Chapter 323: I'm Doing It Again?
"It's a weapons dealer." Li Zheng continued: "We can sell weapons, sell them to the Western Turks, sell them to Tibet. ”
Li Chengqian's expression was serious, "The law of the Tang Dynasty is a serious crime to sell weapons, and Lone will not do such a thing." ”
"Of course, I'm not talking about letting His Royal Highness the Crown Prince go down and sell it." Li Zheng rolled up his sleeves and said: "I'm talking about the arms dealer business, you can assign a few people to sell weapons, the weapons can be sent out of the middle, or you can use the rest, there are only a lot of leftover weapons in the Yinshan War, such as the Turkic weapons." ”
"Of course there are a lot of them." Li Chengqian nodded and said.
Li Zheng said to Li Chengqian: "I still want to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to ask His Majesty for a warrant." ”
"What warrant?" Li Chengqian asked curiously.
"You can get the permission to use weapons in the army, and the weapons don't need to be too good, even if you can use the rest."
Li Chengqian was interested, "What do you want to do?" ”
Shaking the folding fan in his hand, Li Zheng said: "I don't have to think much about what I want to do, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, as long as Your Majesty allows me to sell weapons, I can make Tibet and the Western Turks, and even Persia not peaceful for several years, as long as they are not peaceful, Your Majesty can sit back and relax." ”
"First, of course, the Tang Dynasty and the DPRK and even the army cannot sell weapons, second, arrange a person, this person has no contact with the court and the people in the court, the best outsiders, outsiders and outsiders can get more trust between each other, and third, and he is a very shrewd businessman."
"Your requests are a little difficult, but I understand what you mean." Li Chengqian pondered for a moment and said: "You can sell weapons, but on the surface, you have nothing to do with the court. ”
Li Zheng nodded and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, you have finally come to your senses." ”
"Can you really keep them from being at peace for years?"
"Of course." Li Zheng said with a smile: "I can also share the money with your father, and the income from the sale of weapons is four or six kai, and I am six." ”
Li Chengqian smiled bitterly, "I didn't expect you to not only give Tubo a way to make money, but you also have to earn all their money, and also harm them, you are really ......."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's heart is sinister." Li Zheng said cheekily, "Tubo people just don't read much, so reading is very important, reading can make people smart, and you can reduce the risk of being fooled." ”
Li Zheng's face was not red when he said this, and the subordinate officials of the East Palace standing behind Li Chengqian sighed, how far has a person lived, he can say this kind of thing so seriously.
"Lone can tell his father this method, but if the Tubo people have our weapons, won't it be bad for our Tang army to fight in the future?"
"Just give them some obsolete weapons, those barbarians in the Western Regions bite people with their teeth when they fight, they are so poor that they all urinate blood, they will be very happy if they have a hoe, even if they have combat effectiveness, our Datang has already had more advanced weapons."
"More advanced weapons? What more advanced weapons. ”
Li Zheng took Li Chengqian to the training camp of the escort team and took out a compound bow, "This bow will be given to His Royal Highness the Prince." ”
Li Chengqian held the bow in his hand, "This is indeed a good weapon, if it can be equipped in the army, it can make the archers of the Tang Dynasty play better." ”
With this compound bow in his hand, he used it directly in Li Zheng's horse ring, and he wanted one very much at that time.
Li Chengqian's heart was hot, "Do you have a better weapon?" ”
"I also know of an improved triangular thorn, and I have a chance to make it for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Li Zheng said with a smile.
The wound after the three-edged puncture is difficult to heal due to its special shape, and the person who has been punctured often dies of infection due to long-term exposure of the wound.
In later generations, the inhumanity of such weapons led to the restriction or even discontinuation of their use.
Li Chengqian liked this compound bow very much, but he didn't listen to what the three-edged thorn was, and when he tried to pull the bow, he said: "How should Li Zheng's compound bow be made." ”
Li Zheng recalled and said: "When I handed over the parts to Long Wujun for casting, there should be drawings in the army. ”
"That's good!" Li Chengqian held the bow and said, "Gu understands what you mean, and he will definitely tell his father." ”
Facing the back of Li Chengqian's departure, Li Zheng said: "Make it clear to your father that the arms business is a way to make money. ”
I don't know how much Li Chengqian understood.
I don't know if Li Shimin's brain can be opened.
This is a good opportunity to cut leeks.
If you have wisdom from the beginning of enlightenment, you can trade.
For the ancients, commerce was a cheap industry, but no matter which country is inseparable from commerce.
Commerce can also make a country strong, it can govern a country, and it can also destroy a country.
In the wars of later generations, how many small nations were destroyed under the operation of arms dealers.
The right hand is the right hand of the right hand, and sometimes a war is just the right hand of the arms dealer.
Not only should we sell weapons, but we must also plant spies in them, and we cannot let the two sides negotiate peace, and once the world is peaceful, there will be no weapons business in this world.
Li Shimin was reviewing the chapters of various ministries in the Lizheng Palace, and Wang Ding came to report: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come down." ”
"Let him in." Li Shimin said without raising his head.
Li Chengqian took the compound bow and put it in front of Li Shimin and said, "Father, this is a new type of bow and crossbow made by Li Zheng. ”
Li Shimin put down his pen, looked at the strange-shaped bow and crossbow in front of him and said, "This is a crossbow?" ”
"Father, with this bow and crossbow, it can make it easy for a thin adult to pull a five-stone bow."
"Is there such a thing?" Li Shimin looked suspicious.
Li Chengqian opened his mouth and said, "Father, you might as well try it." ”
Speaking of this bow, Li Shimin found that this bow was a little heavy, and there seemed to be some iron tools on it.
Li Shimin tried to draw the bow and said, "Why is this bowstring so loose." ”
Li Chengqian said: "Father will know if you try it." ”
Li Shimin came to the backyard of the Lizheng Palace, glanced at Li Chengqian again in puzzlement, and got up with the bow, and as the bowstring was opened, the wheel and axle on the bowstring were also rotating.
An arrow was fired, and the arrow hit the target very accurately, and if you looked closely, half of the arrow had already penetrated the target.
"What's going on?" Li Shimin looked at the scene in amazement, there was also a five-stone bow in the Lizheng Palace, which he had used at the beginning, but now he didn't use much force, and the arrow had already been shot into the target.
Li Chengqian helped Li Shimin adjust the secondary strings and axles, "Father, try again." ”
Li Shimin was also interested, and once again pulled the bow and aimed at the target, this time the bowstring was much tighter than before.
An arrow was fired, and with the sound of breaking through the air, the arrow shot straight through the target, and went straight into the wall behind the target.
"This ......" Li Shimin was a little incredulous, how many years, how many years have not felt like this.
With the whole day of dealing with the government, except for the safari, the bow and arrow are rarely used, resulting in the five stone bows can no longer be pulled.