The craftsmen stood respectfully with their hands down, and the guards placed a long box in front of the left prime minister Boyan. The general opened the long box and placed a rifle inside. It looked thick and thick, and this musket was not much different from the Song Dynasty's melee.

It was not easy to see the expression outside of the coldness on Marshal Boyan's face. The craftsman who was full of anticipation turned his head and looked at Hao Renwanhu and Marshal Zhang Hongfan next to him. The expressions of these two were much richer than Marshal Boyan. When Marshal Boyan took out the musket from the box, both of his eyes lit up. This made the craftsman feel happy. For too long, the Firearms Bureau has been criticized countless times since its establishment.

This accusation caused the Firearm Bureau to be beaten by many whips. Now with the key production methods and the accumulation of the Firearm Bureau over the years, these people worked hard for several days to produce products, which was much better than before. As craftsmen, the people from the Firearm Bureau are very clear about this.

Marshal Zhang Hongfan's eyes were bright, and Hao Renwanhu's expression was initially serious, but soon became a little disappointed. After Magistrate Boyan fiddled with the musket, he placed the musket on the table. Marshal Zhang Hongfan immediately got up and picked it up, fiddling with it carefully. Hao Renwanhu sat on the chair without moving, and seemed to have no particular interest.

Marshal Boyan said to the craftsmen: "It's hard work. I'll give you some more exquisite ones after receiving the reward."

After the craftsman went down, Zhang Hongfan asked in surprise: "I think it's already good. Why is the coach still very dissatisfied?"

"It's just better than before, but it's still much different from the muskets of Song State." Hao Ren took over the conversation.

"You don't need to see it?" Zhang Hongfan looked a little skeptical about Hao Ren's eyesight.

Hao Ren replied coldly: "I just looked from a distance and felt that our muskets were many different from those of Song State muskets. I just saw so many differences at a glance, and if I looked closely, I would have even more differences."

Before Zhang Hongfan could express his disbelief, General Boyan ordered the guards: "Go and get five muskets."

The guards hurriedly went and took it back soon. Five muskets were placed together. Zhang Hongfan saw the basically the same musket. Then he put the imitation of the Dayuan next to him and immediately felt different. Zhang Hongfan said with a rebound: "What we made is the musket we used, why should it be exactly the same as those in Song State?"

Hao Ren first grabbed a Song State musket and found the balance point easily. The balance point was at the back of the musket. He handed the musket to Zhang Hongfan, and then picked up the Dayuan musket. The balance point of the musket was relatively high. He exchanged the musket with the musket in Zhang Hongfan's hand. Zhang Hongfan tried in a targeted manner and immediately felt the problem.

The center of gravity, balance, and the smoothness of the musket's pipe wall. After testing several contents, Zhang Hongfan's face looked grim and looked like he was cursing. Hao Renwanhu smiled and said, "It's already good. It can catch up with the level of our initial casting of cannons."

Marshal Boyan nodded slightly. He had heard about the early casting of cannons, and also witnessed the mid- and late casting of cannons. The principle of casting cannons is very simple. Melt the iron and pour it into the mold that has been made. It sounds like pouring water into a bowl. It is not much different when it is done. It is difficult to describe the problems. The Song State was able to cast the cannons smoothly and neatly, and the cannons cast out of the Dayuan casting were bumpy and as if they had been bitten by a dog. Looking at the solid cannon body with sand holes and hollows, some of which could even be filled with a glass of wine. The cannons in Song State had no problem, as if the handicraftsmen in Song State were as delicate as the southern scenery.

When Zhang Hongfan saw that the two Mongolian nobles had no intention of pursuing them, he asked in confusion: "How can you be hostile to Song with this kind of musket?"

Hao Renwanhu replied: "As long as we stand with each other like Song State, our muskets are just not so convenient to use."

