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When Babu heard his father's words, a wry smile appeared on his face: "Father Khan, you think too simply, how can this bird gun be so simple. Not to mention anything else, there are more than ten sets of forging hammers, lathes, and stoves in the workshop for making gun barrels in Chaoyi, all of which are driven by water power, and there are more than a dozen large houses in the swing, how can they be compared with the few blacksmiths in the tribe? It's better for you to dispel your idea as soon as possible! ”

Shuo Lei glanced at his son suspiciously, pointed to the fire and said: "The left and right are just wood and iron, the Han people can make it, but we Mongolians can't make it?" Didn't you fall for their witchcraft, did you? ”

"Father Khan!" Babu sighed: "When I was in Mobei, I had the same thoughts as you, but now it seems that it is really ridiculous. Let's put it this way, not to mention the Mongols, even the territory of the Han people is unique. Let's use an analogy, the same iron, there are soft and hard. ”

"Hahaha!" Shuo Lei smiled: "Where is there soft iron in the world? You're talking nonsense again! ”

Seeing that his father did not believe him, and did not say much, Babu took the bird and carefully dismantled it. Shuo Lei saw that his son was very skilled in disassembling this bird, and his eyes also showed a look of relief. But in the blink of an eye, Babu dismantled the bird's gun, took out a spiral roll of wire, handed it to Shuo Lei, and said, "Father Khan, do you think this iron is soft or hard?" ”

Shuo Lei took the wire, ** twice, he was surprised to find that this wire was like a piece of cow tendon and bone, extremely elastic, and couldn't help but be surprised: "This is also made of iron?" ”

"Yes, this is called a spring!" Babu retrieved the coil of wire from Shuo Lei's hand, put the bird gun back together, and said as he assembled, "Didn't we strike the flint with our fire sickle when we made a fire in the steppe?" When the trigger is pulled, the trigger is triggered, and the pressed spring ejects the hammer to strike the flint, stirring up the spark and igniting the gunpowder! ”

Shuo Lei watched his son assemble the bird gun, but he didn't understand it, and after a long time, he sighed: "If it is according to what you say, then we can't make it ourselves?" ”

"Not really!" By this time, Babu had already reassembled the bird and returned it to Shuo Lei: "If you just want to build one or two, it will not take a lot of effort to build it." But the factory here has already made thousands and hundreds of expenditures, so what's the use of you taking one or two? It's better to buy from him honestly! ”

"But—"

"Father Khan!" Babu interrupted Shuo Lei's words: "I understand your concerns, what are you afraid that if one day we become enemies of Lord Jinong, he will not sell us firearms at that time?" I also had these concerns before I went to Chaoyi, but in the few months I have been in Chaoyi, I have already figured it out: with this strength of the Chechen Ministry, it is impossible to compare with the strength behind Lord Jinong. With the majesty of Lord Jinong, he will never limit his eyes to just one place in Mongolia! ”

"Won't it be limited to just one place in Mongolia?" When Shuo Lei heard this, his eyes lit up, he looked around at no one, and asked in a low voice, "Babu, do you mean that Liu Cheng wants to turn against Ming?" ”

"I didn't say that!" Babu laughed: "But when the goshawk's wings are stiff, they will soar in all directions, and the tiger will naturally dominate the mountains and forests when it grows up. ”

When Shuo Lei heard this, he had already been persuaded by his son, he nodded and smiled: "Well, if Liu Cheng can really lead us Mongols to do the next great cause like Temujin, why don't I Shuo Lei be his Jebei and Subutai!" ”

Since Shuo Lei had finished discussing with his son, he made up his mind to stand on Liu Cheng's side, and he returned to the pergola with a smile, only to see that there had been two hunts below, and dozens of knights were chasing the prey, stretching their bows and releasing arrows, which was a lively scene. Liu Cheng saw Shuo Lei coming back, and said with a smile: "My body is better, there is fresh venison roasting, let's use some too?" ”

"Thank you, Lord Jinong!" Shuo Lei did not shirk, ate two pieces of venison, and suddenly smiled: "These are the soldiers under the command of the Great Khan, all of them are like King Kong, and they really deserve to be my Mongolian athletes, no wonder the adults have been invincible and invincible all these years!" ”

When Liu Cheng heard this, he knew that Shuo Lei still had something to say, so he just smiled slightly, but didn't say much, and sure enough, Shuo Lei threw the wooden stick aside and said with a smile: "Lord Jinong, I have seen you prepare like this along the way, and you are going to fight the Jurchens again this autumn, right?" ”

"Huh! Whether it is against the Mongols or the Ming Dynasty, the Jurchens are enemy countries, and they naturally have to fight, but the specific time has not yet been decided! ”

"Then do you want to help you too?"

