Zhu Yijun deliberately set aside such a time, naturally he had something to talk to Gao Jingshi. Gao Jingshi was mentally prepared for this, but when Zhu Yijun opened his mouth, Gao Jingshi was still shocked.
"Pragmatic, I heard you want to make firearms?"
Because of their "classmate friendship" for more than half a year, the relationship between the two of them has become quite close. Zhu Yijun now only calls Gao Pragmatic Gao Shidu in front of others, and has long been accustomed to calling him by his first name in private. Of course, the reason for calling him by his first name is because Gao Pragmatic does not have a nickname, otherwise he would definitely call Gao Pragmatic by his other name.
Gao Pingshi shook the chopsticks in his hand and almost dropped the piece of mutton he had just picked up on the table.
Fortunately, his acting skills had been trained for many years, so he immediately calmed down, raised his head, and showed a look of surprise: "Where did the prince hear about this?"
Zhu Yijun did not doubt that he was there, and said smoothly: "There is a Xiaohuangmen in my mother's palace. He has a cousin who works in the military warfare bureau. He heard his cousin occasionally talk about it, saying that you gave me three people from the west of Beijing. Shenyuan Courtyard applied for approval to co-produce ordnance, and both the Supervisor of Ceremonies and the Fifth Military Governor's Office approved it."
Gao Pangshi felt relieved a little and said with a smile: "So that's what I was talking about. It's true." He only said half of it, but deliberately did not explain why he did this. This is of course not because he didn't pay attention, but because he did it deliberately, because he still doesn't know Zhu Yijun's attitude, let alone whether Long Qing and Li Guifei know it, and what their attitude is if they know it, so Gao Gao Pragmatism needs to be judged from Zhu Yijun’s next words.
Seeing Gao Pragmatic's admission, Zhu Yijun immediately said, "Do you still know about firearms?"
"Well, I like to study miscellaneous things, and the prince knows this." Gao pragmatic laid an ambush first, and then said: "But the matter of cooperating in the production of firearms is not something that I should do myself. It's a long story. I wonder if the prince knows that his eldest uncle, Duke Cun'an, once served as the admiral of Cao Jiang in the past, and among his servants there are people who are good at making firearms..." Then he briefly informed Zhu Yijun of Gao Jie's events back then, as well as Gao Yi's origins and talents.
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun nodded and said: "So that's what happened. I think it's a good thing... I didn't know that the Beijun army's firearms were damaged like this. I only found out about those three eyes after listening to your report yesterday." Guns are useless, otherwise your servant named Gao Jue will make a great contribution this time!"
Gao pragmatic smiled and said nothing.
Zhu Yijun thought for a while and then said: "It's a good thing that you are willing to help the imperial court build new fire guns. If it is built by then and the Ministry of War can accept it, we might as well try our best to persuade my father to replace those three-eyed guns. However, You are about to return to your hometown to take the childbirth examination. It is best not to be too distracted. Please note that your reference this time is not only related to yourself. If you do not do well in the examination, it will also bring some shame to me and even my father. No light."
The child student examination consists of three stages: county examination, government examination, and college examination. Only by passing all examinations can you obtain the student qualification. Therefore, Gao Pragmatic's return to Xinzheng this time will take four months just to take the examination. If you include those who returned early, Time, it may take up to half a year to return to Beijing.
After hearing Zhu Yijun's instructions, Gao Pragmatic didn't show any determination, but just complied calmly.
When Zhu Yijun saw it, he was a little curious and said: "Although I warned you like this, I don't think it will be difficult for you to be a student member. Why are you looking so sad?"
"I'm not worried about the exam, but I'm worried about the firearms." Gao Pragmatic sighed and said, "I went to observe the government this time and found that if the firearms are truly qualified, although they are weak, they are actually pretty good. Once used, it's just that... obviously the firearms that have passed the inspection are less than one in ten whose quality can meet the design requirements. I am now worried that even if new firearms are designed in the future, I am afraid that they will not be produced by the various manufacturing bureaus. It’s worth seeing.”
"That's right, why are there so many unusable fire guns that have passed the inspection?" Zhu Yijun was reminded of this incident and frowned: "Are all inspection and acceptance officials at all levels playing tricks on them? ?”
The prince Zhu Yijun originally didn't understand the sinister nature of people's hearts, but after Gao Pragmatic interfered, he now has the power to observe the government. He reads a memorial and the corresponding cabinet handling measures every day, so he gradually understands a little more and no longer As innocent as ever.
Gao Pinggong said sincerely: Of course it's not just the acceptance officer who is playing tricks. In fact, from material purchase to firearm manufacturing, from acceptance at all levels to distribution and storage, which link is no one playing tricks on?
However, Gao Pragmatic will definitely not say this clearly. Although it seems that he and Zhu Yijun are communicating in private at the moment, there are also young eunuchs waiting around. Who knows whether these people are trustworthy?
He was already suspicious of Zhu Yijun's knowledge that he was "cooperating in making firearms". The young eunuch in Concubine Li's palace had such a coincidence that he learned from his cousin that he was "making firearms" and told Zhu Yijun so cleverly. ?
You know, Feng Bao is the most favored eunuch under Concubine Li. With his power in the inner court, the arrangements for the eunuchs in Concubine Li's palace must have been approved by him, right? What if this matter was discovered by Feng Bao and then deliberately spread to Zhu Yijun, even Concubine Li Guifei and Emperor Longqing?
Gao Pragmatic himself is a person who likes to manipulate the development of events behind the scenes. He is naturally wary of such events with a sense of conspiracy, so whether it is really just a coincidence or not, he will not ignore it. Moreover, Feng Bao has been pretending to be a grandson for half a year since he was tricked by him last time. This is very abnormal!
Gao Pragmatic doesn't think that Feng Bao is really afraid and has really given up on going against the Gao family - Feng Bao in history had a strong desire for power and a strong desire for revenge. He would bow down just because he was tricked once. Admit defeat? Absolutely impossible!
Therefore, Gao Pragmatic just smiled bitterly at this moment and said: "I can't tell what happened. Anyway, according to my inspection this time, the person responsible for all aspects of manufacturing, transportation, acceptance, and warehousing can be found." The reason was that it was none of their business. When I heard this, I really wanted to build a factory to make it myself, to see if it was true that only trial production of sample guns could stabilize the quality. Once mass production, so many problems would arise. ……well!"
Gao Pragmatic's words were obviously a bait, but how did Zhu Yijun know? The poor Prince's Highness was immediately reminded by this sentence, his eyes lit up, and he said: "Huh? Pragmatism, don't tell me, I think your idea is quite good!"
As Zhu Yijun spoke, he became excited and said: "Those people down there are unreliable, we can do it ourselves!"
Gao Pragmatic was startled when he heard this, and cried in his heart: Us? Just wait, I'll take care of this matter. Your Majesty, the Crown Prince, doesn't need to interfere!