After hearing this, Zhang Hongfan chose to remain silent. After all, he was just the marshal of the Han army. It was fine to issue orders to ordinary Mongolian soldiers and small schools, but he didn't think of pointing fingers at the two Mongolian nobles in front of him. Moreover, Hao Ren's words scared Zhang Hongfan a little. He had also used firearms and knew that this thing would be injured when he encountered a little touch, and he would die when he was hit on the front. In the past, when he saw the Song army lined up in a neat row to shoot, he didn't feel anything special. Now, just thinking about the neat rows on both sides to shoot, everyone bet on their own luck, and Zhang Hongfan felt a lot of pain.

When Zhang Hongfan left, Hao Ren smiled at Boyan and said, "Master General, this Zhang Hongfan is still thinking about fighting with the Song State."

Boyan replied coldly: "If Song State enters Yan land, we can still retreat to the grassland. Where can Zhang Hongfan retreat?"

Hao Ren did not expect this problem and was speechless for a moment. In the past, Mongolia followed Genghis Khan's philosophy and wanted to make the grass-covered places my horse-herding place. Under such a strong expansion, as a Mongolian, he had to grazed wherever he went. Now Mongolia is facing the powerful Song State, and the Song State, which is in a state of full hostility with Mongolia, and the Mongolian upper class had to consider what to do if he was defeated. Hao Ren had never considered it before, and now he could at least be sure that General Boyan had considered this issue.

He sighed in his heart that Boyan's ideas were always so correct, and Zhang Hongfan asked: "Master, do you think the Marquis of the Han Army is unreliable?"

"The Khan is a wise king. The Han army's marquis probably would not rebel before they lose all. Do you think Zhang Hongfan is just thinking about fighting with the Song State?"

"Yeah!" Hao Ren nodded violently when he heard this. This analysis was too thorough.

"This time Zhao Jiaren wants to be the emperor is actually a good opportunity for us. If the Khan can return all the territory he had taken from Song State to Zhao Jiaren, maybe he will have no reason to use troops to us for the time being, right?"

If someone else said this, Hao Ren would definitely think that man was a coward. Now that he was the man who said this, Hao Ren felt that Boyan was a far-sighted person. Then he heard Boyan continue to say: "But I think Zhao Jiaren is afraid that he will not let me go."

"Why?" Hao Ren felt a little puzzled.

"Because the Song State has a deep hatred for us. Our Mongolia has always been generous to the New Army and is not stingy with them all kinds of power and status that they could not get before. We are absolutely unwilling tolerate those who refuse to rely on it. As long as we can destroy the country, this practice will naturally be fine. However, we can no longer destroy the Song State. Now those who are willing to become the New Army have fled to our Mongolian. Those who continue to be in the Song State can remember our killing of them. They will definitely think of revenge."

Hao Ren responded to the statement of General Boyan. This was not because he opposed it, but because he fully agreed. Previously, Song State gave Mongolia a list, which was a list of thousands of people. Song State expressed his willingness to exchange these people first, and even one-on-one Mongolian prisoners of war exchange was not a problem.

Hao Ren was very curious about what identities these people had and how could they be regarded as the most priority for exchange by Song State. When he went to see them, he found that they were all very ordinary people. Most of the names of Song women were followed by two identical characters, such as Lin Pinpin, so Hao Ren could easily see the name of his wife Bao Xiruo on the list of few women. He was shocked.

The people of Song did not forget their hatred, and they were obsessed with everything they had lost. Hao Ren put himself in. If he had gained strong force after losing so many precious things, he would not have thought of any other choice besides taking revenge.

After a long silence, Hao Ren asked, "Master, can't you really make peace with Song State?"

"This state is naturally not good now. If we escape to the distant desert, the Song people really cannot catch up. At that time, they may have to make peace with us. But will we be willing to make peace with them at that time?"

With such a cold analysis, Hao Ren could not find a reason to object. Marshal Boyan is such a person who can easily see through the situation, so he always watched him move forward in an orderly manner. None of the others that Hao Ren saw could do this, so he could only swing around in various painful choices. For example, Hao Ren himself, as long as he thought of Bao Xiruo, he would only consider how to protect her. What measures should be taken to protect Bao Xiruo, and Hao Ren didn't care. In this matter, Hao Ren felt that he did not envy Marshal Boyan's cold thinking.

