Later, Yun Xi discussed with them how to deal with other situations. However, Yun Xi knew that these methods were useless, and he didn't listen to them carefully, so he just chose a random method after everyone spoke.

When the matter was discussed, it was already the beginning of the unitary period, and Yun Xi instructed them to keep the matter a secret for the time being, and let them go down.

Yun Xi then went to the front hall to approve the answer. Yesterday and today have accumulated some twists and turns, and he needs to complete the answers as soon as possible, and he will be busier in a few days.

However, before he completed his task today, he heard Wang Xi say: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Yong has already entered the palace, but let His Highness wait in the side hall for the time being?" ”

"Yunxi? What did he do in the palace? Yun Xi asked with some confusion.

"Your Majesty, it was Your Majesty who said yesterday that His Royal Highness King Yong and the princess would enter the palace in the evening today, and Your Majesty would have dinner with them. Princess Yong has also entered the palace and gone to Kunning Palace. Wang Xi still said in a voice that did not fluctuate.

"Yes, I forgot, it is true that yesterday I told them to enter the palace tonight." Yun Xi muttered to himself. He then looked at the number of recitals in front of him, looked at the carvings, stood up and said to Wang Xi: "I won't continue to reply today, and I'll talk about the rest tomorrow." Call Yun Xi over, and I will go with him to Kunning Palace. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Xi then left the palace. After a while, Yun Xi walked in and saluted Yun Xi and said, "Brother Chen has seen Brother Huang." ”

Yun Xi, who had already put on his coat neatly, smiled and said, "Get up." With the royal brother to your sister-in-law's place, let's have dinner together. ”

The two brothers then walked to the harem. Although the weather was very hot in the summer, it was already night, and the slight cool breeze blew away the heat of the day, making people feel that it was still relatively cool, so they did not sit on a walk, but walked slowly as if they were walking.

"Brother Huang, it's already at this time that Brother Huang is still commenting on the answers, which is too hard. No matter how many twists and turns you make, it doesn't have to be like this. Yun Xi said.

"In the morning, because I met with the envoys of the Mongolian headquarters and Yili Jiangli, there were a lot of twists and turns left without answering, and it was good to finish the reply today, and it couldn't all be postponed to tomorrow. Tomorrow there will be tomorrow's twists and turns. Yun Xi said.

"Okay, my brother doesn't understand much, but Yongfan has never had so many things, and the daily paperwork is enough to dispose of in two hours, and the younger brother can practice martial arts in the rest of the time, or go to the guard to have a look." Yun Xi said.

"How many people are there in your Yongfan? Where will there be so many things to dispose of. Yun Xi smiled.

While laughing, the two of them had already come to Kunning Palace. Xi Yao took Princess Yong, Wu, who had just married Yun Xi, to greet her at the door, and immediately bowed when she saw the two of them coming.

After the four of them finished the prelude, they walked into the hall and went to the dining hall to eat.

During the meal, Yun Xi thought of something again, and said to Yun Xi: "Brother Huang, when my brother was waiting in the Qianqing Palace just now, I accidentally heard several of Brother Huang's people say that there is another war. Brother Huang, who is this going to war with? ”

'Why are these people talking so carelessly, they must be punished when they turn around.' Yoon-hee thought to herself.

However, he still told Yun Xi the truth: "Yes to Annan." Li Jichen of Annan not only killed the monarch and stood on his own, but also sent someone to assassinate Chen Tianping, and the imperial brother must send someone to conquer Annan. ”

However, Yun Xi immediately added: "It's just that it has not been completely determined whether the assassination of Chen Tianping was committed by Li Jichen, so it is still unknown whether to conquer Annan." ”

"Then the army that can be used to conquer Annan to get my Yongfan?" Yun Xi said as if he hadn't heard Yun Hee's addition.

"No, we won't use the army of the Eternal Domain this time." Yun Xi said. Then he looked at Yun Xi, who looked a little disappointed, and said, "What, do you still want to participate in this battle?" Didn't the Eternal Domain fight? ”

"There is a war, but it is not the same as the war that my brother thought about when he was a child. Now the Yong Domain is dealing with one tribe after another. The strength of these tribes is not strong, and there are not many people, and they often run away to see that the situation is not good, and in the end it often becomes a battle similar to that of the bandits in the Central Plains, and I always feel that this cannot be called a war. Yun Xi said.

"The war you imagine is the same as in the early years of the founding of the country, leading hundreds of thousands of troops north to fight with the hundreds of thousands of troops of the opponent, and after a bloody battle, the winner will be decided." Yun Xi said with a smile.

"That's it. Even if it can't be achieved like this, it is like Uncle Seventeen led troops to conquer Mobei last year, led tens of thousands of troops to fight against the Mongols, and finally defeated the Mongols. Yun Xi said.

"This kind of battlefield is indeed very desirable, and I also thought about one day commanding so many troops to fight."

