Daming Military Empire

Chapter 253

Now most of the arable land in the northwest has been taken over by the royal family, so Zhu Cijiong is particularly concerned about this area. It is two to three hundred million mu, and it is more than 2 million mu if it is [-]% abandoned. It is really a pity. Move back?But they all have land to plant now. Isn’t it sick to let them plant dry land instead of planting land with sufficient rain?

Maybe there are other solutions, and he asked a little unwillingly: "Why can a man in his prime only plant [-] acres at most, and what is the main difficulty?"

This question is really too simple. If you say it too directly, you may be suspected of mocking the emperor's ignorance. Chen Zilong thought about it for a while, and carefully replied in a respectful tone: "This, the emperor, is mainly to dig the ground. Even if there are cattle, the cows will be exhausted if twenty acres of land are turned over, and if there are no cattle, even twenty acres of land will be turned over, and a man in his prime will be exhausted to death!"

Zhu Cijiong didn't pay attention to Chen Zilong's tone of voice. He focused his attention on this difficult point. After listening to Chen Zilong's description, he suddenly realized that digging the ground is indeed a problem. Digging the ground loose is quite labor-intensive. Even if the plow is pulled by oxen, the physical strength of the oxen is limited. It would be great if there are plowing equipment of later generations.

Before he opened his mouth, Bi Maokang said with some regret: "Song Yingxing once mentioned the issue of turning the earth to Weichen. He wanted to design a earth turning dragon, which was to use a steam locomotive to pull a large row of ox plows. Mu of land is about a quarter of an hour. The locomotive will not be tired, and it is not a problem to turn tens of mu of land a day. However, the problem of the wheels has not been solved. To ensure that the wheels do not sink into the ground, the wheels must be made as hard as possible. Wide, but the wider the wheel is, the heavier it is, and the heavier it is, the easier it is to sink in. This is simply a deadlock, so this Digger has never been able to make it.”

Isn't it just a load-bearing question, why don't you come and ask me!Zhu Cijiong clapped his hands excitedly and said: "This is too simple, why didn't you say it earlier, I will draw it for you to see."

After all, he personally took a pen and paper from the desk and drew a sketch of the tracked chassis.

He didn't need to explain, Bi Maokang understood it at a glance, he couldn't help looking at Zhu Cijiong with admiration, and admired from the bottom of his heart: "The emperor is really a god."

Zhu Cijiong was a little embarrassed when he heard this. It was just a pure copy and plagiarism. How many earth-turning dragons are needed, and we will try to make all of them before next year's spring plowing."

Hearing this, Bi Maokang was astonished, there was no need to discuss it, he couldn't do it at all, he couldn't help but said in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for my incompetence, Wang Gongchang really can't make so many earth-turning dragons, Now the weapons and equipment of the regular legions are a bit overwhelming, and there are purchase orders from the European side, by the way, Your Majesty, how many muskets and cannons does the European side need?"

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he slapped his forehead, how could he forget about this matter? A while ago, he was mainly focused on matters in the Northwest, and he really didn't have the heart to talk about arms sales, so he sent the Oulu procurement team to Daming He has traveled all over the place, and now he doesn't know where these people are.

This is embarrassing now. I don’t know the specific order quantity and delivery date of Oulu, so the military factory plan can’t be done. He thought about it. Anyway, the train, the telegraph network and the development of the Northwest are all discussed. Well, let's just go here today, wait for him to negotiate the purchase contract with the Oulu procurement team, and then discuss the planning of the military factory.

So, he said directly: "Let's go here first today, and discuss the rest in two days."

The emperor had a golden eloquence, and said one thing, and everyone naturally didn't dare to have any opinions. Hearing the words, they all got up and left, leaving only Zhu Cijiong to ponder.

In fact, he wasn't thinking deeply, he was just a little embarrassed. After everyone had left, he immediately called Cao Huachun in, and asked in a low voice, "Where is the European envoy now?"

Cao Huachun replied in a low voice: "If you go back to the emperor, they just came back from Liaodong a few days ago, and they are visiting Dongdaying right now."

Fortunately, not far away, Zhu Cijiong ordered in a low voice: "Immediately pass on my order to let them come back today, and tomorrow I will meet them in the Emperor Palace to discuss the issue of ordering arms."

Now that the capital and Dongdaying are connected by train, it is convenient to go back and forth. Cao Huachun said that he complied with the order, and then respectfully withdrew to make arrangements.

Unexpectedly, not long after he went out, he said anxiously outside the door: "Report to the emperor, Jin Yiwei hastened the secret report."

When Zhu Cijiong heard the word "urgent", his heart skipped a beat. This is definitely a big deal, so they wouldn't dare to send any urgent secret report here, so he hurriedly said: "Hurry up, send it in."

When Cao Huachun heard the words, he immediately walked in with a secret report.

Zhu Cijiong took the secret report, tore it open, and read it in one sentence: To report to the emperor, Jiannu conspired to establish a country on the Chahar Grassland on December [-]th this year, and the name of the country is "Qing"!
Nima, it's this guy again, can't you just stop and stop? If you proclaim yourself emperor at this time, you want me to beat you up, right?

Huang Taiji really thought so, he just wanted Zhu Cijiong to send troops to the grassland to fight him decisively!
As a hero of the generation, he will naturally not be willing to stay silent like this. Since Zhu Cijiong was driven to the Mongolian grassland, he worked hard to rule, while developing gunpowder weapons, while conquering various tribes in Mongolia. Finally, at the end of this year, he completely conquered all tribes in Monan Mongolia and won It became the Jade Seal of the Northern Yuan Emperor's Heirloom.

In ancient times, the Chuanguo Yuxi was generally regarded as the destiny, that is, whoever got the Chuanguo Yuxi was the emperor chosen by the heavens. Huang Taiji deeply believed that God had favored him, but the strength of Daming almost made him despair ,How to do it?Attacking Daming with his current strength is simply seeking death, but Chuan Guo Yuxi not only gave him confidence, but also made him think of a coup, that is, to lure the Ming army to the grassland.

If he attacked from the front, he would have nothing to do against Ming's strong city, but it would be different when he arrived on the grassland. The vast grassland is the world of their nomads, and it is useless even if the Ming Dynasty comes with a million troops. At that time, like Zhu Yuanzhang, he organized millions of troops to enter the Mongolian grassland many times, trying to destroy Beiyuan. In the end, the Ming Dynasty said that it was victorious. Didn’t the Beiyuan persist for more than 300 years, and it was only now that he was defeated by himself? destroy.

The Ming army does not have two to three million people now. If the little emperor dares to organize a million troops into the grassland, maybe he can also make him a civilized fortress. As long as these million troops are eliminated, the Huahua World in the Central Plains is not easy to come by !
As the saying goes, there are no two days in the sky, and there are no two lords in a country. Huang Taiji thought that as soon as the news of him proclaiming himself emperor spread, the little emperor would definitely become angry, and Zhu Cijiong would be fooled by the emperor's personal conquest?

He was indeed very angry. Just as he was about to develop for a while, this guy came to make trouble, but he also knew that he wanted to block this guy on the grassland. Given that Daming's current strength was not enough, he decided to ignore this guy until the development was about the same. Now, organize an army to go to the grasslands to help him.

Therefore, not only did Zhu Cijiong not go, but he also asked Cao Huachun to burn the secret report, so that if you don’t see it, you will be called the emperor. Even if you are called a god, so what, it’s not that you are hiding in the grassland and dare not come out!
(End of this chapter)