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Chapter 218: Monarch and Subject Reunited

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    In all fairness, although Fatty Lu is known as the number one firearms expert in the Pingxi Palace, he can also create gunpowder weapons far beyond this era, but the craftsmanship and craftsmanship of these weapons are really hard to compliment. For example, Wu Jun's  The field weapon rocket, because Fatty Lu¡¯s craftsmanship is not enough to pass the test, and the apprentices brought out by bad teachers and bad apprentices are not much better there, resulting in an outrageous launch rate.  Launching is completely based on luck and blindness. There are endless jokes about aiming at the enemy's flag array but hitting the enemy's flanks, which makes Lu Fatty troubled and loses face.

    There is also Wu Jun's magical airship at the bottom of the box. Because Fatty Lu is not good at machinery, even on a clear and windless day, the speed of the airship in the sky is less than twenty miles per hour-the same as that of later generations.  Compared with the speed of an airship with a hand-operated propeller at more than ten kilometers per hour, this speed is like a snail crawling.

    Also, the Wu Jun airship needs to release part of the hydrogen to land, but because Fatty Lu came out with a bad air pump made by a group of third-rate craftsmen, the landing speed of the Wu Jun airship is also pitifully slow, usually requiring four airship soldiers to work hard  It took more than half an hour to turn the fan to make the airship land, so that Wu Jun's airship did not dare to fill it with hydrogen when it was inflated, let alone fly too high. Fortunately, the Qing army always regarded the airship as a fetish and feared it.  The mother-child artillery that could seriously threaten the safety of the airship was also seized by Wu Jun early on. Otherwise, whether the three airships that Wu Jun spent a lot of money to build can still be kept until now is a question that no one can say for sure.

    In addition, because of Fatty Lu's craftsmanship and the technological limitations of this era, some weapons that Fatty Lu knows the principles and formulas, such as lathes, paper shell bullets, rear-loading rifles, gas bombs, and incendiary bombs for guns,  Fatty Lu with poor craftsmanship just can't make anything - but this can't be blamed on Fatty Lu. Fatty Lu is a top student in the chemical engineering department, not a mechanical one. He obviously doesn't have any talent in manufacturing, so he can achieve the current results  , it is quite difficult.

    Someone gave me a pillow when I was sleepy. Just when Fatty Lu was worrying about spending too much time and poor workmanship on improving weapons, a letter from Dai Zi, a talented craftsman who had already devoted himself to the Qing court, sent Fatty Lu a letter.  Xu Zhengming, an accomplice who is not well-known but not inferior to Dai Zi in craftsmanship, solved countless troubles for Fatty Lu at once, and let Wu Jun see a glimmer of hope for more sophisticated weapons. It can be said that Fatty Lu is like a tiger with wings, like a snake  Add teeth.

    After a long talk, Fatty Lu finally learned the details of the incident from Xu Zhengming. It turned out that at the end of August in the eleventh year of Kang Mazi, Xu Zhengming, who was known as the number one craftsman in Suzhou, suddenly received a message from Xu Zhengming who had heard about it for a long time.  In the letter, besides telling Xu Zhengming about the situation of Wu Jun's airship, the letter also invited Xu Zhengming to visit the capital to help the Qing court build an airship, and promised to recommend Xu Zhengming for an official position in front of Kang Mazi.  .

    But it is a pity that, unlike Dai Zi, who is quite famous and profitable, Xu Zhengming is a complete scientific lunatic. When his whole family can't even eat enough, Xu Zhengming is stunned in order to build a jujube flying car.  It was the rejection of the high-paying offer offered by the Quanzhou Workshop. After seeing Dai Zi¡¯s letter saying that Wu Jun had a flying boat that could carry four soldiers into the sky, Xu Zhengming naturally threw away the glory and wealth promised by Dai Zi immediately.  In the back of his head, without even saying hello to his wife and children, he set foot on the westward road alone, begging for food and inquiring about Wu Jun's location all the way, and after walking thousands of miles, he found Old Wu's treacherous army for  Wanting to see the majestic appearance of Wu Jun's airship with his own eyes, he asked Fatty Lu about the airship manufacturing process.

    After listening to Xu Zhengming's introduction of his situation, Fatty Lu laughed so hard that he couldn't close his mouth. He not only immediately agreed to let Xu Zhengming visit his airship, but also recommended an official position to Xu Zhengming to the old traitor Wu.  Not very cold, but for the sake of his grandson-in-law, Xu Zhengming was immediately canonized as the director of Gongcao and the chief craftsman of Jiqishan Firearms Camp.  But Xu Zhengming was obsessed with crafts, but he didn't want to accept this hard-won official position. In the end, Fatty Lu threatened that if Xu Zhengming didn't serve in Wu Junjun, then he wouldn't let Xu Zhengming see the airship, so Xu Zhengming honestly took it  Wu Jun's thief ship became Fatty Lu's chief deputy in the development of firearms.

    Just when Fatty Lu was ecstatic to have a powerful accomplice, at about the same time in Beijing, the three princes of the Qing Dynasty, Jieshu, Le Erjin and Shang Kexi, who were redeemed by Kang Mazi with money, also  Under the guidance of officials from the Ministry of Rituals, he entered the Forbidden City and kowtowed to Kang Mazi to thank Kang Mazi, the first big gift after returning to Beijing.  At the same time, Prince An Yue Le, who had been deprived of military power by Kang Mazi, also entered the palace at the same time¡ªhe was also received by Kang Mazi for the first time after returning to Beijing.

    "The servant waits for an audience with the order, and thanks my emperor for saving his life. ?Just act.  "

    "Then it's Shang Aiqing's hard work." Kang Mazi, who was eager to get rid of Fatty Lu or recruit Fatty Lu, made a decisive decision and said, "Kong Sizhen is the best at this kind of thing, and Shang Aiqing can discuss it with her tomorrow.  Let's see what help she can provide Ai Qing, and strive for success!"

    Note 1: Before the San Francisco Rebellion, the governor of Liangjiang, Malji, was quite well-known. He once asked for a decree to reduce taxes in Jiangnan by half, and withheld tax money to build water conservancy projects.  But because of the San Francisco rebellion, Malji refused to raise taxes on the people. Kang Mazi immediately devalued it on the pretext of his lack of political achievements, and replaced him with A Xixu, who is good at collecting money, as the governor of Liangjiang.  A Xixu kills the donkey, and dismisses him on the pretext of being too greedy.

    Note 2: In the history of the San Francisco Rebellion, in order to save money, Kang Mazi decreed in the 15th year of Kang Mazi to stop the salary of all local officials except Beijing officials until the San Francisco Rebellion was completely put down¡ªas for these places  Friends can guess what officials eat and wear during this period.

    Note 3: The old traitor Shang is good at amassing money, and he is the richest man in San Francisco. During the San Francisco rebellion, the Wu army surrounded Guangzhou City. Shang Zhixin was forced to surrender and rebel against the Qing Dynasty. Wu Jun also asked Shang Zhixin to help him pay millions of dollars.  300,000 taels¡ª¡ªbut according to "The History of Pingdian", before that, the old traitor Shang donated one million taels of military salary and silver to Kang Mazi in order to help Kang Mazi clean up the old traitor Wu!  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.) (Remember the website URL: www.hlnovel.com
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