Chapter Seventy-Seven: Armament
Next, what Baili Feng needs to solve is the military exercise. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
Spring is the time when Taizu founded the country, so every five years the military exercises will be held in the spring on the campus in the suburbs of Beijing. Small-scale military exercises will be conducted on top of military exercises, one is to commemorate Taizu's achievements, the second is to maintain the combat effectiveness of soldiers at all times, and the third is to deter neighboring countries. Therefore, at this time, envoys from other countries will also be invited to watch here. Of course, the real core strength will not be exposed in vain to other people.
However, it is customary to demonstrate the country's military strength during the spring exercises.
Baili Feng had never interfered in Wangyun City's armaments before. One is that I don't want to be too eye-catching, and the other is that I want to get out smoothly if something goes wrong in the future. Therefore, she has been operating in Wangyun for many years, and there is no shop under her command that can be used in this regard.
However, just because she doesn't have a shop to use doesn't mean that others don't.
The shopkeeper Liu who came to Wangyun in the winter of last year was the person from the Liuguo Mansion.
The Liuguo Mansion is a title obtained when the Great Jin Dynasty was founded, and it has been hereditary for three generations. After three generations, it will be demoted to the rank of lord. However, the previous Liu Guogong had blocked a fatal blow for the emperor when the emperor was assassinated, and died early. In order to pay for the pension, the emperor added another generation, so it is four hereditary generations. This is not a small honor. In the hands of the current Liu Guogong, it is already the fourth generation.
Although the ancestors had glory, but the descendants were useless, this old magnate was also declining, and gradually had no right to speak in the court, and was squeezed back by the new magnates.
However, it is difficult for the Liuguo Mansion to have the momentum of a comeback. Because Liu Guogong only has two sons. The eldest son's qualifications are mediocre, and it is difficult to make achievements in the future, but he is just a mess; The second son is talented, but unfortunately he is frail and sick, and he is not good at walking, so he can't get the title.
Although he knew that he could not inherit the title, the second son of Liu was not paranoid, and did business wholeheartedly, working hard to earn money in order to maintain the face of the house.
Although he was talked about behind his back from the Chamber of Commerce as a descendant of a powerful person, others had to admit that he was a smart man, and there was no business he couldn't do and money he couldn't make. Since the reputation of the Baili Feng Ji business broke out, there have been good things for some people, calling these two people the God of Wealth of the Great Jin Dynasty, and their beautiful names are "Nanliu Beifeng", or "Nanbi and Beizhu". ”
Now that this so-called "Nanliu" has come to Wangyun, will Baili Feng not fight the other party's idea?
There is a saying that the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, although Fengji is not as good as the Liuguo Mansion, but the second son of Liu did not come to Wangyun; And Wangyun is a place where she stays all year round, and it is not whimsical to calculate Liu Ji.
Feng Ji does not have the support of the power of the imperial court center and has no experience, but these conditions are available in the Liuguo Mansion.
The shopkeeper Liu, who was fooled into looking at the clouds, would not have thought that someone would really dare to hit the idea of the Liuguo Mansion.
Shopkeeper Liu "took in" a deserter before, got a blueprint of a crossbow from his hand, and got the first big deal from the army in Wangyun, which made him praised by the owner, Liu Ergongzi.
Shopkeeper Liu felt that he had picked up a treasure. The deserter looked thin and inconspicuous, but he knew a lot of things. Because he claimed that his ancestors were old craftsmen with crafts, and he was a craftsman who had entered the army. And because he himself was born at the time of the war, he didn't even have a household registration.
Shopkeeper Liu got the sweetness from the bow and crossbow, and he wanted to take on more business.
This military exercise will require a large amount of armaments, and it will provide him with a good opportunity. Because of Wangyun's side, he can get a large amount of good leather and iron ore raw materials. According to the current situation of Dajin, these two are the most commonly used raw materials. In the past, in that kind of place in the south, because there were many merchants and few sellers, the price was high; But now that he is in Wangyun, he has a chance after having these advantages.
If the shopkeeper wants to be appreciated by the owner, he will definitely not miss this opportunity.
In fact, he is also seizing this opportunity.
Every military exercise will require a large number of weapons and armaments, and almost all of them require new ones, so the number is not small, and the preparation time is also long.
This military exercise is the first military exercise since the new emperor ascended the throne, and this is a very important thing for him, and he will definitely use this military exercise to demonstrate his ability as the new emperor, especially to demonstrate to the courtiers and envoys of other countries.
In the armament manufacturing of the army, because of the strict quality requirements, the managers are not only hard, but also difficult to get oil and water. Therefore, this matter was not grabbed by the royal family of Lord Yun, but fell into the hands of Yang Shoufu's faction.
This result also made Yang Shoufu and his faction very satisfied. After all, there is a struggle for power and profit in the court, and whoever has the upper hand for a while is not a fatal matter. However, if something goes wrong in the armament of the army, there is a possibility of destroying the country and destroying the nation, and these doers are not willing to put such a big risk in the hands of the other party.
As for the fact that they can't get oil and water, they have done more than this, so they don't care so much. Fortunately, they are indispensable to the support of some wealthy businessmen in private, otherwise life will be difficult.
But in fact, the reliance behind the Liuguo Mansion is the royal family of the Yun Prince. If they want to get a piece of the ammunition this time, it will be a little difficult.
It has been half a month since the robbery of the disaster relief grain, and the imperial court is tracking down the robbers and is also trying to get another batch of disaster relief food. But it's a pity that the big merchants in various places have already done their best to prepare food for the promised title, and there is not much money and food in their hands. Therefore, this time there was an emergency to raise food, and not much food was raised in a short period of time.
The merchants on Wangyun City's side were still a little nervous, but as soon as they remembered what Li Fan had asked Baili Feng to tell them euphemistically, they also took their thoughts and subtracted half of the amount they donated before. In this way, although the food preparation this time is not as much as before, it can be regarded as making up for the part of the grain that was stolen before.
But although the food was replenished, the damaged majesty of the imperial court could not be compensated.
"Nowadays, although I look at the safety of my family and country, there are always hidden dangers."
Li Fan glanced at Baili Feng, and it was not surprising that she would have such an idea. A businessman who can do business to her level can't be a short-sighted and ignorant person.
"The hidden danger has been there for a long time. At the beginning of the collapse of Dayong, the Central Plains was torn apart, but I am afraid that no country can live in peace. And the first emperor hurriedly defeated the Yan State, spending a lot of manpower and financial resources, until now, I am afraid that the treasury still has not made up this part, otherwise it will not be stretched thin because of disaster relief food. ”