An axe suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, and the Tibetan slave knew what he should do no matter how stupid he was, so he took a step forward to pick up the axe, and his eyes moved to Sangran fiercely.

The material of this axe is not very good, but it is not the kind of axe used by ordinary people, but the axe of the eighteen weapons. Therefore, as soon as the Tibetan slave picked up this axe, his confidence doubled, and he felt that no matter how powerful Sangelan was, he could not help himself with his bare hands.

Sangran saw that his opponent had an axe, but he did not show any dissatisfaction. Because he knows very well that it is not easy to win 30 victories in a row and fight for his freedom, it is normal for Cheng Dazhi to try to create difficulties in the game. Again, he's confident in his own abilities, believing that even if he gets his hands on the axe, he'll be able to kill them in under ten turns.

"You made this axe yourself?" Li Hong opened his mouth and asked, "The material is very rough!" ”

"Yes, Your Highness, it is a weapon specially created for gladiatorial competitions, in addition to axes, there are also eighteen weapons of knives, guns, clubs, and clubs." Cheng Dazhi replied, and seeing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was silent, he began to explain again, "Because weapons made of too good materials are not conducive to their duels, they will use inferior materials to create these weapons." ”

After Cheng Dazhi finished speaking, Li Hong laughed, because he understood Cheng Dazhi's mind too well, the material of the weapon is too good, the duel is cut on the person's body, it is estimated that it will be killed, the weapon material is not good, and if it is cut on the person, it may not be able to kill the person, so that the two sides can still have a bloody duel, wouldn't it be more bloody and exciting?

In order for the business of the gladiatorial arena to be popular, Cheng Dazhi really used a lot of brains! Li Hong thought about it in his heart, and was very satisfied with the decision to hand over the gladiatorial arena to Cheng Dazhi to manage.

Suddenly, at this moment, Yan Zhuang spoke, "Can this kind of weapon be used in battle?" ”

"Can be can, but it's easy to damage, and it's not sharp enough when fighting." Cheng Dazhi thought for a while and replied.

Yan Zhuang's eyes lit up after listening to Cheng Dazhi's explanation, and he whispered to Li Hong, "Your Highness, the caravan we sent to the Western Regions said that the countries of the Western Regions want to buy a batch of weapons from the Tang Dynasty, and the ministers see that this batch of weapons built by Cheng Dazhi in the gladiatorial arena is very suitable for selling to them. ”

Yan Zhuang is really bad, he wants to sell a weapon made of such inferior materials for money, what a black-hearted businessman!

However, there is no shortage of gold and silver in the Western Regions, what is lacking is iron and salt, so their weapons are basically obtained through trading with the caravans of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, as long as it is an iron weapon, they generally do not have too high requirements for materials. Of course, this does not rule out the possibility that they will buy these weapons back and then return to the furnace to reforge them. However, if you do this, not only will the cost be too high, but it will also take time, and for some small countries in the Western Regions, the gains outweigh the losses. Therefore, the sales of Datang's iron weapons in the Western Regions were very good. Not to mention in the Western Regions, but also in Tibet, Fusang in the East, Goryeo, Silla, Baekje and other countries, the weapons of the Tang Dynasty are also in demand.

However, this is said to be a former weapon dealer and seller. Because in the past, the iron weapons sold by Datang to various countries were all high-quality products, because these countries were regarded as their vassal states, and Datang was very sincere to them, and the weapons they gave them were the same as those used by their own army.

Now with Li Hong, he won't do such a stupid thing.

Therefore, when he heard Yan Zhuang say this, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and said, "This is a good note, the people of the Western Regions want such weapons, as much as they want, Gu can give them as much as they want." ”

With the same price and different weapons, Li Hong knows very well how much money he can make on this batch of weapons. Making money is secondary, giving inferior weapons to the Western Regions, when the time comes, the Tang Dynasty wants to completely incorporate the territory of the Western Regions into its arms, if it is opposed by the countries of the Western Regions, then once the war starts, the inferior weapons in the hands of the soldiers of the Western Regions will become a talisman for the Tang soldiers to harvest their lives.

It's a two-carving plan.

"With such a weapon, how many weapons can be forged in three months?" Li Hong asked.

Cheng Dazhi thought for a while and replied, "I can probably build 100,000 horizontal knives." ”

This kind of weapons made of inferior materials does not require too high technology, let alone too complex processes, and it is too easy for the ordnance supervisors who have long been mature to forge high-quality weapons.

"Let's cast a hundred thousand." Li Hong thought for a while and said.

"100,000?" Yan Zhuang gasped and said to himself, "How much money do you have to make!" ”

The asking price of a horizontal knife in Datang is ten guan money, which can be sold for fifteen or sixteen guan yuan on the people of the Western Regions, and 100,000 horizontal knives are 1.6 million guan money, which does not seem to be much, but because of the inferior quality of materials, there is nearly sixty percent of the profit in it, that is to say, 100,000 horizontal knives can earn 900,000 copper coins, and this kind of business is indeed very profitable.

