Arms are two-sided blades, which can make the Great Song Dynasty forbidden army invincible. But at the same time, if the Great Song Dynasty forbidden army is in turmoil, it will also be difficult to end.

In fact, in the past, the major military regions, and even many army commanders, had explicitly hinted to Zhao Dongting that he would expand their armaments, just like they did with the Flying Dragon Army, but Zhao Dongting only suppressed it. The Flying Dragon Army is the elite of the elite, and there is a defense of the imperial city, which is a little different.

If the major forbidden armies have weapons like the Flying Dragon Army, then the Flying Dragon Army will no longer be the Flying Dragon Army.

After a long time, Zhao Dongting still didn't make up his mind, and only said to Li Qingyun: "Since the major workshops of the Ministry of Military Industry are quite idle, then I will give you a task." Ordered the major workshops to make another 100,000 dragon guns, 500 grenadiers and cupola cannons. ”

Li Qingyun was quite puzzled, "Your Majesty, you want to ...... this"

By this time, the Ministry of Military Industry had even manufactured munitions for the major navies and navigation fleets. He really didn't know what Zhao Dongting was going to do with so many more arms.

100,000 Divine Dragon Guns, this is already an extremely large number.

Even in the current Great Song Dynasty, the total number of Shenlong guns is actually only more than 200,000.

Zhao Dongting didn't intend to hide it from Li Qingyun, and said, "I plan to sell these arms to Western Xia. ”

Li Qingyun was even more shocked, and then stood up and admonished: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks this is inappropriate. ”

Zhao Dongting was stunned and said, "What's wrong?" ”

Li Qingyun said: "Although Western Xia has been called a minister, it is a country outside the domain after all. If we sell so many arms to them, wouldn't it be a great trouble if there was chaos in Western Xia in the future? Moreover, if so many arms were sold to the Western Xia because of the submission of the Western Xia, then in the future, such as Liuqiu, Ma Yi and other countries that bowed down to our Great Song Dynasty also asked the emperor to sell arms to them, will the emperor agree or not? ”

Without waiting for Zhao Dongting to answer, he continued: "If the emperor does not agree at that time, I am afraid that it will cause dissatisfaction among all countries." Although I am not afraid of the Great Song Dynasty, it is not a good thing after all. And the dragon gun, grenadier canisters and other things are the foundation of our Great Song Dynasty's strength, and all countries will have such weapons in the future, if there is chaos, my Great Song Dynasty can still be invincible? ”

Zhao Dongting groaned deeply.

Because he promised Li Xiushu last night, and he was also in a good mood, he didn't think about it so much in a short time.

And Li Qingyun was born as a minister before, and his remarks can be said quite bluntly.

This made Zhao Dongting hesitate a little.

He didn't let the Great Song Forbidden Army all be equipped with Shenlong guns, and he didn't want this kind of hot weapons to proliferate.

As long as the arms are sold to Western Xia, I am afraid that in the future, it will be really as Li Qingyun just said, and it is not something he can control.

Even though he could control the amount of arms sold to countries, no one could say that countries could not prevent them.

But they have already promised Li Xiushu, and Zhao Dongting doesn't want to go back on his word.

This made him a little embarrassed for a moment.

It was only after a long time that Zhao Dongting said to Li Qingyun: "Master Li is right. In this case, then less arms will be sold to Western Xia, and the dragon gun will be halved. In addition, the arms supply of the six major military regions has increased by 20 percent. ”

Zhao Dongting only thought in his heart, if in the future, it was really inevitable that Shenlong Gong and other things would be exported to various countries. If the Great Song Dynasty wants to maintain its current hegemony, it must have a lot more arms than other countries.

Li Qingyun was slightly stunned, but he didn't expect Zhao Dongting to be unwilling to take back his fate, and wondered: "Why did the emperor decide to sell arms to Western Xia?" ”

Zhao Dongting was a little dumb for a moment.

I can't say that I had a big deal with Li Xiushu last night, and I agreed casually.

Fortunately, he finally didn't promise to give Li Xiushu the manufacturing methods of the dragon gun and other things.

After coughing lightly twice, Zhao Dongting tried his best to pretend to be righteous and righteous, and said "bitterly": "Western Xia is now a subject country of our Great Song Dynasty, and it suffered heavy losses when quelling the domestic rebellion, and our Great Song Dynasty, as the Celestial Empire, can no longer continue to stand idly by." Only by providing these arms to the Western Xia can we ensure that the Western Xia Emperor can quell the civil strife in the country,"

Li Qingyun looked at Zhao Dongting with a slightly strange look in his eyes.

