"Chief, information from Datang." On the third day of Mingyue's departure, Huo Zheng came to Huo Gang with a piece of news.

"What's the message?"

"Just now the Tang Dynasty court passed the latest resolution, limited by the natural disasters suffered by the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty court allows the people to move freely to find a way out, if you go to the Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty court will provide the people with a certain amount of food support." Huo Zheng quickly handed the news in his hand to Huo Gang.

Huo Gang was slightly stunned, he was a little stunned when he heard the news, because according to historical news, Datang will only open this policy next year, because Datang's food is indeed insufficient, so the people can only be allowed to find their own way, but now because a large number of people have entered Dahan, especially most of the victims have actually come to Dahan, there is not much pressure on Datang.

In this case, there is no need for Datang to publicize this policy, because then Huo Gang will sell grain to Datang, and he will sell grain at a low price, so there will definitely be no problem with Datang's disaster relief.

But Li Shimin still issued this order, obviously this is all to get closer to the relationship with Datang.

"Anything else?" Huo Gang looked at the things in his hand and asked.

"Yes." This time it was not Huo Zheng who answered, but Xia Zhu.

"About two days ago, we officially received a request from Datang about the armor trade, and they asked us about the specific price of the Mingguang armor, as well as the delivery time, and the quantity that can be sold, and our Ministry of Commerce and the First Ordnance Group are discussing this matter." Xia Zhu immediately added.

Huo Gang nodded immediately, speaking of which, it is obvious that Li Shimin's side should know the way Dahan transmits the news, to be precise, the other party obviously knows the efficiency of Dahan in transmitting news, so he roughly estimated the personnel they negotiated and the speed of this news.

Undoubtedly, this is also a kind of bargaining chip, after all, it is not like more than a thousand years later, just a phone call can be communicated.

"How much do they want to buy? Is there a quantity requirement? How about our pricing? Huo Gang thought for a while and asked.

"We are going to sell it to them at one-tenth of the price made by Datang itself, that is, a pair of Mingguang armor is about 5,400 yuan." Xia Zhu said.

"5400 yuan? That is, it is equivalent to 540 Datang? Tenth? Does Datang have a pair of Mingguang armor for 5400? Huo Gang was a little stunned, although he knew that the price of Mingguang armor was extremely terrifying in ancient times, but this price was also too terrifying.

If you use grain to convert, the current price of grain in Datang has risen, about 500 Wen one stone of rice, 5,400 Guan can buy about 10,000 and 800 stone of grain, that is, 1.29 million catties of grain, converted into rice in later generations, one pound of rice is calculated according to the cheap 3 pieces, then it is equivalent to 3.9 million RMB in later generations A set of Mingguang armor.

It's not as simple as sky-high prices.

Datang's armor rate is still very high, of course, Datang's armor rate is high, it can't all be Mingguang armor, think about it carefully, Huo Gang probably understands that this price is actually reasonable.

First of all, the era of the high armor rate of the Tang army is not now, but the Tang Dynasty, and the number of Ming Guang armor in the Tang Dynasty during the Tang Dynasty does not exceed 10,000. And it was accumulated by the Tang Dynasty over the years.

And with the development of time, if the Mingguang armor continues to be produced, the cost will definitely decrease in the Tang Dynasty, but in this period, 5400 sets of armor is really not an exaggeration.

The cost of smelting steel in the Tang Dynasty alone is too high for Huo Gang to bear, and from this price, Huo Gang can probably understand why various dynasties in history did not prohibit weapons at all, but absolutely prohibited private armor.

Not only the price, but the deterrent power of armor in ancient times was far greater than that of weapons.

On the battlefield, a Tang soldier and a Turkic soldier are both elites and only have weapons, so there is a high probability that the casualty ratio is 1:1, but if you wear a full set of armor, this casualty ratio is estimated to reach 1:20 or even more in a war.

"What about our costs?" Huo Gang thought for a while and asked.

"Well, we calculated with the Industrial City, if Datang purchases 100 sets of armor, we will cost about 500 yuan a set, if we purchase 1,000 sets, our cost can be reduced to 300 yuan a set, if it is 10,000 sets, this cost price is only about 80 yuan, regardless of transportation." Xia Zhu gave a number.

Huo Gang was a little speechless, no wonder the arms business in later generations was the most profitable, and this business in ancient times was ...... It's more profitable!

A set of 80 yuan costs 5400 yuan, which is equivalent to 6600% of the profit, and this profit is ...... Businessmen can go to heaven, and they really still do business with the country to make money.

