The business of the Chamber of Commerce was on the right track, and Li Wei put most of his energy into the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry, and often stayed in the Ordnance Bureau all day.

Like in the war, he still often does it himself, and even some rough and dirty work is not disgusted, and he rolls up his sleeves and does it himself.

When the craftsmen first saw that this senior official was actually working with them, they were terrified and trembling, and they were all cautious when they worked, for fear that they would make a mistake and attract the punishment of the senior official.

But Li Wei's approach surprised them, just like asking others at the beginning, Li Wei himself never beat or scolded people, which is very different from a certain old man.

Even if the craftsman made a mistake, he patiently corrected it, and sometimes he would not rush to reprimand him several times, and there would be no more serious punishment.

After a long time, the craftsmen have gradually become accustomed to it, and they all know that this Li Shilang is a good official, and they are very grateful.

And because Li Wei came every day, Xu Yong and those people didn't dare to scold the craftsmen casually, and even the food that was deducted in the past was secretly supplemented.

After a period of getting along, these craftsmen gradually got used to it, and they were no longer as frightened in front of Li Wei as before, they ate well, they were not abused, and they were much more motivated to work than before.

Han Yike also often came to supervise Li Wei, and saw that he did work hard and worked hard, and his perception of him was much better, but Li Wei tossed for so long, and he didn't build a sword, so he was still anxious and urged again and again.

Li Wei ignored him, and he did what he should do, and everything was carried out in an orderly manner.

These days, Han Yike has really become Li Wei's human alarm clock, and he goes to call him to the morning court on time every day, Li Wei has no choice but to go out to find an inn to escape, but because Lao Zhu is obstructing him, he deliberately leaks his whereabouts to Han Yike, so no matter where he hides, Han Yike can always find it.

In the end, Li Wei could only reluctantly accept the reality, bid farewell to the days of 9 to 12, slept every day after dark, and got up early in the morning to go to the court.

On this day, Xu Yong suddenly came over, and Li Wei, who was checking the coke oven, had dirty hands, wiped his sweat with the back of his slightly cleaner hands, and there was a lot of ash on his body.

These days, in order to work, he specially prepared a few sets of coarse cloth clothes and put them in the Ordnance Bureau, and changed his official robe when he worked.

When Xu Yong saw him like this, a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes, but he quickly hid it.

"Lord Shilang, our Ordnance Bureau's money and food are running out, I will go to the household department to withdraw it, but they said that we have spent too much recently, and they will not give it to us, what do you think of this?"

Li Wei frowned: "Don't give it?" Why don't they give it? Your Majesty approved this. ”

"This, they didn't say no, they just said that they were not available, and they asked us to wait."

"How can this be reasonable, I can wait, can Your Majesty wait? Hum! Li Wei said angrily.

casually threw the small shovel to Xu Yong, and Li Wei walked out.

Xu Yong caught the dirty shovel, his disgusted face distorted, and quickly threw the thing to the craftsman next to him.

Li Wei changed back into his official robe and returned to the Ministry of Industry, and recruited Sun Jian and Guan Ziming, two big idlers.

Sun Jian is a real idler, his work has been robbed by Li Wei, but Guan Ziming still has something to do, he is Lang Zhong of Yu Heng Qing Officials, and he is in charge of those departments that Li Wei can't take care of, and Jiang Shouqing of the Tuntian Qing Officials Division has never bothered Li Wei, and he really doesn't look for him if he has nothing to do, and he doesn't look for him if he has something.

However, compared with a hands-on official like Li Wei, these two people are still much more leisurely.

"The household department won't give us money, what should you do?"

Li Wei opened his mouth to ask, he was not familiar with the household department, and although he didn't care about the affairs of the court, he also knew that he was not treated by civil officials, so he didn't think about asking for it himself.

The two glanced at each other, they actually knew about this for a long time, Xu Yong had already gone to the household department many times, and also told the two of them that Li Wei, who had no choice but to go to find him, after all, the Ordnance Bureau was only a subordinate unit of the Ministry of Industry, and he definitely couldn't trouble Lord Shilang to come forward in person when he encountered a problem.

"Tell Lord Shilang, we have also gone to the household department to ask about this matter, but they always use excuses to delay, and we don't have any good solutions, why don't you trouble Lord Shilang to come forward and try?"

Guan Ziming cautiously probed.

The squire in front of him is not easy to mess with, some time ago, Sun Jian was beaten twice in a row, and the miserable scream was known to the entire yamen.

"Yes, my lord, the subordinates really tried their best!" Sun Jian said tremblingly, he really tried his best, and ran to the household two or three times.

"Humph! This can't be done, what use do I want from you! ”

Li Wei scolded, Sun Jian quickly bowed his head and admitted his mistake again and again.

"Go again, or come back and watch your ass!" Li Wei said like an old man.

Sun Jian's face was sad when he heard this, he still complained about Li Wei, he offended the princes of the Manchu Dynasty all over the place, of course people made you stumble.

In the past, the War Bureau belonged to the inner court, and it didn't matter how Li Wei tossed it, but when he arrived at the Ministry of Industry, it was different, and he inevitably had to deal with other departments to get things done.

