Zhu Di was stunned, "Is this feasible?"
Guo Andao said, "Your Highness, why can't you do what I want? Moreover, wouldn't those students from poor family backgrounds be able to often serve as clerks and deputy shopkeepers? In this way, they can still earn some money to support their families in the academy. .
In addition, as soon as they leave the academy, they can immediately become scribes and shopkeepers in the house.
Moreover, His Highness will definitely be able to summon you very easily..."
"good!"
Zhu Di's eyes lit up and he nodded heavily, "According to what Guo Qing said, the Academy Director will be Master Daoyan."
"Your Highness is wise!"
Guo An flattered him and said quickly: "The affairs of the academy have been decided, and the minister will prepare for the expedition."
"Um!"
Zhu Di nodded slightly.
Guo An stood up and left the palace, a trace of anger flashing in his eyes.
That monk Daoyan is not a human being!
…
"Somebody come!"
After returning to the public room, Guo An shouted outside.
"What are your orders from Guo Changshi?"
A scribe whose name Guo An didn't remember quickly walked in.
"Call us the good doctor!"
"Yes, Guo Changshi!"
Soon, in a short while, the good doctor Zheng Zuo Binhua and the deputy good doctor Zheng Pang Jiyan hurried in.
"I'm going to see Guo Changshi!"
Guo An said with a gentle expression, "Doctor Zuo Liang, Dr. Pang Liang, please take a seat quickly."
Zuo Binhua and Pang Jiyan sat down subconsciously and looked at Guo An nervously, "I don't know if Guo Changshi has come here to ask for help, but what are your orders?"
Guo An said gently: "How many doctors do good doctors have nowadays?"
Zuo Binhua and Pang Jiyan looked at each other and replied quickly: "Reporting to Guo Changshi, in addition to the two lower officials, there are two doctors and four medicine boys in the Wangfu Liang Medical Clinic."
"How much is the golden sore medicine?" Guo An asked again.
This time, Zuo Binhua and Pang Jiyan were even more confused. However, the golden sore medicine is a healing medicine, not a poison, so the two of them replied honestly: "Back to Guo Changshi, there are enough golden sore medicine in the palace now for more than two hundred servings."
"not enough!"
Guo An shook his head solemnly, "You have quietly sent people to buy medicines for treating trauma, stopping bleeding, analgesics, and anti-inflammation. You can prepare at least 20,000 copies of each.
If Beiping Mansion doesn't have enough, we'll send people to the south to buy it. "
"this?"
Zuo Binhua and Pang Jiyan's eyes were full of surprise, "Guo Changshi, I don't know about this..."
"Your Highness is aware of this matter."
Guo An said quietly: "This matter is of great importance, so you must keep it secret. How much money you need, just ask Mr. He."
"Yes, Guo Changshi."
Now, Zuo Binhua and Pang Jiyan were relieved.
After Zuo Binhua and Pang Jiyan left, Guo An walked around a little irritably before heading to the glass workshop with a few guards from Prince Yan's Palace.
When passing by the academy, there was still a buzz of people inside and outside the academy.
He even saw several vendors setting up stalls selling the Four Treasures of the Study or some tea at the entrance of the academy.
"Sure enough, there is no shortage of smart people everywhere. It's a pity that we have bought all the land here..."
Guo An smiled softly and didn't pay much attention.
Arrive at the glass workshop.
The steward came forward with a face full of hospitality.
"We want a transparent glass bottle that is 60,000 fingers high and two fingers thick. The belly of the bottle should be large and the mouth of the bottle should be small."
"Please rest assured, Chang Shi, it can be made in a month."
"Very good! In addition, one-foot-tall glass bottles with big bellies and narrow mouths... we want 20,000..."
"Yes, Guo Changshi!"
"Um!"
After giving the instructions, Guo An walked to the gunpowder workshop next door.
…
"I've met the Master!"
"See Guo Changshi!"
Seeing Guo An, Tao Yiping, Yang Ting, and Qiu Fu all looked happy.
Guo An got straight to the point and said, "How are the mines we asked you to improve?"
Tao Yiping looked solemn and reported: "Reporting to Master, I have completed the improvements according to Master's requirements.
The mine contained two kilograms of gunpowder and tinder.
Then, bury it about a foot underground and place the engine on the ground.
Then a lead is drawn from the mine and connected to the ground generator, covered with sand and gravel, no different from the ground surface.
But as long as someone steps on it, the engine will pull the fuse, which will trigger the fire in the mine and ignite the gunpowder.
In less than a few breaths, the mine will explode, injuring all enemies within a foot radius. "
"Very good."
Guo An nodded slightly and asked, "Has the grenade we want that can be thrown by hand been developed?"
Upon hearing this, Qiu Fu's eyes flashed with joy.
Tao Yiping replied: "Back to Master, a grenade has also been developed. However, the grenade Master wants is much smaller than the mine, so the disciple cannot put the engine and fire in it.
Therefore, before throwing a grenade, you need to use fire to ignite the tail fuse of the grenade, and then throw it out to make it explode. "
"That's enough!"
Guo An nodded again and asked: "Is sucrose added to the gunpowder of landmines and grenades?"
Hearing this, Tao Yiping and Yang Ting couldn't help but admire them.
"Master is really a god. My disciple has already added sucrose to all the gunpowder. Moreover, according to my recent experiments, if half of the sucrose is added to the gunpowder, the power of the gunpowder explosion can be doubled!"
"Then add sucrose to all mines and grenades."
Guo An said, "We will make 10,000 of each of these mines and grenades."
"Ten thousand?"
Tao Yiping and Yang Ting stared wide-eyed.
