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Hearing this, Chen Jie couldn't help but sneered, and said disdainfully.

"If it wasn't for the lack of food in the household department, how could the nobles suddenly stock up on food?! And they all stock up on food without exception."

"Don't you know how virtuous those nobles are?! They also planned to make a profit from this matter at the beginning."

As he said, Chen Jie walked to the window with his hands behind his back, looked up at the night outside the window and sighed softly: "It seems that the British public harvest is quite profitable!"

"Otherwise, even His Majesty, I'm afraid it's hard to say that there are so many nobles and dignitaries in the Ding Dynasty to store food together!"

More than a dozen grain merchants all nodded their heads, who doesn't know the virtues of those nobles!

I can't wait to suck my fingers, and I have no ability to eat the meritorious food of my ancestors.

Don't you see that they at most collect the lease of the shop, the output of the field, and occasionally eat the output of a few merchants they rely on for a living? !

When it comes to the way of management, they are hard to match with themselves and others, and they rarely interfere with the situation of the shop.

This time, they suddenly restricted the sale of food. It would be a lie to say that there is no one behind them to restrict them.

But who can do this? !

It is difficult for His Majesty, after all, if these nobles really unite to make trouble, His Majesty will have to give up three points.

Moreover, it is impossible for His Majesty to choose to give in to Xungui, where is his identity?

Those who may back down and can persuade the nobles are the only ones who can be counted.

And if the status is high enough, and the speech is effective enough, such a person will probably become the Duke of the Kingdom or the Duke of the United Kingdom.

Although Xu Guogong also has this status, he basically does not interfere with the elite circle of the capital in Jinling.

Cheng Guogong looked left and right, but he couldn't see any connection with this matter.

However, it was different for Qiliner, the British government, who said that His Majesty was going to resettle refugees.

How would he resettle the refugees if food prices skyrocketed? !

"Still too young!"

Chen Jie turned around with squinted eyes, smiled at the grain merchants and said, "I'm afraid that Qilin'er went to pick up the victims, so he knows the food and fodder cost of the [-] victims?!"

All the grain merchants suddenly realized that it was right after this calculation!

There was no restriction on the sale of grain and fodder before, but just after Qilin'er returned to Beijing, all the shops of the honorable nobles suddenly sold out.

What does this mean? !It means that he is playing tricks behind his back!

Why bother? !Because the victims were coming, and he who had gone to greet them finally knew how much the hundreds of thousands of victims spent on food and drink.

If there is no food and fodder, more than [-] disaster victims will riot in the capital. What will be the consequences? !

"Mr. Chen means..."

Chen Jie looked at these grain merchants with a smile, and sighed with an elegant appearance of Confucianism.

"The child has nothing to say, he has trampled on famous teachings many times and should be taught a lesson! As elders, we should educate him!"

But seeing Chen Jie talking, he said to the grain merchants: "The old man has 20 shi of grain in stock, and he is not going to sell it."

"Before the disaster victims arrived, the old man also restricted the sale, so the price of grain and fodder went up first..."

After a pause, a more elegant smile appeared on Chen Jie's face: "There is still a hundred and three million taels of silver in the family..."

"The old man also feels that it is the best policy to buy more grain to prepare for shortages at this time!"

As soon as these words were uttered, the sixteen grain merchants became restless, and the face of the rich man-like grain merchant just now was even more cloudy.

After a long while, he said in a low voice: "Mr. Chen, if the country and the court care about..."

"Hmph! So the Qing Liu people are being plotted against by the Zhang family, but the country has never lacked loyal and honest ministers!"

But Chen Jie's eyes were shining brightly, and he turned around with a righteous face: "I'm not afraid to say it clearly, the servants have long been dissatisfied with him!"

"The Hanlins in the Hanlin Academy are even more intrigued by the fact that they have bewitched the emperor, so they will not say anything!"

"As long as we push away its false shell, there will naturally be assistance in the court!"

Seeing that the grain merchants were still hesitating, Chen Jie's expression quickly recovered.

But he smiled faintly and said: "The carriage and horses in the hands of the Zhang family are very valuable, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are making money every day..."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of these grain merchants became more struggling, and Chen Jie continued.

