Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

The next day, when the prince was watching the sage happy, he reported the matter of the Royal Charity Association to the sage.

The saint had already received a detailed report on what happened in the Compassionate Ning Palace the day before.After he heard it, he was so happy from ear to ear.Look, how smart the princess I chose, and the beautiful words, not only pushed me up, but also showed the prince's filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, and encouraged the queen mother to come forward, so that those who wear gold and silver will be happy. With the money, the East Palace can still hold the power of the Royal Charity Society.

"Father, son-in-law and Shi Shi discussed, the money and things are all donated by kind-hearted people, so I dare not end up with a messy account."

The prince talked about the candidates for the monthly reconciliation proposed by Shi Shi, and the sage laughed.

"Ming Yun, you only have so much money, and you want to make such a big battle. Fortunately, the people you want to choose to reconcile accounts are all free of wages."

"Father, my son is thinking that there are only six maternity hospitals this year. If we try it out for a year, this method will be good. Then we will gradually spread it to the following states and counties. As long as the emperor's order is within reach, there will be such a maternity hospital." The hospital will help more impoverished families.”

"it is good."

The sage applauded the prince's idea.The common people with the world in mind are what a crown prince and a benevolent king should think and do.

Sage is very supportive.After the New Year's Eve, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent an old accountant with many years of experience to help cover the expenses of the six maternity hospitals every month.Zhang Taifu also transferred an old boss from the household department to help settle the accounts.As for the other candidates, they were all in place before the Shangyuan Festival.

After the matter of the maternity hospital was on the right track, the sage and the prince often asked about it, and everything went smoothly.The prince devoted his energy to the improvement of war horses and firearms.

The war horse thing doesn't work in a year or two.Regarding the matter of firearms, the prince went to the weapon workshop of the Ministry of Industry, and after inspecting the inside and outside, he abandoned all the servants and talked with the saint alone.

"Father, my son has been in the weapon workshop for the past two days and feels that there are three things that need to be changed immediately." The prince's solemn and cautious attitude made the saint listen more seriously.

"One is a unified measurement scale. These craftsmen have a standard for each person, and the things made by A and B cannot be replaced. Once a firearm breaks down, it will be more difficult to repair. Quite a lot of firearms are mostly wasted and left unused."

"The second is to improve the efficiency of craftsmen. It takes too long for one person to build a firearm from beginning to end. According to Yi Erchen, if the standards are unified, it is better for one person to be responsible for only one part. Practice makes perfect, and the final assembly will be faster. Much faster and easier to repair damage and replace parts...”

"The third is to improve the treatment of craftsmen. The food and housing of these craftsmen are too poor."

The prince showed the expression of a saint, you know what I mean.

The sage called the minister of the Ministry of Industry and the assistant minister, and asked them to go to the weapon workshop of the Ministry of Industry to have a look, and then hand in the papers for himself when they came back.The next day the sage received the papers from these three people, compared them with the prince's papers, and asked Jia Dai to read them carefully.

Jia Daishan read it carefully, and said to the sage: "Sage, the prince was taught by you, so he thinks comprehensively and long-term. From the prince's notes, the old minister can only see this sentence. He wants the horse to run well. You have to feed the horses enough grass. And the three from the Ministry of Industry, if they have the ability to be a prince, the world will be unstable."

In private, Jia Daishan made no secret of his contempt for those who passed the imperial examinations in front of the saints.

"Old Jia, think about Ming Yun's suggestion carefully. If the parts of the firearm can be replaced with each other, how much can you save? How useful will it be on the battlefield?"

Jia Daishan seemed to have just thought of it, and raised his hands in a bow, "Saint, I congratulate the sage for teaching such a smart prince."

The soldiers of the Firearms Battalion each carried two guns, and if they were broken, they had to be scrapped.Now according to the prince, there is no need to throw it away if it is broken. Which part is broken, which one should be replaced.The cost of a gun is almost 20 taels of silver.

Why can't equip the firearms battalion? It's just too expensive.

"Saint, if you follow the prince's suggestion, you can save a lot of money. And with this money, you can equip a few more firearm battalions."

The sage took out another booklet written by the prince and handed it to Jia Daishan to read.

After Jia Daishan read it, he closed the folder and handed it back to the saint.

"I never imagined that a gun barrel has so many tricks. It is the ammunition. It should be done according to the prince's suggestion. After this firearm is improved, it can eliminate bows and arrows."

Shengren and Jia Daishan have long recognized the importance of firearms, and the two of them also had the intention to develop a firearms camp.But firearms are no more than bows and arrows. The arrows shot out can be reused when they are taken back.But the gunpowder for practice shooting burns silver every time.There is also the barrel of the gun, which turns red after several shots, and even explodes.In the end, due to attrition, the plan to vigorously develop firearms had to be abandoned.

The saint nodded.

"I want the prince to be in charge of this matter. The weapon workshop of the Ministry of Industry and the craftsmen are all managed by the prince."

Jia Daishan frowned.

"Old Jia, what do you want to say?"

"I'm afraid that the crown prince has prepared guns and cannons, and someone will secretly report that the crown prince wants to use firearms to camp and plot something wrong."

The saint smiled, "The firearms camp is in your Beijing camp. I don't trust my son, and I don't trust you either. I'm really alone."

Jia Daishan smiled apologetically, "I know that the sage trusts me. But three people become a tiger. Before the prince was in charge of the government, something sinister and against the prince's character happened."

