However, we also have supporters here, and they are also people with a lot of energy, Uncle Li Jing smiled faintly: "Although Lord Gao's words are reasonable, but the old man doesn't see it that way, if he refuses because of a slight difficulty, this doesn't seem to be my Datang's style, nor is it Your Majesty's style." ”

Uncle Li smiled slightly when he heard this, but he didn't say anything, he leisurely glanced at the four important ministers who had not yet spoken, the eldest grandson Wuji agreed with Elder Gao's opinion, and after Li Daozong hesitated slightly, he also agreed with Elder Gao's opinion, but Uncle Li Ji stood on Li Jing's side, only the old man was silent.

The old man sat on the low couch with his eyes closed, as if he did not see the gaze of others looking at him, and continued to nod slowly to the information in his hand very deeply.

Uncle Li couldn't hold back at first: "Fang Lao Aiqing, I want to hear your opinion." ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that it is better to listen to the opinions of the person in charge first, after all, he has a lot of intersections with the Persian princes and the envoys of Central Asian countries, and I think he should also have some opinions or suggestions." The old man rolled his eyes, bowed slightly to Uncle Li, and then looked at me.

The old man's words also put everyone's attention and eyes on me. Uncle Li smiled lightly: "Also, it seems that I am too anxious, virtuous son-in-law, you can tell me your opinion." ”

"Wechen obeys." After respectfully receiving the order, I stood up and bowed to the old ministers: "Your Majesty, my lords, on the orders of Your Majesty, the lower officials may have false remarks, and I also ask you and Your Majesty to ask if you have any questions, and the lower officials will do their best to answer them." ”

First of all, according to the production capacity of the Datang Martial Arts Research Institute, the standard equipment of all the military forces of Datang can be completely replaced within ten years, but what about after the replacement? Does the Martial Arts Research Institute no longer exist? It is impossible, but the court spends a lot of money every year on the research and development and production of new weapons in the Martial Arts Research Institute, and if there is only output, but there is no profit, this is not something that any businessman, even a state agency does not want to see, so it is imperative to sell weapons.

------------------------------------------------ "Well, what you said, there is some truth in it, most of the armaments and materials of my Datang today are produced by the Martial Arts Research Institute, every year, the investment of the court to the Martial Arts Research Institute, if you add raw materials, characters and freight, etc., as for the need for 1.5 million yuan, although my Datang's taxes have been rising steadily in recent years, but with such a high investment, there have been ministers who have attacked the scale of the Martial Arts Research Institute, and suggested that the court reduce the scale and expenditure of the Martial Arts Research Institute, and some people even think that the Datang Military Academy invests hundreds of thousands of yuan in the court every year, which is also doing useless work, and all armies in the world can train themselves, so why do you need this academy? The old man opened his mouth first.

"Hmph, they are all short-sighted people, or people with ulterior motives, if someone really impeaches me for the Tang Royal Military Academy, this person has different intentions, please behead him!" Uncle Li Jing suddenly blew his beard and opened his mouth widely. "Li Lao Aiqing don't worry, I know in my heart, I have already severely reprimanded those who dare to impeach me Datang Royal Military Academy, the Military Academy is not only my whim, but also the foundation of my Tang Dynasty's thousands of years of national army, no one can stop it!" Uncle Li's last sentence was gloomy and ruthless.

Uncle Li was definitely not joking or comforting Uncle Li Jing. Nowadays, it can't be seen that the people in the Datang Military Academy for the country's education and mastery of the army are almost all blind, Uncle Li and the Manchu Dynasty are definitely not, but this does not mean that some people with different aspirations and ulterior motives resist and resist the academy, these people clearly want to support the army and respect themselves, and hope that the soldiers under his command will only obey their orders, not the court, but how can Uncle Li tolerate such a person?

From the nineteenth year of Zhenguan to the present, Uncle Li has found countless excuses to remove no less than ten important border guards of the Tang Dynasty, just to punish some people for opposing and resisting the rotation of officers in his hands. These middle- and lower-level generals are the backbone of the will to truly grasp the military strength of the Tang Dynasty. And the Datang Military Academy happens to be the starting point for transporting these fresh blood. With the Datang Military Academy, it is possible for the Datang Dynasty to put an end to the possible surnames of high-ranking military personnel in the Tang Dynasty, such as the feudal towns and the Jiedu envoys.

