With the explanations of the happy building and the Oiran of the Linjiang building, the truth is slowly revealed.

In October, with Zhao Xing's appropriation, Huang Tingjian's speech in the court carried a lot of weight, and he ordered the demolition of Yanfu Palace and the unbuilt Yue, and the order was reached, and the people of the capital rushed into Yanfu Palace, "fighting for hammers and axes". They demolished houses, smashed rockeries, and cut down trees to serve as firewood. Throw thousands of rare birds and beasts into the water and let them do whatever they want; He also killed all the sika deer in the deer park to fill the food; The inscriptions collected in the Yanfu Palace are all discarded in the ditch......

From then on, Emperor Huizong's romantic life came to an end.

In the real history, Song Qinzong ordered the destruction of Yanfu Palace, demolished Yue, and dismissed the palace maids, Song Huizong was not in a hurry when he heard it, and even heard that his queen and beloved daughter were humiliated by the Jin soldiers, and it was as if nothing happened, but when he heard that the inscriptions collected by Yanfu Palace were abandoned in the ditch, he seemed reluctant and deeply regretted. This time, Song Huizong showed the same attitude.

Later, Huang Tingjian announced two pieces of Zhao Xing's recitals, Zhao Xing's part of the recitals was the "Co-governance Law", which talked about the "Oath of Taizu" from the law of the ancestors of the Song Dynasty, and then asked the imperial court to establish the implementation of the "Oath of Taizu" in the sense of law. In the recital, he explicitly proposed the restriction of imperial power, and the clear law stipulated the power that the emperor had, as well as the "right of co-governance" that scholars should enjoy......

According to Zhao Xing's recital, Huang Tingjian further proposed the "Inner Palace Maintenance Law", requiring that the amount of money for supporting the palace and the clan be determined in the form of law for a basic amount for an annual period. At the same time, it was agreed that the emperor and the clan could run their own business without paying taxes; The production of the fief can not be taxed, and in addition, the offerings given by the imperial court have a certain amount. The Royal Palace needs special appropriation, which must be proposed in advance and approved by the ministers before the next financial year, otherwise it will be rejected.

Zhao Xing drew a big pie in the "co-governance law", which can make the scholars and officials enjoy more power, this big pie immediately caused a dispute, the civil and military officials took the opportunity of this court battle to win a big victory, brandished the money stick, and forced the royal family to bow their heads with the right to approve, and then quickly established the detailed rules of the "co-governance law", the power of the emperor and the power of the hundred officials in the form of law to determine, and then, the "inner palace maintenance law" was also successfully passed, and the royal family and the clan determined the amount of appropriation according to each title level. This move is tantamount to putting an end to the emperor's attempt to spend money indiscriminately.

The expenses of the royal family were restrained, and the emperor could not afford to raise tens of thousands of palace maids, even the palace maids who had been picked by him to supplement the yang were ruthlessly abandoned by him. Among these palace maids, those who are cautious and self-controlled still retain the emperor's reward, and are happily taken back by their families to arrange for remarriage. Those palace maids who relied on pampering and being generous were abandoned by their families empty-handed, and what is even more sad is that those palace maids who are average in appearance and have not been pampered have been sent out of the house, and according to the etiquette law, the family can completely disown them.

At this time, someone moved slightly, and the homeless palace maid received the severance pay from the imperial court and went south to Yangzhou together.

They came out of the palace, and this identity was immediately popular in the prosperous place of Yangzhou, and they could find a job as a female teacher to teach the girls in the family for the wealthy businessmen. There are also a group of bold people who walk into the fireworks with the resentment of being abandoned, throwing rain and dew everywhere.

In the Song Dynasty, it was not a great rebellion to enjoy the women enjoyed by the emperor. In the original history, the palace maids of Yanfu Palace and Yue also chose the same path, but they were scattered into the people in the capital, and now history has changed, and they came to Yangzhou. In the original history, they were finally plundered by the Jin people to "national integration", and now, they left the palace in advance to smoothly enter the people.

The situation of the palace maids Zhao Xing could not intervene. He could only pray wordlessly. And at this time. The imperial court just announced Zhao Xingdi's second recital. This edict required the court to use the form of law. Clearly define private property. In order to prevent corrupt officials from arbitrarily plundering the people's land and property in the future, his demand was precisely the cause of this incident of striking the DPRK and reprimanding the army. Dissatisfied with the emperor's actions, the civil and military officials passed this law with cheers.