"But in most cases, fighting a war is what you call banditry. After basically pacifying the whole country, even a general like Lan Yu fought such a battle, and there were few wars that sounded blood-boiling. Yun Xi said.

"Brother Huang, my brother knows." Hearing this, he said with a slightly low mood.

Yun Xi said a few more words to him, and after he recovered his emotions, he said to him, Xi Yao, and Wu Shi: "What I just said about Annan is still a confidential matter, so don't tell anyone else. The three of them hurriedly agreed.

Then the two chatted a few words, and Yun Xi said to Yun Xi again: "You will go back to your own feudal country in a few days." If the Wu family is pregnant, it will not be easy to bear the bumps and the wind and waves on the sea, so my brother thinks it is better for you to go back to Vladivostok as soon as possible, and let your younger brother and sister give you an heir as soon as possible. ”

"Yes, Brother Huang." Yun Xi blushed slightly. Looking at Wu again, he was even more embarrassed, and his head was about to hang down on the table.

"There is one more thing that the imperial brother wants to hand over to you. A lot of tall timber was needed to build a ship, and now there is too little timber in the Central Plains to be used by sailors. Brother Huang has heard that there are many tall timbers in Yongming, and even heard of countless them, so when you go back, you cut down the tall and thick trees so that the Beihai division who goes to you every year can bring them back. Yun Xi said again.

Today he called Yun Xi over, first, to let him return to Yongfan in the near future, and second, to build trees for the big ship. The water division is very important to the current Ming Dynasty, and the supply of timber must be guaranteed, and there is not much suitable timber in the Central Plains now, so it can only go to the mountains and mountains to harvest and replenish, which is very laborious. Yunxi thought of the abundant forestry resources in the Tohoku region, so he decided to obtain timber from Yeongfan.

"No problem." Yun Xi patted his chest and said, "Wrap it on my brother." There are so many trees in Yongming that it is guaranteed to fill the ship of the North Sea Division every time. ”

Yun Xi smiled: "You must be fine, the sailor does not spend a lot of money to buy wood, which can increase your taxes a lot." ”

The two of them talked for a while, and Yun Xi and his wife Wu were about to leave the palace and return to the palace. Of course, Yunxi wanted to keep them in the palace for one night. Yunxi and his wife didn't dare to shirk it, and slept in the palace that night.

After settling Yun Xi and his wife, Yun Xi was also very tired and went to bed. Ke Xiyao was lying on the bed, but she couldn't sleep.

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On the second day, Yun Xi went down to the court, and when he could complete the reply in about a quarter of an hour, he said to Wang Xi: "Yu Heng, a member of the Ministry of Propaganda and Industry, who promoted the iron factory and weapons, and the eunuch of the palace military bureau came here to see me. ”

After a while, the eunuch of the palace who was in charge of the military battle bureau came to the outside of the Qianqing Palace and bowed and waited; After a while, Yu Hengsi, a member of the Iron Works Weapons Factory of the Ministry of Industry, also came to the Qianqing Gate.

Yun Xi then announced that the two of them would come in. After the two of them came in, they immediately knelt down to Yun Xi and said, "The minister Xu Dian (slave Bai Shan) has seen Your Majesty. ”

Yun Xi continued to answer the fold while glancing at the two of them. Kneeling on the left is Yu Heng Si member Wailang Xu Dian, who is in his Chinese New Year's Eve this year, with very dark skin, and if you look closely, you can still find that his hands are full of calluses, not at all like a reader who reads sage books. However, this is very normal, because Xu Dian was not originally born as a scholar, his background was a blacksmith under the Ministry of Industry.

Yun Xi thought as early as when he had just succeeded to the throne that a yamen with a strong professionalism like the Ministry of Industry, and it was just that the Shangshu Shilang who mastered the general direction did not understand the profession, but the Lang Zhong, the staff and the chief of the various divisions in the middle were all political officials who were born in school, and it was very abnormal if they did not understand business. It is as if the ministers and directors of various ministries and commissions of the Central Committee in later generations can be officials who have been parachuted in, but the directors and directors of the departments are all people who have started from ordinary civil servants in this department and have been promoted little by little to understand the business.

Therefore, from the first year of Jianye, Yun Xi promoted craftsmen to officials. At the beginning, he was just the ambassador and deputy envoy of the nine products of the bureaus under the Ministry of Industry, and no one cared about it at all; Later, he was promoted to the seventh or eighth grade of the camp, but few people still cared.

Immediately in the winter of the third year of Jianye, after Yun Xi punished a group of five or six officials who were corrupt and bribed by the Ministry of Industry, he suddenly promoted a large number of former craftsmen who were originally serving as officials of the seventh grade to serve as foreign officials and directors. Xu Dian was promoted to the camp division at this time.

This caused an uproar at the time, and countless officials protested, but Yun Xi rejected them one by one, and Yun Xi firmly stated that the officials of the Ministry of Industry would promote more craftsmen in the future.

