Fenghou

"It's mainly firearms technology, especially the iron fire mine technology. Your Majesty, they confessed and got two iron fire mines."

"what?"

Chen Qing's expression changed, "How did they get it?"

"It was obtained during the construction of the Danba Waterway. Among the officials who built the Danba Waterway, one of the owners was a Korean. 120 one, changed to 120 three, in this way, there is no problem in the final verification of the account, but the actual number of explosions is two less than the record, because the number of iron fire mines used is too large, and this loophole has not been found.”

"Where are these two iron fire mines?"

"One of them was found in Xianyang by Beiqian, but the other was transported to Korea by them. It was an iron hedgehog."

"When did it happen?"

Chen Qing asked: "I mean when will it be transported away?"

"Just last month, it was less than a month since we set off from Weihe River."

Chen Qing walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and asked again: "Have you got the gunpowder technology, formula or craftsman?"

"No! They live in Xianyang. One of the important reasons is that they want to obtain firearm technology, including gunpowder production. But our system is extremely strict, and they have not obtained anything so far."

Chen Qing nodded, "Tonight, first arrest the thief leader Bo, and notify the Ministry of Officials tomorrow morning."

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Immediately after Zhong Huan reported the discovery of a large number of money notes, he resigned...

Chen Qing paced back and forth in the Linde Hall alone. Although he was very annoyed by the theft of Tie Huolei, it did not escalate to a major incident.

In fact, he allowed a large number of iron fire mines to be used in civil projects, and the control on iron fire mines has been relaxed, from the first-level control to the second-level control. If the control is not lowered, the expansion of the Sanmenxia and the construction of the Danba Waterway are simply impossible. Use Iron Fire Mine.

If Wanyanchang or Wanyan Wushu got the Tiehuolei, he would feel panic. After all, these two people have been studying Tiehuolei for many years, and they have almost reached the critical point. As long as they get a real Tiehuolei , they are likely to succeed.

Therefore, Chen Qing was also fighting wits and courage, trying every means to get Wan Yanchang to get a fake Tiehuolei, causing them to go in the wrong direction, thereby delaying their research time, and finally fell short.

Now the Kingdom of Jin has been destroyed, and the enemy has become the Koreans, but Chen Qing is not worried about the Koreans, and it doesn’t make much sense for them to get the Iron Fire Thunder. Unlike the Kingdom of Jin, they already have the foundation for researching firearms, and Korea has nothing. , It is impossible to even purify fire nitrate, not to mention the preparation of gunpowder, and the production of iron fire thunder shell also requires high technology. Goryeo currently does not have this forging and molding technology.

However, this Goryeo spy incident also reminded Chen Qing that Goryeo is a poisonous snake, and once the threat from Xiliao is lifted, he will start to clean up Goryeo.

In fact, compared to Tie Huolei, Chen Qing paid more attention to the crisis of fake money notes.

The first thousand and 520 chapters are achieved

The next morning, Chen Qing summoned Xu Xiantu, the prime minister in charge of the household department.

"Wei Chen sees His Majesty!"

Chen Qing nodded, "Xu Xiangguo, please sit down!"

Chen Qing asked Xu Xiantu to sit down, and said to him: "Half of the money ticket case that happened in the former Yongjing cabinet workshop has been cracked by the inner guards. It was done by a group of Koreans. At present, all the Koreans have also been arrested. There are 550 counterfeit bills with a total face value of [-] million guan. According to their account, they plan to withdraw copper coins from [-] counters in various places at the same time after the money bills are rolled out in large quantities. If they succeed, the imperial court will suffer heavy losses.”

Xu Xiantu was taken aback and said, "Could it be that the cabinet shop can't tell if it's true or not?"

Chen Qing shook his head, "If it wasn't for the intervention of the internal guards, the counter of the main store would not be able to tell the authenticity of the money ticket."

"Isn't it too easy to fake?"

"Here is the problem. Our technology is not enough to make money notes that others cannot imitate. The only fear method is severe punishment. Fake."

Speaking of this, Chen Qing sighed and said: "I am responsible for this matter. I think things are too simple. I want to run before I can walk. I always want to issue clubs. Now I know that there is no breakthrough in anti-counterfeiting technology." In the past, it was very inappropriate to issue money and bank notes, regardless of the issuance of clubs, and the real-name counter ticket with the key is the most suitable method. As for ordinary people, silver dimes and silver coins are enough."

Xu Xiantu smiled and said, "Wei Chen also went to the counter shop to investigate the counter tickets a few days ago, and found that the counter tickets can completely achieve the convenience of money tickets."

"How do you say that?"

