Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

In fact, weapons like rockets had already been proposed and designed in the Song Dynasty. However, due to the problem of the black powder ratio, its launch distance is not very far and its power is not very powerful.

Until the Ming Dynasty, firearms had made great progress, and a rocket weapon in the traditional sense was also produced. However, the flight distance of the rocket at this time was only three to four hundred meters, and its lethality was also impressive, with basically no power.

But his appearance changed everything. Zhang Yong brought more detailed mixing ratios and a method of making crystallized black powder. He also taught them the principles of projectile and the power of wind theory.

You know, the rocket head of the Ming Dynasty was a dragon head. Although the shape was very powerful, it was not aerodynamic at all, so the flight speed was still poor, the accuracy was not good, and the explosive power was not good either.

After adding white sugar and crystallized black powder, a new type of rocket weapon was designed with an attack range of up to one thousand meters. Isn't this really scary?
And if it explodes with so much black powder, the power will be overwhelming.

You must know that this is not the explosive bag used by the Mongolian army, but the one used by Zhang Yong. It contains a lot of white sugar and crystal black gunpowder. After a chemical reaction, it explodes. The power is quite huge.

Zhang Yong could already foresee how terrifyingly lethal and deterrent this weapon would be if it appeared on the battlefield.

Killing and injuring enemies from thousands of meters away was completely unimaginable in ancient society.

"The person who designed this set of weapons will be rewarded heavily for all those who participated. The person who proposed the concept will be rewarded a thousand taels of silver, and everyone else involved will be rewarded a hundred taels of silver." Zhang Yong said.

Since these guys had produced such powerful weapons, Zhang Yong would not be stingy and directly rewarded them.

Zhang Yong is extremely rich now! There is no shortage of money at all.

"Thank you King Guanzhong for the reward." All the officials of the Firearms Design Bureau immediately looked ecstatic and knelt on the ground and said.

They developed this weapon and made improvements for many years, wasn't it just to let the King of Guanzhong see it today, and then make a great contribution?

"Well! Your spirit of invention and innovation is very good. This spirit of innovation must be maintained in the future. Whoever invents a more powerful, longer-range, and more stable weapon will be heavily rewarded by me. I encourage you to develop firearms. ." Zhang Yong said.

These rockets will be of great use in the war to destroy the Song Dynasty in the near future. Although every one. The launch tube can only be launched two or three times, but the power of this thing will play a decisive role in the decisive battle.

"After the production of the muskets is completed, you can just follow the normal production, and use the rest of the time to make more of these rockets for me," Zhang Yong said.

"It's the King of Guanzhong, and my subordinates know it."

Zhang Yong nodded and left the Firearms Design Bureau with other officials.

After inspecting the firearms design bureau, Zhang Yong stood up and left, returning to his palace in Guanzhong.

"Tao Jie, during my Western expedition, I sent a group of Western craftsmen. They are all masters of shipbuilding. How are these people doing now?" Zhang Yong asked.

These are naval instructors and shipbuilders from the West, the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire, but Zhang Yong got them from his old father-in-law. In the future, he still expects them to go down the Yangtze River? Annihilate the Southern Song Dynasty navy fleet!

"Reporting to the King of Guanzhong, after these craftsmen from the West arrived in Guanzhong, Chen De let them rest for a while and then sent them all to Chongqing Mansion in the land of Sichuan and Shu, and then let them build ships and train the navy there." Tao Jie said. .

Zhang Yong had already arranged for people to teach these boatmen and instructors from the West to learn Chinese on the way here. After living here for a while, they should be able to barely communicate in Chinese.

I don’t know what their progress is now.

"Have they built a decent ship? How are the trained naval forces doing now?" Zhang Yong asked.

"Your Majesty, after these people arrived, we immediately arranged for some shipbuilding craftsmen from Chongqing Prefecture to build ships with them. So far, four prototype ships have been built, and some local people have been selected to train as naval forces. In general, The progress in the past year has been good, and there are still several large ships being built at the same time. As for small ships, our own craftsmen can also build them," Tao Jie said.

These naval forces and shipbuilders from the West are indeed quite good. At least they make up for their shortcomings in the Sichuan and Sichuan areas. In the past, Chongqing could only set up forts at high altitudes in the Yangtze River Basin for passive defense.

But after these people come, they can train the navy, and then they will be qualified to fight with the Southern Song Dynasty fleet.

"This is what I think. When our navy takes shape, we will equip them with weapons called Greek fire. In addition to this, I will also install artillery on the ship, and then deal with the Southern Song Dynasty fleet." Zhang Yong He spoke.

After getting the flamethrower design drawings from the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire, Zhang Yong also had people bring them back. This kind of flamethrower was placed on the ship, and after adding gasoline, it could spray flames several meters long, which could also be lethal to the Southern Song Dynasty fleet. .

As for the artillery, as long as the ship is big enough, if you install a few artillery pieces, the power will be doubled during a naval battle, even if the two sides are far apart.

The Southern Song Dynasty's thunder cannons, flint cannons and other firearms could not reach their side, but their artillery could perfectly suppress the Southern Song Dynasty.