Jia Daishan didn't want the prince to take any risks, the Rongguo Mansion was tied to the prince's boat.In-law Zhang Ying is also the prince and grand tutor, alas!

Jia Daishan complained in his heart, the prince is ignorant!How can you stick to weapons?Just be the prince honestly and just wait for the enthronement.

stupid!Jia Daishan pasted such a large character on the prince's forehead.

"Old Jia, what you said makes sense. However, you'd better put it away, you are cautious. I told you this, I believe in a benevolent and filial son who puts all the people in the world in his heart. It is Ming Yun who is the emperor. will do better than me."

"Saint, I hope that in the future, the saint will still remember today's words."

The sage looked at Jia Daishan who was staring wide-eyed and waiting for his answer, stretched out his hand without hesitation, and gave Jia Daishan three high-fives.

From that day on, the prince spent every afternoon in the weapons workshop.Then the craftsmen in the weapons workshop felt the changes brought about by His Royal Highness.

First of all, the residences of each craftsman, those with families and those who are single, have been well accommodated.Food and clothing have improved significantly

Then there is the environment of the weapon workshop for craftsmanship, which becomes spacious and bright.

The most special thing is that everyone gets a uniform ruler and works according to the uniform size.A month later, the prince had someone randomly take parts from everyone's workbench and assemble it into a gun.

This gun is no worse than a gun that can be completed by one person from start to finish, and it is basically usable.

But even so, everyone in the weapon workshop was shocked.

What this means, the craftsmen of the weapons workshop are too clear.

Not only that, after the prince excavated Dai Zi, who was proficient in firearms, he asked him to develop a flintlock according to Bi Maokang's "Illustration of Military Weapons".This is an attempt to change the shortcomings of the birdcage matchlock gun, which is easily affected by the weather, complicated to load ammunition, and slow to fire.Other craftsmen hammered the refined iron first, and then according to the unified scale, each received one or two bird gun parts and continued to make the original bird gun.

During this period, the eldest daughter of the prince was born.

The prince went back to take a look, asked the princess to give Li Liangyuan a bunch of rewards, and then went back to the weapon workshop.

When the concubine was about to give birth, the prince had already established a good relationship with Dai Zi.And Shisanxing also brought the prince a breech-loading rifled firing pin rifle/gun, which is commonly known as a rifle in later generations, and a batch of hard-won matching bullets, which made the prince and Dai Zi ecstatic.

The crown prince handed all these to Dai Zi, encouraged him and said, "Old Mr. Dai, if you can copy this gun, please ask the sage to restore you to your original position."

Dai Zi was exiled because of a crime. If there was no prince, he guessed that he would probably be buried in the north.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, the sinner will definitely copy this gun as soon as possible."

The prince handed over the matter to an expert, and then sent Liufu to go there the next day to ask if there was anything the prince could do.As for himself, every day when he goes to court, he will accompany Shi Shi to wait for delivery.

"Mingyun, go to the saint's place, I have heard something here, and I will send someone to call you."

"Qingqing, when there is any movement, if you call me, I won't be able to enter the delivery room, so I might as well talk to you now and go for a walk."

Both the imperial physician and Wen Po said that Shi's fetal position was normal. According to the crown prince, it was hard to say whether she would be able to give birth normally until the last moment.He was even more afraid of any external interference that Shi Shi would encounter during childbirth.

Nanny Xiao, Mrs. Gu, and Shi's four dowry maids were caught and taught many times.Everyone was spot-checked by the prince more than once and recited the maternity handbook.Even the mother of the crown prince who lived in the East Palace to accompany Shi Shi to give birth, was taught by Gu Shi the special course for the prince.

In the last ten days of April, the weather was warm, and the crown prince had someone set up chairs in the garden, and enjoyed the flowers with Mrs. Shi, watching the eldest brother and second brother running and playing in the garden.

The second elder brother grabbed a few petals of Wei Zi, held them tightly, walked over stumblingly, and handed them to the Crown Princess.

"Mother, concubine, here it is."

The second brother speaks clearly and can already express simple meanings.

Shi Shi stretched out his hand to take it, the petals were deformed, and the second brother's fingers were stained.Shi Shi hugged her second elder brother over, and the handkerchief gently wiped the flower juice from his fingers.

"Second brother, do you like flowers?" The white, tender, clean and pretty little boy is very close to Shi Shi, so it's no wonder Shi Shi likes it.

"Huahua." The second elder brother pointed to the petals and talked to Shi Shi.

Shi Shi smiled and touched his second brother's face.

Chen Liangdi stood aside and looked at her son, she did not expect Shi to be so loving and magnanimous to her two sons.The care that a aunt should have is a little bit less.She was prepared to be suppressed after the crown princess entered the East Palace.Unexpectedly, the princess did not pay attention to her at all, not even a superfluous wink.But for these two children, it is necessary to see them sooner or later, or send someone to come over to see them.The nanny and maid who served the second brother were much more attentive than before.

And the two children are also very close to their aunt.For a moment, Chen Liangdi couldn't tell whether this was good or bad.

At the beginning of the unitary year, the prince got up and called everyone back to have dinner.

Shi Shi stood up, took a few steps, and then he let out a ouch.

"Qingqing, what's the matter?" the prince who supported Shi Shi asked with concern.

"I have a stomach ache."

Shi Shi didn't say a word, and Gu Shi who followed immediately asked: "Your Majesty, is this going to be activated?"