But at this time, Elder Gao said to me: "Lord Xiaofang, how can you guarantee that those who have obtained my Datang standard weapons will not fight against my Datang?" How can you guarantee that the technology of my Datang Martial Arts Research Institute will not be leaked, especially gunpowder, because the old man saw that on this list, there are not only ordinary weapons, but also gunpowder weapons such as grenades. ”

Mr. Gao's words also made Uncle Li frown, squinting at me, what are you looking at? Since this son dares to do this, he naturally has something to rely on. "Boss, the gunpowder ratio of those grenades and ammunition has been modified by the old craftsmen and subordinates of the Tang Martial Arts Research Institute after a long period of research, and the mystery is not needed to be explained by the lower officials, but the Martial Arts Research Institute has done such a set of experiments, so that more than a dozen other senior craftsmen of the Ministry of Engineering who have just come to work in the Martial Arts Research Institute can crack these gunpowder carefully prepared by us, they have spent nearly a year, and still have nothing, and even the things they prepared can't even burn." I am proud, now gunpowder is not comparable to the later generations or the Song and Yuan dynasties, now, there are not many people in the world who can know what gunpowder is, and even fewer people know its composition, as for those who know the best ratio, there will be no more than ten people in the whole Datang.

Zhong Hua on the side also stood up and distributed the test experience of those old craftsmen in his hands for more than a year to the hands of the important ministers and Uncle Li, and explained: "Our Martial Arts Research Institute has provided the most advanced equipment and facilities for these old craftsmen, but there is still no way to decipher the formula of gunpowder, so the ministers also think that even if the gunpowder specially made by our Martial Arts Research Institute falls into the hands of the enemy, even if they want to imitate it, they will not be able to imitate it at all, unless they have an accurate gunpowder formula in their hands. ”

In addition, this sale of gunpowder from foreign countries, in addition to being reformulated, also weakened its power.

Uncle Li also looked at the information handed out by Zhong Hua in his hand in detail, and after reading it for a long time, he muttered for a long time before he raised his head and said to me: "What are you going to do?" ”

"There are some wooden instruments that are not very useful to my Datang, such as ballistas, crossbows, trebuchets, etc., and my Datang can sell samples and drawings of them, but I don't send craftsmen. In addition, among the standard weapons, my Datang's sabre and round shield and horizontal knife are the most sought after by the envoys of these thousands of miles of states, and grenades, ammunition and other things are the things that the Persian prince desires. Xia Guan once calculated that the cost of a fifty refining saber in my Datang is about 700 yuan, and the minister is ready to sell 20 yuan. ”

------------------------------------------------ "The cost has always been 700 yuan, and the sale is 20 yuan? Uncle Li let out a low sigh, and he began to gesture with his fingers, and then looked up at me. Virtuous son-in-law, are they willing to sell your way? "Don't talk about Uncle Li, even the old ministers on the side also pricked up their ears, nonsense, it's the first time they heard that the sale of weapons can be increased so much, can they not care?

"Definitely! Although there are also skilled craftsmen in Persia, the Uzi scimitar they built is not comparable to the blade of my Tang Dynasty, but it takes a lot of time, and it takes about two months for an Uzi scimitar to be bent and cast from the beginning of smelting iron ore. I nodded and said affirmatively: "And my Datang's assembly line production method, a hundred refining horizontal knives or sabers, takes only ten days, and the output of each one will not be less than two hundred. ”

"The virtuous nephew is right, the Persians, what they lack is time, they can't help but buy it, the old man once bought a sword made of Uzi steel, the time consumed, it is indeed amazingly tight, it is okay to play with it, if it is a war, such a speed to produce a sword, but it is a drop in the bucket." When Uncle Li Ji mentioned Wuzi Steel, there was always a sour smell in his mouth, and everyone on the side didn't know what it meant, and Uncle Cheng's cheeky smiling face would appear in their minds.

As for the steel crossbow, I also told this group of Datang bigwigs the key to it, and finally I made a summary: "If you can really sell these instruments and standard weapons, at least this year and next year, you can achieve a profit of five million yuan for my Datang." ”

Gasping, Uncle Li and all the important ministers of the court were all gasping there as if they were suffering from insect teeth, and the corners of their eyes were standing, and I still looked a little shy and said: "Actually, according to the prediction of the lower officials, it should have been around 10 million guan, but in order to be conservative, so the official statement of 5 million guan, could it be that Your Majesty is too little?" ”

(To be continued)