Chapter 280: Coal Raiders
"Next time I'll give you a golden whip! Whoever dares to make a mistake can beat anyone! Emperor Win Wu glanced at Li Hang lightly.
Ying Yun's homework is very good!
At least after he came here, he not only handled the affairs here, but also started to build the city walls.
This new type of wall not only has a large number of siege equipment locations, but also a lot of new gadgets.
Not to mention the rolling wood and stones, the water tower on the side is enough for those people to be dumbfounded.
Draw the water to the water tower, and then turn on the mechanism to lead to the stove, and when it boils, you can open the mechanism and pour it down, so that the people below can take a hot bath.
The wide view of the city walls, combined with the shelter on top for shelter, is a very powerful thing.
If you don't count the huge trebuchets and terrifying mechanisms, these walls are just ordinary walls, and the key thing is that those things are enough to increase the defense level by several levels.
Not to mention those steppe nomads who are not good at attacking cities, it is estimated that even if the real army comes, they will be dumbfounded.
What's more, the design of this city wall is not as simple as a simple Beiping county, from the Beiping county, all the way to the past several battle fortresses have not been built, once built, from here to Li Hang's planned Tianjin Port, are all want to be a tight defensive area.
In addition, at this time, Li Hang had already said that once the steel knife could be mass-produced in the future, it would really become a military fortress in the north!
What, you say threatened?
Have you ever seen a grandson turn against his grandfather? If it's the kind of depressed side branch, forget it, but the emperor is the grandson of the emperor, this is the orthodox heir, will he rebel?
Don't be funny, if it's coveting power, this kind of thing is not necessary at all.
Li Hang had a smile on his face.
Just now, the good news he received almost made him die of excitement, because the man who went out to buy coal mines had already found three coal mines, all of which were open-pit surface mines, and had also discovered three underground deposits.
This is my biggest reliance. Big coal mine!
Hahaha!
"I'm going to open a mine recently, but the location of the mine is a bit far away, and someone needs to help manage it, so I also need the help of the border army, I must take down this place when the time comes, not to mention the sword, I can provide other things to His Majesty's army!"
Li Hang smiled.
The sword was just an appetizer, and the various artillery muskets were actually very simple at that time.
As long as the steel is developed, it will be fine.
Not to mention, coal mines can also be used to make fuel to boil water and rice.
The things that I sent down were mainly for those diseases, and there was an instruction to drink hot water.
Drinking hot water and drinking raw water, what's the difference?
It's not just about sterilization.
A lot of people don't even think there's any difference in drinking hot water.
Natural hot water and cold water are the same, both are water.
Naturally, there is no difference in drinking it, but drinking hot water can be observed by many people in previous lives, but it is actually a lesson of blood and tears!
To put it bluntly, during the Long March, many people in the grasslands and snow fields could not obtain energy to maintain their body temperature by ingesting a large amount of food, and could only transfer the heat in the water to their bodies by drinking hot water.
Although there is not much food shortage in the Daying Dynasty, there are still people who freeze to death in winter, and if the fuel supply can be guaranteed, then so many people will not freeze to death.
Li Hang touched his chin and looked at His Majesty the Emperor, in fact, what he was in control of now was a bit dangerous.
This can be seen from the eyes of this majesty, and letting Ying Qi come over at this time is actually a means of weighing as an emperor.
At this time, let his relatives come over, as an outsider who has mastered the core technology, in fact, His Majesty the Emperor also has a lot of trade-offs.
His weighing method is to send the guys who are good friends with Li Hang one by one, and this method is actually a kind of surveillance method that is both co-opting and changing direction.
These people are absolutely loyal to him, after all, they are a family member, and if they don't defend their own people, do they protect outsiders?
Ying Yun has full priority inheritance, so no matter what he says, there is no problem.
It can be seen that Win Qi can lead the Black Flag Army, and he actually wants to be valued, or relied on.
Can such a person rebel? If this kind of person rebels, it is estimated that the emperor is about to commit suicide.
This kind of thing is not a very serious problem, at most, Li Hang has opened a military arsenal.
To say something rebellious or something, it would be too much.
Now everything is pulled in front of him, what kind of rebellion is this.
"You're going to build a workshop on these lands? What do you want those troops to be stationed here? My border army is not your family! Emperor Win Wu looked at Li Hang with a playful expression.
As if they had heard some signal, the people behind him immediately began to be agitated.
"That can't be helped, there are always prisoners of war on the grassland, do we still need to use our own countrymen to mine, just use those prisoners of war, some troops are stationed around, on the one hand, as a shift rest, do not have to bear the pressure of the front line, used for rest and preparation, do not need them to go to the garrison, still maintain military training every day, maintain real militarized training, so that their combat effectiveness can be guaranteed, and the mine will pay for the preservation to support their militarized training, so that the border pass has changed, they can immediately go to the border pass, so that a normal situation can be formed, and the vicinity of the mine can become a place for the border army to recuperate. ”
It is impossible for the border army to be all placed in its own territory, so it is best to disperse and invest in a few points, so that the militarized management has a standing army, and it is not the kind of army that goes out and comes back is the peasantry.
This also makes it easier to form combat effectiveness.
After all, it is impossible for them to guarantee their perennial training all year round, and without training, there will be no combat effectiveness, so they must ensure perennial training, and perennial training requires a lot of expenses.
So the best thing to do is to squeeze the slaves.
What slaves are being squeezed?
The best is the prisoners of war!
These prisoners of war are the best thing, there is almost no problem in squeezing them, and they can easily make more profits, but in this case, if they become mine owners, then give them a share of the profits, and they can easily make money by making some honeycomb coal.
This kind of honeycomb coal made of coal and yellow mud can be said to be a good fuel.
"As long as we have ideas, we can make money through some simple methods, and then Your Majesty's army will become stronger and stronger, and in the same way, Your Majesty's strength will be unshakable. Earn a little more money and you'll be equipped with stronger gear. When the time comes, as soon as the maritime business opens, all these things can make money! When the time comes, once it is sold to those neighboring countries, what about the large export of soap and perfume, all of which are sold to foreigners in exchange for high-quality iron ore, coal mines, ginseng, seeds of grain crops, and so on. Once you have these things, it's easier to make money. At that time, not to mention these things, even if you want more and better things, it is not impossible. Li Hang smiled weirdly.