Chastity Layman

  Chapter 664 The Lord of War

   Li Shimin, who Wei Zheng refuted in the Golden Palace, was speechless.

Looking at the ten stone drums again, Li Shimin was no longer interested. Regardless of whether he was writing about King Xuan of Zhou going hunting, or about Qin Qin, he came up to the palace with this thing in preparation for Feng Chan, but now that the plan fell through, he also I'm too lazy to delve into it any further.

   It is decreed that these ten stone drums will be used as ritual vessels for the country, and they will be stored together with Qin Qiong's big iron gun. Let General Zuojian be in charge of imitating two batches, one batch was given to the Prince of Donggong for collection in Chongxian Hall, and the other was ordered to be displayed in Guozijian. He also asked the secretary to supervising rubbings of Shigu Ciwen, translating ten Ciwen poems, and publishing them in books.

  Of course, before Li Shimin left angrily, he did not forget to maintain his image as a wise gentleman.

   An imperial edict was issued, and Wei Zheng was rewarded with a bronze mirror and a gold belt for his meritorious service in admonishment. Qin Lang also got a good remonstrance, and was given a jade belt and a pair of jade vases.

   It is also the merit of admonishment, but the rewards are different.

Regarding the preparations for Fengchan, Li Shimin has no interest. Anyway, this is just a step, and it is impossible to make a trip to Mount Tai within three to five years. Therefore, Li Shimin decreed that the Zhengshitang will take the lead, and the Ministry of Rites and the Secretary Supervisor will be responsible for the specific preparations. The specific etiquette of enshrining the gods, even the jade policy, the golden cabinet, the square stone, the altar on Mount Tai, the earth seal on the round altar, the jade seal, the erected stele, the stone carving, the altar to the altar, the waste stone que, and even the large and small distance stones And so on for the research to formulate.

   This matter is considered to be a temporary end, and it has come to an end.

   For the next few days, Li Shimin was inactive, and in the end he simply left all the government officials behind and took Habayashiro to Qizhou to hunt.

   Wei Zheng stomped his feet and made a lot of complaints.

  But the emperor only left a will for the crown prince to assume the regent of the Qianjian Kingdom, and the prime minister of the Zhengshitang to assist in governing. Everyone had already left Beijing, and everyone could only smile bitterly.

   Fortunately, the system of the Tang Dynasty is complete, even if the emperor is not in Beijing temporarily, it will not have much impact.

  Qin Lang, Ping Zhangshi and Minister of the Ministry of War, was busy receiving envoys from the Sibarians in the following days. These chiefs and envoys from various countries came to participate in the Zhengdan Dynasty, and they were going to return one after another.

  But the Sifang Pavilion has been very lively recently, all because the Japanese mission placed a huge arms order in the Tang Dynasty, which suddenly ignited the enthusiasm of the barbarians.

  Originally, these barbarians, no matter whether they were serving the Great Tang Dynasty or pretending to be serving the Great Tang Dynasty, were able to travel thousands of miles to congratulate them. In fact, a large part of the reason was to make money.

  In the name of tribute, it is actually trade.

  This kind of tribute trade is official trade with Datang. Because of the name of tribute, it has a lot of advantages in all aspects, but this kind of trade has higher standards and more requirements than ordinary trade.

  But as long as the tribute trade can be carried out, it is a very profitable business, so everyone is naturally happy to see the world-famous oriental metropolis by the way to celebrate the Emperor of Tang Dynasty.

Originally, the emperor had congratulated him, and the trade was almost settled, and all the things he brought were sold to Datang. They also got a lot of hot-selling goods from the Tang court, and they also visited Chang'an City. Alright, it's almost time to go back.

   It turned out that the Japanese were able to negotiate a big order for weapons and armor from Duke Wei of the Tang Dynasty. Who wouldn't be tempted?

   It is recognized that the Tang Dynasty's weapons and armor are excellent.

  In the past, weapons and armor were basically banned from being exported, especially such good things as Modao and Mingguang armor.