"And the "Imperial Times", which has now become a wing! Wouldn't it be a good thing if it could be named one or two for us?!"

"Everyone should know, the old man has already inquired about it. Hundreds of thousands of copies of the "Imperial Times" are sent to various places every day. This can be called a golden mountain and a silver sea..."

As soon as these words came out, the rich man-like grain merchant stood up with a stern face and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Chen! If it works, the two..."

"It would be a lie to say that it all belongs to me, but it's not impossible for everyone to share one or two..."

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Chapter 293 If you want to enjoy great results, you need to spend a lot of money

"The old man did it!" The rich man's fat grain merchant's face changed from cloudy to cloudy, and finally he gritted his teeth and said ruthlessly.

As he said that, he looked up at Chen Jie with dark eyes: "Mr. Chen, you must remember what you said..."

"Although the old man's family is not a very big family, it is not something that can be humiliated lightly! If the Zhang family falls during the intermediary, your words will not be fulfilled..."

Chen Jie didn't avoid the rich man's gaze, but went straight to meet him: "The head of the item is up to you!"

A group of grain merchants couldn't help agreeing when they heard this remark, they all said how could the old man be missing from such a grand event? !

Let's ask Mr. Chen to arrange it. The old man is willing to follow Mr. Chen to the end!

Then Chen Jie smiled lightly, and then began to give detailed orders to do so and so on.

What no one knew was that the undershirt behind Chen Jie was already soaked through...

Of course, Chi Hu'er doesn't know that the grain merchants are gathering together to plot against him, plus his coveted industries that are making money every day.

Even if he knew... he would know it if he knew it, what would the cat do if he knew that the mouse was going to plot against him? !

You still ate him, don't you still tell the prey what strategy you are talking about? !

You are holding a mountain ax and your opponent is holding a small toothpick, and everyone is standing face to face like this, and you still tell him about Mao's strategy!

Chi Hu'er is now in the Foundry Division of the Ordnance Construction Bureau, watching the foundry craftsmen pour the melted copper liquid from the crucible into the mould.

"Zizizi~~" The air holes in the mold continuously spew out strong poisonous gas, but this huge mold has already been placed in the ground.

Chi Huer blinked at his beautiful pair of red phoenix and peach blossoms, admiring the wisdom of these ancient craftsmen in his heart.

I only mentioned the casting process a little bit, but they really found the most suitable casting mode after refining and scrapping more than 1 jin of copper ingots.

They first used the ground to dig and build huge cooling pits.

There are multiple vents in the pothole that are connected to the outside to remove hot air, and there are steps to reach under the pothole.

Then a huge base was built and hoisted into the pit, and then a huge embedded shell mold was manufactured by pouring steel.

The integral inner shell and inner tank molds were cast, and the original clay sculpture method was used after obtaining the sand mold and oil mold provided by Chihuer.

The mold is to manufacture the shell and the inner tank with the model method, and the inner shell and the inner tank are drawn out after the two are finalized.

The whole is placed on the laid and compacted base, and the melted copper juice is poured into the hole reserved in the outer shell to implement the overall casting.

One of the results of refining more than 1 jin of copper ingots was that they confirmed the best mixing ratio of mud, sand, and oil.

The advantage of model manufacturing is that every time a mold is made, it only needs to mix oil sand mud, and then compact it with the mold before casting.

At least in the preliminary test, the cannon that cooled down after pouring molten copper was compact as a whole, without holes or gaps.

The inside of the gun bore is smooth and tidy without trachoma and potholes. There is no problem in the test firing of [-] guns, and the highest continuous shooting of [-] guns.

What was cast today was a [-]-inch cannon that had just come out of the mold, and this trip was the biggest they had ever played.

The direct material is a full [-] jin of copper ingots. If the training is wasteful, the [-] jin of copper ingots will be slag.

"Zizizi..." In the cellar under the cement slab, the air holes in the mold continuously emitted huge heat.

Even through the ground, one could feel the high temperature coming from the ground.

