Feng Sheng and Fu Youde couldn't sit still anymore, so they stood up and walked out.
Six hundred thousand kilograms of pig iron is completely different from six hundred thousand kilograms of weapons and armor.
At the time of Yingtian, they all guessed that with King Yan's family background, if he wanted to come up with 600,000 kilograms of pig iron, he would have to buy some from outside.
And now, directly taking out 600,000 kilograms of weapons and armor, is it possible that King Yan stripped off the weapons and armor of all the soldiers of his Yanshan Guard?
"The last general Yanshan is guarding Baihu Tan Yong from the right to see the general, all generals!"
"The last general, King Yan, is escorting Baihu Qiufu to see the general, all generals!"
"The last general Yanshan left to guard Li Wang, a hundred households..."
When Feng Sheng and Fu Youde walked out of the gate of the capital command department, they saw three hundred households leading three teams of soldiers and escorting thousands of carriages standing outside the door.
Feng Sheng's eyes narrowed and he asked solemnly: "Are you here to hand over weapons and armor?"
"Reporting to the general, the general and others have been ordered by His Highness King Yan to escort 600,000 kilograms of weapons and armor to the general. Please also ask the general to send someone to check them." Li Wang said respectfully.
"Come here, let me check it out!"
Feng Sheng didn't ask any questions and gave the order directly.
"Yes, General!"
Immediately, Du ordered a group of soldiers to quickly come out and check them one by one.
After a while.
A man from a hundred households stepped forward with a surprised look on his face and handed over his hand to Feng Sheng to report.
"General, I have four thousand steel swords, six thousand spears, and thirteen thousand armors. The total weight is six hundred thousand kilograms!"
Feng Sheng's eyes narrowed and he looked at Li Wang, "I wonder where your highness, King Yan, got these weapons and armor from?"
"Forgive me, General. I am just a small family and don't know the inside story."
Li Wang respectfully apologized to Feng Sheng and took out a document.
"Now that the general has checked the amount, I would like to ask the general to sign for it, so that the general can go back and resume his orders!"
"Come here, I will serve you with pen and ink!"
"Yes, General!"
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After watching the Yanshan guards leave, Lan Yu spit on the ground.
"General, those few Yanshan Guardsmen dare to tell lies in front of me. The steel swords, spears, and even armors in the hands of each of their three hundred families are all brand new. They were obviously brand new just now. Forged!”
Feng Sheng smiled softly and said, "Marquis Yongchang mistakenly wanted to be impatient. We just came to Peking to train troops under His Majesty's orders. We received 600,000 kilograms of weapons and armor, which is much easier than 600,000 kilograms of pig iron!"
As for where these weapons and armor come from, we only need to report to Your Majesty! "
"Yes, General!"
Lan Yu slightly cupped her hands and then said no more.
Feng Sheng chuckled, explained to the left and right, then turned around and walked in.
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Yanwang Palace.
As Li Wang, Tan Tong and others returned, a trace of distress flashed in Zhu Di's eyes.
Then, he looked at Guo An aside.
"Guo Qing, Song Guogong and Ying Guogong are both veterans on the battlefield, and they are very evil.
Although they didn't ask to the end, at this moment, they will definitely see that the weapons and armor we sent them are the weapons and armor replaced by Yanshan Guard! "
Guo An also nodded slightly, "The two old generals will definitely report to Your Majesty."
"In this case, doesn't Father know that we can smelt 600,000 kilograms of pig iron within three months?" Zhu Di's face changed slightly.
Guo An continued, "Therefore, His Highness needs to take the initiative to report this matter to His Majesty!"
"You want me to take the initiative to report this matter to my father?"
Zhu Di's eyes widened with confusion on his face, "Then if my father knows the output of our iron smelting institute, wouldn't he ask us to smelt more iron?"
"Your Majesty, your Majesty will know even if you don't tell me!"
Guo An said, "However, you can change your words a little when you are playing."
