"I'm sorry, our Jizhou only recognizes dragon tickets, not large banknotes." This time Tang Ao didn't need to speak, Zhizhou Zeng Tong, who was standing beside him, shook his head.
When Tang Ao left Daliang City, Daqian Bank had no relationship with him at all, and all the people who had anything to do with him were kicked out for various reasons. It can be said that for Daqian Bank, With the development of the banknote, Tang Ao has completely lost supervision. Under such circumstances, how could he trust and recognize the value of this kind of bank note? To put it bluntly, without any supervision, as long as Emperor Qianwen is willing, You can print as many copies as you want. What's more, the King Zhong's territory in Liaozhou also has Daqian Bank, and they also have a lot of banknotes. From this point of view, these Daqian Banknotes may be real. Yes, but maybe one day, these bank notes can only become a piece of waste paper, rather than a purchase and circulation instrument.
In this way, Tang Ao ordered early on to build a silver bank in Jizhou and implement dragon tickets. The number of dragon tickets issued should be calculated based on how much gold and silver one has, and an open system is implemented. Anyone with a deposit of more than ten million taels of silver will have You can check the power of Jizhou Yinzhuang Bank, which greatly stabilized the value of the dragon ticket and allowed the dignitaries and people across the state to recognize its status.
Daqian Yinqiao only accepts dragon tickets or cash. This makes it difficult for Gongsun Guang. In desperation, he can only leave the Zhizhou Mansion first and go to privately find those Daqian businessmen and dignitaries who have always been in contact with Dadi. Borrow money.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Longya quickly followed up, sealed and dealt with several small dignitaries one after another, and pulled out some hidden stakes related to the households that Beidi had planted in Jizhou.
"It's only one million taels, not much!" The speaker was Xu Qing. She has been following Tang Ao for a while. Although her identity has not been recognized yet, as an old man who has followed Tang Ao since the time of Duke Zhongguo, she is Knowing how rich my young master is, this time he only asked for one million taels of silver, which is really not much.
"More is not much. I think the young master wanted to tell Beidi through this incident about our Jizhou's attitude towards them, and also to warn them not to come to us in the future. By the way, the young master still treated the two of them after Gongsun Guang left. A gentleman and several generals said that although Daqian is large, it does not have an extra inch of land. Daqian is rich, but there is not a single penny to spare for our enemies."
When Xuefei talked about this, her eyes were full of little stars. She clearly remembered that after Tang Ao said this, everyone in the lobby was shocked. Everyone looked at the young master with a look of admiration and respect. At that moment, she couldn't wait to commit herself to him immediately, because only in this way could she release the excitement in her heart.
Not only Xue Fei, but the other women also had a strange look in their eyes. They were all deeply shocked by Tang Ao's words. They had a feeling that the man they liked must be the most upright man in the world. , the foundation he can create should be beyond the reach of all emperors in the past and present.
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Jizhou Army Barracks.
Gongsun Guang had used the one million taels he had scraped together to redeem the Beidi captured soldiers. It is worth mentioning that the number was less than 1,200. Under the heavy labor, some prisoners would die every day.
Not only the prisoners, but also the 170 scholars who were later captured from various places. After just two days of hard work, some people became sick and died after being unable to bear the high-intensity work. picture.
Regarding this, when the matter was reported to Tang Ao, there was no further explanation. In other words, King Ji's attitude was to let these people live and die. If they could not bear it, they would die; if they could bear it, they would only live a few more days.
That's all.
Tang Ao would do whatever he could to the traitors who spoke for the foreigners and suppressed his own family, without showing any sign of mercy.
Having a million taels of silver seems like a joy. But Tang Ao knows that this time he has really offended Beidi to death. If nothing happens, a battle with the Beidi army will be inevitable, or maybe it will be.
, it may break out at any time.
When he came to the military camp, Tang Ao came to announce the results to the generals who were training and to urge them to strengthen their training. The army had just expanded and was still in a running-in state. If they encountered the Beidi army now, no one would dare to say that they would
Victory is guaranteed. If we can speed up the pace of joint training, we cannot say that victory is 100% guaranteed, but at least there will be less bloodshed and sacrifices on the battlefield, right?
Sweat more during practice and bleed less during battle.
The ten big characters are written on the courtyard wall near the military camp, alerting every soldier of the Jizhou Army.
In order to boost morale, Tang Ao creatively selected some young girls in the city who were very supportive of the Jizhou Army and came to the military camp. On the surface, they were watching the training of the Jizhou Army, but in fact, they were using hormonal stimulation to allow these vigorous men in the military camp to have a better life.
good performance.
Facts have also proven that men have an instinctive desire to express themselves in front of the opposite sex, just like a peacock looking for love, they will always show their best side in front of the opposite sex.
