"Your heart, Lone has already felt it, Xiyang Ha, the moth outside the pass, Lone has also cleaned up the ...... for you"

In the Bohai Palace, accompanied by Zhu Gaoxu putting down the wine glass, he also looked at him with a golden knife.

At his signal, Yisha walked out of the carrying hall, and after a short time, he walked into the carrying hall with a tray.

Zhang Chun ordered someone to bring a table and placed it between the sixty-nine envoys on the left and right.

Seeing this, he placed the tray on the table, and then lifted the white cloth on it.

Suddenly, everyone's breath stagnated, and they all looked away from the tray.

I saw that on the tray, the heads of Xiyangha and Shuerha father and son were impressively placed.

The lime-cured head is not corrupted and does not smell bad, only a strong lime smell.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at the sixty-nine envoys who avoided the first level with satisfaction, and the corners of his mouth raised:

"Although this great evil has been removed, there are still the seven tribes of Azhemi who are with him in the upper reaches, as well as the tribes of Uryanha on the ground of the Suwen River, the ground of the Nawen River, and the land of Uryanha."

"Although Xiyangha is eliminated now, once the news spreads to the Wuliangha tribes, I am afraid that they will also seek an opportunity to come and retaliate."

"Sitting alone in Jilin City, there are strong cities and cannons, behind him there are Liaodong Dusi, there is King Yan, and there is Your Majesty...... Don't worry, of course, but what about you? ”

What Zhu Gaoxu's words meant, there is nothing that everyone here does not understand.

The relationship between the Uliangha tribes and them was not very good, but it was not too bad.

The tribes of the Uliangha need them to transport sea salt, firewood, and cultivate grain, and they need the cattle, sheep and horses of the Uliangha, and the two can be said to be interdependent, and they are not as dangerous as Zhu Gaoxu said.

However, the tribal diplomacy outside the border is not strong, and a white plague can make two tribes who have been friends for generations draw their swords against each other, not to mention the centuries-old grievances and hatred between the Mongols and the Jurchens.

Xiyangha is an object supported by the Wuliangha tribes, in order to prevent the Ming Dynasty from completely mastering the Guanwai.

Now that Xiyangha was killed, Wuliangha had no spokesperson outside the customs, on the other hand, Zhu Gaoxu rose strongly, and the situation was completely broken.

What Uliangha will do in the coming year, no one can predict.

Of course, they could bet that the Wuliangha would support the new Jurchen tribe, but there was Zhu Gaoxu outside this pass, and Zhu Gaoxu could use the Songhua River to attack the Jurchen tribes wantonly.

I am afraid that the front foot will take refuge in Wuliangha, and the back foot will be wiped out by Zhu Gaoxu's troops.

Although Wuliangha's strength is stronger than Zhu Gaoxu, as Zhu Gaoxu said, there are Liaodong Dusi and Zhu Di behind him, as well as the entire Ming Dynasty, but what about Wuliangha?

Although the news of the Haixi tribes was closed, it did not reach the point of isolation from the world, and everyone knew that the Northern Yuan Dynasty was infighting and was powerless to interfere outside the Guan.

Without the support of the Northern Yuan, the Wuliangha tribes would just be a group of robbers.

It is nearly 800 miles from Wuliangha Bald City to Jilin City, but it is only 500 miles from Liaodong Kaiyuan to Jilin City.

Therefore, in the current situation, as long as the Northern Yuan does not interfere, then Zhu Gaoxu's title of the lord of the Guanwai can almost sit firmly, and occasionally some Wudiha and rebels cannot pose a threat to him at all.

Under the blows of the Mongols for many years, the Jurchen tribes have weakened to pay tribute to Korea, not to mention the Ming Dynasty, which is more than ten times stronger than Korea.

The reason why I didn't dare to show it too obviously before was because Daming was weak outside the Guan, and Xiyang was strong.

Now that Xiyang Ha is dead, Zhu Gaoxu's words have become an iron law outside the Guanwai, even if he only has more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, but his more than 1,000 soldiers and horses are enough to defeat tens of thousands of people in the Haixi Provinces.

In the face of Zhu Gaoxu, the Haixi tribes could not be united, even if it was the leader of the six cities, pulling out three or four thousand men alone was already the limit, and it was not Zhu Gaoxu's opponent at all.

What's more, Zhu Gaoxu was not averse to the mutual market, but actively traded with each other, giving grain to all parts of the country as a transaction.

