Chapter 1368: The Decline of National Power

Yunnei Prefecture is the Yunzhong County in the Qin and Han dynasties, the city is four miles long, the scale is not small, it is the important town of the Liao defense of Western Xia and Tatar.

After half a year of cleaning up the court, the Liao State finally breathed a sigh of relief, only to find that the sky had changed.

The Song people have embezzled the Xia Kingdom!

However, Yunnei Prefecture was too far away from the administrative center of the Liao State, and Xiao Guli, the defender of Yunnei Prefecture, could only watch the Song people consolidate their defense on the front line of Montenegro-Quye River.

In Montenegro, the general guarding the town is the killing god of the Great Song Dynasty, a kind of man!

The commander is known as a young general, the first batch of students of the Royal Military Academy, and before the establishment of the Military Aircraft Department, he praised Zhao Xuan's military aircraft, and his younger brother who fought with the new species and made meritorious contributions to the war!

Fortunately, the Song people did not cross the border, and they still had the intention to cooperate.

Unlike the bitter Xia people and Tatars, their goods are really hard to refuse.

After receiving the order of the Privy Council of the Northern Court that if the Song people did not provoke, they should not act rashly, Xiao Guli finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Yunnei Prefecture is surrounded by Tatar tribes, who are now happily doing business with the Song people, and the cultivators are condescending in the black mountain village of Muna Mountain, and this battle cannot be fought at all.

The goods of the Song people, Yunnei Prefecture is also very needed, when did Xiao Guli see such a good thing, Chonggolang also sent the white Tartar people to send him two hundred catties of wine, a gold-handled long knife, and a South China Sea dragon horse as a welcome gift.

Along with the gift was a letter that was politely written, saying that the Great Song had discovered mineral deposits at the foot of Mount Muna, but it was a border area, so he wanted to cooperate with him.

Xiao Guli knows that fine iron, but it is good to die, and the coal mine needed for iron smelting is at the other end of Mu Na Mountain, near Wuliang Suhai, which is the territory of the Xia people in the past.

So Xiao Guli politely replied that he received a gift from the lieutenant, he was really scared and happy, but he didn't know how to cooperate?

He wrote to him and asked him, how much fine iron can Yunnei Prefecture get a year now?

Xiao Guli opened his mouth, tripled his production capacity, and then built a thousand empty heads, saying that there were 10,000 catties.

He said that I will give you 20,000 catties, of which 10,000 catties are for Taiwei Xiao to deal with the Liao Imperial Court, and 10,000 catties, even if I give Taiwei Xiao every year in the future, how about the cost of jointly protecting iron smelting?

The current military system of the Liao State is still a tribal system, and the Liao lord has military operations, sending envoys with gold medals to order the Quartet and gather troops.

Except for the core palace leather tent and Tielin of the Liao lord, the rest are all tribal leaders as generals, and the more people who will be the main and subordinate dragons, the higher their status in the army.

So Xiao Guli was tempted, really tempted.

This is a great opportunity to expand your power.

The surrounding Tatars are already cooperating with the Song people, and if they don't cooperate, they will inevitably become the objects of coveted by the Tatars.

I heard that the two armies of Jinsu and Heqing were also secretly starting trade with the Zhejia, and their reasons were much more sufficient than theirs.

Dry! Gotta do it!

The two sides quickly hooked up, and a large iron factory was built at the foot of Mu Na Mountain.

In order not to irritate Xiao Guli, the force guarding the iron factory used 600 retired new troops, but the weapons and equipment were not weaker than those of the new army, and even the thunderbolt cannons were equipped with ten.

The place where the ironworks are located is still a foothill forest, and the Tatars call it "Baoketu", which means "where there are deer".

In July, the cotton harvest season, the negotiations between Song and Liao on the Western Xia issue officially began.

The venue for the negotiation was Zhangzidao, which nominally belonged to Goryeo, neither in the Great Song nor Liao, and was acceptable to both sides.

The level of negotiation is very high, and the envoy sent by the Liao State is Xiao Xi, who has made the Great Song Dynasty suffer a lot of losses; The envoys sent by the Great Song Dynasty were Su Song, the new Zhongshu squire, and the deputy director of the Jiyi Division of the Military Aircraft Department, and Chao Buzhi of the Liao State Department.

Of course, Chao Buzhi's position cannot be announced to the Liao, nominally he is the new Hanlin Bachelor, the Zhizhi Emperor, and the Ministry of Rites.

The person in charge of escorting the Great Song Dynasty mission was Zhang San, the envoy of the Ning Navy and the governor of the Beiyang Naval Division.

The person in charge of escorting the Liao State Mission, hell, is still the envoy of the Ning Navy and the governor of the Beiyang Naval Division, Zhang San.

The people of Liao are immediately powerful, the sea is a coward, Xiao Xi is seasick! It only feels better on a giant ship!

After hearing about it, the Ministry of Industry also mixed into the mission with a dead face, and he wanted to know the details of the Song people's giant ship. Lazy people listen to books

Boarding Zhang San's flagship milk lion in Baozhou, the room is pure and cool.

