Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 154 A Part-time Worker Comes
"Oh?"

Zhu Di immediately looked at Guo An curiously, "I don't know what kind of firearm it is?"

Guo An replied: "Your Highness, it should be a kind of incendiary gunpowder made of stone powder. How to make it, I still need to discuss with the craftsmen."

Zhu Di was thoughtful, "Is it dangerous?"

Guo An said seriously, "Your Highness, anything related to gunpowder is very dangerous. Therefore, I implore Your Highness, if His Highness becomes interested someday and wants to go to the gunpowder workshop, you must bring this minister with you." go.

In addition, regarding the safety and confidentiality of the gunpowder workshop, you must ask His Highness to arrange your confidants..."

As he said that, Guo An looked around subconsciously, walked up to Zhu Di, and said in a low voice: "Gunpowder is powerful, if it is used by villains, it will endanger Your Highness and even the safety of the capital.

Therefore, the minister advised His Highness that the Gunpowder Workshop must at least be able to guard against Jin Yiwei! "

Zhu Di was a little taken aback, looked at Guo An suspiciously, and asked, "It's so serious?"

Guo An looked solemn, "If it is not developed, I can't guarantee it. However, if it is developed, I can guarantee it. Not to mention the mere Japanese pirates, even if His Highness takes the three guards of Yanshan to attack the Japanese country, they can easily defeat them." !"

Now, Zhu Di was even more suspicious, "Isn't Guo Qing trying to trick us?"

Guo An said helplessly: "His Royal Highness, I have never deceived His Highness once!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, "That's true."

Although he often dislikes Guo An, Zhu Di's trust in Guo An is similar to that of Zhu Fu, or even more than Zhu Fu.

After all, no matter what he did, Guo An never lied to him.

Even what Guo An said he wanted to do could be done in the end.

Thinking about it, Zhu Di said: "Don't worry Guo Qing, we will send Qiu Fu to defend the gunpowder workshop."

"Your Highness is wise!"

Qiu Fu is simple and honest, with a stubborn personality and very brave.The most important thing is that Fengyang people are loyal to Zhu Di, and Guo An is also very relieved to let Qiu Fu defend the gunpowder workshop.

After resigning from Zhu Di, Guo An enthusiastically found Xu Yun and Zhuang Guang, the two directors of the Gongzheng Institute.

Confess that the two went to the firearms workshop in Gongzheng Institute to separate a small courtyard and set up a gunpowder workshop.

He wants to develop new gunpowder, and he must make those pirates come and go.

As soon as they heard that they were dealing with Japanese pirates, Xu Yun and Zhuang Guang were very happy. Twenty Yan Palace guards died, but the entire Yan Palace gritted their teeth against the Japanese pirates.

So, whatever Guo An said, Xu Yun and Zhuang Guang did what they did.

a few days later.

Xu Xiang took eight big ships, ten net shuttle boats and eagle boats, and went out to sea again.

On board, there is also a bowl-mouth gun that is only one foot and one inch long, and weighs only more than 100 kilograms. As for the range, it is only 100 meters.

Moreover, there is no sight on it, and it depends entirely on experience to hit the target.

But the shells fired are extremely powerful. As long as they hit the ship, they can completely blow out a big hole in the wooden ship.

Obviously, it was specifically to deal with those Japanese pirate ships.

After looking at this miniature cannon, Guo An's eyes stared straight up. With this kind of cannon, why worry about Japanese pirates coming again?

Seeing this, Zhu Di told Guo An one more thing. From the 19th year of Yuan Zhizheng to the present [-]th year of Hongwu, Japanese pirates would rob Goryeo every year.

Every time Koryo was plundered, it was a large-scale plunder of more than [-] large ships. If they could beat it, they would attack the city and loot it. If they could not beat it, they would flee and change places, or loot villages!
Therefore, all the people of the Wa Kingdom are bandits!

Kou's instinct had penetrated into their bones.

But now, with the rise of Li Chenggui in Goryeo, he can repel those Japanese thieves.

However, Japanese pirates cannot plunder Goryeo, so they can only come to Daming...

Guo An looked dignified, he understood Zhu Di's worry, the 600 Japanese pirates were probably only a small part of the Japanese pirates.

As a result, the development of gunpowder was stepped up.

And as the fishing fleet led by Xu Xiang went into the sea, one month later, the Japanese pirates came again.

Fortunately, the fleet was fully prepared this time. Even if the number of Japanese pirates doubled this time, they were still repelled again and more than 500 were killed.

As for the guards on the fleet, twelve died.

For this, Zhu Di was happy, but also a little distressed.

"Guo Qing, these Japanese thieves are really a scourge. Not only did we get nothing from catching sea fish once, but we also injured more than a dozen soldiers, and rewarded and comforted tens of thousands of taels of silver."

"Your Highness, in the past month, the money from buying and selling sea fish caught by the fishing fleet has already approached 2 taels of silver, hasn't it?"

Guo An said with relief: "Thus, Your Highness did not lose any money. However, it is a pity that these soldiers were lost."

Zhu Di was in a better mood, then changed the subject, and asked through gritted teeth: "Guo Qing, when will the gunpowder you developed be successful?
These Japanese pirates dare to trouble our fishing boat again and again, we really want to lead Yanshan Guard to lie in ambush in the sea and kill all those Japanese pirates in one fell swoop! "

"Your Highness, forgive me, it will take some time!"

Guo An replied with a straight face.

A trace of regret flashed across Zhu Di's face.

At this time, Li Wang came in from the outside and reported to Zhu Di with a happy face: "His Royal Highness, there is a man from Tao Yiping, and there is also a man named Yang Ting who claims to be a descendant of Tao Wanhu. I want to pay my respects to Guo Changshi!"

