Daming Military Empire

Chapter 359
A few days later, the huge fleet finally arrived in the waters near Dongdaying. At this time, the entire Dongdaying Tianjin Xingang was covered with colorful flags and flowers. The water around the port was blocked, and the wharf was covered with brocade guards, neat and orderly, truly majestic.

However, the officials who came to greet them seemed a bit shabby, there were only four of them!
This was actually Zhu Cijiong's will. He didn't want to waste everyone's time, so he specially ordered Bi Maokang, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Wang Zheng, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, to welcome the officials on behalf of the officials, and no other officials were allowed to come.

By the way, aren't there four here? Who are the other two foolish and bold?How dare you resist the decree!
The remaining two are Shi Kefa, the chief general of the Second Corps of the Imperial Guard, and Wang Zhengnan, the commander of the Jinyiwei. Both the Imperial Guard and the Jinyiwei can be said to be Zhu Cijiong's guards, so they are naturally not included in the list of other officials.

Seeing that Dong Daying was approaching, all the accompanying officials stepped on the deck, looking excitedly at the familiar port, they were home, and finally they were going home.

What is our Chongzheng Emperor Zhu Cijiong doing?At this moment, he was wearing casual clothes and confessing to Cao Huachun in the study, and he whispered in Cao Huachun's ear mysteriously: "You tell Sun Yuanhua to change into casual clothes and follow me to Dongda Construction Shipyard. As for the other accompanying officials , you let them go back to the capital on their own. After a while, when the ship docks, you send someone down to inform Bi Maokang and Wang Zheng, let them all get on the ship and change into casual clothes, and go to the shipyard with me!"

Cao Huachun asked a rare question: "Your Majesty, do you want to send someone to clean up the shipyard?"

Zhu Cijiong just wanted to see the actual production situation. After this cleaning, the human hair was gone. What a fart, he quickly waved his hand and said: "No, don't send people over, just let them work as usual, don't expose it My identity."

When Cao Huachun heard the words, he didn't say anything more, he cupped his hands, bowed, and retreated respectfully.

He is responsible for the emperor's safety. If he doesn't send people to clear the venue, he can't expose the emperor's identity, that is to say, he can't bring too many people there. What should we do?He couldn't guarantee that one person could protect the emperor completely, so he not only notified Sun Yuanhua, but also notified the empress Qin Mingyue, as well as the accompanying generals Qin Liangyu and Lu Xiangsheng.

After a while, these people came to the study one after another, but they were all in casual clothes, and Qin Liangyu and Qin Mingyue both changed into men's clothes. Zhu Cijiong looked at the crowd dumbfounded, and then pointed at Cao Huachun at the door, as if he wanted to have a meal with this guy However, Qin Mingyue gently pressed his hand down, and said softly: "Your Majesty, don't blame Eunuch Cao, he is also thinking about your safety."

Ever since he was a child, Zhu Cijiong has always obeyed Qin Mingyue's words. When Qin Mingyue said this, he immediately put away his "violent" expression, and said in an embarrassing way: "Okay, I won't talk about him anymore, but from now on, You should call me son."

Then, a strange scene appeared, the fleet docked, but the emperor did not disembark, only a group of accompanying officials walked down blankly, and then Bi Maokang, Wang Zheng, Shi Kefa, and Wang Zhengnan were all called to board the Daming.

Not long after, Shi Kefa came down again, and he even directly ordered the team to withdraw and return to the city!
After the imperial guards and Jinyiwei on the pier were all gone, more than a dozen people came down from the Daming ship. Although these people were dressed in ordinary clothes, they all had an extraordinary appearance. Naturally, this was the team that our Chongzheng Emperor Zhu Cijiong visited privately in his micro-clothes.

Don't underestimate these dozen or so people. The ten masters from Dongchang and Jinyiwei standing outside can be said to be one in a million top players. It is not a problem for one person to overwhelm hundreds of strong men. Qin Liangyu and Lu Xiangsheng He is also one of the most powerful generals in the Ming Dynasty, who can come and go freely in the formation of thousands of troops, not to mention Qin Mingyue, Cao Huachun and Wang Zhengnan, they are all peerless masters, with these people, even a hundred thousand troops will not be able to surround them, so Only then did Cao Huachun dare to take the emperor out for a walk with confidence.

