[Ming] Wuzong's Chronicle of Rebirth

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In the past five years, Liu Dong has also grown from a sickly child to a delicate young man with picturesque features.He is still talented in arithmetic, and now he can be regarded as Zhu Houzhao's confidant.

"Your Highness, these are thirty scribes from the Ministry of Households who are in charge of liquidation." Liu Dong called in all the scribes behind him, and each of them carried their usual pens, ink, paper, inkstone, abacus, etc. in baskets.After Zhu Houzhao ordered, Liu Dong asked someone to move in all the account books. "The books of the [-]th Regiment Battalion for ten years are here."

Zhu Houzhao waved them all in. "You gentlemen are all old people from the Ministry of Household Affairs. This time, my palace is ordered to thoroughly investigate all the affairs of the Beijing camp, and I rely on your sincere assistance." After all the scribes thanked Grace, they dispersed to settle their accounts.

Only then did Zhu Houzhao have the time to thank Liu Dong who had worked hard for a long time. "Thank you Dong, I'll trouble you to make this trip today." After Ma Wensheng and Zhu Houzhao came to Beijing Camp, he found that the account books here were also in chaos, and the manpower they brought was not enough at all.Yesterday, he sent Liu Dong to urgently second [-] experienced scribes from the Minister of the Ministry of Households, Zhong Zhong, to handle these account books. He must sort out the messy accounts in the capital camp and account for the shortfall here.

"It is the duty of a minister to do things for His Highness." After experiencing that incident, even though Zhu Houzhao never blamed him, he still treated him as before. As he got older, Liu Dong did not dare to be with Zhu Houwei like he was when he was young They are called brothers and brothers, and they have been sticking to Zhu Houzhao all day long.On the contrary, Zhu Houzhao sighed that he lost a cute little brother and gained a little old man. He didn't know whether he was happy or regretful.

Standing in front of the wind, Zhu Houzhao also gradually revealed a distinctive intimidating aura, which made Liu Dong dare not look at him directly.With a help when he was young, Liu Dong got rid of the fate of an early death, and when he got along with him in the future, this prince who was as old as himself did all kinds of things that he couldn't even imagine.Slowly, Liu Dong felt that something was different in his heart.

Now Zhu Houzhao is standing here, with golden crown lined black hair as black as ink, a pair of eyes shining like stars on a smooth and fair face, a little baby fat on his cheeks, and two shallow dimples when he smiles.Liu Dong raised his head and glanced at Zhu Houzhao, and saw that he was looking at him with a smile on his thick eyebrows, and his ears flushed with embarrassment.

Luo Hua wanted to be ruthless, but Zhu Houzhao didn't understand the secret thoughts in Liu Dong's heart. Seeing his blushing, he thought he was running hot, so he quickly pushed him on the chair and asked the maid to pour him tea.Zhu Houzhao's warm hands rested on his shoulders. Liu Dong felt even more embarrassed. He overturned the teacup in a hurry. The whole cup of tea was poured into Liu Dong's arms, and the hem of his robe was soaked. up.Zhu Houzhao was in a hurry to help him take care of it, but he didn't expect that Du Ruo was walking in and looked straight at him.

Her lover was playing tricks on other men, Du Ruo narrowed her almond eyes, and there was a smirk on her thin lips.Seeing that Du Ruo came in with someone, Liu Dong immediately pushed Zhu Houzhao away, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness still has something important to do, and I will leave." He turned around and ran away.Zhu Houzhao didn't know what happened, so he turned his head in a daze, but Du Ruo had already put on a harmless smile to meet him.

"Du Ruo, you're back." Ma Cong behind Du Ruo heard that Zhu Houzhao called Du Ruo by his first name, but he was very close to Liu Dong. He thought that Zhu Houzhao was more affectionate to Liu Dong, who had been his companion since childhood.How did he know that Zhu Houzhao's nickname for Du Ruo was actually Du Xiaowu, but Du Ruo is not good enough in this world, it's just not easy to call him in front of everyone.

Although jealousy is strong in her heart, Du Ruo is still the gentleman An Guogong who makes people feel like a spring breeze. "This is Ma Cong, the new ambassador of the Ordnance Miscellaneous Manufacturing Bureau."