From now on. Originally, in the Great Song Dynasty, the protection of private rights was particularly emphasized. It was officially included in the legal scope of the Great Song Dynasty.

In the same month. Guangnan's "strange army" set out from Dali to conquer Tibet; Chengdu Mansion goes upriver from the Dadu River. bluffing attacks on Xikang; Shaanxi general, Qin Fengjing's envoy Liu Zhongwu, deputy general Gao Yu, and supervisor Tong Guan led the army out of Huangchuan (now Jianzha, Qinghai...... This war is simply described in history. That's a dozen words. But it goes back and forth. It took eight full years to finish.

The Song army attacked in many ways, which made the Tubo people feel afraid. That's when they found out. It turns out that his situation is so delicate. All sides are surrounded by the Great Song Dynasty. And at this time. The southern road of Tubo and the conquest in other places have not yet started from the Indian Ocean. If they do it too. Attacked from all sides, Tibet will face a catastrophe.

The situation in Tibet made the Tangut people breathe a sigh of relief. Originally, they thought that the Song army was deteriorating because of the domestic situation. It's going to be defensive. This is a good time to take advantage of the opportunity to plunder. Unexpectedly, Tubo plucked the strings of the war. The Song army on all sides was already like a hungry wolf. He pounced on him with a scream. Song Jun reacted so violently. It made the Tangut people feel terrified. Later. Liao Guo came forward to send out an invitation. said that he wanted to mediate the war between the Song State and the Western Xia Land. Invite the envoys of the Song State to the Liao State......

But let Xixia be frightened is still to come. The minister of the Song State simply refused the mediation of the Liao State. However, he demanded the signing of a "treaty of preferential treatment of prisoners of war" with Western Xia. The treaty agreed that each other would treat prisoners of war well. and let the prisoners of war be ransomed and returned home.

The Song army's move made the Western Xia Liao people stunned, such an agreement had never been heard of in history, they had never heard of it, and the sneer on the lips of the Song ministers who came to sign the agreement made them understand: The Song State has begun to prepare for the war, and the Song State has made up its mind to not destroy the Western Xia and vow not to give up.

In mid-October, Zhao Xing, who had returned to Hangzhou, summoned the officer corps to watch the battle in Goryeo, and he smiled and took a gun from his attendants and showed it to the officers. The strange shape of the gun seemed to be much simplified, and the original conspicuous and cumbersome flint wheel was eliminated, and the whole body of the gun appeared more delicate.

There was only one gun in this gun, and an officer stood in a circle with a gun, while ten soldiers with standard muskets of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau stood in another circle, and a row of targets stood forty meters in front of them

One shot for us to test, and now you can see the battle between the rear-loading musket and the front T5......"

After Zhao Xing finished speaking, the magistrate waved a small flag to order the two groups of soldiers to take their places, the group holding the standard musket of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau seemed to be crowded, and on the other side, the officer holding the rear-loading musket looked very lonely, he raised the gun on his shoulder, and greeted the group of people holding the standard musket with a smile: "Good luck to everyone." ”

A large grandfather clock was carried to the scene, and when the second hand pointed to zero, the magistrate waved a small flag and ordered: "Fire!" ”

When the guns rang out, the standard muskets fired a row of guns, and after a shot, they skillfully poured gunpowder, loaded the bullets, and then raised the guns to their shoulders and fired again.

As they loaded the gunpowder, the gunfire of the new gun continued to sound, and the officer pulled the trigger, then pulled the bolt, and a yellow bullet casing jumped out, and then the bolt was reset, and the gunfire rang out again......

When the one-minute shooting time was up, the herald took the targets fired by both sides and counted the bullet holes on the target.

In one minute, the soldiers using the Song army's flintlock pistols fired four rounds, and a few shot five rounds, but the impact point was not ideal. With the new muskets, the average is five to six shots, twenty rounds in a minute, and almost 80 hits the target.

"Fewer people, better equipment, this is the purpose of my training, everyone, look at this gun, with this gun, we can deal with the cavalry, in the future, my task and your responsibility is to find fault!

Looking for the stubble of the Liao people, the stubble of the Western Xia people, the stubble of the Jin people, and all possible or potential enemies in the sphere of influence, we must let them have nightmares.

In order to carry out this strategy, I announced that the purchase of firearms would be open to the officers participating in the war, and that we had about 10,000 old-fashioned arquebuses in our warehouse, and that I was going to sell them all to the Liao, and that we would have 60,000 such flintlock pistols, all of which would be sold! ”

Zhao Xing used this seductive tone, like an excellent salesman, hoarsely selling his obsolete goods: "We have a lot of inventory of this kind of gun, but this gun is still a sharp weapon, if you want to return to your own defense area, you have to equip a few personal soldiers, this gun is the best choice."

