Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Chapter 168: Khan, please pay, cannon = burn money

Zhang Yong shrugged. It's true. It's not that I guessed what you were thinking, but that this is what you did in the original history.

The entire Xixia royal family, as well as all the civil and military officials, were all massacred under your order, of course under your will.

However, Genghis Khan did not have any accidents in Xixia now, because Genghis Khan, who wanted to conquer the West, returned to the East two years in advance.

The war against Xixia was also much smoother than in the original history.Genghis Khan didn't even go there to hunt with much interest, and then fell off his horse.

Or go find a certain Xixia princess to play games.

So for the time being, the Khan is in good health.

"You are right, Khan. All these Xixia royal family should be killed." A group of Mongolian generals immediately began to agree.

"Yes! Kill all these party members."

"The civilians of their party should also be demoted to slaves and let them be our slaves forever." Some extreme Mongolian generals began to talk nonsense.

At this time, Chahan, who was standing next to Genghis Khan, looked a little ugly. After all, he was a Xixia man.

Although he was given a Mongolian surname and a Mongolian name and became the adopted son of Genghis Khan, he was still a Xixia man and had already recognized his father.

If all the common people in Xixia are demoted to slaves, am I included in that?
At this moment, Chahan couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness in his heart. Maybe his father's approach was right. For allies, he couldn't look to the Mongols.

Thinking of this, Chahan looked at Zhang Yong standing aside and made a certain decision in his heart.

"Well! Those party members who are unwilling to surrender to me will naturally make them slaves and humiliate them severely.

But we must show mercy to those civilians who voluntarily submit to us.Let them live a stable life. "Genghis Khan said.

What he hated was only the nobles of Xixia. If these civilians were willing to surrender, Genghis Khan would show mercy to them, because this was Mongolia's rule.

"Great Khan! These Xixia people have betrayed us time and time again. Why should we let them live a stable life?

According to me, all Xixia people, Han people, Jin people, and Khitan people should be turned into slaves, let them work for us Mongolia, destroy all their farmland, and then turn it into pasture. "

These words made Zhang Yong beside him frown a little. I wonder, what do you mean?Only a mentally retarded person would do this, right?
Destroy all the crops and turn them into pastures. How many pounds of shit did you eat to say such a thing?

Hearing this, Genghis Khan, Ogedei, and a large number of Mongolian generals frowned, killed all the civilians, and turned all the wheat fields into pastures. Then who did they Mongolia ask to collect taxes?

Where do their financial revenues come from?Isn’t it that we conquered this fertile land just to live a good life?You've ruined this good life, so why don't we run back to the grassland?

"Okay! I don't want to hear these words of Tuolu again in the future. As long as those who surrender to my Great Mongolia are all the people of my Great Mongolia, those who farm the fields, those who cultivate the fields, and those who serve as soldiers, as long as If they stay safe, I will let them live in peace," Genghis Khan said.

"Great Khan! Then we will no longer attack Xixia's army this month?" Chi Laowen asked.

"Well! Just don't attack their last two isolated cities. Order Torre to continue besieging Shazhou City.

And send him this explosive bag and trebuchet, so that he can break through Shazhou City as soon as possible.

Then all the resisting troops and men were slaughtered, leaving only young women, and the same was true for other areas of the craftsmen.

If you surrender voluntarily, we will treat you kindly. If we capture the city, only the craftsmen, young women, and a few young men will be left alive, and everyone else will be slaughtered. "Genghis Khan said.

This sentence is really cruel. Even if the situation of Xixia in the future is better than that in the original history, it will not be much better.

Genghis Khan indeed hated Xixia extremely, even more so than the Kingdom of Jin.

The hatred against the Kingdom of Jin is just due to a feud.But Genghis Khan's hatred for Xixia was unforgettable.

The repeated betrayals of the Xixia people even angered his beloved general Mu Huali, who was as close as a brother, to death. This made Genghis Khan hate Xixia very much.

After the other Mongolian generals left, Genghis Khan summoned Ogedai and Zhang Yong alone.

"Zhang Yongqian is here! Your explosive packs are very useful. I won the two battles in Xiliang City and Xining City without spending a single soldier." Genghis Khan said.

"Congratulations to Zhang Yong!"

"Haha, this is all thanks to your good stuff. It's been almost a month since you told me about the heartless cannon. Have you done it yet? If not, take your time. I There is no rush." ​​Genghis Khan said.

With the combination of explosive packs and trebuchets, Genghis Khan is not too concerned about Zhang Yong's heartless cannon. It's good to be able to make it, but he doesn't care too much if it can't be made.

Anyway, it’s just a different launch method.

"Bhan! The heartless cannon I made is now ready. I brought it here specially to let you see it." Zhang Yong stepped forward and said.

"Oh! This is good news. How effective is this heartless cannon? Compared with the catapult." Genghis Khan's eyes lit up and he asked.

"I have brought the things. Please move on, Khan. We will go outside the city to test it and you will know." Zhang Yong said.

