The rise of the prince

Chapter 706 Sunset and Western Mountain + The First Batch of Thunder Mercury

The sky and the earth are connected as a whole, blending in the blood-red afterglow of the setting sun.

"Your Majesty, it's windy, let's go back." At the head of the city, surrounded by everyone, Wan Yan looked into the distance with dark eyes, his strong body was as thin as a stick, and his legs were covered with beautiful tiger skins, which could not hide him. of weakness.

Wanyanli, Wanyanyun, Wanyanliang, Wanyanyingge and others were all behind him, and there were two little eunuchs in front of him, one on the left and one on the right to block the wind, shivering from the cold and not daring to move.

"Is there any news about your uncle?" His words were very soft, and with the wind in the city, he had to be careful to hear them clearly.

Wan Yanliang cupped his hands, feeling infinite grief and sadness in his heart, their father who is heroic and invincible, the father who is unstoppable by warriors in the world, has become like this now.

"Father, we have sent out the letter, and the emperor is rushing back." Wan Yanliang leaned into his father's ear and said.

Father just nodded and continued to look into the distance, "Liu Xu, where is Liu Xu?"

"He is too far away, and it will take a long time to come back."

"Hmm." Father nodded, staring blankly into the distance, like an old tiger, looking down at his own kingdom territory, with more energy than energy.

"I still don't feel relieved, I, Dajinjiangshan, and you," the emperor said in a low voice.

"Father Emperor." Wan Yanliang's nose soured, tears rolled down uncontrollably.

"Jingguo Li Xingzhou, this person" the emperor lost his strength halfway through the sentence, the empress immediately cried for him.

"This person is by no means simple. I'm not here. I'm afraid you are no match for him."

"Father!" Wan Yanliang was extremely sad, and at this moment, Father was still thinking of them.

"Father, don't worry, I will never lose to him!" Second brother Wan Yanyun gritted his teeth.

He frowned slightly, but said nothing.

Father didn't speak, and continued to look into the distance, his breathing getting weaker and weaker.

When the sun had completely set in the sky, facing the south, the hero of a generation was completely black and boneless, and stopped breathing.

During the poor years, it seemed as if the dark sky had collapsed, crushing everyone. The people at the top of the city fell to their knees and wept bitterly. Only Prince Wanyanyun stood where he was, looking at the southern sky.

Wan Yanliang came to his senses and pulled his younger brother to make him kneel down too.

Until the last moment of his life, the father still thought about three people, the emperor's uncle Wanyan Zongbi who fought in the north, the minister Liu Xu who went to Mobei, and Jin Wang Li Xingzhou of Jingguo.

Li Xingzhou. A young man less than 20 years old, but his father missed him so much. They only met once in front of Shanhaiguan and had a conversation.

Wan Yanliang couldn't help but wonder what kind of genius this is.

"The merchants said that they didn't have much iron. Most of Jingguo's copper and iron have flowed into the Jin Palace. Ordinary merchants rarely buy much." The third princess was talking to his father Khan while walking.

That day, Father Khan and his uncle thought of a way to buy iron from Jingguo merchants, and went to the market to see it in person, but they didn't expect them to come, and the merchants avoided them in fear.

It is also understandable that most of the tribes such as the Qiyan tribe and the Kelie tribe are reasonable tribes on the grassland. The merchants in the Central Plains can do business here safely and fairly. The matter of the caravan, and some rude and arrogant tribal khans used it to force the merchants to hand over their finances.

So the merchants are also afraid of the nobles, and the Mongolian Nuoyan (transliteration of the name of the nobles, which is almost equivalent to adults).

So Ala Haibeji took the initiative to take over this task from her father. She was smart since she was a child, and she also liked dealing with the merchants in the Central Plains, and bought all kinds of weird treasures from them.

Many merchants in the Central Plains knew her and knew that she was the daughter of Khan of the Qiyan tribe, and she was very polite and respectful of the law, so she and the merchants were not afraid of her and were willing to do business with her.

"Prince Jin's Mansion?" Temujin thought for a while, "It's the King Jin who broke through the south of Liao Kingdom and captured the Liao Kingdom's emperor."

Ala Haibeji nodded.

Temujin sighed: "What a powerful person." Before the tribes of the grassland were unified, the countries in the Central Plains, or the countries south of Yinshan Mountain, were all developed and powerful in their impression.

