For other officials, fifty taels of silver would be enough. Huang Tongpuan got two hundred taels, but he was still a little dissatisfied.
Forget it, let's do it, who makes himself too soft-hearted?
While signing, Huang Tongpuan said to Yun Chao: "For the sake of your loyalty, I will help you intercede in front of the prefect even if I risk my old face!"
Yun Chao said thank you, but he had already scolded Huang Tongpan a hundred times in his heart.
Huang, please wait for me. Sooner or later you will cry!
However, Yun Chao's two hundred taels of silver were not wasted, and Huang Tongpian didn't know whether it was to fulfill his duties or because of his conscience, he actually took Yun Chao to the prefect himself.
As a result, halfway through, Yun Chao knew what Huang wanted to do.
He told Yun Chao that as long as Yun Chao gave the prefect two hundred taels of silver, he would soon be able to sign and approve it.
However, the silver must be handed over to Huang Tongpuan for him to deliver.
Yun Chao gritted his teeth with hatred. The man surnamed Huang has decided to kill himself. Okay, isn't it just two hundred taels? I'll treat it as a free share for you!
Huang Tongpan took the two gold ingots and asked Yun Chao to wait outside while he went in to find the prefect.
Not long after, Huang Tongpuan came out: "Okay, hurry up and go to Supervisor Dong to get the ordnance!"
Yun Chao received the approval document and seriously doubted that Huang had not handed over the gold ingot to the prefect at all.
Maybe I gave it, but I probably didn’t give that much, at least half of it was withheld!
Black, so dark!
Yun Chao originally wanted to meet the prefect and become familiar with him, but now he was disturbed by the person named Huang.
The military supervisor of Dongping Prefecture, whose surname is Dong, does not work in the government office. There is a special supervisory office.
Yun Chao left the government office and brought his men to the Supervisor's Mansion.
Still the same old routine, Zhang Sihai packed the door with money and Yun Chao went in alone.
To Yun Chao's expectation, Inspector Dong turned out to be a handsome guy.
The handsome guys of the Dawu Dynasty are different from the young freshmen of later generations. They are handsome, not sissy.
The handsome Inspector Dong was very arrogant and did not even look at Yun Chao seriously.
He just glanced at it briefly and threw the prefect's approval aside.
"I understand. You can go back. We don't have all the weapons now. When the weapons arrive, I will send someone to Qingyang County to notify you."
have to!
Yun Chao has no choice but to continue using his super powers.
This time, Yun Chao was dumbfounded.
He first presented a gold ingot worth ten taels.
Who would have thought that Supervisor Dong would not even look at him.
There was no other way, so another gold ingot was sent over.
Supervisor Dong still didn't even raise his eyes.
Depend on!
Yun Chao was a little angry. It seemed that he was not even close to the psychological price of Dong. This guy was actually greedier than Huang Tongpian!
No clue, it’s another gold ingot.
Supervisor Dong remained silent, but a clerk next to him spoke: "You haven't received weapons before, have you?"
Yun Chao was stunned: "No, I just became the acting commander of Qingyang Camp."
The clerk tugged at the corner of his mouth and said with disdain: "You have to understand the rules. According to the weapons you want, you need to get five thousand taels of silver. Do you understand?"
"What?"
Yun Chao really didn't understand: "Aren't the ordnance distributed directly? Isn't it possible to buy five thousand taels of silver?"
The clerk looked at Yun Chao with contempt: "Yes, you are right, just buy it. Do you want it? If you don't want it, you can go back."
Yun Chao finally understood that these corrupt officials had reached an unprecedented level.
The ordnance built by the imperial court became a tool for making money in their hands. They should have been distributed for free, but they turned it into a business.
If possible, Yun Chao really wants to stab these bastards to death.
However, even if they were stabbed to death, they would not be able to get weapons.
Brother, I have endured it. Isn’t it just five thousand taels of silver? I can still afford it now!
Seeing Yun Chao's unwillingness, the clerk finally explained: "Just be content with what you have. This is how Inspector Dong gives face to the magistrate. Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to take away so many weapons even if you have ten thousand taels!"
People have already talked about this, what else can Yun Chao say.
When Yun Chao came to Dongping Mansion this time, he brought a total of five thousand taels of silver and three thousand taels of gold.
I originally wanted to buy other things, but it turned out that Dong had to go to so many places.
Yun Chao asked Supervisor Dong to send soldiers to follow him outside to get three thousand taels of silver and two hundred taels of gold.
Supervisor Dong didn't even mention the three gold ingots he had collected before, and threw an approval document to Yun Chao.
"Okay, let's go to the armory to get the things."
When Yun Chao took the approval document and looked at it, his nose was almost out of breath.
The quantity is simply not right.
There are 500 soldiers in Qingyang Camp, and Yun Chao also requested the equipment according to the requirements of 500 soldiers.
One hundred spears, one hundred swords and shields, three hundred crossbows, five hundred sets of armor, and one hundred war horses.
It's not that Yun Chao doesn't want 500 horses, it's because there are proportional restrictions. The Qingyang Camp has 500 soldiers, and only has a quota of 100 cavalry.
Unexpectedly, Supervisor Dong only approved a hundred spears, a hundred pairs of swords and shields, fifty crossbows, and only fifty pairs of armor.
As for the war horse that Yun Chao longed for, there wasn’t even one!
Wanting to get angry, Yun Chao finally suppressed it.
If he really had a falling out with the military supervisor, he might not even be able to get these equipment.
According to the actual price, these equipment should be more than 5,000 taels.
The Ta Zhang crossbow that Yun Chao bought from Tang Long, the golden leopard, cost one hundred taels of silver each.
And it’s still cheap and out of stock.
If the official price was the same as Tang Long's, Yun Chao would have gotten back five thousand taels of silver for just fifty crossbows.
Of course, the official price must be cheaper than Tang Long's black market price. Yunchao doesn't know the specific price.
However, with fifty pairs of armors, as well as those spears, swords, and shields, Yun Chao felt that he would not lose much, and even if he did, he wouldn't lose much.
A pair of armor, and it was metal armor. You probably couldn't buy it without a hundred taels of silver.
Of course, it also depends on the quality of the officially built ordnance. If it is a pile of unusable garbage, not to mention five thousand taels, even one thousand taels Yunchao will have to pay to death.
Yun Chao followed a petty official to the ordnance warehouse.
Unexpectedly, the guy in charge of the warehouse got into trouble again.
"You go back and wait for the news. We are checking the warehouse today. Come back after a few days when the inventory is complete."
It's still a familiar recipe, and it's still a familiar taste. This guy's face is almost the same as that of the warehouse ambassador Yun Chao met in Qingyang County.
It's a pity that Yun Chao can't arrest the warehouse manager who makes things difficult for him like he did in Qingyang County.
However, Yun Chao learned a lot, and instead of giving benefits directly, he started to bargain with the other party.
"Brother, it's not easy for me to come here. I want to buy more arms and go back. I wonder if I have any connections?"
The warehouse manager was originally very impatient when he saw that Yun Chao had no intention of paying for it, but when he heard that he actually wanted to buy ordnance, he immediately became energetic.
"Well, how much do you want?"
