back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 718

Although he was a bit annoyed, the Khitan people's riding and shooting skills were definitely better than the Han people's. This was an innate advantage. No matter how angry Huo Si was, there was nothing he could do about it.It's just that he changed the subject and said: "...the envoys of the Liao Kingdom won this match, and the sage Longyan was a little unsightly, so he said: "Although the archery art came from the Central Plains, it is not familiar to the Han people today. I admire the country's proficiency in bows and horses. But now we Han people are not familiar with bows and crossbows. It's not that we are neglected to practice, but we have better weapons." The envoy of the Liao Kingdom said, "Dashun God Arm Bow , we have also heard about it. It’s just that this bow is not a bow, but a crossbow. In this match, the Liao Kingdom has won.’”

When Huo Si said this, all the drinkers felt like they were fighting against each other: "Think of my vast country, but no one can shoot? A few days ago, Lu Chenhuan, the shooting general, didn't see anyone today. Fighting?" This is all because the Han people want to save face, and the bows and arrows are obviously from the Central Plains, so why can't they compare with the barbarians?

Someone sighed and said: "Two years ago, General Lu went to fight against bandits, but he has never returned to Chang'an..."

"I see……"

Listening to their tone, it seems that Lu Chenhuan's marvelous shooting skills are Dashun's last fig leaf.This is also a change in the mentality of the Han people in more than a hundred years, from being comparable to a strong man to being able to deceive themselves and others, all due to the external weakness of the Dashun court.In fact, there is no other way, because of the old horse administration, the war horses in Dashun were scarce at one time, and almost all the horses pulling the carts were put into battle.This poor horse can't see blood, and runs away when it sees it. This also makes sense, why the Han people can only find a little self-esteem in culture now. In their opinion, the Khitan people are really "overwhelmed" on the battlefield!It's no wonder that Lu Chengqi didn't publicize the Hongxiang rifle, let alone make the mother-child cannon public.In this way, it is inevitable that the people of Dashun will lack confidence.

Huo Si patted the ruler, and after everyone was quiet, he said slowly: "The Holy Majesty said: 'Not to mention black and white cats, if they can catch mice, they are good cats. I, Dashun, is the world's number one in technology. It’s just that the god arm bow is the only one out there?” After that, he ordered the “Fisketeers” to enter the school field. After a thunderclap and thunder, the smoke billowed up, and three hundred steps away, the arrow target had already become a honeycomb. The Liao people were shocked and called out: "Demonic law, demonic law!" The sage Long Yan said with a smile, "This is my Dashun's weapon to protect the country. How can it be a demon law? Today's demonstration is nothing more than to warn you that bows and crossbows are insignificant, and firearms will prevail in the future." .If you are an enemy of Dashun, your firearms will have no eyes, and you will kill too much, which is not my intention. You can go back and report directly to the king of your country. I Dashun will not offend anyone, but if someone offends me, he will be punished no matter how far away!'"

"it is good!!!"

All the drinkers were boiling, but some still had doubts: "Is this firearm really so sharp?"

No wonder some people would ask this question. After all, being suppressed and beaten by the Khitan people for decades almost bent the backbone of the Han people.Today I finally feel elated. It is normal to worry about gains and losses.Today's son Lu Chengqi seemed to be aware of this problem, or Hongxiang rifles had already been equipped with half of the Imperial Army, and they were full of confidence before they were put on the stage to frighten Xiaoxiao.This kind of military exercise similar to later generations directly subdued Zhufan, and he could no longer have the idea of ​​competing with Dashun.Only the Khitan is still talking hard, saying what "extraordinary skills and obscenity", if they confront the Khitan army, they will definitely be shocked and flee in all directions.

Lu Chengqi disdained the verbal sparring, and after hastily letting the Musketeers show up, the accompanying shooting at Nanyuyuan ended.Lu Chengqi has reason to believe that after the news gets out, it will definitely boost the confidence of the Chinese people and blow the arrogance of the surrounding countries.Especially now in the Liao Dynasty, it has been divided into the main war faction and the main peace faction, and there is a danger of attacking the Central Plains anytime and anywhere.Coupled with that paper covenant, it has reached the last year.After this year, the Liao Kingdom aggressively attacked Dashun, but did not violate the oath.

