Chapter 63: Lu Wende

Because of the close relationship with Jia Yidao, Jia Ling loves her father very much, so Shi Bin often goes back with Jia Ling to visit her father-in-law.

Seeing that Shi Bin has his own power, and the navy is constantly expanding, he can completely guarantee the safety of his own business, which makes Jia Rudao very happy as a father-in-law.

Although officials can't do business according to Song law, they have never followed the rules. As a feudal official, Jia Yidao also does some business by the way, but he will not focus on this, not to mention that it is not easy to come forward, so most of them are managed by others.

His daughter and son-in-law are also shrewd, and now Shi Bin has the ability and energy to do this, and he has no bad intentions, so Jia Rudao simply handed over his business in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River to Jia Ling and Shi Bin to take care of together. In this way, he simply became a hands-off boss and just sat and collected the money.

The mountain of this Jia Rudao is very large, and there are many henchmen under him, so he often has dinners. However, most of the important dinners of dignitaries at that time were in the mansion, after all, the partition wall had ears, and some things could not be known to outsiders.

One day in the fifth year of Chunyou (1245), Jia Rudao invited Lu Wende to have dinner together, and Shi Bin accompanied him to drink. When he first heard the three words Lu Wende, Shi Bin was very unhappy. Because Shi Bin likes to read Jin Yong's novels, Lu Wende is mentioned in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", saying that he is a villain who is greedy for life and afraid of death.

And Jia Nidao invited him to eat at home, so he decided that he was Jia Nidao's hardcore, and at the same time, Shi Bin looked down on Jia Nidao again, after all, only embarrassed and colluding guys would appear at the same time at such an important dinner.

Seeing that Shi Bin's face was unhappy, Jia Rudao asked the reason. Shi Bin then told what he knew about Lu Wende, and after hearing about it, Jia seemed to only say that he listened and believed partially, and it shouldn't be like this. Afraid that Shibin was still not convinced, Jia Rudao told Lu Wende's exploits, and only then did he know that Lu Wende was powerful, and he was not the kind of villain who was greedy for life and afraid of death.

In February of the third year of Chunyou (1243), Lu Wende was promoted to Fuzhou Observation Envoy and Deputy Commander of the Guards and Horse Army. From summer to winter of that year, he led a force of 3,000 men to ride a warship up the Whirlpool River and smashed Bianliang, which caught the Mongolian army by surprise and then withdrew.

In May of the fourth year of Chunyou (1244), the Mongols besieged Shouchun Mansion, and Lü Wende led his troops to successfully relieve the siege, and the imperial court gave him a million dollars to reward his master. In June, the imperial court ordered Lu Wende to concurrently know Haozhou to control the armies of Hao, Anfeng, Shou, and Bozhou.

In February of the fifth year of Chunyou (1245), Lü Wende defeated the Mongol soldiers and recovered Wuhe (now Anhui), and the imperial court promoted him to three levels, and now he is a general from Sanpin.

If he didn't know Lu Wende's brilliant achievements, Shi Bin would subconsciously think that this was a guy who was greedy for life and afraid of death, and only knew how to drink soldier blood and make black money.

But now he doesn't think so, it's nothing to catch some extra money, the water is clear, there are no fish, and there are no fugitives when people are observed. How can there be a horse that allows the horse to run and not to eat grass? What's more, he is also fishing himself, so he doesn't have to laugh at fifty steps and laugh at a hundred steps.

Lu Wende listened to Jia Yidao's introduction and knew that it was not only his son-in-law who accompanied the wine, but also the commander of Tanzhou, who killed Zhengzhou Dalu Huachi; burned Zaoyang's grain and grass and severely damaged the defenders; and Shi Bin, who went north four times to rob grain successfully.

An iron-blooded soldier must appreciate another good soldier. With these foreshadowings, the atmosphere of the dinner immediately became relaxed and lively.

