my days with tyrants

Chapter 48 My Journey of Seeking Roots in the Qing Dynasty
Peiping.

At this time, Beiping City was still the capital of Yuan Dynasty.

However, it is only a part of Yuan Dadu, because the northern city wall was rebuilt, which is actually equivalent to cutting Yuan Dadu in half, leaving only the southern half.

In other words, it is the later part of the inner city.

And Yuan Dadu had to move northward to at least one-third of the inner city.

But the later outer city was completely wilderness at this time. In fact, after Zhu Di moved the capital, this area was also a wilderness. It was not until the Jiajing period that this area was encircled as the outer city. The wilderness in the city is so that Zuo'anmen is nicknamed the village gate.

At this moment, Yang Feng was in this wilderness, looking at their new cannons with Zhang Fu and the civil and military generals in Beiping.

"Is this your cannon?"

Yang Fengrao looked at the Franji lined up in front of him with interest.

However, at this time, the quality of the products of the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty was obviously superior to that of their descendants, at least they did not look so shoddy...

The trachoma on the cannon could hold a bowl of water when I was cleared!
Of course, this is not casting. In fact, the inside of these Fron machines are rolled out wrought iron pipes, and then there are circles of wrought iron hoops on the outside, including the tail magazine is also wrought iron.

So the whole thing looks bamboo-like.

If you are willing to use copper, you don't need to be so troublesome at all, you can just cast it in bronze.

After all, before the invention of modern steelmaking technology, bronze was the most perfect artillery material, but the problem is that the cost is really too high, and most countries cannot afford it. As for the main artillery of the Ming army at this time, it is the Hongwu Cannon, which is actually very high-end , because it is actually a cast steel cannon. According to the metallographic analysis of modern Japanese experts on the Hongwu cannon, it is cast steel, but because of the fuel problem during smelting, the sulfur content is relatively high, but anyway, it is steel in terms of carbon content.

Cast steel cannon.

So in terms of cost, these are now much lower than Hongwu cannons.

After all, the smelting of steel was really complicated at this time, and the experience of the craftsmen was extremely high.

There are two types of these Francophones. One is placed on a special carriage. This is a large one, which should weigh about three hundred kilograms. The barrel is relatively long, but the caliber is still small. The other is placed on a wooden frame. The trumpet weighs less than a hundred catties, and can be carried by a special horse. It can be lifted down when needed. The gun body is on a 360-degree rotating bracket, and one person can operate it...

"It won't explode, will it?"

Yang Feng held the handle on the tail of a small Francophone, and looked at Zhang Fu uncertainly.

"It has the craftsman's name on it. If the chamber explodes, His Majesty will seek justice for you."

Zhang Fu said.

"Naughty!"

Yang Feng said.

Then he picked up the filled cartridge.

This thing is like a bottle, which is actually like a bullet case.

The original version is actually in the shape of a bottle, but Yang Feng suggested to Zhu Yuanzhang to improve it, because the lack of power of the Fran machine is mainly due to air leakage, so a circle of red copper is specially inlaid on the bottle mouth, so that a relatively reliable seal can be obtained. Circle, the only problem is the cost increase.Yang Feng, who was holding the cartridge, looked at the ball of paper inside, then inserted the thing into the magazine, then pushed the wedge on the side, picked up the hammer and smashed it violently, then poked the probe into the ignition hole, and poked it He opened the medicine bag inside, poured some more gunpowder, grabbed the handle and aimed at a group of unlucky sheep and sheep in front of him, and then picked up the ignition rod and put the match rope on the gunpowder.

The next moment, with the sound of gunfire, he coughed violently due to the sudden gushing of gunpowder smoke, but after the gunpowder smoke dispersed, the sheep in front were already screaming.

Zhang Fu walked over and picked one up.

"Break through!"

He said while turning the hideous belly of the sheep.

"This powerful shotgun should be enough, right?"

Yang Feng said.

"Okay, there are no heavy cavalry in Canyuan now. If they were heavy cavalry, they wouldn't be afraid. They can't beat us in field battles. What we fear is that they roam the grasslands with light bows and fast horses. We can't find them, catch them, and we can't find them." Spend with them for a long time.

This thing is just suitable for chasing. After training the horse, it can be placed directly on the horse's back. "

Zhang Fu said.

"Have you ever thought about replacing your war horse with a camel?"

"Camels, yes, camels can lie down, and this thing is on the back like a city wall. At that time, a group of camels can surround a camel city, and camels can also move in the grassland for a long time. Cavalry with camel guns walked Anywhere."

"You have the potential of a famous general."

Yang Feng said.

He will draw inferences from one instance.

"Uh, it's a lot of fun."

"Then can you tell me, how many troops did your emperor ask your king to bring to Liaodong?"

"Your Majesty's will, all the troops in Beiping have the responsibility to guard the land. In order to prevent the remnant Yuan from taking the opportunity to invade the invaders, Beiping commanded the soldiers and horses under the jurisdiction of the division to not move. It is to ask my king to select the elite from the three guards, and then mobilize Liaodong after arriving in Liaodong. Command the elite cavalry under the jurisdiction of the envoys to patrol the border together with the troops of the King of Liao. Your Majesty means that Liaodong was originally guarded by the King of Liao, but the King of Liao was young and had never experienced a battlefield. The tribes to the north are undecided, and those tribes have to be deterred by soldiers and horses.