But there is not much on the countries of the Western Regions, and the copper coins of the Tang Dynasty are converted into gold, and more than one million copper coins are only tens of thousands of taels of gold, which is nothing to the countries of the Western Regions.

However, they sell not only swords, but also armor and the like.

In this way, Li Hongneng can earn two million copper coins from the people of the Western Regions, and this profit is also very huge.

"The people of the Western Regions have money, as long as you can think of a way to make money, they can't make enough money." Li Hong smiled, "This matter will be handled by you." ”

"No!" Yan Zhuang bowed down and said, "Please rest assured, Your Highness, the minister will definitely handle this matter properly, and there will be no omissions." ”

"Yes." Li Hong nodded slightly, and said to Cheng Dazhi, "You can assist Yan Zhuang and handle this matter well." ”

"No!" Cheng Dazhi also bowed down to receive the order.

"Kill-" At this moment, the Tibetan slaves in the gladiatorial arena had regained their composure, raised the axe in their hands, and rushed towards Sanglan.

The Tibetan slave knew Sanglan's strength, he didn't dare to hold it up, and he just wanted to test Sangran at the beginning to see how Sangran would deal with him. As soon as he slashed at Sangelan with an axe, he saw that Sangelan did not attack, but chose to retreat, avoiding the slashing of the Tibetan slaves, and the Tibetan slaves saw three axes in a row, and Sangran dodged them one by one, which made the Tibetan slaves very excited.

In an instant, his self-confidence returned.

He knew that Sangran was afraid of the axe in his hand, so he no longer cared about Sangran's combat effectiveness, but rushed to Sangran desperately.

"Poof—"

The speed at which the Tibetan slave rushed towards Sangran was very fast, and the axe in his hand was also very fast, and when he saw that his axe slashed through Sangran's chest, Sangran's clothes on his chest were torn, and his dark skin cut a long gap, and blood flowed out in an instant.

"Hack him to death, look like him-!" The audience outside the arena shouted that they were all people who bought the blue side to win, and naturally liked the Tibetan slaves to kill Sanggran, because Sangran's strength was too strong, and if he continued to fight the duel, the money they threw in the gladiatorial arena would never return to their hands.

"Barbarian, don't be afraid, go up and kill him, kill him quickly!" The people who bought the red side and won also shouted loudly, cheering for Sangran, they knew that the axe in the hands of the Tibetan slaves was deliberately thrown by the people in the gladiatorial arena, but after the first two devastating victories, they were very confident in Sangelan's strength, and they felt that even if the Tibetan slaves had the axes in their hands, Sangran could still solve him.

The soundproofing of the luxury box is not very good, it is noisy outside, and the noise inside is also very loud.

"Why are these people so uneducated, this noisy—" Yan Zhuang glanced at the gladiatorial arena outside in disgust and whispered.

Li Hong said with a smile, "They have all bet money here, and now they are a group of gamblers, how many of the gamblers have you seen who are cultivated?" ”

"Yes, His Highness still understands it." Yan Zhuang smiled and said, "I don't know if this Tibetan slave can win this duel if he has given the weapon." ”

"Dazhi, what do you say?" Li Hong asked Cheng Dazhi.

"This, back to His Royal Highness the Prince, now the minister is not clear." Cheng Dazhi said truthfully.

During the training, Sangran was indeed able to defeat six or seven Tibetan slaves such as gladiators with his bare hands, but he had not let other gladiators fight Sangran after taking weapons, so he was not sure what Sangran's combat effectiveness would be under the hands of a gladiator with weapons.

"This man's name is Sangland, isn't he?" Li Hong asked.

"It's His Royal Highness, his name is Sanglan, and he is a cavalryman captured by the Tang Dynasty and Tubo in several battles in the Western Regions." Cheng Dazhi introduced, "The minister bought him with money in the slave market in the West Market. ”

"So cheap?" Li Hong was surprised, a young and strong slave like Sangelan has always had money, which is cheaper than an ordinary horse!

"Your Highness, in the slave market in the West Market, women are more expensive than men, and children are more expensive than adults." Cheng Dazhi explained, "Adult men like Sanglan, no matter how strong they are, the price is not too high, and the money has always been very expensive, and many times as long as six or seven hundred yuan can buy a strong slave like him." ”

Li Hong didn't speak after hearing this, but just shook his head slightly.

Although he was very dissatisfied with the slave trade, this was allowed in the Tang Dynasty, and it was within the scope of the law, so no matter how dissatisfied he was, there was no way.

In addition, the soldiers at the border gates fought in battle, and every time the enemy soldiers captured in the war were sold as slave traders, and the money they received was their reward for the battle, and some of them were distributed to the families of the soldiers who died in the war as bereavement money.

Therefore, the sale of slaves is part of the military's income, and Li Hong does not have the courage to reluctantly deal with the military now