"Tao Wanhu?"

Hearing this, Zhu Di and Guo An both looked happy, "Invite him in quickly!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Li Wang responded and walked out quickly.

Zhu Di said to Guo An: "Tao Wanhu's name is Tao Chengdao, he is the head of the Tao Family Academy in Wucheng, Zhejiang, and he is a man of great talent and learning.

It's just that this Tao Wanhu likes to study alchemy skills, just like Guo Qing likes to study all kinds of strange objects.

Later, on the way of alchemy, he discovered firearms and began to study firearms.

After his father led troops to attack Wuzhou, Tao Wanhu brought a group of disciples to present his firearms skills to his father, and at the same time stayed in the army to serve.

The firearms skills presented by Tao Wanhu made his father even more powerful in the subsequent wars, and made great achievements repeatedly.

Later, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, his father remembered Tao Wanhu's achievements, so he named him Tao Chengdao and rewarded Wanhu...

This person is very favored by his father, and his father is also very tolerant of his descendants. "

"Wanhu!"

Guo An's heart was shaken when he heard it, and he drooled enviously.

With Lao Zhu's reward, Tao Wanhu's Wanhu naturally didn't have any moisture.

If the old Guo's family could have tens of thousands of households, then why would he work so hard, he could just go home and farm.

Zhu Di looked at Guo An with a strange expression, "Why does Guo Qing look like this?"

Guo An regained his composure, and quickly said: "Your Highness, forgive me, I was just thinking about how rich the Tao family must be if there are only more than 1 households in Wanping County."

Zhu Di was stunned.

At this time, Li Wang also led two young people in.

"Tao Yiping, a grassroots man, has met His Royal Highness King Yan and Guo Changshi!"

"Grassman Yang Ting met His Royal Highness King Yan and met Guo Changshi!"

"You're welcome."

Zhu Di smiled gently, and when Tao Yiping and Yang Ting got up, he said to Tao Yiping, "Speaking of which, when we were young, we played with Wanhu's butt. We haven't seen each other for many years. I don't know Wanhu's body." Are you okay?"

Tao Yiping quickly replied gratefully: "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness, my father is still very strong. Now, he can still lead his brother and senior brothers to study firearms day and night."

"So we can feel at ease!" Zhu Di nodded reassuringly.

Perhaps it was the first time to face the Prince of Ming so directly, Tao Yiping and Yang Ting sat in their respective seats, feeling uncomfortable all over.

Seeing this, Zhu Di smiled lightly again, and said, "We heard that the two of you came here this time to visit Guo Qing specially. I don't know what it is for?"

At this time, Tao Yiping finally remembered the business, and quickly replied: "His Royal Highness Yan Wang is wise. In the capital, my father saw that the transparent glass calcined by Guo Changshi was used as a window, which could make the house much brighter. I admire Guo Changshi's talent very much.

Later, I heard that transparent glass can also be used to grow vegetables in cold winter.My father said bluntly that Guo Changshi is the real sage of craftsman in the world. The things he studies are all for the livelihood of thousands of people, and he is far behind.

Then, not long ago, I saw the stone wall made of cement calcined by Guo Changshi, and found that neither the fire system nor the general cannon could blow it up.

Then, the house made of cement is the safest house for the people in the world. It will not collapse in strong winds or heavy snow, and my father is even more ashamed.

It is said that Guo Changshi was afraid that the people would suffer from wars and natural disasters, and he solved the shelter for the people. He is a model of craftsmen in the world.

Therefore, I specially sent two grass-minds here to learn from Guo Changshi how to be a real craftsman..."

On the throne, Zhu Di had a strange expression on his face.

As for Guo An on the side, he was even more stunned.

A simple and honest old man's face appeared inexplicably in his mind, but behind him was a cunning and cunning appearance.

Guo An asked: "Can the two of you know how to develop firearms?"

Hearing this, Tao Yiping and Yang Ting couldn't help showing a trace of pride on their faces.

"Back to Guo Changshi, the Caomin two have followed my father and your brothers since childhood, developing firearms and gunpowder. For the Caomin two, firearms and gunpowder are as simple as eating!"

"Very good!"

Guo An's face brightened, "The fishing boats of King Yan's Mansion have been fishing in the Bohai Sea in the past few days, and Japanese pirates have often harassed them. I wonder if the two of you can find a way to stop the Japanese pirates?"

"This……"

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting were in a daze for a while, they were just craftsmen, how could they fight?
However, in the face of Guo An's test, Tao Yiping frowned and thought for a while, then said slowly: "Caomin heard that Guo Changshi once installed huge fishing nets on sea ships to catch sea fish in the sea.

Caomin thought that they could also weave some ten-foot-long fishing nets, and when the Japanese pirate ships approached, only two soldiers needed to work together to cover the nets on the Japanese pirate ships.

With more than a dozen fishing nets down, those Japanese pirates became turtles in the urn. They were not allowed to climb the boat or shoot arrows, and let our soldiers shoot and kill them.

Then, carry some more bowl-mouth guns on the boat, and when the Japanese pirate ship approaches, you can directly blow them with bowl-mouth guns and fire thorns, and the Japanese pirates will be blown to pieces. "

Zhu Di was very excited when he heard that, "Sure enough, he is worthy of being the son of ten thousand households, tomorrow we will send people to the Commander's Mansion to ask Song Guogong for some fire thorns!

As for the fishing nets used to cover Japanese pirate ships, I will trouble you two. "

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting were overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed their hands in salute, "Thank you for your trust, Your Highness."

"Very good……"

Zhu Di nodded with joy on his face, and after chatting for a while, he asked Ma He to take the two of them down to rest first.

(End of this chapter)