Chapter 251: The Emperor's Mind (Part II)

"Say, what don't you dare, can't I even listen to the truth if I want to?" Tuhuan Timur's heart sank sharply, and he commanded with a straight face.

"Minister, the minister just got the artillery of the red turban thief, and yet, I haven't had time to compare it carefully, only, I can only say a rough idea, no, I don't dare to guarantee whether it is appropriate, so, so I don't dare to speak indiscriminately." Hearing the hatred in Tuhuan Timur's words, Yue Kuo Cha'er became more and more careful, lowered his head, and sweat fell to the ground in strings.

"Then let's talk about it first, it's wrong, it's wrong, I ordered you to say it, who dares to trouble you." Tuhuan Timur's brows jumped, and two cold lights shot out of his eyes.

The matter of making cannons is like a bottomless pit, nearly thirty percent of the tax revenue in the treasury this year has been filled in, so that the expenditure of the entire imperial court is stretched, and even the royal Buddha's money at the end of the year is less than half of that of previous years, and the right minister has spent such a huge price, but has never received satisfactory results, and still refuses to take the soldiers and horses and the newly built hundreds of cannons to expropriate Liu Futong and Zhu butchers, and let the two thieves divide the entire Henan Jiangbei Province in one mouth.

"The cannon sold by Zhu Butcher has a firing range, according to the number of charges they specify, and can hit a four-kilogram projectile 360 steps away, and if you risk blowing up the chamber and double the gunpowder, you can even hit up and down 450 paces." Seeing that Timur's face was getting gloomy and gloomy, Yue Kuocha'er knew that the opportunity had come, kowtowed, and reported loudly.

There is no need to add oil and vinegar, what the emperor hates the most is to add oil and vinegar, and what he says is all a number of carefully verified numbers, as long as it is listed truthfully, it is a throwing gun and sharp arrows, piercing the image of the guy who once almost killed himself in the emperor's heart.

"We made our own cannons." Tuhuan Timur was really upset when he heard this, kicked Yue Kuocha'er, and urged loudly, "Stand up and speak, finish speaking in one breath, don't deliberately hang my appetite!"

"Wechen doesn't dare." Yue Kuo Cha'er tilted his body, then got up, lowered his head and continued to add carefully, as if if he said a little wrong, he would immediately fall into the eighteenth layer of hell, "Lord Youcheng sent Han henchmen to supervise the construction of artillery, the large one, can also hit five or six hundred steps, the slightly smaller one, almost three hundred steps up and down, in terms of power, and the artillery used by the red turban thief, the gap is not too big, and even exceeds." ”

This news sounded somewhat comforting, and Tuhuan Timur nodded lightly, "Well, yes, my millions of copper coins are not in vain, that Li, what is Li from, it is still a bit of a use." ”

"Li Hanqing." Yue Kuo Cha'er secretly looked at Tuhuan Timur's face again, and said loudly, "However, in terms of durability, the two sides are too different, Zhu Butcher's four-catty cannon, if he charges according to the ruler set by himself, fire twenty or thirty cannons in a row, until the barrel is red, it will not be lightly exploded, and the artillery supervised by Li Hanqing, the kind of trumpet, can only fire five cannons at a time, so it must be stopped to cool down, and the large one, at best, is ten cannons, otherwise it will face the danger of exploding." ”

"Uh-huh,,。" Tuhuan Timur frowned, snorted softly, with the best craftsmen in the country, the most abundant money and food, but can not make the same thing as the mere road, and dare to claim that he has done his best, if this is called doing his best, then the generals on the battlefield, shouldn't everyone be proud of defeating the battle.

"In terms of weight, the gap between the two sides is even more." Secretly looking at Tuhuan Timur's face, Yue Kuo Cha'er continued to add in a low voice, "The cannon made by the Zhu butcher weighs just over 500 catties, and the cost should not be higher than 250 catties according to the calculation of ninety percent of copper, but the cannon supervised by Li Hanqing is more than 3,000 catties, and even if it is small, it weighs more than 1,500 catties, which is several times higher than the artillery on Zhu Thief's side."

"Damn." Tuhuan Timur didn't listen to it, when he heard it, he suddenly felt a pain in his heart like a knife, and the small one was 1,500 catties, which was more than ninety percent of the copper material, if it was made into copper coins, even if it was the best copper six lead four treasures, it could also get five or six hundred guan, and this did not count the labor costs and fire consumption generated in the manufacturing process.

