In the palace, Li Shimin saw Xin Liangchou coming again, and thought something had happened.

"Your Majesty, the minister is here today for the matter of the Weapons Supervisor." Xin Liangchou said.

"Didn't I already say it yesterday, I don't need to be so diligent in reporting about the Weapons Prison." Li Shimin said impatiently.

"This matter is related to the expenses of the ordnance superintendent, and the minister has to come to report it, because the money involves a large amount, and please ask Your Majesty to decide." Xin Liangchou said again.

"What the hell is going on?" Li Shimin asked.

Xin Liangchou rarely had anything to do in the Ordnance Prison, and he also wanted to know what was so difficult to get to this prison.

Xin Liangchou first presented an excerpt, and when Li Shimin opened it, Xin Liangchou said: "This is a list of equipment that Yuan Servant Shooting asked the Ordnance Supervisor to order from the Yuan Family Workshop, with a total value of 200,000 yuan. ”

"As soon as I opened my mouth, it cost 200,000 yuan, do you think that my money is blown by the wind?" Li Shimin said with some surprise.

How much money does the Tang treasury collect in a year, even if it is a prosperous era, it has just exceeded 10 million, and it takes a lot of money to support the Turkic internal and external lines, and to provide food, grass and military salaries for the border army.

If it weren't for the lack of money, Li Shimin wouldn't have lent Yuan Shan to let him earn money, and because of this, he also paid a servant official position and the right to form a new department, and it was a lot of pressure to do these things.

If it weren't for the fact that what the Ministry of Economic Development did was vigorous, I am afraid that he would have been impeached by the ministers a long time ago, but he did not expect that the ordnance supervision was already a department that consumed the treasury very much, but fortunately, the artillery of the Northern Ya Forbidden Army fought a beautiful victory, and I am afraid that with such a large expenditure, all departments would have opinions.

But where did he think that this Yuan Shan could do something casually, this expenditure would be so high, if he didn't allocate the funds, how could he talk about it, if he allocated such a large amount of money, it would definitely make the various Shangshu have some opinions, and besides, how could he come up with so much money in his private treasury, mainly to supply the Northern Ya Army.

And this is just a random equipment procurement, looking at the situation recorded on the fold, this seems to be just the beginning, which makes Li Shimin feel that the weapons monitoring is a bottomless pit, not Yuan Shan, a bottomless pit.

Xin Liangchou stood aside and didn't know what to say now, so he could only stand quietly on the side.

"Tell me about the equipment." Li Shimin said.

Xin Liangchou immediately began to explain, Yuan Shan asked the Ordnance Supervisor to purchase all the most basic lathes produced by the Yuan Family Workshop, with these things, he could make some tools, the Ordnance Supervisor said that it was an artillery factory, which was actually a bit of a promotion of this department, to be honest, in Yuan Shan's view, it was a small workshop, and the basic working state was all handmade, how could equipment of this level be completely dependent on the craftsmanship of the workers, such as making firearms, In that case, even if it is produced, it will be time-consuming and laborious, and besides, there is no real inquiry about the life of the current artillery, and if the current artillery is really allowed to participate in several more battles, I am afraid that the problem will be exposed.

So what to use to make up for the loss, then we can only try to reduce costs and increase production, and now the biggest improvement for the ordnance supervisor is to purchase a basic lathe and then reduce the negative pressure caused by the output of other food in the ordnance superintendent, and by the way, you can also use these windows to make artillery parts, which is much more reliable than all manual.

Li Shimin doesn't know machinery, but he has a studious heart, this day Xin Liangchou struggled to explain the situation of lathe and other equipment, but when Li Shimin made a decision, there was no movement.

Fang Xuanling was also very surprised when he first heard that the ordnance supervisor would spend another 200,000 yuan of silver, so he said: "Your Majesty's ordnance superintendent's tariff is already very large, if it continues like this, I am afraid it will affect the expenses of other departments, and this batch of equipment that needs to be purchased is really essential." ”

"Your Majesty also decided that it is better to find out some things, although the minister believes that Yuan Servant will not use the purchase of equipment for some reason to make money, but find out some can be done to convince the public, but the situation of this weapons prison is not too exposed, so the minister thinks that this matter should be decided by Xin Zhengjian, after all, he is the person who knows this time best." Du Ruhui said.

Li Shimin was also very helpless, the two people in front of him were talking in harmony, Du Ruhui was right, the Ordnance Supervision is a department that needs to keep secrets, so some decisions are not even known to them, let alone involved.

So this "ball" was quickly passed to Li Shimin and Xin Liangchou, Li Shimin's question is very clear, he is distressed about money, as for the pressure of the court or something, if it is replaced by the battle of Yinshan, then it is necessary to think about it carefully, everything is low-key, but after Yinshan, the artillery showed their strength, which made many people have to be deterred, thinking that there must be an advantage if there are more people, everything is not so sure in front of artillery.

At this time, Fang Xuanling saw Li Shimin's difficulty, so he asked, "Is Your Majesty worried about money?" ”

Li Shimin held back for so long, and finally looked forward to someone mentioning this matter, so he said with some worry: "I know that the new dynasty is set to be in ruins, but after all, the Ordnance Supervision is a very special department, and I want to allocate funds, but this money may cause dissatisfaction among the scholars, and it is really difficult for me to do it." ”

"Your Majesty, why should you worry, since this matter was raised by Yuan Shan, why don't you let him solve it by himself, it seems that the Ministry of Economic Development does not lack this than silver." Fang Xuanling said.

Du Ruhui suddenly glanced at Fang Xuanling with his eyes and didn't say anything, he knew that this proposal was very bold, if he really let the Ministry of Economic Development intervene in the matter of the weapons superintendent, it would be scruples for His Majesty, and on the other hand, His Majesty really agreed to it, then Yuan Shan's right would be even greater, this kind of thing was out of the love of saving Yuan Shan's life, and he was unwilling to agree with this point of view.

But since Fang Xuanling proposed it, he could only listen to His Majesty's meaning, so he saw that Li Shimin's expression was a little cold, and knew that His Majesty was thinking about something.

Li Shimin was silent, at the beginning, he put Yuan Shan in charge of the weapons supervisor meant that he saw the advantages of artillery on the battlefield, and then he hoped that firearms with more powerful firepower and better performance would be developed and put into use, but all this has a price, Fang Xuanling's proposal just now is very good, but in this way, the power in Yuan Shan's hands will be expanded, which is also a bit risky for centralizing imperial power.

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