When Oqiltu Khan heard this, he couldn't help but be very happy.
Although it is just a letter of nomination, it cannot hold up to the weight of this letter of nomination! Haha, Dulbert Khan, even if you are cunning and cunning, you cannot hold up against my good luck!
No, Oqiltu Khan has always been in a good mood.
Around late March of the 20th year of Chongzhen, the Ming Army's He Renlong and Li Guo's troops arrived with more than 10,000 cavalry troops. Together with Tian Jianxiu and Gao Yigong's troops, they escorted the Heshuote and Duer troops.
Bert's tribe moved to the east and reached the location of Baotou in later generations.
The new decree of the imperial court has been issued, and a city outside the Great Wall will be built in Baotou, so that the population of the Dulbert and Heshuote tribes can be enriched here.
Of course, the Han population in Gansu and Shaanxi Pass are also migrating here one after another.
When Oqiltu Khan and others arrived here, several large buildings had been completed. The towering chimneys were also emitting smoke.
When newcomers see these buildings, they have never seen them before, and each one of them looks strange.
Those who have arrived first will have the opportunity to show off.
"This is a cement factory. Do you know cement? It's a kind of treasure, invented by the emperor."
"Some people say privately that cement is actually a thing from the immortal world. It was given by Emperor Taizu, so it naturally belongs to the name of the current emperor."
"And that one is a steel factory, which is the former workshop, but it is much bigger than the workshop. This is prepared for steam trains. Don't know what a steam train is? Then you must broaden your horizons!"
"..."
Looking at this place, it suddenly became a lively place, and it seemed that in the near future, this place might become a big city. The newly arrived ordinary herdsmen from the Heshuote and Duerbot tribes couldn't help but feel right.
The future is full of hope.
As for the leaders of the tribes such as Oqiltu Khan and Durbot Khan, no matter which surrender plan they finally chose, they had to go to the audience first. The route was to continue eastward, first to Guihua City, and then to the east.
, go to Zhangjiakou and then enter the customs to the capital.
Going all the way east, Dulbert Khan was much more familiar with Oqiltu Khan because he had already been here once. He relied on his old man and talked eloquently, and it seemed that he was more like a Ming Dynasty man than Oqiltu Khan.
This made Oqiltu Khan a little unhappy, but there was nothing he could do about it. There were indeed many changes along the way, and they were all beyond his imagination. He could only listen to the old guy Dulbert Khan nagging.
As they went eastward, they met more and more people. Most of them were herds. The herdsmen were grazing, and they looked very leisurely at first glance. The mental outlook of the people looked different from before.
Of course, we also saw groups of imperial cavalry wearing red battle coats patrolling by from time to time.
Oqiltu Khan also noticed that the imperial officers and soldiers seemed to have a good relationship with the herdsmen.
The imperial officers and soldiers showed no signs of harassing the herdsmen, but the herdsmen even greeted the imperial officers and soldiers as if they were acquaintances.
This made Erqiltu Khan couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The imperial court's strategy is to have the cavalry of each ethnic group protect each ethnic group, so that there will be no unnecessary conflicts, and it will be easier to manage!"
When Dulbert Khan heard this, he despised him for a moment, and then responded: "You can pull it down. The officials and soldiers of the imperial court are all mixed. How can each ethnic group protect its own ethnic group? So why does the imperial court bother to rectify it like that?
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He knew why Eqirtu Khan said that, so he added an explanation: "The imperial officers and soldiers have three major disciplines and seven points of attention, and they have also been compiled into a song, and every soldier must be able to sing it. In short,
In a word, military discipline is strict and we will never disturb the people!"
"Ah..." Eqirtu Khan couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard this. However, after he came back to his senses, thinking about the imperial cavalry he had come into contact with before, it seemed that this was really the case.
Thinking about it this way, he had a very high understanding of the combat power of the Ming army, even if he had never seen a battle.
After all, he is the great khan of a tribe, so of course he knows how important strict military discipline is to the army.
But even though he knew it, he couldn't let his men do it. The reason was also very simple. Behind strict military discipline, there was a lot of sacrifice, and he couldn't pay so much.
In other words, it was the imperial court's strong financial resources that made it so.
Oqiltu Khan didn't know that it didn't necessarily mean having strong financial resources. It could also be a matter of spiritual philosophy, and strict military discipline could also be achieved.
Walking and looking at it all the way, these new converts were actually quite emotional and almost didn't realize that this was the Hetao Plain occupied by the original Tumot tribe.
On this day, when they were about to arrive at Guihua City, a group of them suddenly saw a lot of people watching in the distance, as if something big had happened there.
At this time, their curiosity was aroused. It happened to be in the direction they were going, and they all wanted to go and have a look.
