No matter how jealous the ministers are, anyway, the generals have no opinion, and they can't say a flower, in the final analysis, the current Wenchen's right to speak is still not enough.

Everyone in the court argued about Li Wei's affairs, but Li Wei moved a reclining chair in his yard and enjoyed life leisurely.

Xiaoyue Xiaocui is one person and one leg, the small fist falls on it softly, Xiaoqing pinched his shoulder and beat his back behind him, the little hand is soft, the movement is gentle, and it is comfortable and tight.

Now Xiaoqing is almost twenty years old, in this family, except for Li Wei and Abu, she is a little older, and the others are all in their teens, and they are still children in later generations, but now they are all little adults, the girls are well-behaved and sensible, and Laifu can already take charge of herself.

As she grows older, Xiaoqing has become more and more feminine, especially under the teasing of Li Wei, a cowardly thief, she has become more and more touching.

Li Wei was also thinking about whether to confess one day, and it would be uncomfortable to just smell it all day long.

But whenever he wants to speak, he is always hesitant, speaking of which he is also an old man with rich theoretical experience, although there is only one first love with practical experience, it is inevitable that he will be a little rusty after so many years, but it stands to reason that he should not be so indecisive.

But that's the way it is, and he can't figure it out himself.

"Master, someone has come to the palace, saying that there is a holy decree!"

Just as Li Wei was immersed in the warm fragrant nephrite, Abu suddenly came to report. Obviously, Zhu Yuanzhang would not let him be so leisurely.

Li Wei was slightly stunned, what did Lao Zhu do at this time? Is there a new task? It shouldn't be, usually Lao Zhu also said directly that he wouldn't be so formal.

No matter what, it was important to receive the order, Xiaoqing and the others helped him up, and hurriedly prepared to go.

Li Wei changed into official clothes, led everyone to the front yard, set up the incense case, and prepared properly, and after a long time, the person who announced the decree arrived.

Usually, Li Wei can not kneel when he sees you, but such a serious thing as the holy decree is different from the old man who is usually not serious, and it is not okay not to kneel.

An unknown eunuch stood still with the holy decree in his hand, and Li Wei didn't wait for others to speak, and first asked:

"Dare to ask my father-in-law, what is Your Majesty's will?"

The eunuch smiled and said, "It's a happy event, Lord Li, hurry up and take the order!" ”

Li Wei was stunned for a moment, happy event? Is the reward down? Why is Lao Zhu so happy this time?

As the saying goes, a man has gold under his knees, and he can't kneel easily, but since Lao Zhu has come with real money, then he can barely make it difficult.

After Li Wei took Xiaoqing and the others to kneel and salute, the eunuch began to read:

"Fengtian carried the emperor, and said: The courtiers have contributed to the community, and they should be knighted to be noble, and Li Wei, the right attendant of the Ministry of Engineering, supervised the manufacture of firearms, organized and trained the new army, and annihilated more than 2,000 enemies in the first battle of Nailu, and captured the Duke of the Northern Yuan Kingdom...... Balabala...... Tefenger is a god and eats ......"

"Wait, God what?"

Li Wei interrupted suddenly.

The eunuch's face changed, and he hurriedly whispered: "Uncle Shenji." Lord Li, you can't interrupt during the proclamation, otherwise it will be disrespectful, and you will talk about it patiently! ”

With a word of warning, the eunuch continued: "Eat a thousand stones, I will not forget your merits, and you will not forget my training...... Oh yes! ”

Li Wei listened patiently, and probably understood the meaning, what is so much on this, translated into Lao Zhu's words: Look, as long as you work hard, the reward will be great, don't be lazy in the future!

not only gave bonuses, but also knighted, to put it bluntly, he will be a real nobleman in the future.

It's just that this title makes him a little criticized, if it weren't for the fact that there are many god words, he can't say anything.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were no sons and men of these two ranks, so the earl was equivalent to the smallest, but don't look at this as the smallest, the gold content is very large.

Just the Yulu is chasing the right product, not to mention that there are many other privileges, and every time the New Year's Festival is rewarded, it is much higher than those officials who do not have titles.

"Thank you, Lord Longen, long live my emperor, long live!"

Li Wei saluted and thanked him, and then respectfully accepted the decree and the coupon.

"Congratulations to Uncle Shenji, this time Uncle Shenji has made a great achievement, Your Majesty is very happy."

After the edict was read, the eunuch did not go directly, but said diligently.

"Hehe, thank you, thank you, Laifu!"

Of course, he understands that this is to like money, which can be regarded as an unspoken rule, an old tradition in China.

Li Wei followed the ancient customs and asked Laifu to take some money.

After the eunuch accepted it, his face became even more happy, and Li Wei chatted politely with him a few more words before letting Laifu send him out.

Xiaoqing and the others were very happy at the moment: "Congratulations to the master, you will be an uncle in the future!" ”

Li Wei smiled, to be honest, he was not interested in this title, except for the thousand stones, other privileges were basically not used, in the final analysis, as a modern person, he was not interested in the hierarchy of feudal society, in this system, no matter how high the status is, he cannot be free, even if it is the emperor.

