Water Margin people

Chapter 1376 The Sable Road (Part )

"Your Majesty, our Tatar tribe is just taking advantage of the Jurchens' lust, and we are now enemies of Your Majesty! It's all the fault of these damn Jurchens!"

Temujin quickly defended himself.

Wanyan Wu Qimai listened to Temujin's words and stared at him with wide-eyed anger. His eyes seemed to be spitting out fire, and he wanted to tear Temujin to pieces.

However, Wanyan Wu Qimai was tied up like a rice dumpling and had a piece of wood stuffed in his mouth. He couldn't speak at all and could only scream "wuwuwu".

"Untie the rope around his mouth. I have told him so many times that biting his tongue will not kill him, it will only make him miserable."

Sun Lei pointed at Wanyan Wu Qimai and said.

Shi Qian quickly led someone forward to untie the rope, and patted Wanyan Wu on the head to make him spit out the wood.

"Temujin, you shameless traitor, a gopher on the prairie, wolves will tear you to pieces, condors will hunt you, and you will not die a good death!"

Wanyan Wu Qimai cursed at Temujin.

"Bah, how dare you talk to me? You are not locked in a cage now!"

Temujin's face turned red after being scolded, but he refused to admit defeat.

"Do you think Sun Lei will let you go if you beg for mercy? All the tribes in the grassland have not come, but you, the Tata tribe, have come. It's not because you covet the grassland."

Wanyan Wu Qimai looked at Temujin and said coldly, directly clarifying the purpose of the Tata tribe.

The two of them were yelling at each other.

"It's really interesting. It turns out that you allies are like this. Although we have interests, you don't think you can survive this way!"

Sun Lei looked at the two people in the cage and smiled.

"Your Majesty, our Tata tribe is really willing to surrender and accept all your conditions!"

Temujin quickly said that as long as Sun Lei puts forward conditions now, he will agree no matter how harsh they are.

"I'm curious, where did you learn these armors and bows and arrows?"

Sun Lei waved his hand, and the soldiers threw the newly captured bows, arrows and armor on the ground. The bows and arrows were from the Tata'er tribe, and the armor was from the Iron Buddha Tu of the Jin Kingdom.

"Don't tell me that you made it. This bow and arrow are obviously not grassland style, nor are they Central Plains style."

Seeing Temujin's eyes rolling, Sun Lei knew that this guy must have evil intentions, so he slowly spoke.

"It's just some forging skills, nothing special about it! You in the Central Plains know how to forge, can't we?"

Wanyan Wu Qimai said directly that he had no intention of begging for mercy and knew that Sun Lei would not be able to spare him.

"Haha, you still want to hide? When did you, a group of fishing and hunting tribes hiding in the mountains, learn such advanced smelting technology?"

"Don't talk about you. The entire Liaodong and the original Liao Kingdom did not have this kind of technology. You invented it out of thin air? Do you know how many years it took to go from the bronzes of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties to the irons of the Han Dynasty?"

"In addition, since ancient times, it has been a serious crime to hide armor privately. Even if you have learned some iron smelting skills, you can only make swords. Is this kind of standard armor so easy to mass-produce?"

Sun Lei looked at Wanyan Wu and said.

Liaodong is rich in products and resources. Whether it is coal or iron ore, it is not bad. It can indeed produce excellent iron tools, but smelting iron requires technology!

Smelting technology has always been a secret. Although some of the technology from the Central Plains has spread to the north, the Liao Kingdom, which has ruled the north for many years, has not yet mastered it. How can the primitive Jurchens who have just emerged from the mountains and forests be so good at it?

"There are also these trebuchets. These are obviously different in structure from those in the Central Plains, so the throwing distance will be longer. Don't tell me that you Jurchens use this for hunting and fishing in the mountains, so they are very skilled!"

Sun Lei pointed to the trebuchet next to the cage and said, "This thing is the same. The Northern Song Dynasty lacked cavalry. The reason why it was able to confront the Liao Kingdom relied on fortified cities and equipment. The Liao Kingdom's equipment was not as good as the Northern Song Dynasty. The Jurchens' siege Why is it better than the Northern Song Dynasty?

Wanyan Wu Qimai's face turned gloomy when asked. Sun Lei had obviously grasped the core of the matter, but Wanyan Wu Qimai didn't want to say more. He didn't want Sun Lei to know.

"Tang Long, introduce him!"

Sun Lei saw Wanyan Wu begging for money without saying anything, and ordered to Tang Long beside him.

Tang Long immediately stepped forward, picked up a piece of iron armor and began to introduce it. As the weapons supervisor of the Qi State, he was very proficient in the art of iron smelting, and he directly explained the memory of forging clearly. "In the past, this technology was indeed amazing, even a little better than that of the Central Plains. But compared to the latest technology of our Qi country, this thing is not worth showing off!"

Tang Long threw the armor plate directly on the ground and laughed.

"Since you all know it, why bother asking me!"

Wanyan Wu Qimai's face was very ugly. The secret in his heart was still seen through by the enemy.

"I can guess something even if you don't tell me. This technology is different from that of the Central Plains, and it doesn't come from the Liao Kingdom. Where else could it come from?"

Sun Lei looked to the west and said, in addition to the Central Plains, there are grasslands, Korea, Japan, and Korea around Liaodong.

The Japanese country is still a primitive and backward aboriginal country. It is impossible to have advanced technology. The grasslands lack interest in iron smelting. The only possibility is the Western Regions.

When Wanyan Wu Qimai saw Sun Lei looking to the west, his face became even more ugly. It seemed that there was no difference whether he said it or not.

"Your Majesty, I know! I know! The Jurchens are connected with Shah Khan of the Western Regions!"

Seeing that Sun Lei was completely ignoring him, Temujin grabbed the pillars of the prison cage and shouted.

"Shahan?"

Sun Lei then looked at Temujin. This was the first time he heard the name Shahan.

"Temujin, you traitor!"

Wanyan Wu Qimai was furious. He originally wanted to keep this secret in his heart, but he didn't expect that Temujin would reveal it. The Tatar tribe is to the west of the Jurchen tribe, and many things cannot be hidden.

"No one on the grassland knows about your little thing! Do you sell sables? If I don't say it, others will say it!"

Temujin said nonchalantly.

"sable?"

Sun Lei touched his chin and started thinking.

"Your Majesty, sable is one of the specialties of the Jurchen territory. It is generally called sable. Its fur is grey-brown, dark brown or yellowish-brown. It is shiny and soft. The velvet is fine and rich. It can be used to make coats, collars, hats, and scarves. . It is the favorite of the northern nobles! It is quite expensive in the Central Plains and is called soft gold!”

Xu Guanzhong said.

"Oh, I remembered. I got some for my wife and children last year to use as hats and scarves. They all liked them so much!"

Only then did Sun Lei react.

"Are there any white ones? I don't really like purple and brown!"

Sun Lei looked at Wanyan Wu's begging and asked. Although the sable fur looked elegant and luxurious, it looked old-fashioned when worn. His wife and children were young, so naturally it looked better when worn younger.

Wanyan Wu Qimai gritted his teeth and trembled without speaking.

"Your Majesty, there are also white ones. Although they are rare, they can be hunted!"

Temujin quickly said that white martens are quite rare, but they are not impossible to hunt.

Seeing that Sun Lei was off topic, Xu Guanzhong coughed quickly to remind him.

"Forget it, the entire Liaodong belongs to me. If you can't hunt anything, I'll hunt slowly in the future!"

Sun Lei waved his hands.

"Did you just say that the Jurchens were doing mink trade with the Western Regions?"

Sun Lei looked at Temujin and asked.

(End of this chapter)