Above the Great Dao
Chapter 582 - 268 Chen Shi’s Official Career_2

Chapter 582: Chapter 268 Chen Shi’s Official Career_2

Chen Shi took the lantern and saw that on the side facing him were written the words "Be Cautious," and on the back were the words "Minute Details."

Be meticulous and careful.

Chen Tang said, "You became an official at the age of thirteen. If you are not cautious, you’ll be caught by someone with leverage against you. These four words are a mutual reminder for both of us."

Chen Shi examined the four words, fell silent for a moment, and said, "Chen Tang, I won’t cause you any trouble."

After returning home and having dinner, Chen Shi went back to his room and saw a set of ambassador’s official uniforms by the bed, with two additional sets for changing in the cabinet.

The next morning, Chen Shi put on his official uniform. Chen Tang did not command anyone to come over but arranged for Sun Yisheng to lead him to the Ministry of Revenue.

The Ministry of Revenue’s government office was staffed with numerous individuals, but most were clerks and officials from the audit bureaus of the fifty provinces, responsible for managing the money, grain, and materials of the fifty provinces.

West Bull New Continent was too vast, and the Ministry of Revenue’s government office was bloated. The families had placed too many hands within; there were only a few individuals actually working in each bureau.

As Chen Shi followed Sun Yisheng, he saw some people drinking tea, while others were rushing between the various bureaus, running back and forth between buildings—so busy they could hardly stop.

Along with Chen Shi entering the Ministry of Revenue were several scholars, though all were middle-aged, also there to serve as ambassadors and vice envoys.

Chen Shi asked, "Mr. Sun, are the ambassadors and vice envoys for the depots replaced frequently?"

"Of course they are."

Sun Yisheng said, "The amount of silver and silver coins handled every day is counted in the hundreds of thousands. Countless people outside want to send you silver and beauties, just so you’d issue them a pass or an endorsement. You might be able to resist the temptation for a day or two, but over time, very few can endure."

"Their predecessors..."

"Just a few days ago they were still alive, now they are likely within the Ten Thousand Soul Banner."

"Oh."

The two followed the inspection officer to the Guangji Storehouse. The vice envoy and clerks of the Guangji Storehouse were already there waiting. After all the officials introduced themselves, they took out the storehouse ledgers and began to show Chen Shi around the reserve of the Guangji Storehouse.

"Sir, the Guangji Storehouse has produced two hundred thousand chain-shot lead bullets, four hundred thousand bar-shot lead bullets, four hundred thousand target-practice lead bullets; produced twenty-three thousand Five Dragons Guns, twenty-three thousand Three-eyed Fire Guns, forty thousand Bird Guns, and eighty thousand iron thorns of large, medium, and small sizes; sir, this way please."

Chen Shi looked at the mountainous piles of bullets and stopped in front of the iron thorns.

He saw that the largest iron thorns were taller than a man, a bit taller than himself, adorned with pointed iron spikes, each branded with various thunder talismans.

"Sir, these iron thorns are sketched with thirty-six lines of the Nine Thunders Talisman, engraved with forty-eight Five Thunder Talismans, and filled with three hundred pounds of gunpowder and sugar, known as Five Yang Thunder Gunpowder, extremely powerful."

A clerk in charge of supervising the manufacturing of the iron thorns said, "The spikes are mobile. A slight collision will compress the internal gunpowder, causing an explosion. At the time of the explosion, the iron thorn’s casing will shatter into three thousand pieces, and each spike will break into two hundred fragments."

Chen Shi’s voice trembled slightly, "Take two of these out to the Qushang River. I want to inspect their power and see if you have been cutting corners and deceiving me."

The inspection officer and a group of vice envoys and clerks looked at each other, hastily saying, "Mr. Xiao Chen, that won’t do!"

Sun Yisheng urgently advised as well, "Mr. Xiao Chen, this cannot be done! If you detonate them, both banks of the Qushang River might suffer countless deaths and injuries! And if any piece of this armament is missing, you alone will be accountable!"

Chen Shi moved his gaze away with reluctance and proceeded forward, looking back with every three steps.

The inspection officer and the group of vice envoys and clerks exchanged looks, a mutual understanding in their thoughts: "This ambassador, I’m afraid he won’t make it to next month before ascending the Ten Thousand Soul Banner."

"Sir, this way please. Here we have the supervised manufacturing of the cannons."

They followed Chen Shi, moving quickly to show him the inspection of the cannons and to review the accounts, saying, "Produced one thousand General Cannons, two thousand four hundred Conqueror Cannons, two thousand four hundred blunderbusses, ten thousand mouth cannon, three thousand rockets, five thousand fire lances."

Chen Shi came in front of the General Cannons, two arms lengths long and short, and clenched his fists to prevent his hands from trembling with excitement.

And when he saw those Dragon Head Rockets, he couldn’t contain himself anymore, and his hands finally shook.

"I shall go outside and test this one!" Chen Shi said.

Sun Yisheng hastily intervened, "Mr. Xiao Chen, this cannot be tested either!"

Chen Shi looked at the rockets and saw that each was about two arms lengths long, with a dragon head and body, even equipped with a dragon tail, though without four legs, filled with gunpowder and with wind cloud and thunder talismans painted on the exterior.

These devices could ride the wind in the sky for dozens of miles at extreme speeds, then explode with immense power!

At the time of explosion, not only would there be wind, thunder, fire, and smoke, but also a dragon’s roar vibrating, with divine dragon strength, destroying everything!

Chen Shi looked left and right with great reluctance.

A few clerks whispered among themselves, "This Mr. Xiao Chen might ascend the Ten Thousand Soul Banner by tomorrow."

They led Chen Shi to inspect various military armaments: bows and arrows, large crossbows, crossbow carts, long spears, long knives, battle axes, rattan shields, waist swords, armor, war drums, fire sickles, sharp-pointed fire soldiers’ burden, and so on, amounting to tens of thousands, all painted with talismans and supplied with incense and fire by the talismanic weapons regularly!

In addition, there were materials such as saltpeter, sulfur, charcoal powder, and sugar, totaling tens of thousands of pounds.

Chen Shi was dazzled by all he saw, finally finishing his inspection of the Guangji Storehouse’s armament and when he emerged, it was already the afternoon; he was ravenously hungry but his spirit was exhilarated.

"I am in charge of so many weapons; I could flatten the Western Capital!" he thought to himself.

Sun Yisheng saw his excited mood and whispered, "Mr. Xiao Chen, the contents of Guangji Storehouse must not be moved. Moving them equates to a capital offense."

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