Chapter 718: The Beginning of the Prosperous Era 4
Although he was a little angry, the Khitan people's riding and archery skills were definitely better than the Han people, which was an advantage in the first place, and Huo Si was helpless no matter how angry he was. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Infos just changed his words and said, "...... The envoys of the Liao State won this battle, and the holy dragon face was a little unsightly, so he said: Although the archery art came out of the Central Plains, it is not familiar to the Han people now, and I admire the skillfulness of your country's bow and horse. But now I am Han people, and I am not familiar with bows and crossbows, so I am not negligent in practice, but I have better weapons. The envoy of the Liao State said: The name of the Dashun Divine Arm Bow has also been heard of by us. It's just that this bow is not a bow, it's actually a crossbow, and this one, it is still Liao's victory. ”
When Huo Si said this, all the drinkers were a little bit of the same hatred: "Think I am a big country, but no one can shoot?" What about the sharpshooter general Lu Chenhuan some time ago, why is there no one to see him today, and he has avoided the war? "This is all because the Han people want to save face, obviously the bow and arrow are from the Central Plains, how can they not compare to the barbarians?
Someone sighed and said, "Two years ago, General Lu went to fight against the thieves, and now he has never returned to Chang'an......"
"I see......"
Listening to their tone, it was as if Lu Chenhuan's miraculous archery skills were the last fig leaf of Dashun. This is also a change in the mentality of the Han people in the past hundred years, from being comparable to a strong man to only deceiving themselves, all stemming from the external weakness of the Dashun court. In fact, there is no way to do it, because of the old Ma Zheng, the scarcity of war horses in Dashun at one time, almost put the horses pulling the carts into battle. s This horse can't see blood, and runs around when it sees it, which also makes sense, why the Han people can only find a little self-esteem in culture now, in their opinion, the battlefield is really "can't fight" the Khitans! It is no wonder that Lu Chengqi did not hype up the Hongxiang-style rifle, let alone let the sub-mother cannon be made public. In this way, it is inevitable that the confidence of the people of Dashun is insufficient.
Huo Si patted the ruler, and waited for everyone to be quiet before he said slowly: "The saint said: Not to mention black cats and white cats, if they can catch mice, they are good cats." My Dashun technology is the first in the world, how can it be that the god arm bow is outstanding? With that, he ordered the musketeers to board the school grounds. After only a thunderclap was heard, the smoke curled, and three hundred paces away, the target of the arrow had become a honeycomb. The Liao people were shocked and shouted: Demon law, demon law! The holy dragon Yan Dayue said with a smile: This is my Dashun weapon to protect the country, is it a demon law? Today's demonstration is nothing more than to warn you that bows and crossbows are insignificant, and firearms will be popular in the future. If you are an enemy of Dashun, then the firearms have no eyes, and the killing is too much, which is not my original intention, and the kings can go back to the king of your country. I am obedient and do not offend anyone, but if anyone offends me, he will be punished even if he is far away! ”
"Good !!"
The drinkers were boiling, and some people still had questions: "This firearm, is it really so sharp?" ”
It's no wonder that some people ask this, after all, they have been pressed and beaten by the Khitans for decades, and they almost didn't bend the backbone of the Han people, and there is a shadow of "talking about Hu color change". Today I finally raised my eyebrows, and it is normal to suffer from gains and losses. When Lu Chengqi seemed to be aware of this problem today, or maybe the Hongxiang-style rifle was already equipped with half of the forbidden army, and he was full of confidence, he put it on the table to deter Xiaoxiao. Such a military exercise similar to that of later generations directly subdued Zhufan, and he could no longer afford the idea of competing with Dashun. Only the Khitan is still stubborn, saying that it is a "strange skill", if it clashes with the Khitan army, it will definitely be shocked and scattered.
Lu Chengqi disdained this verbal battle, and hurriedly let the musket team show up, and the South Imperial Garden accompanied the shooting. Lu Chengqi has reason to believe that after the news of this incident spreads, it will inevitably boost the confidence of the Chinese people and hit the arrogance of the surrounding countries. Especially now that Liaoning has been divided into the main battle faction and the main peace faction, there is a danger of attacking the Central Plains anytime and anywhere. Coupled with that piece of paper, it's the last year. After this year, the Liao State attacked Dashun on a large scale, and did not break the oath.