The shipyard is not far from the port, and the group just walked and chatted, slowly walking towards the shipyard.

By the way, this shipyard is an important military center of Ming Dynasty, so it is naturally guarded by garrisons. Fortunately, Bi Maokang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, and Wang Zheng, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, are both regular visitors here. Even though they are wearing casual clothes, the gatekeepers can recognize them. The person entered the shipyard smoothly, but before he had walked a few steps, a group of executives from the shipyard ran over panting, knelt down on the ground and said in fear: "I don't know that Mr. Bi is coming, I'm not far away. Welcome, Lord Bi, please forgive me."

Bi Maokang was dumbfounded by what they did, and stood there not knowing what to do. Fortunately, Zhu Cijiong reacted quickly, and he secretly waved at Bi Maokang, as if chasing flies away.

This means to let these people go away quickly, Bi Maokang thought for a while, and immediately said majesticly: "Get up, this time I am accompanying this young man to watch the shipbuilding, it is a private matter, you don't have to worry about it, I'm busy with your work." Bar."

private matter?For officials as big as the Minister of Industry, their private affairs are more important than their official affairs, so none of the senior executives moved, they all looked at Bi Maokang eagerly, and wanted to accompany him on the tour. Don't understand!He yelled directly: "Get up and go back to work, and I will fine anyone who lies here and slack off with a year's salary!"

Who can bear the one-year salary penalty? It seems that Master Shangshu really doesn't want them to accompany him. This flattery is on the horse's lap. If he doesn't know how to advance or retreat, he is a fool, so all the executives immediately got up and ran away. up.

Seeing that all these people had run away, Bi Maokang hurriedly turned his head and cupped his hands in embarrassment: "My lord, I made you laugh."

Zhu Cijiong laughed on purpose and said, "I never thought Mr. Bi, who is always polite, has a rough side, which is interesting and interesting."

When Bi Maokang heard this, his face flushed with embarrassment, he didn't want to speak foul words, the problem was not to get angry with these bastards, they didn't know how to be afraid.

Few people can stand the emperor's joke. Seeing Bi Maokang's embarrassed face, Zhu Cijiong finally waved his hand in satisfaction and said, "Okay, no one will bother us now, Mr. Bi, take us to see this super battleship." How was it made?"

Hearing this, Bi Maokang let out a breath, and slowly walked in with Zhu Cijiong and others.

This Dongda Construction Shipyard is not comparable to the crude place in Nandaying. It is intimidating in scale and staff. The first place you enter from the gate is the wood processing plant. All kinds of logs are classified according to size. There are neat hills, and dozens of people are busy at the bottom of each hill. Those who draw lines, split wood, saw, planer, etc. have a clear division of labor and are orderly.

Zhu Cijiong looked carefully, then pointed to the processed wood on the ground and asked: "Are there any specific regulations on the size of these wood?"

Hearing this, Bi Maokang nodded and said, "Yes, there are, all of them are in charge, young master, please come with me."

After all, he took the lead and continued to walk in.

All the stewards here have received the notification from above that Mr. Bi, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Mr. Wang, the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Industry, are going to accompany an indescribable son to watch the construction of warships. Let them all be careful and take care of their subordinates. , no one is allowed to be lazy.

So when Bi Maokang brought a group of people to the wood storage area, there was a person in charge sitting in each large hood, carefully recording the quantities of various wood materials, and people kept rushing over with processed wood, ordering After counting, the neat yards are under the big hood.

Bi Maokang casually walked to a table in charge, and the person in charge seemed to be too busy to see them, standing there carefully counting. Bi Maokang directly picked up an account book on the table, handed it to Zhu Cijiong, and introduced: "Here It’s the beam area, over there is the board area, and each type of wood has a separate record.”

Zhu Cijiong took the account book and opened it. Sure enough, the first page was written in detail, the wooden square of the second floor bracket, the length XX, and the square XX. The second page started with the specific quantity. , how many days to dry in the sun, and how many days were taken away on a certain day, there are detailed records.

Zhu Cijiong didn't say anything, he just watched carefully all the way, every procedure, every record, and Bi Maokang didn't know what the emperor was going to do, so he had to carefully accompany Zhu Cijiong to read all the way.

(End of this chapter)