The time came to September of the eighth year of Chengping.

Li Xun wants to return to Fengjing this year, one is to complete the marriage event, the other is to report on work, and he must rush back to the capital in mid-October at the latest.

From August to September, in a month's time, Li Xun traveled back and forth to Suzhou several times to find Wang Renzi, hoping to give priority to Wuzhou in terms of military weapon replacement.

Not long after the end of the Battle of Longyou, the Shaofu Supervisor of the Ministry of Industry and the Ordnance Supervisor of the Ministry of War made a major breakthrough in light and heavy weapons.

First of all, in terms of bows and arrows, the effective killing range of bows and arrows before the Jin Dynasty was about 120 meters, and this technological breakthrough has increased the range by nearly 50 meters, and the effective killing range is more than 170 meters, which is a very big breakthrough.

In the strong crossbow, the previous strong crossbow manufacturing, the production process is very complex and slow, a skilled craftsman, a year can not make a few, and the quality is often unsatisfactory, not resistant to use, now, the strong crossbow manufacturing process and process, after improvement, has become simpler, the production speed is several times faster than before, the quality is also improved.

In July, the imperial court brought in a batch of the latest weapons and equipment, including 2,000 crossbows, 6,000 longbows, 4,000 war horses, and tens of thousands of the latest weapons.

Longyou's army will undergo a replacement in terms of weapons.

Li Xun looked for Wang Renzi, hoping that he could try to tilt to his side in terms of weapon upgrading, and there were three roads on the right side of Longyou, more than 80,000 troops, and several governors, which were not enough at all.

The army of the Jin Dynasty, its ratio is eleven and eleven, that is, a general, commanding more than 10,000 troops, under normal circumstances, 10,000 infantry, 1,000 cavalry and archers, of course, most of the time it will be like this, but the main general will generally try his best to expand and update the weapons and equipment of his army, such as Li Xun, he has 20,000 troops, about 2,000 archers, and as many as 5,000 cavalry, and the ratio of infantry is nearly three to one.

For Li Xun's request, Wang Renzizi did not agree, there are so many things, they are all given to Li Xun, other people are afraid that they will be dissatisfied, Wang Renzi's responsibility is the entire Longyou, not only for him Li Xun alone.

Looking for Wang Renzizi several times, he couldn't talk about a result, Li Xun had no choice but to say cruel words, Zhao Zhi gave the task of 500,000 denier of grain, and he only had 300,000 denier in his hand, and he still blackmailed it from Dashi.

Li Xun finally made it clear, he and Dashi have already negotiated to exchange weapons for food, you Wang Renzizi will send weapons to me, and I will solve the food problem Li Xun.

Of course, Li Xun will not sell this batch of latest weapons and equipment to Dashi, but the old weapons in his hands can still be sold, but Li Xun only has 2,000 archers in his hands, that is, more than 2,000 old-style longbows, the number is a little small, and selling them to Hammer Ozy will not solve the fundamental problem, and without the supplement of new weapons, Li Xun will not be able to sell them.

In the final analysis, he can only ask Wang Renzizi for help, and there are a lot of old-style weapons in his hand.

With the new long-range weapons, those old ones, Li Xun naturally can't look down on them, the range is nearly half more, this is a very large distance, Li Xun can't look down on it, Hammer Ozzi is very hot-eyed, Dashi's bow and arrow technology, that is quite backward, the effective killing range is more than one hundred and twenty meters, in Hammerazi's opinion, it is already far stronger than the big stone, if his army can be equipped with a longbow like five thousand, it will be extremely beneficial to fight against the enemy.

Li Xun's strong persuasion finally persuaded Wang Renzi.

After this matter was resolved, Ruan Donglang also returned to Longyou from the Jiangnan area and found Li Xun for the first time.

Ruan Donglang saw Li Xun, there was not much, and he directly took out a large stack of silver tickets and put them in front of Li Xun.

Li Xun picked up and counted, fifty, each with a denomination of 10,000 taels, Ruan Donglang once promised Li Xun that he was willing to contribute a thousand stone war horses every year, and each big stone war horse cost five hundred taels of silver, Li Xun said last time, don't want war horses, exchange them for cash.

Li Xun actually just said that doing business can be discussed, but he didn't expect that Ruan Donglang was so refreshing, without saying a word, he directly took out 500,000 taels of silver and gave it to himself.

Li Xun didn't say those hypocritical words, and pushed the silver ticket in front of Ruan Donglang.

Ruan Donglang looked at Li Xun and said suspiciously: "Governor Li, what do you mean?" ”

"The money is in my hands, it will only get less and less, let's give it to you, making money with money is your strength."

Li Xun smiled: "Your business, I want to join the gang." ”

Ruan Donglang frowned, and said lightly: "Li Dudu, although 500,000 taels is a lot, but for me, it is not much, with such a small amount of money, I am afraid it is not enough to join my business." ”

"I don't care about your business in the Central Plains, I only care about Wuzhou and Dashi."

Ruan Donglang was puzzled and said: "Li Dudu, please forgive me for being blunt, only the grain is not a big profit every year, your 500,000 taels of silver, I'm afraid that you won't be able to return to the original for two or three years, your current situation, I also know something, take it in your hands, solve the urgent need, isn't it better?" And... I'll give you 500,000 taels every year, and there's no need for you to join the gang. ”

Li Xun smiled and said, "Just the grain business, naturally you can't make so much money, but what about anything else?" ”

Ruan Donglang narrowed his eyes and asked in a low voice, "What else?" ”

"Weapons, lots of weapons."

Ruan Donglang's whole body was shocked, and he looked at Li Xun's gaze, and was shocked, no matter how good the relationship between the two countries is, in terms of trade, it will never involve weapons, and selling weapons to the other party will only strengthen the other party's military strength, and it will not do them any good.

Subsequently, Li Xun told Ruan Donglang about the matter between himself and Hammererzi.

Ruan Donglang nodded and said: "The weapon business is indeed very profitable, but between you and Hammerezi, I'm afraid it's just a one-shot deal, and there will be no follow-up." ”

Hammer Ozy is the governor of Xizhou and an enemy of the Jin Dynasty, Li Xun can do such a business once, it's okay, too much, the high-level of the Jin Dynasty will never allow it.

Li Xun said with a smile: "Hammer is my opponent, I naturally can't sell him too many weapons, if I am sued by others, I can't bear it, but... The thirty-six countries of the Western Regions are generally dissatisfied with Dashi, and they may have a lot of secret power, which is a big cake. ”

Ruan Donglang finally understood Li Xun's intentions, looked at him, and suddenly had a look of great admiration, in this way, he could not only secretly strengthen the military strength of the countries in the Western Regions, and lay a hidden danger for Dashi's rule in the Western Regions, but also use this to gather a large amount of wealth, which can be said to be counted in one fell swoop!

Ruan Donglang said softly: "What should Li Dudu do? ”

Li Xun said: "I will solve the source of goods, as for how to sell it, you can do it yourself, and you and I will divide the money you earn." ”

"I wish you and me a happy cooperation."

Ruan Donglang pondered for a moment, finally nodded, stood up, bowed to Li Xun, and then turned to leave, not looking at the 500,000 taels of silver tickets on the table.

Li Xun shouted: "You forgot to take your money." ”

Ruan Donglang didn't look back, and laughed and said: "What I Ruan Donglang sent out, I will never take it back, Li Dudu will just take it away." ”

Li Xun shook his head, picked up the silver ticket, and sighed: "To be rich is to be capricious!" ”