Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 645 Eagle’s Nest Project!

After Sharif fled, Timur was furious and immediately issued a reward of [-] silver coins.

However, after this incident, Timur no longer trusted others. He personally took charge as an official in charge of the craftsmen, and was bound to overcome the weapons problem.

When Timur was furious, Sharif had already come to Kangju State. While donating 50 taels of gold to Zhu Yunxi, he also wrote all the information he knew about Timur into a book, intending to use it as his guide for promotion in the Ming Dynasty. chips.

However, what Sharif did not expect was that as soon as he revealed his identity and stated his purpose of coming, he was imprisoned under Zhu Yunxi's order.

While Sharif was at a loss in prison, a fierce debate was going on about him in the court of Kangdu in the Ming Dynasty.

One group believes that Sharif is a traitor, and that the Ming Dynasty has set an example for all countries in the world, so he should be returned to Timur.

This can not only express Ming's position to all countries in the world, but also prevent Ming people from surrendering to foreign enemies.

The other group believes that Sharif came to seek refuge because he admired the Ming Dynasty's culture, and that he brought important secrets with him, which was considered a service to the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty should treat others well and protect them.

Zhu Yunxi was very confused as he watched the two groups arguing.

He never expected that he would be entangled in such a small matter when so many big things were settled with one word.

If he were in the emperor's shoes, he would definitely not like a traitor among his subordinates.

Therefore, it would be best to return it to Timur and let him deal with it himself.

In this way, you can not only express your position, but also give a warning to those who want to be traitors.

But in this way, those traitors who want to betray their country and seek glory will be hurt on the road to the Ming Dynasty, which will in turn promote the harmony between kings and ministers in other countries.

After Zhu Yunxi listened for a while, he excused himself from feeling unwell and left the officials of the Kangdu Department to enjoy themselves.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Zongjun also found a reason to leave the court and secretly caught up with Zhu Yunxi.

"Your Majesty, what do you think of this matter?"

"I?"

"Actually, you shouldn't ask this kind of question. You should know better than me."

Zhang Zongjun smiled when he heard this.

"What your Majesty said is true, but this kind of thing cannot be viewed purely from the perspective of the emperor, but must also be viewed from the perspective of interests."

"The reason why the Qin Dynasty was strong was because it used talents from the six countries."

"If Ming Dynasty wants to be strong forever, it must also open its arms to talents from other countries."

"This Sharif Weichen has studied it, and he is actually a good talent. It's just that Timur doesn't understand the way of industry at all. He only knows how to make unrealistic plans and tasks randomly, and that's why he was forced to rebel."

"If we return it to Timur, not only will a person die, but it will also chill the hearts of people in the world to abandon the dark and turn to the light!"

"Therefore, I suggest that your Majesty accept this person and reuse him to send a signal to Western countries."

"That is because our country is not happy, and there can be a more open and powerful country to which we can seek refuge."

Zhu Yunxi listened to Zhang Zongjun's suggestion and thought about it seriously.

"Okay, you'll be responsible for this, and I won't care about it."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhang Zongjun looked at Zhu Yunxi's leaving figure and knew that this was the limit of what Zhu Yunxi could do.

As an emperor, he would definitely not publicize this matter in a big way, let alone use this person in a high-profile way.

Therefore, what Zhu Yunxi said was to ignore it and just do whatever he wanted.

Zhang Zongjun left the palace and went directly to the prison to interrogate Sharif.

Sharif had been frightened for a long time. When he saw a Ming official coming to visit him, he quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to beg for mercy.

"Please Ming Dynasty, please take me in and never send me back..."

"If I were sent back, His Majesty Timur could cut me to pieces with a thousand swords, wuwuwu..."

Zhang Zongjun listened to Sharif's fluent Ming Dynasty Mandarin with a meaningful smile on his face.

"Not bad. He also speaks fluent Ming dialect."

Sharif forced a smile upon hearing this.

"The villain has followed a Ming man to learn the Mandarin of the Ming Dynasty since he was a child, and he has admired the Ming Dynasty culture since he was a child..."

Zhang Zongjun didn't believe this kind of nonsense. If the Ming Dynasty hadn't attacked Kangju City, this kind of person would not have said such things.

"Tell me, what useful information did you bring this time?"

When Sharif heard this, he immediately looked wary in his eyes.

"You are……"

"Can I trust you?"

"Besides, you won't take my information and sell me to Timur without backhand, right?"

