Chapter 180 Uncle Kublai Khan, many people
The next morning, four "Galian" businessmen came to the East Inn on Yinbinfang and claimed that they would meet old friends.
The Goryeo Warriors guarding the gate saw that the three of them were very young and were all "Goryeo" and let them enter the hall.
After the four of them came in, they asked Li Luo’s courtyard and walked in directly.
"Uncle Wutu..." One of them shouted immediately when he saw Wutu practicing swords in the yard.
"Well, you are... Li Yong, Li You, Li Xu, Li Jing, we came to Dadu yesterday, you came here today, you are capable!"
Wutu said with a knife.
These four young people under twenty are not only members of Luoning Society, but also students of the Langzhu and his wife.
Although they entered Lijiawu Fort in February, they had been hiding in the Intermediate Court for "study" and rarely met with themselves who were training village heroes in the Extra Court.
In other words, he can only meet these "students" in the "members" every ten days.
Wutu didn't know what they learned, but they felt that they were a little mysterious. These four people left Jianghua more than a month ago, and they didn't expect to be in Dadu.
"The leader and his wife are all in the room, you can go in." Wutu said.
When the four of them saw Li Luo and Cui Xiuning, they immediately bowed, "I have met the social leader, madam!"
They are both students, slaves, and subordinates, with three layers of relationships tied to them.
"Get up!" Li Luo said with a smile, "If you have no outsiders at home, just call me the teacher."
Although they are all intelligence students of Cui Xiuning, Li Luo also has to teach them Mongolian, so Li Luo is also their teacher.
Cui Xiuning was also kind-hearted, "This month, it's not easy for you to open up the situation in Mainland China."
In the first period (half-year), there were fourteen intelligence students, nine men and five women. In Dadu alone, four people were sent here.
"Li Yong, tell me." Cui Xiuning said.
Li Yong is the oldest and has the best grades, and is the director of the Dadu Branch.
"Yes, teacher." Li Yong respected Cui Xiuning very much, and regarded Cui Xiuning as her elder sister in his heart, and also regarded her as her mentor.
"We arrived in Dadu on August 9th, and on the 12th, we bought a commercial building in the old city (Jinzhongdu) and hung the sign of the Gaoli Luoning Trading Company."
"On August 13th, we began to look for people in the old city. Most of the people living in the old city (Jinzhongdu) are civilians, with hundreds of thousands of people, so it is not difficult to find people."
"On August 24th, we found fifteen available seedlings. Now we have been training for more than a month, so we have entered the school. This is the team aspect."
"In terms of eyeliner, on August 25, I met a godson of a Goryeo eunuch outside the palace. On September 3, I met the Goryeo eunuch. On September 20, the eunuch finally got on the ship."
"He is the first group of castrated boys to offer to Goryeo. Now he is a fourth-rank official around Kublai Khan, and he has heard of many important things."
"In addition, Li Ji was responsible for installing the eyeliner of the prince's uterus, Li You was responsible for installing the eyeliner around Queen Chabi, and Li Yan was responsible for installing the eyeliner of the Privy Council."
"It is planned that all key positions will have our eyeliners within the year. Next year, all provinces, sects, and military personnel will have some place."
When Li Yong said this, he took out a page of paper from his arms and handed it to Cui Xiuning, "Teacher, this is the fund spent by the branch, a total of more than 2,600 taels of silver. This is the account, please check it out."
When Cui Xiuning heard that it cost 2,600 taels, her heart seemed to be stabbed by a needle.
When I looked at it, I found that it cost 800 taels to buy the commercial building alone, which made me feel better.
The other big heads cost six hundred taels just on the Goryeo eunuch next to the emperor!
"Okay. As long as things are done properly, there will be no shortage of money." Cui Xiuning smiled as if nothing had happened. Li Yong was still trusting her in his work.
Li Luo was also a little distressed. It is said that the intelligence agency is a gold-swallowing beast, and it turns out that way. The Special Inspection Bureau was not long ago and there were not many people, but it had already spent more than 8,000 taels.
If this is the big one in the future, I will probably not be able to fight 100,000 taels a year.
Li Yong continued: "We knew it as soon as the Goryeo delegation arrived in Dadu yesterday. Today, students came to report some important information."
