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

Jueming ran in while eating a big bun, with a happy look on his face, pointing outside and said.

"Master, there are too few materials shipped from the city."

"We only have this little bit of stuff. Once the stove is built, it will be used up in one day!"

The alchemy furnace was too heavy, so Dao Ji decided to use a brick kiln instead yesterday.

After all, it's not alchemy, so the requirements for the furnace are not that high.

After finishing the letter in his hand, he handed it to the Jinyiwei who had been waiting for a long time and gave some instructions.

"Please send me to Luliang Mountain and North Wudang on horseback!"

"Don't worry, Taoist priest. We will set off right away!"

Watching the Jinyiwei leave, Dao Ji walked out of the straw hut and looked at the materials piled outside, frowning.

There are too many materials needed to make Liuyi mud!

Apart from realgar, alum stone and red ochre, the pharmacies in this city basically do not stock too much of other materials.

He thought that this matter would not go smoothly, but he didn't expect that he would encounter difficulties before it even started.

What should I do if I don’t have the materials?

Just then, his other apprentice ran over and exclaimed, pointing in the direction of the city gate.

"Master, look, it looks like he is the uncle from Chunyang Palace!"

Chunyang Palace is located in Datong City. After leaving the Prince of Dai's Mansion last night, they made a special visit and told the Taoists in Chunyang Palace about this mission.

All Taoist sects in the world are one family.

Chunyang Palace and Qingxu Temple are both Taoist temples in Shanxi. They often interact with each other and are not strangers to each other.

Upon learning that Qingxu Temple had taken on such a big task, the Taoists in Chunyang Palace immediately became red-eyed!

For this purpose, the head of the sect even took out some old wine that he had collected for more than ten years and bribed Dao Ji, hoping to get a share of the profits from this job.

When he named the price, Dao Ji almost jumped up and cheered!

Fifty taels of silver!

What a coincidence, the value is the same as the inkstone that Zhu Youxiao smashed yesterday...

How could Dao Ji bear to refuse such conditions, so he agreed on the spot.

Now seeing that the Taoists from Chunyang Palace had really arrived, he immediately went to greet them with a loud laugh and bowed to the Taoist who was leading them.

"Wulian Tianzun, greetings to Senior Brother Qingyi!"

"Greetings, Senior Brother Dao Ji!"

After Qingyi returned the greeting, he pointed at his companions behind him and said.

"They are all my junior brothers. The master sent us here to help them!"

"Please give the order and assign tasks for them!"

Dao Ji's eyes swept over these people one by one.

Fifteen people in total!

These fifty taels of silver are worth it!

You know, he and the head of Chunyang Palace didn't tell each other when the project would be completed, and the head of Chunyang Palace didn't ask in detail!

In other words, before the simplification of Liuyi Ni is completed, all these people are under his command!

The only condition is that food and accommodation are provided...

Now it is summer, so controlling this condition is not a condition at all!

You can lie down under any tree for the whole night, with the sky as a cover and the ground as a bed, which is more comfortable than sleeping in a house...

Dao Ji pointed to the construction site of the furnace and said, "Brother Qingyi, if you don't mind, please let the other brothers go over and help first."

"In order to simplify the formula as soon as possible, we need to do more experiments."

“So, there must be more stoves!”

Qingyi nodded and bowed to his fellow apprentices behind him.

"Thank you, fellow apprentices. Please come in!"

Everyone hurriedly returned the greeting: "Brother, you are too polite. This is our duty!"

As soon as they finished speaking, they all walked towards the construction site.

Those who were sent by the head of Chunyang Palace more or less knew something about alchemy.

After all, there are plenty of laborers here, and it is not their turn to do the hard work.

So what they had to do was to guide the laborers to build kilns, just like Dao Ji’s fellow disciples.

After arranging these people, Dao Ji pulled Qing Yi to the pile of materials and said with some concern.

"Senior brother, look."

"Early this morning, I had people run all over the city's pharmacies, but they only bought this little bit of stuff. It's totally not enough!"

"I know Datong best, can you help me think of another solution?"

Qingyi casually rummaged through the materials and then laughed.

"Brother, you are confused!"

"Your Majesty wants you to simplify the Six-One Mud, not to refine it!"

"If we refine it completely according to the method of Liuyi Mud, then what we finally refine is still Liuyi Mud, right?"

"So, when it comes to materials, we have to do subtraction!"

Dao Ji was stunned when he heard this, and then he slapped himself on the forehead as if he had just woken up from a dream.

