Chapter 552

As the leader of the Great Ming Industrial Party, Wang Chonggu must step forward and shoulder this responsibility at this time. Since His Majesty has bestowed imperial favor upon him, he must provide a response and feedback; otherwise, that imperial favor will vanish.

When Wang Daokun found himself in a difficult position, Wang Chonggu took the initiative to step forward, sharing some of the pressure on behalf of the Ministry of Works.

Wang Daokun cast a grateful glance his way. The Zhejiang Party was inherently weak, and Tan Lun had no desire to form factions. Now, the only person in the imperial court who could provide help was Wang Chonggu. The workshops of the Western Hills Coal Bureau could indeed provide immense assistance, at least by allowing the craftsmen of the Directorate of Weapons to focus their efforts on the production of the core component: the hydraulic pump.

The hydraulic stamping press was not as complicated as imagined, but it was not simple either. This required the Directorate of Weapons and the Western Hills Coal Bureau to cooperate fully, striving to ensure the rapid monetization of Great Ming's silver.

Great Ming's silver coins were stamped, not cast. If the casting method could be used, the speed of minting would see a qualitative leap. As long as the master coins were well-made and the molds were carved properly, mass-casting coins by turning sand would dredge the silver bottleneck much faster. Many currencies in the West were not stamped, but cast.

Wang Chonggu had proposed casting silver coins, but it was ultimately vetoed by His Majesty.

Casting silver would result in a large number of air holes, and the surface would turn black and have sand holes. Furthermore, there would be a huge margin of error in the weight and dimensions of the currency. These were unavoidable occurrences during the casting process. Once such inferior currency became legal tender in Great Ming, private minting would become rampant, and the advantages of the silver coins would vanish completely.

The greatest advantage of the silver coins was their anti-counterfeiting capability, because the common people generally lacked stamping technology. Even if they used screw stamping presses, the master coins were different every year, making imitation even more difficult.

The anti-counterfeiting of the silver coins mainly relied on the serrated marks on the edges. Even in large-scale trade, one only needed to open the silver chest and run a hand across the serrated edges to know the authenticity, whereas cast silver could not do this.

Never underestimate the counterfeiting methods of Great Ming's folk silversmiths. As far as Zhu Yijun knew, Great Ming's craftsmen had no fewer than a dozen ways to counterfeit silver ingots, including copper cores, lead cores, sandwich plates, sand infiltration, and so on. Once stamped silver coins were changed to cast silver coins, Great Ming's burgeoning monetary policy would be ruined.

Great Ming's economic chaos would then slide completely into the abyss, with no possibility of salvation.

"The 'Carefree Anecdotes' is truly too bold." Minister of Revenue Wang Guoguang said with a deeply furrowed brow: "That article of his has sparked heated discussion among the people. I believe the imperial court should pay attention to this discussion and provide some explanation."

It had become a huge uproar; if there was no response, it would only stir up even greater public opinion, but responding in any way was troublesome.

Zhu Yijun thought for a moment and said: "People are cheaper than donkeys; this is a fact in the countryside. The intensive cultivation of iron plows and ox plowing has turned into human plowing; this is also a fact. The large-scale abandonment of Great Ming's farmland is an even greater fact. This is a problem that the imperial court must face."

"Those who are well-fed and have property—the local worthies, gentry, and powerful magnates—when they use the means of production to produce, they must inevitably create commodities with a value higher than the labor value of the producers. This is being driven solely by profit. If the laborers and producers cannot create value higher than their own labor, then they cannot induce the well-fed to engage in reproduction."

"Likewise, the difference between the value created by the producers and their labor remuneration is the profit obtained by the well-fed. We call this portion of value 'surplus value'."

"Surplus value allows the well-fed to obtain profit, and then the well-fed store the profit, creating an increasingly concentrated production advantage. This process is annexation."

"When annexation continues, the poor become poorer, the rich become richer, the overall demand becomes less and less, and the price of commodities becomes cheaper and cheaper under the double pincer attack of the currency famine and the closed small-peasant economy. In the end, it is no surprise that production is destroyed and land is abandoned."

"Because those who need commodities have no currency, or rather, no production surplus to exchange, while those who do not need commodities possess a large amount of production surplus."

"This is a reflection triggered by the phenomenon observed by Lin Fucheng. The reasons behind the problem are based on the analysis of the theory of contradictions and the theory of production."