  But now, you can actually buy them in batches, as long as you have money.

  Although the things are expensive, the merchants are still very excited when they inquire about them.

  What are you afraid of expensive? Rare things are expensive, and good things are expensive.

  If you can get some back, baby.

  Whether you use it for yourself or resell it, it is a rare commodity to live in.

  The barbarians flocked to the Ministry of War to pay their respects to Qin Lang.

   But Qin Lang is also responsive to requests. Originally, the news of the transaction was spread by him on purpose. Selling one is selling, selling a group is also selling. If you have money, you don’t make money.

  He has always thought that the sale of ordnance is actually very cost-effective.

  As long as a price difference is guaranteed to prevent smuggling, then it is a good thing and worth doing. The money earned can improve the craftsmanship, improve the power of weapons, and make more weapons and equipment for Tang Jun, so why not do it.

Although the Mo Dao is powerful, it can't be equipped with too much due to the strength of the Tang Dynasty. This kind of thing does not depend on one or two magical weapons to decide the outcome. The war is based on the overall national strength. No matter how strong the Modao is, it is actually not as easy to use as the spear, because the production of the spear is simple and the cost is low. Quick and mass production and quickly equipped the army, and replenishment is also fast.

   And such good things as Mo Dao and Ma Qian are difficult to be widely supplied, so they are just for appearance.

  Just like the heavy armored cavalry equipped with armored cavalry, they are only strategic troops and only maintain a small number. It does not mean that they are useless, but only partially effective.

Therefore, they can be sold as soon as they can be sold. In this way, Datang’s Armament Supervision can also guarantee the operating rate, so as to maintain a sufficient number of ordnance craftsmen with strong skills, which can ensure the scale of the ordnance workshop and ensure the production and manufacturing of ordnance. The large-scale capability ensures the iterative innovation in technology.

  Maintaining technology and maintaining production capacity, Qin Lang believes that this is actually very important to the country, and it will be more cost-effective if these can be sold through arms and let others pay for Datang. If you can make a lot of money by the way, then don't say anything, just do it.

  What, you want to buy ten Mo knives? No problem, if you want to buy more, there are discounts starting from 100.

  Do you want to buy armor riding equipment? It's not impossible, but the price is relatively high. Not only do we sell armor and vests for heavy cavalry, we even have excellent heavy horses for sale, and the price is negotiable.

  Mingguang armor, black light armor, Shanwen armor, yes, have, we also have different models.

  Buy more, get more discounts, pay first before goods.

  If you are a big buyer, you can also provide door-to-door delivery, and even provide military purchase loan services. The interest is relatively affordable, and you can even use local products accepted by Datang to offset the payment.

  Qin Lang also specially summoned the Silla mission.

   "Tell the ambassador a bad news, and please give me your condolences. The king of your country has died of illness."

  The Silla envoys were stunned.

  King Jinbaijing, King Jinpyeong, is the old king of Silla. He has been in power for fifty-four years, and he is still popular. The Silla Kingdom he ruled first paid tribute to the Chen Dynasty in the Central Plains, then to the Sui Dynasty, and then to the Tang Dynasty. Six years ago, the Tang Dynasty conferred the titles of Zhu Kingdom, Lelang County King, and Silla King.

   This time the Silla missions came to the Tang Dynasty to congratulate them. Apart from paying tribute and trade, they also came to invite the Tang Dynasty to uphold justice. Over the years, Silla’s strength has gradually grown, so no one on the peninsula will accept it.

  Today it turned against Goguryeo and started a war, tomorrow it fought Baekje, and the day after tomorrow it fought Wa, and then it often sent troops to suppress the rest of the kingdoms.

   It can be said that it is very busy.

  Silla envoys came to appeal to Datang, saying that Goguryeo blocked their way to pay tribute to Datang, that Baekje also blocked the road and robbed tribute, and that Wa country attacked them and so on.

