Ming Dynasty: The Rampant Crown Prince

In the past few days, Zhu Cihong has been the most comfortable few days, because there is nothing to worry about, the nobles who dare to fight him have been defeated, and in addition to killing so many palace people in the palace in a row, there are thousands of foreign ministers, and the deterrent power is very sufficient, and there is no need to guard against ghosts in the palace every night.

However, it is impossible to be idle, it can only be said that there is no need to be as nervous as before.

"Your Highness, Song Yingxing's recital."

Qiu Zhizhong stood aside, holding a booklet and opening it.

In the back garden of the East Palace, Zhu Cihong was lying on a recliner with his eyes closed, enjoying the lychees that Jiang Xuezhu peeled off and brought to his mouth, while listening to Qiu Zhizhong's recitation.

"Read."

"Xuezhu, this lychee from Guangdong is good, you can also taste it."

Zhu Cihong opened his eyes and glanced at Jiang Xuezhu who was sitting next to him, his eyes relaxed and relaxed.

"Of course, it's so hard to peel for His Highness, of course I have to eat it, Your Highness has one, I've got one."

Jiang Xuezhu pouted, in the past, at home in Shaanxi, others served her, but now the times have changed.

"There are no rules, our family will take you down to learn the etiquette later."

Qiu Zhizhong looked at Jiang Xuezhu and was unhappy in his heart, if other palace maids dared to do this, they would have been dragged down and beaten to death by him.

"No, it's too good to know the rules, and it's not interesting."

Zhu Cihong waved his hand, he still had to rely on Jiang Xuezhu's father to make money for the East Palace, how could he use Jiang Xuezhu as a palace maid.

"Your sister, it's okay with Mama."

"Your Royal Highness, Mama Wu is very good to my sister."

Jiang Xuezhu stood up and saluted and said with a smile, in fact, she didn't dare to be really too presumptuous, although during this time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was very good to her, but she also saw that although His Royal Highness was not as cruel as rumored, he was not a benevolent person.

"Your Highness is benevolent."

After Qiu Zhixiao patted his ass, he said: "Song Yingxing said in the recital, at present, the Department of Agriculture is understaffed, and the excavation of quartz mines is slow, and after there is enough quartz, it is necessary to build city walls, build houses, build factories for manufacturing quartz glass, and recruit workers.

Zhu Cihong took the booklet and looked at it, indeed, it was a big project on his side, and there were many mining workers alone, three meals a day, as well as money, digging canals, wells, etc., and there was also a team of thousands of guards, so many farmers.

If you want to engage in greenhouse technology, it is not possible to build a shed with general glass, because it will block ultraviolet rays, without ultraviolet radiation, plants cannot grow, and only quartz glass can let ultraviolet rays penetrate.

"Send another million silver to Song Yingxing, and then you order someone to go to the War Bureau to find Bi Maokang, and find him a craftsman who can make glass, and send as many as he can to Song Yingxing."

Zhu Cihong thought for a while, and said: "Send a message to Song Yingxing, if there is a shortage of people and money, the palace will send it to him, and those guards will also participate in the construction when they have nothing to do, and the construction of the city wall will be slowed down, and soon, there will be new fertile land that will be divided for him." "

Yes."

When Qiu Zhizhong heard this, he beckoned outside, and a eunuch trotted in, and Qiu Zhizhong gave an order, and then trotted out again.

"Your Highness, next is Bi Maokang's recital."

Qiu Zhizhong took out another booklet and opened it.

"Master Bi said that there have been more than 3,000 craftsmen from all over the country recently, and each family will be given 50 taels of travel expenses and settling-in expenses, plus ordnance manufacturing and firearms manufacturing, as well as the purchase of materials, and the expansion of the factory.

"Also, the War Bureau has rushed out the first batch of flintlock pistols for trial, a total of one hundred, after the War Bureau tried it itself, there was no problem, and fifty were specially sent to His Highness, and the Hongyi cannon also made twenty trials, after the trial of the War Bureau, there is no problem, whether it is range or power, the accuracy is very good, even better than the Westerners made it."

"All kinds of conventional weapons, such as bows, crossbows, spears, swords, and armor, have been manufactured with 5,000 pieces of fine products, 200 tiger squat cannons, and 100 clairvoyant mirrors."

"And the one million taels of silver were also spent almost 600,000 taels, and after the craftsmen were given monthly salaries and purchased materials for the next production, there were less than 200,000 taels of silver left."

After Qiu Zhizhong finished speaking, he was also a little distressed in his heart, one million taels of silver, how long has it been, and it is about to be spent, this is too fast, the five million taels of silver in the East Palace are about to be exhausted.

Jiang Xuezhu was also stunned when she heard it next to her, in the past, her Jiang family had been in business for generations, and her family's property was only one million, and she was robbed by thieves.

