With the sixteen states of Yanyun being taken into Ye Qing's pocket, now not only Yan Jing knows that Ye Qing's ambition is very big, but even Temujin gradually feels a hint of crisis, and even Ye Qing himself, after occupying the sixteen states of Yanyun, has a kind of pride of "being at the top of the mountain and seeing the mountains at a glance".

The Lin'an Imperial Court is the same, and now it is not known whether Ye Qing's ambitions are endless, since the beginning of the Northern Expedition, wave after wave of surprises have made the imperial court dumbfounded, and people can't help but ask themselves: What will Ye Qing do next? Can the world of the Song Dynasty still tolerate Yan Wang Ye Qing?

At this time, Ye Qing is obviously more confident than before, all these years have passed, he can unswervingly follow his own ideas to achieve his goals, ignoring the ridicule and contempt of others, as well as the many small actions of the imperial court behind his back.

Now he naturally doesn't care about how the world will define him, everything he wants is just the beginning at this moment.

Yanjing and the later Beijing are still very different even in terms of geographical location, and it was not until the later Yuan people entered Yanjing that Yanjing gradually had the outline of Beijing in later generations.

And today's Yanjing obviously cannot be compared with the so-called Yuan Dadu, let alone with the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Now the large flat open space in the north of Yanjing has naturally become a place that Ye Qing covets, and the current Yanjing is still too small after all, under the rule of the Jin people, it seems that they don't care about the size of the city, and even the construction of the city is more like a routine.

Ye Qing, who returned to Yanjing, the first thing he thought of was to rebuild Yanjing, he admired the prosperity of the Han and Tang dynasties, but he also revered the capital city of the Ming and Qing dynasties, of course, more importantly, the sixteen states of Yanyun led by Yanjing really needed a strong city to support the defense line of the entire sixteen states.

Just like the role of Taiyuan for Yanmen and other checkpoint fortresses, just like the importance of Chang'an to the three roads of Hetao, and like the importance of Xiping Mansion and Xingqing Mansion to the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, a strong city is needed to make this area a real important town.

Abandoning the rule of the officials of Jinan Mansion also means that the Andong Protectorate began to move north, and Yanjing naturally became the first choice.

With Xin Qiji and others being sent to Huainan Road by Ye Qing, the heavy responsibility of protecting the Andong Prefecture of Yanjing Mansion naturally fell on Ye Qing's shoulders.

I wanted to put my mind on Yeluyue's body, but Yeluyue's appearance of not being interested in the slightest made Ye Qing have to hold back the words that came to his lips.

Ye Luyue was not interested in Ye Qing having been inspecting the open space in the north of the city since she returned to Yanjing, but she was extremely gossipy about what happened between Ye Qing and Wan Yan Jing in Dading Mansion.

A square area was preliminarily demarcated by Ye Qing, and when he returned to the city Yeluyue transformed it into the mansion of his Yan King after the residence where Wanyan Yongji, the king of Weishao, lived, Yeluyue had already waited for him again, waiting to hear him say that when he left the Dading Mansion, he left the content of the letter for Wanyan Jing.

Looking at the upper end of the majestic mansion gate, the mighty and domineering Yanwang, Ye Qing shook his head and sighed silently, and he didn't know that Wanyan Yongji, who had died in battle, knew that he first took his mansion as his own in Jinan Mansion, and now that he had arrived in Yanjing, he took his Yanjing mansion for himself, would he climb out of the coffin angrily to settle accounts with himself.

In just two months of renovation, the mansion that was originally full of golden atmosphere has become a mansion full of Jiangnan style, and it can be regarded as one of the best mansions in the entire Yanjing City.

"That's Wanning Palace over there, how long are you going to leave it vacant?" In the hall, after the maid brought the tea and left, Ye Luyue couldn't wait to ask.

Ye Qing's current mansion is close to the same paradise as the Jinguo Palace, and it is precisely because of this that Ye Qing's mansion can be close to the water and get the moon first, and after dredging the lake in the same paradise in the Wanning Palace, Ye Qing's back garden is also full of mountains and rivers, with pavilions and winding paths.

"The imperial court must know that there is a Wanning Palace in Yanjing, so before the imperial court has a will, it naturally has to be empty. But....... Ye Qing, who returned to Yanjing, was leisurely, looked at the Yelu beauty in front of him, and thought for a while: "But no matter whether the court has objections or not, Wanning Palace may eventually become the government office of the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate." ”

"The Bureau? So big one? How many soldiers do you want to keep in the city? Ye Luyue's eyes widened, a little incredible, the Wanning Palace of Nuoda was so wasted by him? It's a terrible thing!

