There is a transparent glass house filled with pens, inks, papers and inkstones. It is very spacious and bright, and they can draw and calculate at will inside.
There are even dozens of lanterns made of transparent glass in the house, which will illuminate the entire house like daylight even in the dark.
Moreover, they had never seen the butter used in the lantern. It produced no smoke and no peculiar smell. A spoonful of butter could be used for more than ten days.
Not far from these houses are their dormitories where they can rest at will.
Not far from their dormitory, there is a kitchen with a dedicated chef to cook for them.
Three meals a day, as long as the meals are ready, someone will stand on the roof of the dining hall with a huge iron lock and shout.
The iron suona is much thicker than the ordinary suona, and it can actually amplify a person's voice several times. As long as the iron suona is placed near the person's mouth and the person speaks, the entire gunpowder workshop can hear it.
Whether it was the lantern or the iron lock, Tao Yiping and Yang Ting were filled with novelty.
At the very back of the gunpowder workshop, there are individual cement houses separated by ten steps from each other.
Looking at the thickness of the walls of the concrete houses, they felt that even if they were blasted several times with a general cannon, these concrete houses would still be intact.
In those cement houses, there are also steels of various sizes and thicknesses that they can experiment with at will.
There are often patrolling soldiers around, so they don't need to worry about anyone suddenly rushing in.
In addition, there were dozens of craftsmen in the entire gunpowder workshop, both young and old. However, as soon as they heard that they were Tao Wanhu's youngest disciples, the craftsmen immediately looked at them with excitement.
Of course, what excited the two of them the most was when Guo An handed them a stack of paper in a house.
Above, there are records of some gunpowder formulas and some outline drawings of firearms.
Although there are countless complicated processes that they need to test later, this is ten thousand times more comfortable than when they were in Yingtian City.
It can be said that they only need to study and experiment with peace of mind based on the knowledge and experience they have learned in the past.
All logistical equipment, including their respective materials, will be delivered to them as long as they ask!
"It's a pity that we didn't know that His Highness King Yan's gunpowder workshop was so wealthy. Otherwise, we could have written the situation in this place in a letter and informed my father and all the senior brothers. I'm afraid my father and all the senior brothers would leave everything in Yingtian Mansion behind and rush to Yingtian Mansion. Come to Beiping Mansion..."
When only Tao Yiping and Yang Ting were left in the room, Tao Yiping said with excitement while stroking the steel piled in the room, which weighed at least nearly a thousand kilograms.
Yang Ting also nodded with excitement, "In the past, when the two of us thought of forging a fire system in Yingtian, we had to wait in line for the senior brothers in front to finish the furnace before we could use it.
Even for steel, we can only use the inferior iron used by our senior brothers.
And here, so much good steel can be used by both of us! "
"Guo Changshi said that we don't have to worry about steel at all. If we run out, we just need to inform Qiu Baihu outside and go to the Iron Smelter to pull it..."
"Yiping, look at the charcoal here, why is it different from what we used in the past?"
"Try lighting one up?"
"I'm going to get the fire certificate!"
"I'm going to get a latte..."
So, on the first day they came to the gunpowder workshop, they started burning the furnace.
…
As for Tao Wanhu, who was far away in Yingtian Mansion, after receiving the letters written by his youngest son and closed disciples, he was suddenly struck by thunder and was completely stunned.
Those two idiots from their own family had just met Guo Changshi once and decided to worship him as their master and become the ministers of Prince Yan's palace forever.
Moreover, he also has to work as a craftsman in the craftsman workshop of Prince Yan's Mansion.
Is it easy to go to the craftsman’s workshop in Prince Yan’s Mansion? A cement secret is worth a million taels of silver.
If you go in, can you still come out?
In a hurry, Tao Chengdao directly cleaned himself and changed his clothes, then cried towards the palace.
Hearing Tao Chengdao crying outside the palace, Lao Zhu couldn't help but be curious, and quickly sent two tigers to bring him in.
"Your Majesty, you have to make decisions for the common people!"
As soon as he entered Fengtian Hall, Tao Chengdao knelt in front of the hall, his face full of grievances.
Lao Zhu's face suddenly darkened and he asked hurriedly: "Since we became emperor, you haven't come to see us once in several years.
You feel so wronged today, but who bullied you? Let's send two tigers or Jiang Wei to take him and cut him into pieces with a thousand swords. "
Tao Chengdao shuddered subconsciously, and the tears in his eyes stopped immediately.
"Your Majesty, the common people have heard in Peiping that Guo Changshi, who lives in the palace of His Highness King Yan, is proficient in craftsmanship. Unlike the common people, he only studies gunpowder and other life-threatening things.
That Guo Changshi was the one who could apply his craftsmanship skills to the livelihood of the people all over the world. He was a true craftsman sage.
Therefore, the grassroots sent their youngest son Tao Yiping and their youngest disciple Yang Ting to Beiping Mansion to let the two boys gain experience.
But he didn't expect that as soon as the two boys arrived at Beiping Mansion, they were tricked by Guo Changshi into becoming his wife and entered Prince Yan's Mansion...
Your Majesty, I pity the grassroots. It’s a pity that I have worked so hard to cultivate those two boys for more than ten years, and I still prepare them to take over the grassroots’ workshop in the future...
Unexpectedly, these two boys were deceived into Prince Yan's Mansion by Guo Changshi before they left the army...
The common people regret it..."
Lao Zhu's eyelids twitched slightly, but now his face was full of gentleness, "You mean, Lao Si tricked those two boys from your family into his palace?"
