Chapter 349 Dowry

Guo Ming tidied up the clothes on his body, and then raised his legs and walked towards the Taiji Palace, at this time he was no longer representing him personally, but representing the entire Han Dynasty, he was on behalf of the Han to envoy the Tang Dynasty.

"Guo Ming, ambassador of the Han Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has met His Majesty Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty." Guo Ming and the two people who followed him bent down and saluted at the same time.

"No courtesy." Li Shimin said with a smile.

Guo Ming immediately took out a diplomatic letter from his body and read it aloud directly, in fact, it was the relevant document about Huo Gang marrying Princess Changle, and the etiquette between the two sides should have come over first, and then the Tang Dynasty would have passed.

Although the order has now returned, for both sides, this is not important, just make up for it.

After finishing reading the national book, Li Shimin smiled and nodded: "Yes, I just don't know what gifts I, the future virtuous son-in-law, have prepared?" ”

Li Shimin's words made some ministers in the court laugh, and the atmosphere at this time was naturally very relaxed, after all, it was a matter discussed by both parties, and this was also a great event, which was naturally happy for everyone, and it was also heard from Li Shimin's tone.

Hearing this, Guo Ming naturally smiled, and he also knew that there were some things that he needed to read out in front of the public at this time, which could be regarded as a way to increase Huo Gang's face, to be precise, this was also a matter for Li Shimin to block the mouths of some ministers of the gate family, and everyone knew that there were many people staring at Li Shimin's daughter.

It's not because it's quite that colt. After all, being a colt means that you can't be an official, but you can get closer to the relationship between the family and the emperor, which is the most important thing.

"My Han leader Huo Gang's first dowry, the Han Dynasty's latest research and improvement of the Quyuan plow, officially named Changle plow, the pear can be operated by a single person and a single horse, which can greatly speed up the speed of arable land, and increase the efficiency of arable land, the drawings of the Quyuan plough and the related income are officially presented to Datang." Guo Ming said loudly.

As soon as Guo Ming's words came out, there was a slight commotion in the court, because they had already heard of this Quyuan plow, to be precise, Li Shimin had mentioned it to them after he came back, and had already ordered someone to assemble a Quyuan plow for everyone to test, so they all knew how strong this plow was.

It can be said that this is something that blesses the world! And now Huo Gang actually named this thing Changle Plow, and officially presented the drawings and related proceeds to Datang. This is an official gift, so this gift is not insignificant.

This is really too great for the blessing of a country.

Of course, there is still no way to compare with a Changle Continent, everyone knows the problem of Chang Le Zhou, that is Li Shimin's gratitude to Huo Gang for saving his life, not to mention that nothing else just saved Li Shimin's life, there is nothing to replace this matter.

Li Shimin, who was sitting on the throne, was a little speechless, this kid would sell face, and his reputation was ...... But it's really all given to Changle. For a while, Li Shimin was a little jealous, you kid can't name this plow Zhenguan plow or something? Isn't this a good story left in the history books?

"The second dowry gift was given to 5,000 Datang war horses, 3,000 pairs of Mingguang armor, and 3,000 stainless steel Tang knives." Guo Ming said loudly again.

As soon as this number came out, the entire court was really in a commotion this time, what is the concept of 3,000 pieces of Mingguang armor? The total number of Mingguang armors in the entire Tang Dynasty is currently less than 3,000! And a pair of Mingguang armor is estimated to cost hundreds of times from the beginning of production to the final production!

This figure is not an exaggeration at all! This is also the reason why it would be so difficult for these countries in ancient times to feed their armies, although the historical records that Huo Gang had read recorded that the armor rate of Tang soldiers could reach more than 60%, but this ratio was worthy of the peak of the Tang Dynasty, not the Zhenguan period at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty.

Although later generations called it the prosperous era of Zhenguan, it was also in the last years of Zhenguan that it began to become rich, and then it became powerful during the Gaozong period, and now, the entire Tang Dynasty does not even have the food to support the victims when the famine comes, let alone anything else.

The current Datang is very poor, and a lot of the armor of all the armies of the Datang Dynasty is inherited from the Sui Dynasty, and now Huo Gang is sending three thousand pairs of Mingguang armor, and there are also war horses and stainless steel Tang knives, if these things are really calculated, it is an astronomical amount!

At least at the million-dollar level, that's really ...... What a big deal!

But what they don't know is that Mingguang armor is really nothing to the current big man, not to mention anything else, there is no shortage of stainless steel big man, and the most important armor piece of Mingguang armor, after having the means of die forging and suppression, the speed of these armor pieces is far beyond Datang's imagination, and it can be said that the efficiency between the two sides is not dozens of times to compare.