"In the past, counter tickets were inconvenient because there were too few branches in various places. For example, I wanted to go to Changzhou to buy goods, but there was no counter shop in Changzhou, so I had to go to Jiangning or Suzhou first. I found that Xiangyang has good products with good quality and low price, but I can’t buy them. I have to go to Suzhou to get the money first, and then turn around and go back to Xiangyang. It may take more than a month to go back and forth, and there may be delays.

If it is a money ticket, there is no need to go to Suzhou, and it can be directly exchanged into money in Xiangyang. This is the convenience of the money ticket. "

"And then?" Chen Qingrao asked with interest.

"Now on the one hand, there are many branches, and there are also branches in Changzhou. When you go to Changzhou and find that the goods in Changzhou are not as good as those in Suzhou, then Changzhou counters can transfer the counter ticket and key to Suzhou counters, and now the main store The cabinet is going to implement a dual-key system, which is to solve the trouble in Xiangyang just now."

"Be specific!"

"Weichen still used the example just now. If the customer finds good goods in Xiangyang on the way to Changzhou, then he can find the Xiangyang cabinet shop and hand over the counter ticket and one of the code words to the cabinet shop. Xiangyang cabinet shop Immediately use pigeon letters to verify with the Jingzhao head office, wait for two days at most, and if the verification is correct, the Xiangyang counter shop can give him the money, and then use a quick horse to notify the Changzhou counter shop that the ticket has been honored and the key is invalidated.”

Chen Qing nodded, "This dual key method is not bad, and the risk is also small!"

"That's right, Weichen also suggested that the billing counter store keep a physical characteristic of the billing person, such as a large black mole on the earlobe, etc., and send the verified information and physical characteristics to the exchange counter, and the exchange counter will It can be verified that I am operating it.”

Chen Qing said happily: "In this case, the counter ticket will be more secure, and it can be implemented accordingly."

Chen Qing sighed again and said, "The money ticket is too risky, stop it!"

He once wanted to use the issuance of money notes to gradually transition to paper currency. Now it seems that this is indeed a very unrealistic idea. Jiaozi and Huizi caused the people to suffer extremely heavy losses, except for the valuable copper coins. Silver, who would trust a piece of paper.

Without a networked system and no anti-counterfeiting means, issuing paper tickets rashly will only bring huge losses.

He wants to keep the box full of fake money that the Koreans left him, and every time he sees them, his mind will clear up a little.

……

Another seven or eight days passed in a blink of an eye, and an eagle letter was sent from Shazhou. This eagle letter was forwarded to Harabalu, the Huihe envoy of Xizhou. State Huihe envoy.

Inside the letter tube is a letter written by Bi Lege, Khan of Huihe in Xizhou, and there is a secret mark on the letter.

This is of course the result of Bilge's deliberation. In fact, Xizhou Huihe became a vassal state of the Yong Dynasty. Since they used to be a vassal state of Heihan and Xiliao, there is nothing wrong with becoming a vassal state of the Yong Dynasty.

With Khan's clear answer, Harabalu started negotiations with Yongchao again. After three days of negotiations, the two sides reached a final agreement. The main conditions are as follows:

First, Xizhou Huihe will unconditionally become a subsidiary state of the Yong Dynasty.

Second, the Yong Dynasty will send [-] troops to help Xizhou Huihe fight against the invasion of Xiliao. If the capital of Xizhou Huihe is occupied by Xiliao, then this agreement will become invalid.

Third, the Yong Dynasty will rebuild the Anxi Protectorate, implement the military city system of the Tang Dynasty, and establish five military cities in Xizhou Huihe, including Tingzhou, Yiwu, Gaochang, Yanqi, and Qiuci. The perimeter of the city wall should not exceed 1 miles, and the maximum number of garrisons could not exceed [-]. These five military cities belonged to the territory of the Yong Dynasty, but the land outside the military cities belonged to Xizhou Huihe.

Fourth, the Yong Dynasty could properly recruit soldiers from Huihe in Xizhou, but the total number of recruits should not exceed 5000.

Fifth, Xizhou Huihe did not bear the military rations and logistics of the Yong army, but they could give cattle and sheep through trading.

Sixth, the Anxi Duhufu is a military city system, and the Yong Dynasty could not implement the prefecture and county system, and it was not allowed to migrate a large number of Han people to Anxi.

……

There are other detailed terms, such as trade, marriage, customs, religion, etc., but these are not important. The key is that the Yong Dynasty can garrison troops in the Western Regions and own the land of five cities, which is a solid first step .

The negotiation between the two sides was of course conducted in secret. After the secret negotiation ended, the Huihe envoy Harabalu led his people back to Xizhou Huihe, and the "Beijing News" published a headline on the front page of "Negotiation failed, Xizhou Huihe mission returned sadly." ' message.

The news clearly pointed out that because the two sides could not reach an agreement on logistical supplies and the status of the garrison, the negotiation failed, and the Yong Dynasty would no longer send troops to support Huihe in Xizhou.