Ye Qing looked at Ye Luyue with a hint of disdain at the corner of his mouth, and pouted: "What do you know about a woman?" ”

"You ......." Ye Luyue glared at Ye Qing, suddenly smiled again, and said lightly: "I'm a woman? Yes, I'm just a woman's family, don't think that you provoke me like this, I'll take it over from Anton. ”

Seeing that Ye Luyue had seen through her own radical method, Ye Qing sighed slightly, and continued: "Yanjing shouldn't be so small, so sooner or later, Wanning Palace will become a chicken rib, and it can be regarded as the best use of the government office of the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate." ”

"You're not really going to build a brand new Yanjing City, are you?" Ye Luyue's eyes widened again, since returning to Yanjing, Ye Qing would go to the large open space in the north of Yanjing City almost every day to inspect, saying that he wanted to build a new Yanjing City.

At first, Yeluyue didn't take it seriously, and even felt that the reason why the current King Yan is like this is because he was a little fluttering after being crowned king by the imperial court.

But when Ye Qing realized the difficulty of rebuilding a city, he would dispel this whimsical idea, but he didn't think about it, looking at the appearance of Ye Qing, the king of Yan, he seemed to be very determined, and he didn't plan to retreat despite the difficulties.

"Why not?" Ye Qing asked rhetorically

, and then said: "What is the richest in the Song Dynasty?" Naturally, it is the richest in money, so it is not difficult to build a new city. ”

"How could Lin'an agree?" Yeluyue asked incredulously.

"Naturally, I won't agree so easily." Ye Qing sighed, his brows furrowed slightly, and said, "If you want to convince the current Saint ...... I'm afraid I'll need to go back to Lin'an, and ....... Ye Qing looked at Ye Luyue, who was waiting for the following, and after thinking for a while, he said: "It's not just a simple construction of a new city, but the construction of a new capital for the Song Dynasty." ”

"What about Kaifeng?" Yeluyue asked without thinking.

"Kaifeng? When did Kaifeng City move the earth? Ye Qing looked at Ye Luyue with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth and asked.

Kaifeng is just an expedient measure, and now after taking the sixteen states of Yanyun, is Kaifeng still so important?

Naturally, it is no longer important, and Kaifeng is now in the hearts of the people of the world, including in the hearts of the imperial court, at most it is a city with a different meaning from other cities, with the expansion of the territory to have exceeded the territory of the Song Dynasty when the state was founded, the status of Kaifeng Mansion is natural, and it has become dispensable, and its symbolic meaning is heavier than the practical significance.

And as the so-called elimination of one and the other, now that the sixteen states of Yanyun that Song Ting has never forgotten have been taken into Ye Qing's bag, then Yanjing's status must be much higher than that of other state capitals, and this is why Li Fengniang was able to bargain with Ye Qing categorically at the beginning.

It is precisely because Li Fengniang knows the importance of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to the Song Court, and even the importance of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun itself, that she will use Ye Qing to control the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to bargain with Ye Qing for the officials of the Imperial Court in the other roads in the Northland.

And if Ye Qing wants to put Yanjing as the accompanying capital, then it is difficult to judge the attitude of the imperial court, after all, the matter of accompanying the capital is not trivial, and because of Ye Qing's moderation, the imperial court can't even interfere at all, so if it is left in the capital, will it make Ye Qing's disobedience heavier, which is what the imperial court has to worry about.

Therefore, Ye Qing wants to take Yanjing as the accompanying capital, so he must return to Lin'an once, whether this trip is to let the court clear its doubts, or whether he will bring the prestige of King Yan to test the pressure on the court, but in general, Ye Qing still needs to rely on the financial resources of the Lin'an court to be able to build a real city under heaven.

"No wonder you summoned Liu Keshi to Yanjing, you don't plan to stay in Yanjing longer?" Yeluyue's eyes were cold, even faintly threatening.

Just returned to Yanjing, it looks like I'm going to leave, what is my own in Yanjing? He Ye Qing's passer-by is not successful?

How could Ye Qing not know Yeluyue's thoughts, since returning to Yanjing, he has almost accompanied Yeluyue in the mansion except for patrolling the northern region, and even the two of them will enjoy the afternoon sunshine and begin to look forward to a family reunion.

