Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1277
The governor of Anxi is located in Shache, but it is not suitable to be the center of the Jin Kingdom's rule of the Western Regions. The power of the Jin Kingdom in the Western Regions is mainly at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains.

The Anxi Governor's Mansion of the Tang Dynasty was also here. The Kingdom of Jin followed the name of the Tang Dynasty, and the population of the Kingdom of Jin was mainly distributed in several areas at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, called Qiuci, Yanqi, Dashi, Dunduo and other places. These cities are almost all distributed along the original Silk Road.

Due to the fighting between Black Mountain and White Mountain, at least half of the people in Shache City died, especially the passing of the rich, which actually made Shache City fall.

The location of Shache is not on the key position of the Silk Road, but there are many Yarkand people here and they need to be suppressed, so Sun Kewang didn't set up the Anxi Protectorate elsewhere.

If the rule of the Western Regions is gradually stabilized, the Protectorate must be moved to the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, because that is the core of the Kingdom of Jin in the Western Regions.

At this time, Sun Kewang led several Mongols to hand over a batch of firearms to be shipped to the Golden Horde in Tonduo City on the Rehai Sea.

Dunduo City, actually at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, was originally the territory of the Manchus, but after the demise of the Manchus, the border agreement signed between Jin and Qing was no longer counted.

At the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, there are only a few Mongolian tribes such as Huite nomadic, and there is a vacuum in power. Not only the Kingdom of Jin jumped over the Tianshan Mountains to control the northern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains, but Mobei Mongolia is also advancing westward, encroaching on the pastures of the Huite tribe, trying to swallow the rich Jungar Basin.

This Dunduo City is an important stronghold established by the Kingdom of Jin at the exit of Tianshan Mountain. It is located to the east of Rehai, and not far to the west of Rehai is Suiye City, the birthplace of Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai.

If the Kingdom of Jin develops westward, it can basically restore the areas ruled by the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions.

The Silk Road on the road is divided into two lines, the north and the south. The south line runs from Samarkand to Persia and India, and the north line runs along the Aral Sea, Caspian Sea, and Black Sea to Ukraine and Eastern Europe.

Due to the impact of maritime trade, the commercial route going south from the Kingdom of Jin is not competitive enough, so Dundo City is very important as the export of the Silk Road going north.

At this moment, Sun Kewang and Sengge Taiji of Zhungeer were inspecting near a smelting blast furnace outside Dunduo City, near the Tianshan Mountains.

The biggest benefit of the Kingdom of Jin's victory over Yarkand, apart from opening up trade routes, is that it has an additional population of several hundred thousand.

These people were not easy to control, but after a large number of high-level nobles and religious leaders died in vendettas, the Kingdom of Jin's control over them has strengthened, especially the artisans of Yarkand, which are not bad, but now they are all Sun Kewang was incorporated into the workshop.

"Sengge Taiji!" Sun Kewang pointed to a blast furnace at the foot of the mountain, and said with a smile: "This blast furnace has started to produce iron, and the imperial court is also sending craftsmen over here. We will make a batch of the artillery that Taiji wants before the end of the year. However, although the blast furnace has been built, ore mining is not easy, and the carboniferous mine is far away, so the first batch of guns only has about ten guns."

Seng Ge instigated Ayuqi of the Turghut Department to call the Great Khan of Mongolia. After the establishment of the Golden Horde, Russia and Poland were at war in the early stage and had no time to take care of the west. Russia cried for its father and mother, but with the end of the war between Russia and Poland, the situation suddenly reversed. In less than half a year, the Golden Horde spread across the Volga River was driven to the east bank, and the pastures were reduced by half.

At this time, Great Poland, which had originally instigated them to stand on their own, failed to fulfill the responsibility of an ally and betrayed the Golden Horde ruthlessly.

Of course, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth did not intend to release the pigeons of the Golden Horde. The reason why he betrayed his alliance with Russia and betrayed his allies was all because Sweden, a powerful Nordic country, saw that Poland and Russia had an interesting fight. Attacking Poland forced Poland to sign a contract with Russia and then fight against Sweden.

