Chapter 251 The Emperor's Mind (Part 2)

"Say, what's there to be afraid of? Do I not want to hear a truth?" Tuohuan Timur's heart sank suddenly, and he ordered with a stern face.

"I have just got the cannon of the Red Thief. I haven't had time to compare it carefully yet. I can only say a little bit, no, I can't guarantee whether it is appropriate, so I dare not speak randomly." Hearing the hatred in Tuohuan Timur's words, Yue Kuocha'er became more and more careful, lowered her head, and sweat fell into strings to the ground.

"Then let me say something about it first. If you are wrong, you are wrong. I ordered you to say it. Who would dare to cause trouble for you?" Tuohuan Timur's brow jumped, and two cold lights shot out from his eyes.

The artillery making is like a bottomless pit. Nearly 30% of the tax revenue in the treasury this year has been filled in, making the entire imperial court's expenditure very difficult. Even the royal family's gifts to Buddha at the end of the year were half less than in previous years. However, the right Prime Minister Tuotuo spent such a huge price, but never achieved satisfactory results. He still refused to bring troops and hundreds of newly built cannons to suppress Liu Futong and Zhu Butchers, allowing the two thieves to divide the entire Henan Jiangbei Province in one go.

"The guns sold by Zhu Tuhuo, with the range of charges they stipulate, can drive four pounds of projectiles to 360 steps away. If you risk the blow-up, you can even drive around 450 steps." Seeing that Tuohuan Timuer's face became more and more gloomy, Yue Kuochaer knew that the opportunity had come, kowtowed and reported loudly.

There is no need to add fuel to the fire. What the emperor hates the most is to add fuel to the fire. What he said is all carefully verified data. As long as it is listed truthfully, it will be a group of guns and sharp arrows that will pierce the image of the guy who almost killed his life in the emperor's heart.

"We're making our own cannon." Tuohuan Timur was indeed upset and kicked Yue Kuocha'er and urged him loudly, "Stand up and talk, and finish speaking in one breath, don't deliberately swear my appetite!"

"I don't dare." Yue Kuocha'er tilted his body, then got up, lowered his head and continued to add carefully, as if he had made a mistake, he would immediately fall into the eighteenth level of hell. "The Right Chief sent the Han people to build artillery. The large ones can also hit five or six hundred steps. The smaller ones can hit about three hundred steps. In terms of power, the difference between the cannons used by the Red Trouble is not too big, and there is even a little bit more than that."

This news sounds somewhat gratifying. Tuhuan Timur nodded slightly, "Well, it's not bad, my millions of coins are not wasted. That Li, Li, what about it, it's quite useful."

"Li Hanqing." Yue Kuocha'er secretly looked at Tuhuan Timuer's face and spoke loudly, "However, in terms of durability, the two sides are far behind. If Zhu Tuhu's four-pound cannons are charged according to the ruler he set, they will be fired for twenty or thirty cannons in a row until the barrel turns red, they will not explode easily. The cannons made by Li Hanqing, the small cannons, can only be fired for five cannons at a time, and must stop and cool down. The large cannons are at best ten cannons, otherwise they will face the risk of explosion."

"Well,." Tuohuan Timur frowned and hummed softly. With the best craftsmen in the country and the most abundant money and food, he could not make the same thing as a mere land along the way. He dared to claim that he had done his best. If this was called doing his best, then all the generals on the battlefield should be proud of defeating the battle.

"In terms of weight, the gap between the two sides is even greater." After secretly looking at Tuohuan Timur's face, Yue Kuocha'er continued to whisper, "The cannons made by Zhu Tuhu are only weighing more than 500 kilograms. Based on 95% of copper materials, the cost should not be higher than 250 kilograms. The cannons made by Li Hanqing are more than 3,000 kilograms, and even the small ones are weighing more than 1,500 kilograms, several times higher than the cannons on Zhu Thief's side."

"Damn it." When Tuhuan Timur didn't listen, he felt a pain in his heart as if he was stabbed by a knife. The smallest one was 1,500 kilograms, which was more than 90% of the copper material. If it was completely made into copper coins, even the best copper, six lead, four treasures could be obtained, and this did not include the artificial expenses and the fire consumption generated during the manufacturing process.

The Yuan Dynasty only had much tax revenue this year. I gave him the best craftsman and the greatest support. He actually fooled me with such rags. No wonder Tuotuo refused to lead his troops to attack Zhu Tuohu. It turned out that the roots were all here. Every time an extra cannon was built, someone would make a fortune in vain.

