The first dude in the Qing Dynasty

Yin Zuo found a new job for himself, so the next day he went to look for artificial cannons with great interest.There are so many things in his mind, he has to dig out slowly from the shallow to the deep.

Draw the blueprint, carve the mold, cast it directly in molten steel, and then try it out. Yinzuo was so busy that he didn't touch the ground, and finally made a few samples a few years ago, and hurriedly took them to the palace to find Kangxi's treasure.

Compared with the original cannon, the newly cast cannon has little improvement in lethality, but it has greatly improved in range and accuracy, but the most important thing is because of the improvement of materials, so that the firing speed and continuous firing time are doubled. In this way, The power has actually increased by more than three times.

After trying it in front of Kangxi, Yin Zuo said triumphantly: "Huang Ama, is the cannon your son made powerful? After all, my son has already given you two annual gifts!"

Kangxi was also very satisfied, hummed, and said with a smile: "I also have a gift for you."

"Really?"

Yinzuo was very pleasantly surprised, although he got Kangxi's many good things, but he either asked for it himself, or Kangxi gave it casually, it can be called a gift, this is the first one!

Kangxi nodded slightly, Liang Jiugong brought a tray over, and put it in front of Yinzuo, Yinzuo felt that the piece of paper in the tray looked familiar, picked it up, and sure enough, it was a land deed again.

Yin Zuo was immediately discouraged: why does my father like to give away land deeds? Why do I need so much land?It's too embarrassing to call it a gift, how perfunctory!

Seeing this, Liang Jiugong coughed and reminded: "Brother Liu, look carefully."

What's so good about a title deed?The owner's name is naturally Aixinjueluo Yinzuo, and the location is in Xiangshan County, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province... What is this place?Guangzhou?Guangzhou!

Yinzuo was a little dumbfounded, Liang Jiugong smiled and nodded at him.

It took Yin Zuo a long time to come back to his senses, he just felt that he had been hit on the head, and said angrily: "Didn't you say you want to think about it, Huang Ama?"

Kangxi was very satisfied with his son's expression at the moment, and said lightly: "I've made up my mind. It's such a good place, so it's okay to let them live there. Who will let my sixth son find them displeased? Just hit them!"

"It's only been a few days!" Yinzuo was very depressed, his cannons were just finished!

Kangxi said: "A place as big as a palm, since you have decided to fight, just hit it. Don't you have to swear to the master and sacrifice the flag?"

Yinzuo cried and said with a mournful face: "But my son is still going to watch the excitement, and the cannon is for nothing..."

Dad, is it really okay for you to be so cruel?

Kangxi rubbed his head comfortingly, and said, "It will be the same next time."

"I haven't been able to see if the gun is strong..."

"Very powerful," Kangxi said, "They are totally powerless to fight back."

Yinzuo was still very upset, as if he had rolled up his sleeves, warmed up, and was about to fight with the National People's Congress, when his father slapped him casually and sent him flying.

How about a big fight?What about changing history?

I'm so upset!

At night, Yinzuo learned about the whole process from Yinzhen.

First, the local officials passed on Kangxi's decree to rectify the residences of foreigners in Macao. All foreigners had to register their identities at the Yamen, register their private property, and either leave the land of the Qing Dynasty or live under residential surveillance.Houses, shops, land, etc. were taken back by the government, and prohibited items such as guns and cannons were searched.

After the local officials read the decree, regardless of their reaction, they were ordered to report to the Yamen within three days, and then left.

The Portuguese, who have been using bribes to deal with officials since the very beginning when they settled in Macau, think that they understand the style of these officials very well. Something happened, so he prepared a lot of money and sent it to the local government.The magistrates collected the money without saying a word. They were both contemptuous and happy-if they are willing to collect money, they are willing to do things!

So he went back to his residence with confidence and boldness, and did what he should do.Who would have thought that once the three-day period was over, the general of the Qing Dynasty read a few words outside, such as "If you violate the imperial edict, you will be killed by shooting", and with a wave of your hand, the Musketeers rushed in.

Almost every Portuguese living in Macau has a musket, but how can a musket that needs to be reloaded every time it is fired is no match for a musket that can fire more than 20 bullets in a row? There is no way to fight back.

All those who dared to resist were quickly killed or captured alive. The almost unilateral massacre ended in just half an hour. Justifiable one-pot end.

Yinzuo lay on the table and played with cups: I'm so bored.

Yinzhen took the cup from his hand, poured a cup of hot tea and handed it back, saying: "Why do you think of playing Macau?"

"Because they are invaders!" The reason Yin Zuo had already thought about it: "Since 200 years ago, the Portuguese have been expanding here step by step, Goa, Mozambique, Malacca, Diu... They were all occupied by them one by one. They also wanted to occupy our land, and even sent a fleet to invade directly. After being defeated and expelled by the Ming army, they bribed officials and entered Macau under the guise of drying their goods, and then never returned them. "

"If you really come to do business, you should look like a business, but they are in our place, casting guns, boats, and making ordnance and gunpowder. Is this what a businessman will do?"

