Li Yongfang and Liu Aita both lowered their heads and glanced at each other, waiting for the other party to reply first.The getting worse and worse situation of the Jianzhou Jurchens not only made many of the low-level people who were sent to the Ming Dynasty unwilling to continue to serve the Dongyu, but even the upper echelons like Li Yongfang and Liu Aita now have little confidence in the future of the Dongyu, and neither of them knows how to respond to Nurhachi."
Speak!"
Nurhachi directly kicked over the desk in front of him, yelled, and then said: "Li Yongfang, you say it first!"
”"Wow!"
Li Yongfang, who was kneeling on the ground, kowtowed first.Then, Li Yongfang said: "Back to the Great Khan, yes, now not only the displaced people in the Jingshi area of the Ming Dynasty have been reorganized, but the nearby villagers are also a lot more generous because of their trading, and the slave thinks that the fine work we sent must be better because of this because it is better to be a common person in the Ming Dynasty than to send a message to me at the risk of dying with money, so I didn't take the initiative to bring the news out." ”Liu Aita didn't wait for Nurhachi's instructions, and hurriedly replied: "That's the case, Great Khan, now that the Ming Kingdom has been urging the payment of the levy in Jiangnan, the price of its grain has begun to fall, and many ordinary Han people can eat all day long by working for a day's wages, and there is a great chance that they will return to the appearance of Wanli time, and the people we sent there must not want to starve in Huidajin." ”"Bastard!
Who are you choosing?
I knew that these clothed slaves would be like this, Ben Khan should have killed them all in the first place, instead of letting them live and give me Dajin to do things!
”Nurhachi pointed at Li Yongfang and Liu Aita and scolded.The fine work sent to Daming by the Dongyu is basically the captured Han Chinese, that is, the so-called clothed slave in Nurhachi's mouth, after all, only the Han people can be mixed in the pass.There are so many Han people in the world, and there is no national sentiment in this era, so there are many cloth slaves who inquire about the news of the Jianzhou Jurchen represented by Nurhachi.If Donglu's power has been on the rise, these clothed slaves will naturally actively do things for Donglu in order to improve their status.But now that the power of Dongyu is in a period of decline, and the domestic economic environment of the Ming Dynasty is getting better and better, these clothed slaves are naturally more willing to become the people of the Ming Dynasty again.Huang Taiji understood the root cause of this, and took the initiative to stand up at this time: "Father Khan, the son believes that the reason for this situation is that the root of this situation is that the national strength of my Dajin is not as good as that of the Ming State, and the previous several defeats, in the opinion of the sons, the reason why our army was defeated is not because my Dajin banners are not brave enough, but also because my Dajin national strength is not as good as the Ming State, since the Ming Emperor Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne, he has been increasing the treasury income by suppressing the Jiangnan gentry, and then used it to buy the hearts of the army and help the people, Enhance the power of the factory guard, so that my Daikin can't compete with it!
”"So, father, in the opinion of our sons, we also need to strengthen our national strength, and now that it is impossible for Kou to plunder Liaodong, we should look at Korea and Mongolia, capture their people, and their land, so as to enhance my Dajin national strength!"
Huang Taiji continued.He Heli echoed at this time: "Sibeile is right, my Dajin has been defeated by the Ming Kingdom many times now, or because the national strength is not as good as the Ming Kingdom!"
”As he spoke, He Heli also knelt in front of Nurhachi: "Great Khan!
Now that there is a shortage of food within my Dajin, all the banners are starving, and the price of rice has risen by more than 20 times, so it can be said that my Dajin has reached the most dangerous moment, so the minions also believe that the top priority is not to take revenge on the Ming court, but to plunder Mongolia and Korea, as the Great Khan said the day before. ”Nurhachi nodded: "Spread the Khan's order, bury all the old, weak and sick clothed slaves alive!"
”......
"It seems that Dongyu is really besieged by my Ming Dynasty, and he has made such a tragic move, and he has to live old and weak." ”Zhu Youxiao received a secret message from within Dongyu here.Zhu Youxiao, who has attached great importance to intelligence construction since he ascended the throne, has naturally penetrated the eyes of the Ming Dynasty within the Dongyu, and even rebelled against some people who have access to the core secrets of the Dongyu.Therefore, not long after Nurhachi just issued the killing order, Zhu Youxiao learned the news from Tian Ergeng."
Emperor Qi, they also plan to raid Mongolia and Korea next."
Tian Ergeng replied.Zhu Youxiao laughed after hearing this, and said in his heart: "That's good!"
How can I find an opportunity to control the Mongol tribes and Korea!
”"How long will it take for Xiong Tingbi to arrive in Jingshi?"
Zhu Youxiao asked at this time.Wei Zhongxian hurriedly walked up from behind: "Back to the emperor, Dongchang came to report that Da Sima had left Lushunkou on the fifth day. ”Zhu Youxiao didn't say anything more.After Xiong Tingbi returned to Beijing, he planned to let Xiong Tingbi and the ministers of the DPRK and China work together to upgrade the entire strategy against Liao, not only against the Eastern captives, but also against the Korean and Mongolian tribes."
This is the final product of the crucible steel-making technique that the minister has made according to His Majesty's instructions, and now he has begun to smelt pig iron, and the steel smelted is indeed harder, and the drill bit made by this crucible steelmaking method is indeed faster and sharper, which makes the gun barrel processing speed of the Firearms Bureau of the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau much faster, and the minister now intends to let them use this crucible steel-making method to make a larger drill bit for processing cannon barrels."
Zhu Youxiao took advantage of Xiong Tingbi's failure to return to Beijing, so he first came to the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau of the Royal Forbidden Garden to inspect it, preparing to find out the progress of Daming's current technology research and development.And Zhu Youxiao didn't expect that Bi Maokang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and his colleagues really explored the process of crucible steelmaking in accordance with his instructions.Of course, this is also related to the difficulty of the crucible steelmaking process, the basic principle is nothing more than the use of natural mineral graphite in nature to isolate a large amount of sulfur in the molten iron when the coal is burned, so as to achieve the purpose of smelting high-carbon steel with higher strength and hardness, so Bi Maokang and others can also explore this technology.At this time, Bi Maokang told Zhu Youxiao about the blast furnace that used the crucible steelmaking method in front of him.Zhu Youxiao nodded after hearing this: "The Ministry of Industry remembers to ask for rewards for the officials and craftsmen involved in this craft in time, and Aiqing should also be rewarded." ”Zhu Youxiao said: "Pass the decree, Bi Maokang will grant the prince Shaobao." ”"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Bi Maokang replied, and then pointed to the craftsman who fried the molten steel with wicker on the side and said: "Your Majesty, please see, this is the process of frying the steel with wicker designed by the minister according to your instructions, the molten steel from the furnace of the crucible steelmaking, after the wicker is fried like this, it can really get steel of different hardness, the minister is thinking, as Xu Ge Lao said, maybe this steel is really melted into the wood elements because of burning." ”Scholars such as Xu Guangqi and Bi Maokang, who belonged to the Ming Dynasty, did not know what the periodic law was, so they only classified wicker as wood.Zhu Youxiao just smiled slightly, but he didn't forcibly instill the periodic law of the elements to Bi Maokang and Xu Guangqi, because he knew that if people in this era want to understand some theories of later generations, they also need a certain foundation.