The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 359 Death of the Wise Man

"Jingle Bell."

A car is driving on the road.

There are sails hanging on the vehicle, and the wind is getting stronger this season. People sit on the vehicle and drive the sailing car, relying on the delicate parts to be very flexible.

The empty sail cars arrived at Miyun Railway Station, and many sail cars were parked outside the Miyun Railway Station.

When the wind is strong, people can sit in the car and drive directly with the help of the wind, and when the wind is weak, they can be driven by a combination of manpower and wind.

The production is very delicate, and various angles and parts are mainly to save manpower.This technology was passed back to the West through Spain in Luzon in the [-]th and [-]th centuries.

With the increase of animal power, more and more sailing cars will also use horses, mules and donkeys, and use animal power when the wind stops.

The Second Battalion of the Daxing New Army has arrived at Miyun Railway Station.

Thousands of horse infantry are leaving for Kaiping.

The artillery battalion has ten heavy guns, ten wheel guns, and five bowl guns, each requiring eighteen men on average.

The soldier's waist is tied with an armed belt, which is equipped with five grenades, and the strap of the bird's gun is worn on the shoulder. The bayonet has been installed on the mouth of the bird's gun.

Thin metal pliers are fixed on the body of the blunderbuss. On the left side of the arming belt is a pocket for paper-packed gunpowder and lead.

Each soldier carried a water jug ​​filled with cold boiled water, and a dry food bag slung over his chest, which contained fried noodles and dried fish, three days’ emergency food, and five days’ worth of food savings.

In front of the artillery are chariot soldiers.

There are more military supplies on the carriages, including grenade boxes, gunpowder boxes, lead boxes, hemp rope, nails, cotton cloth and so on.

The cavalry battalion walked in the forefront, clearing the way and guarding the army.

In the supply and marketing cooperative next to the railway station in Miyun, there is a special medicine cabinet, which sells medicines to stop bleeding, medicines to treat colds, and medicines to cure coughs, etc.

Medicines are only available to nobles in the West, because the price of medicines is very high, but in Ming Dynasty, because of the developed productivity.

Whether it is cloth, tea, or medicine, ordinary people can afford it, and the price is very cheap, at least compared to the West.

In the current foreign trade of the Ming Dynasty, the most exquisite products will not be exported, including best-selling products such as porcelain.

Most of the best-selling foreign products are of second-class quality, and the most exquisite and high-quality products are first provided to the wealthy groups in China.

"It's really emotional."

The shopkeeper of the supply and marketing cooperative was at the door, seeing that the shadow of the army was no longer visible, he couldn't help expressing emotion.

The boy next to him asked curiously: "The shopkeeper is well-informed, why is he still feeling emotional today?"

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "As you said, I have traveled all over my life and settled down here. I have indeed seen a lot, but it is because I have seen a lot that I sigh."

The boy from the supply and marketing cooperative became more and more curious.

Supply and marketing cooperatives are different from private merchants.

The intangible status hierarchy in society is not mentioned here, so the boy chatted confidently with the shopkeeper, but he didn't feel that he was inferior to the shopkeeper.

What is respected is the person of the shopkeeper, not the identity of the shopkeeper.

When the shopkeeper was young, he ran a business, went to many places, and told some of his stories, which made the young man very excited.

He joined China Heavy Industries the year before last, and with his outstanding achievements, he became the big shopkeeper of a first-level supply and marketing cooperative like Miyun Supply and Marketing Cooperative.

"The most difficult thing for a large army to fight outside is the logistics. Look at this army, not to mention the quality of its armaments. The most incredible thing is that no additional logistics is used. It basically relies on the ability of railway transportation to provide nine out of ten."

"Since there are no logistical worries, as long as there is a railway, our army can go wherever it wants and stay as long as it wants. It's just a change of camp."

The little boy didn't understand, but he couldn't help showing a smile on his face when he heard the shopkeeper say that his army was powerful.

"Our army is naturally powerful."

The shopkeeper couldn't help but smiled again, this is another powerful point.

……

"Woooooo~"

Outside the tent in the prairie, an old man in the prairie wept bitterly.

"Wise man, why are you crying?"

When Taiji from the tribe heard the news, he rushed over with his people and asked the old man with concern.

The old man was dressed in a patchwork robe over a tattered silk coat, and kept some sheep outside his tent.

Due to the harsh natural environment of the grassland, the old man's hands are full of holes, more than the average person.

When he was young, he didn't suffer hardships, and he began to suffer hardships in his middle age. His thin skin and tender flesh were no longer used to working, but life forced him to participate in labor to support himself.

"he died."

The old man pointed to a dead man.

"He died of old age." Taiji said indifferently, unable to understand the sorrow of the old man.

The old man couldn't help crying.

"I'm not crying because of him. He is the last Han craftsman in the tribe. From now on, there will be no one in our tribe who can make tools."

