The weather is getting hotter, here in Luoyang, many people began to wear summer shirts, and the folding fans that are usually necessary have also begun to become in demand.

The Empress Dowager's decree is better than he imagined, and today the son is young, and the holy decree may not work, but all the edicts, whether they come from the Empress Dowager or the Empress Dowager, are very effective.

Chen Kaizhi couldn't help but be embarrassed, not long after he left the Zongling Mansion, he heard someone shouting: "General Chen, stay." ”

Chen Kaizhi stopped, and when he looked back, it was Zhang Chang, the envoy of Beiyan, who was standing behind Chen Kaizhi, looking at Chen Kaizhi with a smile.

Chen Kaizhi read the kindness from Zhang Chang's smiling face, but he didn't show any surprise, and even seemed to have expected Zhang Chang to look for him, but he just glanced at Zhang Chang with a faint expression, and then asked, "Ambassador Zhang, I don't know what to learn?" ”

There was alienation in his voice.

Zhang Chang stepped forward with a side smile, with a flattering look, and his tone was much gentler than before.

Zhang Chang walked up to Chen Kaizhi and said, "There are some things, I want to talk to General Chen, I was originally going to visit Feiyu Peak, but later I heard that the general came to Zongling Mansion." ”

He was really anxious, his urgent report had been quickly sent back to Beiyan, but he didn't expect that Dayan Tianzi would soon reply to the news and order him to do everything possible to buy the firearms in Chen Kaizhi's hands.

As a state envoy, Zhang Chang also knew that the stakes were very high, and he dared to slack off, so he naturally came to Chen Kaizhi in a hurry.

Chen Kaizhi wanted to laugh in his heart, he couldn't find him at home, so he was so anxious that he came to Zonglingfu to block him, generally in this case, either the other party wanted to beat him, or he was in a hurry to ask him to do something.

Now Chen Kaizhi no longer has the eagerness outside the Wenlou that day, in his eyes, this Zhang Chang is now a fish in the water, and he feels a little embarrassed if he doesn't slaughter a few knives.

Chen Kaizhi looked left and right, pointing to a wine flag in the distance, his expression was still as light as water.

"So, let's go there and sit down, and we'll talk."

Zhang Chang was in a complicated mood, in his heart, he didn't like Chen Kaizhi very much, how could he like an enemy who had beaten the Yan army miserably.

But now, he had to have a good talk with Chen Kaizhi, and now that the interests of Beiyan were involved, he had to talk about it, so he changed his previous indifference today, and still said with a smile: "Okay, general, please." ”

So the two of them boarded the wine shop one after the other, and the guards were all waiting downstairs.

found a private seat, the two of them sat on the opposite shore, and did not order wine, and the men outside did not dare to come in and disturb.

Chen Kaizhi's position was by the window, looking at the flow of people on the street outside, and he couldn't help but sigh first: "The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, Ambassador Zhang, you look outside, how many people are running for three meals, if they are full, they will think about living and traveling, everyone's YUANG, are difficult to satisfy, naturally, maybe these people, most of them are very vulgar, but in my opinion, there is nothing wrong with this, people are driven by interests, ordinary people are like this, the princes in the temple are like this, you and I ...... The same is true. ”

As he spoke, his eyebrows raised slightly, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he smiled.

"Therefore, if we want to talk about it today, we are talking about profit, and there is no need to put this word under the table and beat around the bush; If it is just me who takes advantage of it, I Chen Kaizhi disdain it, I am a happy person, so please ask Ambassador Zhang to speak out. ”

Zhang Chang couldn't figure out Chen Kaizhi's routine, but since he said so, there was no need to greet him for a while, and then beat around the bush.

Zhang Changdu also likes this kind of directness, and the next moment, the look on his face became serious, and he said: "Since General Chen is happy, then the old man is naturally happy, General Chen, Beiyan needs firearms, how many are needed, and what is the price?" ”

Chen Kaizhi took his gaze back, stared at Zhang Chang with a pair of eyes as clear as water, and finally smiled a little, and said, "The price is easy to say." To tell the truth, the cost of a firearm is about fifteen taels of silver, naturally, someone Chen might as well say bluntly, but this profit is still needed, twenty-five taels of silver, how? ”

Twenty-five taels of silver......

Zhang Chang breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that Chen Kai's lion would open his mouth, and the price was fair.

Dayan is different from Da Chen, Da Chen's money and grain will be used in various places, while Northern Yan has a need for Hu people from the outside, so most of the taxes are mostly inclined to the army, which is quite a bit of the atmosphere of the pre-Qin countries.

In this way, if Beiyan formed a new Shenji battalion of 3,000 people, the cost of purchasing firearms in the first batch would only be a mere 100,000 taels of silver.

This made Zhang Chang a little puzzled: "What about artillery?" ”

"This price is more expensive, eight hundred taels of silver per door."