Zhu Houzhao, who had just come over from Liu Dong's sudden escape, heard Ma Cong's name and immediately remembered the sad child who was beaten by Ma Wensheng and couldn't get out of bed. "Is your father Ma Wensheng Ma, Minister of the Ministry of War?"

"Exactly."

Zhu Houzhao suddenly became interested. Although Ma Wensheng covered it up back then, it was a matter of national importance. How could Zhu Youtang be so relieved? Naturally, he investigated clearly back then.Of course, Ma Cong, the only seedling of the Ma family, is indispensable.

Ma Cong did not join the army after all, but was pushed by the shrewd Ma Wensheng to Lan Licheng's side and entered the newly-built Ordnance Miscellaneous Manufacturing Bureau.Now it seems that this is indeed a bright road.Although the newly-built Ordnance Miscellaneous Manufacturing Bureau is a confidential place and is strictly kept secret from the outside world, the chance of seeing the sky every year in that place is not comparable to other places.Even the newly promoted jinshi of various disciplines, the most favored son of heaven, can count the chances of seeing the emperor in his lifetime.

Li Ji, who had just stepped down from the Ordnance Miscellaneous Manufacturing Bureau, was promoted from the eighth-rank ambassador to the fifth-rank doctor of the Ministry of Industry.Although he used to be Uiro, a member of the sixth-rank military department, he was able to be promoted to two ranks in five years, which is also enviable by others.Now Ma Cong has also changed from a village tribute to an eighth-rank ambassador valued by the emperor, and his bright future is self-evident.

"The crown prince conducted a thorough investigation of the Beijing camp. The Ordnance and Miscellaneous Manufacturing Bureau to which I belonged is now under the name of Shenjiying. This minister should have presented the accounting books of the Miscellaneous Manufacturing Bureau, but the expenses of the Miscellaneous Manufacturing Bureau have always been calculated separately. It is inappropriate for others, I came to ask for instructions, should I hand over the account books of the Miscellaneous Manufacturing Bureau to His Highness the Crown Prince?" The Ordnance Miscellaneous Manufacturing Bureau is located in the hinterland of the Beijing Camp and is heavily protected by the Beijing Camp, but all personnel supplies of the Miscellaneous Manufacturing Bureau are provided by Zhu. The support of Youtang Neiku is not under the jurisdiction of the Beijing Camp.

After all, he has seen some things in the world, suffered some tribulations, and Ma Cong's whole body has been smoothed out. He is no longer just mindless and brutal, regardless of others and himself.Zhu Houzhao saw that he also looked decent, not like the incompetent appearance that ordinary people say.

"My palace did not send a message to the Miscellaneous Bureau. Instead, I asked Master Gu to order not to invade the Zaza Bureau. How did Lord Ma know the news?" Zhu Houzhao said that Gu Houye was Zhenyuan Hou Gu Pu, and his family was born in four generations. Hou is now in charge of the Shenji Camp.

"But no one has sent any news to my minister. It was said that the roster was to be recorded, and the account book was to be checked the next time. People came and went, and the people in the miscellaneous bureau were panicked. The minister had to come out to ask His Highness for instructions. "Although Ma Cong is a new official, he has served as the deputy envoy of the Miscellaneous Bureau for many years, and gets along very well with Lan Licheng, the most proud person in the Miscellaneous Bureau, so everyone respects him.Now that the chaos outside is like this, the Miscellaneous Bureau is just a few gossips, and there is no chaos.

It turned out to be like this, presumably these princes were dissatisfied with their actions of coming here and wanted to make trouble for themselves.If the Miscellaneous Bureau was in chaos at that time, it would not have been as simple as Ma Cong coming to meet. There are more variables in this matter.

"Then I think it's because Master Gu was busy and negligent in military affairs, which made my lord worry. I apologize to Master Gu like Lord Ma." As for how busy the military affairs were and how they neglected the miscellaneous bureau, the two of them knew each other well. .

"I am a humble minister." Ma Cong hastily declined, and said: "The batch of iron ore that came the day before yesterday has already entered the blast furnace, may Your Highness take a look?"

