The Mongols were born cavalry, which was much easier than training a cavalry from scratch.
And as long as they are equipped with more powerful flintlock guns, even if the training time is limited, as long as they do not encounter heavy cavalry, they can completely crush any enemy.
In later history, firearms were the main reason for the end of cavalry.
But when the two are combined together, and the whole of Europe is still in the historical period of the Middle Ages, it is a complete dimensionality reduction attack.
Zhu Gui only came up with it temporarily, but he found the idea more and more interesting.
Of course, the premise is that the Mongols can really be used by him, otherwise they are likely to suffer backlash.
Therefore, Zhu Gui decided to train 3,000 Mongolian cavalry first as the official establishment of the guard army.
This cavalry must fully serve as a demonstration. As long as they can shine on the battlefield, I believe more Mongolians will surrender.
After Zhu Gui confirmed the time with Hei Muhan, he inspected several other cities on the grassland.
It's just that there is vast white snow everywhere, except inside the city there is still some life.
It can be clearly seen from the situation in these cities that without the continuous blood transfusion of Datong Chamber of Commerce to these cities, even with the protection of the city walls, the people here would not be able to persist in such a cold winter.
This is also the real reason why Hei Muhan willingly joins Zhu Gui.
When Zhu Gui returned to Datong Mansion, the sky had darkened.
Xu Miaoqing was sitting in the living room waiting for him with Zhu Jixi, the crown prince of Jin Dynasty.
The two of them were holding hot tea in their hands and chatting about interesting stories on the street.
"My lord, are you back? It's cold on the grassland. Please change your clothes quickly."
Xu Miaoqing asked her servants to fetch a coat, and then put it on Zhu Gui herself.
Zhu Gui sat by the fire and briefly talked with Zhu Jixi about his feelings about the day.
Zhu Jixi's face was full of excitement.
"Uncle Wang, I didn't expect you to manage Datong Mansion so well. I believe that in just two years, Datong Mansion will be able to catch up with Taiyuan."
"It's only two years. I guess next year will be almost the same. When spring comes, more refugees will flow into Datong Prefecture. These are all laborers."
Xu Miaoqing imitated Zhu Gui's tone and said. At the same time, she did not forget to glance at Zhu Gui and raised the corners of her mouth.
Zhu Gui could only laugh at this.
"By the way, Crown Prince, you should go with me when you go to Beijing this time." Zhu Gui said to Zhu Jixi.
"Go to the capital? Can I?" Zhu Jixi was stunned for a moment when he heard Zhu Gui's words, and then immediately became excited again.
"Of course, haven't you been there before?" Zhu Gui asked in surprise.
You must know that the King of Jin is much older than Zhu Gui, and he was granted vassal status very early. Logically speaking, he has every chance to take Zhu Jixi to Nanjing.
But in Zhu Gui's memory, there is indeed no memory of meeting Zhu Jixi in Nanjing.
Zhu Jixi shook his head and said: "My father always goes to the capital alone. Even my mother has never been there together."
"Okay, let's not talk about the past. Uncle Wang will take you there this time, just in time to tell the emperor about your inheritance of the title."
Zhu Gui patted Zhu Jixi on the shoulder and said.
Zhu Jixi nodded.
The three of them chatted until late at night, and then went back to their rooms.
Xu Miaoqing walked at the end. She looked at Zhu Gui's back and hesitated several times, but in the end she just sighed and returned to her room.
The next morning.
Zhu Gui was still sleeping when she heard a rapid knock on the door.
"Uncle Wang, the imperial edict has arrived."
Zhu Gui quickly sat up.
He didn't expect that the imperial edict would arrive at this time. Fortunately, he rushed back from Taiyuan, otherwise the secrets about Taiyuan would have been exposed.
As for the fact that Zhu Jixi was in Prince Dai's Mansion, it is easy to explain.
Although the crown prince is the son of the feudal prince, he does not have as many restrictions as the feudal prince.
Zhu Gui quickly finished washing up and then came to the main hall.
There were already three eunuchs waiting there.
Moreover, he is an old acquaintance who has delivered the imperial edict twice.
"Eunuch Sun, you are fine."
Zhu Gui walked over and said with a smile to the eunuch who delivered the order.
"The Miscellaneous family wishes to pay their respects to Your Majesty. Your Majesty, please accept the order first."
Eunuch Sun said with a smile on his face.
This time he came to Yunzhou to deliver the edict, which was a job he finally got. As for the reason, it was naturally that he had earned a lot of benefits from the previous two edicts.
Zhu Gui called Princess Xu Miaoqing, and they knelt down together to receive the order.
It was similar to the news Zhu Gui received. The imperial edict stated that the prince was critically ill, and various vassal kings came to the palace to express their condolences.
After receiving the order, Zhu Gui ordered people to take Eunuch Sun to the side hall to entertain him.
And he ordered people to call Liu Jing and Xu Yingxu and talked to them about the matter.
Liu Jing had no special opinion on this matter, and thought that Zhu Gui just wanted to give instructions on his arrangements for leaving Datong Mansion.
But Xu Yingxu knew what this meant.
"I haven't talked to you about the importance of this matter yet," Zhu Gui noticed Liu Jing's expression and said meaningfully.
Upon seeing this, Liu Jing asked: "Does the prince have any other information?"
Zhu Gui nodded noncommittally and said: "The prince is critically ill and will die soon. After that, the emperor will also die due to excessive sadness."
"The Emperor can also..." Upon hearing this, Liu Jing stood up in shock, her face full of disbelief.
Although Xu Yingxu's face was also full of surprise, it was not as big as Liu Jing's reaction.
"If it is true as the prince said, then His Highness the Emperor's eldest grandson will soon become the new emperor, then..."
Xu Yingxu continued, but he didn't finish.
Zhu Gui nodded again and said: "Yes, when the new emperor ascends the throne, he will soon cut down the vassals, and then King Yan will start trouble."
"Wait a minute, Your Majesty, General Xu, what are you talking about? Why are you not surprised at all by so many major events? You have known for a long time that this kind of thing will happen? But why? Why do you know what will happen in the future?
What the hell is going on?"
Liu Jing looked at the two of them with a look of horror.
At this time Zhu Gui laughed.
"Mr. Liu, people in later generations say that Liu Bowen can count the events of five hundred years after his death. Didn't he mention these 'big events' to you?"
"My lord, how long has it been since this happened? You are still joking with your subordinates. Wait, you mean that you also know how to perform deductions?"
Liu Jing reacted quickly.
Zhu Gui was originally thinking about how to explain his ability to 'foresee the future' to Liu Jing, but now that the other party actually found a suitable 'step' for him, Zhu Gui had no choice but to resort to the trick.
"Yes, I have indeed been taught the art of deduction by an expert, but it is still not enough for Mr. Liu Bo who can deduce the next five hundred years, and he can only sense major events."