Zhu Di was stunned, "Is this feasible?" ”

Guo An said, "Your Highness, why can't you do what you want me to do?" Moreover, in this way, those students from poor families can often serve as servants and deputy treasurers, so that they can still earn some money to support their families in the academy.

In addition, as soon as they leave the academy, they can immediately become the scribes and treasurers of the house.

Moreover, His Highness will be very easy to summon it......"

"Good!"

Zhu Di's eyes lit up, and he nodded directly, "According to what Guo Qing said, the academy is Master Daoyan." ”

"Your Highness is wise!"

Guo An flattered, and hurriedly said: "The matter of the academy has been decided, and then Weichen will bring the matter of preparing to go on the expedition." ”

"Hmm!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly.

Guo An got up and retreated, leaving the palace, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes.

That Daoyan monk is not a person!

……

"Someone!"

Back at the public house, Guo An shouted outside.

"What does Guo Changshi command?"

A scribe whose name Guo An couldn't remember walked in quickly.

"The good doctor is calling us!"

"Yes, Guo Changshi!"

Soon, after a while, the good doctor Zheng Zuo Binhua and the deputy good doctor Zheng Pang Jiyan hurriedly walked in.

"Xiaguan see Guo Changshi!"

Guo An directly looked gentle, "Doctor Zuo Liang, Doctor Pang Liang, please sit down quickly." ”

Zuo Binhua and Pang Jiyan subconsciously sat down according to the words, and looked at Guo An with nervous faces, "I don't know if Guo Changshi is looking for the two officials, but what do you order?" ”

Guo An said gently: "Nowadays, how many doctors are there good doctors? ”

Zuo Binhua and Pang Jiyan glanced at each other, and hurriedly replied: "Qi Guo Changshi, in addition to the two lower officials in the Wangfu Good Medical Institute, there are also two medical households and four medicine boys. ”

"How much is the gold sore medicine?" Guo An asked again.

At this time, Zuo Binhua and Pang Jiyan were even more puzzled in their eyes. However, the gold sore medicine is a healing medicine, not a poison, so the two of them still replied honestly: "Back to Guo Changshi, there are now more than two hundred gold sore medicines in the palace. ”

"Not enough!"

Guo An shook his head solemnly, "The drugs for treating external injuries, stopping bleeding and relieving pain, and reducing inflammation have been quietly sent to buy them, and at least 20,000 copies of each can be prepared."

If Beiping Mansion is not enough, we will send someone to the south to buy it. ”

"This?"

Zuo Binhua and Pang Jiyan's eyes were full of surprise, "Guo Changshi, I don't know ...... about this"

"Your Highness knows about this."

Guo An said lightly: "The stakes are very high, and you must keep it secret." How much money is needed, and the chief manager is disbursed. ”

"Yes, Guo Changshi."

At this time, Zuo Binhua and Pang Jiyan were relieved.

When Zuo Binhua and Pang Jiyan left, Guo An walked around a little irritably, and then took a few guards from Yanwangfu to the glass workshop.

When passing by the college, there was still a lot of people inside and outside the college.

Even, he was still at the gate of the academy and saw a few stalls selling the four treasures of the study, or some tea vendors.

"Sure enough, there is no shortage of smart people anywhere, but it's a pity that the land here has been bought by us......"

Guo An smiled lightly and didn't pay much attention to it.

Arrived at the glass workshop.

The steward's face was full of courtesy.

"We want a transparent glass bottle 60,000 fingers high and two fingers thick, with a large belly and a small mouth."

"Please rest assured that it can be made in a month."

"Very good! In addition, a one-foot-high glass bottle with a large belly and a narrow mouth...... Let's ask for 20,000 ......."

"Yes, Guo Changshi!"

"Hmm!"

After giving the order, Guo An walked to the gunpowder workshop next door.

……

"I've seen the Master!"

"See Guo Changshi!"

Seeing Guo An, Tao Yiping and Yang Ting, as well as Qiu Fu, they were all happy.

Guo An went straight to the point and said, "How about the mines we asked you to improve?" ”

Tao Yiping's expression was solemn, and he reported: "Back to the master, the disciple has completed the improvement according to the master's requirements.

The mine contained two pounds of gunpowder, as well as tinder.

It is then buried about a foot underground and the engine is placed above ground.

Then a lead is drawn in the mine and connected to the ground engine, covered with sand and gravel, no different from the surface of the ground.

But as soon as someone steps on it, the engine will pull the lead, and the lead will touch the fire in the thunder and ignite the gunpowder.

In less than a few breaths, the mine can explode, and enemies within a radius of one kilometer will be injured. ”

"Very good."

Guo An nodded slightly and asked, "The grenade we want that can be thrown by hand can be developed?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Qiu Fu's eyes on the side also flashed with a hint of joy.

Tao Yiping replied: "Back to the master, the grenade has also been developed. However, the grenade that the Master asked for was much smaller than the landmine, so the disciple could not put the engine and fire in it.

Therefore, before throwing a grenade, it is necessary to ignite the tail fuse of the grenade with a fire and throw it to explode. ”

"That's enough!"

Guo An nodded again, and asked again: "Can sucrose be added to the gunpowder of mines and grenades?" ”

Hearing this, Tao Yiping and Yang Ting couldn't help but admire their faces.

"The Master is really a god, and the disciple has added all the gunpowder to the sucrose. Moreover, according to the disciple's recent experiment, if half of the sucrose was added to the gunpowder, the power of the gunpowder explosion could be increased by two times! ”

"Then add sucrose to all mines and grenades."

Guo An said, "These mines and grenades, each of which has made 10,000 for us." ”

"Ten thousand?"

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting's eyes widened directly.

