Chapter 218: Da Liao
After walking for two days, the city of Nanjing, Daliao, was already in sight.
In a military camp in the south of the city, Song Wen watched the steward of the convoy and Brother Yelu Shan's subordinates busily handing over the goods and settling the accounts, and he was relieved.
Resources, the biggest purpose of my trip is resources! What's the use of asking for money? Compared with the ruin of the country and the ruin of the family, money is a pile of useless waste!
If you want to protect yourself and develop in this troubled world, you need a large and continuous output of gunpowder and steel, as well as war armor and war horses...... And well-trained soldiers!
I'm out of time! The rhythm of Song Huizong's death has obviously begun...... Recovering the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, once the dream of the first emperor of the ages begins to be made, it will be the prelude to the death of the Great Song Dynasty!
Zhao Ji...... Don't pee on yourself, you are a young and old pervert, what qualifications do you have to have this kind of dream?
It's too troublesome, and Wang Zhiwei's Yingtianfu Wang clan is a local wealthy family in the Great Song Dynasty after all, and it wouldn't be a good thing if he had been getting resources through him...... In addition, the geographical location of Daqingshan, although it can avoid the route of the Jin people to attack Bianliang in the south, is still in an isolated situation. You can hold on, but you can't grow and grow......
Shandong Peninsula ...... Relying on the island base and the Dengzhou naval army, relying on a few rivers to occupy a vast land to establish a defensive line, and then blocking the sea route with a naval army, if the Jin people attack in a big way, they will attack his long coastline with a naval army! Harass their supply lines.
A big game of chess has gradually become clear in Song Wen's mind, this trip to the grassland is over, and he must operate for himself to gain a firm foothold on the front line of Dengzhou!
After settling down the staff, Brother Yelu changed into a Liao aristocratic costume and took Song Wen into the city of Nanjing in the Great Liao.
In addition to An Chun and the big-eyed lady dressed as a man, there was also Mingyue who followed Song Wen on foot, and Mingyue ran with her big feet, but let Brother Yelu see the magic of a handful of scuds. It's just because Daruchi is still treating the strange horse, and Mingyue ...... I don't know how to ride a horse yet.
Rundown...... This was Song Wen's first impression of the Great Liao Nanjing City, and a sense of decay that was the same as the Great Song Dynasty came to his face.
Except for the Khitan soldiers on the city wall, who looked a little more energetic, the remaining feeling of stale decadence made Song Wenqing clearly see the signs of decay and decline of a strong dynasty.
Song Wen noticed that many of the soldiers defending the city were Liao soldiers who were dressed in shabby clothes and were obviously Han Chinese, and these people looked more listless and obviously of much lower status.
The lively scene on the street is comparable to that of the Great Song Dynasty, but the variety of goods is much poorer than that of the Great Song Dynasty, and there are also many more Semu people and Mongolian people who come to trade from the north and the desert and some merchants from farther away.
All the way to the South Courtyard Palace, the tall palace walls and the magnificent gate and the eyeing guards let the people avoid this mansion far away, Song Wen followed Brother Yelu Mountain to enter through the side door, Brother Yelu Mountain went to see his father...... Song Wen was housed in a guest room.
Looking around, the big-eyed girl pursed her lips...... "This is the palace of the prince of Da Liao?" It doesn't seem to be very good...... Didn't you say that the pots and bowls used for eating in the nobles' mansions were all gold and silver? I also wiped my butt with satin......"
Song Wen couldn't cry or laugh, An Chun smiled and said, "Miss, it's all a rumor......
In the backyard of the palace, a thin old man in fancy clothes was watching over and over with a gunpowder bomb in his hand, while a tall middle-aged man next to him showed a hint of disdain.