Outside the Guan, grain is more important than gold and silver, and Zhu Gaoxu's mastery of this is equivalent to mastering half of the lifeblood of the departments outside the Guan, and the remaining half is controlled by the soldiers and horses in his hands.

Therefore, the current sixty-nine envoys only want to know what Zhu Gaoxu's words mean before.

"Does Your Highness mean to shelter us?"

As the force with the best relationship with Jilin City, the tower loss of Futijin City took the lead in breaking the deadlock, and Zhu Gaoxu also bowed slightly, his eyes scanning:

"Lone wants to build a military fort at the mouth of the Sacha River, at the Zhaozhou Station in the pre-Yuan Dynasty, and station a thousand armored horsemen there."

Zhu Gaoxu spoke slowly, but what he said made everyone gasp.

Zhaozhou Station is an outpost facing the Wuliangha grassland, and if there is a military fort here, then all the Jurchen tribes can sleep peacefully.

Needless to say, the weight of a thousand armor cavalry, if there are really a thousand armor cavalry stationed at Zhaozhou Station, even the Wuliangha people have to consider whether it is worth it.

However, it was precisely because the weight of a thousand armor horses was too heavy that the Jurchen tribes would suspect Zhu Gaoxu.

"There are only 600 armor cavalry under Lone's eyes, but Lone also asked His Majesty to transfer troops to the north, after the spring of next year, it is not difficult for the Bohai Royal Mansion to gather 1,000 armor cavalry to garrison Zhaozhou Station, but ......"

He paused, his gaze resting on Ta Shi for a moment, as if to signal Ta Shi to cooperate with him.

"However, the first cavalry needs to be served, and a single cavalry needs at least two servants, and my military horses are still four hundred short, and if you want to be self-sufficient in Zhaozhou Station, you must at least cultivate enough land in Jilin City, and enough land requires enough troops and cattle to cultivate and cultivate."

Zhu Gaoxu's fox tail popped up, and he wanted to get some wool from the sixty-nine tribes as a condition for sheltering the tribes.

In this regard, the troops were not nervous or resistant, because according to Zhu Gaoxu's words, he needed 400 military horses and 2,000 servants, as well as a different number of troops and cattle.

The first two are not a problem, and the sixty-nine parts can be made together, but the problem lies in the latter.

"Dare to ask how many troops and ploughing cattle does Your Highness need?" Ta lost did not disappoint Zhu Gaoxu, he followed Zhu Gaoxu's words and asked rhetorically.

Although all the envoys could see the tricks of the two, no one dared to expose them.

In this regard, Zhu Gaoxu also chuckled and said: "The subordinates don't need you to come out, Lone has captured a large number of people from Xiyang Ha, and what Lone needs is to plough cattle." ”

"I have calculated that after the construction of Zhaozhou Station, it will cost at least 2,000 servants, and the ration of these 3,000 men and horses is 20,000 stone every year, and at least 40,000 acres of cultivated land need to be cultivated."

"The land in Jilin City is fertile, and I still have thousands of animal power in my hands, so there is not much I need from you, you only need to gather seven hundred ploughing cattle."

"Seven hundred heads...... Hearing Zhu Gaoxu's words, the 69 envoys looked at each other.

If the 700 cattle are divided equally, it means that at least 10 cattle will be produced in each department.

This number of ploughing cattle is nothing for the six cities and the remaining eleven departments, but it is very difficult for some small departments.

In this regard, many envoys of small tribes were embarrassed, but at this time, Ta Shi stood up instead:

"Each tribe has its own difficulties, and the small tribes can't make up too many subordinates and ploughing cattle, and the big tribes have to make up more."

"We, the city of Futijin, are the first of the six cities, and we have two hundred servants, fifty ploughing oxen, and fifty military horses."

After all, Futijin City is Jilin City's largest trading partner, and under the opening of the tower, the things that Jilin City needs are suddenly made up by one-tenth.

When he stood up like this, the faces of the envoys of the other small tribes looked much better.

"The city of Torwin can produce a hundred servants, forty ploughing oxen, and sixty military horses......"

"The city of Futhmu can produce one hundred and fifty subordinates, and thirty ...... each of the oxen and horses."

"Fu kicks Xicheng can ......"

"Khao Lang Ancient City ......"

"Beggar's Maze ......"

"Mangita City ......"

Under the call of Ta Lost, the six richest cities of the Jurchen tribes each sent subordinates and ploughing cattle and horses, and only the six cities made up one-third of what Zhu Gaoxu needed.