"Then Li Hanqing is indeed suspicious." After a little consideration, Yue Kuocha'er slowly took over. According to the plan of several friends around him, his goal to enter the palace today was to Tutuo, but he could not beat Tutuo to death with one stick. After all, the centipede insect died without being stiff. If it was beaten too hard at once, it would inevitably be bitten by him. So avoid the heavy and cut off one of his thighs first. There is no need to fight and achieve full results.

"Yeah." Tuhuan Timur did not expect Yuekuochaer to divert his angry target. He frowned and looked at the person with a slanted eye.

Yue Kuocha'er was so scared that she took a step back, she looked very panicked, and begged for mercy loudly, "I should die, I should not attack my colleagues, but Li Hanqing was originally a Han official, but he had the key position of military weapon supervisor. Relying on the trust of His Majesty and the Right Prime Minister, he has squandered his official career for more than half a year. I cannot help but suspect that he was following the action of Zheng State in that year."

Zheng State was a master water craftsman from South Korea in the Warring States Period. In order to consume the national strength of Qin, he specially offered a plan to the King of Qin to build an irrigation project that could lead Jing River to Luoyang. The cost was so huge that the Qin State's treasury was empty and he had no strength to launch an attack on the outside for several years. It was not until later that his conspiracy was exposed that the King of Qin discovered that he had been fooled.

Although Tuohuan Timur was a Mongolian emperor, he couldn't put down his Han Dynasty's classics, so Yue Kuocha'er just opened his head gently. He immediately understood the meaning of these words, his eyebrows quickly twisted into a bump, and he asked with red eyes, "You, you sure that Li Hanqing is just making trouble, and the others are not responsible."

"I am not afraid." Yue Kuocha'er shook his head and looked ashamed. "Even Li Hanqing himself, I have no evidence to doubt him. However, it was only Weichen who bought these four cannons, each cannon cost more than 10,000 yuan. In the past six months, Li Hanqing spent more than 4 million yuan in the position of the Arsenal Supervisor, and finally he built more than 150 cannons."

"Ba." Before Yue Kuocha'er finished speaking, Tuhuan Timur had already thrown the teacup on the table hard on the ground again. One hundred and fifty cannons cost more than four million yuan, and spread them to more than 20,000 yuan per cannon. To buy one is lighter and better, but it is only more than 10,000 yuan. If I had known this, why would I have to build a cannon? Send someone to buy it with money to find the Red Turban thief. Anyway, as long as I can afford the money, some of them are also black-hearted.

"Your Majesty, calm down." Yue Kuocha'er quickly squatted down, picked up the broken tea bowl piece by piece with his hands, and covered the hem of his clothes. "I just doubt that there is no real evidence, and Your Majesty is not worthy of being a slander. After all, he is the slave of Lord Tuotuo and may not really have the courage to hook up with Zhu Tuohu. After the court itself mastered the method of making cannons, he will sooner or later be able to create cannons as light as the south."

"Well,." Tuhuan Timur walked a few steps in a hurry and let out a breath of humiliation on his back. Yes, after all, the cannon of the surname Li was created. The court could not deal with him casually if he could not catch the real evidence. Otherwise, it would inevitably be suspected of killing the donkey, which would make all the Han officials feel cold.

What's more, Li Hanqing was once the book boy of the Right Chief Tuotuo. Sude Tuotuo relied on him. If he had just casually charged him and killed him, Tuotuo probably wouldn't agree.

The powerful minister, the powerful minister who holds heavy troops, and the two brothers hold heavy troops at the same time, have a total number of up to 300,000, and are equipped with all the artillery made by the whole country. If enough money and food are obtained, they will be obtained.

The next moment, the cold air was rising on Timur's back. No, I couldn't force him to hurry. I had to go step by step, and while paced back and forth, he secretly warned himself not to be too hasty. His mother died at the hands of the powerful minister Yan Timur. After he ascended the throne, he lived in the shadow of another powerful minister, Boyan, for many years, so he was very alert to the powerful ministers and accumulated enough strategies to deal with the powerful ministers.

"Among Mongolia and Semi people, are there anyone who is proficient in manufacturing?" In just a few breaths, Tuhuantemuer made the best decision, slowly walked back to Yuekuochaer, and asked Yuekuochaer in a very peaceful voice.