The king's trip is not only to patrol the border, but also to subdue the tribes along the way. Those who refuse to submit will be wiped out, and those who submit will be ordered to pay tribute.

until it's all resolved. "

"Your emperor didn't set a deadline or something?"

"I've never heard of this, not to mention that it's going to be winter now, when Liaodong will be frozen and snowy, it will be difficult to march."

Zhang Fu said.

Yang Feng frowned with a thoughtful look.

He was a little confused by Zhu Yuanzhang. After all, it is easy for a scourge like him to get into trouble with Zhu Di.

Even if Zhu Yuanzhang didn't guess it was Zhu Di, at least he knew that Zhu Di had a [-]% chance.

The other [-]% belong to King Jin and King Zhou, [-]% to King Jin, [-]% to King Zhou, and King Qin is nothing to worry about, mainly because he is too hated.

So if you bring him and Zhu Di together, aren't you afraid of creating sparks?
And judging from Zhu Yuanzhang's order, it seems that he wanted to weaken Zhu Di's strength, but he didn't want to make it too obvious, so Zhu Di was sent to Liaodong to wipe out the Jurchens, so that Zhu Di's elite men would definitely lose some, which was tantamount to weakening his strength. .But since this is the case, he should be forced to march in the cold winter months. After all, he would freeze to death a lot, or he was afraid that Zhu Di's strength would be lost too much, so that he would not be able to deter Lan Yu and others in the future?
"How many messy tribes are there now?"

he asked.

"That's too much, Huligai, Wuduolian, Taowenbu, and further north there are Wudiha, Kuwu, etc. It's a mess."

So which one is my ancestor in the Qing Dynasty?

"Where are they all?"

"I don't know so much. Even these tribes were told by those Mongolians. They are all nomadic, fishing and hunting in the snow-covered mountains and forests to the east of Harawin Mountain. In the past, Hu Yuan didn't treat them very well. I don’t care, it’s just to set up some official positions. Now that Hu Yuan has been beaten to the last breath by us, these are no longer controlled, and they are also robbing each other. How is it so clear that he even surrendered to Li Chenggui.

But there shouldn't be any major incidents on our trip. These messes are not so much a tribe, but a group of savages.

Live like a savage.

Ru Mao drinks blood.

Let's go and give them shelter, they should be grateful. "

Zhang Fu said.

"Grateful to Dade, when those Hu people moved in during the five-hu era, I thought they were also grateful to Dade, but when you look back, you should show your sword when you are weak.

These people must be killed if they can.

Even if you can't kill them, you have to break up their tribe and make their names disappear completely. "

Yang Feng said.

"That's difficult. Killing them is easy, but finding them is difficult. According to those Mongolians, the ice and snow mountain forest is almost endless. These tribes are hidden in it, and they may not be seen for hundreds of miles. There is no shortage of wild beasts in the mountains and forests, they have lived in it for generations, if they can't hide, we may not be able to wipe them out in another ten years."

Zhang Fu said.

Yang Feng suddenly understood.

So Zhu Di needs to keep suppressing.

Zhu Yuanzhang threw Sapphire to Guangxi for military training, and Zhu Di to Liaodong to suppress bandits. In fact, they were tantamount to staying away from the political center and weakening their influence. Taisun chooses a stable team of ministers.It is estimated that people like King Jin will have to be thrown out next, and all these dangerous elements will be thrown out. He has prepared everything on his side. When he dies, Zhu Yunxi will succeed to the throne. With the ministerial team he selected, he can quickly stabilize the situation. Live all over the country.

It is very difficult for these dangerous elements to have a chance, and if anyone wants to rebel, others will intervene.

Zhu Di wants to go south to seize the throne?
Sapphire's army just went north to King Qin.

Lan Yu wants to be a powerful minister?

Zhu Di, King Jin and other vassal kings with heavy armies would not agree.

Other ministers in the DPRK want to empty the emperor?
None of them agree.

In the end, he can use a civil government to assist his grandson and become the Taiping Emperor smoothly.

"Let me ask one last question. That little beauty over there has been looking at us. Who is she to you? She looks lovely?"

Yang Feng pointed to a little beauty who was watching them not far away and said.

The latter has bright eyes and white teeth, looks very attractive, and is also very luxuriously dressed, but he came on horseback. There is actually a bow beside the saddle, but it is not a bow for shooting arrows, but a slingshot, which is similar to bows for bows and arrows, except that the bowstrings It is a pocket for shooting projectiles, and it is used to shoot mud pellets, but even this thing was controlled in the Yuan Dynasty. It has to be said that the Mongols have absolutely strict control over the weapons of the Han people, although they are still useless.

"That's my sister!"

Zhang Fu looked at him very vigilantly.

"You actually have a younger sister?"

Yang Feng stared wide-eyed and said in surprise with an obvious attempt on his face.

(End of this chapter)