The idea behind Daishan is simple.
The equipment for making cannons was ready, but the cannons were still not cast well. That was a problem of people. Kill a few people and scare the others. He believed that the remaining people would honestly give them a lot of money to cast cannons.
"It's not that simple." Huang Taiji, who had specialized in cannon casting, shook his head and said, "The quality of the iron can indeed affect the quality of the cannons cast, just like the swords and guns made from the refined iron blocks are usually better. Swords and guns made from any piece of pig iron are better to use."
Dai Shan frowned and said, "What should we do? The cannons are no longer cast? It's okay to just rely on the few cannons captured from the Ming Dynasty to deal with the previous Ming army, but it will definitely not be enough to deal with the tiger thieves."
"It's not that the iron we got can't be used to cast cannons, it's just more troublesome. We need to ask the blacksmith to hammer the pig iron a few more times, and the condition of the barrel explosion will be better," Huang Taiji said.
After hearing this, Daishan said: "Then let the blacksmiths do it. As long as enough cannons can be cast, the advantage of tiger and bandit firearms will not be so great, and it will become easier to deal with them in the future."
"There is not enough iron in Daijin, and there is not enough copper." Huang Taiji said, "There are not enough materials for cannon casting. No matter how skilled the craftsmen are, it will be difficult to cast enough cannons in a short time."
Daishan frowned.
He suffered too much under the tiger-character flag firearms. He really wanted Daikin to have a large number of cannons so that he could avenge the two red flags that were annihilated by the tiger-character flag on the grassland.
Huang Taiji said: "We, Dajin, are short of iron. Now the entire northern part of the Ming Dynasty has become a place for tiger thieves. Some of the former Ming Dynasty businessmen no longer deal with Dajin. Dajin wants to get enough iron sources to become more powerful." difficulty."
"Can we find a way from the grassland? Don't the tiger thieves have caravans and trade with various grassland ministries? We can give those Mongolians some more benefits and let them collect the iron goods sold by the tiger thieves to the grassland and transfer them to us." Daishan said.
Huang Taiji pursed his lips and shook his head, saying: "The tiger thieves are too chicken thieves. The iron goods sold to the grassland ministries cannot be directly used to make soldiers' armor. Even if we exchange all these iron goods back, we still need to let the blacksmith forge them again." "Fan, there are at most a dozen kilograms left of the last hundred kilograms of iron, and the quantity is limited. It is impossible to rely on this little iron to cast cannons."
"The cannon is no longer cast?" Daishan asked unwillingly.
Huang Taiji said: "Cannons must still be cast, but it is impossible to add a large number of cannons at once. Dajin needs time, so it can only cast cannons bit by bit. At present, it can only divide the cannons brought back from Liaoxi. "
"After all, there is only one way to solve the current dilemma, which is to defeat the army of tiger thieves." Daishan said with a depressed look.
Huang Taiji said: "Second brother, I need you to go to Gaizhou Guard again."
"The tiger bandit launched another attack on the Liaodong Peninsula?" Daishan asked nervously.
Huang Taiji shook his head and said: "The tiger thieves are still operating in the Fuzhou area. They have not taken action against the Gaizhou Guards at the moment. This time you go over and bring some of the Ming troops I brought back from western Liaoning. I want to use these Ming troops to fight back." Once, let’s see if we can take Fuzhou back.”
"It's difficult. If the tiger thief was so easy to deal with, we wouldn't suffer losses from him again and again." Dai Shan was not optimistic about Huang Taiji's idea.
Huang Taiji said: "Let's try it. There have been too many Ming troops in Daijin recently. The two red flags and the Zhenglan flag have suffered losses one after another. I am a little worried about leaving so many Ming troops."
"Well, that's true." Daishan nodded and said immediately, "Lao Ba, you haven't been wooing the Han people and raising their status within Daikin. Why do you suddenly want to suppress them?"
Faced with the sarcasm in Daishan's tone, Huang Taiji said calmly: "I am the Great Khan of Dajin, and even more so the Great Khan of our Jurchens. The purpose of wooing the Han people is to make more Han people work for Dajin. To deal with the Ming Dynasty, but this does not mean that the Han people can ride on the heads of our Jurchens."
Faced with the sarcasm in Daishan's tone, Huang Taiji said calmly: "I am the Great Khan of Dajin, and even more so the Great Khan of our Jurchens. The purpose of wooing the Han people is to make more Han people work for Dajin. To deal with the Ming Dynasty, but this does not mean that the Han people can ride on the heads of our Jurchens."
"You are still so hypocritical." Daishan sneered mercilessly.
Huang Taiji looked at Daishan and said: "I did this for Daijin. Anyone in my position would do this. Now there are too many Ming troops in Daijin, which has threatened the Jurchens' rule over Daijin." , Naturally, we need to deal with the existence of these threats. Second brother, you don’t want that one day Father Khan will take the big money we finally won and finally give it to those Han people!"
"I can't tell you, you are always reasonable anyway." Daishan didn't want to argue with Huang Taiji on this issue. Even though he looked down on Huang Taiji's hypocrisy, he knew in his heart that Huang Taiji's so many things were the most correct approach.
"So second brother agrees!" Huang Taiji said.
Daishan nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will be this evil person and lead the Ming army to attack Fuzhou."
"Then it's hard work, second brother." Huang Taiji breathed a sigh of relief.
He believed that Daishan was capable of doing this well, and at the same time, he could alienate Daishan from the Ming army, killing two birds with one stone.
Daikin, which has insufficient products, cannot feed too many soldiers and horses. Unless the blockade of Daikin by the Tiger Flag is broken, it can only learn from the old slaves and kill some people who have no grain to ensure food for others.
But Huang Taiji knew very well that he couldn't kill indiscriminately like Lao Khan, otherwise Dajin would fall apart faster, so using war to consume Ding Kou became his best choice.
Fan Wencheng went all the way through the jurisdiction of the Tiger Banner and finally arrived at the southern capital of the Ming Dynasty.
When he came to Nandu, the third prince Zhu Cijiong had already ascended the throne in Nanjing and proclaimed himself emperor under the protection of Duke Cheng and other nobles.
It was announced that Zhu Youjian and Prince Zhu Cixiang were killed by the Tiger Flag, and the third prince Zhu Cijiong, as the legitimate son of Chongzhen and Queen Zhou, became the first-order heir.
Zhu Cijiong, who ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, was still a child, and the government was controlled by three princes, Duke Wei, Duke Cheng, and Duke Ding, and four eunuchs guarding Nanjing.
The garrison in Nanjing City directly became the new garrison capital Jing Ying, which was jointly controlled by three state officials. In addition to the Jing Ying, the Nanjing garrison eunuch also took charge of a group of soldiers and horses as guards of the imperial city.
Accompanying Duke Cheng Guo and Duke Ding to the British Duke's Palace in Nandu, he completely lost power in this division of power. Although Zhang Zhiji finally inherited the title of British Duke, he became an idle duke with no money in his hands. military power.
The Sixth Department of Nanjing also transformed from a position of providing care for the elderly to the powerful Sixth Department of the imperial court.
The Donglin Party, which had been suppressed, also entered the court again with Qian Qianyi's entry into the cabinet. Three of the six ministers directly entered the cabinet and became ministers, and the ministers who were originally lacking were replaced by the ministers below.
The Sixth Department was soon filled with a large number of officials.
(End of chapter)