After Han Wu, the grassland countries and tribes became the vassals of the southern countries one after another, and they had to provide only money every year.In the previous Liao Kingdom, the tribes of the grassland had been subject to them for a hundred years, and in the later Jin Kingdom, they collected their tribute every year and at the same time implemented a brutal and inhuman policy of reducing the number of people on the grassland.

The people on the prairie only dared to swallow their anger, because no one had the ability to integrate the tribes and attack each other. If the strength was not united, they would not be able to fight against the unified southern regime.

This accumulation of hatred finally promoted the rise of Mongolia.

"That's right, the powerful Daliao Kingdom and the Khitan people are no match for him." Ala Haibeji also sighed.

"It means that this road won't work." Father Khan shook his head, then smiled and said, "You don't have to worry too much, I didn't expect too much, we will send troops to attack the Tatars in a few days, we can Snatch more iron from them."

Ara Haibeji bowed his head helplessly: "It would be great if I could talk to King Jin, maybe he will agree to this deal."

"Hahaha" Father Khan laughed and patted her on the head, "Don't think too much, he is the royal family of Jingguo, how could he sell us iron casually, their army also needs sabers and spears, the more the army The more the better, not too few sabers and spears.

I want to buy it from a merchant secretly, just to bypass the nobles of Jingguo and buy iron directly. "

Ala Haibeji sighed: "Father Khan is right."

Temujin laughed, "Although things have not been done, but you can deal with so many Jingguo merchants at a young age, and let them tell you so much news, you are better than me and your uncle, and better than your brothers , if only you were a man."

Ara Haibeji said quickly: "I can also ride horses and shoot arrows, so I can be a man in the future."

"Hahaha, you are still young, you don't understand, you will get married in the future." Father Khan laughed.

"I don't want to marry. I want to help my father pacify the tribes in the grassland, and then seek revenge from the Jinren." Ara Haibeji said stubbornly.

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you, hahahaha" Temujin laughed, pretending that the child was still young, and didn't say anything else.

Arahaibeji looked angrily at her father entering the big tent, and then sighed helplessly, she knew that her father didn't take it seriously.

She has a lot of ideas since she was a child, and she also has great ambitions, so she learned Chinese from southern businessmen, and bought some books from them to read, to learn those characters by herself, and often asked them about various world affairs, the far south, All kinds of knowledge from the East and the West.

She knew that crossing the desert to the south was the country of Xia, and further south there was the country of Jing and Dali.To the west is the Naiman tribe, and beyond the Naiman tribe are deserts and mountains. There are many scattered tribes like them.

On the other side of the mountain, there is a powerful and unified country. Some merchants on the grassland come from there. It is difficult to communicate with them, but they can gradually understand the mixed gestures.

To the east is the former Liao Kingdom, now the Jin Kingdom.

The strength of the Khitan people has been felt by her generation since she was a child, because in her memory, when she was a child, all the grassland tribes had to pay tribute to their suzerain country, which is the Daliao Kingdom of the Khitan people.

Every year between March and April, the leaders of the various tribes must bring horses, cattle and sheep, or gold and silver to Shangjing of the Liao Kingdom to hand them over in exchange for the peace of the tribe.

Father Khan once took him to Shangjing, Liao Kingdom, where there are high walls, bustling streets, and lively crowds.

Both their parents and grandma told them that the Khitan people had more war horses than their cattle and sheep, and that the Khitan people's swords could cut through gold and stone. They could not resist, but surrendered.

Until the Jurchens came.

Ara Haibeji didn't know what the Jurchens looked like, but she heard that they came from the far east, from a place of ice and snow, and a place adjacent to the sea. Although she didn't know what the sea was, only It is said that it is like a grassland, with water that cannot be seen at a glance.

What does water look like when you can't see the edge at a glance?She doesn't know.

The Jurchens were tall, brave and good at fighting, and soon annexed most of the Liao Kingdom, but at that time, they never thought that the Khitans would fail.

Because the Khitan's elite soldiers are still hoarding in Nanjing, it is said that it is an important place to fight against the Jingguo, which is further south.

She has heard more about Jingguo, which is further south, because many merchants on the grasslands are from it.I heard that the people there are rich, the city is prosperous, there is a lot of salt, there is no need to travel all day, and there are many skilled craftsmen who have made many exquisite and beautiful things.

She did buy many exquisite things, some of which she had never seen before on the grassland.

The Khitan's elite soldiers were defeated by Jingguo, and it was only a short month before and after, which made Ara Haibeji even more curious about the Jingguo in the south, and also very curious about Jingguo's King Jin.

I heard that he is not yet 20 years old, so he should not be much older than himself, so I feel that this person is even more amazing.

