I clearly wanted to be a tyrant, but how did I become the greatest emperor of all time?

"Once completed, the military craftsmen will refurbish the scrapped ordnance according to the rules set by Lord Zhang."

Tang Yan nodded and said, imitating his father's behavior:

"Okay, then after you complete the armory mission, you won't have to continue forging."

The people in the armory were stunned.

No need to continue the forge?

How come the new armory inspector set the rules for renovation as soon as he took office?

There was some dissatisfaction throughout the armory.

By refurbishing scrapped weapons, military craftsmen can use the scraps to forge some things and sell them.

It is also a major source of income for the armory at present.

As soon as Tang Yan came to power, he overturned everyone's jobs, and the military craftsmen were of course dissatisfied.

Tang Yan continued, "After completing the task at the armory, everyone will forge this."

After he finished speaking, Tang Yan took out a design drawing.

What is this?

Several experienced military craftsmen came forward to take a look.

A long and thin hollow iron tube, isn’t this thing just a broken stick?

Tang Yan added: "This iron barrel needs to be forged with molten iron, it must be strong! I hope to be able to forge 6,000 barrels this month!"

Now everyone was even more stunned.

Six thousand poles?

That means that in addition to the original forging tasks of the armory, the military craftsmen can only do this.

Moreover, this thing was not a task assigned by the Ministry of Industry at all, which means that it would not be included in the weapons indicators even if it was produced.

This iron rod cannot be sold in the market.

Now the entire armory was dissatisfied.

Tang Yan continued, "This six thousand mission must be completed! If it is not completed, this month's salary will be deducted!"

As soon as these words were spoken, many military craftsmen became noisy.

Tang Yan disagreed and said, "Well, this inspector will see the results this month."

I didn’t expect Tang Yan to be like this!

Many military craftsmen were indignant.

I originally thought that Zhang Yuchai's apprentice should also be a good official.

I didn't expect this guy to do useless things as soon as he took office.

Although the military craftsmen were dissatisfied, Tang Yan was a new official and no one dared to be burned by his fire.

So even though everyone was dissatisfied, they still carried out the task according to the order.

After solving the problem of the gun barrel, Tang Yan recruited a group of people to make the fuse and buttstock.

The only one left is Lei Dan.

If it were someone else, it would not be easy to get a lot of thunder pills.

But Tang Yan is the son of Prime Minister Tang Xiaoren.

He wrote a letter, saying that his family members suffered from serious heart disease, and asked Minghui for a large amount of Lei Dan.

Gao Jin reported everything to Xiao Weizi truthfully.

After listening to this, Xiao Weizi frowned.

This Tang Yan is really uneducated.

As soon as he took office, he cut off the military craftsmen's financial resources and forced them to increase their workload.

It can be said that everyone in the armory was offended.

Making a broken iron rod?

What does this guy want to do?

Does Tang Yan want to sell fire sticks?

I didn't expect Tang Xiaoren to give birth to such a son.

At this time, another Western Factory soldier reported that Tang Yan also asked Taoist Minghui for a large batch of thunder pills.

But Xiao Weizi knew that there was no relative in Tang Xiaoren's family suffering from heart disease.

What does this kid Tang Yan want from Lei Dan?

Could it be that you want to resell it?

Ever since His Majesty awarded the Lei Dan to the ministers in the court who suffered from heart disease, everyone soon discovered that this pill can really cure heart disease!

You have to know that heart disease can occur suddenly, and if it is not treated in time, it can quickly lead to death.

Even with timely acupuncture treatment, stroke or paralysis may still occur.

So heart disease is very scary.

And Lei Dan can save lives during a heart attack!

This makes Lei Dan's value skyrocket!

Many wealthy families in Beijing are seeking to buy Lei Dan at high prices.

However, there is naturally not much medicine on the market that Your Majesty gave to the ministers in the court who suffered from heart disease.

It can be said that it is hard to find a pill!

The Western Factory captured several young eunuchs in the alchemy room.

Seeing that the price of Lei Dan was high, they stole Minghui's pills and resold them in the market.

There are also some playboys who would steal the thunder pills from their homes and sell them.

The son of the Prime Minister actually did such a thing!

Xiao Weizi's opinion of Tang Yan became even lower.

He silently noted down what Tang Yan did.

If His Majesty asks, Xiao Weizi will report truthfully.

Little Weizi is not afraid of offending the queen.

Now he is the head of the Western Factory, and even the Empress does not dare to deal with him at will.

Moreover, Xiao Weizi understood that the Western Factory now monitored the moral conduct of ministers in the capital, and could be said to monitor all officials.

At times like this, he, the Director of the Western Factory, can only be loyal to His Majesty.

If he gets close to the Queen, His Majesty will definitely be unhappy.

Little Weizi knew very well that only by being loyal to His Majesty could he have a future.

After instructing the guard to continue keeping an eye on Tang Yan, Xiao Weizi opened another piece of intelligence.

This was handed over by a guard from the Jiabu Division.

A few days ago, the horse purchases of the Jiabu Division doubled.

The Jiabu Division was in charge of the post stations throughout the country.

The horses at the post station are naturally under the jurisdiction of the Jiabusi.

And a few days ago, the purchase volume of post horses by the Jiabu Division doubled.

The Chief Minister Tang Xiaoren directly approved the document from the Jiabu Division.

Rand's great victory in Luzhou resulted in the capture of many livestock.

Including tens of thousands of fine horses.

The cost of purchasing fine horses for the Jiabu Division is nothing to the current imperial court.

However, the Western Factory guards still reported the news to Xiao Weizi.

Zhang Yingchai is a relative of the Empress Dowager, and Tang Xiaoren is the current Prime Minister.

This is another tricky thing.

However, with so many Yima, the cost is quite high.

The Jiabu Division has had a lot of expenses recently, which has also aroused the vigilance of the Western Factory.

Is Zhang Yuchai corrupt?

Or is it related to Tang Xiaoren’s corruption?

Xiao Weizi thought of this possibility.

But more importantly, what was consumed this time were horses.

Horses can be said to be strategic materials. So many horses were consumed in the Jiabu Division. What was Zhang Xiuchai's intention?

Both incidents were related to the cabinet chief, Tang Xiaoren.

Xiao Weizi was also thinking about how to report these two matters to His Majesty.

At the same time, the first batch of grain shipped from Yuhang by sea has been delivered to the capital.

Li Tian has been feeling a little melancholy these days.

The country's destiny can never be defeated!

After the great victory in Luzhou, the war in Eastern Liao quickly stopped.

The Northern Mang retreated dozens of miles and never dared to invade Eastern Liao again.

It was obvious that the Lone Wolf Tribe was destroyed, which scared the Northern Mang.

But Li Tian just couldn't be happy.

The pressure on Eastern Liao was greatly reduced, so Li Tian had no reason to send troops.

The country's fortunes could not continue to deteriorate.

How to live this day!

The court was also calm.

After Jia Renyi entered the cabinet, he actually cooperated very well with Tang Xiaoren.

The two did not have any conflicts. On the contrary, under their management, the prestige of the cabinet became even higher.

At this moment, Xiao Weizi suddenly entered the bedroom and said:

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Tang requests a palace meeting."

The Prime Minister requested a meeting?

Is this my chance?

Father-in-law, are you finally going to make an effort?

Ever since Li Tian stopped holding morning court sessions, the palace meetings became the place where the emperor and his ministers discussed state affairs.

The previous meetings in front of the palace were all convened on the initiative of Li Tian.

This time it was the Prime Minister Tang Xiaoren who requested it.