Chapter 239 The Liao King Zhu Qi is too vicious!
(Unrepaired, prevented, cover in the middle of the night)
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Nahachu naturally knew what happened in the border trade, although the Ming people took some money to exchange for war horses and exchanged for their own gold and silver.
Naha was very unhappy. According to his idea, he just sent troops to grab these things by himself.
However, in the border trade, I can also take the Ming Dynasty banknotes to exchange for the metals, tea, tobacco and iron, etc.
For Naha, if you think about these things carefully, it doesn’t seem like a special loss.
In fact, he has collected a lot of Ming Dynasty banknotes in the past few days. Looking at the banknotes, his first reaction was that these things were actually valuable.
The second reaction is whether you can make some fake money, so that you don’t need to exchange cows and sheep, war horses, and various gold, silver and jewelry from the Ming Dynasty.
Isn’t it better to copy it directly and then take it to border trade for use?
Although this idea is beautiful, it is very difficult to implement.
You should know that Zhu Qi himself is studying art and art, and he also knows some of the methods of special encryption of these currencies.
Therefore, when using some special colors and details, it is not that easy for others to imitate.
Unless the other party can see these special anti-counterfeiting signs, there are probably no such talents in this era.
Moreover, the anti-counterfeiting logo set up by Zhu Qi is not only one. Only after all the anti-counterfeiting logos are matched can it be determined that this is a real money.
Each of these banknotes has been identified when they are circulated.
Those that fail to print without quality will be invalidated.
Nahachu naturally didn't know about this. He just ordered people to draw some paper according to these banknotes, then made a piece of movable type printing, and started printing.
However, after the banknotes he printed were all seized after reaching the border, they could be identified as long as they were used. The subordinates who took counterfeit banknotes to buy things were also arrested by the Ming Dynasty, and then pushed them to Caishikou without saying a word and beheaded and made public.
The law enforcement departments in the Ming Dynasty did not refuse these counterfeit money behaviors.
It is not different whether the counterfeit money you hold is large or small. As long as you dare to use counterfeit money here, you will be beheaded directly.
After all, border transactions are the most important link. If counterfeit banknotes are used in the Ming Dynasty, there is also a limit on the amount. When the amount is small, it is only detention and labor service. If the amount is large, it will be reviewed. Should the crime of beheading beheading beheaded?
Under the continuous high pressure, even those brave people on the grassland dare not use fake money casually.
When I took out this place, I found the counterfeit banknotes. Every time I printed them out, I found them by the people of the Ming Dynasty. I also knew that it would not be so easy to counterfeit them.
I just don’t know how those Ming people distinguished the authenticity of these banknotes. Nahaqi also spent a lot of money to bribe the Ming Dynasty officials who distinguished the authenticity of the banknotes.
But the officials of the Ming Dynasty and the officials of the Northern Yuan Dynasty were very different. Although the officials of the Ming Dynasty dare not say that they were so honest, they must be much more honest than those of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.
Not only that, many officials have undergone periodic spiritual training and patriotic spiritual education, so they are naturally resistant to these temptations.
But if we say that material life is gradually enriched and the situation is stable, the number of corrupt officials will naturally increase. However, the Ming Dynasty is still at the beginning of Wang Chao, and the quality of officials in the Chaoyang period is naturally much higher.
Naha saw that he had printed counterfeit money and could not deliver it to the market. Even if he wanted to spend money to bribe the officials, he would be in a state of silence. He had no choice but to bite the bullet and exchange gold, silver and jewelry for copying from Ming Dynasty paper.
To be honest, Nahachu felt very distressed, but when he thought that paper copying could be exchanged for important materials such as salt, iron, tea, etc., Nahachu felt a little better.
Especially metal minerals, I know that the weapons and equipment are just weapons and equipment in war. If the weapons and equipment on my side are not excellent enough and they are made of leather stones, then I can even make a hammer.