Zhang Chang suddenly stretched his brows again, he really didn't expect the conversation to go so smoothly, this can be described as a surprise, so he seemed to be afraid that Chen Kaizhi would regret it, no longer hesitated, and said: "If this is the case, Beiyan will pay 200,000 taels of silver in advance to purchase 100 artillery pieces and 3,000 guns, in addition, some stocks are needed, how about it?" ”

The price is actually good to say, Zhang Chang doesn't think there is anything too big wrong, even if this price is reported to the imperial court, the imperial court, most of them don't even have the heart to bargain.

It's just that in Zhang Chang's heart, there is still a lot of suspicion, this Chen Kaizhi is not as difficult to deal with as he imagined.

Chen Kaizhi still smiled and said: "However, I can't hide it, I'm afraid that in addition to gunpowder and artillery, your country also needs something, I wonder if Ambassador Zhang is interested in gunpowder?" ”

Zhang Chang was stunned for a moment, shook his head very dryly, and said, "I also have gunpowder in Beiyan." ”

Chen Kaizhi knew that he would say this, but he shook his head calmly and said: "Your country's gunpowder is not excellent, I am afraid that it will greatly affect the play of gunpowder and artillery, and the ratio of gunpowder of mine can give full play to the maximum effect of gunpowder. ”

Zhang Chang looked confused, and this routine?

But if you think about it, although the price of this gun and artillery is lower than expected, the cost is not small, so you can't lose a lot because of a small one.

Zhang Chang thought for a while, and finally had to say: "How much is this gunpowder?" ”

Chen Kaizhi saw that Zhang Chang asked so carefully, the smile on the corner of his mouth became more and more serious, and he said in a fluttering voice: "It's not expensive, it's just a pound of silver or two." ”

Zhang Chang's heart seemed a little hesitant, so calculated, if you put a firecracker, you need at least two taels of gunpowder, which does not include loss, that is to say, if a soldier is practicing, a few guns a day, one tael of silver will be gone? These 3,000-strong Shenji battalion consumed 3,000 taels in one day, not including the artillery that consumed more gunpowder.

When you think about it, it's a staggering overhead!

"Other than that......"

Zhang Chang was still thinking about it, Chen Kaizhi said again: "There is also lead bullet, in order to prevent damage to the firecracker, moreover, it is also to improve the accuracy and power of the firecracker, this lead bullet must be seamed with the firecracker, this lead bullet is cheap, one or two silver, you can buy thirty pieces, and then there is, it is a cannonball, declare in advance, my artillery, must use a special cannonball, because it is carved rifling, any other cannonball has a slight accuracy problem, it may lead to the danger of exploding or smoothing the rifling, then, I'm afraid that this artillery can hit 800 steps, but if the rifling is smoothed, I am afraid that it may not even be able to hit 300 steps, let alone hit accurately, an ordinary cannonball, one tael of silver, and a flowering shell, because of the complicated process, but it costs ten taels of silver. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Chang's brows were already wrinkled deeper and deeper, he didn't expect to buy a firearm, and there were so many associated things, and asked Chen Kaizhi with some tears and laughter: "According to what you say, the consumption of the Shenji Battalion in one month will cost more than 100,000 taels of silver?" ”

Chen Kaizhi's eyes drooped slightly, but he also smiled brightly, and said: "That being said, Ambassador Zhang can imagine that a 3,000-person Divine Machine Battalion is ten times more than the Warrior Battalion, and the Warrior Battalion is still like this, a Divine Aircraft Battalion in your country is worth 100,000 troops, does this feel like a lot of cost-effective?" ”

After hearing this, Zhang Chang also felt reasonable, although he felt that the problem of this ammunition was quite pitiful, but he could also see that Chen Kaizhi at least did not open his mouth in terms of price.

Chen Kaizhi suddenly said: "There is also this firearm, which needs to be maintained with grease, this ......"

When Zhang Chang heard this, he didn't hesitate anymore, and immediately said: "When it comes to maintenance, I have my own methods for Dayan." ”

Chen Kaizhi suddenly regretted it, so he had to shrug his shoulders: "If this is the case, then it doesn't matter, but the premise of all this must be that the Northern Yan Kingdom specifically specified that Jibei must be used as a trade point for the mutual market in the national letter exchanged with the imperial court, and the locations of the mutual market between Beiyan and Dachen shall not exceed three, which is ...... No problem. ”

Zhang Chang nodded particularly firmly: "No problem." ”

In fact, as long as Dayan wants to order firearms from Chen Kaizhi, he has to go to Jibei, and now Chen Kaizhi is said to have become the envoy of Jibei Festival, and it is not a big problem to set up a place for the two countries to exchange markets here.

"Other than that." Chen Kaizhi raised his eyes lightly and glanced at Zhang Chang, thought about it, and said lightly: "If Beiyan doesn't have cash, you can use fur, cow hair, and ginseng as a price and exchange it with us." ”

Zhang Chang continued to nod: "That's it, it's very good." ”

These questions may be very important to Chen Kaizhi, but to Zhang Chang, they are insignificant.

He agreed, and in general, a tentative negotiation was completed, and Zhang Chang felt that it was in line with expectations.