casually and walked straight inside.

"Molotov cocktails made?"

Hearing this, Qiu Fu didn't know what to think of, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, and he hurriedly said, "Your Highness Qiqi, it has indeed been made." ”

"Why do you look like that?"

Zhu Di asked with some curiosity.

Qiu Fu smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness will know after a look, that incendiary bomb is a little weird. ”

Zhu Di glanced at Qiu Fu and didn't ask again, but his pace was much faster.

As for Guo An, he has a stronger sense of expectation in his heart.

When a few people came to the gunpowder workshop and saw the two houses dedicated to testing gunpowder, Zhu Di and Guo An took a cold breath and were dumbfounded.

"They were so ruthless!"

One of the two experimental houses, built with one-foot-thick cement walls, was in a dilapidated state.

Guo An had a feeling that he could kick it down with one kick if he got up with this kind of physique.

Zhu Di said with a look of surprise: "That incendiary bomb is so powerful? ”

Qiu Fu said: "Your Highness, the last general has never seen such a ruthless gunpowder. ”

However, Zhu Di and Guo An didn't pay attention to Qiu Fu, but looked to the side.

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting walked over with a black object like an iron ball.

On the left and right sides of the body, two guards each carefully guarded.

Seeing this, Qiu Fu's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly said to Zhu Di: "Your Highness, the iron object in the potter's hand is the incendiary bomb, this thing is extremely dangerous, please move your Highness and go to the safe house to watch." ”

Zhu Di's face sank, "What gunpowder haven't we seen?" Incendiary bombs......"

Without waiting for Zhu Di to finish speaking, Guo An also hurriedly said: "Your Highness, I'll go to the safe house on the side to watch." ”

After speaking, Guo An walked to the cement house not far away.

Zhu Di's eyelids twitched, and he felt a little bad.

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting also automatically stopped when they were still twenty steps away from Zhu Di.

"Your Highness, this incendiary bomb is extremely dangerous, please follow your master into the safe house to watch."

"Since you are so insistent, let's take a good look at how powerful this thing is."

With that, Zhu Di walked to the safe house.

Behind him, Li Wang and Qiu Fu hurriedly followed.

Entering the safe house, Zhu Di glanced at Guo An dissatisfied, and asked, "Guo Qing seems to know the power of this thing?" ”

Guo An smiled faintly and said, "Back to Your Highness, I have never seen the incendiary bomb Weichen." However, this incendiary bomb was conjectured by Wechen, and since Tao Yiping and the others had developed it, the power was not much different from what Wechen guessed......"

(End of chapter)