First of all, it's cheap! Because it is an old gun, because it is a stockpile, I will give you a cost price, and use it to equip your own soldiers, and in the face of bows and arrows, you are invincible. Ahem, now it's only a third of the price of a good bow. How's that, my heart is impressed.

The second point is that this flintlock gun is very powerful, and I believe that through actual combat observation, you can already feel its power, and I will not talk about the specific situation. Thirdly, this flintlock gun has a long service life and you can use it for a lifetime.

Of course, there are also people who say that my new gun has already come out, so why buy this old gun...... Hehe, to tell you the truth, the new gun has a complex process and slow production, and it is difficult to say how long it will equip the army.

You know, the standard musket that I am using now in the Nanyang Affairs Bureau was formed after more than ten years of research and development, and if this new gun is put into the army after more than ten years, we should also retire. This old gun is a license to buy a new gun, how many old guns do you have, how many new guns I sell you, one is not more, one is not less. ”

Zhao Xing agitated like a spring, and sold three thousand muskets on the spot, this number was unsatisfactory, Zhao Xing smacked his lips dissatisfied: "Too little, in this world, it seems that there are still too few places to fight, ah, ah, when will there be war everywhere." ”

"Enough", Wan Qiyong whispered beside Zhao Xing: "A good bow is worth 1,000 to 2,000 yuan, our kind of gun sells 300 guan per gun, sells 3,000 guan, nearly 1 million guan is returned, the cost of the new gun is not much higher than the old gun, all 60,000 old guns are sold, nearly 10 million guan, enough for us to equip the army." ”

In this month, the Vietnamese Tran (驸門) officially succeeded to the throne; King Shen transferred to Ryukyu (Taiwan); King Jian transferred to Luzon. At the same time, the imperial court decided to assign Huainan East Road to the Beiyang Affairs Bureau, so that the Beiyang Affairs Bureau owned the three roads of Jingdong East Road, Jingdong West Road, and Huainan East Road.

Although the Beiyang Affairs Bureau only owns three roads, in terms of land area and the number of states and counties, it is far less than the Nanyang Affairs Bureau, but the three roads under its name are all continents with a total population of more than 20 million. However, Zhao Xing's Nanyang Affairs Bureau has most of the finger shooting land, which is sparsely populated and imperfect in land reclamation.

The imperial court did this for the purpose of balance, so that the Beiyang Affairs Bureau finally had the strength to compete with Zhao Xing.

This month, in later history, is considered to be the month of decrees, because many decrees that affect later generations were born in this month, in the court, after a wrestling battle, the three parties had to sit down to negotiate, they sensed from Zhao Xing's suggestion that they need to use the form of decrees to protect themselves, to restrain the behavior of officials at all levels, of course, to restrain the imperial power. Therefore, they threw out all kinds of detailed rules at the speed of one decree in two days, so from this month onwards, the republic of the Great Song Dynasty became a republic in the true sense.

This month, Zhang Shangying and Huang Tingjian also discussed the idea of changing the yuan, and in their minds, after the turmoil in the court, it was inauspicious for the court to use the era name of Chongning, so they asked the emperor's opinion and chose the name "Xuanhe".

In the original history, "Xuanhe" had another meaning, and under "Xuanhe" was the "Jingkang" of the Northern Song Dynasty, but now, "Xuanhe" is known as promoting the harmony of the court and the republican idea of ruling the world with scholars.

The order to change the yuan was issued in mid-October, on this day, Zhao Xing just sold out 10,000 old guns, this number made him feel very fulfilled, he sat in the castle, crossed Erlang's legs, and said to himself proudly: "It seems that for many years, my salesman's skills have not fallen at all." ”

Wang Mingsuo was a little worried: "Xianggong, I heard that some businessmen who accompanied the army also bought guns under the banner of 'war observation group', although we already have more powerful weapons, but it is not a good thing for such sharp firearms to flow into the people, in case the people use them to fight, or rebel ......."

"Fighting, in today's peaceful and prosperous world, how can there be such a group piece?!"

"It's close at hand, Liangzhejiang Luzhou, just on the edge of our Hangzhou, and even on the edge of Huhuan Mountain, our training base. Large-scale civil fights are underway.

