Chapter 126

"What did you say?"

In the deep study, Zhang Xun's voice seemed to carry weight.

He couldn't help but straighten up from his seat, staring straight at Bolton with his eyes, and his face sank.

Although Bolton was an important minister, he also hung his head at this time.

Zhang Xun took a deep breath and asked in a cold voice, "You mean to say that before I agreed to this matter, you had already privately taught the order for this batch of weapons to the private workshop in the Magic Mountain to build it?!"

“…… I talked to the king about this......"

"I don't care what you talked about at the beginning! I only know that there is no official approval of this matter, which means that even if he did tell you about it, it was only in words. Zhang Xun's face remained unswerving.

“…… It's the minister's inconsiderate ......"

Zhang Xun's breathing was a little short, he thought of a very important thing, and asked with a calm face: "I can't find someone to verify the original matter, what do you say, but I don't care about that, I only ask you one thing! The weapon order was given to the Magic Mountain, has the money been given to him?!"

Has the money been transferred?

This is what Zhang Xun is most concerned about at this time!

As for whether Bolton is using his power to cooperate with the Magic Mountain to make money, he has no time to care about this now.

What he is most worried about now is that Bolton will take the money first, so that he will inevitably be short of funds to build new weapons, and he will have to take the money from the kingdom's treasury again, so that their money reserves to deal with the war will be further reduced, thinking of this possibility, Zhang Xun's heart can't help but thump.

His eyes were even a little red!

Bolton raised his head and said, "Money...... Only a small part was prepaid, and the rest has not been touched!"

"How much did you prepay and what percentage of the total?"

"About a tenth. ”

"Whew~"

Zhang Xun's tense nerves finally relaxed, and the whole person exhaled violently, only to realize that his back was already a little sweaty.

He was greatly relieved that he had only paid a tenth of the money in advance, which meant that the vast majority of the money had not yet been settled.

"It's okay, it's not too bad. ”

"Well, Burton, we'll talk about the responsibility for this later, and I'll tell you, there's no way out of the money that has been given, but you won't be allowed to touch any more of the rest of the money!

After relaxing, Zhang Xun was sincerely angry.

Although he is a monarch, he can't forcibly snatch the property of the big nobles, so if Bolton is one step faster, and the money falls into the pocket of the magic mountain, he can't forcibly ask for it, if the old king is here, he may still be able to do it, but he is only a new king, and the power of the dynasty is not enough, so there is no way to openly argue with the Yingyang aristocratic group at this time.

However, Bolton, who was kneeling in front of him, did not immediately agree.

Instead, he slowly stared at Zhang Xun with his slightly cloudy eyes, and said, "Your Majesty, the military department has signed a contract with the Magic Mountain, if you don't fulfill it, I'm afraid you won't be able to convince the public......"

"Smack!"

Zhang Xun shook his hand and threw the teacup on the ground, shattering it, and one of the broken pottery shards flew past the edge of Burton's cheek, which frightened the old minister's body.

"Are you threatening me?" Zhang Xun said angrily.

"Don't dare. ”

"Don't dare?, what do you mean?!"

After all, Bolton is a veteran of the two dynasties, although Zhang Xun bears the name of the king, but he is only a teenager, and there is no deep city, and the accumulated majesty, so Bolton quickly calmed down under the initial panic, he made a straight face, and just said seriously: "Your Majesty, the contract signed by the kingdom with the outside world can not be reversed easily, if it is really done, it can't help but make the big families in the country nervous, and even affect the foreign exchanges, I know that you have asked the prime minister to arrange people and the east, The two northern countries negotiated and prepared to obtain assistance, but after all, you are the new king, you have just ascended the throne, and outsiders are not sure about your temperament...... You should know that the big merchants in the East value credit the most......"

Looking at Zhang Xun's increasingly heavy face, Bolton couldn't help but stop talking.

There was silence in the study.

Zhang Xun's gaze looked out again, landed on the tree, and found that the gray finches had long disappeared.

At this time, he finally understood Bolton's intention to ask him to approve it three times and twice.

He really didn't expect that the important ministers left behind by the old king would cause him such a big trouble.

Looking at Bolton's old face, although he had the urge to kick over, Zhang Xun knew that he couldn't.

Burton is not smart and not stupid.

So he would come and confess the matter, but at the same time he would put the blame on the old king, who was already dead.

Relying on the family behind him and the important position he is in, he is confident that as long as he puts his attitude out, Zhang Xun really can't do anything to him even if he hates itchy.

The most serious punishment is to punish him, and the biggest punishment is not to let him give up his seat under the ass.

Anyway, at Bolton's age, he doesn't expect to be re-elected, and he can afford this kind of punishment.

On the contrary, it can make Zhang Xun fall into passivity.

Although there are many big names in history who tear up agreements at will and countries who refuse to fulfill them at will, these will eventually have a very bad impact.

Especially at this time, if it really affects the aid level of the eastern border, it will be troublesome.

Zhang Xun stood up and walked around the room.

It's just that he can't leave Yingyang directly and end this conversation now, so he can't ask Gao Shen Wu Yun and the others if there is any good solution.

Although the initiative gave him the greatest autonomy, it also allowed him to avoid the help of the city's think tanks when he was faced with some urgent matters.

It was a test for him.

Bolton was on his knees in the room, unaffordable.

Zhang Xun ignored him, just kept thinking, his eyes wandering.

The hourglass in the room made a barely audible sound.

This time, Zhang Xun gave himself less time, but there was not much left at this time.

"What to do?"

Zhang Xun's gaze fell on the soldier training plan on the table, and then a thought suddenly rose in his mind.

He remembered his previous conversation with Levi, and what worried him at the time was how to make a fortune.

Now, what he was worried about was how he could not pay that amount of money to the Magic Mountain.

When two puzzles collide, an interesting idea arises.

Zhang Xun suddenly turned around, stared at the Minister of War, and said faintly: "Boton, I can tell you resolutely, my new weapons must be smelted, and I will not allow the soldiers of the kingdom to use the batch created by the Demon Mountain." ”

Bolton's heart sank, and a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, what he feared most was that the little king was young and vigorous, and he couldn't take care of things.

"But ......"

Zhang Xun changed his words, suddenly lengthened his tone, and said, "But I don't want to do anything about tearing up the contract." ”

Burton's eyes lit up.

Zhang Xun stood in the depths of the study, his face hidden in a shadow, and said faintly: "So, I can give Moshan a choice, you go and ask him if he is willing, haven't you already paid him a deposit?" In this way, I will arrange a professional person to calculate the cost of refining this batch of weapons, note that only the smelting cost of the weapon itself will be calculated, and the resources he invests in this will not be counted, and then, the kingdom will purchase his batch of weapons according to this cost, which is also considered to be the fulfillment of the contract, but he doesn't want to make money, you go and ask him, if you are willing, if you are willing, then do it, if you are not willing to ......"

Zhang Xun sneered: "Then let him hold that batch of weapons and die." ”