Mo Ye looked at the long cylindrical object in Jia Rudao's hand and was surprised.

This is the first time he has seen this thing. If it weren't for Jia Nidao taking it out today, he wouldn't have known that Jia Nidao still had such a thing with him.

"That's a good thing."

Jia Rudao picked up the silver cylinder and put it on his right eye, looking towards the north bank.

Seeing Jia Rudao pretending to be mysterious, Mo Ye pursed his lips.

This is the monocular that Jia Rudao temporarily asked Sun Wei and Yang Shuo in the ordnance prison to polish out before leaving Lin'an City. The telescope is polished out of crystal, and this crystal is still what Jia Yidao asked Zhao Yun for, and it can be regarded as a small reward for going to Xiangyang City to run errands for Zhao Yun.

Fortunately, Jia Nidao's requirements for telescopes are not too high, and he is satisfied with the magnification of two or three times, and the complex infrared telescope Jia Nidao doesn't know how to get it, and this simple monocular simple telescope Jia Nidao still knows how to get it.

There is no doubt about the craftsmanship of Sun Wei and others, several people worked together, plus Jia Nidao pointed out on the side, and the **** crystal that Jia Nidao got from Zhao Yun was consumed, and finally polished out four telescopes, Jia Nidao used it, and the effect was naturally no match with the telescopes of later generations, but it was enough in today's Great Song Dynasty.

The polishing of the telescope also made Jia Rudao put the firing of glass on the agenda. If the General Department of the City and Shipping only relies on tariffs to complete the Haikou that he boasted to Zhao Yun, although it can be completed, I am afraid that it will definitely impose huge taxes on those rich businessmen and tycoons who engage in maritime trade. Those who pay huge taxes and get close to Jia Nidao may be understandable for the time being, but those merchants who come for profit certainly don't think so.

After a long time, maybe even those businessmen who originally relied on Jia Nidao will be detached, and the matter of killing chickens and eggs obviously cannot be done for too long. But once the glass is out, then the general department of the city has its own industry, coupled with the official background, to those rich businessmen who carry out sea trade, not only can the general department of the city get rid of the single model of relying only on taxes, but also can better tie those giant businessmen to the chariot of the general department of the city, with these rich merchants, then if the merchant class that has been formed in the Song Dynasty will inevitably slowly surround the general department of the city, at that time...... Well, let's talk about it when that time comes.

As far as the eye can see, countless fierce figures densely packed in the flying dust are desperately whipping the war horse under the crotch.

This was the first time that Jia Rudao really saw the Mongol cavalry that swept the world in the Middle Ages, which commanded the whole of Europe and was still rooted in fear in the bone marrow until later generations.

As far as the eye can see, the bright cold light almost wants to dazzle people's eyes. After a while, Jia Rudao adapted to the sea of light that wanted to compete with the sun.

A cluster of red tassels shone on the pointed iron helmet, and a piece of leather armor stretched from thigh to neck; The other piece is connected to the front piece from the neck to the waist, and an iron plate is fixed on each shoulder. They also have a piece of armor on each arm, covering from the shoulders to the wrists, and another piece of armor on each leg. All these pieces of armor are connected together by clasps, and the armor pieces are connected like fish scales, fine and delicate.

The crotch of the war horse is basically not clear, because there is a piece of armor on each side of its body, covering the horse's head; The other piece of armor was placed on the horse's rump and tied to the two sides of the armor, so that a hole would be left behind the piece so that the horse's tail could stick out of the hole; There is also a piece of armor on the horse's chest. On the horse's forehead, there is also a shining iron plate, which is fixed to the top of the war horse by relying on the armor plates on both sides.

Whether it is the leather and iron armor on the human body, or the leather armor covered by the war horse, they are all delicate and exquisite. It is hard to imagine that the Mongols, who did not have the vast and profound civilization of the Central Plains, could make such exquisite armor.

Each cavalryman had a huge curved bow on his back, and in their hands he also had a clear weapon, most of which were sharp axes no longer than a foot, and only some of the cavalrymen with exceptionally tall and more refined armor had in their hands the sharp scimitars that were most suitable for cavalry chopping.

These Mongolian cavalrymen have no sorrow or joy on their faces, and their bodies on horseback are as if they were born to grow on them, even if they move at such a high speed, their upper bodies are as immobile as a mountain, and their riding skills are so clever that Jia Nidao is also amazed.

Not a single horse was left behind, and no horse was left behind. The distance between all the cavalry that was charging towards each other would definitely not exceed twenty centimeters. Under such an astonishing high-speed movement and so many cavalry charges, these real Mongol cavalry were still able to maintain such a tight formation, and their elite degree can be seen.

Compared with the equipment and riding skills of the Mongolian cavalry, these Mongolian cavalry, whether on their faces, bodies, or their spirits, all show a trace of self-confidence, that is, absolute strong self-confidence. This kind of self-confidence has been cultivated for decades; This kind of self-confidence and discipline is like a tiger after sweeping thousands of miles.

The Mongol cavalry has had a soul in these decades. This is what really moved Jia Yidao.

Although Jia Rudao has long known that the real Mongolian cavalry definitely does not pay as much attention to quantity as the Central Plains Dynasty, but the quality is mottled, they value quality, of course, this is also related to the poor living environment and sparse population of the Mongols.

As far as he knew, the largest army that Genghis Khan had assembled during his sweep across Europe and Asia was the one he used to conquer Persia, numbering only 240,000. Today, Möngke has never had more than 150,000 troops to conquer Russia and all of Eastern and Central Europe.

Of course, this figure naturally does not include the servant armies of the conquered states conscripted by the Mongol Empire.

When he really saw the Mongolian cavalry, Jia Rudao understood why he was able to force hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Huaixi and Huaidong major theaters of the Great Song Dynasty to defend the fortress and dare not send a single soldier to Xiangyang City, where the war was in full swing, with only 50,000 or 60,000 cavalry.

Fortunately, the Mongol cavalry could only dominate the plains, but siege warfare was of little use, and of course, there may be reasons why the Mongol commanders deliberately did not let them participate in order to avoid casualties among the Mongol elites.

Such a well-equipped tiger and wolf army that swallows thousands of miles like a tiger, the current Great Song Dynasty is on the plain, and I am afraid that no army can beat its edge.

Fortunately, the population of the Mongols is limited, and the Mongols cannot cultivate such an elite indefinitely. Jia Yidao silently put down the monocular in his hand, and could only comfort himself in his heart like this.

Mo Ye saw Jia Rudao put down the binoculars, and hurriedly snatched it from his hand and couldn't wait to put it in his eyes. There was a burst of surprise on his face, and after a while, the joy on Mo Ye's face gradually disappeared, and he silently put down the telescope in his hand, half speechless.

"Look at the north shore, Jin Ge's iron horse is like a tiger!"

After a long time, Jia Rudao spit out a sentence quietly.