After Tang Ao made his request, Bai Qiutong, Shen Min, Oyadan, and Xu Qing carefully selected suitable women to ensure that these girls would be loyal and not spread the true strength of the Jizhou Army.
Of course, what these girls saw was only part of it. Even if it was really spread, it would not affect the overall situation. With such confidential matters, Tang Ao would never completely trust others based on his habits.
After Tang Ao finished the meeting with the generals, he dismissed the generals and asked them to do whatever they should do. Accompanied by Xue Fei, Ao Wu and others, he himself rushed to the back of the military camp, and was also beaten by the generals.
He came from the back mountain camp that the soldiers called the most mysterious camp.
Houshan Camp got its name with its back to the mountains. Because the entire military camp was built on a high mountain, even if someone climbed to the top of the mountain, they still could not see clearly the appearance of the military camp. Tang Ao took a fancy to it and arranged the firearms camp in
Got here.
Firearms Battalion 1st Battalion Commander Shen Ping'an (nephew of the old housekeeper Shen Xing), 2nd Battalion Changjiang Fenghua (formerly a member of the Shanshan Guards, with a strong interest in gunpowder) and several company commanders were waiting in front of the military camp early.
At this moment, everyone was very excited. After Tang Ao gathered everyone, they walked towards the bottom of the mountain. Today they will verify the emergence of a new weapon here - the Sky-Hunting Cannon.
The Sky-Hunting Cannon is an artillery piece that originated from Tang Ao's inspiration for the heartless cannons during the War of Liberation. When Tang Ao drew the structure of the artillery that he knew and gave it to Xu Heng and the Hu family, these artillery pieces had long been known.
The craftsmen, who had been indoctrinated by Tang Ao for many years, gave full play to their ingenuity, and after half a year, they finally completed the cannon.
Considering the hardness of the gun body, the gun body is made of bronze, which makes them very heavy, which can be said to be a major shortcoming. Fortunately, actual gun experiments have shown that the Hongtian Cannon can blast four
The distance of 100 meters and the good accuracy made up for this shortcoming, giving Tang Ao the confidence to spend great efforts in building it.
"boom"!
After a deafening blast, a large bundle of explosives was discharged from the huge bronze muzzle, flew through the air quickly, and landed 402 meters ahead with a loud bang. The explosives were large in size, causing
The damage was also great. A large pit that was more than one foot wide and half a foot deep appeared in front of everyone.
"Not bad." Tang Ao and others hurried forward, looked at the result, and nodded with satisfaction.
"Master, the Sky-Hunting Cannon requires more explosives at one time than the catapult. And through our efforts and the increase in the spring function, the catapult can already shoot to a distance of three hundred meters. Do you think we can reduce the number of Sky-Hunting Cannons?"
Where is the production?" Xu Heng, as the head craftsman and the only one who can call him Master Tang Ao instead of His Highness, expressed his own opinions seriously at this time.
When Xu Heng said this, he said it purely for Tang Ao's consideration. After all, it costs a lot to build a bronze cannon body. With this money, it is enough to buy a dozen slingshots equipped with high-pressure springs.
The car was ready. In order to save costs, he made this suggestion.
Xu Heng's statement is not wrong. This can be seen from the silence of other craftsmen. This is not his personal opinion, but many people think so. But Tang Ao does not
Think about it this way.
As a later generation, he is well aware of the powerful effects that changes and advancements in weapons can bring. Think about it, when the Eight-Power Allied Forces entered Beijing, they only had a few thousand people, but they defeated tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of civilians.
The Qing army, which boasted of being powerful, was retreating steadily; during the Anti-Japanese War, a few hundred Japs could overwhelm tens of thousands of Chinese troops, and they were victorious. Isn’t it all the result of powerful artillery and weapons?
Advanced?
Artillery is called the god of war and is accepted by everyone, so there is a necessary reason for it.
It seems that the cost of the sky-blasting cannon is high, but the effect is only slightly better than the catapult. But if there is no such progress, where will the later artillery development come from? The road must be walked step by step, and the meal must be eaten stuttering. If one person eats
It takes four steamed buns to fill your stomach. Does that mean the first three steamed buns have no effect?
Of course not. Without one, two and three, where would the fourth come from?
The Sky-Hunting Cannon is a process of one, two, and three. Besides, on the battlefield, the effective range of the attack is hundreds of meters longer, which often means more enemies can be killed. Therefore, the development of the Sky-Hunting Cannon cannot be stopped no matter what.
And we need to increase funding and intensity.
"The sky-blasting cannon is different from the catapult. The catapult has a wooden structure and is more like a large catapult equipment than a cannon. No matter how hard you try, its attack distance is very limited. The artillery is not the same.
The attack distance will become farther and farther in the future, and it is possible to even reach thousands of steps or tens of thousands of steps."
"Hiss! Is this possible?" After Tang Ao finished speaking, there was a burst of confused voices from the craftsmen below.
