Wait until the two of them leave.
Zhu Di then said seriously to Guo An: "Guo Qing, Tao Yiping and Yang Ting are the youngest sons of Wanhu and the youngest disciple of Wanhu. They are proficient in the development of craftsmen's firearms. We are going to keep these two people. "
Guo An nodded repeatedly, "Your Highness is wise, and this minister has exactly what he means!"
"Wei Chen was still worried. Although there are many craftsmen in Prince Yan's palace, they are all old and only follow the rules. There is no craftsman like Tao Wanhu.
Unexpectedly, Tao Wanhu actually sent his youngest son and youngest disciple.
In this case, we must not let these two people go back! "
Zhu Di nodded and said: "We see that Tao Yiping is also a man with a flexible mind. Moreover, with his family background, as long as he can sincerely loyal to us, he can succeed Xu Yun in the future and do his job right!"
Guo An said quietly: "Your Highness, since he wants to learn the craftsmanship from Wei Chen, he must be loyal to Your Highness. Moreover, he will be a subject of Prince Yan's Mansion for life!"
Zhu Di looked at Guo An in surprise.
Guo An realized something and smiled quickly, "Of course, he can only leave if His Majesty and His Highness the Crown Prince ask for this person!"
"Can!"
Zhu Di nodded slightly.
The next day.
Zhu Di summoned Tao Yiping and Yang Ting.
"Guo Qing's craftsmanship is inherited from Guo Taishi of the former Yuan Dynasty, who learned from the mountains and the sea. Guo Qing is willing to let you two learn from him.
However, the things developed by Guo Qing are all top secrets of our Prince Yan's Palace. If you two study with Guo Qing, you will inevitably come into contact with the secrets of our Prince Yan's Palace.
Therefore, you two need to enter my palace, Prince Yan! "
Tao Yiping and Yang Ting nodded quickly, "The common people are willing."
Then, he greeted Guo An respectfully.
"Students Tao Yiping and Yang Ting meet Master Guo!"
Guo An waved his hand to stop, "Wait a minute, you two!"
"I wonder if Master Guo has any other requests?"
Tao Yiping was stunned and asked quickly.
Guo An stared at Tao Yiping and Yang Xian closely, and said slowly: "You two must think clearly. If you learn from me, you will become the ministers of Prince Yan's Palace. You must fulfill your duties and be loyal to Prince Yan's Palace. In addition to Prince Yan, Permission is granted, but no information shall be disclosed to the outside world.”
"A subject of Prince Yan's Mansion?"
After Guo An's reminder, Tao Yiping and Yang Ting also reacted. Doesn't this mean that they will serve the Yan Palace for the rest of their lives?
Suddenly, he was in trouble.
When they came, they just wanted to learn craftsmanship from Guo An, and were not prepared to serve as ministers of Prince Yan's palace for the rest of their lives.
Moreover, the Tao family is also the pinnacle of craftsmen in Yingtian Mansion.
How can you stay in Prince Yan's Mansion forever just to learn a certain knowledge?
Thinking about it, Tao Yiping and Yang Ting looked at each other and wanted to decline politely.
Guo An continued: "Although we are not sages, the study of physics is broad and profound, and it will take at least ten years to master it.
You have nowhere to study except staying in Prince Yan's Mansion. "
"The science of physics?"
Tao Yiping and Yang Ting couldn't help but be curious.
"The principle behind how everything operates is physics!" Guo An said slowly.
Tao Yiping and Yang Ting were suddenly surprised, and then looked at Guo An with doubts in their eyes.
Guo An smiled softly, "Physics is easy to say simple. But difficult to say, it is also extremely difficult.
Just like glass, transparent glass can be calcined.
However, even if transparent glass is placed in front of two or even thousands of craftsmen around the world, can they imagine that transparent glass can be used to grow vegetables in the cold winter?
Furthermore, the secret recipe for cement is extremely simple. Just grind some stones and calcine them for a few hours to get cement.
However, if we hadn't developed it, who would have thought of it?
You two have also seen the process of building houses with cement. I wonder if you have ever thought about why cement can become as hard as hard rock again after being mixed with water.
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Why can fire burn? But if you put a torch into an airtight house, will the torch go out automatically?
Why do birds in the sky fly?
Why can't people fly after making two wings out of feathers?
Why..."
As Guo An asked more and more questions, Tao Yiping and Yang Ting's eyes widened.
"Caomin and others have also had doubts about these issues, but they have no way to study them. Is it possible that Guo Changshi knows them all?"
Guo An was full of confidence, "We all know it."
"Otherwise, why can we calcine cement and grow vegetables in the cold winter?
Moreover, to be honest with you two, we hate Japanese pirates deeply. A few months ago, we built a very spacious gunpowder workshop out of cement and prepared to develop an incendiary bomb.
As long as it is thrown on the Japanese pirate ship, unless the bomb is burned out, it will be like the poison of the tarsal bone, which will never go out and burn all the Japanese pirates to ashes..."
"There is such gunpowder?"
Tao Yiping and Yang Ting were attracted again and looked at Guo An expectantly.
"It's natural."
Guo An nodded, "Gunpowder and firearms are also part of physical knowledge, and we also have some understanding of gunpowder."
"May I ask Guo Changshi, has that kind of gunpowder been developed?" Tao Yiping asked.
"Of course not!"
Guo An shook his head with regret and said, "Although we know some formulas, we also know how to develop them.
However, you two should also understand that as the head of the Yan Palace, we are busy with our affairs and have no time to experiment over and over again.
As for the craftsmen in Prince Yan's Mansion, although they all listen to what I say, their skills in making gunpowder also require talent, and they...sigh..."
The faces of Tao Yiping and Yang Ting were full of struggle.