"Brother is right, I was the one who was confused!"

The two smiled at each other, and worked together to count the materials again. Then they returned to the straw hut and wrote out different proportions according to their own ideas.

For example, while keeping the general formula unchanged, try removing a certain material, and then see whether the finished product meets the requirements after firing.

During this time, Zhu Youxiao came over and took a look from a distance, but did not go forward to disturb them.

He knew that this kind of thing would definitely require a lot of useless work, but there was nothing he could do about it.

The most important thing in R&D is not necessarily the result!

Sometimes, the process is often more important than the result!

Repeated useless efforts will force them to innovate.

Only continuous innovation can produce surprises again and again!

In the history of human science and technology, 90% of the achievements came from accidents!

Chapter 353 North Korea, Nampo

Just when Zhu Youxiao was busy confiscating the assets of the Dai Wang family, the first fleet organized by the Ministry of Works successfully arrived in the waters near Nampo, Korea!

King Yi Jong of Joseon and his officials were all extremely shocked when they saw the huge fleet coming from afar!

A total of five hundred ships!

A large ship that can accommodate hundreds of people.

The Haicang boat is so small that it can only accommodate more than 50 people!

More than ten types of ships covered the sea area in front of them!

"King, the Ming Dynasty actually sent so many ships here. Is it really just for fishing?"

An official beside Li Jong rubbed his eyes vigorously, unable to believe what he saw.

In their opinion, there is no need for such a big boat for fishing.

Li Jong glared at the man and said with disdain.

"if not?"

"Besides fishing, what other purpose do you think the Ming Dynasty has for sending these ships?"

"Occupy North Korea?"

"You overestimate North Korea!"

"If I hear you say something that damages the relationship between our two countries again, I will kill you first!"

The official shrank his head after being scolded and subconsciously took a few steps back.

Also.

North Korea is such a crappy place, with mountains everywhere!

Having been looted twice by the Jiannu, the people are now so poor that they don’t even have clothes to wear!

I heard that there is wealth everywhere in Ming Dynasty, and Korea is just a remote and poor place to them.

If I were the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I might also look down on this shabby place, right?

At this moment, among the fleet on the sea, several shuttle boats with sails inflated sailed into the dock like sharp arrows.

This boat can only carry a maximum of five people.

When there is wind, rely on the sails; when there is no wind, rely on the oars.

After the shuttle boats docked, three people got off each boat and walked towards the King of Korea together.

When the King of Korea saw this, he also greeted him with a smile.

When the two sides met, one of the middle-aged men in red official uniform took two quick steps and saluted towards Li Jong with his fists clasped.

"Ji Qing, the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Works of the Ming Dynasty! I greet the King of Korea!"

"Master Ji, you have worked hard on your journey!"

Facing Ji Qing, Li Zong didn't dare to put on airs at all.

The family knows their own affairs.

Now that Korea is in a state of disrepair, it is counting on this assignment from the Ming Dynasty to help it recover.

Therefore, he did not dare to offend these wise men in front of him from the bottom of his heart.

Otherwise, who knows whether the Emperor Ming would cancel this assignment?

Ji Qing had no idea what was going on. He was just a sixth-rank official, nothing at all in the Ministry of Works.

When he first took on this job, he was a little reluctant. After all, leaving the Ming Dynasty and crossing the ocean to Korea, who knew what kind of accidents might occur along the way?

But at this moment, looking at the King of Korea's cautious and smiling attitude towards him, all the unhappiness was thrown behind him.

My Lord Shangshu is indeed not deceiving me. I now represent the face of the Ming Dynasty!

Anyone in North Korea who dares to disobey will be crushed to death!

He immediately adjusted his mindset and pointed at the fleet on the sea behind him and said to Li Jong.

"I have been ordered to bring five hundred ships of various types to the King of Korea!"

"And two thousand new fishing nets!"

"I wonder if the King of Korea has prepared the fishermen in advance?"

Upon hearing this, Li Zong nodded repeatedly, turned around and pointed to Nanpu City not far away.

"I have already recruited 10,000 fishermen, and they are ready to go fishing at any time!"

"I wonder if Sir Ji has brought the money that His Majesty promised when he came here this time?"

Ji Qing smiled and clapped his hands, and immediately a boatman brought a few boxes over.

After the box was opened, neatly stacked silver ingots were found inside.

Each ingot is worth fifty taels of official silver!

"Here is thirty thousand taels of silver."