Of course, this news was specifically for the spies in Xiliao.

At noon, Wang Chongshan rushed back to the shop with a newspaper in his hand, and said to Brother Li Ba: "Look at this!"

Brother Li Ba's literacy ability is limited, he only vaguely understood the title, and said, "Read it to me!"

After Wang Chongshan finished reading the contents of the newspaper, Brother Li Ba slammed his fist on the table excitedly, "Great, we must inform His Majesty the Emperor of this information immediately!"

Wang Chongshan nodded, "Send all the information collected earlier back to Xiliao!"

Li Bage immediately wrote an updated report on the negotiation, together with dozens of previous reports, he sent two of his men back to Xiliao on horseback.

At dusk, two messenger spies left the shop with several horses, and also left Xianyang County, heading for the distant Hexi Corridor. They had to walk for at least a month to reach Xiliao.

The grocery store diagonally opposite the store has been staring at Hu's store. From the time Wang Chongshan ran back to the store with the newspaper, their every move was watched by the grocery store and the newly deployed internal guard spies.

Zhong Huan is very clear that this afternoon is the most critical moment, and the other party will definitely take action after seeing the news in the newspaper.

Zhong Huan simply took three hundred internal guards to station in Xianyang County, ready to attack.

At dusk, a soldier from the inner guard came to report, "General Qi, the other two messengers have left the county and headed west."

"Are you sure it's the messenger?"

"It should be. The two of them each brought three horses, tents and a lot of supplies. It looked like they were going to take a long distance. This was the first time they left the county to go west."

Zhong Huan nodded, and said to several leaders: "There are still ten of them living in the store. We will act at the first watch tonight. We must catch all ten of them."

The information that should be sent has already been sent away by Xiliao spies, so they can no longer find out the truth.

That night, [-] internal guard soldiers surrounded Huhuodian, including the leader Li Bage and Wang Chongshan, and ten sleeping Xiliao spies were caught by the internal guard.

The first thousand and 520 chapters and seven alarms

The preparations for the war began. Chen Qing appointed the champion general Liu Qiong as the main general of the western expedition, and Tang Qian as the deputy general. The two led an army of 20 tigers and guards to march westward. Seven roads including Lingxia Road, Hexi Road, and Xihe Road collected [-] camels, together with the Western Army's own [-] camels, a total of [-] camels were used as logistics transportation tools.

From Jingzhao Guangtong warehouse, Lanzhou Hehuang warehouse, Lingzhou Shuofang warehouse and Taiyuan Jinyang warehouse, 60 shi of grain and 20 shi of black beans were transported, as well as kerosene, firearms and other military supplies to Shazhou.

In fact, the Western Army has already stockpiled 30 shi of grain and a large amount of armor, tents and other military supplies in Dunhuang County, Shazhou. It is also to prepare for the reconstruction of the Anxi Protectorate.

When the [-] troops marched to the Hexi Corridor, the first batch of official camels, totaling [-], transported [-] shi of grain from Lingxia Road, crossed Helan Mountain, and went to Liangshan along the edge of the Tengger Desert. state.

The Battle of the Western Expedition finally slowly kicked off.

……

At this time on the grassland, another big battle also started.

This battle was a battle of [-] Xiliao and Naiman coalition forces fighting for Kedun City. Kedun City is the town of the Liao Kingdom, and it is also the location of the Northwest Recruitment Division of the Liao Kingdom. The Liao Kingdom stationed [-] troops here. , It was the [-] garrisons who did not participate in the Liaojin War and escaped the disaster, and finally became the foundation for Yelu Dashi to establish Xiliao.

When the Yelu Dashi army failed in the fierce battle with the Black Khan army for the first time, not only the thousands of Khitan people who stayed in Huihe in Xizhou were killed by the Huihe army in Xizhou, but even the thousands of Khitan people who stayed in Ketun City were also killed. The troops of the Lie and Tata tribes killed.

The four families of Kere, Tata, Mughal and Mierqi divided up this most fertile pasture.

The tragedy of Kedun City was also a pain in Yelu Dashi's heart. This time he decided to go east, the first goal was Huihe in Xizhou, and the second was Kedun City. He wanted to take back Kedun City and build his own grassland fortress here.

Ketun City is located west of Ulaanbaatar today. This piece of grassland has a vast area and many rivers, covering an area of ​​hundreds of thousands of square kilometers. It is the cabbage core of the entire Mobei grassland, also known as the golden pasture. The royal courts of grassland overlords such as Turks, Turks, and Huihe have always been coveted by various tribes in the grassland, and getting it means that they will become stronger.

When the Liao State was strong, it was occupied by the Liao State, and the Northwest Recruitment Division was established with [-] troops and their families.

After the fall of the Liao Kingdom, it was divided up by various tribes in the grassland, and no one family could rule alone.