After five years of development, the technical reserves of flintlock guns have been perfected, but due to various reasons, they are not yet suitable for widespread manufacturing and popularization. At the next stage, Zhu Houzhao and the others will have to solve one problem after another.

First and foremost is the issue of raw materials. China's iron ore and coal reserves are relatively high in phosphorus and sulfur.Therefore, the refined cast iron is brittle, and its performance as a thermal weapon is often relatively poor. It is either easier to explode the chamber, or it needs to be compensated by thicker tube wall thickness and greater weight.In addition, because the steel material is not good enough, the success rate of ignition of spring steel is not high.

In the past, the gun barrels tested by the Miscellaneous Bureau all had the problem of overheating, and no one understood the reason.When everyone was about to give up, it was a master iron smelter who revealed the mechanism based on years of experience, and Lan Licheng woke up like a dream.He carefully screened several coal mines and iron ores with low phosphorus and sulfur content and was preparing to re-refine them. They were only put into the furnace yesterday, and the results would come within two days.

After five years of hard work, Zhu Houzhao did not expect that it would be so difficult to bring the flintlock to the Hongzhi period.At the beginning, the printing press and the textile factory were smooth sailing, and Zhu Houzhao also had some contempt.Who would have thought that there would be a big somersault on the flintlock gun? The level that can be achieved now is only an improvement in range and power, and it is still not as good as the whole army in terms of stability and cost.

In fact, what Zhu Houzhao and Du Ruo didn't know was that whether it was printing machines or textile factories, these technologies had already matured during Hongzhi's reign.As for the flintlock technology, it was only because of an idea of ​​Master Lan that a key breakthrough suddenly appeared, but the industrial foundation to realize it was extremely weak. The only consolation is that the iron-making technology is still mature, and there is no need to reform the iron-making technology from scratch. .

"I'm thinking of taking a look at the Miscellaneous Bureau. Since Master Ma wants to invite you, it's not too late. Why don't you go now, and come back just in time for the finishing stage here." Liu Dong is very relieved to see Zhu Houzhao here, and he is also very relieved. Wondering if changing ingredients would work or not.

Ma Cong led the way on horseback, Zhu Houzhao and Du Ruo followed on horseback, galloping all the way to Zazaoju.Ma Cong walks on a horse, with a young and majestic appearance, and everyone who sees it can't help but admire what a young man he is.Seeing his heroic appearance, Zhu Houzhao thought to himself that the tiger father had no dogs, that Ma Wensheng was a character, and that Ma Cong was quite different from what outsiders said. It seemed that he had misunderstood him before.

As the saying goes, there is a saying that the prodigal son will not change his money when he returns. Zhu Houzhao has never seen Ma Cong's bastard before.Ma Cong has indeed reformed, the gap between the front and the back is not small, and this is the only way to hide it from everyone.

When I came to the Miscellaneous Bureau, I saw that the door was closed tightly, and the watchtower was full of soldiers in armor.

Less than two hours after leaving, Zazaoju looked as if he was facing a formidable enemy, and Ma Cong couldn't find his place.Seeing that their ambassador had returned, the people on the watchtower shouted joyfully, "It's nothing, nothing, my lord is back, my lord is back."

After a while, the closed door was opened, and there were densely packed people from the Miscellaneous Bureau holding weapons.Seeing their own adults coming with the prince, they all knelt down to pay their respects and said, "His Royal Highness, a thousand years ago, a thousand years ago." Zhu Houzhao hurriedly made everyone calm down.

Everyone gathered around immediately, and happily said to Ma Cong: "Everyone is worried, and your lord is finally back!"

Without knowing it, Ma Cong went in and quickly asked, "Why are your doors closed, what happened?"

I saw a young general hand in hand and report: "Shortly after my lord left, a few suspicious people came to inquire naturally. The general thought it was inappropriate, so he closed the door tightly. Sure enough, a group of soldiers came to the bureau to call the door. Acting arrogantly. The last general was afraid that something was wrong, so he didn't let them in. When they were about to attack by force, the deputy raised his gun and fired at the sky, and they retreated."