Straight man of steel

Chapter 416 Retaliation
Zhang Yuan spent a lot of thought in making molds for copper coins.

Most of the molds now are copper molds, and there are relatively rough pottery molds used in private casting workshops.

When Liu Che minted coins by himself, he had just used the iron fan.

Zhang Yuan, on the other hand, wanted to use steel molds directly.

It is only natural that the better the dies, the better the coins.

Zhang Yuan had to make the master mold of the convex orthographic characters first, and then he could let Xiong Da and the others punch them in large quantities to manufacture the sub-moulds for actually printing copper coins.

According to Zhang Yuan's vision, the font of the copper coin, the inner hollow and the outermost edge must be raised.

In this way, the weight of the copper coin remains the same, but the thickness becomes thicker.

Zhang Yuan still wants to get five baht coins. This kind of coin can be passed down for thousands of years, which shows its irreplaceability at this time.

In fact, it is very simple, the word five baht is on the five baht coin, so Zhang Yuan doesn't need to think about it.

You only need to build the mother model at the beginning, and then hand it over to Xiong Da and the others.

It took Zhang Yuan three days to build the mother model.

It took a lot of work until it was finished.

The general appearance of the mother fan is not too different from the appearance of the last coin.

Copper coins are actually an alloy mainly composed of copper, not pure copper.

The current technology cannot make pure metal, but the hardness of pure copper and the fact that it is more likely to rust after actual use.

Zhang Yuan's ratio is intended to be directly based on the ratio of half a tael that Liu Che got before.

The square holes and the round-edged fonts of the copper coins are raised, and those who privately mint them want to grind the copper shavings can easily be found.

As long as ordinary people have standard copper coins in their hands, they can see the difference by comparing them.

People who privately mint money must use copper in the end, which does not mean that they have no cost.

Unless he has copper mines in his hand, otherwise he only relies on casting a little bit of copper shavings to make a few copper coins, which is not as good as farming.

The difficulty of grinding becomes greater, and the income decreases. When the private forger finds that he cannot obtain a lot of benefits from it, he will stop the business.

As for taking back the county's power to make money, that's Liu Che's business, not Zhang Yuan's need to worry about it.

The master model was given to Xiong Da and the others, and they made a large number of child models that day.

Then Zhang Yuan didn't ask them to polish the mold, for fear that the final specification and weight of the money would change too much.

Even though the coins made in this way may look rough, they are much more exquisite than the copper coins that are short of taels in circulation on the market.

Zhang Yuan knew that even when Liu Che finally started to mint five baht coins and set up the Shanglin Sanguan for casting money, the molds used by the Shanglin Sanguan were not as good as his own.

In order to make the coins they print look exquisite and not easy to be imitated, they use extremely high-standard copper molds and clay molds.

Each mold is very exquisite, but the weight fluctuation deviation of the final coin exceeds at least 20.00%.

This is the disadvantage that there is no master mold and the mold is easily damaged.

After finishing the mold, Zhang Yuan asked people to move all the copper coins in the treasury to the blacksmith workshop at home.

Just behind the bamboo forest, there is a ditch leading down from Lantian Mountain.

Here, Zhang Yuan also made some horizontal water drainage, the effect is of course not as good as that of natural rivers, but the melting point of copper is low, and lead ore is added in the process, horizontal wheel drainage can easily increase the temperature to melt these metals .

While everyone was minting new money in full swing, Zhang Yuan stopped by to visit Chu Da's home.

Whenever he remembered that Chu Da was still with the Huns, Zhang Yuan always felt worried.

Thousands of miles away to the north, the Huns live in the Xushan Shanyuting. A group of Huns are discussing whether they want to launch an unprecedented revenge on the Han people at the time of the transition of spring and summer.

During the Han-Hungarian War, the biggest blow the Huns dealt to the Han people should have been during the time of Emperor Hanwen.

At that time, the Huns went south, plundered the territory of the Han Dynasty for a month, and then left.

Han Gaozu was trapped in Baideng, and that was just losing face and dignity.

During the time of Emperor Wenwen of the Han Dynasty, the lives of the people and the wealth of the country were really threatened.

Fortunately, the Huns did not do this all the time, otherwise the confidence of the people in the country would continue to decline.

A country that can't even guard its borders will definitely not get the support of the people.

