Baiwenfang is located in the center of the inner city business district, next to the most famous restaurant in Beijing: Baihualou.
As soon as I entered the Hundred Weapons Workshop, the first floor was actually a place for visitors to drink tea, there were no utensils for sale in the hall, and the small compartments were full of people, Zhu Yunwen greeted the guy and asked: "Your name is Hundred Weapons Workshop, so what about this equipment?"
” The man bowed his waist and said: "The guest officer doesn't know, this is the rule set by our shopkeeper, all the equipment is placed on the second floor, and if you want to go up to the second floor, you must pay one or two silver, otherwise you can only drink tea downstairs." ” One or two silver, this is just a chance to enter, this shopkeeper's heart is really black, but the more the shopkeeper does this, the more curious Zhu Wenyu becomes.
Hua Xirui knowingly took out a tael of silver and said, "Take us up." ” A tael of silver said a lot or less, and the man flattered and said, "The guest officer comes with me." ” There were two strong men guarding the staircase, and the guy nodded to them, and the strong man let Zhu Yunwen and the three go upstairs.
What Zhu Yunwen didn't expect was that there were more people upstairs than on the first floor, and it seems that this hundred machinery building is still a bit genuine.
Zhu Yunwen took Hua Xirui and Xiao Jiu and walked around at random, the things on the second floor are nothing more than toys, what small waterwheels and the like, there is nothing unusual, Zhu Yunwen touched these things and asked Hua Xirui: "These things are not unusual, but who do you think is stronger than those people in the Ministry of Industry?"
” Hua Xirui thought for a while and said: "The people of the Ministry of Industry are also selected from the people, and the things that the craftsmen here will have, and the Ministry of Industry will also, and Xirui really doesn't know who is more powerful." ” Zhu Yunwen was still playing with the toy bird in his hand, and a man dressed as a rich boy approached Zhu Yunwen and said, "This son, can you give me the wooden bird in your hand?"
” Zhu Yunwen was stunned for a moment, and gave him the wooden bird, and the boy took the wooden bird and said to the woman behind him, "Come, give it to you." ” Zhu Yunwen said disdainfully: "This hundred weapons workshop was built to create these things to please others?
” The boy said unhappily: "Childe is so big, but I don't know what you made it?"
” Zhu Yunwen said loudly: "I really can't make it, but I know that the equipment made by good craftsmen can be used by the people and the country!"
” Zhu Yunwen's words caused the noisy second floor to instantly quiet down, and everyone on the second floor looked here, to be honest, Zhu Yunwen was a little disappointed, he thought that there was something different about this hundred weapons workshop, even Xiao Jiu, who proposed to come here, was also lacking in interest at this time.
"I wonder who looks down on what we make?"
With a question, a middle-aged man walked down from the third floor.
Zhu Yunwen looked directly at the person and said, "You are the shopkeeper of this hundred weapons workshop?"
” The middle-aged man nodded and said: "My name is Hong Zhong, and I am indeed the shopkeeper of this hundred weapons workshop.
Hong Zhong's tone was already a little unkind.
Zhu Yunwen sneered and said: "The wooden bird is indeed exquisite, but it can only be used for fun, if all craftsmen make these fun things, how can I talk about technological innovation in the Ming Dynasty?"
” Hong Zhong's eyes flashed, he was surprisingly lifeless, Hong Zhong pointed to the third floor and said, "Then is the son willing to follow me to the third floor to have a look?"
” Xiao Jiu pulled Zhu Yunwen's sleeve and motioned him not to go up, Zhu Yunwen shook his head at Xiao Jiu and said, "Why don't you want to?"
” Hong Zhong had already turned around and left, Zhu Yunwen went upstairs without even bringing Hua Xirui and Xiao Jiu this time, the third floor was deserted, and on the entire third floor, there were only Hong Zhong, Zhu Yunwen and a few craftsmen who were buried in their heads.
Hong Zhong pointed to a crossbow on a desk and said, "Childe, please see, can this bow and crossbow be used by the country?"
” Zhu Yunwen put the bow and crossbow in his hand, he keenly felt that this bow and crossbow was much lighter than the bow and crossbow in the army, Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but lift the bow and crossbow and shoot a few arrows at the wall in the distance.
The arrows shot by the bow and crossbow were extremely powerful, and they actually poked a hole in the wall, Zhu Yunwen sighed sincerely: "Good crossbow, if it is equipped with soldiers in the army, the combat power of the Ming Dynasty will be on a higher level." ” Hong Zhong smiled and said, "What does that son think of this?"
Hong Zhong shook it and threw a rope-style thing to Zhu Yunwen.