"First, the queen of Danei Yanchun Pavilion is already terminally ill and may die at any time."
"Second, Du Shizhong, the envoy who was on a mission to Japan, has been executed by Hojo Tomoezong of Japan. Kublai Khan was furious and vowed to conquer Japan."
"Third, Min Yue and Chen Xiaoyan have raised their troops to capture Zhangzhou. A few days ago, he called himself the King of Zhenmin and changed the reign to Changtai. Kublai Khan issued an edict the day before yesterday, ordering Wanzhedu to be the commander and command 50,000 troops to fight."
"The fourth thing, Kublai Khan said yesterday that the Han army would be added to 20,000 more to siege Lingxiao City, and the remaining Song army in Lingxiao City would starve to death."
"The fifth item is that the monks wrote to Kublai Khan, saying that the Taoist priests deliberately set fire to burn 3,900 stones of food, and framed and framed the monks."
"The monks also said that when Mengge Khan was in power, he had issued an order to ban Taoist false scriptures, but the Taoist priests were still spreading. Kublai Khan ordered that a Buddhist and Taoist debate be held at the Changchun Palace at the end of the month, and the Taoist priests themselves prove that it was not false scriptures."
"The sixth item, and the most important thing, is what the social leader cares about the most. Nowadays, the Mongolian army has 213,000 soldiers, all of which are cavalry, one man and two horses, and one man and three horses in Hexi."
"The Red Army Exploring Ma has 367,000 troops stationed in 28 places, all of which are cavalry, one man and two horses. Among them, Semu Hui Hui soldiers are the most, more than 150,000. Dangxiang, Tubo soldiers are more than 50,000, Shuidada soldiers are more than 30,000, Dali soldiers are more than 20,000, Jurchen Khitan soldiers in the northwest, and 70,000 soldiers in the tribes in the north of the Mo."
"The old Han army is 290,000, most of which are commanded by Han Marquis, and there are very few cavalrymen. Among them, 50,000 of which are the personal army of Kublai Khan's guards."
"The New Han army has more than 300,000, all surrendered to the Song army, of which there are 100,000 naval troops."
"In summary, plus the 20,000 Qinxue Imperial Guards, the Yuan army had a total of more than 1.2 million, including more than 600,000 cavalry."
When Li Luo heard the numbers reported by Li Yong, his scalp was a little numb.
Because the Yuan Dynasty was very strict in its defense against the Han people, the number of soldiers and horses has always been highly confidential. Except for the emperor and the Privy Council, and the few people in the Ministry of War, basically no one knew how many soldiers and horses there were in the Yuan Dynasty.
Even later experts in Yuan history did not know how many soldiers and horses there were in the Yuan Dynasty. The number of officials in the Song Dynasty, the number of soldiers in the Yuan Dynasty, and the number of households in the Ming Dynasty have always been a research problem for historians.
Especially the number of Mongolian soldiers and horses is a secret in the secret, even officials of the Ministry of War are not sure about it.
Now, Li Luo knew it.
Really powerful!
Fortunately, the number of Mongolian soldiers was more than 200,000, which was not much higher than the Eight Banners in the early Qing Dynasty.
During the Temujin era, there were 120,000 Mongolian troops. Now, decades have passed, and the Mongolian soldiers have also doubled.
"You go and find out more about the information of the Buddhist and Taoist debate conference..." Cui Xiuning made some arrangements and guidance again.
Two hours later, Li Yong and four other spies left.
When Li Luo heard Cui Xiuning’s intelligence work arrangements and guidance, he had to admire the intelligence professional’s operation of various details.
Anyway, he is definitely not suitable for being a spy. But Cui Xiuning’s four students are obviously all the materials for spys.
"Why, are you afraid when you hear Uncle Kublai Khan? Is the revolutionary belief shaken?" Cui Xiuning smiled.
Li Luo smiled bitterly: "Uncle Kublai Khan is indeed a thirty man, but time is here, we can wait."
Cui Xiuning said: "I went to the old city (Jin Zhongdu) in the afternoon. There were many civilians there, and then went to see Li Yong's branch."
Chapter completed!