allendalepharm Chapter 679 The Big Wedding
Chapter 679 The Big Wedding
After Jiang Ci entered the house, he looked directly at the master and his disciple.
Yan Shu introduced: "This is Mr. Wenren, he is a famous craftsman in Qinghe County, and this young man is Mr. Wenren's apprentice, Wenren Chu."
Jiang Ci bowed to the two of them, and Wen Ren Chu immediately stepped forward and politely returned the greeting.
Yan Shu walked to the table and showed the revolver to Jiang Ci: "This was made by Mr. Wenren himself. I have tested it and it is very powerful."
Jiang Ci's eyes flashed with surprise: "Is this similar to the one you gave me before?"
“It’s a simplified version.”
Jiang Ci took it in his hand and examined it carefully. It was larger than the one Little Fox gave him, and the magazine was exposed. The advantage was that it was large enough to hold twenty bullets.
He glanced at Yan Shu, then turned his gaze to old man Wenren, who was also staring at him with a pair of sharp eyes.
"A compiler from the Hanlin Academy, are you this year's top scholar?"
Old Master Wenren recognized Jiang Ci's identity through the official uniform he was wearing, and Jiang Ci nodded.
Afterwards, Yan Shu told Jiang Ci his idea. Jiang Ci's eyes sparkled with stars after hearing it. He had had similar ideas before, but the manufacturing process of the pistol that the little fox gave him was too sophisticated, and it was difficult to make it with the current industrial standards, so he gave up the idea.
Yan Shu said: "If we can mass produce it, we can train a group of long-range shooting soldiers. What do you think?"
Jiang Ci nodded: "How long will it take to make a thousand of these muskets?"
Mr. Wenren pondered for a moment.
"If I can be assigned a group of skilled blacksmiths, it shouldn't be a problem within two months."
He has thoroughly understood the production principles, and two months will be enough as long as he follows the production process to increase mass production.
Jiang Ci was overjoyed: "I will arrange the blacksmith. I will send someone to pick you up and leave the capital tomorrow. As long as this batch of muskets can be completed on time, you can decide on the wages."
The old man was not interested in money. He looked at Yan Shu and said, "Miss Cui, when will you deliver the blueprint you promised to give me?"
Yan Shu smiled and said, "When the thousand muskets are delivered, I will personally deliver the drawings to you."
The old man's eyes lit up: "Okay, then it's decided."
The few of them discussed it again. After Old Man Wenren and Wenren Chu left together, Yan Shu brought Jiang Ci and Yan Wu into the space and wanted them to personally try out the effect of the musket.
Yan Shu and Jiang Ci were both people who had handled pistols before, so it was easy for them to get started. However, it was Yan Wu's first time to use this thing, and he failed to hit the target after several attempts, but it aroused his competitive spirit and interest.
Seeing that the bullets prepared by Mr. Wenren were almost used up, Yan Wu stopped reluctantly.
Seeing that Yan Wu was very interested in muskets, Jiang Ci promised to give him one as soon as the first batch of muskets were produced. Yan Wu was very happy and his prejudice against Jiang Ci was not as strong as before.
The next morning, before daybreak, the people arranged by Jiang Ci rushed to Cui's house to pick up Old Man Wenren and Wenren Chu. Last night, Yan Shu and Jiang Ci had a detailed discussion about the idea of training shooting soldiers. Yan Shu found some related books on shooting soldiers' combat in previous lives and gave them to him for study. He was not seen for the next few days.
Later, I heard from Ying Si that the old emperor had been deliberately making things difficult for him in the court many times recently and had assigned him some miscellaneous tasks outside of his job duties in the Hanlin Academy. The old emperor wanted to find out his mistakes, but Jiang Ci easily resolved each frame-up.
Apart from official affairs, Jiang Ci should be busy dealing with the Sixth Prince's wedding in secret.
Yan Shu has not been idle recently. He has visited the Su Mansion twice and created opportunities for Wen Yutang and Su Tang to meet. It can be seen that Su Tang likes Wen Yutang very much, but Wen Yutang did not show much enthusiasm for Su Tang. However, it is understandable. After all, he has just taken up the post in the Hanlin Academy and still has a lot to adapt to in the officialdom. Let's just let their affairs take their course.
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On this day, the wedding of the Sixth Prince and Wei Yang was held in the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Imperial Palace. All officials above the sixth rank in the capital were invited.
Early in the morning, the royal carriage stopped outside the gate of the Yong'an Marquis' Mansion. With the sound of festive music, the bride in a red wedding dress was brought out. The people in the city gathered outside the Yong'an Marquis' Mansion to watch early in the morning, and the wide city road was blocked by water.
The royal wedding was unprecedentedly spectacular, with fluttering red silks and loud gongs and drums, reflecting the royal majesty everywhere.
As firecrackers rang out, the bride got on the royal carriage. The Sixth Prince, dressed in red with a red wedding flower on his chest, rode a tall horse at the front of the wedding procession. Then the huge procession slowly headed towards the direction of the imperial city.
Yan Shu followed Cui Lao and Cui Mengsheng into the palace. The four major families were among the invited guests. When they arrived at the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the hall was already full of officials and their families who came to attend the wedding banquet of the Sixth Prince.
Not long after Yan Shu sat down, the old emperor, Queen Zhao, and a group of concubines, princes, palace maids, and eunuchs walked in, and everyone immediately knelt down and kowtowed to them.
Only after the old emperor sat on the dragon throne did he look majestically at the civil and military officials kneeling below.
"Today is the Sixth Prince's big day. My dear ministers, please join me in the joy. Please stand up."
"Long live my emperor! Long live!"
After thanking the emperor for his grace, everyone returned to their seats.
The old emperor gave some blessings to the newlyweds, and then began the process of worshipping heaven and earth.
As the eunuch shouted that the bride was sent to the bridal chamber, an old woman suddenly stood up.
"Wait!"
Everyone looked at the old woman at the same time, and Marquis Yong'an, who was sitting opposite, couldn't help but frowned.
The old emperor glanced in the direction of the eldest princess from the corner of his eye, and then asked in a deep voice the old woman who walked to the center of the hall.
"Does Old Lady Liu have anything to say?"
The old woman who stood up was none other than Madam Liu, the head of the Liu family, one of the four major families. Her husband died early, and the huge Liu family was on the verge of decline. Her fellow relatives from the collateral branches bullied her, a weak woman, and used all kinds of insidious tricks to deal with her in order to obtain the Liu family's property. Madam Liu endured all the frame-ups and finally, with just her own strength, she pulled the crumbling Liu family back.
From then on, the power of the head of the Liu family was in the hands of Old Lady Liu for more than ten years, until her two sons gradually grew up and began to slowly give up power. Although she is now at the age of retirement, the Liu family is still headed by the old lady.