At this time, Wei Zheng decisively decided: "Since you can give it a try, then try, and if you succeed, you will report to this official immediately..."

"In addition to these two articles, I would like to make another suggestion, although the round shell is very easy to load, but after flying out of the barrel, the stability of the flight of the shell is very bad....I think you can refer to the mini bullet used in the fixed ammunition of the flintlock pistol, and cast the blossom bullet into the shape of the mini bullet..."

"In this way, the stability of the shell's flight will be further strengthened, and in the barrel, there will be less possibility of air leakage. And this, on a certain range, increases the range and accuracy of the shells ...

Wang Tiezhong, who benefited a lot in front of Wei Zheng, assured loudly: "Please rest assured, Your Excellency, the lower officials will do their best to carry out the transformation, and as soon as there is a result, they will report to the Governor immediately......"

Wei Zheng nodded, and Yan Sù's face also showed a satisfied smile from the heart.

Then, he once again made a startling decision: "Lord Wang, in order to continue to develop the various advanced weapons equipped by the troops, I have decided to formulate a rule in the Equipment Department..."

"From now on, the workers and craftsmen of all the workshops under the Armament Department may give suggestions for the improvement of the weapons and ammunition that are now being produced....as long as the opinions are reasonable, the Governor's Office will give a reward ranging from one hundred taels to ten thousand taels of silver, depending on the size of the opinion..."

"Not only that, but if someone can research a bunch of more advanced equipment, or make major improvements to existing weapons and equipment, and increase their power. The Governor's Office will directly appoint him as the head of the Seventh Rank of the Equipment Division, and he will have an official position. Promoted by two ranks..."

The craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty were not only powerful. And it's very powerful. Because. Each artisan here is a craft that has been passed down from family for hundreds of years. And the reason why this group of people have such exquisite craftsmanship and produce very bad weapons is no longer because of them, but because of the rotten court in front of them.

The imperial court looked down on them, and the imperial court deducted their limited salaries, and even deducted raw materials...... They simply do not have the energy and foundation to create more advanced weapons and equipment.

Wang Tiezhong, as the director of the Equipment Department, knows the truth very well.

Therefore. After listening to Wei Zheng's promise to the entire Equipment Division, Wang Tie's first thought in the center was that the spring of tens of thousands of craftsmen under his command had come.

With these rewards and punishments, Wang Tiezhong can be sure that those craftsmen under his command will definitely use all their life's learning to specialize in new weapons for the sake of silver and official positions that can glorify their ancestors.

Although he had long known that Wei Zheng attached great importance to craftsmen in front of him, he even risked the criticism of the imperial court to promote the status of craftsmen in the Haw Par Army without authorization. But. Wang Tiezhong still had a face full of emotion, and knelt on the ground again.

At this moment. Not only Wang Tiezhong, but dozens of other craftsmen around him also knelt on the ground with Wang Tiezhong with excitement and expectation on their faces.

Ignoring Wei Zheng's obstruction, he shouted with gratitude: "Your Excellency Governor Xie ......"

"Your Excellency the Governor, on behalf of the tens of thousands of craftsmen of the Equipment Division, I promise that I will never let down the Governor's love for us craftsmen and the cultivation ...... of our Lordship."

After the excited expressions on everyone's faces slowly subsided, Wei Zheng spoke again: "This matter is settled... As long as you work hard, no matter what your background is, whether it's white silver, or an official position that can make everyone glorify your ancestors, I can give it to you..."

After finishing speaking, Wei Zheng unexpectedly shifted his gaze to the artilleryman who seemed to have been forgotten by everyone, and said, "This artillery brother, what is your name..."

He just contradicted Wei Zheng, although Wei Zheng didn't say anything. However, as a small captain, although the artilleryman had nothing on his face, his heart was full of worry, and he was afraid that Wei Zheng would once again focus his attention on himself.

Therefore, when he heard Wei Zheng's words again, he knelt in front of Wei Zheng without thinking about it, and said with a panicked face: "Please spare your life, the lower official's name is Wang An, and he is an artillery commander assigned to the Equipment Department, and he just contradicted the adult, it was all an unintentional move of the lower official, please spare your life......

Seeing that the other party still remembered this matter, Wei Zheng waved his hand directly and said, "The official has already said it, I don't blame you for this matter...."

Then, the conversation changed and asked with a pointed face: "However, I don't know if you still remember what I just said about you....You are not a good soldier, but you are a good gunner..."

"When you were a soldier, the general in the army should have said to you that as a soldier, the most important iron law you need to master is to obey orders, unconditionally obey orders....However, you just contradicted your own officer, and obviously did not do this, so this official said, you are not a good soldier..."

"The reason why you are a good gunner is because you can use your experience to come up with new ideas at any time, even at the expense of contradicting your own superiors ......"

Seeing that although the worried expression on Wang An's face disappeared, it was replaced by a hint of gloom.

Wei Zheng's words turned around again and continued: "However, this official just likes your character..."

"In my Haw Par Army, there are many qualified soldiers who unconditionally obey orders, but there are very few people like you who are good at finding problems, putting forward ideas, and even contradicting their own superiors..."

"Therefore, this officer has decided to transfer you out of the army and transfer you to the Governor's Mansion to serve as an artillery senator of the seventh grade, specializing in studying the equipment and combat methods of artillery, and if you have ideas, you can directly put them forward to this officer....How about it, are you still satisfied with this arrangement of this officer..."

In the blink of an eye, he jumped from an unpopular military commander to a seventh-grade official, and he was also a seventh-grade official who stayed in the governor's palace every day. For Wang An, this can definitely be called an earthly and heavenly ......

Under Wei Zheng's smiling gaze, it took a long time for Wang An, who was full of shocked expressions, to quickly kneel in front of Wei Zheng under the reminder of Wang Tiezhong beside him, and under the gaze of dozens of pairs of envious eyes around him, he assured loudly.

"Cultivation by Lord Governor, Xia Guan must live up to the high expectations of Lord Governor and be a good artillery senator...."

In less than two days, not only did he get a mortar that he couldn't think of before, but he also found an artillery senator who could be called a talent in the Equipment Division....In the face of these two gains, Wei Zheng only had one sentence in his heart, that is, 'it was worth the trip'.

Just when Wei Zheng planned to stay in the Equipment Division for a while and really take a look at the finalized mortar. An urgent report from the Datong Governor's Mansion directly dispelled this idea in Wei Zheng's mind. (To be continued......)