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Zhao Xing was enjoying his salesman's sense of accomplishment when a soldier came out of breath to report the news. "My lord, there was a civil fighting in Yiwu County, which has lasted for more than a month, and there have been many casualties on both sides.

Zhao Xing stood up in surprise and asked very facelessly: "What about the soldiers stationed in our Shuikou Town?" Isn't there a musketeer stationed there? ”

Wan Qiyong quietly reminded: "My lord, it's a soldier, but it's not a musketeer." Their musket has been sealed by the adults, and you have already sold it to the Quanzhou defense envoy three days ago. ”

Zhao Xing touched his face with his hand embarrassedly, and said strongly: "That's not good, our soldiers have undergone strict training, even if there is no musket, their waist knives are also excellent swords, can it be that they have learned muskets, they won't use swords to fight?" ”

The soldier who reported the news weakly reminded: "My lord, more than 30,000 people on both sides of the battle participated, and 500 soldiers armed with swords went, it is estimated that they will sink like stones into the sea, and they will not even be able to float in the water." ”

Zhao Xing turned around and asked Wan Qianyong again: "How many new guns do we have now?" ”

Wan Qiyong stretched out a slap, flipped it over, and replied: "The craftsmen worked overnight and finally made ten strokes." ”

Zhao Xing was stunned: "Ten shots, I have a total of 30,000 soldiers in the Nanyang Affairs Bureau, do you want me to take ten guns to fight?" ”

Wan Qiyong said with disdain: "Ten rods, this is still good, what you want is a test gun, this gun is completely different from the original, the original barrel is just an iron barrel (smoothbore), and now you also ask to add a spiral wire to the barrel, and the craftsmen have tested it hundreds of times according to your requirements, so as to create a spiral wire that meets the requirements."

This is a brand new firearm, except that its shape is almost the same as before, the rest have all changed, a new firing device, a new barrel, a new trigger, a new machine landing 20,000 craftsmen and 1,000 craftsmen of the Quang Nam Firearms Bureau, it took a whole month of hard work, night and day, to complete the finalization of this gun, is it easy?

Well, I just heard that you are not satisfied with this gun, that the way of loading is too old-fashioned, that it should be changed to a magazine feed, and that you want to specialize in a cavalry gun...... My Lord Taiwei, my Taishi, you have asked too much, our craftsmen have already done this, is it easy! ”

Wan Qianyong called Zhao Xing "Taishi", which was Zhao Xing's new official position. In mid-September, Zhao Feng finally arrived in the capital with the spoils of Goguryeo and the Jin people. The turmoil in the capital has just ended, and the emperor's frivolity and absurdity make the people of the capital feel deep despair, and then the court of the Great Song Dynasty feels the need to encourage the momentum of the people of the Great Song Dynasty, that is, to carry out an image project.

Although the little emperor was very dissatisfied with Zhao Xing pulling the ladder at his critical time, which put him in an embarrassment, he also knew that without Zhao Xing's existence, it was possible that the court ministers would further abolish the emperor. Therefore, he reluctantly accepted the advice of the clan and courtiers, and ordered a great celebration of the victory of the Great Song Dynasty in another foreign war.

Speaking of which, this war is indeed worth celebrating, this time the Nanyang Affairs Bureau and the Beiyang Affairs Bureau joined forces to show their military might to the outside world, and used practical actions to show the surrounding states that the Great Song Dynasty was capable of safeguarding the interests of the states. In the past, those small countries around them were forced by force and had to submit under Zhao Xing's iron fist, but after this foreign war, they did really sincerely obey the gentleman's demeanor of the Great Song Dynasty When the country was in danger, the existence of such a suzerainty could indeed reassure their king.

In Confucianism, this is a victory of "Huaiyi", a victory of "Weijia overseas, Siyi guest service", which symbolizes the strong national strength of the Great Song Dynasty, not only to take care of its own domestic affairs, but also to protect those who sincerely seek refuge; It symbolizes that the Great Song Dynasty abides by the promise of the suzerain, and is determined to fulfill this promise.

This is credibility, when a government's internal credibility is lacking, the ministers of the court believe that it is necessary to re-establish the confidence of the people, so that the people can feel the sincerity of the Great Song Dynasty to keep its promises.

Under the guidance of this kind of thinking, the ministers of the imperial court and the clan rarely abandoned their prejudices, abandoned the precautionary psychology of Zhao Xing, announced that Zhao Xing was rewarded, and Zhao Xing was given an official and promoted to the rank of Zhao Xing, and finally rose to the first grade, becoming the ruler and master of the Great Song Dynasty Ruling Hall, and the title was also promoted to the title of marquis and the rockery in the emperor's courtyard.