"Commander-in-chief, Wende will never forget your support, and now is the time for me to repay. Some time ago, the imperial court gave me millions of dollars, but I didn't want these useless things. For me, weapons and food and grass are the most important things, I wonder if you can help me get a batch of high-quality weapons and food? I'm willing to trade that million dollars at a 70% discount. Lu Wende said with a smile.

"Seven folds?" Jia Rudao hadn't reacted yet, but Shi Bin reacted and said, "Master Lu, I'm afraid this is not good, you are too bad." Not suitable, not suitable. What's more, your army is the iron army of the Great Song Dynasty, isn't it well-equipped enough? ”

Jia Rudao is a greedy person, although Lu Wende is his hardcore, he can carry out this transaction with peace of mind. The brother has to settle the account, and if he wants him to help Lu Wende, he will naturally get some benefits, and there is no day job for anyone, after all, weapons and food and grass are indeed the most important thing for generals.

Before he was happy, who knew that Shi Bin jumped out and ruined his good deeds, although he was angry, he couldn't show it. Conflict with his son-in-law over some wealth does not match his identity as a feudal official.

I had to cough twice and said, "Wende, I appreciate your kindness." However, Shi Bin is reasonable, seven folds are indeed inappropriate, eight folds. I only have food and grass, and I guess you will have to negotiate with the people in the ordnance supervisor. ”

Shi Bin knew what he was doing as soon as he heard the ordnance supervisor, and he also nodded in agreement to support Jia Yidao's opinion, and thought that the weapons of the ordnance supervisor might be better, after all, it was a standard weapons production office.

"Armament Supervisor?" Lu Wende immediately snorted coldly when he heard these three words, "Commander Shi, you are a full man, you don't know that a hungry man is hungry, it's all a bunch of useless things, and you will cut corners." The quality of the weapons provided to me can only be called passable, and it is too difficult to approve, and our court is too strict with weapons. ”

Knowing that the recklessness just now made Jia Yidao unhappy, after all, blocking people's wealth is like killing his parents, not to mention that he is a greedy nature. So Shi Bin immediately spoke: "Lord Lu wants a weapon? Little brother, there are a batch of this, I don't know if you can see it. ”

"Brother Shi has it? Brother Jiuwen attaches great importance to firearms and long-range attacks, and if there is a suitable big brother, he will definitely want it. Please elaborate. Lu Wende said happily.

So, Shi Bin summoned several guards outside the mansion and showed them to Lu Wende.

Although Lu Wende has been on the battlefield for a long time, he has certainly never seen a soldier carrying such equipment. Each person has five wood-handled thunderbolts, a new-style Shibin gun, fifty rounds of Minne, and a waist knife.

As a battlefield general, he will not be intimidated by this fancy appearance, but he must be very curious to know what kind of lethality this new weapon is. So he immediately pleaded guilty to Jia Rudao, hoping to try the weapon first before eating.

Of course, I know what a high-lethality weapon means for a general, and it is absolutely impossible for Lu Wende to eat with peace of mind before looking at Shi Bin's weapon. So Jia Rudao agreed to his request, not to mention that he himself wanted to see how powerful the weapon that this son-in-law secretly made.

Five targets were placed at 100 paces and 150 paces in the field, and Shi Bin personally aimed and shot. There were a total of 20 shots, all fired in five minutes, and 12 of them hit the target. And the wooden handle shook the sky, and the thunder was only one pound heavy, but the killing radius was three steps.

When Lu Wende saw such a sophisticated weapon, he immediately felt like he was beaten with chicken blood, and shouted: "Brother, such a strong soldier is really enviable. How many do you have, big brother, I want them all, the price is negotiable. ”

Knowing that Lu Wende must be happy, but he didn't expect to be ecstatic like a convulsion, Shi Bin didn't react for a long time, and his mind was blank.

Thinking that Shi Bin thought he was too greedy for that, Lu Wende smiled awkwardly: "My brother should understand my thoughts when he also leads the troops, who doesn't want such a good weapon." Just now, the old brother was a little out of shape. ”

"Lord Lu。。。。。。。。" Of course Shi Bin understood, but in order to make Lu Wende look good, he was ready to say a few good words to ease up, but he didn't expect to be interrupted halfway through his words.