With them taking the lead, things were much easier, and some of the big forts began to get up and make up the numbers, and in a short time they had enough to make up the remaining half.

As for the last few hundred servants and dozens of oxen and horses, they were gathered by more than thirty small tribes.

Seeing that what he wanted was put together, Zhu Gaoxu also raised his glass:

"Okay, after the beginning of spring, I will open the mutual market of Jilin City, and build Zhaozhou City at Zhaozhou Station."

"Whoever holds the banner of loneliness, if he is bullied, he will avenge him, and if he is in trouble, he will also help him."

"In the future, if the imperial court wants to appease Guanwai, Lone will definitely find an errand for you and get a salary."

"Your Highness!" Hearing Zhu Gaoxu's words, although they knew that this was unlikely to be realized, everyone still raised their glasses, after all, now Bohai has the grain that can allow all departments to expand and develop.

The matter was negotiated, regardless of whether the follow-up could be fulfilled or not, but the atmosphere was at least up, and Zhu Gaoxu also established his position outside the Guan, so after three rounds of drinking, he used the excuse of not being able to drink enough to let Yishiha and Zhang Chun greet the envoys of the 69th Ministry on his behalf, and returned to the backyard with the gift sticker.

When he returned to the study, he could still vaguely hear the lively sound in the front yard, but he cared more about this courtesy than the noisy sound.

It's not that Zhu Gaoxu is greedy for cheapness, but for him now, he can't waste a penny.

Pick up the lamp to read, but after a few breaths, the things on it were looked at by Zhu Gaoxu.

Counting it, there are about more than a hundred war horses, more than 20 ploughing cattle and hundreds of furs.

"Not bad......" Looking at this ceremony, Zhu Gaoxu had a smile on his face.

Gradually, he also felt his eyelids fight, and after a few struggles, he didn't even have the idea of compiling a textbook, so he took off his clothes and went to the bed to lie down to rest.

"Cluck-"

The golden rooster reported that Zhu Gaoxu slept very comfortably this night, but when he got up, the cold air that permeated the surroundings made him reluctant to leave the bedding.

After tossing for a long time, he got up from the stepping bed and hurriedly put on the clean clothes that had been placed on the table by the soldiers.

When he pushed open the door, he found that the snow outside the bedroom was white, and it was obvious that he had missed the first snow in Jilin City.

"No wonder it's so cold......"

Tightening his clothes with his hands, Zhu Gaoxu let out a mouthful of white mist, and at this time, Lin Su, who was holding breakfast, also happened to come from outside the courtyard.

"Your Highness, why did you get up so early?"

Lin Su looked surprised, and walked towards the house with a bowl of hot noodles and a bowl of mutton at the same time.

"You eat first, and I'll fetch hot water for you to wash."

As soon as he explained, Lin Su turned around and left, Zhu Gaoxu returned to the bedroom and sat down, and after a while, he saw Lin Su holding a copper basin and holding a towel and re-entering the courtyard.

Zhu Gaoxu washed up briefly, sat back in his seat, and asked while eating: "The Songhua River is not frozen, right?" ”

"No, I specifically asked, it won't freeze until at least mid-October." Lin Su sat opposite Zhu Gaoxu and watched him eat like this.

"Accompany me to the shipyard for a moment." Zhu Gaoxu explained, and Lin Su also nodded to indicate that he understood.

Jilin Shipyard, where there are 300 shipwrights, but since Zhu Gaoxu came to Jilin City, these shipwrights no longer carry out shipbuilding, but like many craftsmen, they have devoted themselves to the construction inside and outside Jilin City.

Now that Xiyangha has been resolved, and all the departments in the Songhua River basin have surrendered, then Zhu Gaoxu has to make good use of the Songhua River water transportation.

Not to mention the length of the confluence with the Heilongjiang River, the Songhua River itself basin alone has reached more than 500,000 square kilometers, and the mountains overlap within the entire basin, full of primeval forests, and the timber accumulated in the mountains such as the Great Xing'an Mountains, the Small Xing'an Mountains, and the Changbai Mountains can be transported through it.

In addition, Zhu Gaoxu is more concerned about the minerals in the Songhua River basin.

In addition to the scarce coal in Kanwai, there are also minerals such as gold, copper, and iron, as well as abundant fishery resources.

Of course, the Songhua River also has its own shortcomings, that is, because of the high latitude, the freezing period of the Songhua River is more than five months, while in the Ming Dynasty, this freezing period is longer, five and a half months.

