"You still want to crush the Manchu economy?"

"Yes. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" Xu Lang looked at Cheng Yiyi, "I think defeating the economy of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is twice the result with half the effort, so I just asked you what will you do?" ”

"If I were Tao Min." Cheng Yiyi thought for a while, "I will do business with Japan, or smuggle." ”

"Smuggling?" Xu Lang pondered for a while, "Would Tao Min think of smuggling?" ”

"I don't know." Cheng Yiyi smiled, "Didn't you ask me, if it were me, I would smuggle it." ”

"Forget it." Xu Lang picked up the bowl, "Let's eat first, I still have to think about it." ”

In Shengjing City, Tao Min and Tao Gong were also eating.

"Brother, I have already informed Xie Tian of what you asked me to do, and he has now secretly gone to Macau."

"Did you tell him to be safe?" Tao Min asked, "Macau is too close to Yulin Bay. ”

"You don't have to worry about this, Xie Tian has his own number, and he doesn't want anything to happen." Tao Gong replied, "If he is really caught by Yulin Bay, I'm afraid he will die in one way." ”

"Hmm." Tao Min replied casually and asked, "What is the current situation in North Korea?" ”

"It's pretty stable, since we conquered North Korea last year, there hasn't been any major changes." After Tao Gong finished speaking, he asked, "Brother, do you really want to train the North Korean army?" ”

"Yes, it has to be." Tao Min raised his glass at his younger brother, "I have already told the Great Khan about this, we Manchurians are still too few." Don't you realize it, Xu Lang and they now want to use the Ming Dynasty to slowly drag us down, if such a method of attrition, we can't consume the Ming Dynasty at all, so we must train the North Korean army. North Korea now has a population of about four to five million, and there is no problem in organizing an army of 100,000 to 200,000. This is only the first step, and when Korea is completely controlled, we will march into Japan. ”

"But, brother." Tao Gong raised his own question, "We are now mining and smelting iron, if we train the North Korean army and build warships, it will be impossible in a few years." Yulin Bay will not be idle in the past few years, and they can use a lot more resources than us. ”

"I've thought about this question as well." Tao Min put down his glass, "I still have an idea, but it's just an idea now, I haven't figured out how to do it yet." ”

"What thoughts?"

"Brother, do you know the Turkut tribe of the Mongols?"

"You're talking about the Turghut of Worbasil?" Tao Gong didn't understand why his brother suddenly mentioned the Turgot, "The return of the Turkut Department is something in middle school history textbooks, but that was more than 100 years later. ”

"But do you know the situation of the Turks now?" Tao Min explained with a smile, "According to historical records, the Turks were nomadic in Ishnulla, Yar, that is, in the northwest of the Tacheng region of Xinjiang and in what is now Urza in Russia. At the beginning of the 17th century, its western pastures reached the upper reaches of the Irtysh River. At that time, the Dzungar power was growing stronger, and in 1628 the head of the Turghut tribe and Orlek led their troops westward, and after two years, they came to the sparsely populated lower Volga River. ”

"But what does this have to do with us, they are too far away from us."

"Then you said that when Zhang Qian went to the Western Regions, it was not far away?" Tao Min asked with a smile.

"Brother, do you want to unite with the Turghut Ministry?"

"The current leader of the Turkut tribe is still with Orlek." Tao Min did not directly answer his brother's question, "He Orlek was forced to move west in 1628 and founded a state in Central Asia in 1630. They had been fighting the Russians since their westward migration. In 1640, he returned to the northern Tianshan Mountains to participate in the formulation of the "Erut Code", and in 1643, he was killed by a cannon while fighting the Russians. ”

"What does it have to do with us that they are fighting the Russians?" Tao Gong still didn't understand his brother's words.

"Tao Gong, you find someone to find the Turk Department." Tao Min didn't explain anymore, and directly assigned a task to his younger brother, "Naturalization City is now controlled by the Ming army, and some of the Mongols have also fallen back to the Ming Dynasty, Yulin Bay will not fail to use this resource, so we have to hurry." I guess the life of the Turks is not very easy now, you find someone to find a way to go through the Mongolian steppe to Central Asia, whether it is the Turks or the Russians, you have to find a way to get in touch with them, so that they can attack the Ming Dynasty from the west. Using the power of Central Asia and Russia, I think even Xu Lang and they will probably not guess this no matter how smart they are. ”

"If you want to unite with Russia." Tao Gong felt that his brother's idea was very unreliable, "Isn't this leading the wolf into the house?" Brother, don't forget, in the original history, Russia invaded the most land of our Qing Dynasty. ”

"This time and that time." Tao Min said helplessly, "I also know that this matter is a bit unreliable, but this is also something that cannot be helped." Yulin Bay is now close to the Ming Dynasty, and is trading with Zheng Zhilong and Westerners. I've been thinking about a question these days, we can think of entering Japan, and it's hard to say whether Yulin Bay will want to do the same. If Japan allows Yulin Bay to be controlled, then we will be encircled, and it will be difficult for North Korea to keep it at that time. They are now slowly encroaching on Vietnam and Southeast Asia, and they have found their own backyard, and we must have a way out. ”

Tao Gong thought for a while: "That's okay, brother, anyway, my brain is not as good as yours, I will do whatever you say." ”

"Hehe, brother." Tao Min patted Tao Gong lovingly, and asked, "How is the current situation of our artillery and musket building?" ”

"Not bad." "Production has been rising, and it is estimated that by next month there will be more than 20 six-pounder guns and 2,000 flintlock muskets." ”

"You need to hurry up on this." Tao Min looked at his younger brother quietly, "I'm going to set up our Eight Banners' fast gun team." ”

"Sir, do you have to go to North Korea?" In the palace of Shengjing, Huang Taiji, Dai Shan, Fan Wencheng and others were having a long talk with the Tao Min brothers.