"After the phenomenon, the problem, and the cause, comes the solution. The 'Clearing of Land and Returning to Farming' of the Master is one solution; the Engineering Corps and the official factory group manufacturing of the Wang Cifu are another solution."

"No matter what policy it is, it needs time to be put into practice."

Zhu Yijun answered Lin Fucheng's question completely and positively, or rather, the question in the hearts of the Great Ming people.

The reason Lin Fucheng's words sparked heated discussion was that the joys and sorrows of people are not connected, because the environment and standpoint are different, but now this large-scale abandonment of farmland and the displacement of the people affected everyone's interests.

Once the imperial court begins to be turbulent, how can there be intact eggs under an overturned nest? This is a principle that even a three-year-old child can understand.

Actually, Zhu Yijun could also choose not to respond. People are actually very forgetful. When another hot topic covers this one, people will forget the previous one and eagerly discuss the current one. Whether Zhu Yijun responds or not actually does not affect the imperial court's decrees, but this is an attitude—an attitude of facing difficulties directly.

Zhu Yijun could certainly use the four-stage method to govern the country: first, declare to the outside world that nothing has happened; second, say that the matter has indeed happened but we cannot take action at the moment; when the matter develops further, say helplessly that perhaps we should take action; and when we can do nothing and the matter deteriorates to the point of being unsolvable, say: perhaps we could have done something at the beginning, but it is too late now.

In the original historical timeline, this was Shen Shixing's specialty—or he was called the Master of Balancing, or the one who muddies the water. In short, it was a way to shift blame and thus avoid responsibility.

Zhu Yijun chose to face it.

This was also the reason he allowed Lin Fucheng's article to be printed. Great Ming must find a way out to face the Age of Discovery and the globalization connected by maritime trade. This is a brand-new challenge, and likewise, it is an opportunity.

"Just publish it in the Imperial Gazette to respond like this." Zhu Yijun looked at the Minister of Rites, Wan Shihe.

Zhang Juzheng's "Clearing of Land and Returning to Farming" was mentioned together in the Clearing Decree, but during the implementation process, only the clearing was carried out. As for the returning to farming, Wang Chonggu was still responsible for supervising it in a circuitous way. The Great Ming Emperor and the court officials were not eager for quick success.

There was still a very, very long way to go to promote the returning to farming.

Wan Shihe bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty is wise."

Facing problems is a very courageous decision, but in officialdom, "courageous" is often a derogatory term. Being courageous often represents recklessness and ignorance; being courageous often represents being widely opposed.

To completely eliminate the possibility of a proposal being adopted by the court, one must say that the decision is "courageous." Controversy only means losing some support; courage means losing everyone's support.

But Wan Shihe thought about it and still felt that responding to this problem did not count as a problem.

Imperial decrees are often like this: fast, simple, popular, cheap, short-term, and quick-acting decrees will be passed very quickly, while complex, time-consuming, expensive, controversial, and long-term decrees have to go through several political struggles and often cannot pass the court discussion.

Feng Bao had a radical theory. He felt that the emergence of problems was not terrible; what was terrible was the fear of facing this problem from top to bottom, from inside to outside. With Great Ming's vast depth and the diligence of Great Ming's people, as long as they were willing to face it, there was no problem that could not be solved.

This was undoubtedly a radical theory, and a very idealistic radical theory. It seemed that human will could determine everything in the world.

"The Minister Ling has sent good news from Henan." Zhang Juzheng held a memorial and said: "The Henan area has completed the clearing of land, the census of the population, and the abolition of the status of lowly slaves, becoming the third province to complete the abolition of the status of lowly slaves after the two capitals of North and South and Shandong."

Ling Yunyi's way of working could be summed up in four words: swift and decisive. His Majesty relocated the vassal kings in the Henan area in the second month, and Ling Yunyi immediately started working, swiftly completing the clearing of land, the census of the population, and the abolition of the status of lowly slaves.

"How did Minister Ling manage to do it?" Zhu Yijun asked suspiciously: "Wang Yie went to Shandong, and with the foundation laid by Minister Ling, it wasn't this swift. How did Minister Ling manage to do it upon first arriving in Henan?"

Zhu Yijun was certainly not suspecting Ling Yunyi of deceiving those above and hiding the truth from those below, but was just shocked by his speed. Wang Yie was already very capable.