  The twenty-sixth king of Silla, who had been king for fifty-four years, lived a long life, but he had no heirs. With his death, Silla Kingdom will inevitably fall into trouble again.

"The truth is that after the death of King Lelang, Goguryeo, Baekje, and Wa have already mobilized troops on the border. A war is threatening Silla. The truth is very worried about you. "

  The envoys panicked.

  King Zhenping reigned for fifty-four years. Everyone has long been accustomed to the old king. Now that the old king has passed away, he has no heir and no heir. There are external and internal troubles.

   But at this time, the country of Wa also bought a lot of treasure armors of the Tang Dynasty.

  Qin Lang announced the bad news to the Silla missions with a smile, and took the opportunity to sell them anxiety, and finally offered to help Silla, a vassal state, as an authentic vassal friendship.

He directly threw out a package of arms purchase and loan plans, willing to sell a large amount of ordnance to Silla, not scattered, but willing to sell one thousand-man heavy cavalry battalion, two thousand-man light cavalry battalion, five thousand-man armored infantry battalion, plus the equipment of two thousand-man navy battalions to be sold to Silla.

  According to the 10,000 people equipped by the elites of the Tang Dynasty, the equipment ranges from armored riding equipment to infantry armor, from spears to crossbows, from horizontal knives to shields, and from war horses to warships.

  Even the flags and horns, the baggage carriage tents, etc., Qin Lang is willing to equip them fully.

  Even in the infantry equipment of 5,000 people, there are also 500 Mo Daomen, 500 long-handled heavy axemen, 500 big crossbowmen, etc. The luxuriously equipped ones can be called the imperial guards.

In terms of price, it is much cheaper than those sold to the Japanese. Most importantly, as long as the Silla Kingdom signs an arms sale loan order, they don’t have to worry about money. Datang will be responsible for manufacturing these equipment as soon as possible and transporting them to Silla, and then Silla used its own goods to make up the money and pay interest on the loan.

  The conditions are very attractive.

  The people of Silla panicked to sign this tempting treaty because of the sudden death of the king, and hurriedly made preparations for the return journey.

   "Why does Saburo give Silla such preferential treatment alone? With such a large amount of ordnance, are you afraid that you won't be able to receive the money?"

   "Silla is such a big country, and it won't perish immediately. What are you afraid of? Besides, I don't deliver such a large amount of ordnance at one time, but also in batches. I pay a batch and get back a batch of money."

  Datang asked Silla people to use Silla's goods to pay for the payment. In fact, Datang transported ordnance over there, and then shipped the goods back. Instead of returning empty ships, the Silla goods could be sold immediately when they were transported back to the Central Plains, making another profit. Even if goods are exchanged for money, the price must be lowered, not to mention that the loan can charge another interest.

   This kind of buying and selling directly sells money, which can make a lot of money. In fact, even the shipping fee for door-to-door delivery is already included in it, making another profit.

  Of course, as a prime minister, it is impossible to really only see money.

"The Wa country is determined to restore its territory in the peninsula, and wants to take back Imna. However, under the rule of King Jinpyeong these years, Silla took advantage of the fact that its strong neighbor Goguryeo in the north was severely injured by the Sui conquest. Strong, over the past few decades, Imna has basically been annexed, and Baekje has also taken advantage of Goguryeo's inability to go south, tearing up the anti-Goguryeo alliance with Silla, and attacking each other."

   "The Nagaro countries want to restore their country again. This chaotic situation is actually quite good."

   "Very good?" A servant didn't understand.

"The more chaos on the peninsula, the better for us. If Goguryeo, Baekje, Wa, Silla, and other countries are all in chaos, they will naturally have no intention of caring for others. While we sell arms, we can also mediate in the middle." Isn't it beautiful to pull a frame?"

  The more powerful the countries fight, the more powerful the Tang Dynasty's neighbor will be, and the words will have more weight.

  If Goguryeo can get involved in this chaotic war, so its strength will be greatly damaged, it will be even more beautiful to Datang.

  (end of this chapter)