On the side, Qiu Fu thought of something, and his face was full of excitement.
"Guo Changshi, but the conquest army wants to...?"
"Just as Qiu Baihu thought!"
The whole world knew about the Northern Expedition, and Guo An did not continue to hide it.
"Song Guogong has been training in the army for a year in Beiping. According to His Highness's guess, next year will be the time for the Northern Expedition.
By then, His Highness should be accompanying the army on the expedition.
You must make these mines and grenades as soon as possible. Your Highness will take them with you when you set out next year. "
"Yes, Master!"
Tao Yiping responded again.
After thinking for a while, Guo An added: "Also, we need to make 5,000 incendiary bombs."
"Yes, Master."
After responding, Tao Yiping thought of something, a trace of embarrassment flashed across his face, and he said: "Master, please forgive me for talking too much.
The disciple calculated that ten thousand grenades and landmines would require thirty thousand kilograms of gunpowder.
The gunpowder issue is easy to solve, but sucrose... With so much gunpowder, at least 10,000 kilograms of sucrose will be needed!
Sucrose is extremely precious. If 10,000 kilograms of sucrose were used to make landmines and grenades, I am afraid that the Yan Palace would not be able to afford it..."
"Ten thousand kilograms of sugar..."
Guo An frowned slightly. Even now, there are already many sugar workshops in Ming Dynasty.
However, sugar is still a luxury product. In addition, sugar is also a medicinal product and tribute, so it is very scarce in the market.
He didn't even have to think about it. If Zhu Laosi knew that he used 10,000 kilograms of sugar to make grenades and landmines, he would probably faint from heartache.
Of course, the premise is that he can buy 10,000 kilograms of sucrose.
On the side, Qiu Fu's face was full of anxiety, fearing that Guo An would forcefully continue to cause trouble.
In the past few months since he came to the gunpowder workshop, he has really understood how expensive the gunpowder workshop is?
And how much does Guo Changshi support the gunpowder workshop?
As long as the gunpowder workshop is short of money, steel, or something else, it will be filled without blinking an eye.
Qiu Fu was a little doubtful whether this Guo Changshi would destroy the entire family fortune of Prince Yan's Mansion!
"well……"
Guo An also noticed the expressions of Qiu Fu and Tao Yiping, and sighed helplessly, there is still a long way to go!
"Don't worry, we will open a sugar workshop after we return."
"Master, you want to set up a sugar workshop?"
At this time, Tao Yiping and Qiu Fu were all surprised again.
Guo An asked: "No?"
Tao Yiping said quickly: "Master, the sugar cane needed for sugar production is all in the south, and if the sugar cane is transported to Beiping Mansion, it will cost even more money!"
Guo An glanced at it and said quietly: "You only need to prepare gunpowder, mines, and grenade shells.
As for how to make sugar, you don’t need to worry.
If we can't make sugar, we will send people to the south to buy sugar in large quantities. "
Tao Yiping asked hurriedly: "Master, do you really want to use sugar to make landmines and grenades?"
Guo Andao: "It depends on the situation..."
Then, with a solemn expression, he stared at Tao Yiping and asked, "You are so concerned about these things, but the hand system we gave you to make has already been made?"
"Master, forgive me!"
Hearing this, Tao Yiping and Yang Ting immediately looked embarrassed, "The hand system that Master wants is too complicated, and every part must be precise. The two disciples are still working hard to develop it."
"Hurry up and make it, we still need this thing to save our lives." Guo And said.
"Save your life?"
Tao Yiping and Yang Ting's expressions suddenly became solemn, "Master, please feel free to rest assured. As long as you give me another half a year, I will definitely create it."
"It doesn't matter. If you can't make it, you can just make 20,000 more landmines and grenades."
Guo An gave instructions again for a while, then followed Tao Yiping and Yang Ting, checked their progress, put forward some opinions and suggestions, and left.
…
at the same time.
In the palace of Prince Yan.
Zhu Di and Monk Daoyan sat across from each other, drinking tea and discussing matters.
The more he listened, the more Monk Daoyan frowned.
After listening, Monk Daoyan's eyes were full of helplessness.
"Amitabha."
Zhu Di was a little confused and asked, "Master, you don't want to?"
Dao Yan sighed slightly, "Educating scholars is something a poor monk can only hope for."
Zhu Di asked again: "Why does the Master still look worried?"
"Amitabha!"
Monk Daoyan said: "The poor monk is just a little worried, Guo Changshi misunderstood the poor monk.
We feel that this Ming Dynasty's expedition will be overwhelming. Even if Nahachu, who is entrenched in the mountains, does not surrender, he will be defeated by General Zhenglu.
But let Guo Changshi go and make a contribution... Who would have thought that Guo Changshi seems to be a little reluctant..."
"Amitabha……"
Zhu Di looked slightly startled, "The master is saying that Guo Qing already knows, and it was the master's idea?"
Daoyan looked helpless, "Amitabha."
Zhu Di comforted him: "Master, don't worry, Guo Qing is not that stingy. This time, he is just a little worried about the newly pregnant wife at home.
When I explain it to him in the future, Guo Qing's anger will dissipate! "
Hearing this, Monk Daoyan's eyes became even more sad.
Isn’t Guo thief stingy?
…
"What, Guo Changshi, do you want your subordinate to find a sugar craftsman and build a sugar workshop?"
After Guo An informed Xu Yun and Zhuang Guang of his plan, the two chief officials of the Gongzheng Institute were dumbfounded.
"Why not?" Guo An asked.
Xu Yun said anxiously: "Guo Changshi, Beiping is in the great north and there is no sugar cane for sugar production!"
…
(End of chapter)
