Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 789 Willing to pay a high price to be able to strengthen the country
Chapter 794 Willing to pay a high price to be able to strengthen the country

Wei Guo didn't have a minister who knew much about economics, so Ran Min was naturally entrusted with the important task of this transaction to Ran Ming.The cost of Zhajia is about 1 yuan, especially Wei Jun's are all second-hand old armor.In order to sell these old armors, Ran Min decided to sell them to the Jin Dynasty at cost price.The cost of the rhubarb crossbow was [-] yuan, and the old crossbow was even worse than the old armor. Ran Min decided to sell it to the Jin Dynasty for [-] yuan each.

Hearing this, Ran Ming felt a bit of a toothache.Ran Min may not know who thinks he has little money, but Ran Ming knows that because of the more than 30 craftsmen, the Jin Dynasty, let alone manufacturing armor, had difficulty even repairing it. Set your own price?

If he didn't dig out a piece of flesh from the Jin Dynasty, Ran Ming felt that he would be a disgrace to the time traveler.Ran Ming said: "Royal father, it's better to sell some of the new equipment to my sons and daughters!"

Ran Min was puzzled and said: "Why is this? Shouldn't we give priority to equipping our Great Wei?"

"Report to Father!" Ran Ming said with a smile: "Any new type of equipment will not find its shortcomings without going through the actual combat test. The Jin Dynasty is now fighting, although it is only fighting with the indigenous tribes in the south of the Five Ridges. We will find problems with our new equipment, and we can improve it according to the needs of the battlefield. In addition, we can take this opportunity to send spies into Lingnan to prepare for our future familiarity with Lingnan's climate and geography!"

This principle is very simple, and Ran Min understands it as soon as he hears it.Ran Min naturally agreed to this.

Ran Ming received Ran Min's authorization, and said: "Father, once the Jin Dynasty court obtains our army's equipment, its combat effectiveness will increase on a large scale, and the advantage that Huan Wen wants to maintain, this balance will also be broken."

The Jin Dynasty was poached by Ran Ming, but Huan Wen was also having a hard time.Huan Wen's lair, Gushu Qingshan Camp, was breached by Feng Lei, not only captured a large number of Huan Wen's generals and craftsmen, but also burned a lot of Huan Wen's inventory equipment. Since then, Huan Wen has also lacked equipment.

Ran Min nodded.

Xie An secretly frowned, Ran Ming is really too cunning.

Wang Tanzhi was ecstatic when the Wei court allowed the Jin Dynasty's purchase intention. Originally, Wang Tanzhi planned to bribe Wei's ministers and let them promote the matter.Even Wang Tanzhi was ready for the massive bloodletting, but he did not expect that Ran Ming sent him a message asking him to prepare the types and quantities of the materials he needed for the next day's negotiation.

Ran Ming originally thought that Sima Dan's appetite would be very big, but he never thought that Sima Dan's appetite would be so big.Warrior weapons, such as heavy shields, daggers, spears, spears, and knives, add up to 450 handles. There are [-] heavy crossbows such as Yuanju crossbow, [-] million arrows, crossbow arrows, armor-piercing cones, etc., and [-] war horses, draft horses, and scorpions.

Jin's purchase list, this is the equipment of an army with a scale of 10 horses.After Ran Ming got the list, he looked contemplative.It exceeded Ran Ming's expectations.Of course, it's not that Wei State doesn't have so many armors in stock, it's just that if Wei State encounters a large-scale war, Wei State itself will be short of them.

The military system of the Wei State is actually no different from that of the Tang Dynasty. It is also weak and strong. As the capital city of Yecheng, the troops stationed at ordinary times are only Ran Min’s direct descendants, and the central army of Wei State has 5000 to 5 troops. among ten thousand people.No matter where there is a war, as long as the situation requires it, Wei Guo will send troops from Yecheng to support it.Of course, not all such reinforcements are elite, and sometimes they need to be recruited temporarily.

Ran Ming thought about it, and decided to ask Ran Min for advice on this matter.Who knew that after reading it, Ran Min agreed to the deal without hesitation at all.

Now, Ran Ming felt relieved.At the same time, Ran Ming ordered Zuo Jianli to mobilize manpower to renovate the stock armor and weapons in the arsenal.Guns and spears are rusted, which is easy to deal with. They should be cleaned and oiled immediately. If the armor is not well maintained, it should be painted and painted immediately.The Jin Dynasty was still black, as the court royal division, the military uniform armor was based on silver and white, but the Wei State was still black, both armor and shields were painted black.Renovating 4000 pieces of equipment is no small job in itself.Nearly [-] people will be incarcerated. They simply cannot keep up.For this reason, the general supervisor had to temporarily recruit some manpower.