As Tao Wanhu's sons and disciples, they greatly admired Tao Wanhu who could rely on his craftsmanship to wait for the emperor to reward Wanhu.
Naturally, he is also a man obsessed with craftsmen, especially gunpowder and firearms.
Guo An continued to say in a bewitching tone: "Before, I have also seen things like Huo Tong, General Cannon, and Bowl Mouth Gun. I always feel that these firearms are powerful, but they are not suitable for hitting the enemy. In terms of flexibility, it is far inferior to bows and arrows and hand crossbows.
What if the fire system was transformed?
Even if you just install a sight or sighting device on the fire commander and general cannon, wouldn't it be easier to aim? crack shot?
Furthermore, if the fire system could be made smaller, such as only the size of a palm, and could be carried around...
Also, caltrops can only burn, why can't they explode? If you stuff it with suitable gunpowder, gunpowder that is more powerful than a bomb, and throw it out on the Japanese pirate ship..."
"Plop~"
Tao Yiping and Yang Ting knelt down in front of Guo An without any further hesitation.
"Meet Master Guo!"
"The two of us are willing to worship Guo Changshi as our teacher, and we will always be the subjects of Prince Yan's palace."
Guo An quickly helped the two of them up with a gentle look on his face, and said: "We are almost the same age as you two, so there is no way we can be the masters of the two!"
Tao Yiping and Yang Ting looked anxious.
Guo An continued: "However, if you two don't mind, you can call me your master.
We can't guarantee anything else, but we have at least hundreds of ideas on firearms and gunpowder, enough for two of us to study for a lifetime! "
"I've met Master, but I didn't expect Master to be so knowledgeable?"
Tao Yiping and Yang Ting said in surprise.
"It's natural!"
Guo An said with emotion, "It's a pity that we don't have the skills to do anything else. We want to make a lot of money for Prince Yan's Mansion, and make a lot of money with the hundreds of thousands of people in Beiping Mansion.
Otherwise, we would have gone into the workshop and studied them one by one. "
"Please rest assured, Master. If you have any ideas, please leave them to me. We will definitely study them seriously!"
Tao Yiping said solemnly.
"Very good!"
Guo An's face was full of joy, "You two have this ambition. Although we can't guarantee that you can be granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households, as long as our Prince Yan's palace is strong in the future and accidentally overwhelms Korea or our country, we beg the Prince of Yan Your Highness... No, please ask His Majesty, Your Majesty, King Yan, to grant you two kingdoms in the surrounding small countries.
Let the reputation of the two of you surpass that of Tao Wanhu! "
Tao Yiping and Yang Ting looked excited, but then hesitated.
"Master, is this really the case?"
Zhu Di said helpfully: "Why can't this be done?"
Tao Yiping said: "Your Majesty seems unwilling to conquer those vassal states."
Guo An sneered and said: "That's because Your Majesty feels that it is not worthwhile to use the imperial army to conquer those poor small countries. Even if they are attacked, they will not get much money.
However, if the firearms of Prince Yan's Mansion are dozens of times more powerful, what about those vassal states that can be conquered by an army of ten thousand?
For such a great contribution, His Majesty will definitely reward you generously.
Moreover, the world is so vast, you two must not be limited to this corner of the Ming Dynasty..."
Tao Yiping and Yang Ting were completely fooled by Guo An, and they bowed to Guo An again with excitement on their faces.
"Don't worry, Master, we will do our best!"
"Very good!"
Guo An said happily, "I will take you two to the gunpowder workshop soon and tell you how to develop that kind of incendiary bomb.
In addition, when you two are annoyed by studying incendiary bombs, you can also bomb fire caltrops, or study palm-sized small fire systems..."
"Yes, Master!"
Tao Yiping and Yang Ting responded and eagerly got up to go to the gunpowder workshop.
Guo An quickly stopped him, "You two are going to the gunpowder workshop this time. We are worried that you two will concentrate on studying gunpowder and be unable to extricate yourself.
In order to prevent your family from worrying, it is better to write a letter to them explaining the situation. "
"Master is still thoughtful."
Tao Yiping and Yang Ting did not notice anything wrong, and once again thanked Guo An respectfully.
At this moment, Zhu Di had already signaled Ma He to bring over the pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
So Tao Yiping and Yang Ting each wrote a letter.
Then, he carefully sealed it with fire wax and handed it to Guo An.
Guo An handed it over to Ma He and asked Ma He to instruct the guards of Prince Yan's Mansion to send the letter out.
Tao Yiping and Yang Ting looked at Guo An impatiently.
"Let's go!"
Guo An stood up, said goodbye to Zhu Di, and took the two of them to the gunpowder workshop.
At this time, Tao Wanhu, who was far away in Yingtian City, didn't know yet. He just wanted his youngest son and his disciples to travel to Beiping Mansion to see that there is a world outside the world and there are people outside the world.
Then, go back and follow him to study firearms with peace of mind.
This time, his youngest son and close disciple, whom he had carefully taught for more than ten years, were given to King Yan all the way!
Along the way, Tao Yiping and Yang Ting also wanted to ask Guo An for some knowledge about gunpowder.
However, if Guo An stopped him directly, it would be easy for outsiders to listen to him.
Thinking of His Majesty's strict supervision of gunpowder and firearms, the two of them did not dare to ask any more questions.
After getting off the carriage, they saw a gunpowder workshop that was heavily guarded, but inside was a variety of novel items they had never seen before.
Tao Yiping and Yang Ting stared wide-eyed.
Under the leadership of Guo An, we got to know everything!
The more they understand, the more grateful they are that they can enter Prince Yan's Mansion!
The gunpowder workshop here is a paradise for craftsmen like them!
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(End of chapter)
