Chapter 171: 20 Million Stones
Zhao Rui knew this, thought about it and said: "I want to keep some bows and arrows, 50,000 for long and short bows, and the rest will be used for food!" ”
This was simply an unexpected surprise, which made Li Fulin very happy, he was originally the prince of several cities, and he didn't expect him to have too many weapons, but this time, whether it was a sword or a long or short bow, it was a hundred thousand!
Li Fulin was already imagining the emperor's praise and reward after he returned!
"Thank you, Lord Wang, such a quantity is greatly beyond my expectations!"
As long as he was satisfied, Zhao Rui nodded, and then asked Song Fengyi: "How much silver is the sword and the long and short bow converted into now?" ”
Song Fengyi has been in Yongping Village for a long time, and he has also bought a lot of weapons to arm himself, but he is clear about this aspect.
"Ordinary swords 20 taels, bows and arrows because of the many processes, the manufacturing time is relatively expensive, the materials and workmanship are different, the price is also different, about 50 taels of short bows, 80 taels of long bows."
"Oh, it's ...... like this" Zhao Rui didn't expect that the weapons were quite valuable in these years, and then asked Li Fulin: "Do the math, how much grain can be exchanged for 120,000 swords, plus 80,000 long and short bows?" ”
Li Fulin immediately calculated, and Zhao Rui and everyone were secretly calculating.
120,000 swords 2.4 million taels of silver, 80,000 short bows 400 taels, 80,000 long bows 640 taels, a total of 12.8 million taels!
At this time, one tael of silver buys one stone of grain, then it is 12.8 million stone of grain, that is, 1.28 billion catties of grain!
I'll drop a day!
Almost everyone was taken aback by the number.
Zhao Gong looked at Zhao Rui with a little weakness, but he didn't expect Zhao Rui to look at himself at the same time, both of them thought in their hearts that fortunately, they didn't make farm tools, and they didn't know the price of weapons, so they were going to lose to death!
In the future, all the weapons of the Yuan army will be collected, which is a great benefit.
At this time, Li Fulin also calculated the approximate number, and said with a smile: "Lord Wang, we can give 20 million stones, what do you think?" ”
Ooh!
Nearly doubled!
Is the food of Champa so cheap?
Zhao Rui was shocked at first, and then thought about it.
One or two silver to buy a stone of grain, this is the price in the Southern Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty at this time the economy is developed, equivalent to the richest country in the world, then the price of domestic grain must be much more expensive than foreign ones, and the city has the vast alluvial plain of the Mekong Delta, and the particularly rich rice production is also one of the reasons.
"Okay! Just 20 million stones! ”
Zhao Rui made a decision on the spot, and then sent someone to take Li Fulin to see the real thing, and then he had to organize someone to transport it to Anbang Prefecture.
Those bows and arrows that were deliberately left behind are also useful, Zhao Rui thought that since the current firearms are limited, a large number of archers can be trained, which can alleviate the problem of insufficient firearms to a certain extent.
And in the future, with the continuous increase of territory and population, the number of troops will definitely continue to grow, and guns can be used as sharp weapons instead of main battle weapons in the future.
This will allow you to make a transition before you build the Maxim machine gun.
At this time, Arjuna took the initiative to ask herself to bring someone to deliver the weapon, on the grounds that no one knew the route better than her.
Zhao Rui said with some guilt: "Thank you for your hard work, I didn't let you rest and go on the road again...... By the way, a simple break for a few days is always a must! ”
couldn't help but say that Zhao Rui gave Arjuna three days off, and also told Li Fulin that he would send someone to send him three days later.
Li Fulin came through the new route, much faster than he had imagined before, so he wouldn't care about a few days of delay.
At the same time, Zhao Rui asked Song Fengyi to collect a large number of books on shipbuilding, because now there are offshore cities, and the development of maritime power is also considered by Zhao Rui as the focus of the next step.
Zhao Rui originally wanted to give gold jewelry to Arjuna, but Arjuna, as a princess, grew up guarding gold and silver since she was a child, so how could these things be rare, so she shirked it for the reason that it was inconvenient to wear them.
However, at Zhao Rui's strong request, she still chose a golden crested hairpin. Zhao Rui personally pinned her up, although Arjuna was good at hiding her feelings, but Zhao Rui felt that she should be very happy.
In the evening, the celebration banquet was held as scheduled, and the courtyard of the house was full of wine tables, and most of the high-ranking friends were generals, all the villages were old, and the village officials on the other side of Jiaozhi and so on.
There are more tables in front of the palace to dine here, because it is a celebration banquet, Zhao Rui once again allowed them to drink, so the soldiers arrived early in excitement, and when the inside was not full, the door was already full.
The left and right sides of the palace were not idle, and flowing water seats were set up for the people to come to eat and drink.
Zhao Rui didn't care how much such a city-wide banquet would cost, because the gold bricks and nuggets brought back from Guangyuan Prefecture had already filled several mansions.
When everyone was in the house, the chickens, ducks, and fish had already been bought, and this time they bought a lot of live sheep, and they rushed back, if the background was not a cascading mountain, there was really some meaning of grazing on the grassland.
"Young master, go over and sit down!" Xiao Yi stood aside and urged.
"What's the hurry, isn't it still time!" Zhao Rui sweated on his forehead, and used a fan to drive away the smoke in front of him.
