The importance of steel to a country is self-evident, especially now that the Zhou Dynasty is simply using iron tools and has not refined steel of such high quality as its own.
If I really take this business as my own, I am afraid that the next day the imperial court will send people to first ransack the house and then behead him, and finally implicate the nine tribes!
Even in this steel business, no one can get involved. The only ones who can operate it are the court and the country.
This is still very similar to the situation in his later generations.
Which of those steel plants and the like is not state-owned?
This is something that is related to the life and death of a country and must not be left to outsiders!
Therefore, Zhao Feng had no other intention in getting these things, just to allow these militia members to have a business to support themselves.
Moreover, although the members of these militia teams are said to be militiamen, they are only one organization away from the real regular army. If the court is willing, they can all be organized into regular armies casually.
In other words, the weapons made by these militia members truly belong to the court. Even if the court doesn't want them, there is nothing they can do about it.
But with such good steel, I’m afraid the emperor would be a fool not to want it!
Zhao Feng looked at Yu Ruhai and Liu Wei and said very seriously.
"These steels are important tools of the country, and they must all be managed by the imperial court. If they are lost among the people, it will cause very serious hidden dangers."
"So the matter of steel forging itself belongs to the imperial court. Now I'm just asking you how to sell the produced steel to solve the problem of insufficient funding from the imperial court!"
Yu Ruhai couldn't help but open his mouth, and then couldn't help but pat his forehead hard.
To put it bluntly, isn't it because the imperial court's allocation is insufficient?
I will write a memorial immediately. As long as Chen Ming is powerful, Your Majesty will definitely understand the role of these steels.
Liu Wei also reported what happened here to Zhou Zhen through a secret letter. Zhou Zhen couldn't help but feel happy after seeing the memorials and secret letters from the two of them.
"This Zhao Feng is real, isn't it because I didn't give him enough money?"
"With these weapons now, if I want to use the treasury again, let's see which minister dares to disagree!"
"But is this weapon really that powerful?"
Zhou Zhen still had some doubts in his heart. Since the matter was more urgent this time, Liu Wei did not send Zhou Zhen the actual weapons.
But Yu Ruhai's side has already sent someone to send a batch of weapons, and it will probably take a few days to get here.
As long as the quality of these weapons really passes the standard, and does not even need to exceed the weapons they use, but can reach the quality of a hundred smelting irons, Zhou Zhen can use the treasury to purchase these weapons in large quantities!
At that time, let alone allocating a little more money to Yu Ruhai and his gang for suppressing bandits, it wouldn't be a problem to give him even a few hundred thousand taels more!
You know, the Zhou Dynasty has been working hard to develop its army over the years due to internal and external troubles.
Millions of taels of money are spent on the army every year!
But even so, the army of the Zhou Dynasty has always made people shake their heads and sigh when they mention it. Even the weapons produced by the Ministry of Industry are very expensive.
But now such large-scale weapons can be produced, and the cost is so low that only enough wages need to be provided to these militia members. This is simply a matter of killing multiple birds with one stone!
Zhou Zhen thought this in his heart and couldn't help but look forward to it.
Soon, the weapons sent by Yu Ruhai were delivered to the palace. Zhou Zhen checked them and was overjoyed.
But to get this matter from the Ministry of Industry, some strategies are needed.
So when he went to court the next day, Zhou Zhen walked directly into the court holding a long sword. After the ministers below shouted long live, Zhou Zhen waved his hand directly.
"Everyone who loves you, please be free of any courtesy."
The ministers stood up straight one by one. When they saw the cold sword in Zhou Zhen's hand, they couldn't help but widen their eyes, and then their hearts trembled.
It is not a good thing to go to court with weapons!
Generally, when an emperor goes to court with weapons, he either has evidence of an official's death penalty and wants to set an example on the spot, or the emperor is crazy.
No matter which one, these officials were so shocked that they had completely forgotten even the rhetoric they had thought about before going to court.
Zhou Zhen looked at the courtiers below and couldn't help but laugh.
"It seems that my dear friends have nothing to say today. Well, I have something to say today!"
"Have you seen the long sword in my hand?"
The ministers all nodded, and Prime Minister Feng Shen walked out. None of the others dared to ask, but as the head of the civil service, he still had to ask.
"I wonder why Your Majesty went to court today with a long sword? Is there something going on?"
Zhou Zhen chuckled, pointed the sword tip downward, and immediately plunged it into his own imperial steps.
"Don't worry, I'm not holding this sword to kill you!"
"I got a magical weapon today, so I can't wait to pick it up and watch it with all my ministers!"
Zhou Zhen said this, pointed to the sword, and asked Wang Feng, Minister of Industry.
"Wang Shangshu, your Ministry of Industry has recruited skilled craftsmen from all over the world. Why don't you take a look and see if this sword can be made by your Ministry of Industry?"
When Wang Feng heard this, he quickly walked forward with his head lowered, silently pulled out the sword, checked it, and then couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
"Your Majesty, this sword is gleaming with cold light and is very sharp. According to my opinion, your Majesty's actions just now revealed that this sword is not damaged at all, which means that this sword has reached the highest level in terms of hardness, toughness, etc. s level!"
"This is definitely a long sword forged from thousands of steel. It can be called a divine sword!"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhen nodded slightly.
"In other words, your Ministry of Industry can't make it?"
Wang Feng was a little confused, but he nodded honestly.
"Your Majesty, if we let the skilled craftsmen of our Ministry of Industry forge this sword, it will take about a month to forge it!"
This Thousand Steel Steel is not something that is impossible to obtain, but it is very complicated to forge, so most of the soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty used only Hundred Steel Steel.
But when Zhou Zhen heard this, he couldn't help but snorted coldly.
"Dear ladies, look outside!"
The ministers were a little curious and turned around, only to see the guards outside suddenly pulling out their weapons.
Each of these weapons sparkled with cold light, and they were clearly similar to this sword.
Wang Feng couldn't help but widen his eyes, thinking of a terrifying possibility.