And what kind of agricultural department, isn't it just a vegetable grower, and he actually wants to send a million?

Jiang Xuezhu suddenly felt that his brain was a little insufficient, money didn't seem to be money, it seemed to be just a number in the eyes of His Highness.

"I'm allocating 1 million to Bi Maokang, telling him to focus on making firearms, especially flintlock pistols, Hongyi cannons, and tiger squat cannons."

Zhu Cihong's eyes were first happy, and then a little sad, this Bi Maokang is indeed okay, but the speed of spending money is indeed beyond his expectations, thinking about it, he suddenly regretted it a little in his heart, what to give the craftsman fifty taels of travel expenses and settlement expenses, he should really take ten taels, twenty taels is a lot.

At that time, it was a bit flustered to copy out so much money.

"Immediately send a decree to the Ministry of Industry, revoke the announcement of recruiting craftsmen nationwide and giving fifty taels of travel expenses to settle in, and instead recruit craftsmen to saturate, and then there are craftsmen who come to the capital, only twenty taels will be given."

"No, ten taels."

"Yes."

Qiu Zhizhong beckoned outside again and ordered to go down.

"How much money is left in the East Palace?"

Zhu Cihong asked.

"Now the East Palace has a total of three and a half million taels of silver, and when two million taels of silver will be allocated, there will only be one and a half million taels of silver left."

Qiu Zhizhong said with a little heartache.

"Li Ruolian's side, how is the liquidation of the property of the raided family?"

Zhu Cihong has been thinking about this stubble.

"Li Ruolian reported that these princes, the hometown of the Qianzhang Nine Clan, have already sent people to liquidate, and the property of the White Lotus Gang will be fully counted in a few days."

"Hey, forget it, think of something happy."

Zhu Cihong stood up and said again: "What about the flintlock pistol sent by Bi Maokang?"

"Outside, Bi Maokang also sent a person to demonstrate how to use the flintlock pistol."

"Let's go, let's try."

Zhu Cihong said, took the lead out of the courtyard and came to the main hall, and sure enough, there were three large boxes.

When I opened it, there were flintlock pistols in two boxes and clairvoyance mirrors in one box.

"Where is the commander of the East Palace Jinyi?"

Zhu Cihong said loudly outside.

"Sun Hao, the commander of the subordinate East Palace Jinyi Captain, see His Royal Highness the Prince!"

Outside, a tall man in a splendid suit immediately walked in.

"How many Jinyi captains are there in the East Palace now?"

Zhu Cihong asked.

Sun Hao said: "Back to His Royal Highness, there are a total of three hundred people.

Zhu Cihong asked again: "But will you make fire?"

Sun Hao replied a little embarrassed: "No... Not plenum, but ministerial.

Zhu

Cihong sighed and fell into memory, he remembered that it was recorded in the history of the Ming Dynasty that when Chongzhen was seventeen years old, the capital was broken by Li Zicheng, Chongzhen originally wanted to escape, but he didn't expect that he couldn't even get out of the city gate.

As soon as Li Zicheng entered Beijing, all the guards guarding the palace ran and fell.

This group of guards, all TM waste!

"This group of garbage is unreliable, and it needs to be replaced."

Zhu Cihong made up his mind, the courtiers were replaced by his own people, the Beijing camp was replaced by his own people, and the guards guarding the palace were also replaced by his own people.

"Come, take a flintlock pistol and try it out, and feel how different it is from the one you've used before."

Zhu Cihong picked up a flintlock pistol from the box, threw it to Sun Hao, and then looked at the person sent by Bi Maokang: "Teach Sun Hao how to use it." "

Come on, put a vase on the rockery."

A few people came to a spacious place, and under the guidance of that person, Sun Hao knew that this flintlock pistol was completely different from the firearm he used before, and it could be fired directly without ignition, which was indeed much better.

"What is the range of this flintlock pistol?"

Zhu Cihong picked up a flintlock pistol and asked.

"Back to His Royal Highness, Lord Bi said that it is generally 80 meters, but because the drawings given by His Highness are perfect, the firing range can reach 100 meters, and the power and rate of fire are much higher than the flintlock pistols made by Westerners in Macao, and they are much more mature in all aspects, even if the flintlock pistols made in Macao are still being improved, they are not as good as the flintlock pistols made by our War Bureau."

"What's your name?"

Zhu Cihong looked at this person.

"The criminal minister Mao Yuanyi is an old friend of Lord Bi, and he was summoned back to the War Bureau to help by Lord Bi this time."

Mao Yuanyi arched his hand. (Chongzhen was implicated in the Liaodong Mutiny in five years, and was sent to Fujian, and then because he wanted to serve King Qin, he was rejected by the local government, and died of grief and anger in the twelfth year of Chongzhen.) ）