"Well! Okay, last time Ogedai was not here, he didn't see the power of the trebuchet. This time we go to see how powerful your heartless cannon is. Let's go outside the city." Genghis Khan said.

Zhang Yong nodded, called for a group of his subordinates, and selected four heartless cannons, three of which were made of wood and iron, and one was made of pure iron.

Soon the group arrived outside the city, accompanied by several Mongolian generals and a group of cavalry protecting Genghis Khan.

This time, this group of Mongolian cavalry learned a lesson and tied their horses thousands of meters away, trying to prevent the horses from hearing the sound of the explosion. The scene of the frightened horses was really too shocking.

Anyway, all the Xixia people in this area have been cleaned up by them, so they don't worry about Xixia cavalry coming to attack them.

"Is this black thing your heartless cannon?" He looked at several black cannon barrels.Genghis Khan asked.

"Yes, Khan! This thing is a heartless cannon. I will demonstrate the effect to you later." Zhang Yong said.

"Yeah! Hurry up, I'm looking forward to it."

Zhang Yong nodded and began to order a group of gunpowder masters and several auxiliary gunners to start setting up. These gunners were all trained by elite soldiers selected by Zhang Yong during this period.

The gunners first skillfully dug a hole about one meter deep in the ground.Then the cannon body of the heartless cannon was inserted, fixed, and then filled with propellant, blocking plates, and explosive packets, and then launched.

With a loud bang, the heartless cannon demonstrated its power for the first time in the world.

It directly hit a mound of earth 200 meters away, causing a large amount of fire and white smoke, as well as a huge shock wave, and debris flying all over the sky.

Zhang Yong demonstrated each of the three heartless cannons made of iron and wood, and the heartless cannon made of pure iron.

"Awesome! Zhang Yong, you boy, this is much more powerful than the Song Army's sky-shattering cannons and flint cannons. Just this sound can scare people out of their wits." Wo Kuotai stepped forward and said.

The sound of the cannon just now scared him so much that he felt a huge sense of fear in his heart, not to mention those ordinary soldiers, and the firing range of this thing seemed to be much farther than the trebuchet!
The trebuchet only has a distance of 200 steps, and it is not necessarily accurate. If it wants to effectively kill, it must be reduced to at least [-] steps.

"I feel that the power of this explosion is similar to that of a trebuchet, but it does hit farther than a trebuchet, and it does not require so many people." After seeing the power of the heartless cannon, Genghis Khan also nodded and said.

Zhang Yong was speechless when he heard this.Sweat profusely!There is nothing you can do about shock wave damage if you can't see it. The power of this thing is much more powerful than that fired by a catapult, and its accuracy is much higher.

"However! It is indeed easier to use than a catapult. It takes at least a dozen people to set up a catapult, and it also requires a dozen people to operate it when it is launched. But it seems that you only need three people." Genghis Khan said.

If you can reduce a few operators, you can set up a few more of these heartless cannons.

The assembly of a catapult is very troublesome. A large catapult capable of launching three hundred steps and dozens of kilograms requires more than a dozen people to assemble.

Each trebuchet weighs more than 1000 kilograms, and some even weigh two to three thousand kilograms. Although all trebuchets are disassembled and stored, they are indeed not as useful as this thing on the battlefield.Just dig a hole and bury it in it to launch.

Although the power is smaller than I thought, it is more compact and requires fewer people to operate it. Can this thing replace the catapult?
Genghis Khan suddenly had an idea and produced this heartless cannon.Can it replace the catapult?
Those bulky catapults cost a lot of manpower and material resources every time they marched, as well as an army of slaves to transport them.

Because the production of trebuchets requires high-quality processed wood, it is simply unrealistic to use local materials for production.

It needs to be made in advance and then placed in the baggage army, and then let the craftsmen assemble it when needed.But this heartless cannon only needs two people or even one person to pick him up.You can just dig a hole in the ground and bury it, and the distance it can hit is farther than a catapult.

No matter how you look at it, it seems to be more suitable for combat than the catapult!
"Father! The catapult belt is already relatively bulky in the army. If it can be replaced, it would be a good thing." Wo Kuotai said.

Some Mongolian generals around also nodded in agreement. This thing is indeed better than a catapult.

"Zhang Yong! Can this thing be mass-produced?" Genghis Khan asked a key question.

"Sweat! The power of the heartless cannon is indeed great, and its firing distance is farther than that of a catapult. It also requires fewer manpower to operate than a catapult, but it has two disadvantages." Zhang Yong said.

Next, he planned to throw all the problems of heartless cannons to Genghis Khan.

"Tell me what are his shortcomings?"

"Sweat! First of all, if you want to launch a cannon without conscience, you must need this round explosive pack. This is not an ordinary stone. You can directly use local materials. This requires a large amount of equipment in the army, and there are also ammunition on it. It’s not as good as a catapult.” Zhang Yong said.

