Chapter 244: The Supervisor of the Kitchen

Speaking of the matchlock gun, it also has some disadvantages. First, it will lose its effect in rainy and windy weather. Rainy days will cause the matchlock gun to get wet and fail to fire.

Strong winds will also have an impact, because the strong wind will blow away the gunpowder on the fire door, so that the matchlock gun will lose its effect.

In addition, the operation of the matchlock gun is complicated and takes a long time. Sometimes, before you can operate it successfully, the enemy may kill you.

Of course, the disadvantages of the matchlock gun are not limited to these, and I will not list them one by one here!

"Okay! I have said everything that should be said. It is up to you to decide how to do it!"

"If there is still something you don't understand, read more of "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature", savor it carefully, and work hard to study and overcome the difficulties in this area. I will leave it to you!" Li Chengqian said.

He has seen everything he should see and said everything he should say. In the end, it is up to them to do it! It is time for him to return to the palace!

Li Chengqian was not very satisfied with the current research results of the musket. He hoped that the director in front of him could lead his men to really make a self-generating musket according to the contents recorded in "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature".

The so-called self-igniting musket is actually a type of flintlock gun. The self-igniting musket is not afraid of wind and rain, because after it has been improved, it is no longer ignited by a fire rope, but by pulling the trigger. Under the action of the spring, the flint hits the edge of the fire port heavily, sparks appear, and ignites the gunpowder.

It not only greatly simplifies the shooting process, improves the firing rate and shooting accuracy, is easy to use, but also reduces the cost, allowing flintlock guns to be mass-produced.

In the middle of the seventeenth century, the armies of many European countries began to equip flintlock guns on a large scale.

Of course, Li Chengqian now does not dare to expect to be able to mass-produce this kind of self-igniting musket. As long as they can successfully develop it, it will be a great feat across the centuries.

"Your Highness, I respectfully send you off!" The person in charge and the assistant of the base saluted hurriedly.

Li Chengqian nodded, and led his people out of the base and returned to Chang'an City.

As soon as he entered Chang'an City, Li Chengqian found that today's Chang'an was a little different from the past, but he couldn't tell where it was different.

Passing through Chang'an Street, where carriages and horses were like dragons and crowds of people were surging, the ceremonial procession of the East Palace entered the East Palace from Xuande Gate, and then dispersed.

Li Chengqian went to Chongjiao Hall. Generally, memorials that needed to be approved by the Crown Prince would be sent to Chongjiao Hall. This was where Li Chengqian usually reviewed memorials and did his work.

Li Chengqian wanted to go to Chongjiao Hall to take a look. He would be gone for most of the day, and he might have some state affairs that he needed to deal with.

"Wang Quan, on the way back, did you find any difference between Chang'an and the palace?" On the way to Chongjiao Hall, Li Chengqian was still thinking about this matter and asked Wang Quan beside him.

"This, this servant did not find anything wrong? Did you notice anything?" Wang Quan said blankly.

"Maybe it was my mistake! Go and find out whether the emperor's summons to the Tiele Nine Surnames went smoothly!" Li Chengqian said. "

Yes! I'll go now!" Wang Quan said, turned around and left directly.

Li Chengqian came to the front of Chongjiao Hall, and the eunuch immediately stepped forward to see the door open. Li Chengqian strode in and sat down in front of the table. There

were two memorials on the table, which were just delivered today. These needed the prince to review whether they were feasible.

Looking at the two memorials on the table, they were not important or urgent matters, so Li Chengqian put them aside for the time being.

He did not sleep well at the Crown Princess's place last night, so he got up early the next morning and accompanied Li Er out of the city to the secret base to see the newly developed new weapons.

It took nearly three hours to go back and forth, not counting the time spent in the base. He was really tired from running all the way today. Last night,

the Crown Princess wanted to score twice, and the Crown Prince naturally couldn't refuse the Crown Princess's passion, so he and the Crown Princess had a lot of fun until the second half of the night. If he hadn't had to accompany Li Er to the base to check the next day, they would have been busy until dawn.

Li Chengqian stretched his waist and yawned. He felt sleepy and hungry again!

"Go and inform the Food Bureau to prepare some cakes and other food and tea for me. I'm a little hungry!"

"Nothing, don't disturb me. I want to take a nap. If Wang Quan comes back, call me." Li Chengqian said.

"Yes!" The eunuch took the order and left, and asked someone to guard outside the palace and said: "My lord has ordered! Except for some important matters and the inner court commander Wang Quan, you are not allowed to disturb me! Do you understand?"

"Understood!" Everyone said in unison.

"That's it! I will go to the Food Bureau in person and ask them to prepare some fine food for my lord." The eunuch said, and then left.

The Food Bureau is located in the east of Guangtian Hall in the East Palace and the east of the southern road of Yichun Palace.

The eunuch came to the Food Bureau, and the head of the Food Bureau, the Food Supervisor, came up to him and said, "Neifang Cheng, why are you here in my Food Bureau? What do you need me to do?"

The Food Supervisor was a fat eunuch with a big head and big ears. It would be strange if he was not fat in this lucrative Food Bureau. When he had nothing to do, he could even open a small stove for himself.

The eunuch smiled and said, "I am here to deliver your message to you by your husband!"

"I wonder what kind of food does your husband need to prepare, for himself, for a banquet or something else?" The Food Supervisor asked. The person

who came to the Food Bureau to deliver his message would never have anything else except food. What kind of place is the Food Bureau? This is the kitchen of the East Palace, just like the Emperor's Food Bureau.

"My dear, I'm a little hungry and want to eat some exquisite pastries. You better not stick to the old ways. Can't you try something different?" said Neifang Cheng.

"No problem. I'll take care of it. I've just developed a new way of making pastries. I'll serve this new pastry to my dear. He will definitely be happy." The Dianshan Supervisor said with a smile.

When it comes to food, no one in the East Palace can surpass him, except that he has the most say.

As a qualified chef, he must be an excellent foodie.

"Okay! Then go and prepare it! I still have to go back to serve my dear! Bye!" Neifang Cheng bowed and turned to walk out of the Dianshan Bureau.

"Come often when you have time!" The Dianshan Supervisor looked at Neifang Cheng's back and waved his hands.

After the figure of the Neifang Cheng disappeared, the Dianshijian scolded them: "What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and move. Didn't you hear that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is hungry? Prepare food quickly."

Following the Dianshijian's order, everyone in the Dianshi Bureau started to get busy, preparing cakes and other meals for the Crown Prince.

It would not do to let the Crown Prince go hungry. For them, solving the Crown Prince's food problem is the top priority of their Food Bureau.