When the Northern Yuan Dynasty was still the Great Yuan Dynasty, these things were naturally not a problem. With the support of the Central Plains, a wealthy place, and so many craftsmen were able to build weapons and armor, it was easy to capture.
However, now they have lost the Central Plains and have been repelled on the grassland. At this moment, weapons and armor have become a big problem. They could have obtained supplies from Yunnan, but since Kangba turned to the Ming Dynasty, the entire plateau area was cut in half.
The King of Liang in Yunnan was not saying that he had no contact at all, but just wanted to transport weapons and equipment from Yunnan to the Beiyuan Grassland, which was completely impossible.
Even the grassland cannot get supplies, let alone Naha's place where birds do not shit.
Without the support of the treasure lands of Yunnan and Liaodong, if you want to obtain mineral resources, you can only trade or rob the Ming Dynasty. You will definitely not be able to grab the Ming Dynasty.
It is already very good to be able to do business now. Naha thought that even if he exchanged gold and silver for Ming Dynasty paper and then bought these, the mineral resources would be available. After his strength recovered, he could counterattack the Ming Dynasty and regain it.
By then, not only Liaodong, but also Central Plains, I can enter and see who else dares to underestimate me on the grassland.
The more Nahachu thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case. Even the Liao King Zhu Qi who could not defeat the Ming Dynasty before was probably because he did not have good weapons.
If there are enough iron ore on my side, when the weapons and equipment are melted, it will be impossible to defeat the Ming Dynasty and the others. The more I think this way, the more I feel that this is the case.
Naha got up and arrived at the soldiers and generals workshop behind him. He saw the craftsmen pounding the hammers in his hands in the furnace.
I was very satisfied with the weapons. They came out of this blacksmith shop and were sent to the front line to harvest the lives of the Han people in the Ming Dynasty.
This world is ultimately my Dayuan world.
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Nahachu was still dreaming of restoring the Yuan Dynasty, while other nobles and lords of the Northern Yuan Dynasty were constantly holding their gold, silver and jewelry, and frantically exchanged money from the Ming Dynasty.
Then use money to buy metal objects to expand their own weapons.
After all, I finally had such an opportunity to legally buy these strategic materials from the Ming Dynasty, but I must not miss it.
Many ministers on the Ming Dynasty also knew what was happening on the border.
I know that they are constantly buying weapons and equipment from the Ming Dynasty, and the raw materials for these things, but they are definitely forbidden to sell them before.
For these ministers, they are absolutely unacceptable. If the Northern Yuan Dynasty obtained enough raw materials for weapons and equipment and its combat power was improved, wouldn’t many soldiers on the Ming Dynasty die in battle?
The more I thought about it, the more the upright ministers felt heartbroken as if they were cut by a knife, and the culprit naturally started a border trade and sold these important materials to His Royal Highness of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.
Many of them ran around and told each other, and then they were confused by those knowledgeable people and reported the matter to the Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang had previously opposed border trade and sold minerals to the Northern Yuan Dynasty.
But he was still convinced by King Zhu Qi of Liao. As for the reason, it was naturally because Zhu Qi had enough reasons to convince him.
In addition to the many benefits that can be obtained after economic control of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the most important thing is a trump card in Zhu Qi's hands.
Something that Zhu Qi has been working on since he came to the Ming Dynasty, that is, a new steelmaking furnace made by the local method.
In the so-called new steelmaking furnace, there is no need to mention the quality of the metal produced.
Compared with the current steelmaking technology of the Ming Dynasty, it crosses the level of an entire era.
After all, there was no theoretical basis for the cultivation of steel in the Ming Dynasty. It was just relying on the personal skills of craftsmen, common sense and techniques passed down from generation to generation.
This is also the reason why some skilled craftsmen can stand out, but it has been different now. Everything is about science and technology.
After learning enough knowledge and technology, you can know why steel can be so hard.
Also, what you need to practice qualified steel, etc. are naturally temperature, heat, etc., and there are only a few ways to increase the temperature.
