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Chapter 80 Huang Taiji and the Rails
A long strip of black iron was placed on the ground. Dozens of pairs of sharp eyes looked at the black iron, as if they wanted to "know things" and see through the black iron.If the long and narrow piece of black iron was conscious, it would definitely feel like a dog.

"Everyone..." The big man sitting on the dragon chair broke the silence first, "This is the mysterious iron piece brought back from Jinzhou City by our spies in the Fu Liao Army who risked their lives. Chu Yun, the leader of the Liao Army bandit, invested 10 taels of silver a few days ago to produce this mysterious iron block."

Hiss... The senior official Hou Jin who was present gasped.Even for them who occupy a high position in a country, 10 taels of silver is a lot of money, let alone such a large amount of silver taels, as before, was used to produce such seemingly useless things , It is too unbelievable!

"Everyone has accompanied me to observe this piece of iron for half an hour. Can you see any magic in this piece of iron?" Huang Taiji asked slowly, looking around at the crowd.

"Forgive me for speaking bluntly. No matter how you look at it, this piece of black iron is just the most common black iron. There is really nothing special about it, let alone it has any purpose." A civil official said.

"Yes." The other senior officials also nodded.There is really nothing magical about this piece of broken iron!
"How resourceful do you think Chu Yun, the bandit leader of the Liao Army?" Huang Taiji asked.

"Chu Yun is a tyrannical man who forcibly took Liaonan from us. Although this matter is considered a great shame and humiliation for us, we are the ones who lost in the end." Dabeile Daishan said.Only he dared to mention the failure of Liaonan in front of Huang Taiji.

"It's just such a person who would invest 10 taels of silver to produce the most common black iron for no reason? Think with your pig brains, is this possible?!" Huang Taiji, who was puzzled, became a little irritable.

Later Jin's civil servants and generals were a little embarrassed.Although it was true that it was impossible for Chu Yun to spend a lot of money to produce a bunch of useless things, they also couldn't guess the function of this ordinary black iron.

"Ah, my subordinates have discovered something unusual about this piece of iron!" A general suddenly exclaimed.

"Li Sizhong, tell me about the abnormality you found?" Huang Taiji said expectantly.This general was a descendant of Li Chengliang, the former general of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty. When Nurhachi once captured Lushun Port, he was captured and surrendered to Houjin.

"Please look, Your Majesty, this iron block is so long and neatly crafted, there must be a special purpose to produce such a strange iron block, just like a long bamboo stick." Li Sizhong said.

"What is it used for?" Huang Taiji asked.

"This... subordinates don't know yet..."

faint!The high-ranking officials in Houjin, including Huang Taiji, couldn't help but rolled their eyes.Who the hell can't see that this is a well-made iron block, how can you tell?
"So no one can understand Chu Yun's intention?" Huang Taiji couldn't help but feel disappointed.

Before Chu Yun appeared, Hou Jin could calculate the reaction of the Ming Dynasty everywhere, but after Chu Yun turned out, Huang Taiji felt that he was passive everywhere, and now even the things made by Chu Yun could not see any use. "

When everyone was silent, a handsome, burly but civil official stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I have a bold guess, I don't know if it is accurate."

Huang Taiji looked at it, but it was Fan Wencheng: "If you have any speculation, just say it, I forgive you for your innocence."

"Yes. Recently, His Majesty ordered to imitate the guns and cannons of the Liao Army. I often go to mines and blacksmith workshops to inspect, and I still have some understanding of ironware. The organization that made this mysterious iron block of the Liao Army is called the 'Railway Construction Committee'. As the name suggests, What the Liao army wants to build is the railway, and this piece of iron is an important part of the railway." Fan Wencheng said loudly.

Everyone couldn't help but nod their heads when they heard this, thinking in this direction should be the right one!Huang Taiji also nodded in tacit agreement, his eyes encouraged Fan Wencheng to continue talking.

"As we all know, iron blocks are smoother than gravel roads, so I boldly speculated that the Liao army wanted to use two such long and narrow iron blocks to form a road, so that the wheels of the carriage could walk on the iron blocks , This is what the Liao Army calls the railway!"

"Wonderful!" A group of people heard this, their eyes burst into light, and even Huang Taiji stood up excitedly!

"Fan Wencheng, you are so wise and talented!"

"Your Majesty has such a good minister, and the eradication of the Liao army is just around the corner!"

Another group of officials who were friendly with Fan Wencheng flattered Fan Wencheng.

If Chu Yun was here, he would definitely laugh out loud.Although it is true that horses can be used to drag the carriage, but if I spend so much money just to make the carriage run a little faster, isn't that a disease?Although the Empress Dowager Cixi did similar things in the future...

"The Fu Liao army is really ingenious. They even thought of using iron blocks as roads. Chu Yun didn't say anything else, this idea is really unconstrained." Huang Taiji felt that Fan Wencheng's judgment was correct.

But according to Fan Wencheng's judgment, Chu Yun's brain hole has broken through the sky, and he is not in this universe.

"The Liao army has always done strange things, so it's not surprising to have such an idea. It is said that Chu Yun also invited a group of blond and blue-eyed Western devils to southern Liaoning. It is estimated that they were influenced by the Western devils. Your Majesty, we need There is no need to imitate their technology?" A civil servant asked.

"Imitation? Fan Aiqing, what do you think about this problem?" Huang Taiji looked at Fan Wencheng.

"No. I think that although the wheels of the carriage go faster on the iron block, it will not be of much help. Our post-Jin country itself lacks iron, and a lot of iron and money are wasted in this bottomless pit. Above, it is really an unknown move. Your Majesty, what we need at this time is the guns and artillery of the Fuliao Army, and we should invest resources in the manufacture of guns and artillery." Fan Wencheng objected.

"Aiqing is justified, and it coincides with me." Huang Taiji pondered, "According to the news from the Ministry of Industry, we have produced the first batch of one hundred imitation firearms and two imitation cannons, which are as powerful as Compared with the previous guns and artillery, we must produce more guns and artillery as soon as possible to regain the land in southern Liaoning as soon as possible.”

"I intend to call our Daikin's muskets 'Tianwei guns' and the cannons 'Tianwei cannons', what do you think?"

"Your Majesty is wise!" Hou Jin's civil servant said happily.

From today onwards, they also have the power of advanced guns and artillery!
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