Being with smart people often makes people feel bright. However, smart people often make people feel desperate. Hao Ren is very uneasy about the darkness of the future. After thinking about it, he suddenly thought of another thing. Now Hao Ren asked tentatively: "Master, aren't you worried that someone would recommend attacking Song when Zhao Jiaren became emperor?"

"Do you think no one would make this suggestion after learning about the chaos in the Song Dynasty?" Marshal Boyan was still as cold as ever.

“…Will we have to return some land at that time?”

"That's useless." Marshal Boyan expressed his objection.

Hao Ren felt that he could not grasp this degree. If he expressed kindness in the unstable state of Song State, wouldn’t it be effective to achieve twice the result with half the effort?

"We have two choices at that time. One is to go south with all our might and completely destroy the places where we go. The Song State does not have enough manpower when it goes north again. The other is to not intervene at all and extend the peace talks with the Song State."

"Ah?" Hao Ren was overwhelmed by Boyan's strategic choice. He couldn't figure it out, so Hao Ren could only give in and ask: "I wonder what the Grand Marshal wants me to do?"

Within two days, news that Dayuan had imitated muskets close to Song State spread throughout the world. However, the craftsmen did not receive the imaginary reward. After testing the muskets they imitated, there was a huge gap between them and Song State muskets. Regardless of the details of various productions, Ahema said that the biggest problem here lies in the price.

There were many people in the court who were hostile to Ahma. After hearing the right prime minister talk about the reality of the iron deficiency in the Yuan Dynasty in a relatively plain tone, many people's eyes became even more resentful. It was necessary that the eyes could play a corrosive role, and Ahma had probably melted into a pool of liquid.

Previously, Ahmama's power was opposed to the public and set up 3,000 iron households in the area south of the Yellow River, which could provide more than one million kilograms of iron every year. After the Song Dynasty diverted the Yellow River to the north, the Yuan Dynasty occupied the north of the Yellow River, and the south of the Yellow River was occupied by the Song Dynasty. The Yuan Dynasty not only lost the newly developed iron land of Ahmama, but also the iron land originally south of the Yellow River, the annual pig iron production of Dayuan decreased by more than two million kilograms, and the iron price soared.

In the silence of everyone, Kublai Khan asked, “How much does a musket cost now?”

"About five stakes." Ahma replied.

The Zhongtong Yuan ingots Jiaobao was always exchanged for one or two taels. If the exchange ratio between the silver and copper coins of the Song Dynasty was used, it could be exchanged for about 15 jin of copper coins. Theoretically, one million jin of Zhongtong Yuanbao was able to make 200,000 muskets, but it was not possible. The Dayuan was not as taxed as a whole in the Han area, and these taxes would cover the expenses of the entire Yuan court.

Sure enough, Jingzhao Yin Lian Xixian immediately came out to express his objection, "Your Majesty, an official's monthly income is not yet five cents. Now all over the country is appointing officials, and the country does not have the financial resources to create too much."

Kublai Khan looked at Lian Xixian with dissatisfaction. Of course he knew that some time ago, the National Master of Baspa asked Kublai Khan for 50,000 yuan to use it to build a temple and give it a lesson. Kublai Khan rarely refused. If it were the past, at least before the Battle of the Yellow River, Kublai Khan could still take out the money very happily. The reason why Kublai Khan was not as heroic as before was naturally short of money. The Yuan Dynasty treasury was once filled with all kinds of spoils plundered from the Song State, and was filled with large amounts of gold, silver, copper, and silk cloth contributed by the surrendered ministers of Song State. At that time, everyone was praising the benevolence and generosity of Emperor Kublai Khan. At that time, the treasury gradually became empty. It was so empty that even the application of the National Master of Baspa could not be satisfied.