Looking at Ye Lu Yue's eyes that were gradually cold to him, Ye Qing reached out to hold Ye Lu Yue's hand, shook his head and said with a smile: "It's still early, even if I want to go to Lin'an, I'm afraid I will have to pass the Yuan Day, and by that time, Allure, Zhongqing, and Bai Chun will probably have already lived in this mansion." ”

"But now...... Bai Chun doesn't seem to have left yet, Zhong Qing and the others are said to be in Jinan Mansion and waiting for Allure, and then they will come north to Yanjing together. Ye Luyue held Ye Qing's hand and said.

Ye Qing sighed with satisfaction, feeling deeply satisfied, and said, "Anyway, from now on, we don't have to live apart anymore." ”

"Will they all come over?" Ye Luyue looked at Ye Qing and asked.

Ye Qing nodded firmly and said, "Yes, including the five children will come over." ”

Living apart in various places, not only Ye Qing has long been tired of it, Bai Chun, Yan Chengcheng and Zhong Qing have also long been tired of the life of being unable to reunite in several places, but now that the north is settled, and Ye Qing also began to prepare to buy a complete home in Yanjing for the first time.

Just when the two looked at each other speechlessly, and the atmosphere in the hall was quite warm, Jia Shi appeared at the door for the first time, Ye Luyue quickly withdrew her hand and quickly sat upright, while Ye Qing didn't care, looked at Jia Shi and said, "What's wrong?" ”

"Lord Liu is waiting for you in the front hall, the three thousand battalions have been withdrawn from Wuzhou. For seven days, the Mongolian army did not attack Wuzhou and other prefectures again. Jia Shi stood at the door and said to Ye Qing.

Ye Qing smiled knowingly, all this was almost expected, when he returned to Yanjing from Dading Mansion, when Yeluliuge of Shangjing Road was killed in battle, and after the Jin people put down the rebellion on Shangjing Road, Temujin must have a feeling of being attacked by Song and Jin, and at this time, if he still attacked Wuzhou, then he naturally had to take care of the battle situation on Beijing Road and Xijing Road.

Therefore, after Ye Qing returned to Yanjing, even if he didn't do anything, it would be a lot of pressure for Temujin.

In this way, he can even be sure that before the first day of this year, the Jin State is likely to completely put down the rebellion, and as for the territory between Mongolia and Jin, when it is difficult for Temujin to take it for a while, I am afraid that it will be more handed over to Yelu Gobu and others to resist the Jin people.

If the situation can be as Ye Qing deduced, then it means that after more than a year of war, Mongolia, Jin, and Song will once again enter a short period of peace.

Naturally, in this period of more than a year, the Jin people suffered the most, and the Song people benefited the most, although the Mongols did not advance an inch of land, but at least they had an army of Khitan Liao people who were absolutely obedient to their Mongols, which could be regarded as helping the Mongols stabilize their back to the Jin people's defense.

Between the three, the situation of both the Mongols and the Song people is very clear, and even the strategic purpose of each other is very clear, but only the situation of the Jin people is slightly complicated, and there is even a great danger that they will perish in case of chaos.

Between the Khitan Liao people and the Jin people, it must

However, the conflict will continue, but Jin Guo's internal worries are what Ye Qing is most worried about, and he is not very clear whether Wan Yanjing will pay attention to his warnings to him.

The 3,000 battalions led by Liu Keshi and led by Wang Chong and Xie Lun have been withdrawn from Wuzhou to Yanjing, which is Ye Qing's current top priority, which is to build a real military camp in Yanjing.

The Longcheng battalion will naturally be retained, thus forming a large rear for the soldiers and baggage of the Anxi Protectorate, while Yanjing needs to be listed as the top priority by Ye Qing, and even build another army that can form a huge advantage over the Mongolian iron cavalry in the future. And such an army must be 3,000 battalions.

Ye Qing didn't know whether with the strength and technology of the 3,000 battalion could create guns that did not require accuracy in a short period of time, but no matter what, the top priority at the moment was to give the 3,000 battalion a more important and urgent task, and in a short period of time, it would be possible to equip half of the army with guns.

Liu Keshi, Wang Chong, and Xie Lun looked at Ye Qing as if they were looking at monsters: "The three thousand battalions were renamed the broken camp?" And then, in a year's time, build at least 3,000 guns for the army of flower planters? ”

"Is it difficult?" Ye Qing asked a little knowingly.