"This is a good idea, Your Majesty. I will make a copy immediately and notify the ship over there that they will reserve some cannon ports and set up some fixed devices so that the cannons can be loaded onto the ship in the future." Tao Jie said.

He also immediately understood what King Guanzhong meant. After setting up artillery on the hull, he would indeed have the upper hand in naval battles. As for close combat, he would use flamethrowers to kill the Southern Song Dynasty's troops.

"To use flamethrowers, we must ensure the supply of gasoline. How is our gasoline transportation chain now?" Zhang Yong asked.

Most of the territory of Khwarezm was actually under the control of the Jochi family. A small part of the territory, such as Samarkand, Otrar, and the part close to the east, was actually controlled by the Chagatai family.

why! Naturally, it is because of the emergence of new weapons such as gasoline. In the original history, the Mongols did not have weapons like gasoline, but in this world, Zhang Yong brought a way to convert oil into gasoline.

As a result, the Mongols obtained a new type of weapon, and they were naturally very concerned about the origin of this crude oil. Before the Western Expedition, they strengthened their control over the Western Regions.

But for some reasons, Ogedai Khan is now seriously ill and may even die soon.

Coupled with the sharp deterioration of his relationship with Batu, Zhang Yong is very worried about his crude oil supply. If the crude oil supply is cut off, he will use less gasoline.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. Most of our gasoline raw materials are now obtained from Xiliao controlled by the Ogedai family, and some are transported from areas controlled by the Chagatai family.

We stopped using the Jochi family's crude oil a few years ago. Locally, we have also found that we have collected bits and pieces of open-pit crude oil mines, but the output is far behind compared to the Western Regions. "Tao Jie said.

There is no way. Unless crude oil is open-pit, if you want to mine it, you have to dig hundreds of meters. In the Central Plains, it is not difficult to occasionally find some small open-pit crude oil mines, but large ones are really hard to find.

"As long as the supply can be guaranteed, gasoline can only be used for military purposes in the future and must not flow into the civilian population." Zhang Yong said.

My old father-in-law, Wokuotai, still listened to some suggestions. At least the Mongolian Empire did not neglect the supply of crude oil, but attached great importance to it. The entire transportation chain of the crude oil industry was strictly controlled by the Mongolian Empire.

"It's your prince, we have always kept the things you requested strictly confidential. The Southern Song Dynasty also tried many times to develop our gunpowder formula and gasoline formula, but they all ended in failure.

However, the Southern Song Dynasty seemed to have discovered that we used crude oil to refine gasoline, but they did not master the specific method, and there were no large crude oil mines in the Southern Song Dynasty. "Tao Jie said.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, they were extremely greedy for the explosive black powder formula in Zhang Yong's territory.

I have tried to get it many times, and even tried to bribe people from the firearms design bureau. However, the identity of every member of the Firearms Design Bureau, even a handyman, is kept strictly confidential.

Some high-level officials, especially those who controlled the gunpowder formula, their families and themselves were strictly kept secret by Zhang Yong's army. Even if the Southern Song Dynasty wanted to pay a lot of money to buy the formula, they could not find a way.

For the people in the Firearms Design Bureau, Zhang Yong gave them the most advantageous conditions, the most generous salary incentives, and the strictest protection. Unless the Southern Song Dynasty completely wipes out its power, you can slowly experiment on your own! Find the perfect formula ratio. As for the crystallized black powder, haha, you can explore slowly.

After chatting with Tao Jie for a while, Zhang Yong had Tao Jie sent away. Half a month later, a group of envoys who had traveled thousands of miles from the grassland arrived at Zhang Yong's palace.

"Greetings to King Guanzhong, the Mongolian State Preceptor." The envoy knelt on the ground as soon as they met and kowtowed to Zhang Yong.

"You're welcome, no courtesy, right? Guyu sent you here this time for something?" Zhang Yong asked.

"Master Imperial Master, these are two edicts written to you by Prince Guiyou, as well as a personal letter." The envoy respectfully gave the two edicts and a letter to Zhang Yong.

One of the edicts was a certificate of appointment and a gold medal, formally appointing two generals under Zhang Yong, Chatuohua and Batt, as Mongolian households.

The second edict was a decree, which ordered Tachar to lead all the Mongolian troops back to the Mongolian headquarters and accept the dispatch of the supervisory prince Guiyu.

If Tachar dared not to obey, the state counselor Zhang Yong would remove him from military power on the spot and imprison him and escort him to the Mongolian grassland.

Yu's letter to Zhang Yong contained some greetings. He first asked about Zhang Yong's physical condition and asked about the development of Guanzhong. And said if you need help with anything, just ask.

Then he introduced the current situation on the grassland. He is doing well here. The military power of the entire Wokuotai family is currently controlled by Guiyou. What he wants to do now is to suppress the Tuo Lei family.

Regarding Tachar's matter, Guiyou can just let Zhang Yong do it with peace of mind. He must send more than 30,000 Mongolian soldiers and horses back to the grassland, and then he can lead them.

The Han troops in the Central Plains were placed under the command of Zhang Yong.

As for Tachar himself, if he dares to disobey his orders, he will be punished on the spot.