After the Jin army came, Mengwu and other tribes strongly resisted the Jin army's invasion, and Wanyan Wushu adopted a strategy of wooing and dividing, using Taiyuan Sima Douhuang to smuggle a large amount of supplies to the grassland, successfully wooing the Kelei tribe, and immediately They also recruited the Tata and Mierqi tribes, and the three families betrayed the Mughal tribe. The Jin soldiers defeated the Mughal tribe, the leader was killed, and the pastures and population were divided. to the far west.

But what even Chen Qing didn't know was that the Kingdom of Jin also followed the example of the Kingdom of Liao and established the Northwest Recruitment Division in Ketun City, with 8000 troops stationed there. Under the deliberate cover of the , Tata and Mierqi tribes, Chen Qing didn't know that there were still eight thousand Jurchen troops and tens of thousands of Jurchens hidden in Ketun City deep in the hinterland of the grassland.

At this time, the leader of the Golden Army in Kedun City was Wanyan Wushu who fled westward. He was hiding in Kedun City like a wounded beast, and his eyes were still peeking at Liaodong from time to time.

In a castle tower in Ketun City, Wanyan Wushu was sitting at the table in a daze. At this time, even Chen Qing might not know him. The mighty and spirit of the king of beasts, he is 60 years old, which is also a long life among the Jurchens, but the blow of the Jin Kingdom's destruction made him seem ten years older all of a sudden.

Wanyan Wushu walked to the window with his hands behind his back and looked towards the far east. At the end of the sky was his old capital, Shangjing.

But he didn't dare to go back. On the one hand, it was because of his fear of the epidemic, but more importantly, he knew very well that the reason why he was able to live until today was entirely because the vastness of the grassland protected him. Chen Qing didn't know that Ketun City still had The Jurchen army, once Chen Qing found out about his appearance, Chen Qing would definitely send a large army to kill the remaining Jurchen army and the people.

At this time, a guard reported at the door: "My lord, Kelei Khan suddenly wanted to see you urgently!"

What is this old fox doing here?Wanyan Wushu ordered: "Please come in!"

The Kingdom of Jin has stockpiled a batch of armor in Ketun City, which can equip tens of thousands of people. Several grassland tribes covet them, and begged Wanyan Wushu to distribute the armor to them several times, but Wanyan Wushu snubbed them all. Rejected.

Wanyan Wushu knew very well that once these prairie wolves were equipped, they would tear themselves to pieces first.

After a while, Khan Husi, who was strong and stocky, walked in quickly, "My lord, long time no see!"

The two laughed and stepped forward to embrace, Husi Khan waved, and two young and beautiful Kret girls came in, "This is our sister flower by the Wugu River, I will give it to the prince to sleep, I hope they can give the prince an heir. "

The male function of Wanyan Wushu has degenerated, women are useless to him, at most they serve him in daily life.

"Thank you Khan, is it Khan's urgent business to send them here?"

Husi Khan's expression became serious, "I have received definite news that the [-] troops from the Western Liao Dynasty have arrived at the Naiman tribe, and the Naiman tribe will also send [-] troops to join the Xiliao army to attack Ketun City. We hope that the prince can Lead the grassland warriors, fight against Xiliao, and defend their homeland."

Wanyan Wushu was taken aback, "Xiliao really came here?"

Husi Khan nodded, "The news is reliable. I discussed with Alchi Khan. The current situation is serious. It is not appropriate for us to continue fighting with the Mierqi tribe. I implore the prince to mediate, and then lead the three armies to face Xiliao and Nai. Barbarian."

Wanyan Wushu suspected that they were soldiers who made up stories to deceive him, but it was possible to mediate the struggle between the Kret, Tata and Mierqi tribes.

He readily agreed, "I will issue the Golden Wolf Head Order immediately, inviting the three khans of your family to join the alliance in Ketun City. At the same time, you must also tell Meiliji Khan about the Eastern Expedition of the Xiliao Army."

"The Mierqi tribe is the closest to the Naiman tribe, but in fact they know it best."

Wanyan Wushu immediately said: "Yes, you and Alchi Khan will go back to form an army separately, and we will form an alliance as soon as possible."

Just as Husi Khan was about to leave, Wanyan Wushu thought of another matter, stopped him and asked, "How about the Western Army in Linhuang Mansion?"

Husi Khan smiled wryly and said, "They are no longer called Xijun, they have changed their name to Yongjun."

"Okay! How is Yong Jun?"

"About 50 troops! I just donated [-] sheep to them, and Niu Gao promised to give us [-] sets of armor. It took almost [-] sheep to exchange for a set of armor. This is the most heartwarming thing I have ever seen." Black trade."

"You are willing!" Wanyan Wushu saw through his hypocrisy.