Zhang Juzheng and the court officials looked at each other, and Wan Shihe bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, Minister Ling has a fierce reputation abroad."

Is this difficult? This is not difficult at all!

Ling Yunyi did not feel any difficulty upon arriving in Henan!

It was all the local worthies, gentry, and powerful magnates who were taking the initiative and actively cooperating. The Henan area was welcoming the new policies; wherever the Minister and the guest troops went, the people swept their beds and exhausted their sincerity to welcome them. It could truly be said that they occupied all the advantages of time, place, and people, and no one dared not to obey the monarch's orders.

Of course, it was mainly because they were afraid of the blade in Ling Yunyi's hand. Ling Yunyi really killed people.

With a fierce reputation abroad, everyone was a little afraid. After the imperial court relocated the vassal kings, they simply stopped resisting. Resisting was too impolite. If they angered Ling Yunyi and caused another major case like the Kong family in Yanzhou, wouldn't that be gambling their own lives on whether Ling Yunyi was fierce or not?

Fierce, he was really very fierce.

Zhang Juzheng looked left and right and whispered: "Because of long-term annexation and the large number of vassal estates, the population of Henan is only 8.77 million, which is 1.1 million less than the 9.874 million population of the six prefectures of Shandong. Of course, during the census of the population, Minister Ling discovered a large number of people who had avoided the world. They were hiding in the poor mountains and bad waters. This part of the population is still being counted."

Henan is the hinterland of the Central Plains and a major agricultural province, but its population is even smaller than that of Shandong. The vassal estates in the locality became tools for the cunning and treacherous to hide farmland. The increasingly fierce annexation made Henan, which should have been wealthy, an uninhabitable place.

Zhang Juzheng did not give a long-winded speech; he just gave a brief summary, because Ling Yunyi was still in Henan, and the situation in Henan would still change.

Ling Yunyi led the Engineering Corps to build embankments and dredge the Yellow River, and to engage in water conservancy. The fifteen coal-steel joint official factories established by the official factory group manufacturing already had a prototype. Everything was still in time.

Now is far from the time to draw conclusions. Under the dual efforts of the official factory group manufacturing and the Engineering Corps, Henan is rapidly recovering its vitality. It does not even need additional support. As long as the Great Ming imperial court does not interfere, Ling Yunyi will use his rich experience to reconcile local contradictions.

Wang Yie in Shandong, Hou Yuzhao in Liaodong, Pan Jixun in Suiyuan, and Ling Yunyi in Henan—these local governors and viceroys are all capable officials.

"On the road to Great Ming's resurgence, the Engineering Corps and the official factory group manufacturing have played a crucial role. The Wang Wang Cifu has made great contributions and is a minister who governs the country." Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Chonggu and said with a smile.

"Your Majesty knows the minister's heart for the country's resurgence." Facing the Emperor's praise, Wang Chonggu naturally thanked him. After thanking him, he said with a solemn expression: "There is still the crisis of the vassal towns; the hinterland must not be left to them for long."

A vassal town is where military power, financial power, and personnel power are all concentrated in one person. At this time, violence has the danger of getting out of control. Are the Engineering Corps and the official factory group manufacturing good? Wang Chonggu created them himself, so he would naturally say they were good, but he also had to remind His Majesty of the possibility of becoming a vassal town.

The Jin Party was the most typical case: reporting false military intelligence, assassinating the monarch, and burning the palace, all for their own selfish interests. And Li Chengliang already had the foundation of a vassal town at that time. Now Ling Yunyi is sliding in that direction.

Zhang Juzheng and Liang Menglong also gave the answer to the solution, which is to rotate and transfer every six years, and not exceed nine years at most. Frequent personnel transfers are the possibility of disrupting complete local separatism.

"The Wang Wang Cifu is absolutely right." Zhu Yijun agreed with Wang Chonggu's opinion. Wang Chonggu's attainments in the theory of contradictions were already very high, repeatedly reminding everyone of the two sides of things and the widespread existence of contradictions.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Works has presented the drawings of the large flower-building jacquard loom sent by the Nanjing Li Zhizao. Please take a look, Your Majesty." Wang Daokun took out a memorial and presented it before the throne.