"There is a Ha San in the Sitianjian in Huihui who is good at making tools. Your Majesty has summoned him before." Yue Kuocha'er was prepared, bowed down and recommended carefully.

"Ha San, he is a descendant of Annigo." Tuohuan Timur's eyes lit up, and a white and pure little fat man suddenly flashed in his mind, (Note 1)

"Yes." Yue Kuocha'er nodded slightly, "He was often summoned by His Majesty a few years ago, but later, some people talked too much, saying that adult men should not go in and out of the harem at will."

"I remember him, I remember him, alas." Tuohuan Temur sighed quietly, his eyes faintly showing a little melancholy.

When it comes to making tools, he himself can be called a master, so he often summoned some noble children who were very good at studying various strange techniques and tricks in the palace and took them to create various clever instruments. Ha San was once a regular visitor in the palace. He was always busy with him until late at night, forgetting to eat and sleep. Until later it aroused criticism from the censors, he did not dare to run into the harem again.

Recommending such a familiar face to replace Li Hanqing shows that Yue Kuochaer has no selfish intentions. Tuohuan Timur smiled and nodded in praise, "Well, he is indeed a suitable candidate, but he alone is not enough. You have to recommend another one to him as his deputy, so that no one is too concerned and thinks that I will use the jester casually without court advice."

"There is a Hequ envoy named Guo, named Guo Nuxin, who is a descendant of Guo Shoujing and is also skilled in making tools." Yue Kuocha'er thought about it and gave another name that was deeply impressed by Tuohuan Timur's mind.

"You said it's Guo Tuzi." Tuhuan Timuer immediately smiled, "Well, he is indeed a master of instrument making. I remember him. There are probably not many people in the civil and military families in the court who don't know him and have never collected the things he made."

"Your Majesty, your Majesty is wise, he is indeed not very famous." Yue Kuocha'er blushed and smiled apologized, not daring to meet Tuohuan Timur's gaze.

Ambassador Guo is good at making tools, but his most famous one is to make various things to cheer up in the room, so he is extremely popular among the descendants of nobles. However, his fame is slightly worse in the court. At least those so-called Qingliu would never say good things about him in person.

"I use people because I am good at hiring people. I can create better artillery for me, no matter how famous he is." Tuohuan Timur waved his hand at a grand manner and responded with a smile. He could already see the expressions of the court officials when someone nominated Ha San and Guo Shu to replace Li Hanqing.

That is definitely a very interesting thing, and it can minimize the prevention of Quan Xiangtutuo. "Let's look back and find Xuexue and the others, and let them court tomorrow morning and recommend the wise men to me immediately." Jia Xu looked at Yue Kuocha'er a few times, and he continued to smile and instructed, "As for that Li Hanqing, don't treat him badly, give him the position of Han Shigong, let him join the army and take charge of food, grass and supplies. When spring begins, my 300,000 army will have to move no matter what."

"Yes." Yue Kuocha'er was overjoyed, but on the surface he looked fair and honest. Millions of coins were flowing through the military surveillance position every year. As the war spreads, it can be foreseen that the corresponding funds will only gradually increase and will never decrease easily. However, Li Hanqing, relying on his support, refused to share the benefits for anyone. He really didn't know that the world was high. Now, after Hasan and Guo Tu went up, Guo would just mention today's affairs in the future, and he was afraid that there would be no big money to get.

"Among the ministers, you are the only one who has fought with Zhu Tuhuo and can escape unscathed." Tuhuan Timuer glanced at him again and sighed softly. Yue Kuochaer's accusations against Li Hanqing today may not be entirely out of public aspirations. As the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, he had long understood and was used to these things. However, none of these matters. The most important thing at this moment is to limit the power of Tutuo's brothers to avoid the birth of a third powerful minister in front of him. "In the morning court tomorrow, I will also pull the cannons you bought to the gate of the palace to open your eyes to everyone. I can't wait endlessly. If I wait, it means that Zhu Tuhuo vowed to the Northern Expedition, not to send people to suppress him. You, Xuexue and Brother Sang, no matter what, remember this for me."

"Yes, I will live up to your Majesty's trust." Yue Kuocha'er bowed down and clenched his fists quietly, his nails sink into the flesh, bringing a burst of pleasure.

Note 1: Anigor, an ancient Nepalese scientist, and Guo Shoujing built the most complete observatory in the world at that time.

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