Chapter 125: Xhosa Raiders (10) Sea of ??Azov (Part 2)
The Qin King's tent.
Sun Xiurong sat upright in the tent, putting a few colorful gifts in front of him:
A set of lightweight cotton armor only owned by the Daqin Kingdom at this time. The steel sheets inside such cotton armor are made of steel mixed with manganese material, while the lining is cotton cloth, and the surface is rough, tough and durable linen. Compared with the homemade linen cloth that was the same gray-brown in later generations, the linen cloth in front of us was dyed golden yellow.
Each copper nail cap on the linen is ground to a bright light, and the red nail cap and the golden linen are complemented by each other.
A wide-brimmed iron helmet that also uses manganese material, a wide-brimmed iron helmet with a sharp and buzzing sound, with a spring inside. Rapes can be installed in summer and wool-woven hats can be installed in winter.
A pair of horse boots that use high-quality rough rubber soles have iron palms on the front and back. The boot barrels are sewn with cowhide made of tanning technology unique to the Qin Dynasty.
A powerful crossbow with three stone power was not used, but the bow was made of high-quality oak wood and dark after being painted with black paint.
A one-meter-long horizontal knife is still made of steel and manganese composite, with crystal clear body and two lines of small characters engraved on it.
"The King of Qin presented it to Magyar Khans Dimo"
The so-called two lines are because small characters are engraved in Chinese and Turkic languages.
All these things were gifts Sun Xiurong prepared to give to Stimo. At this time, it was not appropriate to just use the submission. For tribes like the Mazar people, such seemingly wild and wilder than tribes, he was ready to treat them with sincerity.
These things contain more or less the secrets of the Great Qin Kingdom. In the past, he would not give them to others easily, but at present, he is going to give it a try on Stimo.
This is because the Mazar people are different from the Pecheneg people and the Xhosa people. Their descendants are tribes that established the Grand Duchy of Hungary, a tribe whose body has gradually become civilized but whose minds are still ruled by shamanism.
Such a tribe is worth his try.
In addition, behind him was a large seal, a large seal carved from sapphire produced from Bosishan - the Mazar people advocate blue.
The seal was only engraved with the "Seal of Magyar Khan" in Chinese. If Sdymo agreed to his conditions, he would enthrone him in the name of the King of Qin.
Behind all this, he only has one purpose.
capital!
He was preparing to build a new capital along the Dnieper River, because among the three major rivers in Eastern Europe, the Dnieper, Don and Volga, only the Dnieper River is the warmest and humid, and can also be navigated from the estuary to Orsha in later Belarus, which is extremely critical to his final strategy (Baltic Strategy).
Furthermore, only in the lower reaches of the Dnieper River, is the most abundant place on the entire Eastern European prairie. At this time, between Zaporoze, where the Sdimo tent is located (the name is not yet available) and Dnieppetrovsk, the two sides of the Taiwan Strait extend outwards within 500 miles. It is the largest coal mine in Europe in later Europe (Donbas Coal Mine Belt), iron ore (Kremenchurg-Zaporoze iron ore belt), and manganese ore (Nicopol) belt.
The mineral belt here is not only the largest in Europe, but also the highest quality and quality.
That's not to mention that the five hundred miles of the two sides of the strait are covered with dark black soil, forest belts, savannas and arid grasslands alternately, which can not only open up a large amount of farmland, but also store a large amount of livestock. This is too critical for the Great Qin Kingdom, which was still in the pre-ship ship era.
Finally, between Dneprpetrovsk and Zaporoze, the Black Sea is only 600 miles away, and large ships in later generations can be reached, especially Zaporoze, which is only 500 miles away from Khlsson, the current sea outlet of the Dnepr River. To the east is the Donbas coalfield, which is several hundred kilometers wide and all the way to Lugansk.
The coal fields here are rich from lignite to anthracite and coking coal, and can be mined open now.
About a hundred miles south of Zaporoze, on the north bank of the Dnieper River is the largest manganese ore in the world (accounting for 75% of the world), with high grade and easy to mine, and later called Nicopol.
To the south of Nicopol is the later Ankhed, where there is a large iron-rich ore at the southernmost end of the Dnieper Iron Mine Belt. Although it is not as good as the giant iron ore near Kraftbas in later generations, it is also a high-quality iron ore with a grade of more than 60%, not to mention that there is still pyroferrous ore.
When it comes to mining and using pyroferrous ore to the greatest extent, no one is more proficient than the Qin people. They are very proficient in mining, ore dressing, ore separation from ore and sulfur (using Sun Xiurong's knowledge brought by him from later generations, natural craftsmanship, and effectively operated in the Daxia Kingdom for decades. The knowledge of Chinese people refining sulfur is very long, and Song Yingxing's records are not groundless).
There is also the largest kaolin, high clay and limestone production area in Ukraine near Zaporoze. For the Daqin Kingdom, which was in the early stage of industrial initiation, the coal and iron industry and the cement industry are the two most important industries, and there is no more important matter than it.
There is naturally no volcanic ash here, but it is also very suitable to use slag produced by iron smelting to replace volcanic ash and limestone, and it is also very suitable to make first-generation cement with wood ash.
The surrounding mineral resources are very close, slightly farther away (iron ore, manganese ore) can also be transported through the river.