"In their country, it is generally believed that they have the right to occupy the lands of barbarians and heathens, regardless of the feelings of the indigenous peoples. Fourth brother, the idea of ​​​​aggression is engraved in their bones. Don't look at them now To be honest, if the Qing Dynasty declines in the future, they will immediately turn against customers and bite us hard. How can such people be placed at our doorstep?"

Yinzhen sighed, "Lao Liu, I'm not as good as you."

He considers himself to be a wise king, but now that he thinks about it, closing the closed doors and closing the country was a huge mistake. He even put a poisonous snake at home while closing the closed doors and closed the country. In the end, he was bitten fiercely just as Yin Zuo said. a mouthful.

Yin Zuo is also wise after the fact. If he didn't know what happened in later generations, he would never encourage Kangxi to kill the Portuguese who are still doing their duty.

He smiled and said, "Fourth brother, don't call me cruel and inhumane."

He laughed again: "Now Huang Ama gave me Macau, so it's not a good waste. When I have free time, I will go there for a stroll, take over both the shipyard and artillery field, and build a big port to earn money for foreigners. money."

A slap on the forehead, to build a port, how can you forget about the magic weapon of cement?You have to take the time to get it out!

There are also blast furnaces and converters, which have been in operation for a few days, so there should be no major problems, and it is time to consider expanding production. They can't just be used to make a few gun cases, right?

Yinzuo's plan is very good, but it is very difficult to relax, because the Chinese New Year is coming soon.

When he came to this world, the most annoying thing for Yinzuo was the Chinese New Year, there was no way, the royal rules were strict, there were endless kowtows and endless wine.

After spending the Spring Festival with great difficulty and losing a lot of lucky money, Yinzuo thought he could finally breathe a sigh of relief, but Kangxi issued an imperial edict for his southern tour.

Because the Yellow River and the Huaihe River collapsed year after year, the downstream areas were submerged from time to time. Although millions of taels of treasury money were spent, there was still no result for many years. Therefore, Kangxi decided to personally inspect the river course, instruct the strategy, and tour Jiangsu and Zhejiang to inspect the officials and the people.

Kangxi issued a decree to all ministries that all supplies should be prepared and handled by Beijing, so as not to disturb the people.

On February [-]rd, the southern tour started. The Empress Dowager Renxian went with her, and the princes Yinfeng, Yinzuo, Yinxuan, Yinhu, Yinxiang, and Yinzhen went with her. The third elder brother Yinzhi and the fourth elder brother Yinzhen were in charge capital.

Although Kangxi promised to take Concubine De with him this time, Concubine De was caught by the boy from Yinzhen's family, and she looked like she was full of everything, and refused to go anywhere.Yin Zuo naturally wouldn't force her, and he had another good word with Kangxi before canceling the previous appointment.

After starting the journey, Yinzuo, who was very reluctant, became happy, because this time, he finally stopped riding a horse and took a boat instead.

Not tired or wobbly, at most a little wobbly, I got used to it after sitting for two days - of course, this is just Yinzuo's feeling, as for Yinzhen, he has already vomited so faintly, even the queen mother and prince are also uncomfortable.

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February seventeenth.

Yinzuo was the first to jump off the small boat and turned around to mix with Li Guangdi. Li Guangdi hurriedly said that he didn't dare, but he was old and his hands and feet were not good. At this moment, only Yinzuo was on the shore. Yinzuo smiled and said: "Lord Li He is much older than Yinzuo, and he has been working hard for days, but why not dare to give him a hand? If Mr. Li is polite, Yinzuo will blame himself—I should not be the first to get off the boat."

He was the first to get off the boat, if Li Guangdi asked the guards to get off the boat first to help him, he would appear frivolous.

Li Guangdi laughed a little, stepped over with his arm, and said: "He Junwang is a man of temperament, and the next official will not be polite."

Yin Zuo smiled, looked around, and said: "No one came to pick me up, so we came early. Could it be that Huang Ama has something to delay?"

A man was recruited and said: "Go to the post office and the yamen to inquire about it. Has the holy car arrived?"

Li Guangdi glanced at him in surprise, saying that the Lord was favored, and now he had seen it with his own eyes, so it was only natural for the Lord Long Live to send someone to meet him.

Unconscious Yinzuo is still worried: "Is it possible to walk there? Can Mr. Li get used to the carriage hired by the dock?"

Li Guangdi almost wanted to roll his eyes, who can't sit still!

Just as he was talking, a rider from a distance came from a distance, and when he saw Yin Zuo, he fell to the ground and said: "This subordinate was ordered to pick up the king of the county and go to the posthouse to meet him. The Lord Long Live is afraid that he will be in a hurry with the king of the county, so he ordered his subordinates Get off the horse and come to meet you, the driver will be behind, and you will be there in a while."

Yin Zuo hummed, making him stand up, and asked: "According to the schedule, Huang Ama should have arrived early, but what's the delay over there?"

The person came back and said, "His Royal Highness caught wind and cold and had a high fever, so the boat stopped halfway and was delayed for a day."

Yinzuo asked: "Is the prince well now?"