"Oh?" Liu Cheng smiled: "Chechen Khan, you also want to help?" ”

"Not bad!" Shuo Lei said with a smile: "Lord Jinong, I handed over my son to you, and I will be stingy with soldiers and horses, how many soldiers and horses do you want me to send, but please speak up!" ”

Liu Cheng didn't answer immediately, he lowered his eyes as if thinking about the number of people he wanted, and after about half a cup of tea, he finally raised his head, stared into Shuo Lei's eyes, and said in a condescending tone: "Great Khan, if you really think so, then send a thousand cavalry!" ”

"A thousand, so little?" Shuo Lei, who was originally going to deal with Liu Cheng's lion mouth, couldn't help but be stunned, this number was only less than one-tenth of what he expected. "Could it be that Liu Cheng can't believe himself and is afraid of defection, so he symbolically asked for a thousand cavalry?" Thinking of this, Shuo Lei raised his head and took a good look at Liu Cheng with his slender eyes.

"Shuolei Khan!" Liu Cheng made a gesture, and the guards beside him immediately retreated to five or six zhang away, leaving Hao Shaoqi standing behind Liu Cheng with a knife: "It's not the first time I've dealt with you, so there's not much nonsense." I only need a thousand cavalry because I want you to do something else. ”

"Another thing?"

"That's right, this time I plan to rebuild the Daning Acropolis, if nothing else, the Donglu will definitely send troops, you will send troops to attack the Horqin Department, and divide the situation of the Dongyu for me, what do you think?"

Shuo Lei was stunned for a moment, through the invasion of last winter to this spring and summer, the Horqin Department lost a lot of people and animals, although the Houjin later sent troops to protect, but in the most important spring breeding season, not only can not let cattle and horses mate, but have to migrate eastward to avoid Liu Cheng's invasion, along the way starvation and discarded livestock are countless, and even a family only has two or three horses, the strength is far lower than the Chechen Department that annexed half of the Tushetu Department and owned half of the Mobei Land. If he leads his troops to attack the Horqin Department according to Liu Cheng's arrangement, he will definitely have more wins and fewer losses, which is equivalent to letting himself eat meat, and Liu Chengshuai's army will gnaw hard bones.

"Jinong, what are you?"

"All along, I, Liu Chengdu, have adhered to a principle, as long as he is willing to stand on my side, I will try my best to let him share the benefits, which is the long-term way. Anyway, Huang Taiji will only bring thirty or forty thousand people at most this time, and I already have a seventy or eighty percent chance of winning, so I will let you make a small fortune on the side of the Horqin Department, and you should repay the favor you let my people pass by last time! ”

"Thank you, Lord Jinong!" When Shuo Lei heard this, he couldn't help but be grateful, and leaned over and bowed: "My lord, please rest assured, I will carefully select these thousand horses, all of them are good men, and the horses and armor are ready, so there is no need for adults to worry about it." ”

Liu Cheng said with a smile: "Anyway, it's for your son to lead, but you don't have to accept your favor!" ”

"Why do you need to say that, since Dayan Khan, it is a matter of course that Jinong has commanded 60,000 households on behalf of the Great Khan!" Speaking of this, Shuo Lei bowed down and said: "Although the Hanhai Sea is wide, it is inseparable from my Shuo Lei's loyalty to Jinong, and what the Sulu ingot spear points to is the direction of my Chechen athletes!" ”

"Good, good!" Liu Cheng stood up and stretched out his hand to help Shuo Lei up: "I won't forget your thoughts!" ”

Silver Buddha Temple.

"I'm sorry, you can't leave this room without the order of the Living Buddha of Qisang!" The guard at the door was dressed in iron armor, and his voice was colder than iron armor.

