If Zhang Yan had given birth in the palace, it would have been quite safe.

Basically all the royal doctors in the palace were replaced by barefoot doctors.

The eunuchs were also allotted a share of land by the Dog Emperor. For some eunuchs who had real power, the Dog Emperor also gave them an extra piece of money to raise their integrity.

The guards are basically all guards from Yongding County.

Apart from anything else, the palace problem has basically been solved.

The possibility of this situation happening again is not high, but it still takes some effort to have a good communication with Eunuch Wei, so that the child Zhu Youxiao can be born safely.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!" Zhang Haogu looked at the Dog Emperor Zhu Youxiao with a smile.

Zhu Youxiao was also excited and said quickly: "I didn't expect that, haha, my child would come out at this time. Master, master, what would be a better name for my child?"

"emperor!"

Zhang Haogu thought for a while and said: "The emperor's descendants should have the word "ci" passed down to the emperor's generation, and the prince should also have the five elements of fire!"

"How about calling me Zhu Ciran?" Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

"What a good name!" Zhang Haogu said with a smile: "The name given by the emperor is really good!"

Zhu Youxiao laughed, but suddenly said: "Yes, master, you haven't married yet, how about Qiqi?"

"It's not bad!"

Zhang Haogu said helplessly, "I'm just too young, but I think it would be better to be older!"

"Hey, when the queen married me, she was only fourteen years old. Now Qi Qi is fourteen years old. Master, it's better to start early. I also like this girl very much!" Zhu Youxiao is in a very happy mood now.

Good: "Qiqi has been here for three years, and the master has taken good care of her. I guess Qiqi also likes the master!"

"In a few years, let's wait until she is a little older, at least seventeen or eighteen years old!" Zhang Haogu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, at that time, I am still waiting for the Emperor to grant me a marriage!"

"Alright alright!"

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said: "I will definitely grant you a marriage when the time comes!"

"Your Majesty, to be honest, I'm not worried about my life-long affairs. Right now, my thoughts are on Liaodong!" Zhang Haogu said: "I just don't know what the situation is in Liaodong now!"

"Liaodong?"

Zhu Youxiao was slightly stunned and said: "That's right. I don't know if Fan Yongdou sent the mighty invincible general cannon. How long has it been? It's been more than three months, right?"

Zhang Haogu nodded: "At present, there is no news coming from Liaodong. I think it is better to wait. During the whole period, I arranged for Cui Chengxiu to go to Shanxi and let him select some people.

It is necessary to liquidate Shanxi merchants. Some time ago, he said that Fan Yongdou and his group are not in Shanxi, but they are probably here in Jiannu!"

"After all, this mighty and invincible general cannon is a bit heavy. It should be a waste of time to transport it quietly from the capital to Shanxi, and also to find a way to transport it from Shanxi to Jiannu!"

Zhu Youxiao thought for a moment and then said with a smile: "Now that the queen is pregnant with the emperor's heir, I think this mighty and invincible general cannon should have fallen into the hands of Nurhachi, an old slave. Hmph, if it is true

If it explodes, it can be regarded as a great gift from God to the true emperor!"

Zhang Haogu couldn't help but smile.

I just don’t know what the situation is in Liaodong now.

Unfortunately, there is no live broadcast these days.

Liaodong

It is quite difficult to transport this powerful and invincible general cannon secretly.

After all, these are thirty powerful and invincible general cannons, each weighing more than one ton. It is definitely not an easy task to transport them, especially since they must first be transported from the capital to Shanxi, and then

, and then transport it from Shanxi to Liaodong.

In the meantime, they still had to pass through the Mongolian defense zone. During the transportation process, it rained heavily again in Mongolia, which made the ground muddy and made transportation more and more difficult.

It is worth mentioning that the Shanxi merchants still showed their spirit of not being afraid of hardship and fatigue, and pushed the carriage forward in the muddy grassland.

There is no way, the Jurchens gave too much.

A cannon costs fifty thousand taels of gold.

Thirty cannons, that's 1.5 million taels of gold.

What kind of number is this?

The Jurchens were so generous. On the one hand, they did plunder the people of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong and plundered many people. However, there was another more important reason.

There are mines in Liaodong.

Heilongjiang Province, known as "Three Thousand Miles of Gold-rimmed Rivers and Mountains", has very rich gold reserves, and its alluvial gold reserves can be said to be the first in the country. Gaohuai originally discovered a large number of gold deposits in Liaodong.

Gao Huai is that kind of waste among wastes. After discovering a gold mine, you also need to invest manpower and material resources to mine gold mines. This requires investment. It is not as cost-effective as direct robbery. Gao Huai does not care about this.

Relying on the support of Wanli, he carried out bone-crushing exploitation in Liaodong, claiming: "There is no need for mines to mine, and there is no need to pay taxes. Folks, hills and mountains are all mines, and officials, farmers and workers are all tax payers."

Although this slogan is absurd, Gao Huai actually did it.

Then, it turns out that there are still a large number of wealthy households in Liaoyang City. After the sustainable development of Gaohuai, these wealthy households either died or fled, or fled or became poor. None of them was spared. The poor people were even more miserable.