However, it is always a good thing to be knighted, and the most important thing is that under the strong obstruction of the ministers, Lao Zhu did not give him a death iron coupon, but only a coupon, which made Li Dawei breathe a sigh of relief, and he was silently grateful to the ministers in his heart.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang had already decided on this matter, and it was just a formality, otherwise he would not have finished talking about it in the morning, and the holy decree would have arrived in the afternoon, obviously it had been prepared a long time ago.

……

The next day, the human alarm clock rang as usual, and Li Wei knew why Lao Zhu was so happy to give out the award this time, the meaning was obvious, that is, let him get up and work quickly, don't be lazy at home.

Li Wei ignored the jealous gaze of the ministers, hid behind Xue Xiang and took a nap, spent a boring morning meeting, and slowly went to the Ministry of Industry to check in, and then went to the Ordnance Bureau.

This battle wasted a lot of time, and he also wanted to light up the technology tree as soon as possible so that he could enjoy the convenient life of the future generations as soon as possible.

Especially when it comes to transportation, he doesn't want to travel for months on end!

When Li Wei came to the Ordnance Bureau, he saw that this place was very different from usual, not only was it heavily guarded, but also the outer wall began to be built, as if all the craftsmen were to be isolated.

Li Wei was suddenly shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked a guard, "What's going on here?" Why is it isolated? ”

The guard glanced at him, obviously not knowing him, but seeing that he was wearing an official uniform, he did not despise him, but asked, "Who is this lord?" ”

"This is Lord Li, the squire of the Ministry of Works, in the future, Lord Li of the Ordnance Bureau can enter and exit at will, and there is no need to stop him."

A loud voice came, Li Wei turned his head to look, felt a little familiar, and only after careful identification did he remember that this person was the Mao Xiang who had interrogated him!

"Lord Mao?" Li Wei's eyes condensed slightly, this is not a good person.

Mao Xiang walked closer and said with a smile: "Lord Li, we are ordered by the emperor to block the Ordnance Bureau, and from now on, everyone will not be allowed to enter or leave without a warrant, except for you, Lord Li." ”

Li Wei was shocked and hurriedly asked, "Why?" ”

"Hehe, this Lord Li is going to ask Your Majesty, and we are just acting on orders." Mao Xiang said softly.

Li Wei paused, his eyebrows furrowed together.

"Are all these craftsmen arranged?"

"This Lord Li can rest assured, the craftsmen here are in charge of food and housing, and we will send special people to go out to buy the required expenses."

"And what about their families?"

"Your Majesty has increased their reward, and their family can come and receive it on time."

"What about the left-behind children and the elderly at home?"

Mao Xiang was slightly stunned, and said lightly: "This is not something we can manage." ”

Li Wei was silent, it would be good if Mao Xiang could send the money to the families of these craftsmen without discounting, and it was impossible to expect these elites to be considerate to the people at the bottom.

"Lord Mao, these craftsmen are not easy, I hope Lord Mao can send some people's wages to their families without discounting!"

Li Wei said uneasily.

Mao Xiang laughed twice and said: "Lord Li misunderstood, this matter is handled by the people of the Ministry of Labor, and they are all officials under Lord Li, so they don't do our business." ”

Li Wei was stunned, thinking about it, it seems that these people led by Mao Xiang are only in charge of blocking, and the rest is still in his own hands.

"In that case, I'll go in and have a look first!"

"Lord Li, please."

Li Wei arched his hand, and hurriedly walked into the Ordnance Bureau, Mao Xiang looked at his departing back from behind, and whispered to himself thoughtfully: "This Lord Li seems to care about the ...... of these craftsmen."

Li Wei entered the Ordnance Bureau, so he quickly ordered someone to find Xu Yong and Lu Ti, and asked without waiting for the two of them to salute:

"Do you know why Your Majesty blocked the Armory Bureau?"

The two of them made a pause and glanced at each other, Xu Yong didn't say a word, and Lu Ti said: "My lord, I think it should have something to do with the artillery you built before you set out on the expedition." ”

Li Wei suddenly understood, and immediately understood that the Flying Thunder Cannon was powerful, although in his opinion it was just a temporary emergency defective product, not a conventional artillery, but in this era, even if such a powerful artillery had many shortcomings, it was definitely a very important military secret! It is not an exaggeration for Zhu Yuanzhang to do this.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but blame himself a little, blaming him for his poor thinking and failing to think about these things in advance, which led to the Ordnance Bureau being directly sealed!

In fact, the flying thunder cannon is not the most important, in fact, the hydraulic lathe, the generator are more important, but Zhu Yuanzhang's mind is all on the weapon, and he does not understand the importance of these things.

But I don't know now, sooner or later he will understand, Li Wei couldn't help but feel a heavy pressure.

The reason why he worked so hard in the Ordnance Bureau was that Lao Zhu forced him to make weapons with a knife, and second, he also wanted to use Lao Zhu's strength to develop science and technology as soon as possible, so that he could enjoy the convenient life brought by science and technology as soon as possible.

If there is no Ordnance Bureau, if he relies on himself, not to mention the matter of funds and contraband, he can't find so many skilled craftsmen, and he will do it by himself, I am afraid that he will be able to use electric lights in his life, let alone cars and trains.

It's more urgent, please correct the wrong place, thank you

(End of chapter)