"I've been waiting here for seven days, seven whole days. I'm Bogda. Chechen Khan's envoy! Babusan took out a scroll from his sleeve: "Look, this is Bogda. Chechen Khan's handwritten letter, with the seal of the imperial seal of the Dajin Kingdom, you can't treat me like this. ”

"I'm sorry, you can't leave this room without the order of the Living Buddha of Qisang!" The guard repeated Fang Cai's words slowly. Babutai wanted to plunge the guard in the mouth, then slit open his throat and chest to see if it was hot blood or cold water. Unfortunately he had no knife on him, and with two uniformly dressed guards standing around the corner of the alley at the door, Babutai didn't think he could take out three heavily armed enemies at once with his bare hands. He had to swallow the breath and turn back to the room and sit down. In good conscience, Babutai was treated quite well: the house was covered with thick carpets, the walls were adorned with beautiful ornaments, the bed was soft and warm, and three good meals a day - most Jurchens in Shengjing still had two meals a day. The only problem was that he was locked up in this room, cut off from the outside world, which gave Babutai some foreboding given him the mission of his trip.

At this moment there was a sound of the slamming of the nail leaves outside the door, and then a very soft and nice male voice came, and Babutai hurriedly sat up from the bed and stared at the door. A few minutes later, the door opened, and a red-robed lama entered. The lama saluted to Babu Tai Haste: "The poor monk is Chesang, so you have to wait for a long time!" ”

Before leaving, Babutai also did some homework to Liu Ben and his main subordinates, knowing that the lama in front of him was an extremely important figure under Liu Cheng, he hurriedly bowed down and said: "In Babutai, I was ordered by my brother Huang Taiji to come and discuss important matters with Lord Jinong!" ”

"Brother Huang Taiji?" Chesan's face changed slightly, and he turned his head and glared at the guard leader fiercely, so frightened that the leader's face turned pale, and he immediately knelt on the ground and wanted to explain but didn't know what to say. Babutai couldn't help but feel very happy in his eyes, but he knew that now was not the time to take revenge, so he hurriedly explained: "Chesang Living Buddha, it's a matter of confidentiality, I concealed my identity, please forgive me!" ”

"I see, you are really a careful person!" Hearing Babutai's explanation, Chesan's face improved a little and waved his hand, and the leader of the guards breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly kowtowed twice and retreated, guarding carefully outside the door. Chesan made a gesture to sit down and said with a smile: "Lord Babutai, I wonder why Brother Ling sent you here this time?" ”

Babutai glanced at Chesan and hesitated slightly: "This matter is very important, and I can only say it if Lord Jinong is present!" ”

"I see!" Chesan was not as annoyed as Babutai feared, he nodded, stood up and smiled, "In that case, then I have to ask Lord Babutai to wait a few more days!" Without waiting for Babutai to ask, he exclaimed, "Someone! ”

"What does the Living Buddha command?" The leader of the guards outside the door hurried in to receive the order, and Chessan pointed at the Babutai and smiled: "This is a person of honorable status, and he must not be treated lightly, nor can he be known to outsiders, understand?" ”

"The villain understands!" The leader hurriedly answered.

Chesang nodded, and was about to turn around and go out, Babutai saw that Chesang was leaving, and his heart was very anxious, so he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the other party's sleeve and asked, "Dare to ask the Living Buddha, how long will I have to wait here to meet Master Jinong?" ”

"Then I don't know!" Chesang said with a smile: "During this time, Lord Jinong has been busy with his feet and has not returned to Huacheng for a long time, and when the adults return to the city, I will definitely tell your lordship?" Ask him to come and see you, and you can wait here in peace! With that, Chesan threw off his sleeves and went out.

Babutai was shocked when he heard this, Liu Cheng, who was also the general army of the Mongolian Jinong and the Datong of the Ming Dynasty, was busy with only one thing - to prepare to attack Houjin. If he insisted on keeping it secret until Liu Cheng came to see him in person, he was afraid that the daylily would be cold--if he was Liu Cheng, since he was ready to stop, he would definitely fight first--he couldn't stop for an agreement after preparing for so long, right?

"Chesang Living Buddha, Chesang Living Buddha!" Babutai hurriedly rushed to the door, stopped Chessan, and said with a smile: "You are a person close to Lord Jinong, if he is not free for the time being, it will be the same to tell you first!" ”

"Is that okay?" Chesang showed a hesitant look: "I remember that just now you said that Brother Ling still wants you to tell my family in person." ”