Zhao Xing was promoted, and Han Zhongyan was promoted by the Beiyang Affairs Bureau, which existed to counter Zhao Xing, but fortunately, this war was nominally led by the Beiyang Affairs Bureau, and the Nanyang Affairs Bureau sent a military observation group to help in the war, so Han Zhongyan was also naturally promoted to a senior scholar and Taibo...... In this way, the prime ministers of the Great Song Dynasty became four, and they were promoted in the south and north affairs bureaus outside the capital.

The title of "Taishi" was once held by Cai Jing, but Cai Jing was in his fifties when he held this official title, and Zhao Xing was less than forty.

Speaking of Zhao Feng, I have to mention Shuai Fan, Zhao Feng was very slow when he went south to the capital, almost with the idea of playing in the mountains and rivers, he only marched twenty miles a day, and camped at a certain distance, he was so slow that he wanted to leave enough time for the court to react. So much so that from Zhending Mansion to the capital, he walked for a full month. But Shuai Fan's movements were fast enough, and on the third day of his breakup with Zhao Feng, he was already in Tianjin.

In order to show that he was not a deal-breaker, and also to show the determination of the Great Song Dynasty to abide by the agreement, after Shuai Fan returned to the army, he did not enter the Tianjin Trade City, his command post was set up at sea, and only sent a team of soldiers to build a tidal flat position at the Tianjin wharf, and then asked the Liao State to send people to negotiate.

Shuai Fan's sudden appearance made Song Shang in the city overjoyed. Merchants are sensitive, and they already knew in advance about the huge shock in the Great Song Dynasty, and under such a desperate situation in the court, Zhao Xing could still send troops to take care of them, which made them grateful. The Song Shang, who was originally ready to submit to the Liao, immediately straightened their waists, and while sternly rejecting the unreasonable demands of the Liao, they actively prepared for war.

The Song merchants' preparations for war were also influenced by the Liao merchants in the city, and the Liao ministers demanded that the taxes of Tianjin City be paid in advance, which meant that the Liao ministers had already failed to abide by them

Thinking, if the merchants in the city give in, then at the end of the year, who knows that T will come to collect the second year's tax, or even collect the third year's tax in advance.

As a result, the Liao merchants in the city united with the Song merchants to expel the Liao officials who entered the city, and then ordered Qi Jiading to instigate He Haogu, the commander of Wuqing County of the former Liao State to come forward and organize the defense of Tianjin City.

Tianjin City is a freak of this era, originally it was equivalent to the barter of the Great Song Dynasty foreign trade, but after Zhao Xing so tossed, it became a monster similar to a modern free trade port, He Haogu is the Tianjin city guard recognized by both sides, he took over the Song and Liao sides of the armed family Ding found that the Tianjin city is too rich in materials, knives and guns, sticks, war horses, and even bows and crossbows, there is no shortage of anything.

Tianjin City is a stone city, its outer city is only chest-high stone walls, but the inner city guard palace and merchant office hall are castle-like buildings. There are guards and chambers of commerce as examples, the rich merchants in the city like to build this Wei and Jin style stone fortress, the result is that the city of Tianjin is full of fortresses, although the outer city is not easy to defend, but if there is a street fight, a few bows and arrows can block the entire street. The only thing missing is firearms.

He Haogu has been not allowed by the Liao State, but now the people only have the iron heart to take refuge in Zhao Xing, fortunately, this Song Army's rescue operation shows that the Celestial Empire is a person who will not abandon his friends, so He Haogu took stock of the manpower and ordnance, and appeared full of confidence, determined to fight a city street battle that caused the Liao people a headache.

This was not enough, He Haogu felt that he should add a few more layers of legal net to himself, so he urgently asked Shuai Fan outside the city for help, asking Shuai Fan Hao to support some firearms.

He Haogu is not greedy, the Song army has always regarded firearms as more important than life, although the "Wuqing Covenant" has been signed for many years, but the Song Dynasty has not abided by the agreement of the Wuqing Agreement to open the firearms trade to the Liao, in his mind, Shuai Fan's soldiers can not enter the city, so it is not a problem to support more than a dozen muskets, what he did not expect is that Shuai Fan is far more generous than he imagined.