The young Taiji couldn't help being happy, patted the old armor on his body, and pointed to the bows and arrows on the people.

"The Han craftsmen are waste when they arrive on the grassland. They have never produced tools, and they will only waste the food of the tribe."

The old man shook his head.

There are countless minerals on the grasslands, but the tribes can't develop them.In the past, a small number of tribes were obtained through the Western Regions, and most of them were obtained through the Central Plains.

Now that the Western Regions are hostile to them, the Central Plains has become stronger, and the emperor of the Central Plains has blocked supplies. After decades, the old man is a nobleman who lived in the Central Plains. He learned a lot of knowledge and saw danger.

In the long run, their tribe may have nothing.

"Leaving the Central Plains, our bows will become weak, our horses will become thin, and the warriors will not have enough to eat..."

the old man murmured.

"Bullshit."

Taiji turned around angrily, thinking that the wise men of the tribe were old and unconscious.

They have boundless land.

When the Central Plains is strong, they can go to far, far places to continue grazing, and when the Central Plains is weak, they can continue to come back.

the next day.

The old man died in grief.

When the wise man of the tribe died, the tribe didn't feel sorry.

The old man's ability to work is not good, and he still needs to rely on tribal support, and he is also a craftsman who he asked to treat the Han people well.

The young tribesmen couldn't understand.

What is the use of craftsmen?

Everyone is working hard for a living. The artisans are not as good as them on the grasslands, and they need tribal support just like the old people.

The wise men worry about the tribe.

The living environment of the tribe can't support idlers, and it can't support those who are off-duty. Everyone needs to graze.

If he has read the technical newspaper in Peking, he will understand that this is the reason for productivity.

Only abundant productivity can enable the society to have many industries and occupations that do not need to participate in food labor.

A wise man is actually a real wise man, but ordinary people cannot keep up with the thinking of a wise man.

indeed.

The grassland has huge land, which is much larger than the Central Plains, and there are countless mineral resources, which should be able to produce countless armaments and tools.

But in the future, enemies will also appear to their west.

Then they no longer have a retreat and strategic space.

Also one day in the future, the Jurchen Taiji, who made a fortune relying on the materials of the Ming Dynasty, will dislike the prairie people's bows that are too tired to shoot far, and horses that are too thin to run.

At first, he thought it was the grassland tribes who had fooled him and punished many of the conquered grassland Taiji, but later he found out that they were indeed so.

The death of the wise man did not make the tribe sad.

However, the tribe lived in poverty, and the climate and ecological chain of the grassland was extremely weak. The disaster that started last year made people unable to eat enough.

An envoy from outside came to contact them and go south to plunder together.

"No, King Yan is in the south, we can't beat him, he will die." Taiji shook his head.

"The king of Yan was suspected by their father, the emperor, and has already been transferred from Beiping. Now is the best time."

The messenger smiled.

"Under the organization of the great Haci Wuhai, many brave tribes have joined us. Are you a coward?"

Hearing that the person he was most afraid of was gone, the young Taiji nodded bravely and agreed to join Haciwuhai.

Everyone on the grassland is a soldier, even women and children can mount a horse and draw a bow.

In the Central Plains of agricultural civilization, farmers can't ride horses or shoot arrows, and their occupation is to produce food.

Craftsmen can't ride horses or shoot arrows, and their occupation is to produce tools.

Only soldiers can ride horses and shoot arrows.

This is a society with developed productive forces, with different divisions of labor, and it belongs to a more advanced social civilization.

Teams went to their destinations one after another, joining the alliance called by Hari Wuhai, and going south to plunder the Central Plains.

This is their tradition.

Take pride in plundering the Central Plains, not in developing civilization.

The cruelest person who kills the most is the hero.

Haci Wuhai was only a minor noble in the Yuan Dynasty, and there were many more famous people than him, but these people either died, were captured by Zhu Di, or surrendered to Zhu Di, or were defeated by Zhu Di.

Those prestigious nobles withered, giving the rest a chance to rise.

Haci Wuhai was very excited.

He never imagined that he has today.

Taiji, who participated in his alliance, has gathered tens of thousands of warriors, and he is no longer as bad as the great nobles of the past.

From fear at the beginning to fluke, in the end, after a long time, he is already proud. Although he has not defeated a Ming army, his reputation is known even to Ming people.

just now.

He will lead tens of thousands of warriors southward and continue to conquer the Central Plains people.

Loot their food, burn down their houses, rape their wives and daughters, enslave their craftsmen, and recast their glory.

But Hari Wuhai was very vigilant, he was not dazzled by the current situation, but sent many people south to inquire about news.

Intimidate and lure, and find out the details of the Ming army through those acquaintances.

Finally, after learning that the Ming army had only more than [-] people, and not all cavalry, Haci Wuhai smiled proudly.

"Warriors, follow me south!"

The mighty horseshoes stepped on the prairie land and went straight to the wealthy Kaiping.

(End of this chapter)