Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 260

The Ministry of Industry is going to hold the first round of skill competition in Wubei City, and the participating artisans will be awarded corresponding grades according to the results of the competition!
And this grade is directly linked to wages, the higher the grade, the higher the wages.

When the craftsmen in the capital received the news, they were all so excited, they called their friends and rushed straight to Wubei City.

Prince Zhu Youxiao was very excited when he received the news, he wanted to go too!
Although he is not a carpenter, it does not prevent him from enjoying carpentry work!

Moreover, he is quite confident in his carpentry skills.

He just wanted to show off his carpentry skills and let others see how awesome he is!

There is no way, young people love to show off so much, no matter when or what dynasty.

In the imperial study room, father and son faced each other, Taichang couldn't help crying and laughing.

You are all people who want to be the emperor, what use is the craftsman rank to you?

He didn't object to Prince Zhu Youxiao's work as a carpenter, nor did he forbid this little guy to show his skills.

The main problem, this time he has to go!
This matter was personally led by him, the emperor, so what if he didn't go to the first craftsman rating?

He was quite helpless and said: "Chief, it's not that I don't want you to go, the main reason is that I have to go, we all went, who will supervise the country?"

Hearing the words, Prince Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but look disappointed.

He can't rob his father, can he?

However, he was still unwilling to give up this opportunity to display his talents.

He frowned and pondered for a while, then carefully said: "Father, why don't we take the annual vacation a few days earlier, anyway, except for the Southwest Chieftain Rebellion, the whole Ming Dynasty is almost at peace, and the Southwest Chieftain Rebellion It's almost settled down, and it's almost the Chinese New Year, so there should be nothing wrong, right?"

This one.

The Southwest Chieftain Rebellion is indeed about to be settled, because the two important towns of Shuixi Chieftain, Zhijinguan and Nawei Official Village, were captured by Zhu Xieyuan and Qin Liangyu's army. The people and horses are hiding in the deep mountains and doing their dying struggles, and they can't make any waves anymore.

The problem is that the annual leave should not be taken too early.

After all, it is an old rule over the years from New Year's Eve to the 21th of the first lunar month. This is already [-] days. It can't be more than a month after all, right?

The Ming Dynasty is almost at peace, but the officials of the court are not alone, they have a lot of things to take care of.

Taichang thought for a while, then shook his head helplessly and said: "It is not impossible to take the annual leave a few days earlier, but at most, it can be given earlier than the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, which is the time of the new year. If the moon doesn't manage, the whole Ming Dynasty will be in chaos. Question, what's the point of letting it go for a few days in advance? At the moment, the waterways are blocked by heavy snow, and it takes two days to go to Wubei City. Nearly four days, if we add the competition time and awarding time, I am afraid that six days will not be enough, we can't celebrate the New Year in Wubei City, right?"

The crown prince Zhu Youxiao struggled for a while, but he was still a little unwilling and said: "Father, we can go there on horseback. As long as we prepare more horses for transfer, we will be there in half a day."

You kid has no idea how cold it is outside!

Taichang shook his head without hesitation and said: "No, it's too cold today. Unless you are a strong and strong guard, most people can't handle it at all, let alone you, I can't even handle it. Don't you know? , How long has the morning court stopped because of the cold weather? Don’t say it’s galloping now, I can’t bear to stand outside for a long time!”

I know this, but I just want to go!

Prince Zhu Youxiao frowned and pondered for a while, and suddenly had an idea: "Father, we can make a big sleigh and let the horses pull it, and my son can make a warm room on the sled, it will never be cold. And as long as there are enough horses pulling the sledges, it will take half a day at most to arrive at the Armed Forces City."

You boy, you are so stubborn!

Taichang nodded helplessly and said: "Okay, the new year is only a few days away, if you can make the big sled before the new year, I will take you there."

This is too simple, because there is a steam seesaw right now!

Prince Zhu Youxiao, as a super woodworking enthusiast, naturally has this thing for a long time, and he is also very proficient in making it.

Without this thing, it would be difficult for him to make a huge sled within a few days, but with this thing, it will be different, a few days is enough!

He immediately retired excitedly, ran back to the Ciqing Palace, gathered a group of strong and strong Wu Yi, and went straight to work!
Wu Xie is also responsible for lifting the wood, as long as he lifts the wood and saws it with steam, the speed is not too fast.