Zhu Yijun carefully studied this flower building. The reason it was called a flower building was that when operating, one person was downstairs and one person was upstairs. The flower-building loom had already appeared in the "Pictures of Tilling and Weaving" of the Southern Song Dynasty.

The large flower building was relative to the small flower building. The structure of the large flower building was more complex, consisting of 64 parts and thousands of components assembled together. It differed in terms of thread-pulling structure, assembly method, jacquard operation, and the varieties adapted for production. The large flower-building jacquard loom had more threads and was suitable for weaving larger and more intricate fabrics.

This was a technological advancement. Likewise, the large flower-building loom was also the largest and most ingenious machine in the world, which could meet the weaving requirements of the entire piece of makeup-flower fabric.

Such complex machinery, even if one followed the drawings to find the horse, was very difficult to imitate.

Zhu Yijun carefully studied this large machine. He didn't understand it very well, but it didn't matter. The Ministry of Works had already made a prototype. After the court discussion, it would be very easy to understand after a demonstration.

"This thing is excellent. How many can be made in a year? What is the output? How many bolts of cloth can be woven?" Zhu Yijun asked in detail. Things are good, but if they cannot be mass-produced, it is all in vain. Fortunately, this building cart is an all-wood structure, and mass production is not as difficult as imagined. Moreover, the efficiency of weaving cloth has been greatly improved compared to before, and the patterns can be larger and more diverse.

The sound of the shuttle is busy, the warp and weft are vertical and horizontal, weaving magnificent chapters. This jacquard loom is also a manifestation of the vertical and horizontal scale of Great Ming's handicraft textile industry, and is a part of Great Ming's commodity advantage.

The large flower-building jacquard loom is currently only used on silk. As for cotton cloth, it cannot yet enjoy such machinery for weaving.

The Minister of Works and the Vice Minister of Works looked at the loom drawings and communicated for a long time. Zhang Xueyan looked at Wang Daokun and asked: "Doesn't that mean the price of silk sold to the West next year will be higher? Will more silver flow in? The large sailing ships of the West carry a limited amount of silver, but our Great Ming ocean-going merchant ships carry goods, which we decide ourselves."

"It seems so!" Wang Daokun was stunned. Isn't this lifting a rock to hit one's own feet! He originally thought of offering an auspicious sign to exchange for imperial favor, but the result was good—the imperial favor was indeed exchanged, but the pressure also increased.

"We can choose not to bring it over." Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Minister of Works, don't be under so much pressure."

The Minister of Works under great pressure.

Technological progress is worth encouraging. Even if it is not brought overseas to bring in more silver, it is still very useful. For example, the dragon flags recently used for official ships can be woven with the large flower building. When the foreigners see the large and exquisite patterns, they will be impatient to get them.

Wang Daokun actually knew that the Emperor was comforting him. Great Ming's ocean-going merchant ships are profit-oriented, or to put it more bluntly, they are driven solely by profit.

Such high-value-added goods will be brought to the West no matter what, and then more silver will be brought back. History has also proven countless times that even if there is a ban, they will still do it, let alone when there is no ban?

The claim of more goods encountering a shortage of currency will lead to such problems. No matter what one does, one can feel the power of restraint.

The Minister of Revenue Zhang Xueyan had actually talked to the Emperor many times about the implementation of the paper currency law. Even if Great Ming's silver coins had a ban on going to sea, and there was a profit tax of over 50%, the silver coins would still flow overseas through various channels.

The more Great Ming opens the sea, the more serious the loss of imperial silver coins will be. This is inevitable. The Ministry of Revenue created the overseas pass paper currency as a moat and a dam, but it will still be like this.

The two claims of more goods and more currency are indeed contradictory, and even incompatible, but both hands must be grasped. Therefore, the paper currency law is inevitable in the future.

"I remember asking the Ministry of Works to promote the pressure cooker tinkered with by the Royal Academy of Sciences. How is the promotion going?" Zhu Yijun asked about the pressure cooker.

Great Ming's high-pressure boiler is sealed with copper. Using the ductility of copper, after tightening the bolts, it will not leak air. Coupled with the safety valve and pressure relief valve, the high-pressure boiler has not exploded for a long, long time.

And the pressure cooker is sealed with a sealing ring, which is a rubber strip, mainly for the convenience of cooking.