After all, explosive bags are now packaged manually, and the raw materials for making black powder also need to be transported from various places. Cost is a problem. Of course, there is no convenience like a trebuchet that uses local materials to launch stones.

"Well! What are the other shortcomings?" Genghis Khan asked.

"The second shortcoming is the problem of the material of the gun body. It is made of wood and iron. It is an unscrupulous cannon. It is a little lighter and not durable. But it can be fired five to six times at most, not more than ten times, and the whole gun will be destroyed. damaged.

One made of pure iron should be able to be fired twenty or thirty times, but it will also be damaged, so this is also a very high cost issue. It requires training a large number of blacksmiths and mining enough iron ore. "Zhang Yong said.

In fact, the reason is very simple. All aspects of the performance of the heartless cannon are better than those of the trebuchet, but the cost is a big problem. Its only disadvantage is that it is expensive.

The ammunition fired is expensive, the cost of building the cannon is expensive, and the cost of playing with it is ridiculously expensive.

"Only used five or six times? Even pure iron can only be used twenty or thirty times! Where can there be so much iron! What is this?" Wo Kuotai asked.

I thought a big killer was coming!As a result, I finally made one, but it can only be used five or six times. Isn't this equivalent to a disposable consumable?It is estimated that it will be used up in a siege battle.

Even if it is made of pure iron, it can only be used twenty or thirty times. It will be useless after participating in two or three battles. This cost is a bit high.

"Yeah! I know! It seems that we will only be able to use this thing during large-scale sieges in the future. We have to use it sparingly in normal times.

Boy Zhang Yong, have you used up the batch of raw materials for gunpowder and the steel in our army that I gave you? "Genghis Khan looked at Zhang Yong and asked.

"Yes, Khan! The raw materials for making gunpowder and all the steel you gave me have been used up." Zhang Yong said.

It’s not easy for me to do experiments!

Is it good to consume a lot of money?
Cannons cost a lot of money. The reason why I came here this time was to ask Genghis Khan for raw materials for gunpowder and high-quality steel.

After all, it was not his own money that was spent. If he could collect more data on the cannon, he would want to collect more.

"I will ask someone to prepare a batch of gunpowder raw materials for you. When these materials arrive, you can make all these explosive bags!
It's enough for the heartless cannon to cast these first, and stop your experiments first, so we can save some. "Genghis Khan said.

In order to help Zhang Yong build cannons, he had transported all the gunpowder raw materials accumulated by the Mongolian army over the past few years.

The same goes for steel, it was all saved up over the years, but I didn’t expect this kid to use it up so quickly.

This is the wealth accumulated by the Mongolian army during his many years of Western expedition!
Your boy has been used up for me in a month. At this moment, Genghis Khan's heart is bleeding.

Genghis Khan realized for the first time that playing with cannons was also very expensive.

Now Mongolia’s finances don’t seem to be able to afford this.

How come there are such expensive weapons?

"Zhang Yong, can you lower this cost a little?" Genghis Khan asked.

This was the first time that Genghis Khan felt that he, the Mongol Khan, was a little poor.

"As long as it can be mass-produced on a large scale and the technology is mature, we should be able to reduce the cost a little bit, but this requires me to continue experimenting." Zhang Yong said.

When Mongolia's tax system matures, its national system matures, its steel production matures, its transportation roads mature, and its resources are concentrated.

The production of this heartless cannon can indeed be increased and the cost can be reduced, but in its current state,
hehe!Are you ready to top up your account?
How can you become stronger if you don't recharge?
"It seems that the trebuchet cannot be eliminated yet. This heartless cannon is simply throwing money at the enemy!" Wo Kuotai also said with great distress.

Zhang Yong was a little speechless when he heard this.

is not that right?When the cannon fires, it's not just talk of a thousand taels of gold!
Cannons, to put it bluntly, use gold to hit the enemy. Every time a cannon is fired, it is silver.

In other words, these craftsmen recruited by Mongolia do not need to be paid wages. As long as the Khan gives an order, they have to do it for free, otherwise the cost may be higher.

It’s not that easy to play with cannons!
But where is this?I still have a lot of super heavy cannons that I haven’t had time to cast yet!

I also have detailed casting methods for those giant cannons with a range of 800 meters or even a thousand meters, but if you want to make these things, you need to increase the production of steel.

You need to build a specialized steelmaking plant and train professional ironmaking workers before you are qualified to play with such valuable things as cannons.

"Okay, go back. These unscrupulous cannons are temporarily placed in my army. Stop your kid's firearm experiments first! I don't have that much money for you to play with." Genghis Khan said.

After knowing what Zhang Yong had consumed this month, Genghis Khan decisively stopped Zhang Yong's money-burning behavior.

Not to mention the livestock that were killed by this kid, he could hardly afford to play with other things.

Hearing this, Zhang Yong shrugged helplessly.

There is no way, it seems that the plan to use Genghis Khan's family property to play with cannons can be stopped.

Even the richest Mongol Khan seems to be unable to afford the money.

(End of this chapter)