Self-cultivation of bad people can be done automatically

Chapter 161 Lack of Money!

At this time, just as Li Cunren came out of the room, he saw Zhong Xiaokui waiting for her.

Li Cunren was startled, and then punched Zhong Xiaokui.

"Master Zhong."

Li Cunren treated Zhong Xiaokui very respectfully.

It is really impossible not to be respectful.

Through this period of getting along, Li Cunren already knew that Zhong Xiaokui was very taciturn, and he was also very cold and vigilant towards others.

Li Cunren even felt that his every move could not escape her eyes.

For some reason, Zhong Xiaokui has been watching Li Cunren for the past few days, even sleeping in the same room at night!

Of course, there were times when she didn't sleep with her, because Zhong Xiaokui seemed to spend those few days in Zhu Youning's room.

Li Cunren had an idea at first, that Zhong Xiaokui seemed to be afraid that he would have evil intentions, but then he felt that Zhong Xiaokui didn't just think so.

Therefore, Li Cunren tried to talk to Zhong Xiaokui, but later found that it was not feasible, so he gave up.

At this moment, Zhong Xiaokui finally spoke out.

"I'm going to take the Shadow Secret Guards to Khitan, and you will be responsible for the safety of the prince."

Hearing this, Li Cunren immediately thought: Zhu Youning's martial arts are so high, why should he be responsible for himself?
However, she still cupped her fists respectfully.

"Yes."

Zhong Xiaokui was about to leave, but Li Cunren suddenly asked: "There is one thing I don't understand, and that is Master Zhong's martial arts, why is it improving so quickly?"

Zhong Xiaokui stopped and looked at Li Cunren.

"You want to know?"

Li Cunren nodded.

"It's okay to tell you."

Zhong Xiaokui said indifferently: "There are two reasons why my martial arts have reached this point, one is the magical skill of wedding dress, and the other is double cultivation with the prince."

"Double repair?"

Li Cunren suddenly opened his eyes wide.

She didn't expect Zhong Xiaokui to say such a thing openly.

"good."

Zhong Xiaokui nodded slightly, the expression on his face did not fluctuate at all.

"Why, do you want to become stronger?"

Li Cunren immediately clasped his fists and said, "The subordinate just wants to do things better for the master."

Zhong Xiaokui glanced at her, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and said, "Then you should practice the magical skill of wedding dress bestowed on you by the prince!"

Zhu Youning still doesn't know the things about Zhang Zifan and Qingguoqingcheng.

Since Zhu Wen had issued a military order, he had already ordered Wu Yi to lead an army of [-] to the Luzhou battlefield.

And Zhong Xiaokui, with several hundred people, followed Yelu Lage to the northern grasslands to suppress the rebellion.

As for Zhu Youning himself, he went to the Ziqing Nei Ordnance Institute.

The Ziqing Nei Ordnance Institute is regarded as the earliest institution established by Zhu Youning.

It was originally used to manufacture ordnance and equipment such as Jingji Liannu, Mo Dao, and English Longbow, but now it has also added new firearms and other thermal weapons.

As for how these thermal weapons were made, this is naturally due to the "Bing Lu" and "Practical Manual of Artillery".

Today, "Bing Lu" and "Artillery Practical Manual" are not only a subject of Anwang Military Academy, but also the basis for the manufacture of firearms by various ordnance factories.

In fact, one-tenth of the "Bing Lu" is devoted to the introduction of Western firearms. It originally absorbed the essence of the European "Artillery Practical Manual" and combined it with its own tactics. It can be regarded as a work of the Ming Dynasty to see the world with its eyes open.

As for the Artillery Practical Manual, it is even simpler.

It was originally a translation brought back from Europa by the mysterious businessman Young Master Liu, and most of the things recorded in it were about metal smelting and firearm forging techniques.

It can be said that with these two strange books, as long as the craftsman is not too stupid and can follow the picture, it is entirely possible to manufacture firearms.

At this time, after hearing that Zhu Youning was coming, the officials of the Ordnance Institute immediately patted the dust off their bodies and came out to greet him.

"The next official pays homage to His Highness."

"Ah."

Zhu Youning signaled him to get up, and immediately asked, "How is the progress of the Ordnance Institute?"

The official cupped his hands and said: "Returning to Your Highness, the craftsmen under the official's hands have worked hard and have reproduced six types of firearms according to the picture."

"Take this king to see it!"

"Yes!"

So Zhu Youning followed the officials to an empty warehouse.

In the warehouse, there are all kinds of firearms on display.

The official pointed to the firearms and introduced them to Zhu Youning one by one.

"Your Highness, these are the firearms that our Ordnance Institute reproduced according to the "Bing Lu" and "Artillery Practical Manual". gun style."

Seeing these objects full of gunpowder smoke, Zhu Youning was naturally pleasantly surprised.

Because these things are indeed products of a cross-age era.

He couldn't help asking: "Can all these be used?"

"It can be used. I have tested it more than a dozen times. Although it is not as powerful as the Invincible General Liang, it is more convenient."

The official nodded, hesitated for a while, and said, "It's just that if it is mass-produced, it will cost a lot of money."

"Is 50 coins enough?"

Zhu Youning gave a reasonable figure.

In fact, he currently has about 500 million guan in wealth. These are the wealth he secretly left behind after he plundered from the land of Huainan in the state of Wu.

Unexpectedly, the official shook his head.

"Your Highness, I'm afraid this is not enough."

Zhu Youning was amazed, and said: "Is this not enough? You don't want to lie to me!"

The official smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, these things not only require production costs, but also require a lot of money for daily damage and maintenance. For example, the gun of the gun type has a large gap between the sub-cannon and the belly of the gun. It is very easy to cause the leakage of gunpowder gas during firing, and even blow up the chamber in serious cases! Once the chamber is blown up, it will cost a lot of money."

"And these firearms all need double-layer iron pipes. Simply put, a single iron pipe is covered with a layer of iron pipes to ensure that it does not leak. And the iron pipes cannot be thick at the front and back. They must be thin at the front and thick at the back. The thicker end is the breech of the gun, and craftsmen with this skill are not low in salary.”

Listening to the officials' rambling for a while, Zhu Youning felt more and more that he hadn't lied to him.

This kind of war machine is relatively expensive.

For example, the invincible general in Zhu Youning's system backpack squandered all the treasures he seized from Da'an Mountain just for manufacturing.

"This king will allocate 100 million guan to you first, so you should do what you can first."

Just after returning from the Ziqing Nei Ordnance Institute, Zhu Youning met the deputy supervisor of the Dengzhou Shipping Bureau.

As expected, the deputy supervisor also came to cry poorly.

"Your Highness, the construction of iron-clad warships and giant whale warships has been put on the agenda, but the money of the Ship Administration Bureau is not enough."

silver!

Zhu Youning is very short of money now.

He is not short of money personally, but short of money because of the deployment of military strategy.

Ziqing Nei Ordnance Factory needed silver to manufacture firearms, Dengzhou Shipbuilding Bureau also needed silver, Pinglu Manufacturing Bureau also needed silver to cast Liang Invincible General, and even Anwang Military Academy also needed silver.
Even though he had just plundered a lot of money from the state of Wu, it was exhausted in just over half a year.

Where can I get some more silver?

Zhu Youning kept thinking in his heart, but finally he could only think of two ways.

One is to plunder the wealth of other countries.

The other is the Longquan treasure.

(End of this chapter)