The secret envoy in the city ventured out of the city, mustered up the courage to ask Shuai Fan for a musket, but he didn't expect Shuai Fan to be very bold, he directly asked the other party how much, and the messenger said the number that made him laugh and his stomach hurt, and when he stopped laughing, he directly told the messenger: "If you have money, you might as well buy more." ”

Tianjin was indeed rich, and the maritime merchants who were engaged in foreign trade were all wealthy merchants with huge family assets, and when they heard the report of the envoy's return that the Song army outside the city was willing to supply unlimited quantities of firearms, they were overjoyed and directly forgot the envoy's warning. The envoy admonished: "The commander said that the gun is an old gun, and he cannot propose a new gun from the Great Song Dynasty arsenal to sell to Tianjin City, but fortunately, he has just returned from Goryeo, and the guns used by the soldiers have a batch of battle damage, so the Inspector can report the battle damage and sell all the old guns of the soldiers to the merchants in Tianjin City...... Well, there were 3,000 soldiers in the battle under the leadership of the Inspector, and each of them had three guns, that is, we had nearly 10,000 flintlock muskets in our hands, and hundreds of thousands of grenades. ”

In fact, what these cunning businessmen thought was: old guns are old guns, and the Liao people did not hesitate to send 100,000 troops to extort Tianjin City in the name of mediating the Western Xia War in order to get the firearms of the Song army, so even if they were not used to fight the Liao, it was also a business to sell these guns to the Liao people at a higher price afterwards, and maybe this business would be more oily.

The Liao people outside the city got the news that the merchants of Tianjin City had been armed, and they hesitated, and the Liao people who were fighting on two fronts were worried that the Great Song Dynasty, who had eased up, would stick a knife in their backs, so they tried their best to maintain the war between the Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty, and on the other hand, they desperately wanted to get the secret of the Great Song firearms. Now that the Great Song Dynasty has suddenly opened up the firearms trade, the merchants in the city have obtained firearms, and part of their purpose has been achieved, so the Liao people relented and proposed to negotiate peace with the Great Song Dynasty.

When the envoy arrived in the capital, Zhao Feng was still playing in the mountains and rivers on the road, and the Song Dynasty, who was bent on planning to meet Zhao Feng, had the heart to care about such trivial matters, and they immediately sent the envoy to the Beiyang Affairs Bureau...... More than a month has passed.

Shuai Fan is not in a hurry, he only brought ten warships on this trip, a thousand musketeers, there are not many people and ships, and the cost of consumption is not large, not to mention that he resold ordnance, and he made a lot of money, but the Liao people on the opposite side were in a hurry, they sent 100,000 soldiers to besiege the city, although "100,000" is an imaginary number, but there will always be 350,000, these people live outside the city. The Liao soldiers have always been domineering, they have no good relationship with the merchants in the city, and the Liao merchants in the city would rather supply the Great Song than supply them, because the supply of the Great Song has money to take, and the supply of Liao soldiers only gets fists.

The hungry and thirsty Liao soldiers could not wait for the Great Song Dynasty to reply, and had begun to gradually withdraw their troops, leaving only a symbolic 5,000 people outside the city, and these 5,000 people stayed outside the city like a resentful woman, muttering a sentence every day: "Why hasn't the Song State replied?" I'm thankful for all the yellow flowers I waited. ”

In Zhao Xing's view, the appearance of the Song soldiers outside Tianjin, the military threat of the Liao State became a farce, and he pondered: Anyway, Shuai Fan made a lot of money by selling ordnance, and this money was enough for that army to be stationed in Tianjin for a year, so he ignored Shuai Fan's actions and let Shuai Fan toss the Liao.

Let's bring the topic back to the present, after Wan Qiyong finished speaking, Zhao Xing asked unwillingly: "What about the arsenal?" Didn't the arsenal of my Nanyang Affairs Bureau still seal up 20,000 new guns? I don't want more, take out 10,000 rods, and equip it temporarily, this is always okay? ”

Wan Qiyong shook his head: "My Lord Taiwei, part of our old guns were sold to merchants in Tianjin City, and part of them were sold to Koreans.

Now that all the old guns have been cleared, Tianjin will take 11,000 shots, and the Koreans will buy 20,000 rods, as you said, the market is saturated.

The guns in the arsenal are all new guns, and the anti-rust oil on the guns has not been wiped off, if you let your soldiers use Kaifeng, where can we find stupid birds like Tianjin and Goryeo merchants, who will buy the old guns we have used Lord Taiwei, the old gun market is saturated. You can buy a new 'old gun' at a good price, but after using it, it's different, the price has dropped by at least half, who will bear the price loss? ”

"Then you can't let me use ten guns to fight the world?" Zhao Xing pondered with a bitter face.