The Empress of Western Xia only arrived yesterday, and the emperor suddenly came to him today to talk about it. It was hard for him not to think deeply about whether there had been any negotiations between the emperor and the empress of Western Xia.

Then he said: "Although the emperor is right, the minister thinks that selling arms to Western Xia still does more harm than good. Your Majesty, you also said to your ministers that all kinds of arms are the foundation of our Great Song Dynasty and must not be passed on. ”

Zhao Dongting couldn't cry or laugh.

It's really shooting yourself in the foot.

This is not good to delegate all the power. Although the ministers did not dare to easily disobey his orders, they also had their own ideas and would not obey him in everything.

There are pros and cons to this kind of thing.

He looked at Li Qingyun and said bitterly: "But I have already promised the Emperor of Western Xia." ”

Li Qingyun groaned slightly, "If that's the case, the minister has an idea." It is better for us to resell them for rent, lease these arms to Western Xia, and then take them back after they have quelled the civil strife in the country. In this way, our Great Song Dynasty can still own these firearms, and we are still proud of other countries, so we don't have to worry about changes in the future, and we won't be able to take too much advantage of arms. ”

Zhao Dongting's eyes lit up.

He didn't expect that Li Qingyun, who was actually quite old-fashioned in his thinking, would be able to put forward such a suggestion.

It seems that Li Qingyun is also a little different from before.

Looking at the leopard in the tube, it is also foreseeable that the thinking of the courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty in the future will no longer be as old-fashioned as before.

Reselling for rent, even Zhao Dongting thinks this is a good way.

At the very least, they can control the countries to beg the Great Song Dynasty to sell arms to them for various reasons.

Want to buy arms?

Okay!

Got a battle to fight?

With whom to fight?

What benefits can Da Song get?

This not only allows Zhao Dongting to gain insight into the national conditions of various countries, but also allows all countries to be subject to the Great Song Dynasty. If you want to rent arms, you must first be honest with the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Dongting can be said to be happier the more he thinks about it.

The mind is gradually clearer.

Then he said to Li Qingyun: "What Li Aiqing proposed is good, then do it according to your wishes!" ”

Li Qingyun's face also showed joy, "The emperor is shengming." ”

Then he asked Zhao Dongting again, "What about replenishing arms for the major military regions......

Zhao Dongting thought for a while and said: "Although Dali and the New Song Dynasty have been destroyed, there are still countries outside our Great Song Dynasty that are hostile to our Great Song Dynasty, Japan and other countries. Tubo, Bagan and other countries are also quite wary of our Great Song Dynasty, and they are unwilling to have more dealings with our Great Song Dynasty, and the Yuan Dynasty is still eyeing our Great Song Dynasty. The matter of replenishing arms to the major military regions is still done according to my wishes, and the configuration of the major forbidden armies has been increased by 70%, and the grenadiers, cupola cannons, and hot air balloons have been increased by 10%. In addition, the garrisons of each prefecture and city also provided some divine dragon guns, and each garrison was provided by the Ministry of Military Industry with 5,000 dragon guns, 200 grenadiers and cupola cannons. As for the defenders of the cities and the Social Security Bureau, they also provided them with some arms to deal with emergencies. But there is no need to hurry, I need to think about it, and then I will inform you of the number of divine dragon guns in each city in the future. ”

He scratched his head, "The Ministry of Military Industry is now mainly engaged in the manufacture of naval ordnance, and then prepares to provide ordnance from Western Xia. When this is done, we will go and prepare the ordnance of the various armies. ”

Li Qingyun had a wry smile on his face, "Your Majesty, what you just said, I'm afraid that the major workshops of our Ministry of Military Industry have been busy for three or two years. ”

However, he did not say no.

Zhao Dongting smiled and haha: "Be prepared, since you have leisure, it doesn't hurt to make more arms for backup." ”

"Obey."

Li Qingyun agreed.

Zhao Dongting waved his hand, "Then Li Aiqing will step down!" ”

Li Qingyun bowed and went out.

The matter of the Great Song Dynasty's replenishment of arms can be regarded as such a set.

Zhao Dongting lowered his head and flipped through the folds again.

Only on the side Li Goudan looked at him again and again, wanting to speak and stopping.

This was noticed by Zhao Dongting, and he raised his head and asked with a smile, "Does the dog have something to say to me?" ”

Li Goudan said: "Your Majesty, have the arms of our Great Song Dynasty thunder and grenadiers been popularized in the army for nearly ten years?" ”

"yes!"

Zhao Dongting replied with some surprise, "Why did you suddenly ask about this?" ”