Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

"Does the factory owner mean that I can serve as the pacification commissioner?"

Wang Chengen smiled and waved his hand: "Don't even think about being the pacification envoy."

"You are a deputy captain, fifth rank, with a monthly salary of 180 taels!"

After these words were spoken, the whole audience was silent for a moment.

Then Sun Kangwang was the first to laugh.

Next, it was the Jinyiwei.

Then, Shui Hedong couldn't help but started laughing.

Only Ding Xiu stood there in a daze. He was completely dumbfounded!

Together...

The twenty taels of monthly silver from Shui Hedong, were they deducted from his own monthly salary?

Because of this, he was demoted to deputy thousand households before he even got the rank of thousand households?

Chapter 227: Convincing people with reason

Seeing Ding Xiu being humiliated, Shui Hedong almost laughed until his stomach cramped.

Damn, you want to use your name to bargain?

Don’t you even look at who the other person is!

All he does is add money every day, and this time he's finally shot himself in the foot, right?

Live it!

Just then, Wang Chengen cleared his throat and spoke loudly.

"Okay, this is just the first level."

"Those of you who stay here will officially join the West Factory."

"But if you want to stand out, it depends on your performance in the future!"

"Shui Hedong, Qin Mingsong, Chang Xi, Zhou Feng, Su Zhiwei."

"Each of the five of you will select a hundred men, and tomorrow morning, rush to the counties surrounding Shuntian Prefecture!"

"Your task is to find out the prices of all the goods that the people need in their daily lives and keep a record of them!"

"The silver in front of you is the funding for this mission."

"I will be waiting for you at the West Factory in three days."

"It's all gone."

Watching them pack up the silver and leave the Jinyiwei Yamen one by one, Sun Kangwang looked at Wang Chengen in disbelief.

"Is this the end?"

Wang Chengen spread his hands: "What else?"

Sun Kangwang's eyes widened: "No, you spent just a little money, and not only did you select the person, but you also did what His Majesty asked you to do?"

Wang Chengen raised his eyebrows: "Does this kind of thing need to be so troublesome?"

Sun Kangwang:........

Gan!

I feel like he's been tricked!

But when he reacted, Wang Chengen was no longer in sight.

This made him burst into curses: "Damn Wang Chengen, where is the hot pot you promised me?"

"I'm not free today, let's talk about it another day!"

Hearing Wang Chengen's voice coming from outside, Sun Kangwang's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

Damn.......

Both people and money are lost!

The next morning, these selected personnel left the capital in groups of 100 as required.

Zhu Youxiao rushed to the East Factory because of a piece of news.

In the yard behind the East Factory, Xu Guangqi was pointing at something in front of him and asking him questions with a puzzled look on his face.

"Your Majesty, this is a rocket rack built according to your requirements."

"But I just can't figure it out. Why is it made into this shape?"

In later rocket launchers, each row of arrow nests are identical.

But the one in front of me is not!

There are always a few missing in almost every row.

The left and right are asymmetrical, and the top and bottom are not equal, which looks awkward!

Zhu Youxiao reached out and touched the cold rocket launch nest, his lips curled up slightly, then he pointed at the shadow on the ground and said.

"My dear, what word does that look like?"

Xu Guangqi stared at the shadow for a long time: "It seems... to be the word reason?"

Zhu Youxiao smiled and nodded, but did not explain.

During these days, the rocket samples were also made according to the requirements of the drawings.

Pushing open the door of the warehouse next door, rockets were neatly arranged inside.

These rockets are one foot in diameter and six feet long. They look like roof beams from the outside, which is very majestic.

Zhu Youxiao asked someone to bring pen and ink, and wrote the word "Tao" crookedly in cinnabar on the shell of one of the rockets.

After doing all this, he said with a smile.

"We Chinese have always convinced others with reason. This was the case before, and it will be even more so in the future!"

"Whoever disagrees, I will convince him with reason!"

Xu Guangqi was stunned!

Is this the reason?

Isn’t that a bit outrageous?

But why, in front of this thing, when I heard Your Majesty say the four words "convince people with reason", I felt an inexplicable sense of confidence?

That’s very embarrassing!

"Come on, take these things outside the city and test the arrows!"