, I can’t tell you enough”, a folk song from Liaodong goes like this: “Liao people have no brains, they all cut them out in the Huai River; Liao people have no marrow, they all drain them in the Huai River”

The most outrageous thing is that Gaohuai looted hundreds of thousands of silver, but only handed over to Wanli more than 45,000 taels, and most of the money went into his own pocket.

It is true that without Dade, these gold mines ended up completely falling into the hands of Nurhachi. At first, Nurhachi did not notice this situation. It was the future Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty Huang Taiji who noticed these gold mines. Then, under Huang Taiji's

Under the auspices of the Jurchens, the gold mines were mined.

In addition, the Jurchens plundered a large number of slaves, and these people were also assigned to gold mines to mine gold. Huang Taiji relied on his own methods to find Shanxi merchants to buy what he needed.

However, at present, the largest gold mine, the Jiapigou gold mine, has not been discovered in Nurhachi. This will not be discovered until the end of the Qing Dynasty, thus forming a "gold rush".

Although the current economic situation in Houjin is also very bad, there is no shortage of gold. What is lacking is food, tea, and these rich materials. If gold cannot be exchanged for materials and cannot be used as food, then this gold is waste.

There is gold in Liaodong, and Shanxi merchants can get grain and all the materials that Liaodong lacks.

Perfect!

Although the Shanxi merchants were still doing business with Liaodong, they were definitely traitors.

However, the Jurchens still had to spend a lot of money to buy off these traitors.

No money, no money, who will work for you?

Even if you become a traitor, you still need to make money.

Among the many sons of Nurhachi, Huang Taiji was a real outlier. He was truly aware of the role of gold mines and quickly contacted Shanxi merchants.

Especially last year, he discovered the secret of sweet potatoes immediately and tried every means to get a large number of sweet potato seeds from Daming.

It is no exaggeration to say that Huang Taiji has focused on Zhang Haogu and is constantly analyzing Zhang Haogu's policies in the Ming Dynasty.

Although there was still no military confrontation between the two sides, Huang Taiji was keenly aware that Zhang Haogu would definitely be a serious problem for Liaodong in the future.

However, Huang Taiji is not in a hurry. Although there are many problems within the Ming Dynasty, there are also problems within Liaodong, especially his father Nurhaci. As he gets older, he has done more and more tricks, become more and more willful, and abuses his authority.

, improper governance policies; dividing fields and occupying houses, checking grain; frivolous scribes, massacring Han Confucians; dealing with Baile and senior officials of the Eight Banners.

This series of outrageous operations has actually seriously damaged production in Liaodong, and Liaodong is also very unstable internally.

After a lot of hardships, just when Zhang Haogu was torturing the princes of the Ming Dynasty, thirty powerful and invincible general cannons finally arrived in Shenyang.

"This is the mighty and invincible general cannon!" Huang Taiji was the first to come out to inspect these cannons.

"Hey, Sibeile, why are you here in person?" Fan Yongdou said with a smile; "These are the mighty and invincible general cannons. There are thirty of them in total. They are amazingly powerful. Sibeile, do you want to come and check them out?"

"Okay!" Huang Taiji nodded: "I'll go ask Father Khan!"

It has to be said that in Zhang Haogu's opinion, this mighty and invincible general cannon is just that. It has a short range and low power. It is quite effective in field battles, but if it is a large-scale attack, it will be far away.

Not enough.

However, in the eyes of people of this era, that is just two words: shocking.

Since last year, when the Jurchens and the Ming army went to war, the Jurchens have suffered a lot from this powerful and invincible general cannon. Huang Taiji has been thinking about this powerful and invincible general cannon.

He even convinced his father, Nurhaci, that he must get this powerful and invincible general cannon.

Now, seeing this powerful and invincible general cannon, Huang Taiji felt as if he had seen the goddess of his dreams, and then he started to test-fire the cannon.

Fortunately, when this cannon was first designed, the Jurchens were used for the lake, so there would definitely be problems when it came up.

After the shell exploded, Huang Taiji was also severely shocked.

When Nurhaci came to review, he was also shocked. I have to say that when the thirty powerful and invincible general cannons fired, the scene was really shocking.

"Father Khan!"

Huang Taiji quickly said: "The Minggu's mighty invincible general cannon is really powerful. Now that we in Daikin have this mighty invincible general cannon, we will definitely be even more powerful and invincible in the future!"

Nurhaci burst out laughing: "Yes, yes, Minggou's people are all bad, but Minggou's cannon is really powerful!"

Huang Taiji spoke on the side: "Father, I heard that Mingou once designed a military exercise in the capital to demonstrate the power of the invincible general's cannon. Now, I, Daijin, can also follow suit!"

"Oh?" Nurhachi was slightly stunned, looked at Huang Taiji and said: "Xue Ming Dog!"

"Father Khan, the Jurchen tribes are somewhat dissatisfied with Father Khan. Some time ago, we went to war with the Ming army. The Ming army brought out this powerful and invincible general cannon, which really caused a lot of losses to us. My dear sir.

Rather, I thought that now that we have this powerful and invincible general cannon in our hands, it is time to show off our strength!"
To be continued...