Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1114 Eight Great Masters of Shanxi Merchants

Chapter 1112: The Eight Masters of Shanxi Merchants

Murong Ke was not interested in the captives at all, because no matter how many people were captured, there were not many regular troops of the Jin army, but the captured weapons made him have to care.

Murong Ke casually took out a long knife from the weapons piled up in Sichuan, and pulled out the scimitar from the guard's waist. After the two soldiers collided, the Jin army's long knife was intact, but the Yuan army's scimitar was not. There is an extra hole.

Murong Ke's face was full of solemnity, and he sighed: "Since I, Yuan Meng, got the new steelmaking method at the Hanting, the equipment as a whole has risen several steps, but I don't want to be still behind the Jin army. so much."

Murong Ke knew that the equipment of the Jin army's local troops was eliminated by the regular army, and the weapons used by his guards were the best in the Yuan army, but even so, they were not as good as the equipment of the Jin army's miscellaneous army.

If this logic is followed, then wouldn't it be said that the Jin army's regular army is well equipped, already a few blocks away from the Yuan Meng army?
Although the facts are not so exaggerated, they are not much worse.

Since Temujin and Nurhachi acquired the various skills of the Great Han, Yuanmeng and Manchurian countries have made rapid progress in all aspects, and the Central Plains, which is in war, not only did not stand still, but all kinds of skills also made progress. Among them, the forging technology of weapons is the most important.

The promotion of technology by war is undoubtedly huge, and although Yuanmeng has now replaced the shotgun with the gun, the princes of the Central Plains also replaced the aircraft carrier with battleships.

The forging technology of the other princes in the Central Plains is improving, Qin and Jin are just the two that have made the fastest progress, and the overall equipment level of the Han army is still higher than that of Yuanmeng.

"If we can obtain the Jin army's steelmaking method and the method of forging weapons, our Yuanmeng iron cavalry will have no opponents in this world!"

Murong Ke sighed and put back the long knife in his hand. He did not blindly distribute these excellent weapons to the elite soldiers under his command.

The weapons used by Yuanmeng are different from those in the Central Plains. Even if the soldiers of Yuanmeng were replaced with more advanced equipment from the Jin army, they would not get used to using them in a short time, and this would reduce the combat effectiveness of the Yuanmeng army.

Therefore, in order to improve the equipment level of the Yuanmeng army, it is necessary to innovate the forging technology of the entire country of Yuanmeng.

Regarding the innovation of forging technology, Murong Ke doesn't need to worry about it. The group of people who have their own Xuanjing Division will do it, but the effect is obviously not good so far.

Qin Jin is not as short-sighted as Han Ting, who attaches great importance to the secrecy of any technology, and the improvement of a country's overall forging technology cannot be achieved by recruiting a few craftsmen. Yuan Meng still has a long way to go to make up for the gap. .

After Murong Shao finished the report with an excited face, Murong Lin followed up with the report: "Uncle, when Mi Yuan was retreating, he ordered the burning of grain depots and many other warehouses, but was stopped in time by the leader of the nephew."

Murong Ke's eyes lit up, and he quickly asked, "How much food and grass are there in the city?"

"Although nearly half of the grain and grass in the city were transferred to Yinchuan by Mi Yuan, what was not transferred in time is still enough for our army to feed for a month."

The [-] army can eat a month's worth of grain and grass, which is not a small amount, and it only accounts for half of the original amount, which shows how abundant the grain reserves were before they were transferred.

There was also a gleam of joy in Murong Ke's eyes, and he said in his heart: Your Majesty's decision to win over the eight Shanxi merchants with great profit is indeed right.

The Eight Great Masters of Shanxi Merchants refer to the eight business families of Qiao, Chang, Cao, Hou, Qu, Kang, Fan, and Kong respectively, of which Qiao and Chang are the families that merged into the north, and they are all business families supported by the Qin family. , while the other six families are all in the Bingnan family.

The six families in Bingnan almost monopolized the entire business in Bingnan. Among the many aristocratic families who resold supplies to Yuanmeng, the six big families in Bingnan were the most popular and ruthless sellers, while the two families in Bingbei also had relationships with Yuanmeng. collusion.

Murong Ke led the army this time, even though he had no retreat or supplies, he still dared to travel lightly without bringing too much food and grass in pursuit of speed. This is undoubtedly an extremely bold decision.

However, after Murong Ke entered Hetao, the first city he attacked happened to have a medium-sized grain depot when he was not familiar with the place where he was born, which happened to solve his food and grass crisis.

Of course there is no such coincidence in this world, and the reason why Murong Ke's luck is so good is that the Qiao family provided him with information and sent someone to lead him the way.

The Yuanmeng army came, and at such a critical juncture, Qu Yuan, as the prefect of Yinchuan, did not stay in the Yinchuan Township of the Shouzhi Station, but ran to a remote town, which in itself was unreasonable.

In fact, Qu Yuan came to this city mainly to transfer the grain and grass in the city, because there is a medium-sized granary in this city.

The location of the Jin army's grain depot is secret, and most of them are dark depots. Even Qu Yuan doesn't know where it is.

But since there is a dark library, there is also an open library.

Although it was explained that ordinary people in Ku didn't know the location, but the Qiao family, one of the eight Jin merchants, who was in charge of raising food and grass for the Jin army, naturally knew where it was.

The eight major families of Shanxi merchants have all been secretly bought by Temujin, and this time it is precisely because of the Qiao family who provided information and led the way that Murong Ke was able to find the Jin army's grain depot so accurately, and solved the grain and grass of the battle at once. The problem.

"Father, now that we have food and grass, our army will not stay in this city for long, do you want to..."

As he said that, Murong Shao showed a ferocious smile, and made a gesture of wiping his neck. His intention was self-evident, that he wanted to directly massacre the city.

"madness."

Murong Ke glanced at his son dissatisfied, and said coldly: "I, Yuan Meng, sent troops this time to reoccupy the Hetao, but the current Hetao is no longer the original Hetao. There are nearly 130 million people in three counties and thirty cities. .”

Qin Wen governed with leniency and benevolence, and as a result, he won the hearts of the people in Hetao. Once our army slaughtered the city, it would definitely arouse the resistance of the people in Hetao.

Killing doesn't solve the problem, understand? "

Murong Shao showed a look of shame: "My child understands."

"In addition, the order is passed on, except for killing the Jin army among the captives, let the rest of the strong men be released."

Murong Shao's eyes widened with disbelief on his face: "Father, it's fine if we don't kill the people, but these captives are all soldiers. If we let them go like this, they will come against us."

After Murong Ke looked at his son in disappointment, he immediately said to Murong Lin: "Lin'er, come and tell Shao'er the reason why I did this."

"Yes."

After Murong Lin responded, he said unhurriedly: "These people are just strong men, no matter how many there are, they will not pose a threat to our army, so it is better to let them go to buy people's hearts."

(End of this chapter)