Li Shi took a few breaths, took a few deep breaths in a row, looked up at Wei Renshi sideways, and asked, "What is the method of counting in one fell swoop?" ”

Wei Renshi smiled and said, "Privately opening the market and selling weapons to Hui and Tubo, this is a big crime to lose your head, how can those eunuchs not know?" But they still have to feel the risk of losing their heads, and do this, what does it mean? It illustrates the horror of profits. ”

Wei Renshi said: "The weapons of the Tang Dynasty have always been the best, and the only weapons that can be compared with the weapons of the Tang Dynasty today are the previous Persia and the current Dashi all the Uzi steel knives." However, Uzi steel is very troublesome to make, and it takes at least half a year to make a weapon of Uzi steel. And Datang's 100 steel-making weapons only need more than a month. So at the moment, Datang's weapons are the most snatched. ”

"What does Wei Qing mean?" Li Shi sat up and asked.

Wei Renshi said again: "At present, we have a more advanced new steelmaking method, and the casting of weapons is good and fast, and the 100 steelmaking weapons are already to be eliminated." In the future, as the court has more and more money, it will be like Jin Wuwei today, all the armies of the Tang Dynasty, the weapons in the army will gradually be replaced by the weapons of the new steel-making method. But when the minister saw these eunuchs risking their heads to sell weapons, a thought came to him. This selling weapons, the huge profits are terrible, rather than being earned by these eunuchs and other people who are greedy for profits, why not be earned by the imperial court and the Tang Dynasty? ”

"Wei Qing is saying that the imperial court will open and close the city and sell those weapons?" When Li Shi heard this, he immediately frowned and waved his hand: "No, this matter must not be feasible." Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, we have strictly ordered that weapons should not be sold. ”

"Your Majesty, what Weichen said are all unused weapons that we have eliminated." Wei Renshi said: "Moreover, what Weichen said only refers to weapons, but generally refers to those that Datang no longer needs and has been eliminated, but for other countries, it is those things that compete for demand." ”

"Indeed, what the minister means is to use those technologies, products and other things that have been eliminated by Datang, which are backward compared to Datang, but are extremely desired by others, such as steel-making weapons, wooden crossbows, cement...... Transformed into Datang's wealth, so that Datang can use those useless things that are to be eliminated to play a greater role, and obtain funds for Datang's further research and development of technologies to obtain more advanced alternatives, or the practice of needing resources. ”

"Your Majesty, those weapons made of 100 steels are now backward, far less good than the weapons we are newly equipped with. Weichen has calculated an account, those replaced weapons, let's collect it and re-furnace it, and if we re-make it, the price is not low. On the other hand, other surrounding countries, such as the Hui and Tubo, are in urgent need of weapons made of steel. In the past, Datang did not sell weapons to them because it wanted to maintain its superiority in weapons and accumulate advantageous conditions for victory in the war. But now, the weapons made of 100 steels are no longer a threat to our Datang soldiers. What if all of them were replaced with weapons made of 100 steels? Our Datang's steel-smelting technology is much higher than that of 100 steel-making, and our Datang is still constantly refining and developing newer and more advanced weapons. The advantages are still there and are constantly expanding. And what is eliminated, it can't threaten Datang, so why don't we give full play to its maximum value and exchange the money and resources needed for Datang? Wei Renshi stood at the bottom of Li Shi and said to Li Shi behind the desk.

"In the past, although it traded with neighboring countries and other countries, weapons and military supplies were not included in this list. Isn't it even worse if the surrounding countries are barbarians and do not understand kindness, and they are constantly disturbing China? Li Shi said: "Therefore, all dynasties and generations have not sold weapons to them. ”

"But things are different now, Your Majesty." Wei Renshi continued to persuade: "Nowadays, our Datang's various technologies are emerging in an endless stream, either improving on the basis of the first, or creating new things out of nothing, these applications can be more advanced than the surrounding countries." Take the steel-smelting technique that we have improved from the current Beijing Ordnance Supervisor, the same two knives, the knives now equipped in the Tang Army and the 100-smelting steel knives are cut together, and the broken ones must be 100-smelting steel knives, and the new knives will not even collapse with a gap on them. It's a lot better than that Damascus steel – well, Uzi steel. Moreover, it will take at least half a year for Uzi Steel to make a knife, but the output of the three-month overtime work on the assembly line of our Beijing Ordnance Supervision will soon be able to equip a military force of tens of thousands of people. That's a big advantage! Therefore, His Majesty does not need to worry about selling the weapons made of 100 steels to other countries, which will pose a threat to Datang. On the contrary, this move can also make their weapons never compare to Datang. ”

"Oh? How can a method that can never be compared to Datang? Li Shi's eyes lit up and asked.

"Your Majesty, our Datang technology is advanced, and it is still improving, and it will be even more advanced in the future." Wei Renshi explained to Li Shi: "And other countries are different, for them, Uzi steel is already an artifact, and Bailian steel is already the best military weapon." They don't know that there is a better and more advanced one! So if they can easily buy weapons made of 100 steels, then imagine who of them is willing to spend their effort and energy to research better weapon materials? They will hoard a large number of steel-made weapons, and from then on, their weapons will be stagnant. As for Datang, they can use the money they used to buy hundreds of steel-making weapons to develop and improve more advanced weapons. As long as Datang keeps its more advanced technology strictly secret, they will not think about upgrading their weapons for at least a long time, then our Datang's advantage will be further expanded. As for our Datang, we have already used the money and resources exchanged for 100 steelmaking to improve and improve our own technology, and we are more advanced and advanced! ”

Wei Renshi's words made Li Shi happy, but he still had some concerns, and asked: "Even if those hundred steel-making weapons have been replaced by new steel-smelting weapons, what about cement?" There is no substitute for cement, why did Wei Qing want to sell cement? ”