After the fall of the country, the crown princess was spoiled by the new emperor

Chapter 454 The emperor is still very cunning

"Such a good weapon must have an excellent name." Wen Xiao couldn't put it down for the long knife: "How much does this knife cost?"

"It takes 40 taels of silver to build such a knife."

Wen Xiao frowned slightly: "It's so expensive."

He intends to equip all the soldiers of Daliang with such long swords, but if hundreds of thousands of troops are to be replaced with such long swords, the cost will not be small.

Seeing his hesitation, Gongcao hurriedly said: "This knife is cumbersomely crafted, using the latest steel cladding method, and it was made through thousands of tempers."

"En." Wen Xiao didn't speak immediately.

The knife is a good knife, but it is too expensive. Ren Gongcao said that it is a hype, and he has to think about it carefully.

Now that there is a war at the frontier, even if he is not short of money, he can't spend it openly, so he can always take precautions.

Moreover, armor, food, wound medicine, which one does not need real money?
"Yeah!"

The child who had been fussing about going to the ground lost his patience and yelled in dissatisfaction.

The voice startled Wen Xiao, he raised his eyes to look over, smiled immediately, and signaled the nanny to put the child on the ground, and the nanny hurriedly did so.

As soon as it landed, the child who couldn't walk crawled forward with both hands and feet, and happily came towards Wen Xiao.

The ministers greeted Jiang Ronghe and hurriedly retreated, no one dared to look up.

"Well, hurry up and come to Emperor Father." Wen Xiao knelt down and waited for the child, but he was not ready to meet him.

The child happily crawled up to him, and when he held him in his arms, he giggled happily. Wen Xiao kissed him on the cheek, and he immediately kissed back happily.

"Your majesty is brave, we all saw it just now." Jiang Ronghe came over leisurely, looked at the long knife handed over to Wang Chun: "This knife is really good."

Wen Xiao led them into the house: "It's good, but it's too expensive, I really don't want to part with it."

"I have to spend money everywhere, I can't blame the emperor for being reluctant."

Before the blanket was removed from the imperial study room, Wen Xiao put the crawling child on the ground, helped Jiang Ronghe to sit down, and touched her stomach: "A knife costs 40 taels, and our army has 50 troops. It's not a small amount, but if such a good knife is left unused, it will be a waste of money, so I plan to build [-] of them first, and equip them with the Imperial Army and the Gyeonggi Camp, and take your time for other places."

"If only Gongcao is responsible for making this knife, they must pay as much as they say, just like buying it in the palace, colluding with those imperial merchants, and embezzling how much money they don't know."

These words aroused Wen Xiao's interest: "You mean, the craftsmen who make this knife are selected like imperial merchants? I'm afraid it won't work. Small blacksmith workshops can't support military supplies."

"But it can be built in pieces." Jiang Ronghe took his arm: "Why don't the emperor order the craftsmen to spread out the blueprints of the long knife, order the craftsmen to learn to forge, and then select craftsmen with good craftsmanship. They don't need to be fully responsible for all military supplies, even if It is a workshop that makes one every month, and there are thousands of long knives."

After Wen Xiao thought about it, it seemed to be the reason: "In this way, the quotation of the workers can't be inflated, but the weapons must not be sloppy, if someone makes them crudely, it will hurt the lives of the soldiers."

"It's also simple. Each long knife is engraved with the name of the craftsman, the name of the official who inspected it, the official position, and the day when the knife was made. In this way, if something goes wrong, it can be traced down layer by layer."

(End of this chapter)