Chapter Seventy-Eight: County Officials
Zhang Luo’s trip to the county town this time.
There is also a new plan.
Last time I was at Zhang Changwen’s place.
I learned that Quanzhou Guard had a specialized cannon foundry and gunpowder mill.
But Zhang Luo can also think of it.
The Ming Dynasty still attached great importance to firearms.
When the Ming Dynasty was founded.
The imperial army was already equipped with various firearms.
Fire blunderbuss and fire bows began to appear.
However, these firearms appeared relatively early.
The overall process is not perfect enough.
Performance is very average.
It's like loading gunpowder on a bow and arrow.
Then shoot out together.
Let’s not talk about whether arrows with gunpowder can hit the enemy.
Bow line technology at that time.
It is not enough to support the arrow with gunpowder.
It often explodes as soon as it is ejected.
It is easy to accidentally injure friendly troops.
In the Ming Dynasty.
Each time the people in the workshop came up with some new firearms.
The order has come in.
Departments such as the Ordnance Bureau, Armor Factory, and Imperial Supervisor will rush to make them.
Then send a full bank statement to the Accounts Department.
As for why not make more cold weapons and armor.
These are all things regulated by the imperial court.
How many swords and armors should be made every year?
The imperial court set a target.
At the end of the year, the court will send people to investigate.
Are weapons inventories in various locations up to standard?
It doesn't matter if it's less.
If there are too many, the annual report will not match.
Officials must be punished.
Heavy defensive equipment like armor.
One piece can last a long time.
After it is no longer usable, it must be reported to the superior.
Firearms are completely different.
Firearm ammunition is easily damaged by water.
This is a phenomenon that all soldiers know.
If you catch a cold, you will naturally not be able to use it.
Report to the court, and the court will allocate money again.
The Quanzhou Guard was the headquarters of David with a strength of 5,000 men.
It is also normal to have your own firearms workshop and cannon foundry.
When Zhang Luo walked outside Jinjiang County last time.
I saw a general's artillery piece.
It should have been made by Quanzhou Wei himself.
I don't know if there is any news about Young Master Xu.
Zhang Luo also planned to let him.
Take yourself to the official cannon foundry and firearms workshop.
It also unlocks several skills for making firearms.
Even if you can't completely build guns and artillery.
Can be self-sufficient in gunpowder.
That can also temporarily solve the problem of Zhenhaiwei's insufficient ammunition.
Zhang Luo arrived on the 5th.
Get ready to salute and set off early in the morning.
We arrived at Jinjiang County before noon.
He was holding the name sticker Xu Shouye gave him last time.
Arrive at the residence of the Quanzhou Guard Commander.
Give the name sticker to the guard.
The guard saw that Zhang Luo was wearing Confucian clothes.
But he has the temperament of a scholar.
He also held the young master’s name tag.
He also had no intention of chasing Zhang Luo away.
He quickly ran into the mansion.
Then a servant of Xu Shouye came.
Come out and tell Zhang Luo.
Xu Shouye went to Fuzhou.
I won't be back for another two days.
Xu Shouye was not seen immediately.
Zhang Luo felt a little pity.
But I will have half a day off in two days.
To learn firearms skills.
Zhang Luo can come to the mansion again.
And Zhang Luo is back in the county.
I want to ask more about the old Liu Dahu.
Liu Dahu and Zhenhaiwei have a feud.
Deceiving hundreds of households into cooperating in smuggling.
Secretly smuggling armor to Japanese pirates.
Exposed by Tai Lao Bai Hu.
Then hundreds of families were falsely accused and died of illness.
The old people were also killed by the Four Kings of the Sea a few years ago.
Maybe Liu Dahu will hold a grudge.
Is there any connection between it and the Four Kings of the Sea?
Zhang Luo carried several kilograms of yellow rock candy with him.
These are rock sugars that Zhang Luo deliberately did not purify completely.
Because the price of rock sugar will not depend on its color.
This results in a huge price gap.
So if it is too pure white, it will attract attention.
Yellow rock sugar.
I prefer the rock sugar on the market.
Enter the school's gate.
Zhang Luo saw several of his classmates.
All four of them came to the county school early.
It took a lot of chatting to find out.
Hu Zhao arrived in the county three days ago.
He relied on the guidance of the county school.
The city gatekeeper did not check his body.
Sold some of his river fish.
At this moment, his face was filled with joy.
It seems that this amount of money has been earned quite a lot.
The Wei brothers and Zhang Shengwen both went to the county school yesterday.
A brother of Zhang Shengwen who has a good relationship with him.
He was elected as a clerk in the county government office.
Zhang Shengwen also accompanied his clan brother to take office in the morning.
Wei Kang heard that Zhang Shengwen's brother became a scribe.
The expression on his face was one of envy.
Zhang Luo and the four of them met up.
Take out some rock candy and distribute it to four people.
Opening the wooden box, I saw yellow rock candy inside.
The four people quickly declined.
"This candy must be worth a lot of money. We can't eat such expensive things."
Zhang Shengwen lives in the city.
Know the price of rock sugar in the county.
Even if he takes on several jobs a day.
He is not willing to buy rock candy to eat.
I only buy some brown sugar during the Chinese New Year and festivals.
Give your family a taste.
Hu Zhao and the Wei brothers.
There is business going on at home.
They even know the price of rock sugar.
Zhang Luo still smiled and said:
"These rock candies aren't much."
"It's a little gift from me. Please accept it."
Only then did the four of them take a little bit.
I saw Zhang Luo wearing ordinary clothes.
But I am willing to bring rock candy out to meet friends.
I even felt that Zhang Luo was an open-minded person.
I have more thoughts about Zhang Luo.
Faintly, Zhang Luo was the leader among the five.
An alliance of poor scholars was formed.
The so-called circle of scholars.
It all developed slowly as a small group.
New friends are constantly joining.
The group gradually expanded.
There is currently no financial relationship between the five people.
The relationship looks more pure.
I heard that Zhang Shengwen’s clan brother became a scribe.
Zhang Luo asked him pretending not to care.
"My clan brothers went to school with me when they were young."
"Later I felt that I couldn't read anymore."
"He went to the county government prison and became a servant."
"There just happens to be a vacancy in the bank room right now."
"Zhao Dianshi recommended him as a clerk in the accounting office because he saw his ability."
Wei Kang was more familiar with the situation in the county government.
He asked Zhang Shengwen:
"You Zhang family still know Zhao Dianshi?"
"Some friendship."
"Zhao Dianshi is in charge of the craftsman's house."
"Why did you help your clan brother become a clerk in the bank room?"
Zhang Shengwen shook his head and said:
"Brothers from my clan didn't want to do it either."
"But there will never be a vacancy of scribes all the time."
"If you miss the opportunity, you may have to wait for a long time."
Zhang Luo asked:
"Where can I be a scribe? Is there any other way?"
Wei Kang nodded and said:
"Of course, Zhao Dianshi is in charge of the craftsman's house."
"Been in this position for eight years."
"He recommended all the scribes and ghostwriters in the workshop."
"The roots in the workshop are deep."
"And the bank account has always been the power of the Liu family."
"The old scribe Liu in the bank room."
"I recently heard that I might be promoted to Dianshi."
"But it has never been implemented."
"The clerks in the bank room are all members of Secretary Liu."
"He has been a scribe for decades."
"The depth of the tree's foundation cannot be compared to that of Zhao Dianshi."
"Your clan brother entered the bank room."
"I'm afraid it won't be easy."
This chapter has been completed!