Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

After more than three months of efforts by all participants, the renovation of the treasure ship has finally come to an end.

Due to Wei Wu's request, every large ship that has been modified will be delivered to the navy after testing so that they can familiarize themselves with it in advance.

Therefore, the soldiers began to adapt to the operation of steamships early on and prepare for the future Eastern Expedition.

At the same time, after the workload of transforming the treasure ship was reduced, the Academy of Science and Technology also allocated a lot of manpower and material resources to the firearms project.

With no worries about power and sufficient manpower, the production of rifled flintlock rifles can be described as terrifying.

Originally, by rubbing the gun barrel by hand, only twenty or thirty threads could be produced in a day, and the accuracy of the rifling could not be guaranteed.

But now, with the help of machine tools, making hundreds of the most difficult gun barrel rifling in a day is as easy as pie and there is no difficulty at all.

However, after meeting the navy's firearms needs, the firearms group did not stop, but continued to increase its efforts to produce weapons and ammunition.

These weapons were mainly supplied to the border to defend against the nomadic peoples and the Northern Yuan Dynasty outside the border, after all, the eastern expedition against the Japanese pirates was imminent.

And now is the time when they are most likely to make mistakes.

Whenever the weather gets cold, the nomadic people will go south to rob supplies, and now it is the coldest time of the year.

On this day, the temperature in Nanjing dropped sharply, and fluffy white snowflakes fell from the sky, attracting people to go out to enjoy the snow.

Wei Wu was naturally no exception. After all, this was the first snow he had experienced since he came to Ming Dynasty.

He immediately took Zhu Yuxuan with him, and the two of them changed into luxurious brocade hats and sable fur coats, and went out with the three little girls and the Wuchang team.

Along the way, small vendors set up their stalls, fragrant hot air wafted from the stalls, and children chased the falling snowflakes beside them.

It can be seen that everyone is full of enthusiasm for life.

"It's great! At this time of year in previous years, there weren't many people on the streets. It's nowhere near as lively as it is now."

Just as Wei Wu was watching the children playing with great interest, he suddenly heard Shen Lin's voice full of emotion, so he couldn't help but ask a question.

"Why, wasn't it like this before?"

After Wei Wu finished speaking, not only Shen Lin, but also Zhang Hai and other team members all shook their heads.

Seeing them like this, Wei Wu became a little curious, so he asked again.

"What was it like before?"

After Wei Wu finished asking, Shen Lin immediately explained:

"In the past, at this time, everyone would run out of the city to prepare for winter, otherwise it would be very difficult to endure."

After Shen Lin finished speaking, Zhang Hai beside him also said something.

"Yes, at this time of year in previous years, I would also take advantage of my free time to go outside the city to pick up some firewood and bring it home to use during the winter."

"After all, winters are getting colder these days. Last year at this time, many beggars froze to death in the dilapidated temple outside the city."

After listening to the two people's past stories, Wei Wu felt more and more strange. This was different from what he saw.

If everyone was still worried about winter last year, why aren't they worried this year? Why have so many changes happened in just one year?

Just when Wei Wu was confused, Shen Lin spoke again:

"Speaking of which, it's all thanks to you, Master, that we can all spend this winter in peace and security!"

Hearing this, Wei Wu turned his head and looked at Shen Lin in confusion.

"Ah? Thanks to me? How come I don't even know what I did?"

"Oh, Master, you don't know?"

Shen Lin also looked at Wei Wu in confusion, but soon he thought of something and suddenly slapped his head and said:

"I forgot. The young master was not in the capital at that time. After returning, he put all his energy into the Institute of Science and Technology. It's normal that he didn't know."