Several old craftsmen with many years of casting experience watched the pouring process nervously, not daring to leave even the slightest bit of heat.

With the last bit of copper poured in, everyone knew that all they could do now was wait.

It takes time for the casting cannon to cool down naturally, and everyone can only choose to wait for this time.

It is naturally impossible for the young master to come to this foundry not only because of the cannon, but also because of the new shells made by the cannon factory.

The heavy guns used by Europa are stone bullets, and the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty who have received enough silver and a lot of supplies to consume have all kinds of ideas.

They first weighed stone bullets of the same caliber and size, and then made molds of the same size.

Then roughly calculate the same weight of sand steel and oil sand mud, with the oil sand mud as the core and the outer layer wrapped with thick sand steel.

Cannonballs were the size of stone bullets, but were lighter, had a longer range, and were more lethal.

The most important thing is that after the shells fly to the target, they will explode under the violent impact, and the splashed fragments and oil sand mud will cause large-scale damage.

"Boom tom tom...Boom! Boom! Boom!!"

The little father-in-law looked at the city wall in the distance, and a huge gap was directly blasted into the whole piece!

Emperor Hongzhi beside him was flushed with excitement.

Cheng Guogong Zhu Fu, who was accompanying him, was also dumbfounded seeing this, no wonder the school grounds were all closed from tens of miles away.

How can such a sharp weapon of the country be easily shown to others, it must be banned.

Chen Tong galloped quickly on his war horse, and brought back the armored straw dummies.

However, they saw that the armor on the straw dummies was smashed to pieces, and the flying fragments directly shattered the armor and penetrated into the dummies.

Those raised hot oil sand mud made unevenness around the armor. I'm afraid even a real person wearing it would not be able to withstand the huge impact.

"Good!!" After burning tens of thousands of catties of copper ingots, they finally saw the results.

Emperor Hongzhi was a little too excited, turned around and patted the young man on the shoulder and said, "The sharp weapon of the country! Very good!!"

"If Your Majesty had handed over those fireworks craftsmen to the boy earlier, I'm afraid the country's gunpowder would have risen long ago..."

Chi Huer blinked at his pair of red phoenix and peach blossoms, curled his lips: "So many clever craftsmen, it's a waste for Your Majesty to use them for fun!"

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but blush when he said this, and he was not the first to summon fireworks craftsmen to make fireworks.

This has been one of the habits of the royal family since the Song Dynasty, gathering outstanding folk fireworks craftsmen to make fireworks entertainment in the palace.

Many of these fireworks craftsmen are studying how to make fireworks look good for fun.

From the Song Dynasty to the present, neither the officials nor themselves have thought of using their research for military purposes.

When Chi Hu'er first learned from Zhu Houzhao that there were these firework craftsmen in the palace, his lungs almost exploded.

A bunch of pig heads!After so many years, why didn't you think of letting them improve gunpowder for artillery and muskets? !

This group of people was brought here in desolation and panic, and the first thing they received was 20 taels of Anjia per person.

Miao Kui was familiar with them, so he was ordered to come over to appease them: From now on, everyone will be rewarded with five renminbi a month if they are made according to the requirements!

Don't keep the secret recipes of each family. If you do well, your children will go to school and the food and fodder at home will be solved together!

As soon as these words came out and the money was sent, the eyes of these craftsmen immediately turned red!

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Chapter 294 The construction company pays well, and grain merchants gather to explore the way

The gunpowder granulation proposed by the little grandpa was solved by these craftsmen in less than half a month.

He even spontaneously contributed what he had pondered, together with the secret recipe handed down by his ancestors.

For example, small granules burn faster and have greater power, which can be applied to small rapid-fire guns, artillery or muskets.

Large pellets burn slightly slower but accumulate more power, making them suitable for heavy artillery.

After all, the little father-in-law spent real money on it. The craftsmen saw that their children had really started to go to school, and the family yard was built in this mountain.

The model houses of the old Zhangjiazhuangzi were reproduced here, and these craftsmen began to be divided into salaries according to their contribution grade points.

Apprentices are the lowest, with only two denarii a month, and they have to eat in the canteen of the foundry department for all their meals.