However, the ice period did not affect Zhu Gaoxu and Jilin City, because he had already arranged manpower in the three mines, and now as long as he waited for the healthy woman to go to work in the local area, a large amount of raw materials would be transported to Jilin City by sea after the beginning of spring every year.

If you want to transport so many raw materials, ships are indispensable, and now the few small boats of Jilin Shipyard obviously cannot meet the needs of Jilin City.

At this time, the shipwrights that Zhu Gaoxu brought from the Longjiang Shipyard were useful.

They have built 2,000 large ships in Nanjing City and have rich experience in shipbuilding.

Before, they were busy with construction and had no need for water transportation, so they have been idle.

But now, with the rise of Zhaozhou City and Andong City, water transportation will also become the lowest-cost transportation method between the three cities.

However, the specific number of ships that can be navigated on the Songhua River will have to wait for Zhu Gaoxu to go to the shipyard and ask the shipwrights in the shipyard to know.

Therefore, in the face of the noodles and mutton in front of him, Zhu Gaoxu quickly ate and wiped them clean, and then took Lin Su to the shipyard outside the city.

As early as when Zhu Gaoxu said that he was going to the shipyard, Lin Su notified the shipwrights to assemble, so when they arrived at the shipyard, the three hundred and twenty shipwrights of the Jilin shipyard had already gathered.

The Jilin shipyard is not large, the width from east to west is not more than 100 steps, and the length from north to south is only 150 steps.

The shipyard is surrounded by a wooden fence and has three docks inside.

The dock of Jilin City conforms to the design of the dock in the early Ming Dynasty, the dock is connected to the land on three sides and faces the water on one side, and its basic components are the dock mouth, the dock chamber and the dock head.

The dock is used for entering and exiting the ship, and is equipped with a water retaining dock door, and the drainage and irrigation equipment of the dock is often built in the dock piers on both sides of the dock mouth.

The dock is used for placing the ship, and the keel pier and side pier supporting the ship are arranged on the bottom plate of the dock.

The dock head is the opposite end of the dock mouth, and its plane shape can be rectangular, semicircular and diamond-shaped, and the space of the dock head is part of the dock chamber, where the wooden paddle is disassembled and assembled.

The dockyard inland sea is equipped with a variety of primitive machinery for lifting, derusting, painting and leading boats.

Normally, when the ship enters the dry dock for repair, it first fills the dock with irrigation and drainage facilities, and when the water level in the dock is level with the outside of the dock, the dock door is opened, and the ship is slowly pulled into the dock by using horses and oxen, and then the water body in the dock is drained so that the ship sits on the keel pier.

When the ship is repaired or ready to be undocked, the boatmen fill the dock with water until the water level inside and outside the dock door is level, open the dock door, and lead the ship out of the dock.

This method was conceived by Zhang Ping in the Song Dynasty and has been used for more than 400 years.

With the experience of Longjiang Shipyard in the past, Zhu Gaoxu also has a lot of experience when looking at Jilin Shipyard.

Just by looking at these three docks, he knew what the shipbuilding level of Jilin Shipyard was.

He returned to the place where the shipwrights gathered, led by the 300 shipwrights in Jilin was the most qualified shipwright Wang of the Jilin shipyard, and the 20 shipwrights in Longjiang were led by the Liu shipwright, who had experience in 2,000 warships.

Zhu Gaoxu summoned the two of them forward, and then asked Lin Su to dismiss the rest of the shipwrights.

With the two of them, Zhu Gaoxu walked not far from the three docks, pointed to the three docks and said:

"I've looked at the dockyard, and the ships that can be built should be ships within 300 materials, right?"

"Back to Your Highness, it is true." The shipwright Wang, who had been building ships in Jilin City for several years, replied respectfully, Zhu Gaoxu bowed his head, but asked again:

"In your opinion, what is the maximum number of boats that can pass through this Songhua River from Jilin City to the south?"

"This ......" Wang Chuangong was a little frightened, and he couldn't say anything, until he saw Zhu Gaoxu's encouraging gaze and said boldly:

"From April to October, the maximum number of ships that can pass 1,200 materials will take at least six months to build such a ship, given the current number of 320 shipwrights."

"In addition, the wood baking yard in the shipyard had to be expanded, and we had never built such a large ship, so there was no guarantee that we would succeed in the first attempt."