The military officials have never felt that the defeat in the previous two wars was really because the Huns were no longer able to defeat the Han.

It's just that he was forced to fight two positional battles with the Han people. Such a war was originally not suitable for the way the Huns fought.

The Huns' usual fighting method was to fire one shot and then immediately change places.

The style of frontal toughness is really not suitable for the Huns, so the military officials want to launch an unprecedented revenge, let the world see that the Huns are still the Huns before.

After two consecutive defeats, the rest of the nomads under their control have begun to move around.

Not to mention the Qiang people who are basically their lackeys, the Qiang people are prone to repeat themselves by nature, and they have a sloppy personality.

This is not a threat. The biggest threat comes from Xianbei and Wuhuan in the east.

The Huns occupied the best pastures and left the mountains to the east to the Xianbei and Wuhuan.

Two huge nomadic peoples are lying on the western foot of Daxinganling, for what?
The purpose is to be able to one day ride a war horse from east to west without any hindrance to occupy the vast prairie in the south and north of the desert.

The population of the Xianbei, Wuhuan and Qiang has surpassed that of the Huns, and nomads, who can mount horses and fight, have always counted not the number of armies but the number of ethnic groups.

Can the military minister not worry?
The position of the Great Chanyu was passed on to him from Mao Dun, and he couldn't put all the hard work of the Huns over the past century in vain.

Those three nomads hadn't offended the Huns yet, so it would be unwise to rush to war against them.

Moreover, on the Greater Khingan Mountains and the Qinghai Plateau, the Huns may not be able to catch up with the Xianbei Wuhuan and Qiang people.

The Han people who stood still in the south and attacked themselves twice in a row became the only choice for military officials.

But why didn't the military official make a decision directly? The reason why he hesitated was because he was worried about his body.

When going south, if he died on the battlefield, what revenge is there?
The left and right virtuous kings, and the left and right Guli kings might have fought directly in front of the Han people for the position of the Great Chanyu.

Yi Zhixie has now been promoted from King Zuo Guli to the position of King Zuo Xian.

With Yu Shanyu gone, how could he tolerate other people to occupy the position of the big Shanyu at his fingertips.

The military minister thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to lead the army south by himself.

The Huns worship the strong, and they must not let the people below see that they have gradually begun to weaken.

This is the truest thought in Jun Chen's heart.

After making a decision, the Huns began to hold meetings to discuss which county to attack.

"Da Chanyu, in my opinion, we should start with the newly expanded Shuofang County of the Han people.

That was our territory originally, and we can just take it back this time and wash away the shame from the previous time! "

"Yes, Da Shanyu, we will attack Shuofang County, and then take over Yunzhong County of Wuyuan County!"

The big tent is basically filled with the voices of attacking Shuofang County.

There is no way they suffered a big loss there before, and now they want to get back the place.

But he didn't want to gnaw at the two hard bones of Shoujiang City and Touman City, so he chose Shuofang County instead of Wuyuan County first.

"Chu Da, what's your opinion?"

Seeing that Chu Da on the left was smiling and not speaking, the military minister frowned and asked him a question.

He still couldn't really trust Chu Da in his heart. A Han man standing in the king's tent seemed a bit abrupt no matter how he looked at it.

Chu Da glanced at the Huns in the same account. These people are the kings and generals of the Huns, basically they belong to the highest level of power.

But Chu Da really didn't pay attention to them, he just thought about the loss there, and didn't think about why he would suffer the loss. It seemed that this was the reason why the Huns were doomed to fail.

"Da Chanyu, I don't think you should go to Shuofang County.

Have you forgotten why we fought such an inexplicable battle with the Han people? "

Naturally, the military minister will not forget that he lost his son in that battle, so his son was captured and sent to Han, and then danced for the emperor of Han. In the end, after his son died, Liu Che sent someone to collect the body and send it to Han. Come up the prairie.

When the military officials saw the extremely old Yu Shan and the corpse with one organ missing, the hatred in his heart could not be suppressed.

This is also the fundamental reason why he would rather let himself bear the risk of death this time than take revenge on the big man.

"I haven't forgotten, and I won't.

If it weren't for a high tower, our 20 cavalry could go directly south to rescue King Aries and King Lou Fan."

The military minister just wanted to spit out Chu Shan's name, but finally swallowed it abruptly.

Now the word Yu Dan has been equated with shame in everyone's eyes.

