Song Yu and Jiang Yuanming looked at each other in confusion upon hearing this.
"Selling military equipment?"
"May I ask Your Majesty how to sell it?"
"I wonder which of the two missions your Majesty intends to sell to?"
"How to set the price? Should we sell standard weapons? Or sell obsolete weapons?"
The four of them asked each other the questions in their hearts. Liu Mingzhi raised his hand to signal the four of them to calm down, and walked to a bench nearby and sat down.
"I came to you just to discuss this matter. As for the Japanese envoys who need to prepare troops, there is no need to talk about rewards. Let's discuss how to sell them."
"Ministry of War! Ministry of Works!"
"His Majesty?"
"As the commander-in-chief, don't the commander-in-chief have many weapons and armors that have been replaced by the soldiers, waiting to be remade?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, that is exactly what happened.
After the world was unified, after sorting out the old, chipped, and broken military equipment and armor in the hands of the guards and soldiers, they piled up in the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Works.
Everything that can be renovated has been selected, and the remaining ones that need to be rebuilt are more than 200,000.
Now the task of the craftsmen of the two departments is to re-forge these weapons. "
"What's the cost?"
“Although it is not as expensive as casting and making new weapons and armor, it is still not a small expense.
There is nothing we can do about this. They are all good embryos, and it would be a pity to waste them. "
Liu Mingzhi nodded clearly: "Since the expenses are also not small, then find a way to sell them to the Japanese in exchange for gold and silver, continue to develop better weapons, develop and forge armors and weapons that are better than Baishang Steel, and then equip them with to our own soldiers.
You have also seen the physiques of those Japanese people in the court. They are no better than teenagers, or even worse.
Can they use our sword? Can they wear our armor? "
"What does your Majesty mean?"
"The gap in the sword is too big to be repaired, so cut it in two, just in line with the height of Japanese people.
The hilt half creates the tip, and the tip portion houses the hilt.
In this way, we can sell two knives for the price of one knife.
The same goes for armor. The broken armor is divided into two parts, and the parts that need to be repaired are repaired, and the parts that need to be rejoined are rejoined.
When the time comes, tell the Japanese people that I made it specially for them in order to take care of them and better utilize the power of their military equipment.
Believe it or not, in short, the military equipment is like this. If you want it, buy it. If you don't want it, you will have nothing to do with it. "
The four of them looked at Mr. Liu who was chatting with strange expressions, and they could only secretly say something dark.
"Your Majesty, if we deal with it as you said, the power of the weapon and the defensive power of the armor will be greatly reduced."
"Why do you care whether it's lethal or powerful? It's not for us to use it anyway. It just looks good... isn't it enough to be powerful?
This sword can be polished as brightly as it can for them, making people feel that this sword is valuable at first glance.
It doesn't matter whether the power is weakened when killing the enemy. Even the light refracted by the blade can blind the enemy's eyes.
They tied everything from silk to the handle to accessories that could be tied on.
It gives people a feeling of value for money at the first glance.
The same goes for armor. Don't worry about its defense, just that it looks good.
It makes Japanese people feel like they are the most handsome and unrestrained boy in Japan when they put it on.
No matter what the unit price of such armament is, it must be worth four or five taels of silver, right?
Are you kidding me? Four or five taels is not enough for the cost price. If it is less than eight taels, we won't sell it.
Eight taels of silver requires two thousand swords or two thousand pieces of armor. This is why His Majesty the Emperor is grateful for your contribution to the tribute, so he sells it to you at a cheap price. "
"Uh! Who is the right party to sell to?"
"Sell to both sides, and find a way to pretend to be casual and tell Fujino Ningwa and Sakai Ga that the other party would rather increase the price to purchase a large number of weapons and equipment to bring to the Japanese mainland.
But we can’t let them know that we actually sold both sides.
Do you understand? "
"I understand, I understand, but I still feel it's a bit unauthentic!"
"It's really a bit too dark to do this. Not to mention our weapons that are waiting to be remade. It only takes eight taels to forge a new weapon..."
There were several muffled bangs and bangs, and the stone table clanked as Master Liu slapped it.
"What are you talking about? Why is this young master so unreasonable? Why is this young master so dark-hearted?
Those weapons and armors in the warehouse are ready to be remade, but forging weapons and armors are also embryos of steel, right?
As far as the Japanese country is concerned, it can forge superior weapons and equipment even if it is made of steel.
They think it's expensive, but I still think it's expensive.
It costs a lot of money to make military equipment now. I don't think of a way to get some money back, so that the civil and military affairs of the dynasty can drink the northwest wind? Are the craftsmen going to drink the northwest wind?
Are the soldiers of the Western Expedition going to drink the northwest wind with the soldiers stationed outside the pass? "
"Old Jiang, especially you, you think this young master has a dark heart, but you should make money by yourself to enrich the national treasury, instead of crying to me about poverty all day long.
Ministry of War, Ministry of Industry, you have said more than once that you want to increase wages for craftsmen, right? If you have money to raise the wages of craftsmen, I can give the soldiers and equipment to the Japanese for free.
The key is, do you have money? Have it? Have it?
Does the household department have it? Or is it your Ministry of War and Ministry of Industry? Or does your Honglu Temple have one? "
The four of them looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly.
"No!"
"Old minister seconded the proposal!"
"Seconded!"
"Seconded!"
"That's it, I can hardly afford to wear my own trousers because I'm so poor, how can I pretend to be rich and wealthy like the Japanese people?
oh! If they say a few flattering words in court and praise their merits in documents, can you eat them?
Besides, we also deal with genuine goods and fair prices.
With eight taels of silver, they can buy a weapon whose embryo is made of hundreds of steel and let them forge it themselves. Can they forge it at the cost of eighty taels?
Can't?
In this case, instead of earning money from them, we are giving them free charity and excellent military equipment that they want and have never seen before.
Isn't this enough to show the grace and glory of my heavenly kingdom? "
Young Master Liu picked up the tea and sipped it carefully, then shrugged at the four of them: "Anyway, I have given you the solution. Whether you sell it or not is your own business!"
"Sell!"
"Sell as much as you want!"
"May I ask if there is anything else, Your Majesty? If nothing happens, I will resign later! Earn money... there is a lot of official work!"
"That's right, Your Majesty has a leisurely day all day long, and there are still a lot of things to do in the Lao Chen Yamen Office!"
"No!"
"Your Majesty, please leave!"
"Lao Jiang, come on, come on, sit down at Brother Wei's house, and let's have a drink and connect with each other!"
"Go, go, do you have somewhere to sit at home? Brother Jiang, Brother Jiang, how about I arrange some arrangements for you in Tianxiang House? Look at what the Ministry of Industry has done this year..."
"Lao Yang, can you behave like an important official in the court? Is Brother Jiang the kind of person who looks for flowers and willows?
Brother Jiang, there are a lot of foreign beauties staying temporarily in Honglu Temple. I will choose some young and beautiful innocent beauties to lead your marriage. How many concubines will I have? "
Young Master Liu looked at Song Yu's figure walking away with his arms crossed, listened to their words to please Lao Jiang, and spat at the lake beside him.
"Bah! A bunch of old guys know there's no limit to money, what the hell!"
After Song Yu and the others left, Liu Song's voice sounded in the pavilion during a tea break.
"Master, Sakai He has arrived and is waiting outside the imperial garden. Do you want to pass it on?"
"No one saw it, right?"
"Don't worry, young master, those people from the country can't even recognize the road. I guarantee that no one will see the invitation to Sakai He into the palace!"
"Well done, please pass it on!"
"yes!"
