"yes, I see."

"Tell Zuo Jun that you don't need to report to me about the rest of the matter."

In the early morning of the second day, Zhu Gaoyu, who had been separated from his wife for a long time and a few personal maids, suddenly spent the night driving away the people sent by the Left Army in a huff.

The handle that should be handed out has already been handed out, so don't get involved too much later, otherwise the stubborn old man will be really angry.

Crossing the old man, mobilizing the Jinyi guard, and dealing with the two old guys of the Kong family, Zhu Gaoyu did it on purpose.

Although the old man promised him that he would only be allowed to form a navy after the Great Ceremony of All Nations was completed.

But in fact, when the old man wrote him the letter of appointment and the order to transfer personnel, this unit had already been officially established, but it was not announced to the public.

In addition, the artisan battalion that has been set up has been decided, and is responsible for the preparation of the Great Ceremony of Nations, as well as the credit for cracking the case of Ji Gang's rebellion.

The three powers are all in one, and some people should not be able to sleep.

So in order to let some people fall asleep and not pick their brains all day long, thinking about how to hinder themselves from doing things, Zhu Gaoyu has to give the other party a reason to attack.

In other words, it is to give the other party a cognition that even if he is favored and offends the people of the world, it will be difficult to ascend to the throne.

So.

The other party will think that Zhu Gaoyu does not have the support of the people in the world, no matter how much he does, it is useless to be favored.

As for whether the other party will think like this, Zhu Gaoyu doesn't know, anyway, he has done a good job of dealing with it.

It's good to be useful, and it's okay to be useless.

……

"No one?"

"I don't believe that you have such a big department, and you don't even have a craftsman."

Ministry of Works, Zhu Gaoyu looked at the waiter in front of him with a dark face.

In a hurry to form a craftsman battalion, Zhu Gaoyu rushed to the Ministry of Industry after breakfast.

Since Song Li went to preside over the canal dredging, the Ministry of Industry temporarily had a waiter in charge.

Zhu Gaoyu didn't talk nonsense, and as soon as he came up, he took out the old man's appointment order and asked the Ministry of Industry to cooperate with the transfer.

As a result, this waiter shook his head with a wry smile, saying that there was no manpower transfer in the Ministry of Industry for the time being, so let Zhu Gaoyu wait first.

This is simply a big joke, saying that there are no craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry, Zhu Gaoyu would rather believe that the sister of the Qinglou is selling her art rather than her body.

"Your Highness, there is really no one in the Ministry of Works."

"In the past few years, it has been the construction of the capital city of Beiping, the dredging of canals, the restoration and construction of northern cities, and the construction of imperial tombs.

"A few days ago, there was a rain leak in a palace in the palace, and I couldn't find manpower, so the minister personally took a few people to repair it."

"Don't say that you want no less than 10,000 people, even 10 ministers can't find it."

Zhu Gaoyu's face was a little ugly, and he pointed to the direction where the sound of striking iron came from in the distance and said, "No one, then you tell me what you're doing over there, don't tell me, they're practicing new percussion instruments." ”

The squire's face turned bitter melon color, and he helplessly explained: "That's the equipment supply provided to the levy of Jiaozhi, they work almost day and night, even if they transfer us, they can't move, this is a death order from Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Gaoyu took a few deep breaths, "Then you tell me, how many people you can give me, and apprentices are fine." ”

The squire still shook his head.

"Your Highness, there is really no one, let alone an apprentice, even if it is a charcoal husband, the minister can't find a few."

"If you don't see how this is, what work do you want to do, the minister will help you do it, and the minister will still be a little bit of a general tinker."

Zhu Gaoyu: "......"

"Forget it, let's continue to repair the roof of the palace."

Seeing that the other party really couldn't find anyone, Zhu Gaoyu reluctantly turned around and left.

He found out that he had fallen into a misunderstanding.

In Zhu Gaoyu's mind, the Ministry of Industry controls the craftsmen in the world, not to mention thousands of craftsmen, even tens of thousands of craftsmen can be found.

However, he forgot that there were no vocational schools in ancient times, and the skills of craftsmen were passed down from generation to generation, and they were passed on to men but not women, and not to descendants.

If you want to apprentice in this era, it is exactly the same as recognizing your father, and you have to serve with all your heart and soul all your life.

It is precisely because of this conservative teaching, coupled with the chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, that there are not many really skilled craftsmen.

Don't look at the imperial court's construction of a project every time, mobilizing tens of thousands of people.

Among them, there are about 100 craftsmen who are really skilled.

The artisan battalion that Zhu Gaoyu wants to set up needs tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of craftsmen, and they are all the kind with skills.

With his huge demand, let alone a Ministry of Industry, even a few more can't afford to supply.

Walking out of the Ministry of Industry with a worried face, Zhu Gaoyu wondered in his heart, where to find so many craftsmen.

There are no craftsmen, the artisan battalion is a joke, not to mention firearms or something, it's better to honestly pick up a big blade.

"Damn, you me off, I opened a technical college to train myself."

After thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't think of a clue, so Zhu Gaoyu scolded ventingly.

But as soon as the words came out, he was stunned.

yes, why not cultivate it yourself?

Better do it than wish it done.

In addition, the thinking of these old craftsmen in ancient times is somewhat solidified, and it is difficult to accept new things.

Instead of fighting with them, wasting time and energy, it is better to recruit new Baiding and instill new industrial ideas.

But then Zhu Gaoyu started to worry again.

The idea is good, but the question is where to find so many teachers.

Let's not mention whether Zhu Gaoyu has that ability, even if he has that ability, he doesn't have the energy or time to teach people.

The old man himself issued a military order, and these craftsmen must be trained quickly, and it is impossible for them to learn for a few years before practicing.

The more he thought about it, the more worried he became, Zhu Gaoyu scratched his head irritably, and had already considered whether to go to the palace first and let the old man have more time.

"Your Highness, General Wang Jin is here, and he has brought a few people."

Just when Zhu Gaoyu was struggling with whether to go to the palace, the guards of the palace ran over.

"Wang Jin, still with people."

Zhu Gaoyu's eyes gradually brightened.

He remembered.

When he accepted Wang Jin the day before yesterday, the other party also said that he knew a person who could make guns and cannons, and he asked him to pull him over.

Originally, Zhu Gaoyu thought that it would take at least a month, but he didn't expect that it was only two days, and Wang Jin brought people here.

"I'm really sleepy and send pillows, isn't this teacher here?"

Zhu Gaoyu laughed, and quickly returned to the palace with the people.

"Your Highness, the person you want will be invited to you."

In the palace living room, Wang Jin introduced several people he brought to Zhu Gaoyu.

He raised his hand and pointed to the first man wearing a scribe's robe, "This brother is the person the last general told you, his name is Lu Fei." ”

He lowered his voice and whispered: "According to himself, he is a descendant of Luban." ”

Then he led to a man with thick arms next to him and introduced: "This man's name is Gao Wu," and then lowered his voice: "Lu Fei said that he is the heir of the Mo family." ”

"This person's name is Lu Yang, and he refines the Taoist Yin and Yang technique."

Facing Zhu Gaoyu, whose eyes had already begun to glow, he lowered his voice and said emphatically: "He is very good at alchemy, and it is said that he has created a new type of gunpowder, which is not only more powerful than the gunpowder we use, but also has no smoke when it burns." ”

The surprises in Zhu Gaoyu's eyes were already surging out.

Excitedly, he grabbed Wang Jin, suppressed the joy in his heart and said: "Lao Wang, if these people you find are really as you say, you should be the prince of the country, and what Lao Tzu said, no one can change it." ”