"Gao Xuanfu, what are you..."
Fujiwara Tadai, who had drunk a little too much, looked at Gao Zhang in confusion as he handed him a tips bag.
"Here are my appreciation and advice to Mr. Fujiwara. Open it again after you sober up, or one day when you feel that you have lost hope in life and your future."
"..." Fujiwara Tadai glanced at the tip bag, and then at the legendary Song Dynasty figure in front of him with a frank expression.
I really had the urge to take it apart and take a look at it on the spot, but in the end Fujiwara Tadayi controlled himself, bowed to Gao Zhang and left.
Lu Qian and others escorted him back to the prison, where he continued to enjoy the right to live in a small single room among international friends.
Returning to the prison again, in the distance, there was still the noisy sound of those profiteers from the Song Dynasty cursing.
Fujiwara Tadai was too lazy to pay attention to them. After all, he had now met legendary figures like Gao Zhang in the Song Dynasty.
He also drank wine and boasted with the beloved son of Song Dynasty Prime Minister Quan Huan, and his level was completely different from the past.
After returning to his room, seeing that the prison was no longer a messy straw wooden bed, Fujiwara Tadai threw himself back onto the bed covered with quilts.
Staring at the ceiling blankly, Gao Zhang's heartfelt words to him today still echoed repeatedly in the depths of his heart.
A stream of emotional seeds asking why I have to wrong myself so much began to take root deep in my heart, sprouting and growing silently.
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It is indeed a simple matter for Gao Zhang to solve the problem of Fujiwara Tadayi's smuggling.
But now, facing this Fujiwara Tadai, who was furious at the timid, cowardly and incompetent elders in his family, Gao Zhang had a bold idea and a bold plan.
That is to use the hands of Fujiwara Tadayi to trigger a great chaos on the land of Japan that shakes the rule of the ruler of Japan.
Whether it is the Fujiwara clan, the Genji clan, the Taira clan, the emperor clan, the minister clan, or the samurai group, whether you are a horse beating a cow to death, or a sheep goring a dog to death.
As long as the Japanese state is in chaos, for the Song Dynasty, it will be an opportunity to increase maritime trade and allow the handicraft industry of the Song Dynasty to develop rapidly.
The Central Plains Empire has never dealt with the island country in depth. Now that it is here, how can it not do something?
What's more, this was also for the sake of the Song Dynasty. Of course, when facing Cai Laoliu and Na Tong's outsmarting, Gao Zhang naturally had another argument.
That is the trade representative of the Fujiwara clan, who can only represent part of the declining Fujiwara clan.
However, there is so much gold in the Japanese country, don’t you want to completely take over this trade and make it an exclusive business?
We help him and stir up his ambitions, as long as he really dares to stand up.
"With me and the help of the two of you, how can we support a person in that small Japanese country who is willing to have long-term cooperation with our Kaifeng Metal Workshop?
The princes who are willing to obey our will and are willing to march for us can’t do it? "
"What's more, the leader of the Japanese country is arrogant and rebellious. He claims to be the emperor. Giving them some eye drops is also our righteous act to protect the sects of the Song Dynasty..."
All in all, don’t you guys want to feel the thrill of those legendary figures in ancient times winning thousands of miles away and using the world as a chess game?
Regarding Gao Zhang's words, Cai Laoliu wanted to prostrate himself on the ground to express his admiration for his senior brother.
As expected of his senior brother, at least in terms of imagination, he has no rivals. Even his resourceful and talented self is a little inferior.
Tong Zhisheng on the side didn't like these intrigues very much.
But he still likes making money, especially the yellow gold, which is heavy in weight and has a pleasant color.
Just like Brother Guizhang said, a man should be cool in whatever way he behaves, that is, he is a good man. His talents will be useful and he will come back after all his money has been spent.
Where does the wealth come from? Of course he came from Japan.
"Sir, we're here..." Just as Gao Zhang continued to brainwash the pair of sleeping dragons and phoenixes, a shout came from the front.
Only then did Gao Zhang notice that the group had arrived at the Suzhou Iron and Steel Factory, which was about ten miles away from the Suzhou Weaving Factory.
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The Songjiang River is the main waterway that discharges water from Taihu Lake into the sea. Its water surface is vast and its water flow rate is much higher than that of the Loujiang River and Dongjiang River.
Therefore, Gaozhang built light and heavy industries that required water power along the banks of the Songjiang River.
What they came to now was one of the factory areas in the Suzhou Iron and Steel Plant, which was separated separately.
At this moment, ox carts were pulling the heavy iron plates into the factory area.
Although Gao Zhang and others have not entered yet, they have already heard the roar of the machine.
It is the hydraulic forging press that is working restlessly.
After those iron plates were sent to the machinery, they began to become thinner under the repeated pressure of the forging press, but as they became thinner, they also became stronger.
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Although it is not as strong as the steel strength of those war madmen in Xixia who insist on hammering hundreds or thousands of hammers.
But the defensive power of the iron armor has been greatly improved compared to the past.
The point is that this thing relies on a forging press, a punching machine, and a large piece of iron, which is rolled and thinned.
After cutting, cutting and punching, it turned into pieces of Song Dynasty-style iron armor.
Gao Zhang looked at all this with satisfaction, and Liu Qi behind him looked at it all with bright eyes.
Are you saying that Gao Zhang was making armor privately? Haha, sorry, of course not.
Gao Zhang blatantly built the Song Dynasty standard armor here, which is absolutely reasonable, legal and compliant.
Everyone onlookers must not forget that there are many reasons for the depletion of armaments in the Song Dynasty, but one of the reasons is that many states across the country have their own armaments academies.
Especially for an important town in the south of the Yangtze River like Suzhou, it is even more unlikely that there would not be such an arsenal that would help officials make a fortune.
When the Zhu family conspired to rebel, the Suzhou Ordnance Institute made weapons and armor for the Zhu family, which can be said to have made great contributions.
After Gao Zhang got it in his hands, he immediately ordered the transformation.
Nowadays, after a large number of hydraulic machinery has been installed, the quality of the weapons and armor of the Suzhou Ordnance Institute has directly jumped to a big level.
However, these armors produced today are of course useful and of great use to Gao Zhang.
For example, his Fang La was also his favorite general, and the soldiers, horses, and armor under his command should also be replaced.
If possible, let Liu Qi's soldiers and horses also enjoy the new armor.
As for the replaced armors, Gao Zhang would let them be "scrapped" and how to deal with them.
The guards on the merchant fleet under Gao Zhang were watching eagerly.
Maybe in the future, those armors and ordnance will have a more worthwhile place to go...
(End of chapter)