If Yu Shan died in battle, he would be a hero, but he surrendered in the end.

A mistake becomes eternal hatred, no matter what nation hates the most, it is naturally the betrayer of its own nation.

"Since Da Shanyu still remembers, he should know that we can't take advantage of it.

The emperor of Han has already started repairing the Great Wall on Yinshan Mountain. If we choose Shuofang County to go south, we will definitely be blocked.

The Han people north of the Yin Mountain will hide in the surrendered city and Manchester City, and the Han people on the Yin Mountain will hide in the Gaoque Fortress. As for us, do we have to spend a lot of time and materials to cross the Yin Mountain? "

The most practical problem is right in front of us, and the natural moat is the natural moat.

There are places in Yinshan where the mountains are gentle, but the first thing Han craftsmen repaired was the Great Wall of Qin there.

The Yinshan mountain range, which stretches for thousands of miles, was originally a mountain range that fed the Huns and provided them with a lot of prey and fruits.

Now it has become the biggest obstacle for them to go south.

"Chu Da is right, we want to attack the Han people as quickly as possible this time, so we must not spend too long crossing the Yin Mountain.

Shuofang County, Wuyuan County, Yunzhong County, and Dingxiang County are not suitable as targets for this attack.

Let's discuss again which place we should attack? "

"Yuyang County!"

Before anyone else could open their mouths, Chu Da yelled loudly.

"Tell me why you want to attack Yuyang County?"

The military minister still wanted to hear Chu Da's reason, which would make it easier for him to analyze whether Chu Da really trusted him.

"Da Shanyu, do you know who the prefect of Yuyang County is?"

"Han Anguo!"

In the list of the prefect of Bianjun, the only thing the military officials can remember is Han Anguo's name.

When Chu Da asked, the military minister had already made up his mind to attack Yuyang County.

"Han Anguo used to be the imperial censor of the Han Dynasty, although he has been demoted now, the emperor of Han still attaches great importance to him.

When I was in Chang'an City, Marquis Tianfu of Wu'an of the Han Kingdom stepped down from the position of prime minister, and the emperor of the Han Kingdom wanted to let Han Anguo take over.

In addition, Han Anguo had a blood feud with Da Shanyu, and we Huns are more familiar with Yuyang County.

Choosing Yuyang County for this retaliatory action is the most correct choice. "

No one cared about what Chu Da said about our Xiongnu, but everyone began to consider whether choosing Yuyang County was the best choice.

The military minister spoke directly and confirmed Chu Da's suggestion without hesitation.

"Everyone, immediately summon a hundred thousand cavalry and supplies.

This time we will attack Yuyang County, so that there will be no grass and no people in Yuyang County in the Han Dynasty! "

"Yes!"

Chu Da, this is not an act of treason.

The Huns are already destined to choose a big Han border county as the target of attack.

No matter which county is attacked, it will be a great loss to the big man.

The military officials still wanted to ask Chu Da for his opinion at this time. If Chu Da didn't say anything, then his intention to join the Huns would be obvious.

If you only analyze it briefly, you will not be able to gain the trust of military officials.

Since the battle will definitely be fought, it is very important to fight there.

Chu Da didn't know much about Zhang Yuan, but he knew that Han Anguo had a grudge against Chu Da.

So since he had to choose one, he directly chose Yuyang County where Han Anguo was the prefect.

Moreover, he had to use an extremely strong posture to persuade the military officials to attack Yuyang County, so that the military officials would feel that Chu Da really hated the big man.

Zhang Yuan, who was having fun with Chu Da's son thousands of miles away, did not realize that there would be a large-scale retaliation by the Huns next.

The Huns invaded the border of the Han Dynasty every year. If it happened this time, it would be on a larger scale.

The military ministers themselves defined this retaliatory action as an action, otherwise they would not have sent only [-] troops.

The number of people has dropped, just to be able to narrow down one's target, and then quickly and accurately retaliate against the big man.

As for siege, that does not exist.

The Huns had no siege tools. If they wanted to siege the city, they would probably have to improvise ladders and use human lives to fill them.

Since the time of Modu, the Huns knew that they would not occupy this large piece of land in the south. They believed that they had inherent advantages as nomads.

Nomads who want to occupy the territory of the Han are destined to be gradually assimilated by the Han in the process.

(End of this chapter)