A young man under the age of 20 can defeat the elite of the Khitan people and destroy the Daliao Kingdom, the Daliao Kingdom that she remembers deeply since she was a child
"This is mercury fulminate?" He Qian approached curiously.

"That's right, be careful, this thing is poisonous." Li Xingzhou said, pulling the curious little girl back a step.

On the glass plate in front of him was a pile of off-white powder, which Li Xingzhou had just shoveled off.

If it hadn't been passivated (which can be understood as oil or fat), he wouldn't dare to let this little girl get so close. First of all, this thing is poisonous, and secondly, it is very unstable, and a slight impact will cause an explosion.

Fortunately, after passivation treatment, its stability will be greatly improved.

This means that there are still risks in the production process, so he has to experiment repeatedly, establish strict production processes and rules and regulations, and try his best to ensure that after the start of work, workers without chemical foundation can produce safely after training.

He Qian has been following him for the past few days, working hard without complaint, not at all like the wild girl before, mainly because she is very curious about these strange and magical chemical reactions.

"After the Chinese New Year, your father will marry you to me. At that time, I will be your husband. If you don't listen to me, I can spank your ass at any time." Li Xingzhou carefully put the passivated mercury fulminate into the oil paper bag In the middle, I was going to show it to Zhao Si, while teasing this little devil king.

"Hmph, that's also the Chinese New Year." The little girl blushed and felt guilty: "Now you can't control me."

"That's impossible. Everyone knows what's going on today, and everyone thinks you are from the Wangfu. If you cause trouble, it will be blamed on the Wangfu." Alright, carry it carefully and walk out.

He Qian followed closely, "Hmph, anyway. Anyway, when we girls were young, we were under the care of our father, and when we grow up, we are under the care of our husband, so we have no freedom at all."

Seeing her aggrieved look, Li Xingzhou laughed heartily and rubbed her little head: "Your father can't control you, he can control you and still run out every day."

"No way, he obviously took care of it"

Arguing with Xiao Gunian all the way, and soon arrived at the front yard, just in time to meet Yan Gu who was going to deliver something to Di Mansion.

After all, Di Zhi wanted to have a family, and he couldn't stay in the palace forever, even if he was injured, so he was sent to the Di mansion prepared for him, where Princess Yongming took care of him.

However, Princess Yongming was a Princess Jingui who grew up with a golden key in her mouth, so how could she take care of others, so she sent six maids from the palace to take care of Di Zhi.

Di Zhi is now the commander of the infantry of the bodyguards. He is in a high position. He has a good salary, but he lacks someone to take care of him.

Di Zhi reminded Li Xingzhou of one person, and that was Di Qing, a legendary figure who had grown from an ordinary soldier to a privy envoy.

He was also the only military officer and privy envoy in the Song Dynasty. Unfortunately, not long after he took office, he was attacked by all the civil servants on the grounds that "the black dog at home has long horns". After leaving Beijing, he died in fear.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help pulling his brain out of the ocean of chemistry, returning to the court, and returning to the political vortex, because Di Zhi may also suffer this fate. , If one day, a military officer is appointed as a privy envoy, can he cope with the pressure from all the civil servants?
He doesn't know, I'm afraid it's very close.

"How is Di Zhishang?" Li Xingzhou returned to his senses and asked Yan Gu.

"My lord, General Di's injury is almost healed. He can get out of bed and walk a few steps these days. It is estimated that in ten days and a half a month, he will be able to walk completely." Yan Gu happily agreed.

Li Xingzhou nodded, "Are there enough people over there? How many people do you call from the palace?"

"No, the princess is on guard every day, and it's hard for us to say a few words to General Di." Yan Gu looked helpless.

"Okay, okay, let's go then."

Li Xingzhou sent him away, wondering, Princess Yongming hated Di Zhi so much before, but he didn't expect it to change now.

Then he shook his head and went back to the mountain.

In the Houshan firearms testing ground, the noise was loud, and Zhao Si and several of his apprentices were still busy.A new artillery is not designed, manufactured, and completed after test firing, and it is even more difficult to write a calibration table.

Because as the artillery of the Wangfu became more and more advanced, the range and power of the artillery continued to increase, which was beyond the visual range. In many cases, the ballistics could only be calculated, or compared with the calibration table, and then fired according to the target's azimuth.

The artillerymen of the new army must become more and more familiar with this combat method, and Zhao Si, who wrote the calibration table, needs to conduct countless test shots in order to determine the trajectory of the new artillery more accurately.

(End of this chapter)