"Father, the third brother seems to value this Song people's gunpowder stuff too much...... The gunpowder equipment used by the Song people in these years is strange, but none of them can be of great use! It's all smoking and setting fires...... The gunpowder arrow is kind of interesting, but it doesn't have much power and it's not worth paying attention to! This little ceramic thing, the Song people actually dared to ask for ten taels of silver, I'm afraid it's just a liar! ”
It was the second brother of Brother Jerodan who spoke, and Jerodagan ...... The king of the Southern Courtyard has a total of four sons, and the eldest son serves as a thousand commanders in the leather room army beside the Liao Emperor! This is also a kind of hostage in disguise, leaving two sons, one leading the troops in the west of Nanjing City, and the other following him.
Brother Yelu is his youngest son, but because he is born from the second concubine, he is not a concubine...... So although Brother Yelu Shan has been smart and mature since he was a child, he still won't be taken too seriously, and he doesn't even have a serious title. It was only after the return of the envoy to the Great Song Dynasty that he was known to the Liao Emperor, and he barely got an insignificant marquis.
Brother Yelu was silent for a moment, and bowed his hand respectfully: "Father, brother...... Brother Shan saw with his own eyes the power of this thing, which was by no means comparable to the gunpowder equipment of the Song people in the past! In addition to the sound boom during the explosion, there are also pieces of iron that explode out, which can penetrate the leather armor within half a zhang......"
Yeroda sneered, "How is that possible? The only gunpowder weapon that the Song people can sound is the loudest cannon, right? Ironstone artillery is fine, but the stone balls shot by that thing are not as good as a return cannon trebuchet, what's the use?"
Yeluqi, the king of the Southern Courtyard, frowned and touched a piece of sharp iron exposed from the ceramic jar, and said softly: "Set one off first, let me see how it ......goes."
Brother Yelu Shan bowed and said, "Father, this thing is dangerous, it is safer to move to the academy after moving."
"It's fine."
In the guest room, Song Wen was frowning and sitting on a chair thinking about something, the little girl couldn't bear the loneliness and An Chun were squatting on the ground to play a trivial stone chess game invented by Song Wen in his spare time, and Mingyue was watching the excitement...... Suddenly, an explosion was heard clearly.
Song Wen nodded...... After all, Brother Yelushan's power is limited, and the next thing to see is how Yeluqi, the king of the Southern Courtyard of the Liao Kingdom, will look at this new weapon and himself. The first test of his entry into Daliao this time has come.
Yeluqi frowned and looked at a dirt pit on the ground in the distance, and several attendants hurriedly carried over several armor bodies that had fallen next to the dirt pit.
After carefully examining the scars on the armor and the pieces of iron embedded in the wooden stakes inside, Yeluqi's face finally changed......
"Brother Shan, are the Song people already in the palace now?"
"Back to my father, Song Wen is a guest in the palace......"
"Did he really make this powder bullet himself? Is there such a thing in the instrument of the Song court?"
"Father, this Song Wen came from a humble background, and he turned out to be a businessman in Bianliang! Shochu was created by him. Later, he was expelled from Bianliang by the Song nobles and Jiangnan wealthy businessmen, and now Song Wen seems to have taken refuge in the Great Song Dynasty's Taiwei Gao Yu, hiding in a mountain northwest of Bianliang and building his own military village...... According to his relationship with the imperial court, he will not lie! In addition, even if he dedicated this gunpowder bomb to the imperial court, with the virtue of the Song Dynasty...... Wouldn't care. ”
Yeluqi nodded and said, "Although this thing is more expensive, it is also a little inconvenient to use...... But it's really a weapon to defend the city! Ambushing cavalry is also a good thing. Since Song Wen came to Daliao, he had a disagreement with the Song court...... Can't you invite it? Since he is a talent, the king of gold and silver will not be stingy......"
Before Brother Yelu Shan could answer, the second brother next to him, Yelu Dagan, said disdainfully: "Father, a lowly merchant of the Southern Dynasty...... He made some soju and gunpowder equipment, is it worthy of his father's attention? ”
Yeluqi, the king of the Southern Courtyard of Daliao, raised his head and glanced at the second son: "The eyes of the rat are inch! The Song people of the Southern Dynasty have learned a lot from this arrogant and reckless problem, if you go to attack the city of the Great Song Dynasty, face this gunpowder bullet...... How to avoid panic and casualties on the horses?"