"We are going to use a tiered price to let Datang order more, anyway, leader, didn't you say that these armors are not a threat to us, then we are ready to sell more, if we persuade them to buy 10,000 sets, our profits can reach the maximum." Xia Zhu said with a smile.

"10,000 sets...... Can they afford it? Huo Gang smiled bitterly.

"You can pay in installments, and use other resources to pay, such as iron ore, of course, these ores are too heavy, and it is not cost-effective for us to buy them at present, but they can pay in gold, Datang does not have gold in circulation, so if Datang is willing, they still have a lot of gold."

"10,000 sets is only 2 tons of gold." Natsutake shrugged his shoulders.

2 tonnes of gold ...... Nothing more? Huo Gang was speechless, the price of selling two tons of gold for a bunch of steel products, it is estimated that Datang will not be able to start a war, even if the other party can afford this price for the first time, but the other party can't afford to pay it in the future.

"Okay, you go talk about it, but give them a little discount, you look at the discount, well, the price of grain can be sold to them as a friendship price. The market price in our country is currently about 240 wen a stone, and it is 180 wen for them. Huo Gang said directly, "Tell them how much they want, and how much we sell." ”

Huo Gang now has this confidence, today's harvest of grain has been completely put into storage, the Ministry of Agriculture has not yet completed the statistics, but according to the sampling inspection of the Ministry of Agriculture, this year's output will not be worse than last year, that is to say, if this year's Dahan's grain is sold to Datang, it is enough food for 10 million people in Datang.

So there is no shortage of food at all, since the shortage is filled, then of course Huo Gang has to directly lower the price and hit the grain production crops of Datang, first of all, the Hexi Corridor, so that the people in the Hexi Corridor can concentrate on helping Huo Gang grow cotton.

The second is to let Datang people help plant Eucommia ulmoides, although Eucommia is not as universal as rubber, but it is actually better than rubber in a high-temperature environment.

And these things can be studied in advance, and the land area of Datang in the future is also very huge, and it is estimated that there will be a lot of various raw materials sold at that time.

"Yes."

"By the way, who is in charge of the negotiation in Datang?" Huo Gang asked with some curiosity, he really didn't know much about this matter, because there was no need for him to know about these things, Xia Zhu and the others were directly responsible.

"It's Wei Zheng, Wei Xuancheng." Xia Zhu said.

"He's here again?" Huo Gang was a little stunned, Wei Zheng, this old guy is afraid that he is used to going out? This is all running out again? He seems to have only been back for a short time, and he probably stayed at home for two or three months, and then he ran out again.

"Yes."

"Okay, you just go and negotiate. You should know the specific things in your heart. Huo Gang said very simply.

"Yes."

Huo Gang didn't take this matter to heart after handing it over to Xia Zhu and them, because for him, there was no need to continue to pay attention to this matter.

And after Xia Zhu got Huo Gang's permission, he also rarely left Huo Gang's side and went to Jiuquan.

Jiuquan is now located in the border city of Dahan and Datang, in just one year, the scale of Jiuquan City is much larger than before, although the main scale of the city has not changed much, but the city wall has been surrounded by many buildings, these buildings are from the surrounding people.

Although there are many people who have gone to Dahan, there are still many people who have stayed in Datang, of course, the part that stayed is actually found a job in Jiuquan City, and the people who have work to do, they can easily survive, so they chose to stay here.

However, the area of Jiuquan City is not large, and the city can no longer accommodate so many people, so most of the people stay outside Jiuquan City, and the Han side is to establish the later Jiayuguan, but at present, Jiayuguan is not ready to build a city wall for the time being.

The distance between the two is about 60 miles, and the border is just in the middle of the two, and this time the negotiation was chosen in Jiuquan City.

The day after Xia Zhu arrived in Jiuquan, the two sides sat directly together, Xia Zhu is a total of seven relevant members of the Ministry of Commerce, one of the characteristics of these people is that they are very young, Xia Zhu is already young, but the other young people of the Ministry of Commerce are also very young.

On the contrary, the officials sitting opposite were older, and even Wei Zheng was not the oldest in the grade, and there were two who looked older than Wei Zheng's, and these two people were local officials in Liangzhou, because the subsequent trade would definitely have to be transported through the Hexi Corridor.

In addition, Chai Zhewei is also sitting opposite, there are not many soldiers left in the Hexi Corridor at present, and Chai Zhewei has almost become the highest commander, and he is mainly responsible for trade delivery, because this trade negotiation is military armor.

"I've seen Gong Wei." Xia Zhu smiled and said hello to Wei Zheng.

"Minister Xia is polite, Datang has now also established the Ministry of Commerce, and I am now the Minister of Commerce." Wei Zheng also arched his hand at Xia Zhu and said very politely.