Li Wei arranged for Sun Jian to go to the household department again, and he didn't let it go, but went directly to the palace to find Zhu Yuanzhang, he didn't want to worry about this kind of, just go to the boss to solve it!

In the Wuying Palace, Zhu Biao was holding a book and reported to Zhu Yuanzhang:

"Father, these punctuation marks have been tried by the Hanlin Academy for a while, and they are indeed very good, and I think they should be implemented as soon as possible."

Zhu Biao said that it was the big treasure that Li Wei sacrificed some time ago, but they were still very cautious about this matter, and first took it to the Hanlin Academy and let those bachelor editors try it, and everyone said that it was good, so they decided to promote it.

"Well, in this way, you write an excerpt, and the Ming Dynasty will hand it to us, and we will announce the promotion of this thing in the court." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

Hearing his words, Zhu Biao was slightly surprised: "Father, this thing was proposed by Li Wei, should he be asked to mention it?" ”

This punctuation mark is also a great credit, and it may even be remembered in history, Zhu Biao does not want to rob people of the credit.

"Hmph, if you bring it up, the ministers will definitely applaud and shout that the prince is wise, but if you let that dog thing bring it up, it will become a traitor, and it is not believable! When the time comes, there will definitely be a lot of obstacles to promotion. ”

Zhu Biao is also very clear about Li Wei's status in the court, it is simply scolded by everyone, and when he heard Zhu Yuanzhang say this, he couldn't help but nod in agreement.

But in the final analysis, Zhu Yuanzhang is still selfish and wants to leave this good reputation to his good son.

"Then do you want to talk to Master Li?"

"No, since it's dedicated to us, we can dispose of it as we want." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a big grin.

Anyway, it's not the first time I've robbed it, so there's nothing to be embarrassed about.

At this time, the eunuch on duty outside the palace came in and told Li Wei that he wanted to see him.

Okay, say Cao Cao Cao will arrive.

"Let him in." Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly.

After Li Wei came in to greet him, he said directly: "Your Majesty, the Ordnance Bureau has no money, go to the household department and ask them not to give it, what do you think about this matter?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's heart moved when he heard this, he was about to mention this kid, this matter just exercised him.

"What to do? This little thing is still bothering us? Are you idle? Find your own way! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily.

Li Wei was stunned for a moment, pouted and said, "Then if you delay the weapons that Your Majesty wants, don't blame me!" ”

"You dare! For three months, you can't hand over the things we want, we'll cut off your head! Zhu Yuanzhang glared and said viciously.

“……”

Seeing that he didn't care, Li Wei had no choice but to go back and figure out a way by himself.

said goodbye, and said hello to Zhu Biao before leaving, Zhu Biao smiled back embarrassedly, after all, he was going to rob other people's things, and he was not as thick-skinned as his father.

Li Weilai also hurried and hurried, returned to the Ministry of Industry, and went to find Xue Xiang again.

These things must be made by the Ordnance Bureau, even if they are not for the work that Lao Zhu confesses, they have to be made for themselves!

Since there is a chamber of commerce, although there are only 30% shares, he should not be short of money in the future, but if he does not develop science and technology, he does not make these things, and he will not be able to enjoy the good life of those rich people in later generations if he has money.

There is no air conditioning, heating, washing machine (in ancient times, it was possible to use human flesh washing machine), there is no electric light, telephone, running water, and no large machine for trains and cars, so what is the use of his money? Life is not as comfortable as ordinary people in later generations!

found Xue Xiang, Li Wei opened his mouth and told the matter directly, Xue Xiang was sipping tea while he was there, and he wanted to pull his beard when he showed Li Wei.

"Li Shilang, don't be in a hurry, do things slowly."

"Can I not be in a hurry? Your Majesty only gave me three months, what if those weapons can't be made? ”

"Hehe, Lord Li, in fact, there are many things that you don't have to do personally, I heard that you have been in the Ordnance Bureau recently, and you are still doing it yourself, in fact, you don't have to!"

Xue Xiang said unhurriedly.

Li Wei rolled his eyes, he didn't want to do it himself, but those craftsmen didn't know why, although he had carefully explained what to do, but there would still be a lot of problems in practice, he didn't watch it personally, those craftsmen didn't know how to solve it.

"Okay Xue Shangshu, I'm telling you about money, do you have any way?" Li Wei urged.

"Master Li, in fact, as an official, sometimes you have to learn to be with the light, and the relationship with your colleagues still has to be maintained."

"How to maintain it?"

Xue Xiang was stunned, do you want me to teach you?

After thinking about it, he said: "Is it that officialdom has the rules of officialdom?" ”

"What rules?"

"......" Xue Xiang was speechless: "Do you understand how to throw stones and ask for directions?" ”

"I don't understand."

"Throwing bricks and stones?"

“……”

Li Wei lowered his head and thought about it, and suddenly realized: "Oh, they want kickbacks, right?" Master Xue mean to let me bribe them? ”

Xue Xiang's face changed drastically, and he quickly denied Sanlian: "I'm not, I don't, don't talk nonsense!" ”

Li Wei didn't care: "Oh, it's okay, there are no outsiders here." ”

Thinking of Lao Zhu's human flesh camera, he hurriedly made up for it: "Let's just talk about it, and we won't really do it, Lord Xue rest assured." ”