"As soon as the sealing of the treasury is opened, Xia won't be able to retreat in the short term!"
Old Man Xia stepped out of the palace door, and Old Pu's figure walked out from the curtain on the side. This was not to avoid suspicion, but because he had just come back from the north and changed his clothes, and the conversation between the king and his ministers had just ended.
"Now that you're back, let's talk about what's going on in the Northland right now? Can Randy and the others come back alive?" The empress grabbed a fruit plate and put it on her knees, then stuffed an ordinary fruit plate the size of a table tennis ball into her lap. In the mouth.
Lao Pu smiled and said, "The weather is in my court. When Lao Nu came back, there were heavy rains in Yuyang, Beiping, and Liaoxi counties. Waterlogging and floods were beginning to appear. Half of the Jurchen soldiers and horses were restrained by floods. It took less than half a month. , Wanyan Wenqi is unable to come back to help Xuan Tu, under the circumstances, if Randy can't come back, it can only mean that he is incompetent!"
Militarily incompetent, making an appointment with the Wu Dynasty is equivalent to death.
The Wu Dynasty did not have that much manpower and material resources, which could be wasted.
The time is right, the place is right, and Randy already has 2.5 points. If you can't come back, then don't come back.
Hearing this, the empress nodded, "Don't push too hard. What we want is for the Jurchens to retreat, not for the other side to jump over the wall!"
The Jurchens are very strong. They are one of the three major tribes in the grasslands today. Their own power can threaten the Wu Dynasty. However, what makes them unstable internally, with scattered tribes and chaotic military systems. Even if Wanyan Wenqi can mobilize the power, it is no more than the three Jurchens as a whole. Forty percent, there are many people on the Xianbei prairie who are not like Wanyan Wenqi, and regard Wanyan Wenqi as a happy leader.
When will the Jurchens be completely integrated, and when will they be qualified to enter the big stage of Kyushu? Before that, whether it is Wanyan Wenqi, Wanyan Kangtai, or other banner princes in the Jurchen tribe, as far as the Wu Dynasty is concerned They are all suffering from psoriasis. They have time to take care of them, but they have no time for him to attack and they will not be able to enter the territory of Jizhou.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, even if Randy doesn't have a hand, the Jurchens won't be able to jump up. The war is fought for resources and financial resources. The materials provided by the Song people across the sea have been completely consumed before, especially for a few years." In the surprise attack on the Lunpo camp, the Jurchens did not lose much, but most of the iron materials were lost!" Lao Pu said slowly.
The Jurchens lack core smelting technology. It's not that they can't smelt iron, but they can't smelt it on a large scale.
Other supplies are consumed together with manpower, so there is little pressure to replenish them.
But how do you deal with iron deficiency?
An arrow costs five taels of iron, and a bundle of sixteen will cost eight taels of iron. This is the most economical situation.
Calculating two bundles per person and a thousand people, after a battle, the arrows alone will consume 1,500 kilograms, not counting the curling of the blade, the wear and tear of the horseshoes, and the repair of the armor.
The dozen or so ships of iron materials supported by the Song Dynasty had all been consumed long ago.
Now that the war has begun, the Ming Dynasty and the Wu Dynasty have joined forces to block the entrance of the Yellow River to the sea, cutting off the Jurchens' largest source of iron material. The Jurchens can't touch the market, so why should the Jurchens continue to fight?
By courage?
Did the Wu Dynasty's border troops lack bloody courage?
If he can't fight, he can't even fight.
Wanyan Wenqizhen has suppressed all the property. In the next few years, the Jurchen ministries will definitely not be able to find a place to eat.
"The Song people can support the iron material, and we can also sell it. As long as the Jurchens don't focus on us, what's the harm in giving him a decent step?"
The Wu Dynasty now needs to withdraw from the battlefield in the north and have the right to deal with the upcoming battlefield in Hexi.
As for whether transporting iron materials to the Jurchens would create a tiger problem, the empress was not worried at all. The Jurchens were very strong, but he was not without opponents.
For a hundred years, the three Koreas have been bent on advancing eastward and into western Liaoning. Although Mongolia is in chaos, there is a constant internal desire for the vast grasslands, coupled with the internal problems of the Jurchens.
After this battle, the Jurchens revealed that the tiger skin Wanyan Aguda had taken was torn open, and there was plenty of trouble waiting for them.
Lao Pu paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "It seems that the blast furnace matter is done?"
"It's done. With a daily production of three thousand stones, iron ore, and if there is no shortage of carbon and fire, we can continue to produce day and night. We can sustain it until the Kaifeng warehouse, but we just bought a batch for the Ming Dynasty. I believe that this kind of business will happen again in the future."
The iron material with a daily output of 3,000 kilograms has a quality of more than ten forgings. This is just one base. The annual accumulation is equivalent to the total of Wu Dynasty last year. If you invest in one or two more places, the price of iron material in Wu Dynasty can at least be lower than that of Wu Dynasty. The next three to four percent.
The real consumption of iron materials is civilian tools. When she thinks of the report she received before, she has no ambitions and just wants to be a good emperor and pass on the throne of the Wu Dynasty. Deep in her heart, she can't help but ignite the desire to dominate the Nine Provinces. confidence.
"Three thousand stones, ten wrought irons?" Lao Pu licked his tongue, feeling like he was in a dream, "Sell it, since Mingren wants it, then sell it, without revealing your skills, it's all money!"
Jizhou has a large amount of iron ore output. In the early years, it just lacked the technology to utilize it. Now that blast furnaces have appeared, that is no longer a problem.
Compared with silver, although iron materials are easy to obtain, the price is really not low, and the field of use is larger. If you are lucky, you can completely support a new way of making money.
"How to deal with this matter still needs to be discussed, but I think futures is an excellent choice!" the empress said with a smile.
Hearing this, Lao Pu did not know what the Empress was thinking, "The rules of futures are clear, but habits need to be developed. This is not a problem that can be solved in a short time. The iron materials must be exported to the outside world, because we have no money!"
"Yes, we have no money!"
"But in the early days, we should invest more in people's livelihood, satisfy ourselves at low prices, and ensure people's power, and then export through futures trading is the best!"
Lao Pu gave a relatively pertinent suggestion.
It's not that the Wu Dynasty didn't want to make long-term plans, but that the Wu Dynasty, with its weak financial resources, couldn't plan at all.
The foundation is too thin!
You must first find a chance to survive, otherwise it will be in vain no matter how hard you talk.
"That's what I think too. The key right now is to use work for relief. With the blast furnace, I imagine that the overall plan can be at least half a year ahead of schedule!"
The three-year plan could be completed half a year ahead of schedule by relying on tools without sacrificing the people's power. Wu Dynasty would definitely make a profit.
As long as it is completed, food production increases, and roads are connected, the Wu Dynasty can gain more vitality and capital.
…
"How can this be?"
"Damn, what did I see?"
"OMG!"
A group of second-generation people gathered around the fire and looked at the ashes that had been removed. Everyone looked crazy and confused.
The crazy thing is that crystals resembling relics appear from the ashes.
The confusing thing is that they burned the fire by themselves, dug the hole by themselves, no one left during the whole process, and there must be no such crystals in the lamb.
So where do these crystals come from?
In other words, what is this crystal?
Could it be that it really is a relic?
