Forbidden City, Hongde Hall.

Zhu Youjian looked at the pile of memorials that were thrown into chaos on the imperial case, and his face was full of anger.

Wang Chengen bowed and stood on both sides, lowering his head without saying a word.

Every time there is a memorial about the Shanxi guerrilla general Qin Chuan, the emperor always gets angry, and they have long been accustomed to it.

This time, a large number of memorials about Qin Chuan were sent to the palace at the same time, impeaching him to lead troops to attack and kill the guards of the Jin royal palace with the intention of rebellion.

Among those memorials were the prince of King Jin and the prince of Ninghua.

In addition to impeaching Qin Chuan, there is also a memorial on Qin Chuan, saying that big head plague appeared in Xingxian, Shanxi, and was spreading to the east and southeast.

It is also said that this big-headed plague is actually called plague. It is transmitted from mice. It spreads between people by fleas. It spreads quickly and the harm caused is extremely serious.

It is very likely that the entire Northern Zhili corpse was everywhere, and even the capital became a dead city.

After only a few glances, the emperor threw Qin Chuan's memorial aside, and then angrily cursed.

Wang Chengen knew that the reason why the emperor was angry was not just that Qin Chuan attacked the escorts of the royal palace.

Because the Ninghua King was brave, he sent the royal guards to Fenzhou to force the girl.

You should know that the Ming Dynasty treasury is now empty, with internal and external troubles, and money is everywhere. Every year, 30% of the taxes are needed to pay the vassal salary. The emperor has long complained about these vassals.

Not long ago, the emperor finally calmed down the Qinchuan rebellion. Unexpectedly, the King of Ninghua actually robbed his bride on the day of Qinchuan's marriage, and this was a mess.

Isn't this intention to cause trouble for the emperor?

If Qin Chuan is to punish Qin Chuan's crime, he will definitely have to rebel and will have to mobilize tens of thousands of troops to calm down.

Besides, this was originally a matter of King Ninghua. It has never been heard of such a thing as forcing someone else to rob someone else's bride on the day of marriage.

If he is not punished for his crime, the court officials will keep making noise every day, which will make the emperor feel upset.

At this time, a little eunuch came outside the hall and whispered: "The emperor, the young minister of Taipu Temple, is competing for an audience."

"Xuan him comes in." Zhu Youjian waved impatiently.

The little eunuch responded and hurriedly ran away.

Not long after, an old man with a gray beard bowed and walked into Hongde Hall. He knelt on the ground with a "thump" from afar, singing: "The criminal minister is fighting for civil affairs, and I will pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor."

"The criminal ministers were not disciplined strictly, and even the rebellious son Wencheng was not in good condition. He led the Prince of Ninghua to meet with the Shanxi guerrilla general Qin Chuan, and caused a great disaster. This is because the criminal ministers were not disciplined strictly and had no choice but to teach their children. Please punish him."

After saying that, Wen Zheng put his head on the bottom plate and kept his butt moving.

Zhu Youjian said angrily: "Then tell me, how should I punish you?"

"The criminal is willing to punish himself for one year's salary."

"I'm not punishing you myself, but I want to punish you. How do you say, how should I punish you?"

"The criminal... The criminal investigated the Ming Dynasty's laws and regulations all night, but did not find any punishment laws related to the incompetence of the ministers' teaching of their children. Therefore, there is a saying that they will punish themselves for one year's salary. Your Majesty can order a department to review the punishment, and the two punishments can be used as a warning to others."

Zhu Youjian wanted to be angry and laugh, and pointed at Wen Zheng with one hand and cursed angrily: "Wen Zheng, others said you were an old fox. I didn't believe it before, but now it seems that you are really an old fox."

"The criminals dare not."

"snort!"

Zhu Youjian asked again: "Tell me again, how should I punish Qin Chuan?"

"The criminal minister dared to think that Qin Chuan had a reason for his actions. On the day of great joy, he was blocked by others to rob his bride. It is really annoying. It is understandable that he would attack the vassal in anger. The criminal minister thought that he could be fined two years of his salary to serve as a warning to others."

"Salary, and salary, what else do you have to do besides salary?"

"The criminals have His Majesty in their hearts, and there is also the court."

"Hmph! He's sharp-toned."

Zhu Youjian glared at him angrily, then leaned against the chair, rubbed his forehead and fell into deep thought.

Wen Zheng didn't dare to get up or say anything, so he just raised his butt and lay quietly on the ground.

After a long time, Zhu Youjian sighed inexplicably and said three times in a row.

"Wen Zheng, if you have no way to teach your children, you will cause a big disaster. I will punish you for one year's salary."

"Shanxi guerrilla Qin Chuan was not in the king's law and attacked his relatives without authorization. Given that his actions were caused by such anger, he committed such a traitor. He was given a light resignation and fined him two years of salary and was reduced to one level. He was still appointed as a thousand households in Ninghua and led the Shanxi guerrilla general."

"The King of Ninghua also looked down on the king's law, so he sent someone to rob the daughter of the people on the day others got married. This behavior was morally corrupt and had a great impact. Therefore, he was fined one year's salary and issued an order to reprimand it. He would never be punished again in the future."

"I thank Your Majesty for your kindness."

Wen Zheng kowtowed three times.

"Go down."

Zhu Youjian waved impatiently again.

"The criminal surrendered."

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He fought to get up, bowed and took a few steps back, and then turned around and left.

