The four big men at the next table had also been eyeing the two brothers for a long time. When they saw Chen Suole approaching, one of them raised his finger and waved it disdainfully, which probably meant don't come over, or don't cause trouble?
Chen Suole snorted and walked over in a grand manner. Then he sat down in front of them and asked, "Who are you, and who is this young master?"
"Who we are is beyond the control of you soldiers." A big man sneered: "Listen to my brother's advice and stop meddling in other people's business. There is no use in large numbers."
"Hey, hey, I still don't believe that there are noisy things in this world that I can't control." Chen Suole slammed the table. One of the big men was more arrogant than him: "I said you really can't control it." As he said He took out a token from his pocket and slapped it on the table: "Can you read?"
Chen Suole took a closer look and was stunned. Jin Yiwei!
"Hmph, you're afraid, get out of here!" The man sneered with disdain. Chen Suole sighed, then took out a token from his waist and gave it to him: "Are you illiterate?"
Several Jin Yiwei glanced at each other and couldn't help but said, "Fuck you, you're from Dongchang!"
And it's not an ordinary Dongchang token, because it has the word "Servant" on it. This is not an ordinary Dongchang fanzi, but only the personal attendant of the Admiral Dongchang!
Could it be... Several people looked towards the tea shed not far away. A young man was talking in a low voice with a Taoist priest, and they didn't pay attention at all.
Ouch, let me go! The flood rushed into the Dragon King Temple, and several Jinyi guards quickly stood up and raised their hands to Chen Suole: "Brothers, don't blame me, don't blame me, I didn't recognize it because of my blindness, why did you... Oh, yes, you just came down from the battlefield in the south, right? So, is that the Governor over there?"
Chen Suole snorted, pointed at the weak young master and asked, "Who is he?"
This... the Jin Yiwei glanced in the direction of Chang Yu: "This man's name is Chen Yujie. We were ordered to go to Songjiang Mansion to find the person. But it is said that it was the order from the Lord Governor. We don't know what the specific crime was. The higher-ups He just asked us to take him to the capital, but unexpectedly he met the Lord Governor here..."
Oh, what a coincidence. Chen Suole hesitated for a moment and then went over there to talk to Chang Yu. He who was chatting with Li Muchian suddenly stood up suddenly and ran over directly. The Jin Yiwei hurriedly wanted to greet him. , who would have thought that Chang Yu walked directly past them and walked to the young man: "Chen Yujie?"
The young man didn't know who he was, but when he saw several imperial guards kowtow to him, he must be a high official, but he didn't look like an official, more like a junior general: "The grassroots man is Chen Yujie, this Who is your lord?"
"From Fengxian in Songjiang Prefecture?" Chang Yu asked again, and Chen Yujie nodded: "Who are you, sir?"
"Xu Guangqi is your uncle, right?" Chang Yu asked again, and Chen Yujie nodded: "Exactly." Then he raised his hands and asked, "Who is this sir?"
Oh, let me go. Chang Yu rushed over excitedly, hugged him and patted his shoulder: "Look at the dusty road, those guys didn't bully you on the road."
Chen Yujie was confused and at a loss: "Uh, no, no, sir, you are..."
Do you know why Chang Yu is so happy? Because this young man was the nephew of Xu Guangqi, the most famous scientist in the late Ming Dynasty, and he was also an astronomer and weapons expert. At that time, Xu Guangqi was in charge of revising the calendar. His eldest nephew was very helpful. Historically, he helped Xu Guangqi revise the calendar and then returned. He served his mother in the township for more than ten years. In the 17th year of Chongzhen, he was recommended by Shi Kefa as a doctor of Qin Tianjian, similar to the leader of the Meteorological Bureau. Later, when Shi Kefa was stationed in Yangzhou, he was appointed as the director of the Ministry of War.
However, Chen Yujie did not die in the battle in Yangzhou. Later, the Qing army attacked Nanjing and died in a fierce battle with the Qing army at Zijin Mountain. His servant Song Qian first collected the body of his master and went home to report the funeral, and then returned to Nanjing to support his hometown. Hanged in front of the tomb and buried.
In the third year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty (1725), Emperor Yongzheng issued an edict to commemorate the ministers who died in the late Ming Dynasty. Chen Yujie's eldest grandson, Chen Qicai, wrote to the Ming Dynasty about his grandfather's death for the Ming Dynasty, so Chen Yujie was included in the list of ministers who died in the late Ming Dynasty.
In the 41st year of Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1776), Chen Yujie was granted the title of "Jiemin" and his family member Song Qian was granted the title of "loyalty".
Moreover, this Chen Yujie was not only an astronomer and weapons expert, but also a ruthless man. When he was a boy, his father was killed by bandits. He recruited strong men and went to seek revenge, killing all the thieves who killed his father.