How much is the tax revenue of the Great Yuan Dynasty this year, I gave him the best craftsman, the greatest support, he actually used such a tattered to fool me, no wonder he refused to lead the troops to fight the Zhu butcher, it turned out that the roots were all here, every time one more artillery was built, someone made thousands of family fortunes in vain.

"Then Li Hanqing, his appearance is indeed suspicious." After a little consideration, Yue Kuo Cha'er slowly picked up the stubble, according to the plan with a few close friends around him, the goal of his entry into the palace today was to get off the right side, but he couldn't beat the off with a stick, after all, the hundred-legged insect died but not stiff, if it was too hard at once, it would inevitably be bitten back, so avoid the heavy first, just cut off one of its thighs, there is no need to fight and do it all.

"Hmm." Tuhuan Timur didn't expect Yuekuo Cha'er to dare to divert the target of his anger, frowned, and squinted at this person.

Yue Kuo Cha'er was so frightened that he took half a step back, made a very panicked appearance, and begged for mercy loudly, "The minister should die, he shouldn't attack his colleagues, but that Li Hanqing was originally a Han official, but he mastered the key position of the weapons supervisor, relying on the trust of His Majesty and Lord Youcheng, he has squandered his father-in-law for more than half a year, and the minister can't help but suspect that he is following the actions of Zheng Guo back then." ”

Zheng Guo is the Warring States Period, from South Korea hydraulic master craftsman, in order to consume the national strength of Qin, specially to the King of Qin, to build an irrigation project that can lead Jing water into Luoyang, the cost is huge, the treasury of the Qin State is empty, for several years without the strength to attack outward, until its conspiracy was later exposed, the King of Qin only showed himself on a shocking situation.

Although Tuhuan Timur was a Mongol emperor, he couldn't put down the classics of the Han people, so Yue Kuo Cha'er just opened his head slightly, and he almost immediately understood the meaning of these words, his eyebrows quickly twisted into a pimple, and his red eyes asked, "You, are you sure that Li Hanqing is making trouble alone, and the others are not responsible." ”

"Wechen, Wechen don't dare." Yue Kuo Cha'er shook his head, his face full of shame, "Even if it is Li Hanqing himself, Weichen does not have any evidence to suspect him, it's just that Weichen bought these four cannons, and each cannon only spent more than 10,000 cannons, and Li Hanqing spent no less than 4 million yuan in the position of the ordnance supervisor in the past six months, and finally made a total of more than 150 cannons."

"Smack." Without waiting for Yue Kuocha'er to finish speaking, Tuhuan Timur had already thrown the tea cup on the table and threw it on the ground, one hundred and fifty cannons, with a total cost of more than four million yuan, and more than 20,000 yuan per cannon, and buy one lighter and better, but it was only in the early 10,000s.

"Your Majesty is angry." Yue Kuo Cha'er squatted down quickly, picked up the broken tea bowl piece by piece with his hand, and wrapped the hem of his clothes, "The minister is just suspicious, and there is no real evidence, and His Majesty is not worthy of being a minister, angry body, after all, he is the house slave of the Tofu Lord, and he may not really have the courage to hook up with the Zhu butcher, and after the court itself masters the method of making cannons, it will be able to make artillery as light as the south sooner or later." ”

"Uh-huh,,。" Tuhuan Timur hurriedly paced a few steps, and spit out a sullen breath on his back, yes, after all, the surname Li made the cannon, and the imperial court can't dispose of him casually if he can't catch the real credentials, otherwise, it will inevitably be suspected of unloading the mill and killing the donkey, which will make all the Hanchen feel cold.

What's more, Li Hanqing used to be a scholar who was on the right side of the toe, and he was always relied on by Toto, if he was killed casually on a crime, I am afraid that Totoku would not agree.

The two brothers, who had a heavy army, had a total number of 300,000 and were equipped with all the artillery that the whole country had to build, if they could get enough money and food.

In the next moment, the cold air on Timur's back was rising, no, I couldn't force him, I had to take it step by step, while pacing back and forth, he secretly warned himself not to be in a hurry, his mother died at the hands of the powerful minister Yan Timur, after he ascended the throne, he also lived in the shadow of another powerful minister, Boyan, so he was very wary of the minister, and at the same time accumulated enough strategies to deal with the minister.

"Among our Mongolians, and among the Semu people, are there any who are proficient in the art of manufacturing?" In just a few breaths, Tuhuan Timur made the best decision, slowly paced back in front of Yuekuochaer, and asked Yuekuochaer in a very calm voice.

"There is a Ha San in the Huihui Si Tianjian who is good at making weapons, and His Majesty has summoned him before." Yue Kuo Cha'er was prepared, bowed down, and cautiously recommended.