All the power of life and death is left to Zhang Yong. The army in the Central Plains was also handled by Zhang Yong.

"Well! Please tell Prince Guyu for me that I have received all the things. How is Prince Guyu on the grassland recently?" Zhang Yong put the two copies of the order and the letter written by Guyu to himself. After putting them away, he looked at The messenger asked.

"Reporting to the Master, the prince is on the grassland and has been handling the official affairs of the Mongolian Kingdom with the queen, and appeasing the kings of the East and West. Nothing major has happened recently," the envoy said.

It can be said that everything is calm on the grassland now. The Tuo Lei family can't retreat and just stay in their own fiefdom.

As for the Chahetai family, they are building their own country and busy managing their own land. The distance in the west is too far, so the latest news is only half a year ago.

"Well! You go back and tell Prince Guyu that in the spring of next year, I will organize a group of caravans to transport goods from Guanzhong to the grassland, and then open up the trade route to the west." Zhang Yong said.

This time Zhang Yong prepared a large amount of white sugar, black tea, porcelain, and silk, organized a caravan of several thousand people, and then headed to the West for trade.

Zhang Yong plans to organize such a caravan every year. The first caravan will leave in the first year and come back in the second year, just enough to complete the connection. Every year, a caravan will set off, and every year a caravan will return.

In addition, they must export food to the grassland and hold the lifeblood of food on the grassland in their own hands.

After completely controlling the Central Plains region. The territory of the Jin Kingdom, except for the north, has basically fallen into Zhang Yong's hands.

"I understand, Master National Preceptor, do you have anything else to give me?" Guyu's envoy asked.

"No, you have a good rest in my palace for two days. Then you will receive a reward of one hundred taels of silver, and then prepare to return to Mongolia." Zhang Yong said.

"Thank you, Grand Master."

The envoy happily accepted Zhang Yong's reward, bowed to Zhang Yong, stood up and left.

After the envoy left, Zhang Yong sent his messenger to summon Cha Tuohua and Bart to Chang'an Mansion to meet him, and told the envoy not to leak anything.

Zhang Yong plans to give his two men a surprise. After following him for more than ten years, it's time for you to enjoy it.

As for Tachar, Zhang Yong is not in a hurry to deal with him at all. It is winter now, and it must be difficult to live without food, right?

Ten days later, the two most prestigious and powerful Qianhu men under Zhang Yong rode horses and came to Chang'an Mansion with their personal guards.

At this time, the weather has entered winter, some snowflakes have fallen in the sky, and the entire earth has been covered with a white coat.

"Greetings to the Imperial Preceptor. I wonder if the Imperial Preceptor has come to us for any reason?" Cha Tuohua said.

After receiving the message from Zhang Yong, the two of them did not dare to neglect. They set off from home that day and headed towards the land of Guanzhong. They rushed all the way and arrived at the Guanzhong Palace as quickly as possible.

"Master, isn't there another war happening? Do you want to mobilize the army?" Bart asked.

It has only been a few months since we returned from the Western Expedition. Is it possible that another war is about to happen?
"Hahaha! You can spend the winter well at home this year. Come to my place next spring to participate in a military parade. You will rest for another year. The year after next, we will launch a war to destroy the Song Dynasty." Zhang Yong said.

After a year and a half of preparation, Zhang Yong will officially launch a war to destroy the Song Dynasty after everything is arranged.

"King Guanzhong, you, don't you have anything to do with us?" Cha Tuohua asked.

They know about the military parade next spring, and will also lead some Mongolian cavalry to participate. But for this matter, there is no need to call them over in winter. As for the war to destroy the Song Dynasty, it will not be until the Great War. It's the year after tomorrow, and it's too early to discuss it now.

"Hahaha! You two have been with me for more than ten years, especially Chatuohua, your first expedition to the west.

You started to follow me during the expedition in the Delhi Sultanate, and then the Xixia War. There was also the Guanzhong War, the Jin Dynasty War, and the Western Expedition. You also worked hard and achieved great results.

After so many years, you have been the head of a thousand households, and I feel a little sorry, so a few months ago, I wrote a special letter and gave it to the Mongolian headquarters.

Using your previous contributions, I have obtained some rewards for you two, and now you are the prince as the supervisor of the country.

The two of you are officially canonized as Mongolian Ten Thousand Households. This is the edict appointing you two, as well as your gold medals. "Zhang Yong said.

"This, my lord, do you mean that we have been granted the title of Ten Thousand Households?" Cha Tuohua said with a look of disbelief.

Thousands of households! Thousands of households in Mongolia! This is not just a casual official position, it is the highest status second only to the Mongol Khan and the Mongolian clan king.

No, no, in some cases, it is even more powerful than some Mongolian sect kings. There are many Mongolian sect kings on the grassland, and they only have two or three thousand households, or even four or five thousand households, which is considered too much. .

In one fell swoop, the two of them gained 20,000 households, which was the top rank among Mongolian generals.

"From now on, all the Mongolians in the Qinghai area will be unified under the leadership of the two of you. After your death, your sons will inherit. Now you two are both ten thousand households." Zhang Yong said. (End of chapter)