"Honorable Your Royal Highness, Wang Tanzhi was ordered by His Majesty the Emperor of Jin to serve as an envoy of Jin to negotiate the end of hostility between Jin and Wei and the restoration of normal diplomatic relations. Originally, Jin and Wei could live in peace , just because of some misunderstandings, the relationship between our Jin and Wei countries is very regrettable. Restoring peace and realizing the normalization of diplomatic relations between our two countries are the greatest expectations of the people of the two countries!" Wang Tanzhi's words can be said to be ignored.

These rhetoric are basically diplomatic empty words without any substance.There is a saying that how can others sleep soundly in a couch?Since Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, the unification of the world has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Although there were Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, generally speaking, China is still more unified than divided.As far as the peaceful Eastern Jin Dynasty is concerned, in fact it is not really counted. Whoever called other emperors are puppets.Even if you want to do something, you have no power.

No, Sima Dan has just taken power alone, so he is going to overhaul his military affairs.There is a saying that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. If Sima Dan had the strength, he would never sit idly by and would try every means to complete the reunification.

"Whether Wei and Jin can get along peacefully, whether they can normalize their diplomatic relations, whether they can achieve peaceful coexistence, actually depends not on Wei, but on Jin!" Ran Ming spread his hands, expressing that Wei was innocent .

Wang Tanzhi was silent, it is true that what Ran Ming said was the truth.However, diplomats rely on their mouths to make a living. Naturally, losing is not losing. Wang Tanzhi said: "Well, let's put aside the dispute on this issue. However, this time the Great Jin came with sincerity. This time the military purchase Can it meet Da Jin's needs?"

Ran Ming said: "Of course it is possible. Rebellious ministers and thieves, everyone can punish them. This time, the Great Wei not only fully agrees to Jin's military purchase, but also, if the Great Jin needs it, the Great Wei will send troops for the emperor of Jin to fight against the disobedient ministers!"

"What? Crack down on the non-officials for the Jin Dynasty?" Although Wang Tanzhi has just entered the political arena, as Wang Wendu, who is as famous as Xi Chao, he is not a fool.Wang Tanzhi would not naively think that Wei Guo did it because of kindness.Bashu is actually a sharp sword hanging over the head of the Jin Dynasty court.It seems that Wei Guo still really has the heart of perishing Jin.Wang Tanzhi smiled and said: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your concern, but Tanzhi has not received authorization in this regard, so let's talk about military purchases!"

"Okay!" Ran Ming nodded and said, "This is the price given by my great Wei based on the purchase list proposed by Jin."

Since a large number of weapons are second-hand, if they can't be sold, the old equipment of Wei State can only be returned to the furnace and recast.The state of Wei was established by force, and the people also possessed a large number of weapons, but there were two exceptions, that is, heavy crossbows and armor.But if it is returned to the furnace, Wei Guo will suffer a great loss.The price of iron is only about a hundred yuan, and even Wei's heavy armor weighs no more than forty catties.Only use it as four thousand dollars.But selling it is different. Even though it is the cost price of building, it also gives Wei Guo a large amount of extra income.Wei Guo inherited the old foundation of Later Zhao.When Ran Min took over Zhao's arsenal, the inventory alone was enough to arm more than [-] people.It's just that after several years of fighting and consumption, there is only such a little left.

For dealing with old armor and old weapons.Ran Ming didn't open his mouth like a lion. The standard long spear was 120 yuan a handle, and the spear was a little more expensive, [-] yuan. Let alone buying it at such a price, he couldn't even make it himself.Leather armor costs [-] renminbi, light iron armor costs [-] renminbi, and heavy armor costs [-] renminbi.The ring knife is [-] yuan a handle, the horizontal knife is [-] yuan, and the Mo knife is not for sale.Wang Tanzhi took a look and felt that the price was very reasonable.

However, he was not happy with Ma Wang Tanzhi.As an envoy from the Jin Dynasty, if you don't find out the bottom line, you will be remiss.In fact, the price of horses is not expensive among the folks in Wei State, and the price of a very steed war horse can only be sold for 60 million yuan.But Ran Ming offered 80 yuan for a horse, and 40 yuan for a poor horse.

Wang Tanzhi said: "This horse..."

"What's wrong with this horse?" Ran Ming asked pretending to be puzzled.

Wang Tanzhi said: "This horse... is... not too expensive."

"Is it expensive?"