The Ming general who accompanied them back to Guihua City was Li Guo. He was also curious, so he took them there to watch the excitement first.
Seeing their group, a group of cavalry galloped over from the crowd, and the man at the head was Li Laiheng.
After seeing Li Guo, he was very happy and shouted loudly: "My foster father came just in time, just in time to see the Iron Bull!"
"What Tieniu?" Li Guo was surprised when he heard this and asked subconsciously.
Oqiltu Khan and Dulbert Khan were also surprised, and they listened with their ears pricked up.
Li Laiheng replied excitedly: "The iron ox just arrived from the capital. It is made of excellent iron and is being assembled! It is said that it is too labor-intensive to open up wasteland manually, so your majesty issued an order to send the latest iron ox here.
Wasteland has been opened up.”
"Iron is so powerful?" Li Guo asked curiously, "What's the benefit of this? It's also the kind that moves when boiling water? Does it make you stronger? Does it stop eating grass..."
He had at least been to the capital, so he had some knowledge and could ask some questions.
However, Oziltu Khan and Dulbert Khan were dumbfounded. Listening to their conversation, they thought, what is this? What is the situation?
For a moment, the Waci people led by the two of them were stunned.
Li Laiheng listened to a series of questions. He didn't know. He just replied: "It is said that the iron ox has been used in the capital, but the first generation iron ox was too heavy. This has been modified and belongs to the second generation iron ox."
Cows will save a lot of manpower, but I don’t know how it will work!”
When he was saying this, he suddenly heard a burst of cheers from the distant crowd.
Li Laiheng heard this, turned around to look, then immediately turned back, looked at Li Guo, and said excitedly: "Father, it seems to have been assembled over there, let's go over and have a look?"
After hearing this, Li Guo turned to look at Oqiltu Khan and Dulbert Khan and said, "Let's go over and have a look!"
Needless to say, these Wazi people wanted to see what was going on, so the group immediately rushed over.
After arriving, Oqiltu Khan saw three things placed there. They were made of iron and had already made a sound. Looking carefully, he found that these things were nothing like cows. If you really want to compare, they are like many things.
It looks like a crab with claws, right? Anyway, it looks like a monster.
He looked depressed, so he turned around and asked Dulbert Khan in a low voice: "Have you ever seen this thing? Is it really useful?"
When Dulbert Khan came to Guihua City, the ground was still covered with heavy snow, and he would have seen Tieniu, but in front of Erqiltu Khan, he pretended to be calm, nodded immediately and said: "
Of course I have seen it before. This iron ox is very powerful, much larger than an ordinary ox. When it is hooked up to a plow, it can definitely plow deep furrows..."
After hearing this, Oqiltu Khan said a little strangely: "Then why didn't I see the plow? The claws on the back look sharp. What are they for?"
When Dulbert Khan heard this question, to be honest, he really didn't know. At least he had never seen anything like this before. When he was thinking about it, suddenly, the three iron bulls started to move.
I saw that the iron bull not only walked forward, but also drove the row of iron claws behind him, scratched the ground and turned it out again, driving the soil and turning it over. It was like a group of people behind him were using hoes vigorously.
A hoe was laid and the soil was turned over; it was like there were several plows hanging behind them, plowing the ground together.
Anyway, the iron bull is moving forward, and the soil behind it is being renovated. And the speed of this iron bull is probably the speed of a person walking. This speed can be said to be fast or not, but it can be said to be slow, definitely not slow! Because this iron bull is
As you move forward, the land behind you will be renovated.
One iron oxen can control a width of about one foot, and three iron oxen can control a width of about three feet. Just renovating the land at this speed, how many strong laborers will it take?
At this moment, everyone was stunned.
If these three iron bulls can keep going like this, then the endless land here will probably be turned into grain fields in a few days! This will definitely save countless labor!
Can this iron ox support ten or twenty prime-age laborers? No, if the time is longer, it will definitely be more. One hundred is not too much!
Everyone looked at this scene and just looked at it motionless.
After a while, one of the iron bulls broke down.
The technician from the capital immediately ran over to solve the problem. It took about a quarter of an hour. After replacing a part, it continued to move.
In addition, there is insufficient gas and needs to be replaced, which also takes a lot of time.
But no matter what, in the eyes of these onlookers, this is definitely a miracle.
No, when Li Guo shouted for them to get back on the road, Oqiltu Khan said to Dulbert Khan in a very emotional tone: "I don't have to go to the pass, I already believe what you said right now.
It’s true!”
The iron ox can actually move on its own. If Dulbert Khan hadn't said in advance that this was geophysics, I would have thought it was a miracle!
Or, you should write to Uncle Khan now and tell him how powerful the Ming Dynasty is!