Chapter 251: Under the Emperor’s Mind "Say, what are you afraid of?
Don't I even want to hear the truth?"
Tuohuan Timur's heart suddenly sank, and he ordered with a straight face.
"I, I just got the red scarf thief's artillery, and I haven't had time to compare it carefully.
I can only give a rough idea, no, I can't guarantee whether it is appropriate.
Therefore, I don't dare to speak carelessly."
I heard Tuohuan With the hatred in Timur's words, Yuekuocha'er became more and more careful, lowering his head, sweat falling to the ground in strings.
"Then let's make a general statement first.
If you are wrong, you are wrong.
I ordered you to say it.
Who dares to trouble you?"
Tuohuan Timur's brows jumped, and two cold lights shot out from his eyes.
The artillery-making business is like a bottomless pit, and nearly 30% of the tax revenue from the treasury this year has been filled into it.
The entire court's expenditures were stretched thin, and even the royal family's Buddhist ritual money at the end of the year was more than half less than in previous years.
But You Xiang Tuotuo spent such a huge price, but never achieved satisfactory results.
So far, they are still unwilling to take their troops and hundreds of newly built cannons to conquer Liu Futong and Zhu Tutu, allowing those two thieves to carve up the entire Jiangbei Province of Henan.
"The range of the cannon sold by Butcher Zhu is based on the prescribed amount of powder.
It can hit a projectile weighing four kilograms to a distance of 360 steps.
If you take the risk of exploding the barrel and double the gunpowder, even You can hit about 450 steps."
Seeing Tuohuan Timur's face getting darker and darker, Yue Kuochaer knew that the opportunity had come, kowtowed and reported loudly.
There is no need to add fuel to the fire.
What His Majesty the Emperor hates most is adding fuel to the fire.
And what he said was all data that had been rigorously verified.
As long as it was listed truthfully, it would be like throwing spears and sharp arrows.
The image of the guy who almost killed him in the emperor's mind was riddled with holes.
"Where are the cannons we made ourselves?"
Tuohuan Timur was indeed upset when he heard this.
He kicked Yue Kuocha'er and urged loudly, "Stand up and speak.
Finish speaking in one breath.
Don't deliberately whet my appetite."
"I don't dare."
Yue Kuocha'er tilted his body, then climbed up in a hurry, lowered his head and continued to add carefully, as if if he made a slight mistake, he would immediately fall into the eighteenth level of hell, "You Cheng Your Majesty sent Han people to supervise the construction of artillery.
The larger ones can hit five or six hundred steps, while the smaller ones can hit about three hundred steps.
In terms of power, there is a gap between the cannons used by the red scarf thieves.
It’s not too big anymore, it’s even worse.”
This news sounds somewhat comforting.
Tuohuan Timur nodded slightly, "Yes, that's right.
My millions of copper coins are still in vain.
That Li, what's Li?
It's still of some use."
"Li Hanqing" Yue Kuocha'er secretly glanced at Tuohuan Timur's face again and spoke loudly.
"However, in terms of durability, there is a big difference between the two sides.
Zhu Tutu's four-pound cannon, if he charges it according to the scale he set himself and fires twenty or thirty rounds continuously until the barrel turns red, it will be useless.
The cannons built under the supervision of Li Hanqing can only fire five shots at a time, and the large ones must be stopped to cool down at best, otherwise they will face a bomb blast.
Danger" "Yeah" Tuohuan Timur frowned and hummed softly.
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With the best craftsmen in the country and the most abundant money and food, they can't make the same thing as those just all the way, and they dare to claim that they have tried their best.
If this is called trying their best, then the generals on the battlefield are not the same thing.
Everyone should be proud of defeating the battle "In terms of weight, the gap between the two sides is even greater."
Taking a secret look at Tuohuan Timur's face, Yue Kuocha'er continued to add in a low voice, "The cannon made by Zhu Butcher weighs just over five hundred kilograms.
According to nine Calculated based on five percent of the copper material, the cost should not be more than 250 pounds.
However, the large cannons supervised by Li Hanqing weighed more than 3,000 kilograms, and even the small ones weighed more than 1,500 kilograms.
It’s several times higher than the artillery on the Zhuthi side.”
"Damn it!"
Tuohuan Timur refused to listen.
When he heard it, he suddenly felt a pain in his heart like a knife.
The small one weighs 1,500 kilograms, which is more than 90% copper material.
If the whole process is used to make copper coins, even the best copper, six lead and four tongbao can produce five or six hundred coins.
And this does not include labor costs and fire consumption during the manufacturing process.
How much tax revenue did the Yuan Dynasty have this year?
I gave him the best craftsmen and the greatest support, but he actually fooled me with such rags.