"Old fox."

Zhu Youjian cursed angrily.

"Parent Wang, please order the Ministry of Personnel to submit the list of additional officials to Jingle County and Lan County to prepare an imperial edict, and draw another imperial edict, which will limit Qinchuan to set off to fight south before June 15th, otherwise... otherwise it will be re-issued."

"Abide by the order."

"By the way, I will give Qin Chuan this memorial to several cabinet masters, and ask them to order people to go to Shanxi to investigate whether it is true, and then check whether it is true as Qin Chuan said, the descendant of rats, and then the descendant of fleas will be sent to people. I will ask the ministers what they have in the morning tomorrow."

"Abide by the order."

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Thanks to the previous spring rain that had been falling for a few days and the snow in Zhouhongshan and Heishan, the Xitougou Reservoir is now very sufficient. The two springs on Zhouhongshan are also emitting water, continuously replenishing the reservoir capacity.

Moreover, even in the drought years, there will inevitably be rain in the Luliang Mountain area in July and August, and it will be concentrated in continuous heavy rain within just a few months or even a few years.

This is because the towering mountains of Luliang Mountain block the north-south airflow, causing the airflow to suddenly rise, which easily leads to terrain rain, especially when the wet and warm airflow in the south reaches the Luliang Mountains in July and August.

Therefore, Qin Chuan was very relieved to drain water for Xigoutou Reservoir and drilled the barrel with hydraulic power. Anyway, the reservoir will definitely be filled with water again by July and August.

But he only opened two drain holes, the diameter of which was only half a foot, and it was obliquely down along a drainage channel made of bricks and stone, impacting the two water trucks below.

The water truck and linkage device are equipped with carefully made bearings, which minimize the friction coefficient of each link and improve the hydraulic utilization rate.

In this way, each waterwheel can drive as many as fifteen boring machines.

There is also a rotary wheel connected to the other end of the linkage shaft. If the hydraulic power is insufficient, it can also be used to make up for it.

Because there is a long slope below the dam of Xitougou Reservoir, Qinchuan built a total of four workshops, arranged neatly along the slope from top to bottom.

After the two streams of water leaking from the dam hit the uppermost water truck, they will be collected in the pool under the water truck and continue to impact the water trucks in the second row of workshops through the oblique water tunnel.

By analogy, the two water flows will be reused until the water wheel at the last workshop at the bottom of the slope, and the water flow will be diverted to several directions by the water flow.

If the farmland is short of water, water channels will be dug to obtain water. If there is no water shortage, several ponds will flow into and continue to store water. Only when the pond is full will it flow into the small river.

There are 120 boring machines in four workshops, and they will drill the gun chamber from morning to night.

When the gun factory was just put into operation, Qin Chuan asked Li Xuejing to train apprentices in large quantities. Now most of the hundreds of apprentices have become skilled craftsmen, and most of these people are following a few masters to drill gun barrels in the workshop.

Mengjiazhuang Gun Factory only retains forty boring machines driven by power, because other workpieces of flintlock rifles must be made here and assembled here.

Mass production will inevitably lead to a decrease in yield rate. Not every craftsman has qualified skills and can always keep his mind focused.

However, Yan Sanqi improved the iron smelting technology and refined better-quality iron materials, and the quality of the barrel was also improved accordingly. With one increase and one decrease, the pass rate of the barrel remained at about 60%.

One hundred and sixty boring machines can produce 100 qualified barrels every twenty days, and one hundred and fifty one month.

With the time spent on making other workpieces, assembly, testing, etc., it can be made about 1,55 white flintlock rifles a year. If the production capacity continues to increase, Qinchuan will have 10,000 musketeers in about five years.

The progress of artillery casting also satisfied Qin Chuan. Chen Zhan built three furnaces in the artillery factory and brought out several craftsmen who could in charge of building small cannons, and then three production lines started construction at the same time.

In the past four months, Chen Zhan has built a total of eight qualified general cannons, thirteen large Frank cannons, thirteen small Frank cannons, thirty-two small Frank cannons, and fifty tiger squat cannons.

The improvement of iron material quality has also improved the quality of the gun barrel accordingly. The qualified rate of the finished product of the small Franc and the tiger squat cannon can reach more than 80%, and the qualified rate of the red-clothed general cannon and the large Franc cannon is also about 60%.

The improvement in quality also greatly reduces the rate of blow-off and improves the ammunition tolerance. If necessary, some artillery can increase the charge amount in order to achieve a longer range and greater power.

Qin Chuan was very satisfied with this pass rate and speed. Whether it was speed, efficiency, or artillery performance, it was much better than Mingting and Jiannu.

After the expansion of Mengjiazhuang is completed, he will expand the artillery factory, train more skilled craftsmen, and add several production lines.

Within five years, he will have a large number of firearms that can beat Jiannu.

At that time, we will sweep away Mongolia and Liaodong and overthrow the Ming Dynasty.

Before this, he had to prepare for the war.

Even though there is a plague now, he still wants to go out and fight against the bandits.

Training is the second step, and easing the conflicts with the court and striving for time to develop is the most important thing.

In a few days, the winter wheat will be harvested.

It is the end of May now, and after harvesting winter wheat, you have to sow immediately and continue to plant for a season. You must strive to complete summer sowing by mid-June, so as not to come too quickly this winter and affect crop harvest.
Chapter completed!