"It's called Brother Lu, my brother treats me so well, I don't know if I can be cheeky to be your big brother?" Lu Wende said with a smile.

"Favors?" Shi Bin was a little puzzled.

"My brother is really kind, of course this is kindness. You must know that making weapons privately is a big crime, even if you have your father-in-law, Master Jia, you are not at a small risk. What's more, with such a sophisticated weapon, a few people don't want to occupy it alone, if you don't treat me as a brother, how can you let me know? Lu Wende said seriously.

Knowing that these were all truths, but he didn't expect Lu Wende to be so straightforward, Shi Bin said: "Brother Lu, my weapon is not expensive, I just give you fifty guns and five hundred wooden handles to shake the sky." Just that little thing, it is estimated that it is not worth a thousand taels of silver. ”

"It's not a matter of price, with this weapon, we won't be afraid of the cavalry and bows of the Yuan soldiers, and the casualties will be much less. You must know that human life is at stake, even if there are inevitably deaths and injuries, but I don't want to have too many casualties, the sound of gongs and drums at the funeral is really unpleasant. Lu Wende said in a deep voice, "Why am I sighing again?" Brother smiled, let's hurry up and negotiate the price, it is estimated that your father-in-law is so hungry that his chest is pressed against his back. ”

"Then how about we trade at the price of a gun with five taels of silver, two hundred rounds of ammunition with five taels of silver, one tael of silver with five coins and a wooden handle of the earth-shaking thunder?" Seeing that Lu Wende cherished the soldiers so much, Shi Bin smiled and quoted the price.

As soon as he heard it, he understood that Shi Bin didn't make much money from this parity transaction, and Lu Wende didn't want to take advantage of others so much, so he said: "Does my brother look down on me?" Although Brother Lu doesn't buy and sell arms, he also knows the cost and the approximate price of labor, and your price is too low. I don't want people to say that I, Lu Wende, will only take advantage. ”

It seems that this is Lu Wende's reverse scale, and he doesn't want to be looked down upon, so Shi Bin motioned to Lu Wende to make his own purchase price, and everything was according to his wishes, but who would have thought that he would double the price.

A little crying and laughing looked at Lu Wende, knowing that this was a respect for himself and the new weapon, so Shi Bin came to save the country, and said: "If Brother Lu must have this price, then we might as well do this, just now I blocked my father-in-law's financial path, you will pay according to the price you said, I will only charge the price I want, and give the rest to my father-in-law?" ”

Hearing this, Lu Wende and Jia Yidao were very happy. In the end, he got a contract with 200 Shi Bin guns, 40,000 rounds of ammunition, and 2,000 wooden handles of earth-shaking thunder with a total price of 10,000 taels of silver, of which 5,000 taels were considered dividends for Jia Yidao.

Moreover, Lu Wende said that once the actual combat effect is good, he will continue to buy weapons. You must know that if a military general wants to be promoted, he will rely on killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions, and with good generals and strong soldiers, he is not afraid of not being able to make meritorious contributions.

Lu Wende reciprocated by saying that he would help Shi Bin sell goods and buy some government-run raw materials in Lianghuai.

Jia Rudao couldn't seem too greedy, so he returned half of the profits to Shi Bin, after all, he couldn't make people feel that he was even squeezing his son-in-law's profits so much. Shi Bin said that every transaction with Lu Wende in the future will have his 30% rebate.

The meal was a great joy for everyone, and Shi Bin met Lu Wende and became a business partner; Lüvind was given a way to provide a continuous supply of new weapons; Jia Rudao sat down and received two thousand five hundred taels of silver and a chicken that could lay golden eggs all the time.

Shi Bin said that if there is a campaign to go north to attack Yuan, he hopes that Lu Wende will not forget him. How could Lu Wende forget this? How can a general forget an arms dealer? Lu Wende naturally accepted it.