The visitor shook his head: "I don't know, I only heard that the fever has subsided."

Yinzuo asked about the current situation of Kangxi and his brothers during this period, and the carriage arrived. Yinzuo and Li Guangdi got on the carriage together and went to the posthouse to meet him.

When they arrived, Kangxi was talking to Yu Chenglong, and when he saw the two of them coming in, he smiled and said, "Li Aiqing, the sixth son didn't make any trouble for you, did he?"

Li Guang said: "Long live's words really make the officials feel ashamed. It should be that the old officials have benefited a lot from the presence of the county king."

Kangxi laughed and said: "You don't need to speak well of him, my own son knows it himself, and he is the most dishonest."

Beckoning Yinzuo to go over, said: "I asked you to prepare your favorite plum blossom crisp, and squeezed orange juice, use a little first. There is your favorite mutton pot in the evening - I haven't seen you for a few days, I will see Thin again."

Yinzuo went over to sit beside him, first took a sip of orange juice, then took a bite of plum blossom crisp, and said, "Huang Ama, whenever you look at your son, you feel thinner. If it is really like what you said, there will only be a handful of son left. The bones are gone. Ah, the mutton pot is spicy, right?"

"Spicy, spicy!" Kangxi said helplessly, "I don't know who your spicy addiction resembles."

Yin Zuo smiled and said: "Emiang doesn't like spicy food, if you are not like Huang Ama, your son can only be picked up!"

Kangxi snorted coldly and said, "If I really picked it up, I will definitely put it back somewhere! How many sons I have, none of them are as disobedient as you!"

Yin Zuo was dissatisfied and said: "What Huang Ama said really made my son sad."

There is no trace of sadness on the face, I don't know how happy I am to eat.

Kangxi ignored him, looked at Li Guangdi, and said, "Is there any gain from the inspection of the Zhanghe and Hutuo rivers this time?"

Li Guangde glanced at Yinzuo, Yinzuo smiled and said nothing, Li Guangde knew that Yinzuo didn't want to compete with him, so he went up to present the map and said: "Chenhe and the king of the county walked along the old road of Zhanghe River, and I think so The dredging is reasonable and still usable.”

He pointed to a red line on the map and said: "Just follow the Bazhou, Yongqing, Wanping, Liangxiang, Gu'an, Gaoyang, Xianxian and other places, and lead the Zhanghe River into the canal all the way, and the trouble of the Zhanghe River can be solved. He Jun Wang has already calculated before, saying that the canal can accommodate it, and there is no need to open another river."

Finally, he took out a stack of papers from his pocket and said, "This is the drawing drawn together with the king of the county, and the calculation process, please read it long live."

Kangxi hummed, and said: "Let's leave it alone, I'll look back later. The old sixth is not good, but it's still a good thing. I'm on this, and I'm very relieved of him."

He said again: "Since it is feasible, then there is no need to delay the matter, let's do it quickly. If there is any occupation of people's land during the period, report it, and the tax can be reduced or exempted as appropriate and compensation for good land."

Li Guangdi responded, and was about to step back when Yinzuo said, "Ama Huang, didn't my son build a few cannons? There were also many cannons in red clothes, Shenwu cannons, etc. Those things are idle anyway. It’s idle, why don’t you use them to build rivers! My son saw that along the way, there are many places where mountains and rocks need to be dug, and the places that can be blasted away with a cannon can take days to dig with a hoe! "

Cannon repair the river?

Li Guangdi and Yu Chenglong looked at each other in blank dismay: Is this okay?

Kangxi pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "Sure. But don't move the cannons you made, just bring a few red cannons over here."

Yinzuo should be unhappy.

Kangxi ordered Li Guangdi and the others to retreat, stood up and said, "Lao Liu, since you are back, let me accompany you to see the prince, he has also been ill for several days."

Yin Zuo nodded yes, then stood up and walked out.

The crown prince is ill, he is both a courtier and a younger brother, if you don't go to see him, you will inevitably be criticized, but if you want to see him, you really don't know how to face him, it will be easier to go there with Kangxi.

Kangxi suddenly asked again: "Next, do you want to take a boat or a car?"

Yin Zuo was taken aback: "What's wrong?"

Kangxi said: "If you like to take a car, you can go to Zhejiang with the Queen Mother by land. If you like to take a boat, you can go with me to inspect the embankment of the Yellow River."

"Are you going to separate?"

Kangxi said lightly: "The prince is sick. Although the fever subsided, he vomited profusely as soon as he boarded the boat, and the water and rice couldn't get in. It just so happened that the empress dowager was not used to taking a boat, and Yinzhen was so seasick that he couldn't even stand up. Let him They're good on land."

Yinzuo smiled and said, "The son is on the boat. If there is a son who helps Huang Ama do the calculations, Huang Ama can also spend less time."

Kangxi nodded and smiled. How could he not know how this son would choose, but it was just a question.

The author has something to say: There is also information that Macau does not give 2 taels a year, but 500 taels. Thinking about the small place, maybe 500 taels is more reasonable, and I will change it later.