No wonder Tuo Tuo refused to lead his troops to attack Zhu Tutu.
It turned out that the roots were all here.
Every time an extra cannon was built, someone would make thousands more wealth in vain.
"That Li Hanqing is indeed acting suspiciously."
After thinking about it for a while, Yue Kuochaer slowly continued.
According to the plan with several close friends around him, his goal in entering the palace today was the right prime minister Tuotuo, but he could not beat Tuotuo to death with a stick.
After all, the centipede is dead but not stiff.
If you hit it too hard all at once, it will inevitably bite you back.
So avoid the heavy and light first and just cut off one of the thighs.
There is no need to fight to get all the results.
"Yeah."
Tuohuan Timur didn't expect Yue Kuocha'er to change the target of his anger.
He frowned and looked at this person sideways.
Yue Kuochaer was so frightened that he took half a step back, looked very panicked, and loudly begged for mercy, "I deserve to die, and I shouldn't attack my colleagues.
But Li Hanqing was a Han official, but he held the key position of military equipment supervisor.
With his help, Your Majesty and Your Majesty have trusted me to spend more than half a year on the princess.
I cannot help but suspect that he is following the example of Zheng Guo."
Zheng Guo was a master hydraulic engineer from South Korea during the Warring States Period.
In order to consume Qin's national power, he specially proposed to the King of Qin to build an irrigation project that could divert Jing water into Luoyang.
The huge cost caused the Qin State's treasury to be empty, and it had no strength to launch attacks for several years.
It was not until his conspiracy was exposed later that King Qin realized that he had been deceived.
Although Tuohuan Timur was a Mongol emperor, he couldn't put it down for Han Chinese classics.
So Yue Kuo Cha'er just opened his head slightly, and he immediately understood the meaning of these words.
His eyebrows quickly knitted into a knot, and he raised his red eyes and asked, "Are you sure it's just Li Hanqing who is causing trouble, and no one else is responsible?"
"Weichen, Weichen doesn't dare."
Yue Kuocha'er shook his head with shame on his face, "Even if it's Li Hanqing himself, Weichen has no basis to doubt him.
It's just that Weichen bought these four artillery pieces, each of them It only cost more than 10,000 guan, and in the six months since Li Hanqing was in the position of Ordnance Supervisor, he spent no less than 4 million guan, and finally built a total of more than 150 cannons."
"Pa!"
Before Yue Kuo Cha'er could finish her words, Tuohuan Timur had already thrown the tea cup on the table to the ground.
One hundred and fifty guns, with a total cost of more than 4 million yuan.
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Divided evenly into each gun, it was more than 20,000.
And buy a lighter and better one, but it only costs over 10,000.
If I had known this, why would I have made a cannon and sent people to buy it from the red scarf thief with money.
Anyway, as long as you can afford it, there are plenty of black-hearted people over there.
"Your Majesty, calm down."
Yue Kuochaer quickly squatted down, picked up the broken tea bowl piece by piece with his hands, and pocketed it with the hem of his clothes.
"I just have suspicions and no real evidence.
And Your Majesty is not worthy of being angry because of a sycophant.
After all, he is Lord Tuotuo's domestic slave, so he may not really have the courage to consort with Butcher Zhu.
And the imperial court has taken control of it.
After we learn how to make cannons, sooner or later we will be able to make cannons that are as light as those in the south."
"Well" Tuohuan Timur paced a few steps hurriedly, looked up and let out a sullen breath.
Yes, after all, the man named Li built the cannon, and the court could not just deal with him without any real evidence.
Otherwise, it will inevitably be suspected of killing the donkey, which will make all Han officials feel cold.
What's more, Li Hanqing was once the book boy of You Cheng Tuotuo, and he always relied on Tuotuo.
If he were to be killed on a casual charge, I'm afraid Tuotuo wouldn't agree.
The powerful ministers, the two powerful minister brothers, also held heavy troops, with a total number of up to 300,000, and were equipped with all the artillery that could be built with the strength of the whole country.
If I can get enough money and food, The next moment, a chill ran down Tuohuan Timur's spine.
No, I can't push him too hard.
He had to take it step by step while pacing back and forth, and he secretly warned himself not to rush.
His mother died at the hands of the powerful minister Yan Timur.
After he came to the throne, he lived in the shadow of another powerful minister, Boyan, for many years.
Therefore, he is very wary of powerful officials, and at the same time, he has accumulated enough strategies to deal with powerful officials.
"Is there any Mongolian or Semu people who are proficient in the art of manufacturing?"
In just a few breaths, Tuohuan Timur made the best decision.
He slowly walked back to Yue Kuo Cha'er and asked Yue Kuo Cha'er in a very calm voice.
"Back in Si Tianjian, there is a Ha San who is good at making utensils.
