Chapter Sixty-Eight: Morrigan's Knockoff

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In May 1348, preparations for the Huangzhou Territory were progressing in an orderly manner as planned, with grain and horses from the northeastern island of Taiwan, as well as a large number of iron and steel chemical raw materials, being transported to the Huangzhou Territory in batches, some of which flowed into the industrial production system, and some of which were hoarded for emergencies.

The production and operation of the territory were completed according to the plan, but compared to the executive staff of the territory's mid-range Pan and the administrative group, they were calm about all aspects of the territory, and the forces waiting around began to have some fear. As the preparation time in the territory became longer, the psychological changes of the forces that were waiting around them began to become intimidating. The army in the territory gradually expanded to 2o thousand in the past six months, and one-third of the adult men in the entire Huangzhou and Rugao territories joined the army, a figure that of course includes the troops mobilized from the Taiwan territory. With the exception of a few farm jobs, the soldiers continued to undergo military training, and more and more women were working in the factories. The left-behind children are absorbed by boarding schools, and there is not a single idler in the entire territory. The militia ratio in the four realms is a staggering 12:1. If the composition of the people in Cheng Pan's territory was not composed of immigrants who were mainly young and middle-aged, Cheng Pan would not be able to be so violent. But if there is no war, it will only take two years for Cheng Pan's territory to be dragged down by the economy. But this kind of madness did frighten the people who were watching around, and the 200,000-strong army was training according to the ranks to cultivate the discipline and collectivity of the army, which was unthinkable to outsiders. The news spies all said that these were elite soldiers. Of course, in terms of numbers, these foreign forces are still about the same, between 180,000 and 250,000. But many people can't believe this number, and as more and more news comes, these forces begin to lament that the Huangzhou thieves are coming this time.

Under the huge pressure of the gradual dispersion of the territory of Huangzhou, some small forces who originally wanted to wait to be made heroes by the current situation gave up their unrealistic illusions and decided to cherish life and stay away from Huangzhou, and some forces began to show goodwill to Huangzhou, but the connections invested were all sunk into the sea, these people who knew the times were like throwing flattery to the blind, Cheng Pan didn't have time to pay attention to these speculators at this time, they themselves were the targets of Cheng Pan's troops this time, and now it is a joke to come to Chengcheng. Under the coldness of the communist army, these speculators can only seek other thighs, and after the official forces of the Yuan Dynasty near Huangzhou get the support of these people, Mo Rigen, who was originally attacked by the communist army for a round, paid special attention to his military strength after the Hudong exhibition, and put his own threshold very low for the local gentry who came to rely on. Now, compared to other places, the forces run by Morrigan are like iron buckets. If it weren't for the fact that Cheng Pan, a larger local force, needed to be checked and balanced, Mo Rigen would be a sign of disobedience in itself. Since the news of Cheng Pan's rebellion gradually came last year, the center of the Yuan Dynasty and the entire Jiangbei Province of Henan Province have been in an indulgent and active attitude towards Mo Rigen's militarization actions.

But as a future under Cheng Pan's rebellion offensive, Mo Rigen did not have the joy of expanding his power at all, and Mo Rigen has been haunted by the fiasco in the southeast of Chaohu Lake all these years. In the days after the defeat, in addition to consolidating his power, he trained the army. Originally a little rich, after these two years of stormy days, he had a little less shrewdness in his eyes, more decisive and melancholy, because he had been bombarded by artillery, Mo Rigen attached great importance to artillery. In the past two years, in order to cast cannons, he found a lot of craftsmen who cast bells, under the use of the clay method, under the blow of many failures, Mozhigen's bronze cannon was finally born, this kind of artillery smoothbore, weighing one ton, can shoot 3 pounds of stone cannonballs The limit range is about 600 meters. Mo Rigen's act of privately casting artillery was a success, and at this time, the Northern Emperor's Guards firearms unit of the Yuan Dynasty was equipped with a bowl mouth gun, with a total length of only 34.7 cm, and a caliber of 1o5 mm was still a false caliber of the bowl mouth expansion. In contrast, Mozhigen's artillery can be described as advanced, and it seems that war and beating are the highest motivation for technological exhibitions. But these bronze cannons cost a lot of money, and saltpeter and sulfur are not cheap. Therefore, Mo Zhigen spent a lot of money, and he only equipped 15 statues, and he couldn't afford to play.

Morrigan is now talking about the current situation. As Mo Rigen's housekeeper, Ke Li complimented: "General, now, the sharp weapon has become a pillar of the imperial court in the future." Mo Rigen glanced at him and reprimanded: "There are hundreds of thousands of thieves, and it is difficult for me to protect myself, so how can I make contributions." Mo Rigen's behavior blocked the people below who wanted to pat themselves. "What is the yield of nitrate from the manure pile?" The nitrate official appointed by Mo Rigen was a Han family slave of Mo Rigen, so he quickly knelt down and said: "Report that the master has come out of the nitrate, and the monthly output is about fifteen stones." Mo Rigen said: "Okay, but don't kneel in the future, you do things for me, you have been freed from slavery, and you are qualified to stand and speak." The accumulation officer said excitedly: "Thank you master, I, I will do my best to help the master" Mo Rigen maintained a gentle tone and said: "Okay, go down" After a while, Mo Rigen shouted to the butler who was just about to pat himself: "Ke Li, I asked you to find someone to read, how are you doing?" Ke Li said: "Lord Hui, this kind of Huangzhou thief wrote more words than the original Han people's words, the structure is much simpler, the Han people who have found it have already learned the ** into learning, a few who can't learn well have been whipped to death, these cheap bones can't be beaten to death" Mo Rigen said: "Give these people enough to eat, let them enter the factory, the south is relying on these artificial cannons to read and write, and be kind to them." Ke Li said: "I know these adults, they are all useful people to adults, and I will not spoil the great things of adults." Mo Rigen nodded and said, "How are our Mongolian disciples learning" Ke Li immediately said with a bitter face: "Big, adult, the villain is a color eye, your master's study, I, I don't dare to investigate." Mo Rigen slapped the chemistry book published by the Ministry of Education of the Huangzhou Territory in his hand on the wooden table and said: "If you can't learn, you will fight" Ke Li stammered and replied: "Small, the villain is a color eye, for example, if you offend the first-class Mongols, according to the law of the Great Yuan, when, when beheaded" Mo Rigen said angrily: "The enemy of the Great Yuan is very strong, the law of the Great Yuan is not a shield for them to refuse to learn from the enemy, I will give you fifty personal soldiers, and give me a whip if you don't want to learn" Ke Li knelt on the ground and shouted: "The villain can't do it." Mo Rigen said: "Forget it, if you are afraid that they will hold a grudge, I will not embarrass you, I will personally be responsible for this."

