The scale of the Jingcheng Iron Works is not large, and it currently has only a few hundred craftsmen. Compared with the original Zunhua Iron Works, its scale is naturally far inferior.
In the early years, Zunhua Iron Works has always been the iron smelting center of the north. There were 72 iron-making furnaces one foot and two feet high, and 2,500 craftsmen were engaged in it. In the first year of Jingtai alone,
In order to deal with Wala, the Ming Dynasty transferred 260,000 kilograms of iron sand from Zunhua Iron Works at one time.
Unfortunately, as the nearby mountains and forests were cut down, the carbon source was cut off, and the nearby ore was poor, resulting in high iron smelting costs and low output value. Therefore, in the ninth year of Wanli, Liang Menglong, governor of Jiliao, petitioned the Ministry of Industry for approval to stop Zunhua's iron smelting industry.
Some of the craftsmen and iron-making furnaces here were transferred to the capital.
The internal eunuch in charge of the Beijing Iron Works is called Gao He. He was originally an old man in the East Palace. Later, for some unknown reason, he offended the eunuch Cao Huachun in the palace and was sent here. He couldn't bear to stay in this bustling palace.
If there is a place, I will focus on finding other ways to get away from this place.
Today, Gao He is sleeping in a house on the street behind the iron factory. He needs to take a nap every day. No one is allowed to disturb him, otherwise he will be served with a meal, so the little eunuchs who serve him also need to take a nap.
I didn't dare to disturb him and let him sleep all day long.
However, when Lin Jing led a group of people to the iron factory, the young eunuchs no longer cared about Gao He's anger and hurriedly pushed Gao He awake from his sleep.
"Master Gao, the Crown Prince is here!"
Gao He, who was full of anger, shuddered when he heard these words. He hurriedly wrapped up his clothes and repeatedly confirmed: "Can you see clearly? Is it really a thousand-year-old master?"
"It's true that Mr. Qiantose is an old man..."
The little eunuch said: "If you were an ordinary person, how could you dare to disturb Master Gao's rest...
"Okay, now that you understand it, that's all. If I become prosperous again in the future, you will all be rewarded heavily!"
Gao He hurriedly packed his clothes and hurried out of the house with several other young eunuchs. They soon arrived in front of the iron smelting factory, only to see a young man standing there with a group of people.
There was a little coldness on his face.
"My slave, the supervisor of the Iron Works in Beijing, Zheng Gaohe, has met His Highness."
Lin Jing glanced at the eunuchs kneeling on the ground and said in a deep voice, "Gao He, where were you just now?"
"Slave, this slave is checking the account books in the backyard..."
Sweat was streaming down Gao He's face, and he had a premonition that something was not good.
Lin Jing stared at Gao He, then waved his hand and said: "Go and two people to move out the account books."
As soon as he heard this, the servant broke into a cold sweat. How dare he let the prince check the iron factory's account? There were big problems with the account book itself, and he also benefited a lot after he came. The above
The account and the actual account are no longer the same thing. If we really want to investigate, I'm afraid it will be accurate.
"Your Highness..."
"Um?"
Lin Jing sneered and said: "Gao He, don't say I won't give you a chance. Let's talk about it quickly before the account book comes."
"A slave shall be punished by death, a slave shall be punished by death!"
Gao He hurriedly kowtowed and said: "I am really obsessed with this and took a lot of benefits from the iron factory, but I am unjust. The accounts left by the former supervisor are bad debts. I really have no choice...
..."
Song Yingxing, who was standing by, had a look of indignation on his face. He knew that the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty was in total darkness at the moment, but he didn't expect that even the ironworks were doing these tricks, so he couldn't help but snorted coldly.
Lin Jing shook his head gently. He no longer had any hope in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty. He also understood that there were countless people like Gao He. Even if he wanted to arrest and kill him, it would not be the turn of this little prisoner.
, and among them, people like Zhou Yanru, Wu Changshi and others are probably still at the front.
When he thought of this, Lin Jing was determined to cooperate with Luo Yangxing's suggestion and first take down Wu Changshi.
"Okay. Hand over all your property to the iron factory and forget about it. If you lose a penny, I will kill your head, so get out!"
"Yes, yes, I will hand over all my property to the iron factory immediately. Thank you for your mercy, Your Highness!"
Gao He hurriedly kowtowed a few times. He had heard about the things that happened in the imperial camp some time ago. If he offended this young master, let alone all the family property, he would definitely not be able to save his head.
After sending Gao He away, Lin Jingcai looked at Song Yingxing and others and said: "There are countless people like Gao He in the palace. It would be meaningless to kill him. Instead, it would cause a lot of unnecessary trouble."
Song Yingxing was originally from an official background, so he was no stranger to these things. Although he was angry at people like Gao He, he also understood that if the current environment remained unchanged, even if Gao He was killed, there would still be Li He and Zhang He. As for
Bo Jue and Tang Ruowang have already experienced all kinds of tastes, and they won't say much at the moment.
Soon, under the order of a little eunuch in the factory, all the craftsmen gathered over. They were dark-skinned, and the original color of the clothes they wore could no longer be seen. Even their faces had streaks, except for a pair of
Except for the bright eyes, it is difficult to see clearly.
Lin Jing looked at everyone and didn't say much at the moment. He just asked Song Yingxing to take over the post of supervisor of the iron plant from today and start experimenting with the new Bessemer converter steelmaking method. Of course, since the construction of the new furnace will take some time, so
The main purpose of coming here this time is to clear the way for Song Yingxing.
Obviously, the emergence of new production techniques will inevitably impact the traditional interest relationships of the past. Even in a place like an iron factory, there will still be interests and differences. Lin Jing's approach naturally makes it unfounded.
Song Yingxing can have huge decision-making power in a short period of time and will not be troubled by small things.
After that, Lin Jing also arranged for Bo Jue and Tang Ruowang to go to the Gunpowder Bureau in the capital. The original location was the famous Wang Gong Factory. However, after the Wang Gong Factory exploded, the factory was relocated to the north of Xizhimen Inner Road.
It's the so-called 'Anmin Factory'.
In Anmin Factory, Lin Jing repeated his old tricks and removed the internal supervisor who was originally in charge of Anmin Factory and directly appointed Bo Jue as supervisor and Tang Ruowang as general consultant.
However, during this inspection of the Anmin Factory, Lin Jing couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, because the current production mechanism of Daming firearms is very backward, and there are even many types of firearms produced, and they all have different characteristics, making it almost difficult to achieve
Unification.
Tang Ruowang on the side sighed softly: "Your Highness, the problem of firearms in the Ming Dynasty is not just a problem of iron, nor a problem of certain people, but everything is a mess..."
Lin Jing nodded slightly and said: "Yes, we need to quickly introduce the assembly line production system and production standard system... we can't be so scattered anymore..." This chapter has been completed!