"Hasan, he's a descendant of Anigo." Tuhuan Timur's eyes lit up, and the image of a white and pure Tianzhu little fat man suddenly flashed in his mind, (Note 1)

"Yes." Yue Kuo Cha'er nodded lightly, "A few years ago, he was often summoned by His Majesty, but later, some people talked a lot, saying that adult men can't enter and leave the harem at will."

"I remember him, I remember him, alas." Tuhuan Timur sighed faintly, and his eyes faintly revealed a little melancholy.

If you talk about the way of making weapons, he himself can be called a master, so he often summons some nobles who study all kinds of strange skills and tricks in the palace, and takes them to make all kinds of ingenious utensils, and Ha San, who used to be a frequent visitor in the palace, is always busy with him until late at night, forgetting to sleep and eat, until it later aroused the criticism of the officials, and he did not dare to run into the harem again.

Recommending such a familiar face to replace Li Hanqing shows that Yue Kuocha'er has no selfish intentions, Tuhuan Timur smiled and nodded approvingly, "Well, he is indeed a suitable candidate, but he alone is not enough, you have to recommend another one to him as a deputy, so as not to let anyone be distracted, thinking that I will use the courtier casually without court discussion." ”

"There is a river canal envoy surnamed Guo in the Ministry of Industry, named Guo Nuxin, who is a descendant of Guo Shoujing and is also good at making instruments." Yuekuo Cha'er thought about it, and gave another name that impressed Timur in his mind.

"You said it was Guo Bald." Tuhuan Timur immediately stroked his palms and laughed, "Well, he is indeed a master of weaponry, I remember him, in this Manchu Dynasty civil and military family, I'm afraid there are not a few people who don't know him and haven't collected the things he made." ”

"Majesty, Majesty, he, he is indeed not very famous." Yuekuo Cha'er blushed and smiled, not daring to meet the gaze of Tuhuan Timur.

Ambassador Guo is good at making utensils, but he is most famous for making all kinds of things for the pleasure of the house, so he is very popular among the descendants of the nobles, but in the court, his reputation is slightly worse, at least those so-called Qingliu will never say good things about him to his face.

"I use people, I use people's strengths, as long as I can make better artillery, no matter what his reputation is." Tuhuan Timur waved his hand magnificently, responded with a smile, and in his eyes, he could vaguely see the expressions of the courtiers when someone nominated Ha San and Guo Shu to replace Li Hanqing.

That's definitely a very interesting thing, and it can reduce the precaution of the right to get rid of the power to the greatest extent, "You go back and find Xue Xue and a few of them, and let them go to the court tomorrow morning, and immediately recommend Xian to me." Jiaxu glanced at Yue Kuocha'er a few times, and he continued to smile and ordered, "As for that Li Hanqing, don't treat him badly, give him the position of a Han squire in the military department, let him join the army, go to take charge of the grain and grass for Toto, and when the spring begins, my 300,000 army will have to move." ”

"Yes." Yue Kuocha'er was overjoyed, but on the surface he made a fair and honest appearance, in the position of the Ordnance Superintendent, millions of dollars flowed through every year, with the spread of the war, it is foreseeable that the corresponding amount will only gradually increase, and will never be reduced, and Li Hanqing's house, but relying on the support of the detachment, refuses to share the profits with anyone, I really don't know how thick the sky is, now it's okay, replace Ha San and Guo Bald, Guo will casually mention today's things in the future, and I am afraid that there will be no big amount of favor money to take.

"Among the ministers, you are the only one who has fought with Zhu Butcher and can escape with his whole body." Tuhuan Timur glanced at him again, and sighed softly, today's Yue Kuocha'er's accusation against Li Hanqing may not be completely out of public intentions, as the emperor of the Great Yuan Dynasty, he has long understood and is used to these things, however, these are not important, the most important thing at this moment is to limit the power of the Tokhtar brothers, to avoid the birth of a third minister in front of his eyes, "Tomorrow morning, I will also pull the artillery you bought to the gate of the palace, and open the eyes of the big guys, I can't wait any longer, I will wait any longer, It's that Zhu Butcher swore to the Northern Expedition, not that I sent someone to conquer him, you, Xuexue, and Brother Sang, no matter what, you have to remember this for me. ”

"Yes, the minister will live up to His Majesty's trust." Yue Kuo Cha'er bowed down and quietly clenched his fists, his nails sinking into the flesh, bringing a burst of pleasure pain.

Note 1: Anigo, an ancient Nepalese scientist, together with Guo Shoujing, built the most well-equipped observatory in the world at that time.

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