Although Zhu Di was very dissatisfied with Guo An's lazy character, he felt very good when he thought that there was another sharp weapon in the palace.
After returning to the palace, he quickly ordered He Zhong to send rewards to the craftsmen in the gunpowder workshop.
Even Qiu Fu and the guards who guarded the gunpowder workshop were given rewards. Although it was not much, it made Qiu Fu and the other guards happy and became more active in patrolling.
Then, Zhu Di thought of Guo An's advice on the carriage to build a cement road from Beiping Fucheng to Shangzhuang Village Iron Smelting Works, so he called Guo An over.
But he didn't expect that after hearing this, Guo An shook his head.
Zhu Di wondered: "This matter was advised by Guo Qing, and the cement road between Wanping County and Zhangjiawan Wharf was also paved by Guo Qing. Why is Guo Qing unwilling to pave this road?"
Guo An sighed softly, "Your Highness, paving roads is a small matter. The officials who paved roads with me last time can do it."
How could His Highness delay Wei Chen's research with such a trivial matter? "
Zhu Di's tiger body trembled, and he stared at Guo An closely, his eyes full of expectation: "Guo Qing's intention, can Guo Qing develop more good objects?"
The corner of Guo An's mouth was slightly raised, and he said confidently: "Your Highness, I forgive you. It is no exaggeration to say that the thoughts of this humble minister are like the water of the Yellow River, which cannot be exhausted at all."
"Very good!"
Zhu Di was overjoyed and said, "Guo Qing doesn't need to worry about paving the road. We'll leave it to Zhu Qing."
Guo An nodded slightly, "Thank you for your understanding, Your Highness, but Zhu Changshi may not necessarily know how to pave roads. Your Highness might as well hand it over directly to the officials of the Gongzheng Office and let them pave it."
Your Highness can just go and inspect from time to time to prevent anyone from committing fraud or embezzling money or food. "
"good."
Zhu Di nodded slightly, then thought of something, changed the topic, and asked again: "Guo Qing should start this matter about building a craftsman school as mentioned by Guo Qing."
Guo An slowly shook his head again, "Your Highness, I have never had any experience in opening an academy.
As for Tao Yiping and Yang Ting, they are the youngest sons and disciples of Tao Wanhu. They have the most experience, so they should shoulder the responsibility. "
Hearing this, Zhu Di couldn't help but became angry, "Did Guo Qing forget that Guo Qing gave lectures to our generals?
Those generals rated Guo Qing's lectures very highly. It has only been half a year now, and each of those generals already knows four to five hundred words.
Nowadays, they often talk to us and want Guo Qing to give them lectures in his spare time..."
Guo An couldn't help but shudder subconsciously, "Your Highness, don't say any more. I don't want to teach people how to read and write in my life."
A trace of disappointment flashed across Zhu Di's face, "What a pity."
Guo An hurriedly said: "Your Highness, please don't do this. The masters Your Highness invited are the truly knowledgeable people."
After saying that, Guo An stood up directly and excused himself to Zhu Di.
"Your Highness, please forgive me. A very interesting object suddenly appeared in Wei Chen's mind. I urgently need to go to the public room to think about it and draw it... Wei Chen will leave first."
After saying that, Guo An left in a hurry.
Looking at Guo An's back, Zhu Di looked helpless.
However, Guo An did not deceive Zhu Di, and he did have a lot of thoughts in his mind.
However, it was not something he suddenly thought of.
On the second day, Guo An went to the glass workshop in person and handed the two drawings to the glass workshop manager.
As for the Craftsman School, Zhu Di could only discuss it with Zhu Fu and leave the Craftsman School to Tao Yiping and Yang Ting.
Hearing this, Tao Yiping and Yang Ting immediately felt as if they had been given a shot of blood. They wished they could immediately put aside their work, personally select craftsmen and the heirs of the craftsmen's families, and turn the Beiping Craftsman School into something like their Tao family.
Fortunately, Zhu Di gave an order that all craftsmen and heirs of craftsmen's households in Prince Yan's palace could study, but only one person from each family could be educated, unless they were particularly outstanding.
Only then did Tao Yiping and Yang Ting stop.
The school is located in the glass workshop next to the gunpowder workshop.
Zhu Di also ordered a new school to be built next to the gunpowder workshop. As for the school layout, it was drawn by Guo An himself.
At the same time, the matter of King Yan building a craftsman school to teach craftsmen and the heirs of craftsmen households how to read caused an uproar in the Beiping Mansion.
And quickly spread to Yingtian City.
Soon, it caused dissatisfaction among many gentry and scholars.
In the Beiping Mansion, many gentry or officials advised Zhu Di to change the school into a Confucian school. How could the children of craftsmen be worthy of being educated in the school?
Zhu Di sneered at this and ignored it.
Later, Zhu Di disappeared from all the officials who came to visit him.
At this moment, Zhu Di's entire attention was focused on the Bohai Sea.
To be precise, it was placed on Xu Xiang and other generals of the Yan Palace who were leading the fishing fleet on the Bohai Sea.
During this period of time, the Japanese pirates seemed to have figured out the sailing patterns of Xu Xiang and other fleets.
There are more and more Japanese pirates coming to invade, and they are becoming more and more frequent.
Fortunately, there are eight large ships and more than 600 guards from the Yan Palace. The sea-going ships are much taller than the Japanese pirate ships. In addition, there are dozens of bowls on the ship. Facing the intrusion of the Japanese pirate ships, they can still protect themselves. .
However, Xu Xiang and other Yan Palace guards had never experienced such humiliation. They were harassed by Japanese pirates from time to time and could not pursue them too deeply.