There are two ways to steam rice in Great Ming. One is "Zengzi rice," which is boiling first and then steaming. It is more troublesome and takes longer. This kind of rice takes half an hour to get ready. The other way is "pot-top rice," which is boiling water and rice together. Often the bottom is burnt, and there is still a lot of undercooked rice on top.

But the pressure cooker is very simple. Put water and rice in according to the ratio, light the kindling such as wood shavings and thin wood strips with matches, then fan the fire desperately with a cattail fan. When the honeycomb coal is red, you can start cooking. When the pressure cooker starts to whistle, take it to the side to naturally release the pressure, and start stir-frying and cooking.

The appearance of the pressure cooker was mainly used by the Dissection Institute to disinfect various knives, and it was only later applied to cooking.

"It hasn't been promoted." Wang Daokun whispered: "The Ministry of Works is busy with the imperial silver coins, so it hasn't had time to take care of it."

The Emperor's policy is no problem. It was not decided on a whim. The pressure cooker promoted by the Great Ming Emperor is mainly for commercial use, for those peddlers who carry goods and sell lunch everywhere outside the Zhaoyang Gate. They are the target group, not household use.

If a peddler cannot steam a pot of rice well, several days of hard work will be lost.

This is the scene Zhu Yijun saw at the Wufeng Tower outside the Zhaoyang Gate. It is applicable to almost all food industries. The pressure cooker can cook rice faster.

A pot is also quite expensive, costing one tael of silver, but it can be used for more than ten years. Actually, if you calculate it carefully, it is very worthwhile.

"Take your time, no rush." Zhu Yijun did not urge too much. The pressure of imperial silver coins is great, and Zhu Yijun is also very clear about it. If the imperial silver coins are not done well, no matter how many pots the Ministry of Works sells, it will be a waste of effort.

This court discussion in early July of the eleventh year of Wanli was the pressure meeting of the Minister of Works Wang Daokun. Wang Daokun's pressure was really too great.

The court discussion was quite long. It was near noon when Zhu Yijun ended today's court discussion. In the afternoon, he went to the North Camp to inspect the military horses. The scorching weather made inspecting the military horses indeed very hard, but it was okay; Zhu Yijun was already used to it.

"When the horse is walking, you can certainly sit on it because it won't be too bumpy. However, when the horse starts to run, you have to half-squat, clamp the saddle with your calves and knees, and keep your body stable." Zhu Yijun was correcting the riding posture of the new recruits.

If the horse runs fast, and you don't half-squat, it is easy to hurt your bells, and then you won't be able to have children.

For example, Zhao Gou, who crossed the river on a clay horse, was very likely to have hurt himself when riding south. Zhao Gou had children before crossing the river on a clay horse, but later Zhao Gou never had children again.

Riding a horse is physical work. Your feet are half-stepping on the stirrups, your calves are clamping the saddle, and you are half-squatting on the horse's back. Therefore, standing on a stake is squatting in a horse stance. Moreover, when fighting, the armor plus weapons weigh at least thirty catties. If you are fully dressed, let alone fighting on horseback, even if you are standing on a stake, people who have not been trained will immediately have leg cramps.

"Thigh meat regrown"—this idiom means that long-term riding and fighting makes the inner thighs all muscle, with no fat. "Regrown" means the thighs have grown fat again. Liu Bei said this word to mean that he had been immersed in happy days for too long and had forgotten his original intention of reviving the Han Dynasty.

"There is a kind of horse that is 'shun-guai,' which is a pacing horse. A pacing horse runs faster and is more stable." Zhu Yijun was talking to the new recruits.

A pacing horse is a good steed. Zhu Yijun's horses are all pacing horses because they are more stable. For example, the "Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow" is a pacing horse. For example, the "Teqin Piao" of the Six Steeds of Zhao Mausoleum of Emperor Taizong of Tang is also a pacing horse.

The sharp soldiers of the Great Ming Capital Camp all recognize His Majesty the Emperor. After all, a living emperor—many scholars can only see him once in their lives during the palace examination, while the sharp soldiers of the Capital Camp can see the Emperor every day. Not only can they see him, but they can also see His Majesty sweating profusely.

In such hot weather, His Majesty trains with the soldiers.

"Refreshing!" Zhu Yijun walked into the Wu Ying Tower of the North Tucheng. When the sweat fell and his heartbeat was no longer beating fast, he picked up the iced large bowl of herbal tea and drank a bowl fiercely, feeling transparent all over.