After all, it was once a victorious country, forcing Xia to sign an alliance under the city, and now it still holds 500,000 Guan Sui coins sent by Song State a year, plus the big profits of the two islands and 250,000 Guan silk banknotes.

In fact, the situation has been quietly reversed, the Song State can build such a huge ship, just as it can build a sharp small ship, from the Sanggan River, Luan River, Liao River, Yalu River and other waterways to cut the Xijing Road, all inclusive of the Zhongjing Road, contact the Nuzhi tribe, the Liao State in the south can not take any advantage!

These places are the essence of the Liao State, once lost, the Song people will be able to keep Yan Mountain.

If you are aggressive in Linhuang, Tongzhou, and Shenzhou, you will be able to join forces with Tatar and be straight.

If it succeeds, there will only be two ancestral lands left in Huanglong Mansion and Changchun Prefecture in Liao!

But now the DPRK and China are still dreaming of the old times, thinking that the Liao State is huge and powerful, and it is still the first in the world.

Da Song, that's His Majesty's money and grain box.

In fact, there are already signs of national decline, and in February this year, the female minister of Huanglong Mansion attached it, which is a signal.

The Wanyan tribe of the female direct department, with the benefit of wood, is rapidly expanding its power, and has successively annexed several surrounding tribes, becoming a huge force.

At the beginning of the year, Wanyan clashed with Goryeo several times, and was defeated by Wang Hao, and won several battles, which made Wang Hao's status in Goryeo rise significantly.

Concubine Fu Xian wrote a letter to the customs of Zhangzidao, and now the Song people are helping Goryeo to build the Great Wall along the lofty mountains and mountains on the west bank of the Yalu River.

The road to Goryeo was blocked, and Wanyanbu used a butcher's knife against his own people, ah no, a wood cutting axe.

The female straight of the Huanglong Mansion was forced to attach Liao because she was forced by the Wanyan Ministry.

In the past, the Liao people would generally send a large army to conquer and wipe out the Yan Ministry, but now the Liao State has become a strong foreign country, and it is an important material output place for the Song trade, which is even more taboo.

Therefore, I can only try to support the female straight of the Huanglong Mansion and fight against Wanyanbu.

Then, the female of Huanglong Mansion was beaten even worse.

"What is Muro thinking?"

Mu Chun turned his head: "Zhang Jiedu, I didn't think about anything, I was just thinking about your big ship, walking on the ground in the wind and waves, and being able to use the wind from all directions, it is magical......"

Zhang San said with a smile: "Actually, the principle has been clearly explained to the old man in the captain's room yesterday, this is the benefit of my Song boat longitudinal." ”

"The magnolia boat of the Tianfang people in the south is big, but once the wind is unfavorable, the boat can go backwards, so the maritime merchants along the way are still willing to take the Song boat."

Murojun looked at the tall mast of the Milk Lion: "If you don't have this, your sails will be half smaller than theirs, and it's easy to say that the headwind is good, and when the wind is downwind, your advantage will not be obvious." ”

Looking up at the red Songzi tooth flag fluttering high on the top of the mast: "How did you make such a long iron pipe?" The entry of the Great Song Institute of Technology is simply changing with each passing day. ”

The attendant with the wine glass walked by, Zhang San took two glasses of wine, and handed one to Mu Chun: "Even if you say this, with the ability of the equipment of the Liao Kingdom, you can't do it." ”

"This requires Daliao to first have a roller press that can roll out a one-inch thick steel plate, a rolling press that can roll this steel plate into a column, and a forging machine that can forge them into a whole."

"There needs to be a process that can rivet and weld mast parts of different thicknesses."

"It's all in this way that we can make such a big mast."

"Actually, there is no need, Liao did not have such a large hull to match such a tall mast."

Picked up the cup and saluted Mu Chunyi: "The eldest brother came back and told us all, Lao Shangshu is also in the line of science and engineering, I heard that the windmill has been restored, so that the Liao State can use the self-produced windmill?" ”

Old Mu Chun's face flushed: "It's still too coarse and stupid, and it can't be compared with the excellent skills of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Zhang San said: "In fact, science and technology pay attention to practicality, and Shu Guogong's favorite sentence is that we will solve the problem first, and then talk about whether it is good or not." ”

Mu Chun hesitated for a while: "San Lang, if, I mean if, if the Liao Kingdom wants to introduce a machine tool from the Great Song Dynasty, will the Great Song Dynasty agree?" ”

Zhang San said: "There is no problem with the introduction, but the quality of the materials, workpieces and processed materials processed by the machine tool are all required. There are also all kinds of knives, which Liaoguo can't produce by itself. ”

"The maintenance of machines and the training of mechanics will take years to become a skilled worker."

"If I had to suggest, I would suggest that Liaoguo might as well introduce textile machinery, sewing machinery, and grain processing machinery. In this way, the dividends can be received immediately. ”

"Lao Shangshu, it's still the same sentence, first solve the problem of whether there is a problem, and then solve the problem of whether it is good or not. Machine tools are the foundation of all machinery, and it is indeed an undoubted good thing, but is this thing suitable for today's Liao? ”