Usurping the Mongols: My Father-in-Law is Genghis Khan

The current Mongolian steppe lacks everything.

After more than two hundred years of dark ages, the productivity on the steppe has fallen to an extremely low level.

They lack gold and silver, cloth, ironware, and craftsmen…

The fact that a black sable fur coat, which Börte brought as dowry, could become Temujin's generous gift to Wang Khan shows the scarcity of materials among the steppe people.

When Zhao Shuo was ten years old, he obtained a suit of gold-lacquered iron armor. To this day, it is still Zhao Shuo's symbol as a consort, which is enough to illustrate how economically shabby the newborn Mongol Empire is.

Of course, no matter how low the productivity, Zhao Shuo can still do something.

Iron armor is out of the question, but surely some iron arrowheads can be made, right?

Surely some strong bows can be made, right?

Thanks to Hua Zheng, Temujin sent five hundred households of people as dowry, including two blacksmith households and five bowyer households.

Zhao Shuo taught these bowyers the Qing Dynasty war bow making methods he remembered, and he had the blacksmiths make heavy arrowheads suitable for Qing bows.

Why make Qing bows?

Because every steppe man of this era can be called an excellent light cavalryman. However, heavy cavalry that can fight tough battles on the battlefield and deliver the final blow is very scarce for the current Mongols.

Five hundred of the bravest and most valiant warriors have been selected. Shouldn't they form the Mongols' most scarce heavy cavalry?

In real history, the Mongols began to develop heavy cavalry after obtaining a large number of resources and craftsmen from the Jin Dynasty and Khwarazm. By the time the Mongol Empire reached its peak, heavy cavalry accounted for nearly 40% of the Mongol main army.

Although Zhao Shuo can't handle heavy armor now, he can completely make heavy bows first.

From the perspective of later generations, Mongolian horses can be called an inferior breed, short in stature, slow in running speed, and poor in obstacle crossing ability.

However, one trick can be used everywhere. This kind of warhorse is often very tolerant, can feed on any forage, and can even endure long periods of hunger, making it very suitable for long-distance raids.

Based on this advantage alone, Mongolian horses can be called the best warhorses of this era.

Originally, the steppe people certainly had the awareness to keep excellent warhorses for breeding and cultivate superior warhorses.

However, during the two hundred years of dark ages, the herdsmen were struggling to survive. Even if they had this awareness, it was difficult to cultivate superior warhorses on a large scale.

Zhao Shuo gathered the talents in the territory who were good at raising horses, selected tall and strong horses, and opened a horse farm. On the one hand, during the warhorses' development period, they were fed with refined feed to ensure sufficient nutrition and cultivate tall and powerful warhorses. On the other hand, the best horses were allowed to produce as many offspring as possible.

With such a virtuous cycle, presumably Zhao Shuo will continuously obtain excellent horses in the future.

Of course, whether it is the five hundred standing army, or these craftsmen and horse farm herdsmen, they can all be called full-time personnel. With less than five thousand households of people to support so many full-time personnel, the burden is quite heavy. I'm afraid that before long, Zhao Shuo will have to use his own savings.

"Relying solely on grazing is definitely not enough. We still have to find a way to make money! Got it!"

As a transmigrator, how could he lack the means to make money?

It's just that in the past, whether it was the Mongols or Zhao Shuo himself, they faced strong survival pressure and had no time to take care of other things.

Now that the security issue has been basically resolved, Zhao Shuo is ready to start engaging in economics.

Engaging in economics has many benefits. It can not only obtain the various resources that are urgently needed, but also greatly increase the loyalty of the subordinates.

And most importantly, it can increase the say of the Mongolian faction that advocates construction.

Indeed, in history, the Mongols left scorched earth wherever they went. However, in the early days of Temujin's unification of Mongolia, he attached great importance to construction.

The fuse of the war between Mongolia and Khwarazm was the Khwarazmians robbing the Mongolian merchants. It was only later that the Mongols were invincible and the benefits of destruction were much greater than construction that they paid more and more attention to killing and looting, and did not pay attention to construction.

Now, Zhao Shuo wants to make the Mongols more deeply aware of the great power of construction.

Just as Zhao Shuo was studying how to improve the productivity of the Mongols, Genghis Khan's messenger suddenly arrived, bringing Temujin's latest decree.

"Consort Zhao Shuo, the Khan wants you to go to the royal court quickly, there are important matters to discuss!"

What happened?

Zhao Shuo made some preparations, took twenty retainers, and galloped towards Genghis Khan's royal court.

Now Temujin's royal court is no longer in Mount Zhe Zheyun, but has moved to the Tie Mie Yan Steppe.

On the morning of the third day, Zhao Shuo and others arrived at their destination.

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Inside Temujin's golden tent, besides Temujin himself, there was also an old man who looked about sixty years old, with a strong physique, eyes like a hawk, and long eyebrows like snow.

Zhao Shuo knew this old man. He was none other than the Mongolian veteran Hulun, known as the "Crow Wolf Man".

Long before Temujin became Khan, Hulun left Jamukha with his tribe and submitted to Temujin.

He was not only brave and good at fighting, but also resourceful and good at handling internal affairs. He was praised by Temujin as "the male wolf in the dark night and the crow in the daytime."

The bear wolf in the darkness refers to Hulun's expertise in night battles, being sharp and brave.

The crow in the daytime is a compliment to Hulun, who is good at collecting troops and comforting people's hearts.

Crows are very clever and good at collecting various items.

Now that Hulun is old, he rarely participates in battles and has always played a role similar to a prime minister in front of Temujin.

For all military and national affairs, Temujin must first set a general outline with Hulun before discussing it with everyone.

"A Shuo, the Khan of the Ongud tribe, Alaqush-digit-quri has come, wanting to submit his entire tribe to our Mongols."

As soon as Zhao Shuo sat down, Temujin told him this earth-shattering news.

It was indeed earth-shattering.

First, the Ongud tribe has about five thousand households, which is a considerable force on the steppe. The Ongud tribe's submission will greatly enhance the strength of the Mongols.

Second, the Ongud tribe has an owner, they are loyal to the Jin Dynasty!

Unlike the Mongol and Kereit tribes, which were only nominally conferred by the Jin Dynasty, the Ongud tribe was indeed a Qiju army of the Jin Dynasty.

The so-called Qiju army is the army formed by the Jin Dynasty with the northern border tribes.

In terms of equipment, the Ongud tribe is much stronger than the Mongol army.

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