In one day, he processed all the wood needed for the big sled, and on the second day, he assembled a big sled with a length and width of more than one foot in the snow in the square outside the Ciqing Palace.

Immediately after that is the upper wing room, which is time-consuming to saw the planks and wood cubes. With the steam saw, it is nothing to saw the wood.

He worked hard for another two days, and the wood needed for the wing room was also prepared. On the fifth day, he loaded a wing room with a length and width of Zhang on a large sled.

Then spread thick cotton cloth and install a special charcoal stove, and a comfortable and warm super large sled is ready.

When Taichang saw the finished product, he couldn't help but marvel. This kid is indeed the only existence comparable to Lu Ban in all dynasties. He is really extraordinary in carpentry.

Such a big super big sled, it is not bad for a carpenter to make it in a month, but this kid made it in a few days!
There is also an advantage in making the sled bigger, not only the father and son can sit in it, but also a few more people can sit in it!

Taichang simply brought along the chief assistant Xu Guangqi and Xin Wang Zhu Youjian, and went to join in the fun together.

After the new year, he ordered dozens of eunuchs to carry the super large sled to the snow outside Chaoyang Gate like a dragon carriage, and then ordered people to match it with twelve fine horses. In this way, people sat on a comfortable and warm sled and set off under the escort of a group of masters.

Traveling on a sled in the ice and snow is really fast. If you really ride a horse and run wildly, it is estimated that you can reach Wubei City in less than two hours.

However, Taichang didn't let people urge the horses to run wildly. Anyway, the capital is less than three hundred miles away from Wubei City. It is enough to run about a hundred miles in an hour. There is no need for him to rush desperately.

After all, there is no difference between a few hours late and a few hours early, as long as you can arrive within a day anyway.

At this time, the first round of skill competition organized by the Ministry of Industry is in full swing. The craftsmen in Wubei City are so happy. Every household is decorated with lanterns and festoons, just like the New Year.

Because the prince was going to participate, the carpenter's skill competition was arranged on the last day, the day before the awards.

In other words, there are at least tens of thousands of carpenters in Wubei City, plus the carpenters who came from the capital after hearing the news. How could so many carpenters compete in one day?
This is simple. There are many wood processing workshops and sheds in the shipyard. If more than a dozen huge docks are added, it is not a problem to squeeze tens of thousands of people at the same time.

Moreover, there are a lot of steam engines and boilers in the shipyard at this moment. There are a few boilers in each workshop, shed or dock, and it will not be cold at all.

Although the venue is a bit crude, it is not a problem to start a skill competition.

So, what skills do carpenters compete in?

Naturally, this Ministry of Works has already been decided.

In the first session, to make a small bench, specify the material, size, and time. In a quarter of an hour, a wooden square and a board must be turned into a small flat bench.

This test is actually the basic skills of carpenters. Although the materials are ready-made, the size of the materials is not the specified size, and to ensure that the small bench is flat and stable, you can't do it casually.

Seemingly simple things are actually not simple. The basic skills of a carpenter such as sawing, chipping, planing, chiseling, drawing lines, and assembling must be skillful. If you are not a professional carpenter, even if you can cut a small It must be unqualified to make a bench.

This can also be regarded as an entry test for a carpenter's rating. If you can't do well with this small bench, then I'm sorry, you don't have a grade, and you are not a qualified carpenter!

This small job is naturally nothing to Prince Zhu Youjian.

In the largest workshop in the shipyard, thousands of carpenters have been lined up neatly. Each of them has a long bench for processing small objects, a wooden square several feet long, a small wooden board and a tool of their own. box.

Prince Zhu Youxiao was in the middle of the front row, and Taichang and Xin Wang Zhu Youjian sat on the judging bench opposite him.

Following the order of the head of the Ministry of Industry who presided over the competition, all the carpenters started almost at the same time. They all took out the square ruler in the toolbox and the bamboo ink pen specially used for carpenters without hesitation.

This is followed by drawing lines, sawing, planing, drilling, assembling, adding wooden wedges and so on.

Prince Zhu Youxiao's operation was smooth and smooth, every movement was fast, steady and accurate, without the slightest stagnation, and without the slightest sloppy, the head of the Ministry of Industry who presided over the competition was stunned.

It has long been heard that the prince is proficient in carpentry, it seems that the prince is really not ordinary proficient!

(End of this chapter)