"It's not very difficult, it's ...... Be....... Liu Keshi looked at Wang Chong and Xie Lun, who also looked helpless, and then looked at Ye Qing and said: "This is impossible, the three thousand battalions spent more than half a year, and only built those fourteen guns, and if you want to build three thousand guns in a year...... It's completely impossible. ”

Ye Qing looked at Liu Keshi, who shook his head again and again, saying that he was powerless, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

If even Liu Keshi thinks that it is almost impossible, then I am afraid that there is really no possibility, unless he is willing to continue to lower the technical requirements.

Although the 3,000 battalions have been following Yeluyue on the expedition, the combat power of the 3,000 battalions is extremely limited, to put it bluntly, their role in the army is to attack the city, that is, to use the killing weapons and gunpowder in their hands to blow up all the walls that block the progress of the army.

And if the 3,000 battalions are allowed to go into battle to kill the enemy like the flower planting army, it will be equivalent to giving it for nothing, and the few who come up will give the enemy's head.

So at this time, Ye Qing had to retreat, and when Liu Keshi and the three of them looked at the contemplative Ye Qing blankly, Ye Qing was silent for a long time and asked, "Has the camp that broke the camp have been built according to the camp of Longcheng now?" ”

Liu Keshi nodded: "It has already been built, and it was built on the basis of the big camp left by the Jin people, which saves time, effort and labor, mainly to save money." ”

"Well, in that case......." Ye Qing groaned, and began to make some concessions in his heart, it is naturally feasible to retreat to the second, but if he retreats to the second, it is equivalent to retreating: "Tomorrow, I will go to the camp, Wang Chong and Xie Lun will find a few shrewd and capable people to follow me to ponder and ponder, and see if I can make a slightly simpler one." ”

Liu Keshi and the three of them glanced at each other again, obviously they didn't expect Ye Qing to go into battle in person, the three of them were surprised, they were naturally full of excitement, of course they believed that if there was Ye Qing to personally guide the three thousand battalions, no, now it should be renamed the Broken Camp, then the Broken Camp can definitely create what Ye Qing wants in a short time.

And Ye Qing fell into contemplation again, it is obviously difficult to imitate the gun in his hand with today's technical means, and even if there are more than a dozen guns now, the cost of each gun has already made him feel painful and distressed.

Therefore, if you want to equip a large army, then you must take the road of high quality and low price, strong and durable.

Dai Zi should have a higher and more respected status in the history of weapons, but because of a dream and various reasons, his achievements have become more and more bizarre in the long river of history, and even difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

The cupola cannon he transformed was named "Weiyuan General" by Kangxi, and he made great contributions when he pacified Geerdan, and another achievement, the Lianzhu gun made by Dai Zi, but because of his sleep, he dreamed that the dreamer reprimanded him: God has the virtue of a good life, if you dedicate this instrument to make it "spread to the world", your descendants will have no living people.

It is precisely because of this dream that Dai Zi had to "hide the beads he made" at home.

And this so-called Lianzhu gun is even called the world's first machine gun!

Gunpowder and projectiles are stored in the butt, a total of 28 rounds, with two wheels for opening and closing, when the first trigger is pulled, gunpowder and lead projectiles automatically fall into the barrel, the second machine rotates randomly, rubs the flint, ignites the gunpowder and fires the lead projectile, although its accuracy is not as good as the rifle made by Ye Qing, but compared to this era, it is enough to be called an absolute killing weapon, plus it has a range of nearly 300 steps, it can still shoot through the enemy's heavy armor, for today's Ye Qing, It is enough to be called an absolute killer in both foot and horse combat.

Of course, the cost of this kind of killing weapon is naturally extremely high, but compared to the only fourteen rifles in the world today, its price is naturally within the range that Ye Qing is absolutely acceptable, and similarly, because the fourteen rifles are more complex technology, it will inevitably make the three thousand battalions not feel more difficult than making rifles when making this Lianzhu gun, theoretically speaking.

Therefore, whether it is a Lianzhu gun or a cupola, it has now been put on the agenda by Ye Qing, and before going to Lin'an after the Yuan Dynasty, he must also hurry up to implement these things, so as to be able to make all necessary and full preparations for the future conflict with the Mongols.

(PS: Writing about inventions isn't my forte, but it's not appropriate not to explain that either.) Tomorrow I will start writing the storyline to move forward, strive to reduce and shrink, and be able to leave for Lin'an immediately. Of course, Yanjing's matter also needs to be summarized, can you help me think about it, are there any loopholes? ）