"Well......" Hearing Shipwright Wang's words, Zhu Gaoxu bowed his head in affirmation, and then looked at Shipwright Liu on the side: "What do you think?" ”

"Back to Your Highness." Although Shipwright Liu was only in his early twenties, he had seen many high-ranking officials in the Longjiang Shipyard, and Zhu Gaoxu was easy to speak, so he let go and said:

"In the humble opinion of the grass people, if you want to build a warship, it is best to control it at about 800 materials, so that the shipbuilding time will only take three months, but the problem now is wood."

Shipwright Liu explained: "The existing timber in the shipyard can only be used for 200 warships, although there is enough timber to build a large ship everywhere outside this pass, but it is necessary to build a wooden road to transport timber from the mountain to the bottom of the mountain......

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Gaoxu preemptively asked:

"Now rush to repair the wooden road, transport timber from Longtan Mountain in the east, and at the same time repair the baking yard, can the ship be built in April next year?"

"Yes, it's snowing now, I'm afraid it's ......" Boatman Liu hesitated, but Shipwright Wang replied:

"Don't worry about this, as long as you wait until mid-October, when the time comes, you can splash water on the mountain to freeze, and carry wood from the mountain all the way to the Songhua River along the ice road."

After staying in Jilin City for many years, Wang Shipwright's shipbuilding skills may not be as good as Liu's shipbuilding, but he is much more shrewd than Liu Shipwright's how to transport and cut wood.

Listening to his words, Zhu Gaoxu also took out a design sketch from his sleeve:

"I don't know how to design a ship, this is the ship I want, I don't know if I can build it......"

Zhu Gaoxu handed over a sketch, and Shipwright Liu took it and looked at it with Shipwright Wang.

The shape of the ship on this sketch is not the same as that of the current warship, but only slightly adjusted, and traces of Chinese sailing can still be seen on the whole.

This sketch was painted by Zhu Gaoxu based on his memory of the late Ming Zheng Rongke ship, which had two fixed gun rails and good gun carriages and chain links compared to the ships of the Hongwu period.

Boatman Liu carefully looked at the length and width of the warship on this sketch, as well as its draft, as well as the final gun rail, gun carriage and chain tether design, and finally sighed:

"Although this ship has only five hundred guns, it can carry seven guns on each side, and two guns in the bow and stern."

"If you want to build, you can naturally build it, and you can build up to 800 materials, or even 1200 or 1,500 materials."

"However, the cost of building such a warship is probably a bit large, and there are no craftsmen in Jilin City who are proficient in cannon casting, even if the bowl mouth gun on the current warship is moved to this ship, it will not be able to make up the artillery it needs......

Shipwright Liu showed regret on his face, but Zhu Gaoxu did not feel surprised and strange at all, but said calmly:

"I will write to the imperial court, asking the imperial court to allocate artillery and gunpowder to Jilin City, you don't have to worry about artillery, it really can't be done, I will let the artillery of the two military forts of Fort Mountain and Taoyuan Mountain be removed."

"From now on, I will transfer 100 soldiers, 500 male and female laborers to you, and you only need to build one of these 800 warships after the beginning of spring."

Zhu Gaoxu looked directly at Shipwright Liu without squinting, and Shipwright Liu also looked at Shipwright Wang when he heard this, and finally bowed: "The grass people will live up to His Highness's expectations, please rest assured." ”

Seeing that the two of them responded, Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to look at Lin Su, who was silent on the side: "You are responsible for this matter, and the two gentlemen will do whatever they need." ”

"Yes" Lin Su nodded in response, seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu didn't explain anything else, and left the shipyard with Lin Su.

When they returned to Jilin City, they happened to meet the envoys of the sixty-nine tribes who were about to leave, so they exchanged pleasantries with the city gate for a while, and did not watch them leave until the hour of the hour.

Looking at their departing backs, Zhu Gaoxu set his eyes on the Jilin shipyard in the distance.

"As long as I can control the Songhua River and Heilongjiang, I won't be able to escape my palm......"

"Bohai Chronicle": In the 28th year of Hongwu, Ding Si in the ninth month of the leap year, the 69 departments of the six cities heard that the Shangping slave thief Xiyang Ha came to vote, and the upper part lured it with interests, and the departments heard that they offered more than 2,000 soldiers and horses, and received it.

"Ming Shizong Record": In the 28th year of Hongwu, in the leap month of September, the departments outside the customs heard the prestige and admired, and offered more than thousands of soldiers and horses.

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