Zhu Youxiao handed the brush to the clerk behind him and pointed to the "reason" and said.

The U-shaped rocket nest is very large and can be loaded with forty-eight rockets at a time. In order to ensure the convenience of transportation, it was designed to be a detachable structure at the beginning.

But even so, it took more than a dozen mule carts to transport it out of the city.

The weight of those rockets should not be underestimated, each one weighs about 200 kilograms.

For safety reasons, a mule cart can only pull two, and the middle must be filled with straw to prevent direct collisions due to bumpy roads.

At the same time, in order to prevent other accidents, the East Factory's men imposed martial law on the road from here to outside the city early in the morning.

But it was precisely because of this that it aroused the curiosity of the people.

They either lay on the walls on both sides of the road or leaned their heads out from the second floors of roadside shops, pointing and commenting on the things pulled by the mule carts.

Zhu Youxiao was riding on a horse, and when he saw this scene, his brows couldn't help but frown.

"Lord Xu, hurry up and select a location outside the city to build a new factory."

"We can't keep these things in the city anymore. Otherwise, if something unexpected happens, the consequences will be unpredictable."

Xu Guangqi nodded and said, "When this rocket was first built, I had this idea, but I haven't had time to report it to Your Majesty yet."

The amount of explosives in a single rocket reaches 130 kilograms!

If this were to explode, no one within a radius of dozens of meters would be able to survive!

Before the team arrived at the Shenji Camp, Lu Xiangsheng received the news and brought people out to meet them.

"Your Majesty, what are these?"

Looking at the mule carts, he asked with some confusion.

In his eyes, the cart was just carrying a bunch of iron lumps, and he had no idea what it was used for.

Zhu Youxiao shook his head mysteriously and said, "Keep it secret for now, you will know later."

The convoy stopped two miles away from Shenjiying, and Xu Guangqi led his men to start assembling on the spot.

The first thing to be assembled was a pulley system.

Several craftsmen worked together, pulling the chains to lift the rocket nest components off the vehicle one by one, and then others rushed forward to secure the components to the prepared base.

This is a very long process.

But what Zhu Youxiao has the most now is time!

As long as the power of this thing can meet expectations, it will be worth spending more time on it!

At noon, Xu Guangqi tasted the food in Shenjiying.

The standard of four dishes and one soup made his craftsmen jealous.

"Mr. Minister, look, this is what we call a meal!"

A craftsman was chewing braised pork, tears streaming down his face, his cheeks bulging as if he had been hit by a shoe sole.

Xu Guangqi kicked him in anger and said, "Can you be more capable? I just had someone cook a meaty meal for you yesterday."

The craftsman curled his lips and said, "Mr. Minister, pat your chest and ask your conscience, is egg soup considered meat?"

Chapter 228 Fifteen Miles, Ten Feet in Radius

Zhu Youxiao was eating happily nearby, but when he heard the craftsman's words, he couldn't help but frowned.

"Do you usually eat poorly?"

The craftsman's body suddenly stiffened, his mouth opened, and the braised pork he had just stuffed in fell to the ground with a thud.

Oops, I forgot that His Majesty is right behind me!

Suddenly he felt something step on him and he looked down.

I saw a black dog running over from somewhere, stepping on my feet and sniffing the piece of braised pork that fell on the ground.

Damn, this beast got away with it!

But the next moment, the black dog looked up at him with disgust, then ran to and squatted beside Lu Xiangsheng.

The craftsman looked at the dog, then looked at the braised pork on the ground, his face full of question marks...

Damn, is this dog from the Shenjiying?

Don’t even eat braised pork?

I can't take it anymore!

Originally, he was planning to smooth things over for Xu Guangqi, but the dog's behavior completely made his inner grievances burst out.

"Your Majesty, I haven't eaten meat for two months..."

"The last time we ate meat was during the Chinese New Year. The Minister gave each of us half a pound of meat..."

"The piece that the little one took back had piggy feet on it..."

Xu Guangqi was furious, pointing at the craftsman and saying, "That's enough! I'm not willing to give away those two breasts to others even though they are wanted by others!"

Zhu Youxiao glared at him speechlessly: "Didn't I tell you that they must not be deprived of food and drink?"

"It's all physical work, how can I not eat well?"