The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 642 Preparations before the War [Subscription*Monthly Ticket Request]

"How much does this thing cost?"

Only after returning to the main hall of Qinian Palace did Ying Zheng come back to his senses from his shock.

Such a magical artifact should not be cheap.

"The greatest difficulty in making the clairvoyance lies in this 'giant magic mirror'. Currently, even if the Mohist School and Bingzhou join forces, they can only rely on manual polishing, and it cannot be mass-produced in a short period of time." Nong Yu spoke slowly without naming the price.

She didn't say that Bingzhou is currently building a super astronomical telescope in the Beiye Royal Court to observe the stars.

As for why Bingzhou spent huge sums of money to build an astronomical telescope that she thought was useless, Nong Yu had no idea, but this was the request of the Mohist School and the King, so they could only do as they were told. As for what kind of changes it would bring, they had no idea.

"No matter how many such artifacts Bingzhou can produce now, my Qin State will take them all and will not bargain!" Ying Zheng said generously what Wang Jian and others wanted to say.

This thing must not fall into the hands of other princes, otherwise it will be the Qin army that will be in trouble.

"Currently, Bingzhou has only produced thirty-three of them, twenty of which were kept by Bingzhou for its own use, and the remaining thirteen have all been brought here!" Nong Yu smiled and stretched out two fingers.

"Two hundred gold coins for each one?" Ying Zheng looked at the finger that Nanyue stretched out, then nodded, "Okay, I want all of them from Great Qin, not even two hundred gold coins for each one. I'll give Bingzhou three thousand gold coins!"

“?” Nong Yu was stunned for a moment. This thing was actually very cheap to make. You could just add some sand and burn it and it would be made. It just took time and effort to polish it.

The price in Bingzhou is only twenty gold, and that is because the material used for the lens barrel is luxurious.

Just because she was able to earn more than ten times the money for nothing, Nanyue did not explain further.

The extra money can be considered as the initial research investment of Mohism!
With this calculation, the initial investment of the Mohist School was indeed not low.

In order to produce colored glaze, the Mohists almost spent all their capital.

So strictly speaking, the glass business was accounted for 50% by Mohism, 30% by Bingzhou, and the remaining 20% ​​was spent on transportation and sales.

If the blood cannot be recovered quickly, the Mohists will not burn sand, but eat sand.

Fortunately, Madam Ba Qing directly asked for 100,000 kilograms and paid a deposit in advance, which was enough for the Mohist School to hold on for a while.

Nanyue just doesn't have any hope that the Mohist school can recover. That group of people can really make money, but they can also really burn money.

That’s right, it’s just burning money.

After burning out the colored glaze, the Mo family was not satisfied and wanted to throw everything into the fire to see if they could burn out other things.

Then all kinds of rare treasures and minerals were collected by the Mohists to be burned.

Obviously, many things will be burned without leaving anything, let alone other things.

Therefore, the speed at which the Mohists make money cannot keep up with the speed at which they burn money.

And Nanyue finally understood why the Mohist School was the poorest among the three major schools of thought in the world. While others were squandering their wealth, they were burning it.

Ying Zheng seemed to be afraid that Nanyue would not agree, so he asked the Shaofu and Shaopu to count the money on the spot, and handed over the money with one hand and the goods with the other.

Nongyu was a little confused. As expected, Bingzhou was still poor.

At least let the Bingzhou court count the three thousand gold on the spot, and everyone from the prime minister to the censor can collect the money while cursing, instead of just needing the signatures of the Shaofu and Shaopu Yamen like in the Qin State to get the money.

Looking at the thirteen beautifully packaged telescopes displayed in a box, Wang Jian and others looked at Ying Zheng with pleading eyes. After all, there were only thirteen telescopes, and who wouldn't want to get one?

Wei Ju was a little discouraged. The State of Qin bought out all thirteen branches at once, so he would definitely not get any.

The one who is most useful for this thing is his navy.

The navy has to issue orders through flag signals, but fog easily forms on rivers, obstructing vision. If they had this thing, then the navy could issue orders unimpeded.

"This is what the queen ordered me to give to the young master!" Nanyue took out a brocade box from her sleeve and handed it to Wei Ju, who could only watch with sour eyes.

Wei Ju took the brocade box and was about to open it, but Nong Yu pressed the lid with her hand and shook her head to signal him to go back and look again.

Wei Ju was stunned for a moment, then nodded. It was obvious that the things his elder brother and sister-in-law gave him were not suitable to be seen by others.

Ying Zheng and others also noticed Nanyue's actions, but they didn't care. Wei Ju was Bingjun's younger brother, and it was normal that Bingjun gave him some things that were not convenient for outsiders to know.

As for what it is, no one allows it to be made public, so why should they find out?

"Miss Nanyue, from now on, my Great Qin will purchase as many of these 'Clairvoyances' as Bingzhou can produce. The only requirement is that you cannot sell them to other princes outside Bingzhou and Qin!" Wang Jian suddenly turned around and said.

This thing must never fall into the hands of other countries. It is an absolutely strategic material.

Moreover, the demand for this thing in Qin is indeed huge, and almost every officer in every battalion should have one.

"Okay!" Nong Yu nodded with a smile.

Wang Jian and others also breathed a sigh of relief. After all, it was not just them who were on good terms with Bingzhou, but also the State of Yan.

“I’m afraid the Queen of Bingzhou and Miss Nongyu’s trip is not just to sell colored glaze and this thing, right?” Ying Zheng also slowly came back to his senses.

"If possible, Your Majesty hopes that the Qin State can exchange the money obtained from this transaction for food, silk, iron ore, kerosene and other war supplies, and send them to the Beiye Royal Court!" Nong Yu finally stated the main purpose of this trip.

Ying Zheng narrowed his eyes, "Is Bingzhou going to take action against the Donghu and Xiongnu?"

Wang Jian, Meng Wu and others also paid close attention. Bingzhou suddenly received such a large amount of war supplies, which must be a preparation for a major war.

The only ones who could make Bingzhou prepare in this way were the Donghu and the Xiongnu.

At the little princess's birthday party which just ended, Nongyu also said that Bingjun did not come because the Donghu invaded the border, so Bingjun went to Danlin City for inspection.

"This is something that a little girl cannot know. Nanyue's trip here is just to assist the queen in completing the tasks assigned by the king. As for the purpose, I don't know and I dare not speculate." Nanyue said with a smile.

"Look, even a maid is more sober than you and knows what can be said and what cannot be said!" Hei Bai Xuan Jian poked Zhang Han's waist and said sarcastically.

Zhang Han's mouth twitched. How could this be the same?

In the entire Qin State, is there anything that the Shadow Secret Guards don't know?
But if you think about it carefully, all the information about Bingzhou is in the hands of the Queen of Bingzhou. As the queen's personal maid, Nongyu seems to be no different from herself. She knows everything she should and shouldn't know.

"Okay, Qin can provide Bingzhou with 300,000 shi of grain and grass, and the rest can be replaced with iron ore, kerosene and other materials!" Ying Zheng thought about it and decided to help Bingzhou.

After all, Bingzhou was fighting with Donghu, so it had no time to care about the war between Qin and the princes in the Central Plains.

As for food and fodder, with the abundant resources of Chengdu and Guanzhong, 300,000 shi of food and fodder was really not a big problem for the Qin State.

(End of this chapter)