"Um?"
Zhu Di and Zhu Fu both stared at Guo An closely.
Guo Andao: "Your Highness, you can take the initiative to tell His Majesty that in order to forge 600,000 kilograms of pig iron within three months, you have recruited hundreds of laborers.
In addition, after the autumn harvest, you are going to recruit a lot of labor again and start digging trenches between the farmlands in Beiping Prefecture.
Moreover, he is preparing to forge tens of thousands of agricultural tools again to encourage the people to reclaim wasteland.
In addition, you are preparing to train the Yanshan Guard. Next year or last year, when I go on the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition, I also want to personally lead the army there! "
"In this case, my father will not give us an order to prepare more pig iron?" Zhu Di asked.
"Your Highness, does our Ming army lack weapons and equipment?" Guo An asked.
"There is no shortage of it!"
Zhu Di said proudly.
Guo An smiled and said, "In that case, Your Majesty has already asked you to prepare 600,000 jins of pig iron, and you have already prepared 600,000 jins of weapons and armor. Why would His Majesty ask you to prepare more!"
"The reason why I asked His Highness to take the initiative is to suggest that Your Highness should complain more to His Majesty. Your Highness alone is guarding Beiping, and he has to govern the people's livelihood in Beiping Prefecture, train troops, guard against Bei Yuan, and make money..."
"Your Highness, you can't talk too much about making money..."
Zhu Di's eyes lit up, "We understand what Guo Qing means!"
"Your Highness is wise!"
Guo An quickly flattered.
Beside, Zhu Fu's eyelids twitched.
However, I have to admit that Guo An's words still make sense.
Guo An thought for a while and then whispered: "Your Highness, I heard that the Marquis of Yongchang is also in Beiping Mansion?"
"Of course, didn't Lan Yu come to congratulate us a few days ago?"
Zhu Di said casually.
"Wei Chen thinks it would be better for Your Highness to send more manpower to the Iron Smelting Institute." Guo Andao said.
"Um?"
Zhu Di's expression condensed and he said in a deep voice: "Do you think someone dares to send people to our iron smelting plant to cause trouble?"
On the side, Zhu Fu also looked surprised.
Guo An quickly explained: "Your Highness, I don't dare to go against His Highness in Peiping. However, Wei Chen is afraid that someone will be too curious.
It would be okay if the iron smelting plant was a normal iron-smelting furnace, but there are ten 30-foot-tall iron-smelting furnaces and a 30-foot-tall cement house.
Anyone who sees that house will want to go in and take a look.
It's okay to go in and take a look. There's nothing shameful inside anyway.
However, I am worried that Your Highness has just finished complaining to His Majesty. If His Majesty comes back and finds out about the situation of the Iron Smelting Institute, then..."
"Fuck you, Zhu Liang!"
Zhu Di shouted coldly.
"Your Highness!"
Zhu Liang quickly stood up and responded.
"In the next few days, you will send an extra team of guards to keep an eye on the iron smelting plant for us. If anyone who wants to die wants to get in, we will kill him!"
"Yes, Your Highness..."
In response, Zhu Liang walked out with murderous intent.
Zhu Di asked again: "Guo Qing, do you think my father will agree to let us follow Song Guogong and others to the northern expedition?"
"Your Highness, forgive me, I don't know!"
Guo An shook his head directly.
A trace of disappointment flashed in Zhu Di's eyes.
Guo An said again: "Your Highness, everything depends on human effort!"
"Um?"
Zhu Di looked at Guo An again.
Guo An didn't say much, but cupped his hands towards Zhu Di and said, "Your Highness, everything has been settled now. I am going to take leave and go back to my hometown in Shunde Mansion."
Zhu Di suddenly became energetic, with gossip in his eyes, he stared at Guo An and asked, "But are you going to see the second young lady of the Liu family?"
"Your Highness is wise!"
