"Wechen thanks the emperor for the grace of the craftsmen of the armory! Weichen also has good news to tell the emperor. Liu Hong said gradually, and after speaking, he mysteriously glanced at Fan Jingwen, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and looked directly at the old Fan hair.

"Wechen's armory has been transformed into a firecracker!" Liu Hong gradually broke the ground!

"What is a firebolt?" Chongzhen was a little confused.

"Go back to the emperor......" Fan Jingwen finally knew why An Guohou looked at him with a smile, it was embarrassing, but there was no way, he still explained to Chongzhen the principle of firing the gun 1510.

As early as more than half a year ago, An Guohou handed over the drawings to him, but the officials under him were too inefficient, and now they don't know where the drawings have gone.

"How does this fire gun compare to my Ming Bird Gun and Three-Eyed Gun?" Chongzhen said with a frown.

"Back to the emperor, the range is twenty steps farther than the bird's gun, and the accuracy is at least twice as high as the three-eyed gun!" Liu Hong gradually became confident about this.

In the past, before the soldiers fired, they needed to light the fire rope with a fire breaker, and then hurriedly aim and wait, waiting for the fire rope to burn out before the projectile could be launched.

Franz's modified flint firing device not only eliminates this step and allows soldiers to shoot at will when the time is right, but the arquebus is susceptible to moisture and unstable.

"How many craftsmen do you have in that armory, and how many of these guns can you produce in a day?" After listening to Fan Jingwen's explanation, Chongzhen was really surprised.

Originally, he thought that An Guohou's ordnance station was just child's play, after all, An Guohou himself was just twenty-one years old.

But it has only been less than two months, and it has given him two surprises, and the latter is related to the improvement of the strength of the Ming army, which is no longer a trivial matter.

"Back to the emperor, Weichen's ordnance has a total of 500 craftsmen of all kinds, as for the daily output, the current proficiency of the craftsmen is not enough, and they can only produce more than 20 firecrackers a day."

"It's too few, there are hundreds of thousands of craftsmen registered in the household department, plus levy! To increase production! ”

Since he got Liu Hongji's suggestion and took charge of the military himself, Chongzhen really felt that only the army was his foundation, and everything else was false.

The Ming people have always attached great importance to firearms, but since the late Ming Dynasty, the development direction of firearms has deviated, and the firearms produced are not getting bigger and bigger......

"Your Majesty, it's not that the ministers don't want to levy more, this thing costs money! And this is the important weapon of the country, although Weichen is reckless, he does not dare to mess around, first, he is afraid of being criticized, and second, it is not easy to deal with the confidentiality if there are too many people. ”

Liu Hongjian said the truth, just such a big mess, his family fund is 1.2 million taels, and half of it is tossed into two months, and more than half of it falls into the pockets of the household department and the Ministry of Industry.

Ni Yuanlu, the secretary of the household department, and Fan Jingwen, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, both glanced at each other, and they couldn't be happy.

"Then we have to levy more, at least we must be able to ensure that the whole army is equipped within half a year, the silver is not enough, and the household department will come out!" What is silver, the most important thing in the Ming Dynasty is silver now.

Speaking of which, this is also the credit of the kid in front of him, because the courtiers and Chongzhen turned a blind eye to some of Liu Hongji's behaviors, after all, the money of the whole country was brought by others.

"Your Majesty, Weichen disagrees!" This is to be nationalized, this is not good, he has no intention of giving up the dominance of the ordnance institute, if it really becomes nationalized, Liu Hong gradually dares to guarantee that within three years, the ordnance institute will change its taste.

In less than five years, it will become a virtue with the various workshops of the Ministry of Industry.

"However, your Imperial Majesty's inner money is not...... Wechen suggests that your internal funds can be shared! The wealth is rolling, oh the emperor!! "Hehe, the ghost wants to cooperate with the household!

How much money did the official spend on buying various materials with the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, and the two uncles in front of him could be known by looking at their expressions.

Now let them give the money to the officials again, and then they will participate, won't they sell themselves themselves? And the money is still out of your own?

But doing business with the emperor is different, first of all, the ordnance can be added to the prefix of the emperor, and it becomes the Ming Royal Ordnance Institute, which not only has a lot of money, but also has a different reputation.

When the business is done well, even if those cows, ghosts, snakes and gods are red-eyed, will they still dare to break ground on the emperor's head?

What's more, this is privatization, even if the emperor is counted, it is a simple partnership system, and the emperor has every opportunity, how can he have time to stare at this small ordnance institute every day, at most he is a major shareholder.

And the chairman is still the official.

Liu Hongjian can almost imagine the expression of bitterness when the guns are mass-produced, the pricing power is in his own hands, and when the household department supplies money to equip the whole army.

Joke, the official's silver is so easy to earn? I have to spit it out to the official!

"What kind of wealth is rolling, this is a big deal in the Ming Dynasty, you give me a serious place!" Chongzhen hadn't reacted to the relationship between producing a pistol and making money, but when he saw Liu Hong grinning and his mouth was about to fall, he slapped the table and said.

"Okay, the emperor, when Weichen goes back, he will levy a hundred blacksmiths and a hundred carpenters, who should I find ...... silver?" Liu Hong gradually became happy, the silver was there, and the shield was also available.

"How is it enough to levy two hundred people, I want you to equip the whole army within half a year! How much money do you need to find Wang Daban'er! Chongzhen signaled to Wang Chengen, and Wang Chengen bowed down to receive the order.

"No problem! In this way, it is decided, Your Majesty, this armory institute has a shareholding, and the income is fifty-fifty! "This is a good business, but the brother settles the account, although the person in front of him is the emperor, then he must make the words clear, so as not to let anyone repay the account in the future.

As for the specific number of people, it is not as much as possible, this Liu Honggradually has his own intention in his heart.

"Nonsense! What is not shared? What's going on on the prince's side these days? Chongzhen only thought that the fire bolt would equip the Beijing camp as soon as possible, who knew that this would still make him money.

"Eh-Your Majesty, these days Wei Chen has been patronizing the matter of tinkering with the ordnance station, so Wei Chen will go to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in a while!" By the way, rubbing a royal meal, Liu Hong gradually said in his heart.

"Then Weichen will retire?" Liu Hong gradually saw that there was nothing wrong with him here, so he got up and saluted.

"Oh! Look at Weichen's brain, he actually forgot the most important thing!

Elders, this time I brought a total of seven briquette stoves, everyone who saw it had a share, and each of them gave one, free! "The ordnance office no longer has to worry about the silver, Liu Hong is gradually extraordinarily generous.

The courtesy was light and affectionate, and several elders also stood up to thank them.

"Then the emperor, you continue to talk, Weichen retired first!" Which cabinet boss is not in the market, and when he produces some stoves, he will go to the six ministries and the three divisions and major yamen to send a few for free, which are all free advertisements.

"Where did you just go?" was gradually stirred up by Liu Hong, Chongzhen had a headache.

"Your Majesty, when it comes to the amount of tax collected in the thirteen provinces this year." Ni Yuanlu, the head of the household department, reminded.

"Oh, Yuming, you're also a cabinet member, stay and listen!" Chongzhen said suddenly.

Nani? Liu Hong gradually turned around and buttoned the big cotton hat on his head......

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