Thinking of this, Kublai Khan turned his head to look at the left Prime Minister Boyan. The great hero who enriched the Yuan Dynasty's treasury was General Boyan. He not only defeated the Song State and plundered the entire Jiangnan. He also ordered the surrendered ministers in Song to "congratulate Kublai Khan's birthday", bringing wealth that he could not even imagine to Kublai Khan.

"Boyan, what do you think about muskets?" Kublai Khan asked.

"I think it's wrong to imitate the Song State." Boyan replied.

This answer was rarely said in the Yuan Dynasty. Even if someone said it, no further suggestions were made. So everyone listened with breathing.

"Although the ripe iron is expensive, Dayuan is not unable to produce these ripe irons. It's just a little more. I have asked those craftsmen that they can produce at most one musket a month. The Firearms Bureau now has only more than 600 people, and these people have many other things to do. Even if they all make muskets, there are only more than 3,000 pieces a year. Your Majesty should remember the number of Song soldiers we have seen in Hua County."

When Kublai Khan heard it, his already slender eyes turned into thin lines. The Battle of Huaxian was an unforgettable scene for the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. The battlefield was more than ten miles long and wide. Although the Song army also had many spearmen, the number of musketeers was more than 50,000 musketeers. Compared with the 50,000 musketeers, more than 3,000 musketeers were just a tiny number. If you want to fight against the 50,000 musketeers of the Song army, the Yuan Dynasty had to have at least a musketeer of similar quantity and quality. According to the current output, Mongolia had to accumulate more than ten years.

Hao Ren admired the clear thinking of the left Prime Minister of the Yuan Dynasty. Previously, Boyan hoped that Hao Ren would support peace in the choice of war and harmony. Hao Ren felt that it was okay to have to stop fighting with Mongolian tradition. Genghis Khan said that when my strength was not enough, I had to tolerate and tolerate against my will! However, when the balance of power was not at a disadvantage, Genghis Khan's attitude went to other directions. The world was wide and the rivers were numerous. You can try to expand your camp and conquer the country.

Therefore, it is fundamentally impossible for the Mongols to pursue peace. Although they are very dissatisfied with the saying "barbarians, beasts, fear power but do not lose virtue", Hao Ren had to admit that what he said was very reasonable when he thought of this sentence in private. Of course, Hao Ren couldn't understand why Sima Guang, who could say this, was actually a surrender faction who cedes land and pays compensation.

Now that he heard the comparison of the number of firearms by Marshal Boyan, Hao Ren felt that the war-oriented faction had to think about it before making a speech.

The pro-war faction has thought about it, it is hard to say. Kublai Khan asked: "Boyan, what should we do if we don't imitate the firearms of Song State?"

Boyan replied: "Your Majesty, I want to ask something. We do not imitate the firearms of the Song State, but should we imitate the way the Song State uses firearms as weapons of the various army?"

No one has raised this question before. Hao Ren felt deafening after hearing it. Mongolia imitated the cannons and muskets of the Song Dynasty with the purpose of winning the war. If the Song people used a pedicure knife to win the war, Mongolia would also imitate the pedicure knife. Now Boyan raised the issue of the Mongolian army's weapon system, and even if there was no need to continue talking about it, Hao Ren could come up with various problems himself.

For example, do you want cavalry? For example, do you want to ride and shoot? If Mongolia also uses firearm routes, then the Mongolian military organization will undergo fundamental changes.

"Where is the problem?" Kublai Khan seemed a little confused.

"We lack sulfur, saltpeter, and iron. As a result of our investigation, the Song State has obtained sulfur from Japan, Ryukyu, and many islands in the east that are rich in sulfur. They have produced a lot of iron by themselves. The firearms of Song State are powerful because they arranged this early in the morning. If Da Yuan only wanted to imitate a few firearms and then compete with Song State, he would definitely not be able to compare. If he wanted to compare Song State, Da Yuan would have to imitate the way of establishing a military firearms in Song State."

Boyan was basically considered to be a taciturn type. At this time, he made a long speech, but he explained the matter more thoroughly. However, this matter was too deeply involved and too broadly, and everyone, including Kublai Khan, did not say a word.
Chapter completed!