In the distance, Arjuna approached, she had just taken a shower and changed into light casual clothes.
This time she led the troops alone on the expedition, which was also very important for Arjuna's growth, she continued to think and comprehend, experienced the strategy and tactics of the musketeers, and attacked Ampang City without attrition, proving that Arjuna's way of commanding troops has some heat.
Arjuna's hair was wet and scattered, and the naturally charming big waves made her as eye-catching as a Qing Shui hibiscus, but because of her relationship with Zhao Rui, everyone only dared to wait and see.
Arjuna was already tall, but this time she lost some weight, but she looked even more bumpy and sexy.
"Huh? This...... How is the smell of barbecue? ”
The peculiar and alluring smell of mutton sizzling on the coals is constantly wafting around, and as a Mongolian, roast lamb is simply a snack to a big delicacy, and Arjuna has been away from the north for a long time, and sometimes even eats roast lamb in her dreams.
I miss it so much!
Not far away, a puff of green smoke rose up, and the person who was fiddling with the stove below was Zhao Rui.
Arjuna was overjoyed and hurried forward.
"Zhao Rui, did this happen to me?"
Zhao Rui and Xiao Yi looked up at the same time, and the beautiful and heroic Arjuna was dressed in civilian clothes, which was simply beautiful!
This is also why Zhao Rui said that it was a common celebration banquet between the two armies, so Arjuna asked.
"Forehead ......"
Zhao Rui was a little stammering, he was squatting, and the gold chain of the dog's head hanging from his neck was still dangling.
In fact, Zhao Rui really forgot that Arjuna is a Mongolian and loves to eat roast sheep, but he just thought of "big gold chain and small gold watch, eat barbecue three times a day".
Now that the big gold chain is also on and the small gold bracelet is also stuck, I always feel like there is something missing if I don't have a barbecue.
Looking at Arjuna's big watery eyes full of anticipation, Zhao Rui immediately said, "Yes! It's specially prepared for you, come, how about you taste it! ”
At this time, the mutton had just been grilled, the mutton skewers on the bamboo skewers were sizzling and oily, and Zhao Rui also specially added chili noodles, which were mouth-watering.
Arjuna knew it was chili, but she had never eaten roast lamb with chili peppers, so she ate a piece in anticipation.
"Huh...... Ooh...... Oh, my God! ”
Zhao Rui and Xiao Yi were both looking at Arjuna in a daze, her face was pale most of the time, but now she actually showed a very exaggerated expression.
"What? Isn't it tasty? "Zhao Rui is still the first kebab in ancient times, and he is not very sure about the taste.
"It's not! It's so delicious! ”
Arjuna was about to jump up happily, and Zhao Rui used roast mutton to comfort himself, which was amazing!
"I never knew that lamb with chili peppers would be so delicious! Eat it too, eat it quickly! ”
Arjuna stuffed meat in her mouth, and vaguely urged Zhao Rui and Zhao Xiaoyi to eat together.
In this way, Zhao Rui was relieved, gave Xiao Yi a few more strings, and then put the others in a position where there was no charcoal fire, and the three of them ate them one by one.
The smell of roast sheep made the guests who were present swallow their saliva one after another, but Zhao Rui's status was high, and with the two ladies around him, no one was embarrassed to step forward.
"Lord Wang! What tastes so good! Give me a taste too! ”
Listening to this voice, Zhao Rui knew that it was Xiong Er, and he seemed to be particularly obsessed with food.
Xiong Er probed his brain, but Arjuna and Zhao Rui had finished eating, and Zhao Xiaoyi was still chewing the last piece of meat.
"How so! Why don't you leave me a little! ”
Xiong Er wore a beard and made a pitiful expression, as if the sky was about to fall.
"I want to eat and bake myself!" Zhao Rui pointed to the raw mutton with bamboo skewers in the wooden basin next to him.
"But I won't!" Xiong Er said anxiously.
"Okay, then I'll roast it again, you have to study hard, and tonight's barbecue work will be handed over to you!" Zhao Rui said with a smile.
"Good, good!"
Xiong Er was overjoyed, thinking about how many skewers of meat he could eat if he roasted it all night.
"Are you still eating?" Zhao Rui asked, and the two daughters both nodded.
Zhao Rui then grabbed a large handful of mutton skewers, just now is the time when the charcoal is in full swing, much faster than the speed of the roasting just now, turn over and sprinkle salt, and after a while, the juice mixed with the meat juice and mutton fat dripped onto the charcoal, and there was curling green smoke.
Lin Shizhao was coming in from the door, looking around, Zhao Rui knew that he was looking for himself, and shouted from afar: "Shizhao, did I buy what I asked you to buy?" ”
Lin Shizhao heard Zhao Rui's call and ran forward with a paper bag.
Zhao Rui took it and opened it slowly, and everyone was aroused.
The kraft paper was opened, and inside were many tiny particles of dark yellow.
"It's cumin!" Arjuna cried out in surprise!
Zhao Rui sprinkled chili noodles on the meat skewers again, and kept turning them, the chili noodles were soaked with hot oil on the surface, making them more and more red and attractive, and the smell of meat spread again.
"Wow! This tastes! I can't wait! Xiong Er said with a sip of saliva.