"It's expensive!" Wang Tanzhi said: "Taking a poor horse as an example, the cheapest horse in Yecheng is only 20 yuan, and the most expensive one is only [-] yuan, but..."

Before Wang Tanzhi could finish speaking, Ran Ming showed a very impatient expression: "That's right, it's a bit expensive. Then the transaction should be cancelled. The King of Shu should be willing to accept this price."

Wang Tanzhi was speechless.Although Huan Wen also needs equipment, it is not as scarce as the imperial court.Although the general camp owned by Huan Wen was destroyed by the state of Wei, the loss was serious.However, Huanwen still has a certain foundation when there is not only one Daqingshan camp, especially Jingzhou and Yizhou.In terms of armaments, Huan Wen was much stronger than the Jin Dynasty. If Huan Wen got this equipment, Huan Wen's strength would definitely increase greatly.Don't think that Huan Wen has no money. When the imperial court and the gentry were busy developing Lingnan, Huan Wen was also not idle.

Huan Wen was conquering the Liaoren tribe, and these Liaoren tribes were no less wealthy than those Lingnan natives.Wang Tanzhi had the channels to learn that Huan Wen had conquered Ning Yuanzhen, the leader of the Liaoren tribe in Jiangyang, Ke Weijia in Bajun, and Li Conggui in Fuling.Although it is not too big for these three tribes to be the first to surrender to the Liaoren tribe, they gave Huan Wen a good start.Huan Wen actually didn't intend to assimilate the tribes of Liaoren, what he adopted was simply to use them.

This is like the relationship between the Tsar and the Cossacks. Huan Wen used a small amount of money and food to bribe the leader of the Liaoren tribe, and used his tyrannical strength to deter the Liaoren tribe from using it.Under the policy of using the barbarians to control the barbarians, Huan Wen's work of eliminating the Liaoren tribe who occupied the mountains and counties in Yizhou made rapid progress.

The desolation and desolation of Yizhou are actually inseparable from the nature of the regime of the Han Dynasty. In order to maintain the rule, the Di people vigorously wooed the Liaoren and used the warriors of the Liaoren tribe as minions to oppress the Han people.After Huanwen wiped out the Liaoren on the hills, the Han people were no longer threatened by the Liaoren, so they had the courage to reclaim wasteland and develop production.

Those Han people who pretended to be Liao people in order to avoid heavy taxes, barbarian oppression, and barbarians went out of the mountains, compiled household registers, and became Han people again.Similarly, those who were deeply influenced by Han culture also changed their clothes and became Han Chinese.In this way, the population of Huanwen in Yizhou has increased significantly.

When Huan Wen first became the king of Shu, the entire population of Yizhou was only 90, and within a year the population unexpectedly increased to more than 150 million.But the population of the entire Eastern Jin Dynasty was only a little over 400 million.Although after the development of Lingnan, a large number of cute households, black households, and escaped households were reorganized and cataloged, the population of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was still less than 450 million.With Huan Wen's financial resources, it is no problem to support tens of thousands of troops in Yizhou. If Jingzhou's financial resources and taxes are added, Huan Wen is fully capable of supporting 20 troops.

What's more, the north has been ruled by the state of Wei, and the state of Jin has no way to buy horses.Liaodong, Longyou, Heshuo, Hehuang and other famous horse-producing areas are all under the control of the Wei State, and there is no other way except for the Wei State and the Jin Dynasty.

Wang Tanzhi knew that Ran Ming was blackmailing him, so he could only hold his nose and admit it.

Seeing that Wang Tanzhi agreed to Ran Ming's bargaining price, he said with a smile: "That's right, business is all about harmony and prosperity. The more agile the Jin state, the faster the Great Wei will move. Of course, your lord was once my lord As a disciple of my palace, I have to look at the Buddha's face even if I don't look at the face of the monk. Although the weapons and equipment produced by the Wei Dynasty are the same as the standard equipment of the Wei Dynasty, they are different. color!"

Wang Tanzhi saw that both the armor and the shield were the silver color of the Jin Dynasty.It doesn't cost much to change a painting in later generations, but it is not a small expense in this era.Wang Tanzhi also lamented Ran Ming's generosity.The painting of these 10 horses may cost no less than [-] million yuan.

Sima Dan's face is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, which Wang Tanzhi never expected.The deal is done.The Jin Dynasty obtained the equipment of 44 troops. Although it cost as much as [-] billion yuan, it allowed Sima Dan to have a well-equipped army that obeyed the king's orders.Although this is big, in Sima Dan's eyes, the price is worth it.

(End of this chapter)