"Return to the Great Khan." Tao Min stood up and said, "The slave also told the Great Khan a few days ago that although our Eight Banners warriors are brave and good at fighting, they are suffering from the lack of prosperity, and only by organizing a Korean strong army can they fight to the death with the Ming Dynasty." ”

"But sir." Fan Wencheng asked, "Although North Korea has surrendered to the Great Khan, is it a bit too much for Mr. to organize an army of more than 100,000 people?" ”

"Mr. Fan doesn't have to worry." Tao Min smiled, "According to the population of North Korea, an army of more than 100,000 is not too much. And we don't have to make it all at once, we can do it little by little, and slowly control it, and there will be no problems. ”

"But I don't know how many Eight Banners warriors Mr. needs to bring to North Korea?" Dai Shan asked again, "We still have to guard against the Ming army, it's not good if there is more or less." ”

"Big Baylor rest assured." Tao Min replied, "It doesn't take much, only three thousand people are enough." ”

"Only 3,000?" Huang Taiji asked slowly.

"Back to the Great Khan." Tao Min punched Huang Taiji, "The minions have been urging the Weapons Bureau to work day and night, and we already have almost 2,000 guns and more than a dozen artillery. The Great Khan could send a capable general and minions with him, and only needed to form a fast gun team, and with the advantage of muskets and artillery, North Korea could not afford to make any waves. ”

"Are there already 2,000 firecrackers?" Before Huang Taiji could say anything, Dai Shan's narrowed eyes opened.

"Yes, Big Baylor." Tao Min smiled, "Not only do we have artillery and muskets now, but the minions have also trained a three-hundred-man fast gun team, and we have been training for a month. ”

"Okay." Huang Taiji stood up excitedly, "Mr. Hardship, tomorrow the Japanese Khan will personally inspect this fast gun team." ”

"The minions obey."

The Tao Min brothers and Fan Wencheng all took their leave, and Huang Taiji ordered someone to call Haoge and Zierharang and others to the palace.

Hearing that Tao Min was going to form a quick-gun team to go to North Korea to train the army, several Baylors were very excited and began to shout.

Huang Taiji smiled and looked at these Baylors without saying a word.

A few people shouted, but found that Huang Taiji didn't say a word, and they all stopped talking unconsciously.

"Great Khan." Dai Shan was the first to speak, "Will there be no foreign military orders, does the Great Khan really rest assured that Tao Min will go to North Korea?" ”

"What does Brother Wang mean?" Huang Taiji asked with a smile.

"It's up to the Great Khan." Dai Shan's eyes narrowed again.

"Everyone." Huang Taiji's expression suddenly became stern, "Tao Min wants to form a fast gun team and go to North Korea to train the North Korean army, and there must be no objection to this matter." However, who will go to North Korea with Tao Min, and how to control North Korea, we still need to discuss it carefully. ”

Early the next morning, Huang Taiji's guard of honor was placed on the exercise ground outside the palace, and almost all the Baylors and officials at all levels in Shengjing came to visit the drill of Tao Min's fast gun team.

On the exercise ground, 240 Eight Banner infantrymen with flintlock pistols stood in three rows, and behind them were an artillery phalanx composed of 60 artillerymen and four 6-pounder guns. The biggest difference from the previous Eight Banners soldiers is that these Eight Banners soldiers did not wear armor, and all of them were dressed in single clothes.

There was a burst of discussion among the Baylor officials behind Huang Taiji.

"Why don't they even wear armor?"

"That's right, how can you fight without armor? If this is a real fight, won't it be a big loss? ”

Tao Min quickly ran to the front of Huang Taiji with a waist knife and knelt down on one knee: "Qi Qi Great Khan, the fast gun formation is over, please give the order of the Great Khan." ”

Huang Taiji nodded slightly: "Sir, let's start." ”

"The minions obey."

Tao Min drew his waist knife and ran back to the side of the team: "All of them, check the ammunition, the drill begins." ”

The 240 Eight Banners infantry removed their flintlock pistols from their shoulders, and after a busy day, they all loaded their projectiles.

"First row, raise the gun, put it!" Tao Min's waist knife fell.

A fairly neat burst of gunfire rang out, and several wooden targets fell at a distance of 100 meters.

"The first row is loaded, and the second and third rows are three steps forward."

Two rows of soldiers with flintlock pistols passed through the gap in the first row.

"Second row, put!"

"The second row is loaded, and the third row advances three steps."

Tao Min's orders continued to be issued, and the three platoons of soldiers advanced in an orderly manner, shooting, loading, advancing again, and shooting again, and there were basically not a few wooden targets left in the distance.

"Okay, it's really an elite division." Huang Taiji sat on the chair and praised unconsciously.

The 240 infantry withdrew after three rounds of fire, and Tao Min came to four 6-pounder guns.

"All of them, target, mound ahead, fire!"

The igniter inserted the red-hot iron stick into the cannon hole, and with an earth-shattering sound, four iron balls flew towards the mound more than 1,000 meters away.

"Reload shotshots." Tao Min raised his waist knife again, "Target the wooden target in front of you, fire!" ”

A row of wooden targets more than 300 meters away was not left by the scattered shells of the six-pounder gun, and all of them were shattered.

Tao Min raised his hand and waved the gunpowder smoke in front of him, and came to Huang Taiji very proudly: "Qi Great Khan, the drill of the fast gun team is over, please give instructions to the Great Khan." ”

"Reward." Huang Taiji said excitedly, "The fast gun team trained by Mr. is indeed extraordinary, and the firearms are sharp. Each person appreciates 10 taels of silver and a piece of brocade. ”

"Thank you for the Great Khan's reward." (To be continued.) )