Although he didn't suffer much loss, he was extremely disgusting.
But this time, Xu Xiang was full of expectations from the moment he came out of Beiping Mansion, wishing he could meet those Japanese pirates as soon as he entered the Bohai Sea.
However, it has been two days since their fleet entered the Bohai Sea, and the Japanese pirates have not yet come.
"Qianhu, can we really annihilate those Japanese pirates this time?"
Unlike Xu Xiang, the deputy Qianhu and the other six hundred households, who were confident, all the soldiers on the ship were a little uneasy.
They wouldn't be afraid of fighting normally.
However, the Japanese pirates seemed to be crazy. As soon as they got close to their ship, they would try their best to climb onto their ship.
Moreover, the number of Japanese pirates is getting larger and larger every time, and it seems that they can't kill them all.
Xu Xiang grinned directly, with a face full of confidence, "Don't worry, when we come out this time, His Highness King Yan will be waiting for me with hundreds of incendiary bombs.
As long as those Japanese pirates dare to come, we will definitely be able to drive them into the sea to feed the fish. "
A general flagman said again: "Qianhu, the last time the Japanese pirates came, there were sixty ships, and this time there are at least seventy ships.
We only had twenty incendiary bombs on board, and the other big ships didn't have many. Will such a few incendiary bombs be effective? "
Xu Xiang glanced at the general banner. He knew clearly what his subordinates were thinking.
"You can rest assured, one incendiary bomb and one Japanese pirate ship have given us peace of mind this time.
Coupled with the hundreds of two-foot fishing nets on the ship, combined with incendiary bombs, as long as the Japanese pirate ship dares to approach, the safekeeping will not be able to escape.
This time, it will not be easy for them to climb onto our ship. "
The several general and small flags surrounding Xu Xiang were immediately relieved. They all grinned and shouted: "Qianhu, please don't worry. As long as those Japanese pirates dare to come this time, I will draw a knife for each one of them." Kill them all."
"If you have any sense and want to surrender, I will accept it even if I am the general."
"Hey, castrate them first, and then send them to the mines..."
"Hahaha……"
All the soldiers on the entire ship laughed.
…
Another two days later.
Suddenly there was a sound of war drums that made everyone's blood boil.
On the vast sea, eight huge sea ships tightly protected the ten small boats in the middle.
Outside the eight huge sea-going ships, there were nearly a hundred sea-going ships of different sizes, besieging the eight huge sea-going ships from all directions.
The Japanese pirates on the boat were like ants, densely packed and rushing towards the eight large ships in the middle.
On an inconspicuous ship outside the Japanese pirates, several Japanese pirates looked at the eight huge ships in the middle with bright eyes, their faces flushed, and their whole bodies were trembling with excitement.
As long as they can bring back four such large ships, they will no longer have to work so hard to plunder in the sea.
And at this time.
on eight fishing boats.
Xu Xiang looked at the Japanese pirate ships surrounding them and the crazy-looking Japanese pirates, with a hideous smile on his face.
"Command, all warriors prepare fishing nets!"
"All the firemen tied the incendiary bombs and fishing nets tightly!"
"..."
"Light the fuse!"
"Throw the fishing net!"
"All bowls and tubes, bomb the outermost Japanese pirate ship first! No need to save bombs and incendiary bombs!"
"Rumble..."
Following Xu Xiang's order.
From eight large ships, huge fishing nets were quickly thrown out, with black and smoking iron balls tied to them, covering the Japanese pirate ships below.
Some Japanese pirates who were trapped in the fishing net and struggling were stunned for a moment when they saw the black bomb on the fishing net that was emitting smoke and making a crackling sound.
Then he reacted, his pupils dilated and his face deformed in fear.
"Baga, there is a bomb in the fishing net..."
While shouting, he rolled and crawled trying to tear off the fishing net on his body.
Unfortunately, there were many Japanese pirates who made the same move as him. Several people pulled on the same fishing net. Not only did they not tear the net off, it even became stronger and stronger as they pulled it.
"Boom~"
Until there was a loud noise, the bomb exploded, with white light flashing and sparks flying everywhere.
The Japanese pirates who were affected were surprised to find that they were not killed by the explosion.
Everyone couldn't help but feel overjoyed.
However, they soon felt a sharp pain in their bodies, and when they looked down, their expressions changed drastically.
They were actually on fire.
Suddenly, one by one jumped directly into the sea.
As a result, the guards of Prince Yan's Mansion standing on the big ship saw that as the incendiary bombs exploded, the Japanese pirates who were covered by the fishing nets began to catch fire from head to toe.
Then, they all jumped into the sea one after another.
However, none of them were burned to death.
As for the burning boat, no one paid attention to it.
"Qianhu, how could this happen?"
Seeing this, a general bannerman next to Xu Xiang couldn't help but look unwilling.
At the same time, he opened his bow and arrow and shot towards the Japanese pirates in the water.
Xu Xiang shouted: "Any Japanese pirates who are on fire and diving into the water, as long as they don't come close to me, I will wait for the big ship and ignore them."
"Here!"
Although they were confused, all the soldiers on the boat also obeyed the order.
At the same time, the other seven large ships also issued the same order.
All the soldiers shot at some Japanese pirates who were trying to climb onto the boat.
At the same time, there was also a large net thrown towards the Japanese pirate ships.
This time out to sea, each ship was prepared with hundreds of large nets measuring one or two feet.
Originally, the soldiers and generals didn't pay much attention to these inconspicuous fishing nets.
However, this time they became more and more comfortable with it.
…
(End of chapter)