Zhu Qi used the method of a soil steelmaking furnace. Although it looked abrupt, the steel made from this large steelmaking furnace was indeed of good quality.
Zhu Qi also had a few handfuls of steel that had been trained. He was forged into a weapon and brought back to Yingtian Mansion to protect Zhu Yuanzhang's tomb. This weapon can be said to be the highest level at the moment, without any of them.
The level of these weapons is one aspect, and there is another important reason, that is, the development of firearms that Zhu Qi was studying, the most powerful of which is artillery.
Since Zhu Qi discovered the rifle, the artillery technology has also changed with each passing day. Not only can it shoot further, but one barrel can fire about 10 shells in a row, so there is no need to rest.
You should know that at most two cannons are fired, they must be cooled and rested, and may even be scrapped because the quality of the steel is not enough.
Now that new steel has come, quality issues are no longer a problem that hinders the development of artillery, and then rifling can improve accuracy and range, so there is no need to say much.
In addition to rifled artillery, rifled guns have also been recently developed, but this rifled gun is still quite complicated. If you want to make it easier and make it easy for every soldier to use it, it still needs to be researched and improved slowly.
With the development of new steel and firearms, the current technical level of the Ming Dynasty has far exceeded that of this era.
The Beiyuan was naturally no problem, and sent these excess and backward iron tools to the Beiyuan for their large amount of gold, silver, jewelry and war horses.
That's a very cost-effective deal, and there's no reason not to do this business.
What's more, after controlling the economy of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, a series of subsequent plans were successfully implemented, so Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and agreed to this request.
Now that Zhu Yuanzhang's escort was protected, Zhu Qi naturally had no hesitation or burden, although the ministers there began to impeach them one after another.
But Zhu Qi was still doing well with the Northern Yuan Dynasty in border trade.
But when Naha was still thinking about buying more metal minerals, the Ming Dynasty suddenly tightened its efforts to sell minerals.
Nahachu was also the first to guess whether someone in the Ming Dynasty opposed the sale of these metal minerals.
So the Emperor of Ming Dynasty intervened personally. If this is the case, then the good days will come to an end.
I originally thought I could buy more metal mineral refining weapons and equipment.
Nahachu and the lords and nobles of the Northern Yuan Dynasty thought so, and sighed silently.
It was a pity in my heart, but at this time, another businessman who claimed to know the King of Liao Zhu Qi appeared in front of them, and then gave them advice and said that he could persuade the King of Liao to sell more metal to them in private.
When Naha heard that there was such a good thing, he would definitely communicate with the businessman as soon as possible.
Let's see if we could sell more metal to him, and the merchant immediately started working. Of course, some benefits must be obtained.
As for why this businessman did this, it was very simple, because he had been doing business with Beiyuan. Suddenly, the output of selling iron metals and other things suddenly decreased, which would definitely be harmful to his business.
After thinking of this, Nahachu smiled in his heart. These Han people were not united at all, and they betrayed the country with a little profit. It was really a person who laughed to death.
However, it is precisely because of these people that I can obtain so much ore to produce weapons and armor.
After Naha gave the merchant enough money to help him do the ideological work of King Zhu Qi of Liao, he quietly waited for the news.
And within two days, good news came.
King Zhu Qi of Liao agreed to increase the trade volume of iron ore metals, but there was a requirement, that was, to buy forage from them.
The reason is very simple. The Ming Dynasty bought a lot of war horses from the Northern Yuan Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty did not have as good quality grassland as the Northern Yuan Dynasty.
There is naturally a shortage of forage, and if there is no forage, these war horses will not be full, so this war horse is not as useful as a mule.
Naha's first reaction was that he could not sell these feed to the Ming Dynasty. The war horses had already sold enough. If he sold some gold feed, it would be fine. The most important thing was that their quantity of concentrated feed was not very large.
But the Ming Dynasty was also very determined. If they did not sell gold feed, they would never sell these metal minerals.
Nahachu just hesitated for a moment, but finally made up his mind, what can’t be sold?
Sold!
Chapter completed!