The drastic changes in the situation in Eastern Europe caused the Golden Horde to suffer a huge loss, and the huge loss made Ayuqi Khan regret it, and he didn't like to see Sangge and his Zhungeer tribe.

Sengge has also changed from a popular figure in the Golden Horde Khan to a person who is cast aside.

At this time, in order to change his unfavorable position in the Golden Horde, he remembered the Kingdom of Jin that he had fought against, and with the mentality of giving it a try, he entrusted Yuzi Khan, who had a good relationship with the Kingdom of Jin, to see if he could get it from the Kingdom of Jin. The source of the firearms, I don't think Jin Guo actually agreed.

At this time, Sengge was standing outside the blast furnace, and many Yarkand people were busy, and red molten iron flowed out of it.

On the mountain road in the distance, more Yarkand people drove mules, horses and carts to transport the ore mined in the distant mine.

Seng Ge only took a cursory look and found at least thousands of people working for the smelting workshop.

So many people do not graze or farm, and consume a huge amount of food, but in fact, the iron they smelt and exchange for food is much more than farming and grazing.

Seng Ge looked at it for a while, and then said: "I still hope that the speed of the prince can be faster. The Luocha people have gathered 4 people on the west bank of the Volga River, and they may cross the river at any time. I am willing to pay an extra [-] sheep. It can be produced as soon as possible."

Sun Kewang frowned when he heard this, pretending to be in doubt: "Then I think of a way."

After finishing speaking, Sun Kewang couldn't help asking, "As far as this king knows, the Golden Horde has at least 20 troops. If you add the cavalry of the Yuzi Khanate, there are probably nearly 30 troops, compared to [-] Rakshasa troops." Man, it shouldn't be a big problem."

But Sengge sighed, "The cavalry of these Raksha people is not inferior to us, even stronger, and their infantry are powerful and well-equipped, especially they have cannons, our bows and scimitars , it is very difficult to defeat them. In the recent battle, the Rakshasa defeated our 1 army with only [-] people."

Sun Kewang knew that the Mongolian cavalry were powerful, and he also knew that the Rakshas were fighting against the Mongols, but he didn't expect that hundreds of thousands of Mongols were afraid of [-] Rakshas, ​​and they were defeated by [-] by [-].

Sun Kewang couldn't help taking a breath, and after pondering for a while, he said: "Taiji, don't worry, I will make the cannon you want as soon as possible, but I have a request!"

Sengge's expression was a little bad when he heard this, and Sun Kewang hurriedly explained: "There is no need for Taiji to produce more cattle and sheep!"

Hearing the words, Sengge's face looked better, "Your Majesty can tell you what you want."

Sun Kewang led him along and said, "I want to send a hundred people to follow Taiji back to see how you fight against the Raksha people. I don't know if it is possible!"

Sengge rolled his eyes. It didn't mean any loss to him, so he nodded and said boldly, "No problem, the prince can just send someone."

Seeing that he agreed, Sun Kewang smiled, "Okay, it's settled like this, this king will take Taiji to see the bird gun now!"

The workshop of the Kingdom of Jin is actually not perfect, but in order for the Mongols to pay the deposit, he had to take a look around with Sengge, and let the Mongols know that the Kingdom of Jin has the strength to make the firearms they want, so they will sell the cattle and sheep. dare to come over.

At that moment, Sun Kewang made it easier for the group to get on their horses and head towards the city in a hurry.

A few days later, after seeing the workshop in the Kingdom of Jin, Seng Ge took his men and horses, [-] rods of bird guns, and a large amount of gunpowder, and headed for the Volga River.

The gunpowder was not all from the Kingdom of Jin, but Sun Kewang bought raw materials from the Sasanian Dynasty and North India, made it himself, and sold it to the Mongols.The Golden Horde was in urgent need of these firearms and gunpowder, so the Kingdom of Jin was not polite, and exchanged ten sheep for one blunderbuss, which was a huge profit.

Sun Kewang's generals Zhang Sheng and Li Qichen led hundreds of people to accompany them. They did not fight, but just observed the battle in the west.

After all, the trade in the south will be affected, and the northwest direction will be an important direction of Jin Kingdom's trade, so it is necessary for Sun Kewang to understand the situation in the northwest...
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