The effect of this military exercise was unexpectedly good.Even if it only boosted the self-confidence of the Chinese people, Lu Chengqi felt that he had made a profit.Once this matter was published in "Dashun Minbao", it was quickly circulated throughout the country, and the collision of cold weapons and hot weapons began!
Now in the imperial palace, Lu Chengqi is watching the secret report sent by the supervisory department, which is all about the missions of various countries.Dashun's commerce is so developed, and copper coins are sold in various countries, even replacing the currencies of various countries. The profits that Dashun merchants have grabbed can be imagined.Even so, the vassal state that came to the court still had to do business with Dashun.why?Driven by interests, no matter how big the conflict was, it was resolved.

"There are Kunlun slaves in Quanzhou who claim their country is 'Bi Pa Luo', 'Layer Ba Country', 'Honey Xu Li', 'Mulan Pi'? What the hell are these!" Lu Chengqi put the secret message aside, and continued After comparing the "world map" after comparing them one by one, I suddenly realized: "This 'Bipa Luo' turned out to be Somalia, and 'Mixuli' should be Egypt, but this 'Layer Baguo' and 'Mulan Pi' are again Which? Forget it, it’s all Africa anyway, so don’t worry about it. Well, it’s written in the "Zhu Fan Zhi" that "Dashi is in the northwest of the spring; the farthest to Quanzhou is difficult to reach directly. From the spring It takes more than [-] days to ship to Lanliboyi and live in winter. The next year, it will be shipped again, and the wind will last for more than [-] days before reaching the country. It is produced in the country, and it is mostly carried and traded with Sanfo Qi (the ancient country in Southeast Asia). As far as China. Its country is majestic and its land is vast. Its folk customs are extravagant and beautiful, surpassing all Fans. The weather is cold and the snow is two or three feet thick, so the carpet is expensive. It seems that it took more than a year for these black Africans to reach China!"

Lu Chengqi knew that Dashun merchants were keen to go to sea because the profit from going to sea was a hundred times, or even a thousand times.As long as it succeeds once, the children and grandchildren will have no worries about food and clothing.At that time, people told how sea merchants made money: "Every time it is a consistent number, you can exchange a hundred items of foreign goods, and a hundred items can exchange a thousand items of foreign goods, so it is common." Look, consistent. Money can buy goods with hundreds of dollars in various countries, and goods with a hundred dollars can buy goods with thousands of dollars. How can you not make money once you come and go?
It is just like this that the Minister of the Liao State said: "There are no coins in the northern border, public and private transactions, and the copper coins of this dynasty are used"; The main currency; in Jiaozhi, the authorities ordered that "Xiaoping money from the Central Plains is allowed to enter but not to go out"; The goods are not sold for copper coins."

At this time, Southeast Asian countries traditionally used precious metals such as gold and silver as currency, but precious metal currencies were generally only suitable for bulk transactions, and it was very inconvenient to use gold and silver for trivial transactions among the people, so they had to adopt the primitive form of barter.The inflow of well-made and creditworthy Dashun copper coins immediately brought convenience to local market transactions. No wonder the local people regard Dashun copper coins as "the treasure of the town".Not to mention Goryeo, which has always regarded itself as a "little China", even regarded Dashun's copper coins as its own currency, and transferred the danger of inflation to the Central Plains.

The Dashun copper coin is equivalent to the US dollars of later generations. How could Lu Chengqi sit on the treasure mountain and not use it?No, once Goryeo was disobedient, Dashun would "not trade with it, and those who dared to sell goods to Goryeo would lose their property."Because Goryeo had no money to use, he could only increase the coinage by himself.Because the casting money is too rough and insufficient, it is often a Dashun copper coin, which is equivalent to ten Wen Gaoli coins.Goryeo's national power has shrunk by one-third after this economic war without gunpowder, and it is even more powerless to compete with Dashun and Liao. He can't even guard against Jurchen.

(End of this chapter)