The results of this military exercise were unexpectedly good. Even if it is just to boost the self-confidence of the Chinese people, Lu Chengqi feels that he has earned it. As soon as this matter was published in the Dashun People's Press, the whole country quickly circulated it, and the collision of cold weapons and hot weapons began!
Now in the palace, Lu Chengqi is looking at the secret reports sent by the Supervision Department, all of which are related to the missions of various countries. Dashun commerce is so developed, and copper coins are sold in various countries, and even replace the currencies of various countries, and the profits obtained by Dashun merchants can be imagined. Even so, the vassal states that came to the dynasty still had to do business with Dashun. Why? Driven by interests, even the biggest contradictions have been resolved.
"There are Kunlun slaves in Quanzhou, who call their countries Bi Paluo, Layer Ba Country, Honey Xu Fence, and Mulan Pi? What the hell is this! Lu Chengqi put aside the secret report, and then compared it with the "world map" behind him, and compared them one by one, and suddenly realized: "This Bi Paluo turned out to be Somalia, and Mi Xu Fence should be Egypt, but which one is this layer of Baguo and Magnolia Pi?" Forget it, it's all Africa anyway, so there's no need to bother. Well, this Zhufan Zhi has written a big food, and it is the farthest to Quanzhou in the northwest of Quanzhou, and it is difficult to reach directly. From the spring to the ship more than 40 days, to the blue Boyi, live in the winter the next year again, more than 60 days downwind, to the country. Most of the products produced in the country are transported to China for trade with the ancient countries of Srivijaya in Southeast Asia and China. Its country is majestic, and its land is vast. The folk customs are extravagant, and they are in Zhufan. The weather is cold, and the snow is two or three feet thick, so it is expensive to feel blankets. The national capital is called Honey Xu Fence, according to Zhufan Chong. It seems that it took more than a year for these black Africans to reach China! ”
Lu Chengqi knew that Dashun businessmen were keen to go to sea because the income from going to sea was a hundredfold or even a thousandfold profit. As long as you succeed once, your children and grandchildren will have no worries about food and clothing. The people of the time said how to make money by maritime merchants: "Every is a consistent number, you can easily buy hundreds of things, hundreds of things, you can change thousands of things, and it is common." "Look, money has always been able to buy goods from all countries for hundreds of dollars, and hundreds of dollars can buy goods for thousands of dollars, how can you not make money when you come and go?
It is precisely in this way that the minister of the Liao State said: "There is no other coin in the northern realm, public and private transactions, and make the copper coins of this dynasty" in the Wa State, a large number of Dashun copper coins poured in, and even the noisy people squeezed out the self-minted coins of the Wa State, and became the main currency of the market transaction in Jiaozhi, and the authorities ordered that "the Central Plains Xiaoping money is allowed to enter but not to go out" in the Nanyang, and the Zhufan State "gets Chinese money, and stores it in the treasury, thinking that it is the treasure of the town." Therefore, those who enter Tibet do not go to Tibet unless they have copper coins, and they do not sell their goods without copper coins."
At this time, Southeast Asian countries traditionally used precious metals such as gold and silver as currency, but precious metal currencies were generally only suitable for large transactions, and it was very inconvenient to use gold and silver in trivial transactions, so they had to use the original form of barter. The inflow of well-made and well-credited Dashun coins immediately brought convenience to the local market transactions, and it is no wonder that the locals regard Dashun copper coins as "the treasure of the town". Not to mention Goryeo, which has always regarded itself as "Little China", even regarded Dashun's copper coins as its own currency, transferring the danger of inflation to the Central Plains.
Dashun copper coins are equivalent to the dollars of later generations, how could Lu Chengqi sit on Baoshan but not use it? No, as soon as Goryeo was disobedient, Dashun "did not trade with it, and those who dared to sell goods to Goryeo confiscated their property." Because Goryeo had no money, he had to increase the coinage himself. Because its coinage is too rough and insufficient, it is often a copper coin of one Wendashun, which is equivalent to ten Wen Goryeo coins. After this economic war without the smoke of gunpowder, Goryeo's national strength has shrunk by one-third, and it is even more powerless to compete with Dashun and Liao, and even the Jurchens, he can't guard against it. To be continued.
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