"Your Majesty, actually, in such hot weather, you can rest a little. If Your Majesty rests a little, the soldiers can also rest a little." Liu Xian bowed his head and said.

Liu Xian started his retirement life after entering the capital from Sichuan. He was old, almost to the point of being old and dim-sighted, but his eyes were dim and his heart was not blind. As the libationer of the Lecture Hall, Liu Xian was about the same age as Ma Fang, and both had reached the age of retirement. They decided to persuade the Emperor that in such hot weather, he could completely rest a little.

"Your Majesty, the strings of the sons of the Capital Camp have been taut for ten years. If they are stretched any further, they might break." Ma Fang also bowed his head and said. His idea was mainly to let the soldiers rest a little. The training intensity of the Capital Camp was really too great because of the need for frequent fighting before.

You, the Emperor, want to be a donkey in a mill—that is Great Ming's good fortune. The soldiers are not afraid of hardship. Who would come to the Capital Camp if they were afraid of hardship? The Capital Camp's pay is sufficient, but it is also well known that the training intensity is high, but there should also be a combination of work and rest.

"When fighting, the thieves don't care about the scorching heat or the bitter cold." Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "Actually, you will get used to it."

Qi Jiguang bowed his head and said: "If Your Majesty doesn't rest, the soldiers cannot rest. In the dog days and the coldest days, it is enough to practice once every other day, for fear of complaints. There is still a difference between wartime training and non-wartime training. If Your Majesty comes every day, you can organize some indoor inspections."

Qi Jiguang's words were also carefully considered. Before, it was wartime, so the training was "practice until you die." Now that the Capital Camp is mostly low-intensity bandit suppression wars, the training intensity and standards should be appropriately lowered, otherwise there will be complaints.

Qi Jiguang is speaking from experience. Before, when he was the commander of the three towns in Jizhou, he was regarded as a wart, a useless thing. There were also reasons for this. The Great Ming army had no task of fighting outside the Great Wall, and high-intensity training made the soldiers have complaints in their hearts.

At that time, the soldiers were fierce and the war was dangerous. Now, Andahan has been beheaded and displayed, Tumanhan has surrendered, the Outer Khalkha thinks about entering the capital to eat for free all day, the Oirat has moved west, and Li Chengliang now wishes he could become His Majesty the Emperor's dog-leg, shouting that the Emperor is wise and martial. It is really Li Rusong's growth that makes Li Chengliang see it in his eyes and be happy in his heart.

Li Rusong dares to fight and fight, and is extremely brave, but he is not cautious enough and is easily ambushed. Li Chengliang's biggest worry is that this promising son will die before him, the sorrow of a white-haired person sending off a black-haired person.

Now Li Rusong is the deputy commander of the empire's sharp soldiers in the capital, and he is an existence who leads troops to fight alone and can take charge of his own.

"If it's indoors, you can also practice archery, fire guns, trial cutting, etc., and you can also wrestle." Qi Jiguang saw that His Majesty was a little hesitant, so he hurriedly said.

"I don't understand military affairs. Since General Liu, General Ma, and the Duke of Fengguo have all said so, let's inspect once every other day. This day will be indoors." Zhu Yijun agreed. Qi Jiguang didn't stop the Emperor from coming to the North Camp; he just let His Majesty combine work and rest.

Actually, Qi Jiguang wanted to say that His Majesty just needs to show his face every day. There is no need to inspect and train with the soldiers at all. People are lazy. If His Majesty is tired and bored, it will be detrimental to the Capital Camp.

Great Ming has been promoting literature and suppressing martial arts for 170 years, and it has long been perfect.

"The minister has made a good gun, please take a look, Your Majesty." Qi Jiguang asked someone to present a fire gun. This fire gun is still a flintlock gun.

"Isn't this just a fire gun like a flintlock gun?" Zhu Yijun doesn't understand military affairs, doesn't have military talent, but he is not ignorant of military weapons. No matter how you look at this thing, it is exactly the same as before.

"The previous flintlock fire guns were actually not easy to use." Qi Jiguang thought for a while and said: "I was idle, so I improved it."

Qi Jiguang never thought in his life that he would have a day of being idle. Now he can be considered half a Five Classics Doctor, and transforming military weapons has become his daily routine.

"Would you like to try it, Your Majesty?" Qi Jiguang said with a smile.