On the side, Qiu Fu thought of something, and his face was full of excitement.

"Guo Changshi, but ...... the conquest army?"

"Just as Qiu Baihu thought!"

The matter of the Northern Expedition is known to the world, and Guo An did not continue to hide it.

"Song Guogong has been training in Beiping for a year, and according to His Royal Highness's guess, next year should be the time for the Northern Expedition.

By then, His Highness should have gone out with the army.

These mines and grenades will be made as soon as possible, and His Highness will take them with him when he sets off next year. ”

"Yes, Master!"

Tao Yiping replied again.

After thinking about it, Guo An said again: "Also, five thousand incendiary bombs will also be made." ”

"Yes, Master."

After answering, Tao Yiping remembered something, a trace of embarrassment flashed on his face, and he said, "Master, forgive the disciple for talking too much."

The disciple calculated that 10,000 grenades and mines would require 30,000 catties of gunpowder.

The gunpowder thing is easy to solve, but the sucrose ...... With so much gunpowder, at least 10,000 catties of sucrose are needed!

Sucrose is extremely precious, if you use 10,000 catties of sucrose to make mines and grenades, I'm afraid that the Yanwang Mansion will not be able to support it......"

"10,000 catties of sugar, ......"

Guo An frowned slightly, even now, Daming already has a lot of sugar workshops.

However, sugar is still a luxury, and sugar is still a medical supply and tribute, and it is very scarce in the market.

He didn't have to think about it, if he let Zhu Laosi know that he used 10,000 catties of sugar to make grenades and mines, he was afraid that he would faint in distress.

Of course, the premise is that he can buy 10,000 catties of cane sugar.

On the side, Qiu Fu was already full of anxiety, for fear that Guo An would make it tough.

In the past few months since he came to the gunpowder workshop, he really understands how expensive the gunpowder workshop is.

And how much does this Guo Changshi support the gunpowder workshop?

As long as the gunpowder workshop is short of money and steel, or lacks something, it will not blink an eye, and it will be made up directly.

Qiu Fudu was a little skeptical, this Guo Changshi would not lose all the family background of the Yan Wangfu!

"Alas......"

Guo An also noticed the expressions of Qiu Fu and Tao Yiping, and sighed helplessly, there is a long way to go!

"Don't worry, after we go back, we will open a sugar workshop."

"Master wants to set up a sugar workshop?"

At this time, Tao Yiping and Qiu Fu were full of surprise.

Guo An asked, "No?" ”

Tao Yiping hurriedly said: "Master, the sugarcane needed for sugar production is all in the south, and if the sugarcane is transported to Beiping Mansion, the money will be even greater!" ”

Guo An glanced at it and said lightly: "You only need to prepare gunpowder, mines, and grenade shells."

As for how to make sugar, you don't have to worry about it.

If we can't make sugar, we will send people to the south to buy sugar in large quantities. ”

Tao Yiping hurriedly asked, "Master, do you really want to use sugar to make mines and grenades?" ”

Guo Andao: "It depends on the situation......"

Immediately, his expression was solemn, and he stared at Tao Yiping and asked, "You care so much about this, but the hand system we handed over to you to make has already been manufactured?" ”

"Master forgive your sins!"

Hearing this, Tao Yiping and Yang Ting hurriedly looked embarrassed, "The master's hand system is too complicated, every part must be precise, and the two disciples are still working hard to develop and manufacture." ”

"Hurry up and make it, we still need this thing to save our lives." Guo Andao.

"Survival?"

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting's expressions suddenly became solemn, "Please rest assured, as long as you give the disciple another half a year, the disciple will definitely make it." ”

"It doesn't matter, if you can't make it, you can make another 20,000 mines and grenades."

Guo An instructed again for a while, and then followed behind Tao Yiping and Yang Ting, checked the progress of the two, put forward some opinions and suggestions, and left.

……

At the same time.

Inside the Yanwang Mansion.

Zhu Di sat opposite Monk Daoyan, drinking tea and discussing matters.

The more he listened, the more his brows wrinkled.

After listening, Monk Daoyan's eyes were full of helplessness.

"Amitabha."

Zhu Di was a little puzzled and asked, "The mage is unwilling?" ”

Dao Yan sighed slightly, "To educate scholars, poor monks can't ask for it." ”

Zhu Di asked again, "Then why is the mage's face still a little worried?" ”

"Amitabha!"

Monk Daoyan said: "The poor monk is just a little worried, Guo Changshi misunderstood the poor monk.

We think that this Ming expedition will inevitably be like a bamboo, and even if Nahachu, who is entrenched in the mountains, does not surrender, he will be defeated by the general of the expedition.

can let Guo Changshi go forward to make a contribution...... Who would have thought that Guo Changshi seemed to be a little reluctant to ......"

"Amitabha Buddha ......"

Zhu Di looked slightly stunned, "Is the mage saying that Guo Qing already knows that it was the mage's idea?" ”

Dao Yan looked helpless, "Amitabha." ”

Zhu Di comforted: "Don't worry, mage, Guo Qing is not such a stingy person. This time, he was just a little worried about the newly pregnant wife at home.

In the future, how can I explain to him, and Guo Qing's annoyance will dissipate! ”

Hearing this, Monk Daoyan's eyes were even more sad.

Guo thief is not stingy?

……

"What, Guo Changshi, do you want to ask the lower officials to find a sugar craftsman and build a sugar workshop?"

After Guo An informed Xu Yun and Zhuang Guang of his plan, the two directors of the Gongzheng Institute were directly dumbfounded.

"Why not?" Guo An asked.

Xu Yun hurriedly said: "Guo Changshi, Beiping is in the great north, and there is no sugarcane to make sugar!" ”

……

(End of chapter)