"I heard that your Majesty is planning to send me back..."

Zhang Zongjun shook his head when he heard the words.

"will not!"

"I just finished communicating with our Majesty, and His Majesty said that he will no longer care about this matter."

"Therefore, you can safely hand over the information to me. Not only will I protect your safety, I will also assign you an official position and let you take charge of the Ming Dynasty's craftsmanship camp in Kangdu."

"what?"

When Sharif heard this, he felt that happiness came too suddenly.

In the morning, he also heard that Ming Dynasty was going to sell himself to Timur. How come there was such a big change before lunch?
"You won't lie to me, will you?"

"I am the assistant minister of the Ming Dynasty's military aircraft department. How can I lie to you, a humble official?"

"Besides, I am not very interested in your information. Our Ming Dynasty also has its own people in Isfahan, and they will continuously send information back."

"It's possible that the information you collected isn't as much as what we have!"

"Uh uh..."

Sharif lowered his head and thought for a moment, feeling that what the other person said might be true.There are merchants from various countries in Isfahan. It is unknown how many of them are spies of the Ming Dynasty.

"I...I don't believe..."

"Unless you can swear in the name of Pearl that you have not deceived me, you will really grant me an official position..."

Zhang Zongjun sneered when he heard the words.

"I will never swear, but I can let you out first and appoint you as the general supervisor. When you believe it, you can give me the information you have."

"what?"

After Zhang Zongjun said this, he didn't bother to pay attention to such a little guy anymore, and immediately turned around and left.

Sharif looked at Zhang Zongjun's back, still unable to believe what he had just heard. It was not until the jailer in the prison came to tell him that he could leave that he tentatively left the cell.

As soon as Sharif got out of the cell, he saw several officials from the Ming Dynasty waiting for him outside the door. They bowed immediately when he came out.

"Greetings to the general supervisor!"

"You will be the prisoner. Here are your official uniforms and seals..."

Sharif stroked his exquisite official uniform and finally somewhat believed what Zhang Zongjun said.

"Dare I ask some adults..."

"Don't dare, don't dare... You are going to be the supervisor. We are just scribes to cooperate with you. How dare we call you my lord?"

Sharif is also a hereditary nobleman of the Timur Empire. One look at the humble expressions of several people and it is clear that they really respect him.

Therefore, he also changed his title.

"Do you know Zhang Zongjun?" "You are talking about Mr. Zhang. Mr. Zhang is a minister of our Ming Dynasty. He is a big shot who can meet His Majesty the Emperor at any time. It is difficult for us to even take a look at him."

"Is that so?"

Based on Zhang Zongjun's treatment, Sharif compared the official positions in Timur's empire and found that this guy was actually at the level of prime minister.

An official of this level would never lie to himself, would he?

"I haven't worn Ming Dynasty official uniform, you can..."

Before Sharif could finish speaking, several clerks came forward and helped him change into his official uniform.

"Our yamen is..."

"Please come with me, sir..."

Sharif followed several scribes to the craftsman camp outside the city and came to his exclusive office.

"Sir, this is your room. You will work here from now on."

"Later, we will take you to your house, which is a two-story building not far from the craftsman camp."

"oh oh……"

"You...how many craftsmen are there in our craftsmanship camp?"

"Back to my lord, there were 3000 people at the beginning of the year, but many of them were transferred away. Now there are only [-] people left."

"3000 people..."

Sharif couldn't hide his disappointment, because he could mobilize 10 craftsmen in Isfahan, but in Ming Dynasty, there were only [-].

"Okay, not much."

"Can someone tell me what I'm usually responsible for?"

"Sir, you only need to supervise production and complete the production tasks issued by the court with high quality and quantity."

"What tasks does our craftsmanship camp have now?"

"There are agricultural tools made, iron smelted, saddles, armor, swords, etc..."

"oh oh……"

Sharif felt a little disappointed when he heard this.

Because there was no firearms manufacturing that he was most looking forward to, it seems that the Ming court did not trust the officials in the Kangdu area and did not entrust them with the secret recipe for firearms production.

Sharif asked about his daily work content, and then happily became a Ming official.

Zhang Zongjun also admired Sharif's ability to enter the role so quickly. He not only publicized his affairs, but also enthusiastically introduced him to the former Samar faction officials in Kangdu City.

