Chapter 340: Liao-Song Lingzhou Contract

The core of the forbidden army's equipment is infantry armor, whether it is a crossbowman, a spearman, or a shield soldier, you can use infantry armor, but the weight is different.

The crossbowman is about 54 catties, the spearman is 70 catties, the crossbowman can be increased to 70 catties to a certain extent, and the spearman can be increased to 88 catties.

Even if it is a standard equipment, 58 catties of step armor, according to 200 per pound of iron, the final up is as high as 11.6 runs, the most important thing is that a certain amount of manual fees will be added, and the manual charge here is 16.4 runs, that is to say, the price of the whole set of step man armor is 28 runs.

It's very expensive, that's right, but in the eyes of Liao, it's not expensive, a set of heavy cavalry equipment, not even as heavy as the Northern Song Dynasty's foot armor, almost 34 catties, but the price is as high as 45 guan, and the manual cost is as high as 30 guan.

It is precisely because of his special understanding of the situation in Liao that Han Qi gave such a price, and this price was earned by blood in the Northern Song Dynasty.

You know, now the fine iron step armor, a few pounds are 60 Wen, according to a set of fine iron step armor 50 pounds, that is, about 3 runs, sell a set of step armor, you can almost replace 10 sets of fine iron step armor, this business, can definitely be done.

This is not a full set of equipment, a complete set of forbidden army equipment, including weapons, all kinds of necessary materials, clothing lining, and even some accessories, the whole price is more than 100 yuan, plus the price bonus in this aspect, it is about 180 yuan.

Liao Xingzong's previous idea was to completely replace it, and after using the armor of the Northern Song Dynasty, he felt that his armor was too poor, especially after capturing many war horses in Western Xia, Liao Xingzong himself wanted to increase 12-150,000 heavy cavalry and expand a team of 200,000.

In addition, there was a new expansion of 300,000 troops, 1.1 million, and if the full set was replaced, it would be at least 800,000 sets of equipment.

The human armor plus the vest has a total of more than 120 catties, and if 800,000 people are counted, it is 96 million catties.

This is a terrible number, according to 200 yuan, even if you don't add the handling fee, the total value is close to 20 million yuan, and after adding the handling fee, this number is not going to climb to 40 million yuan.

Money is definitely a huge number, and even hundreds of thousands of yuan of coins have become a necessary income for the Liao State, not to mention the number of millions and millions.

Liao Xingzong wanted to say something, but those who were familiar with the Northern Song Dynasty army knew that the Northern Song Dynasty really didn't want much.

These equipment, all of which are matched by the forbidden army, each piece of equipment has its own unique role, these functions, the Liao State was very greedy before, and now, it is finally possible to get it, and it is not ruthless.

But it's too expensive, if you use a horse, 5 guan a horse, this is already the limit, 40 million guan, you need 8 million horses, not to mention whether Liao can get together so much, even if it does, Liao can't trade.

The previous plan was to reduce the expenditure on horses as much as possible, and use about 10,000 good horses, 100,000 good horses, and up to 500,000 horses in exchange for enough funds.

According to the price discussed before, 500,000 horses can be exchanged for 3.5 million, which seems to be enough, and now it seems that this money is at most 20,000 people.

What is the use of 20,000 people, although Zhou Wenxiu's 2,000 people perform well in it, but Liao Xingzong, who believes in large group operations, needs at least 100,000 talents to be insured.

If it's not enough, fill it in, the sheep don't matter, these sheep seized in Xixia can all be filled in this transaction, the number of these sheep has just been counted, about 6.4 million heads, itself, and if you want to bring it back, you don't need it, just trade it here, these sheep can be priced at 1.28 million yuan.

The cow is a big head, and there are many seizures, according to 1.5 guan a head, 2 million cattle, including more than 400,000 calves, all of which are included in it, and the price is 4 million guan, plus the previous horse.

These were reported to Han Qi, Han Qi almost didn't laugh miserably, which is equivalent to saying that most of the seizures of the entire Western Xia were placed here, and there were also other miscellaneous things, such as gold, silver, copper coins, etc., which were equivalent to 1.5 million guan, added together, Han Qi waved his hand, and the final hundreds of thousands of guan, not to mention, give an integer, 10 million guan.

Based on the basis in turn, I came to purchase the equipment of this side.

It seems that the total amount is terrifying, 10 million guan, but in terms of purchasing power, it really can't buy anything, that is, the equipment of 5-60,000 people, which is mixed with the capture of Western Xia, and finally allows Western Xia to replace 150,000 to about 160,000 troops, of which 100,000 are still the armor of Western Xia.

Liao finally realized the gap between himself and the Northern Song Dynasty, such expensive equipment, the Northern Song Dynasty was able to equip 800,000, and knew that the Northern Song Dynasty was so rich, why did they no longer ask for a little more on the coins, and the feelings were given before, which was sent to Huazi.

It's a pity that this opportunity will not be there in the future, and after seeing the strength of the Northern Song Dynasty, no Liao person will think of going to war, at least, after digesting this batch of equipment.