So how could Chang Yu let such a talent go? When he went south, he asked Wu Mengming to find such a person for him, but today he actually met him on the way back.
Chang Yu naturally took a fancy to his talent in firearms. You must know that this is a critical moment for the development of firearms. He urgently needs such talents. Before going south, he asked the red lady to help build the Ordnance Research Institute in order to recruit the Ming Dynasty's firearms. experts to develop more advanced weapons.
In fact, the Ming Dynasty at this time was already a global leader in the research of firearms. In addition, Chang Yu, a prophet who traveled through time in later generations, although he had never made a gun, the structure of the gun was actually very simple. The difficulty is that it was not so sophisticated at this time. It's just a lathe, otherwise he would have made the May Fourth by himself.
But he believed that as long as he drew the blueprints, these weapons experts could get him a May Fourth or even Hanyang-made long gun. After all, the technical content of the Hanyang-made long gun was not that high, and it could be mass-produced by the end of the Qing Dynasty. Mass production began in Germany in the 19th century.
I have to talk to them about this later.
Seeing Chang Yu who knew him well and was so enthusiastic, Chen Yujie was confused and bewildered. You must know that at this time, he was still living in his hometown. Shi Kefa had not recommended him as a doctor of Qin Tianjian, and he did not go to guard the hospital with Shi Kefa. Yangzhou... is a little-known person.
"This old man must be Song Qian." After Chang Yu took a picture of Chen Yujie, he went to take a picture of the old man next to him. The old man quickly kowtowed: "The young man is Song Qian, a servant of the Chen family. He has met Mr. Guan..."
"Uh, uh, uh, sir, you are..." Chen Yujie felt that he was going crazy. The young man in front of him was too excited and talked like crazy, but did not answer his questions.
"Uh, oh, I'm the eunuch of the East Factory, oh no, it's the governor. My name is Chang Yu, ah, the governor Chang Yu!" Chang Yu was so excited that he couldn't even speak He can't speak anymore. Even Chen Suole and other personal guards thought he was going crazy today. So you can imagine how Chen Yujie felt at this time. You, the governor of Dongchang, are you kidding me? How can this person be like this? He doesn't look like a high-ranking eunuch, and he is rumored to be a god of war who kills people without batting an eyelid. But when I think about it, he has so many tough soldiers around him, and these royal guards kowtow to him. Naturally, he doesn't. I was wrong, so I quickly knelt down and said, "Common people, please come and see me..."
"Get up, get up, get up quickly." Chang Yu pulled Chen Yujie up: "You are the pillar of the country. From now on, when they see them, they have to kowtow to you. How can they kneel to others randomly?"
Chen Yujie was confused again, how could he become the pillar of the country: "Master Governor, ordinary people don't have any fame, how can they be the pillar of the country, only those in the Imperial College..."
"The people in the Imperial College are all a bunch of trash like them. They are not even as good as your fingernails!" Chang Yu's words shocked Chen Yujie's master and servants, but the faces of the guards all looked as if they were taking it for granted. Although they didn't know what the young man in front of them was capable of, but the boss said that those in the Imperial College were trash, then they were trash, and those who couldn't do anything but read and curse were certainly trash.
This is very difficult for Chen Yujie. He doesn't know how to answer the call at all. Even if Chang Yu has a little bit of the eunuch in him, it won't make things so difficult for him.
On the way from Jinan to the capital, Chang Yu no longer had to chat with Li Muchian and his bodyguard about romance. He chatted non-stop with Chen Yujie all the way, chatting while riding on the road, chatting while resting to eat, and even scratching the surface on the table. They kept talking, and others couldn't understand, so they just listened to them shooting non-stop.
Chang Yu roughly drew the extreme structures of some of the guns he had seen in later generations (he was not capable of the specific structures), such as the May 4th style, and the Hanyang-made gun that had been used for more than half a world, and transmitted everything he knew to Chen Yujie .
As a weapons expert, Chen Yujie knew everything about it, and he explained very accurately the difficulties in making such a gun. The rifling and bullets required some special tools, namely lathes.
If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his weapon. If he wants to make a gun, he must first find out who makes the gun.
But Chang Yu believed that he would be able to fiddle with it. Westerners could come up with modern rifles two hundred years later without any experience, and the Ming Dynasty already had a profound foundation in firearms manufacturing, coupled with the advanced theories brought by his half-heartedness. And the style coupled with the intelligence of the Chinese people, I don’t believe that they can’t come up with it two hundred years in advance. Even if they can’t come up with the same thing, it’s almost okay.
At noon two days later, Chang Yu entered Beijing City from Yongding Gate, and then rode his horse straight to the palace. Chen Yujie, his master and servant, followed Li Muxian and all the guards to the Waidongchang Yamen to rest, and then he would be transferred to Shenji. The Firearms Manufacturing Bureau of the camp was the predecessor of the Ming Military Industry Research Institute that was about to be established.