Tao Chengdao quickly shook his head, "Your Majesty has misunderstood. It is the Guo Changshi who lives in the palace of His Highness King Yan. The common people thought that the Guo Changshi had such a heart for the world that his moral character would not be bad.
But he didn't expect that Guo Changshi would be so unscrupulous and deceive the young sons and disciples of ordinary people!
Please ask Your Majesty to make decisions for the common people..."
Lao Zhu's face turned solemn and he said solemnly: "Don't worry, we will write a letter to the fourth bastard soon, and we must reprimand him severely and tell him..."
Tao Chengdao's expression changed and he quickly said: "Your Majesty, you must not do this!"
"Um?"
Lao Zhu looked at Tao Chengdao with some confusion.
Tao Chengdao worriedly said: "Your Majesty, His Highness King Yan is impatient and must not be reprimanded. This matter is the fault of Guo Changshi, and the young man and his disciple are still in Prince Yan's palace... Those two boys are idiots, and the common people are afraid of them. Being wronged..."
Lao Zhu sighed softly and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, we understand what you mean. I'll ask the prince to write a letter and ask."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Tao Chengdao breathed a sigh of relief.
Later, Tao Chengdao resigned.
"This old fox..."
When only Lao Zhu was left in the hall, Lao Zhu hummed slightly, then lowered his head and started reviewing the memorial.
…
Peking Mansion.
For five days in a row, Qiu Fu told Zhu Di what happened in the gunpowder workshop and begged Zhu Di to take care of it.
Zhu Di couldn't help but called Guo An over.
"Guo Qing, it's been five days in a row. Ever since Tao Yiping and Yang Ting entered the gunpowder workshop, Qiu Fu has reported to us every day that those two boys in the gunpowder workshop don't look like they are studying gunpowder, but like Went to blow up houses.
Every day, every few hours, a loud explosion occurs in the gunpowder workshop. One of the two cement houses you had people build has had a huge hole blown out...
There were even several times when the fire that broke out in the house couldn't be extinguished with water... and it started to rekindle after a while..."
What surprised Zhu Di was that Guo An was overjoyed when he heard this, "Your Highness, is this really so?"
"Um?"
Zhu Di looked confused.
"Your Highness, to develop gunpowder, you need to explode and burn more, and improve it through repeated experiments."
Guo An explained: "According to Qiu Fu's reaction, Tao Yiping and Yang Ting were not lazy in the gunpowder workshop.
Perhaps, within a few days, they will be able to develop the incendiary bombs that Weichen needs. "
Zhu Di looked strange and said: "Those two boys are not lazy, Qiu Fu hasn't had a good rest in the past few days.
In fact, those two boys almost killed Qiu Fu and several guards. "
"Um?"
Guo An's expression condensed and he said in a deep voice: "Please give an order from His Highness to reprimand Qiu Fu and strictly order them to get close to the experimental house.
Otherwise, his guards would not have died in the hands of Japanese pirates and Mongols, but would have been blown up by their own gunpowder. "
Zhu Di also responded and nodded slightly.
"Those tough guys really dare to come forward."
"Your Highness, it will be good if you understand."
Guo An's expression softened slightly.
Then, when the topic changed, Zhu Di asked again: "Guo Qing, we heard that you have been running to the farm these days, but what happened to the farm?"
"Back to your highness, I am studying farming." Guo An replied.
"Study plowing."
Zhu Di was stunned, "Farming has been passed down for thousands of years, what's the point of studying it?"
Guo An said: "Your Majesty, I have discovered that when people are plowing fields, they plow out a field, then plow the field into ravines, apply fertilizer at will, and then bury the seeds.
Wait until the seeds germinate, then hoe the weeds at most, and ignore the rest. As for whether the harvest will be good, it all depends on God. "
Zhu Di nodded slightly, "Plowing has been like this since ancient times. Is it possible that Guo Qing has a better way to farm?"
Guo Andao said: "Your Highness, although I don't tend to the fields very much, I always feel that farming should not be like this."
"Um?"
Zhu Di asked out of curiosity: "What better way does Guo Qing have to farm?"
Guo Andao: "Your Highness, I feel that farming cannot always rely on God, and the people also need to put in more effort."
Zhu Di sighed slightly, "Guo Qing, the people are already having a hard time farming."
Guo An said helplessly: "Your Highness has misunderstood. The minister does not think that the people are not working hard on the fields.
Rather, I feel that all the farmers and tenants are illiterate and rely on the experience passed down by word of mouth in farming.
However, these experiences have not improved the farming technology or the yield per acre. "
“They don’t know how to record with pen and paper, and they have never thought about what the final yield per acre will be if different soil qualities, different fertilizers, different seeds, or different amounts of irrigation water are combined.”
Zhu Di's eyes lit up, "What does Guo Qing mean?"
Guo An said: "Your Highness, the last time Wei Chen came to Beiping Mansion from his hometown, there happened to be some fellow villagers from his hometown who wanted to follow Wei Chen to come to Beiping Mansion to have a try.
Moreover, most of the folks in these villages know a few words.
Wei Chen arranged for two older and two younger fellow villagers to go to the farm and asked them to help study how to farm. "
Zhu Di's eyes widened, "You actually let the literate fellow villagers go to the farm to farm?"
"Exactly!"
Guo An nodded slightly.
Zhu Di asked with confusion on his face, "Guo Qing is not afraid that this matter will spread out and the world will laugh at Guo Qing for being unkind and unjust and treating his fellow villagers harshly?"
(End of chapter)