After counting for a long time, there are only fifty or sixty thousand pieces of equipment, and even in order to increase the quantity, Liao reduced the purchase of auxiliary equipment, which is in the hands of Han Qi.

The equipment of the forbidden army, the most eye-catching, is the step armor, now a set of step armor in the Northern Song Dynasty, only 28 sales, far higher than the Northern Song Dynasty, but in terms of technical content, other equipment seems to be higher.

With a full set of forbidden army equipment, the improvement of combat effectiveness and the ability to adapt to various situations are far higher than other equipment, even if Han Qi has a better one, but it is not suitable to strengthen the enemy in all directions.

However, the Liao State only values the Buren Armor, and even spent a lot of money to buy 250,000 sets of the Infantry Armor, and the others are to buy other equipment, which is equivalent to indicating the strength, as long as it is the equipment of the Northern Song Dynasty, it can break through the defense of the Infantry Armor, and the Iron Armor of the Iron Harrier before, and even the iron armor of the Liao State, there is no difference.

The general result of the transaction has been determined, Liao Xingzong and Han Qi signed a contract on behalf of the Liao State and the Northern Song Dynasty respectively, this contract is also known as the Liao Song Lingzhou Contract, Han Qi because of the signing of this contract, remembered the history books, which also became a turning point in the balance of power between the Liao and Song Dynasty.

Even if Han Qi is a privy envoy, he is not qualified to sign the original of the contract, it is just an initial, and the specific original needs to be approved by Renzong before it can be considered effective, but the small-scale exchange has already begun.

Mainly Buren Jia, these are in the northwest, the forbidden army stationed in the northwest is only about 150,000, but as the front line to resist the Western Xia, there are a large number of materials stored here, of which the Buren A is the majority, and 150,000 people are taken, plus the reserves, you can almost make up the number, as for whether there will be a problem with these troops taking off the Buren armor, the result is of course negative, during this time, the fortress system was perfected in the northwest, and a total of more than 30 fortresses were built, although there were not many, but it was enough to resist the attack of the Liao State.

Not to mention, the Liao State now has a demand for people, and basically will not start a war with the Northern Song Dynasty before all the equipment is delivered.

The first batch of transactions will start a week after the agreement, and when the time comes, the Northern Song Dynasty will take out equipment worth 3 million, and the Liao State will take out the same number of cattle and sheep, this transaction will empty most of the inventory on the Northern Song Dynasty's side, and most of the Liao will be taken out.

No one would have thought that a simple meeting, including Liao Xingzong and Han Qi, would become like this, and Liao completely lost the initiative, but this was something they had to get.

As long as they get these irons, even if it is only for the expansion of 300,000 people, they can take the initiative to terminate this contract, and when the time comes, with 800,000, or even 1 million, heavy cavalry armed to the teeth, what else can not be captured, even if the Northern Song Dynasty has longbowmen, what does it matter if the sea of their heavy cavalry, almost certainly, can be pushed over, in this case, equipment has become the key reason.

And Han Qi, after deciding on the deal, sent the first victorious cavalry to rush eight hundred miles towards Bianliang.

Before, because he was afraid of the constraints of the imperial court, he didn't report the news, and he didn't even send the news of taking Lingzhou, if he was replaced by a military general, even if it was a military leader like Di Qing, a bad plot would be enough to kill Di Qing's life, but if it was replaced by Han Qi, there would be no problem.

Cooperate with the Liao State, capture Xingqing Mansion, and sign this contract, and exchange, even if the benefits are huge, a procedural problem can bury all the great achievements.

But this point, in front of Wenchen, does not exist, as long as Han Qi steps down as the governor of the northwest, then all the misdeeds no longer exist, some are just making decisions on the spot, and some are just great achievements.

This is also where Han Qi's confidence lies, now that everything has settled, and he has signed this transaction that may be worth hundreds of millions, who will not be able to get along with him Han Qi.

500,000 horses, even if they are all horses, the value in the Northern Song Dynasty will exceed 20 million, not to mention 2 million cattle, compared to horses, cattle play a greater role, even if there are 400,000 calves, this is enough to change the livestock conditions of the entire Northern Song Dynasty.

2 million families, can have a cow, even in the name of the imperial court, free-range, for the promotion of agriculture, can be said to be terrible, a cow is equivalent to 5 people, this also represents the busy season of farming, the Northern Song Dynasty has 10 million more young and strong people, whether it is land, or farming, the improvement is more than one.

On the contrary, it is more than 6 million sheep, the role is not obvious, can only kill and eat meat, but it is also a lot of money, the economy of the Northern Song Dynasty is developed, mutton is meat, more valuable, no matter how much, it will not be reduced to a lower level than pork, pork 80 Wen, then it is the price of pork, the price of a sheep is also three or four runs, which is more than 20 million runs.

To tell the truth, Han Qi seems to understand a little, what Zhao Xin once said, fighting a war is to make money, in addition to passive defense, the war that is actively started must always have a purpose, and it is necessary to obtain enough benefits, no, with the Liao army to destroy the Western Xia, not only the cost is very small, but the income alone is already very explosive, at least, when this transaction is completed, the money for the entire forbidden army to change clothes is all there.