Of course, in order to alleviate the antagonism between civil officials, Yun Xi promoted the original craftsmen who had read the books of sages and sages, and others mentioned the allusions in the Four Books and Five Classics so that they did not know it. Then he used other things to attract the attention of the civil officials, and finally let the matter pass.

On the right is kneeling this person Bai Shan, who is also different from ordinary eunuchs. Although he was a eunuch, he was handicapped and strong, and he had been learning skills from the skilled craftsmen in the palace, and he also learned to smelt iron.

Yun Xi once wandered around the palace casually, wandered to the place where the craftsmen in the palace worked, and saw that his craftsmanship was very exquisite, and appointed him on the spot as the palm print eunuch of the Zhengwupin of the War Bureau, managing the manufacture of weapons in the palace.

These two men are completely ignorant of politics, but they are one of the most important people in the country, far more important than many officials.

Therefore, although Yun Xi asked them to finish the ceremony, he immediately said to them: "Two Aiqing, I have something to ask you to enter the palace today to discuss. ”

"Your Majesty, but please give orders (Your Majesty has orders, and the servants will obey them)." Xu Dian and Bai Shan said.

"How much steel did your two iron factories produce last year and in the first half of this year?" Yoon-hee asked.

"Your Majesty, the iron and steel plant of the Ministry of Industry under the jurisdiction of the minister produced 90,000 stone of steel and 330,000 stone of iron last year; In the first half of this year, 49,000 stone of steel and 170,000 stone of iron were produced. ”

"Your Majesty, the iron and steel factory of the palace under the jurisdiction of the servants produced 86,000 stone of steel and 150,000 stone of iron last year; In the first half of this year, 48,000 stone of steel and 76,000 stone of iron were produced. The two of them said one after the other.

Yunxi nodded. Steel production is increasing year by year, and that's a good thing.

"And how many steel helmets have been provided to the Upper Guards so far?" He asked again.

"Your Majesty, the minister and Bai Gonggong began to make steel helmets in August last year, and the day before yesterday, they provided more than 26,000 steel helmets to the upper guards. Following His Majesty's instructions, each guard was provided with more than 1,000 steel helmets, and the remaining steel helmets were first provided to Yulin Zuowei and Jinwu Qianwei, and now each of these two guards already has 9,000 steel helmets, and by the end of September, these two guards can be completely replenished. Xu Dian said.

"At the end of September," Yun Xi frowned and thought about it, and asked, "Can it be faster?" I wanted to have all the soldiers and ordinary generals of the Three Guards put on steel helmets at the beginning of October. ”

Chang Shun, the little eunuch who happened to be carrying a kettle to add water to Yun Xi, was a little surprised when he heard Yun Xi's words. Yun Xi was talking to them in a consultative tone, not a commanding tone, and Yun Xi rarely did this to middle-level officials, let alone one of them was a eunuch.

When I can take my son in a few years, I must let my godson learn the trade. He thought.

Yun Xi didn't care what the little eunuch next to him thought, and stared at the two people in front of him.

After the two of them discussed in a whisper for a long time, Bai Shan said: "Your Majesty, if you collect those thousands of steel helmets from other guards, you should be able to let the three guards have enough steel helmets before the first day of October." "The two of them just calculated for a long time, and felt that they could build 2,800 steel helmets a month now, and in the next two months, they should be able to build more than 6,000 and nearly 7,000, and then count the more than 26,000 steel helmets that are already there, which is enough for all the soldiers of the three upper guards to have steel helmets, so they agreed.

"Then it's decided, you can make enough steel helmets as soon as possible." Yun Xi said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The two of them replied.

"And firearms, how are your firearms made? I have instructed you to provide firearms to the Tiger Guard, how is it going? Yun Xi asked again.

"Your Majesty, in accordance with Your Majesty's will, the ministers have also urged the firearms factory to make firearms, and since Your Majesty's order last year, a total of more than 3,600 muskets, 16 cannons of more than 2,000 catties, 30 cannons of 1,000 catties, and 75 cannons of 300 catties to 1,000 catties have been supplied to the Tiger Benzuowei." Bai Shan replied.

"No! Too slow! The supply of firearms to the Tiger Benzuowei should also be accelerated. Before the beginning of October, it is necessary to let the tiger guard have 30 cannons of more than 2,000 catties, 60 cannons of 1,000 catties, and 120 cannons of 300 catties to 1,000 catties. There weren't too many muskets, but four thousand were enough. Yun Xi said.

The two of them secretly complained: so many cannons are not so easy to produce! However, they did not dare to refuse, and felt that there should be enough stock to supply, so they agreed: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

At the same time, they also secretly estimated in their hearts: 'Could it be that His Majesty wants to use troops against him, so he is in such a hurry to equip steel helmets and firearms?' ’7110