His Majesty has summoned him before."
Yue Kuochaer was well prepared, bowed and recommended him carefully.
"Ha San, he is the descendant of Anigo, right?"
Tuohuan Timur's eyes lit up, and an image of a fair and clean little fat man from Tianzhu flashed in his mind.
Note 1 "Yes."
Yue Kuochaer nodded slightly.
"In the past few years, he was often summoned by His Majesty.
But later, some people talked too much and said that adult men cannot enter and leave the harem at will."
"I remember him.
I remember him.
Alas" Tuohuan Timur sighed quietly, with a hint of melancholy in his eyes.
When it comes to making weapons, he himself can be called a master.
Therefore, he often summoned some noble disciples who specialized in all kinds of strange and cunning skills in the palace, and took them to build various ingenious utensils together.
And Ha San was once a frequent visitor to the palace.
I often work with him until late at night, forgetting to eat or sleep.
It was not until later that he aroused criticism from the officials that he did not dare to run into the harem again.
Recommending such a familiar face to replace Li Hanqing shows that Yue Kuo Chaer has no selfish motives.
Tuohuan Timur smiled and nodded approvingly, "Well, he is indeed a suitable candidate.
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But he alone is not enough, you have to recommend another person to be his deputy.
Lest anyone be overly cautious and think that I am not qualified.
If you want to discuss it, you can use the jester at will."
"There is a river envoy named Guo in the Ministry of Industry.
His name is Guo Nuxin.
He is a descendant of Guo Shoujing and is also good at making utensils."
Yue Kuochaer thought about it and gave another one in Tuohuan Timur's mind.
Impressive name.
"You said it was Guo Tuzi?"
Tuohuan Timur immediately put his hands on his hands and laughed, "Well, he is indeed a master of weapon making.
I remember him.
I'm afraid there are few civil and military families in this dynasty who don't know him or have a collection of them.
Those things he made?”
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty knows him well.
He does not have a good reputation."
Yue Kuo Cha'er blushed and apologized, not daring to meet Tuo Huan Timur's eyes.
Ambassador Guo is good at making utensils, but he is most famous for making various household items.
Therefore, he was extremely popular among the descendants of honorable nobles, but his reputation in the court was a bit poor.
At least those so-called Qingliu would never say good things about him to his face.
"I employ people based on their strengths.
As long as they can create better artillery for me, it doesn't matter what their reputation is."
Tuohuan Timur waved his hands grandly and responded with a smile.
In his eyes, he could vaguely see the expressions of the courtiers when someone nominated Ha San and Guo Shu to replace Li Hanqing.
That would definitely be a lot of fun and would minimize the defensiveness of the power-hungry relationship.
"Go back and find Xuexue and the others, and ask them to come to me tomorrow morning and recommend talents to me immediately."
Jiaxu glanced at Yue Kuochaer for a few times, and continued to order with a smile, "As for Li Hanqing, don't treat him badly.
Give him a position as a Han minister in the Ministry of War.
Let him join the army and take charge of food and supplies for Tuotuo.
When spring comes, my army of 300,000 will have to move."
"Yes."
Yue Kuo Cha'er was overjoyed, but on the surface he acted fair and honest.
In the position of Ordnance Supervisor, millions of dollars flow through every year.
As the war spreads, it can be predicted that the corresponding amounts will only gradually increase and will never be reduced easily.
But Li Hanqing, relying on the support of You Tuoduo, refused to share the benefits with anyone.
I really don’t know how high the sky is.
Now, if Ha San and Guo Tu come up, Guo will casually mention today’s events and still I'm afraid I don't have a lot of favors and money to take.
"Among the ministers, you are the only one who has fought against Butcher Zhu and escaped unscathed."
Tuohuan Timur glanced at him again and sighed softly.
Today Yue Kuo Chaer's criticism of Li Hanqing may not be entirely out of public motives.
As the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, he had long understood and was used to these things.
However, these are not important.
The most important thing at this moment is to limit the power of Brother Tuotuo and prevent the third powerful minister from being born in front of him.
"Tomorrow morning, bring the artillery you bought to the entrance of the palace to open the eyes of everyone.
I can't wait endlessly any longer.
If I wait any longer, it will be Zhu Tuhu who swears to the Northern Expedition, not me.
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We have sent people to conquer him.
You, Xuexue, and Brother Sang must remember this for me no matter what."
"Yes, I will live up to His Majesty's trust."
Yue Kuo Cha'er bowed down and quietly clenched his fists.
The nails dug into the flesh, causing a pleasant pain.
Note 1: Anigo, an ancient Nepali scientist.
Together with Guo Shoujing, he built the most well-equipped observatory in the world at that time.
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