Guo An said with a helpless smile, "Weichen only met the second young lady of the Liu family once when we were children. Now more than ten years have passed, who would have thought that the two families would want to get married. If Weichen didn't take a look, it would be really It's hard to feel at ease.
It just so happened that my father had been urging Wei Chen to go back to Shunde Mansion and pay a visit to the Liu family. "
"I'm going to let my father-in-law and mother-in-law get by with each other!"
Zhu Di teased, "In this case, we should allow you a few days off."
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Guo An quickly thanked him.
Zhu Di nodded slightly and said again: "However, have you prepared any gifts for meeting my father-in-law and mother-in-law?"
"Gift?"
Guo An was stunned for a moment, then understood, and his face was filled with sadness.
"Your Highness Ming Jian, Wei Chen is just a small official in the palace. Although he received hundreds of taels of money from the barbecue shop, there were no officials or merchants to give him gifts.
Wei Chen can only use the few hundred taels of silver to buy some good things from Beiping Mansion..."
"What good things can be found in those shops in Beiping Mansion?"
Before he finished speaking, Zhu Di said directly, "Our chief minister is going to visit my father-in-law, how can he take those defective products from outside!"
"Your Highness?" Guo An tried his best to widen his eyes, happy and surprised.
Zhu Di said: "Don't worry, we will ask the princess to select some good things from the palace's treasury for you to take with you when you go back!"
"Your Highness, Wei Chen is just a small person with a long history. How can this be done?"
Guo An's face was immediately moved, with the look of a scholar who is a confidant.
Beside, Zhu Fu's eyes immediately turned red.
Your Highness actually wants to select items from the palace's inner treasury and let Guo Thief go back to meet his father-in-law?
This... Guo thief, how can he be so virtuous and capable? How could His Highness be so favored?
Zhu Di said again: "Okay, Guo Qing will be a member of our Prince Yan's palace when he goes out. How can you let the Liu family look down upon you? Let us first grant you a month's vacation. If Guo Qing has something to do and cannot come back, we will give you permission." How many days do you have..."
"Thank you so much, Your Highness!"
This time, Guo An was even more excited.
"Wei Chen will go and arrange a lot of things for Xu Yun and Zhuang Guang, and will go back tomorrow!"
"Can!"
With Zhu Di's nod, Guo An exited the hall and returned to his public room.
After a while, Gong Zhengsuo Xu Yun and Zhuang Guang walked in.
"Your Majesty, please see Guo Changshi."
"You two, I have to take leave tomorrow and go back to my hometown. I have to worry about the iron smelting plant, Dagukou Wool Washing Factory and the farm!"
"Don't worry, Guo Changshi, I will definitely fulfill my duties." Xu Yun and Zhuang Guang responded quickly.
"Especially the construction of cement houses on the farm, you two must pay attention!"
Guo An warned again.
"Don't worry, Guo Changshi. Your subordinates will keep an eye on the craftsmen below and build the houses in strict accordance with Guo Changshi's drawings..." Xu Yun's face was full of solemnity.
"It doesn't have to be like this. My drawings are just a reference. How to build a house depends most on the opinions of the veterans on the farm. After all, they know the farm best!" Guo An said hurriedly.
"I understand!"
"In addition, there are those iron furnaces that we asked the Iron Smelting Institute to forge. Let the Iron Smelting Institute make some as soon as possible."
"Also, you must hurry up and bake the glass we asked you to try to develop... As long as it can be fired, I can guarantee that His Highness will reward you two and all the craftsmen generously. !”
Guo An warned them one by one again.
"Don't worry, Guo Changshi, the two officials have been thinking about these things."
Xu Yun and Zhuang Guang cheered up and said quickly.
"Also, after these objects are developed, they must be kept strictly confidential. No one is allowed to know except His Highness King Yan!"
"Yes, Guo Changshi..."
After urging again and making sure that nothing was missing, Guo An felt relieved.
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(End of chapter)