The so-called Sama faction is the faction formed by former Timur Empire officials after they surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

Because they were basically officials in the city of Samarkand, they were called the Samarkand faction.

While Zhang Zongjun was reading a large-scale report on Sharif's deeds of "forsaking darkness and turning to the light", he asked the scribes of the craftsman camp.

"How's Sharif doing?"

"Sir, this man is quite methodical in his work. He manages more than 3000 craftsmen in an orderly manner."

"And this person is very good at learning. It only took him a few days to understand the management knowledge of the Ming Dynasty Craftsman Camp and put forward his own opinions."

"Now the craftsmanship camp adopts the public assessment system developed by Sharif, and the craftsmen's work efficiency has increased by [-]%!"

"Thirty percent?"

Zhang Zongjun couldn't help being surprised when he heard this.

The reward and punishment system of the Ming Dynasty Craftsman Camp was personally formulated by him and His Majesty the Emperor. It has been hailed as the most complete reward and punishment system in the Ming Dynasty. This person can improve his performance by [-]%, which shows that this person really has a good way of managing craftsmen.

"How did he do that?"

The scribe was a little embarrassed when he heard this.

"Hard to say……"

"What's wrong to say?"

"The humble official felt that this was a bit disgraceful. In fact, he didn't change anything. He just added an article to the system established by the adults. Only the first [-] craftsmen who completed the prescribed work every day could pray and accept the afu. blessing."

"That's it?"

"Yes...that's all..."

Zhang Zongjun felt that it was time to take the time to see this guy and see the changes he had made to the craftsmanship camp.

He never believed that the bulk religion in Timur's empire could have such power.

Sharif worked as a general supervisor in Kangdu for half a month. Not only did he understand the contents of his job clearly, he also found many old acquaintances in the city.

Through getting to know these people, he not only knew Zhang Zongjun's true strength, but also knew that he was now the target of "abandoning the dark and turning to the bright" that Ming Dynasty focused on.

This made him very happy and felt that his life was finally saved.

Just thinking of the man in a cloak next to His Majesty Timur, he still felt worried.

He was not afraid of Timur attacking Kangdu, but he was afraid that His Majesty Timur would send assassins to assassinate him.

Therefore, he has been struggling in the past few days, wondering whether he should take the initiative to inform Daming about Timur's plan and let Daming prepare early.

While he was thinking, he suddenly saw the familiar figure in purple robe on the grounds of the craftsmanship camp.

"Master Zhang?"

At this time, Zhang Zongjun was visiting the craftsman camp where 500 people worshiped.

How to describe it, in his opinion this scene was a bit spectacular.

I saw everyone kneeling on the ground very devoutly, and the follower Ah Fu prayed word by word.

This made Zhang Zongjun, who had never believed in God, suddenly feel awe-inspiring, and his soul seemed to have been purified.

But he soon woke up and realized that this kind of thing was a double-edged sword.

Although in a short period of time, it increased the enthusiasm of craftsmen for work and improved their work efficiency.But in the long run, it has laid huge hidden dangers for Ming Dynasty's management.

The reason is very simple. Once the decrees of the Ming Dynasty are inconsistent with the teachings given to them, will they obey the Ming Dynasty or the spokesman of the gods, Ah Fu?

If Ah Fu was incited to rebel and became a traitor to the Ming Dynasty, using the name of the gods to call on craftsmen to rebel with him, would these craftsmen follow?

Just as Zhang Zongjun was thinking about how to prevent such things from happening, he suddenly heard someone calling him.

"Master Zhang, you...why are you here?"

When Zhang Zongjun saw it was Sharif, a fox-like sly smile immediately appeared on his face.

"You can do it, kid. You've done well. I've decided to report it to His Majesty and let Him personally commend you."

"Thank you for your cultivation!"

"The villain swears allegiance to the Ming Dynasty and to the adults..."

Zhang Zongjun laughed happily after hearing this.

"Okay, you've only been in Daming for a few days, and you've already learned how to flatter me?"

"Not bad, a child can be taught!"

"Thank you for the compliment, sir, but I have something important to report this time, so I hope you will step aside..."

When Zhang Zongjun heard this, he immediately ordered his entourage not to follow him and led Sharif to a secluded place.

"Tell me, tell me if you have any secrets."

"Sir, when I was with the thief chief Timur, I heard a very important news. Timur decided to restart the Eagle's Nest Project and train a group of assassins specifically to deal with the Ming Dynasty!"

(End of this chapter)