Half an hour later, forty young Mongolians were stripped of their clothes, hung from the beams of their houses and whipped in the school they had built for them, while Mozhigen drank tea and listened to their screams. After a burst of whips, the soldiers took these young masters off, and of course these young Mongolian nobles didn't dare to say anything to Mo Rigen, but the eyes of Ke Li were with the meaning of "Sue, you are dead". Mo Rigen swallowed a sip of tea and said to the unlucky child who had just been smoked: "Say, why don't you want to learn the books I gave you, are these writing wrong or too difficult" A Mongolian boy about 17 years old said in aggrieved language: "My lord, we Mongolians need to exercise their bravery on horseback, and our slave craftsmen can study iron and forge weapons" Mo Rigen lifted the tea powder in the teacup with the lid of the teacup, and said in a casual tone: "What else? This stupid boy seemed to be encouraged to continue: "We Mongolians have conquered the world, we have not learned the words of the Han people and their set of knowledge, nor have we sat in the world for so many years, the Han people's set of rules and regulations only restricts the Han people, these Han people's rules and regulations cannot restrain the eagles on the grassland, we will also build cannons now, why bother to learn the south again, fight over and capture that Cheng Pan as a slave" After the young man finished speaking, Mo Rigen said coldly: "It's over? The child who had just been smoked felt a little disappointed when he saw that Mo Rigen had nothing to say about his impassioned speech just now, and said: "It's gone" With a bang, Mo Rigen suddenly threw the cup in his hand in the face of the orator, and said to the soldiers around him: "Give him another fifty lashes" and no longer paid attention to the screams of the child who was dragged away. He said to the remaining young Mongols: "Do you all think that you can defeat the enemy by bravery alone? The Han slave craftsmen are now making weapons for you, but once the south fights, they are willing to go to the south, because the south regards them as their own people, and you think you can snatch them back, so you go to the army to use your body to catch shells and play, if you can't, give me honest learning. I'll come every three days to check," and he left with his soldiers and housekeeper. Leaving behind a group of unlucky children with bitter faces.

After Mo Rigen was defeated, he had been observing Cheng Pan, and he had carefully studied the newspapers and various books in Cheng Pan's territory, and began to study Cheng Pan in some aspects, such as in Tuntian. He lowered taxes and gave the peasants food and clothing. A large number of displaced people were organized to open up the wasteland, and grain production in the vicinity of the Huaihe River valley began to increase. On the other hand, I have to say that the efficiency of his whip is higher than that of Cheng Pan's territory, of course, those who can't learn it will be whipped to death, and people have unlimited potential when they are dying. Nearly 50,000 of them had entered Mozhigen's workshop to make weapons for him. Mo Rigen adopts the standardization and responsibility system described by Cheng Pan in his textbook. Although the execution process was very inhumane, Mo Rigen still showed strong organizational skills according to the gourd painting. The output of spears, bows, arrows, artillery and other weapons is the highest among all the warlords of the Great Yuan.

But this pirated goods are invincible without genuine goods, but Cheng Pan's first target is him. The gap between piracy and genuine copies is quickly visible. And there is another hidden danger that Mozhigen has not noticed, that is, he is a cruel capitalist to the increasingly large group of craftsmen under his command, even if he is of different races. The workers who are the masters of the house have culture, under the fair system, they will be driven by the progress of the productive forces, and the slaves have culture and ideas, and the thinking is by no means a good tool, although now these workers can maintain food and clothing, but under the persecution of Mo Rigen's knives and guns, just like the contract workers of the original time and space Republic of China, in addition to labor, eating and sleeping every day, they have been going back and forth between the prison cell and the factory, and they do not get a trace of remuneration, and they will find themselves according to the source of the product. It is the whip that is responsible for pulling out the faulty workers. It is this high-pressure policy that ensures the efficiency and quality of the production and quality of the workshops in Morzgen. This kind of sweatshop is definitely a shame for the sweatshops of later generations of China, and it can only be compared to the treatment of workers in Western factories before the emergence of the Soviet Union.

The working class that Morrigan had unintentionally cultivated would bring unexpected surprises to him once Morrigan's power was weakened. 50,000 workers in primary industry is a lot of wealth even for Cheng Pan. After learning about Mo Rigen's change, Cheng Pan was ready to accept this group of workers.

Mo Rigen didn't know that Cheng Pan was in the coal mine for his ass before, but now there is an extra temptation.