Therefore, if the capital is set up in Zaporoze, the climate here is very suitable. The minimum temperature in winter is rarely lower than ten degrees, and most of the time it is above minus five degrees. The rainfall is moderate, about 500 mm. The most needed rainwater (the key month for crop growth) is the most abundant, and the rainfall does not require too much rain (ripening, harvesting season) is the least rainfall, which is just conducive to harvesting. Moreover, the rainfall in winter begins to recover (rich snowfall), and it can be fully planted for two seasons of grain.
Near Zaporoze, a radius of hundreds of miles, all of them were mainly grasslands at this time. They could not only open up fertile fields, but also grazed livestock in large quantities, which was suitable for the power of the Great Qin State with a large number of cavalry.
Of course, if Khans Dimo, a Mazar native who is currently in Zaporoze, does not agree to give up the place, Sun Xiurong is preparing to settle for the second best and set the capital on both sides of Nicopol-Anhede. This place is only 400 miles away from the sea estuary, which can reach all over the water and at least 400 miles deep. As for the coal needed, it will be transported from Zaporo to Rich.
This time, he was about to be heartbroken to Sdymo and planned to completely incorporate 30,000 tents into the system of the Great Qin State.
Will Sdymo get him to what he wants?
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In the big tent, Sidimo looked at the complete set of military equipment from the Great Qin State in front of him. At first, he didn't think there was anything special, but Sun Xiurong's next words made him stunned.
"Shan, this armor can be worn in between thirty breaths. Its effect is equivalent to a chain armor and a chain mail, but its weight is only half of the combined amount of the first two."
"This helmet can not only resist bows and arrows, but also prevent heavy weapons such as maces, giant axes, and big sticks from hitting hard. Look, there is a buffer here. Moreover, in rainy and snowy weather, its wide hat brim can also shelter from wind and rain."
"This kind of riding boots can be worn for a year without changing it."
"This powerful crossbow is a secret that is not passed down by our country. You are the first to receive such a gift. This straight knife is the same. Its hardness and toughness exceed that of the Uz steel knife."
"All these things are unspeakable skills that allow Qin army to sweep the world. They are all yours now. I don't want to talk too much nonsense with you. I do this to treat you as a friend."
Sdymo was of course very excited. He knew very well the status of the Great Qin Kingdom in the world today, because his ancestors arrived here from the northern part of the Aral Sea. In his memory, in recent hundreds of years, there seems to be no powerful force that can unify the entire Western Regions, rivers, Aral Sea, Caspian Sea, and the Black Sea.
The Huns, Rourans, and Turks did not do it, but the current Great Qin State did it!
Also, this man was the king of a country and ignored the tense battlefield of Xhosa. Instead, he jumped into the Don River Basin, which was obviously aware of the result of Xhosa battlefield.
"For him, if he really occupied the territory of the Xhosa people, it would be a matter of time before he conquered our troops, but he actually condescended here and gave me valuable gifts to show goodwill. I should..."
"By the way, the west bank of the Mazar River is now the territory of the Great Qin State. Our troops are sandwiched between the Great Qin State, the Varyag people and the Pecheneg people cannot move, only..."
"Is this person able to achieve such a glorious level by virtue of being kind-hearted? Obviously not. According to the Sogdian merchant, since he rose in the Western Regions when he was eighteen years old, there have been no millions or hundreds of thousands of troops under his command. The once noisy Turks, Turkish people, Uighurs, and Pecheneg people have suffered great losses under his command."
"Not long ago, he could only ship one battalion to sweep the forest area in the north, allowing the fierce Varyags, Teutonics, Pomeranians, Saxons, and Bavarians to return in a defeat!"
Compared with Gechus, the great chief of the Pechneg people, the Mazar people were not entirely capable of dominating the Don and the Dnieper Rivers, but the soft figure of his Stimo was the key factor.
"Although this king gave me his powerful weapons, it is obviously not all. The most widely circulated in the world now is, 'The most powerful thing in the Qin Kingdom is the firearm, the kind of firearm that can stimulate iron to pop out from a black iron pipe. This is their real skill of not passing on', but, no matter what, when he gave me these weapons, he also showed his sincerity."
After a while, he said, "Thank you for your attention, just say whatever you want."
"Happy!" Sun Xiurong stood up, "It's very simple. I know that your tribe is a vassal tribe in the Xhosa Khanate, but since our country has come, this is not enough. I want your tribe to completely integrate into our country."
Seeing Sdymo's eyelids twitched, Sun Xiurong smiled and said, "Don't panic, nothing can be achieved overnight. In this way, you will contribute 30% to your family with more than two sons. I guess there are 50,000 households. If you make up an integer, you will be subject to 50,000 households."
"The five thousand households have two sons in the family. One of the sons' household registration is completely subject to the jurisdiction of our country, and the remaining household registration is still under the jurisdiction of the Great Khan. How about it?"
When Sdymo thought, "Take five thousand households and twenty-five thousand households, he still has the advantage." He said, "Just follow the king."
"Secondly, I have taken a fancy to the place where the Great Khan tent is located and is preparing to build a city there. As the capital of our country, if the Great Khan is willing to transfer it, I am willing to provide you with another thousand sets of such armor and weapons in exchange. What do you think?"
Sdymo felt a stern and thought to himself: "It is my Dongdu, but he was attracted by it. However, the intersection of the Samara River and the Mazar River not far north is also one of the places where Ben Khan stayed. Moreover, between the Mazar River and the Kosa River, I still have a Xiadu, so what if I give it to him? Even if he doesn't, he will do everything possible to get it."
(The Xia capital of Mazar is the area of Kharkov in later generations. For Sdymo, there was no Dnieper River or Don River, only Mazar River and Khosa River)
Chapter completed!