At least hundreds of times, thousands of times to compare.

A pair of armor pieces needed for a pair of bright light armor, the Han can suppress hundreds of pairs a day, the real cumbersome is to wear these armor pieces directly, but the final process is actually much simpler, as long as it is connected with the cowhide.

Three thousand pairs only took a little time, this thing was originally made by Huo Gang to make money, but now he will simply give it to Datang, if they want it, they need to buy it in the future, and this thing ...... It's really a huge profit!

If Datang buys it, it will be a huge profit!

But this is different from the Mingguang armor worn by Huo Gang's own army, the Mingguang armor made by Huo Gang is much stronger than Datang's, but it is still different from the White Tiger Army and the Vermilion Bird Army, not to mention anything else, that thing is not steel, but a special alloy, not only stronger than stainless steel in terms of hardness, but only half of the weight of stainless steel.

These two sides are not of the same level at all, if nothing else, Huo Gang estimates that it will be difficult to make this thing for many years to come.

"Okay, then I want to thank me for being a good son-in-law." Li Shimin took a deep breath, he was really stunned, Huo Gang's gift was too big.

"The third dowry, 30,000 pieces of fine wool cloth."

"For the fourth dowry, His Majesty the leader Huo Gang gave His Royal Highness Princess Changle a hundred mercury mirrors, two hundred half-length mirrors, a thousand exquisite dressing boxes, and a thousand hand-held mirrors. In addition, a mercury mirror monopoly firm was established in Datang, which has the exclusive right to sell mercury mirrors in Datang. All the shares of the firm were given to Her Royal Highness Princess Changle. ”

"In addition, there are some small things that the leader gave to Her Royal Highness Princess Changle alone, so it is inconvenient to disclose them here." Guo Ming said with a smile.

The people in the court talked about it, but everyone didn't say much, after all, in the end, everyone said, just some small things for the princess, although the princess was only six or seven years old, but she was also very sensible, and they were not tempted by a little girl's things.

However, Li Shimin was a little curious and asked directly: "Dare to ask what this mercury mirror is?" ”

"I asked someone to bring a mirror over, did you bring it up for Your Majesty?" Guo Ming immediately asked with a smile.

"Of course." Li Shimin nodded immediately.

Guo Ming immediately turned around and let the people around him go out, and soon several forbidden soldiers outside walked in with a mirror, the mirror was a full-length mirror, but at the moment it was covered with a red cloth.

After moving it up, Guo Ming directly said that the red cloth on it was taken off, and when the red cloth was removed, the mercury mirror inside appeared directly in front of everyone, and when everyone saw the mercury mirror clearly, there were a lot of exclamations in the hall in an instant.

Everyone looked at the clear picture in the mirror and was stunned, the best mirror in this era is the copper mirror, the problem is that the bronze mirror is not so clear under the polishing technology of this era.

Compared with the mercury mirror, there is no way to compare it at all, and even Li Shimin stood up from his position in surprise and simply walked down.

When he walked in front of the mirror and looked at himself in the slightest, Li Shimin told the truth, it was the first time he saw what he looked like so clearly.

Not only Li Shimin, but the other ministers in the hall had also seen such a magical thing for the first time, but they didn't dare to come up.

"Ambassador Guo, dare to ask how much this mirror is worth?" Li Shimin pointed to the full-length mirror in front of him and asked.

"Considering how difficult it is to deliver, the price given by the leader is about a thousand." Guo Ming said with a smile.

To be honest, this price is not expensive at all, if this thing is a one-time business, then it is not expensive to multiply it tenfold, and rich people in this era buy this thing without looking at the price at all.

But if you continue to sell it, then 10,000 yuan will be a bit expensive, because if there are more things, it will not be worth much, but 1,000 yuan is the price Guo Ming said, but how much to sell is the person of the business house at that time.

Guo Ming gave a price of 1,000 guan, and Li Shimin took a deep breath, which means that these mercury mirrors that Huo Gang casually sent out are worth at least hundreds of thousands of guan, and this is not a follow-up sale, and this thing, Huo Gang actually gave all the business of the entire Datang to Changle.

In other words, this Datang business, this is unique, and no one else can produce this thing, whoever wants to buy it, can only buy it from Changle, which ...... Li Shimin thought about it for a while, not too expensive, just calculate it at the price of a thousand, how much can this Datang sell?

There are too many people in the entire Datang who can afford this mirror, if it is only the price of a thousand yuan.

Doesn't that mean that the income of the entire Tang Changle alone has at least one million yuan of income every year? ! Millions! How much is Datang's treasury!