The Military Weapon Bureau of the Nanjing Ministry of Works, all the noises of the past disappeared and became extremely quiet. The leaders of the Military Weapon Bureau stood respectfully at the door, stretched their necks and looked forward, as if they were going to welcome some big shots.

A team of knights riding tall horses appeared on the avenue in front of the Military Weapon Bureau. The leaders of all sizes quickly tidied up their clothes. When the team of knights came to the front, they knelt down together: "I am here to meet the emperor, long live my emperor! Long live! Long live!"

The knight in front quickly showed a middle-aged man wearing plain clothes, majestic and blessed figure. This middle-aged man is undoubtedly Zhu Yousong, the current Emperor Hongguang of the Ming Dynasty. He was named Wang Fu in his previous life.

After traveling through the journey for several months, Wang Fu has been busy all the time. He first formed the Yulin Guard, then killed Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing, and then led the army to personally defeat Zuo Liangyu. Now that he has just returned from triumphantly, he finally took time to inspect the Military Weapons Bureau.

Wang Fu's figure has improved a lot compared to before. His body has decreased a lot of fat and his face looks younger. However, compared to ordinary people, he is a little obese. The white horse with snow-white body under his crotch and no hair can be found is obviously more sweat than other horses. You must know that only Wang Fu is wearing plain clothes, and others have already put on armor in order to protect the emperor.

The two guards jumped off the horse and carefully helped Wang Fu down. Wang Fu got off the horse and sniffed the white horse carrying him, as if he had suddenly become much taller.

Seeing the emperor dismount, the other guards were obviously relieved. The emperor did not sit in the carriage and insisted on riding a horse to the military weapon bureau. Although there were many horses in the palace and the emperor had trained troops and rode horses some time ago, the guards were still worried along the way, for fear that the emperor would not be able to ride a stable horse or the horse would be frightened. Fortunately, they were safe and sound.

It was the first time that he had been riding a horse for so long that Wang Fu felt the scorching pain on the inner side of his thighs. This was completely a matter of asking for trouble, but he had to learn how to ride a horse. He looked at the leader of the military weapon bureau kneeling all over the ground and then raised his hand: "Everyone is exempt from politeness."

"Emperor Xie" and the group of people were almost kneeling down, and of course they didn't dare to complain in their hearts. They all smiled. The Ming Dynasty's craftsmen had a low status and they didn't even have much status as managers. Not to mention the emperor, it was rare for the officials of the Ministry of Works to come here.

"Who is Song Yingxing?"

A thin old man in his fifties stepped forward: "Go back to the emperor, the empress is Song Yingxing."

Song Yingxing had been found by the Jinyiwei, but Wang Fu was in charge of the imperial army at that time. After hearing the Jinyiwei's report, he was overjoyed and immediately appointed Song Yingxing as the Ministry of Works, and the Minister of Works was the fifth rank. Song Yingxing served as the governor of Haozhou, which was not considered as being promoted beyond the level.

However, this Ministry of Works, Wailang, like Chen Rui of Yulinwei, likes to stay in the Military Weapon Bureau. You should know that the ambassador of the Military Weapon Bureau is only a ninth rank, and Song Yingxing is even more in charge of the Military Weapon Bureau. Faced with two officials who are far higher than them, the leaders of the Military Weapon Bureau can only serve as ancestors.

Wang Fu nodded: "Then you can take me to the Military Weapon Bureau for a walk."

"Yes, I am following the order, but I am just here at the Military Weapon Bureau. I am not familiar with many places. I want to ask Lord Chen Rui and Chen to accompany me." Song Yingxing and Chen Rui were in a similar mindset. Although they had just met each other for a while, they soon became very hot. In addition, he was indeed not familiar with the Military Weapon Bureau, so he recommended it.

When Song Yingxing mentioned this, Wang Fu suddenly remembered that Chen Rui seemed to be very knowledgeable about firearms and nodded: "Accurate."

Regarding Song Yingxing and Chen Rui, the two of them were able to accompany him. The leaders of other military weapons bureaus were only envious, but no one dared to fight. Seeing the two of them leading the emperor into the gate of the military weapons bureau, the other leaders hurriedly followed.

The Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty has four departments, two offices, one courtyard and five bureaus under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry. Five bureaus include the Pixiu Bureau, Anlu Bureau, Baoyuan Bureau, Miscellaneous Bureau, and Military Equipment Bureau. The two most important bureaus are the Baoyuan Bureau and the Military Equipment Bureau. The Baoyuan Bureau makes money and the Military Equipment Bureau makes weapons. Calculated by the number of people alone, the Military Equipment Bureau is more than the people in the other four bureaus, and of course it occupies a wider area. The entire Military Equipment Bureau is one piece of houses connected by one.

The military weapon bureau is simply all-encompassing, producing everything, including knives, guns, swords, halberds, etc., eighteen weapons, various iron armor, cotton armor, bows and arrows, shields; muskets, cannons, ammunitions for hot weapons...

Chen Rui has been in the Military Weapon Bureau for three months and knows the Military Weapon Bureau clearly where to produce knives, guns, swords, halberds, and muskets, and cannons. He walked along the way with the emperor and looked at the places where cold weapons such as knives, guns, swords, and halberds. In the past, there were countless craftsmen working in these places, but now they were empty. There were only sparse figures of people in each position, kneeling on the ground from a distance.

The emperor was about to come, and the leader of the Military Weapon Bureau rarely gave the craftsmen a vacation. Although Wang Fu wanted to see the craftsmen making weapons, the people below did not dare to act rashly. There were weapons everywhere here, and the craftsmen worked hard on weekdays and did not have enough income to support their families. It is inevitable that some people would be resentful in their hearts. If someone took the opportunity to cause trouble, these managers would not want the heads. It is more important to hope that the emperor might be angry or keep their own heads.

Wang Fu guessed it without hearing any sound outside the Military Weapon Bureau. He was quite helpless about this behavior. After all, the officials below were also thinking about their own safety.

There were still various weapons that had not been completed on each production stand, but the fire was extinguished. Those who were left were some old craftsmen. These old craftsmen had children and daughters and were older. Relatively speaking, the leader of the Military Weapons Bureau was relieved. Wang Fu originally wanted to ask about some of their affairs, but the few people couldn't hear clearly at all, so Wang Fu had to give up.

"Let's take a look at the place where the muskets are produced, I won't see it here."

"Yes." Chen Rui replied.

The musket production department was even scarce, with only five elderly craftsmen waiting there. When they saw the emperor and a group of guards coming, they hurriedly knelt down.

"Everyone is flat, go and get me a musket."

A guard quickly handed over a musket. It was a new gun that had just been completed. The entire gun body was shiny and the barrel was consistent in thickness. It was undoubtedly a very good quality mesh rope gun.

"How many muskets can be produced in a month?"

Chen Rui replied: "Return to the emperor, there are about two thousand."

Two thousand pieces per month, 24,000 pieces per year. At this speed, it will take more than two years to match all the Yulin Guards with muskets. During this period, the muskets cannot be damaged. Wang Fu shook his head: "It's too slow, how many people have made muskets?"

"There are 3,150 people in total."
Chapter completed!