"In this way, since Datang has bought so many weapons and equipment, it must be to equip the army, so why don't you just buy a set?" Xia Zhu suddenly smiled again.

"What do you mean?" Wei Zheng was stunned for a moment.

"If Datang is willing to order 20,000 sets, then we are willing to give away another Tang knife for each set, which is your Datang's standard knives, which are also all made of stainless steel." Xia Zhu spoke again.

"And don't forget, I said before, if Datang continues to order more than 10,000 sets, we will reduce it by 10 for every 1,000 sets, and if there are 20,000 sets, we will give 490 sets, and we will also give away 20,000 guns and 20,000 steel knives." Xia Zhu said in a sincere tone.

The cost of 20,000 guns and 20,000 steel knives is negligible, and the reason why the cost of Mingguang armor is high is because the armor of Mingguang armor still needs to be stitched manually, although Dahan has also found relatively convenient suturing methods, such as accurate punching methods, and rapid stitching procedures, etc.

And the cost of spear heads and steel knives is much cheaper, almost the cost of the steel itself is just more, and if these costs are calculated according to this selling price, ten sets of Mingguang armor can almost make these gifts.

Of course, it is impossible for Datang to know the cost of Dahan.

"Wait...... This, Minister Xia Zhu, you're not kidding? "Wei Zheng is a little dizzy, buy more and the other party takes the initiative to reduce the price? And also give away something? Steel knives and spear heads made of stainless steel, these can instantly arm tens of thousands of elite troops for Datang.

"Of course no kidding." Xia Zhu shook his head.

"Well, I'll ask about the delivery time." Wei Zheng took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down and spoke quickly.

"5,000 sets are delivered a month, and the gun head and steel knife can be delivered synchronously with the armor, of course, this quantity is only responsible for the factory, and the transportation cost is your own responsibility." Xia Zhu added.

Chai Zhewei next to him had opened his mouth several times, but finally endured it.

"There is no problem with the transportation fee, and there is no problem with 5,000 sets a month...... Wei Zheng didn't know what to say, this negotiation was much better than they imagined, mainly because it was much higher than the bottom line given to him by Li Shimin, and Wei Zheng didn't know how to talk about it for a while.

However, Wei Zheng is not a fool, although because of the poor information between the two sides, Wei Zheng has no way to know Xia Zhu's bottom line, but he knows that Xia Zhu sells things like this, it must be if the other party has a huge profit, otherwise, the other party cannot sell things like this.

But this kind of bottom line and profit, Wei Zheng has no way to inquire, because now Dahan is too important to Datang, and he also knows that don't look at Xia Zhu on the other side seems to be a young lady in her twenties, but the other party's experience is impossible for him to make such words.

"20,000 sets is a burden for us Datang, a huge cost of nearly 10 million yuan, even if it is given to us for three years, it will cost 3 million yuan per year, although gold can be paid, but in fact, Datang does not have so much gold." Wei Zheng did not agree immediately, but spoke very seriously.

"There is actually a lot of gold in the various gate valve families and other families, I believe that your country can take out this gold, of course, these are your country's affairs, I dare not do it, but your country can use the medicinal materials, spices and so on I said before as collateral, as long as the scale of cultivation is expanded, the medicinal materials that can be earned next year and the year after next can offset a lot of expenses."

"Of course, if we can provide some old ginseng, we can buy it at a high price, and if it is fresh ginseng, it will be even better. You can dig up the soil around the ginseng and put it in a box and transport it to us. ”

"Actually, Minister Wei, think about it, you said before that there are 15,000 sets, and 15,000 sets will cost more than 7 million sets, and the gap with 10 million is not big, is it? In addition, we also harvest a lot of cotton. Xia Zhu smiled and said all the things that Dahan needed, "You can let the people plant a large amount of cotton, and we will buy it, although this part of the money will be given to the people, but for Datang, you can make a difference, and you can also hide the wealth from the people, right?" ”

The other young people in the Ministry of Commerce next to them listened silently, but most of them lowered their heads, but they lowered their heads not because they didn't dare to look at each other, but because they were afraid that the expression on their faces would be seen by the other party...... This is simply selling a lot of products, not to mention, and you can also get the other party to sell them a lot of raw materials at a low price.

Although the purchase price given by Dahan for these raw materials will not pit the other party, and the purchase price is definitely satisfactory to Datang, the real value of this thing is a blood loss if Datang knows.

In addition, the cotton that the leader wants to promote, can also take this opportunity to promote it, cotton has actually been planted in the Hexi Corridor, but there are not many of them, and most of the people who plant them belong to the land of some gate valve families, after all, ordinary people do not have idle land to grow these things that cannot produce food.

Wei Zheng said helplessly: "Minister Xia, what you said is true, but Your Majesty has issued a new order this year, asking the people of Datang to find their own way out, the reason I believe Minister Xia should know, is because a lot of land in Datang has suffered disasters this year." ”

"The whole Datang is not enough to eat now, we want the people to grow these things, but Datang also has to take out these things." Wei Zheng sighed helplessly, I have to say that the conditions given by Xia Zhu are very tempting, the problem is that they are tempting, and Datang can't eat it now.

It's not that there is really much difference between fifteen thousand and twenty thousand, but how much Wei Zheng reacted, their negotiation this time is not only armor, but also strategic-level materials such as war horses, if they all buy armor, what should they do with war horses?

So what he said is also an objective fact, what if the big man can give support? Before they came, they had indeed heard that Dahan had a bumper grain harvest this year, and they could give them some support.

"What does Minister Wei mean about food needs?" Xia Zhu thought for a while and said.

"That's true." Wei Zheng didn't hide it, but said directly, "Now that Minister Xia knows, and Leader Huo has also mentioned it before, Dahan should be able to sell some grain to Datang." ”

"To be honest, Minister Wei, the leader does have a similar explanation, as for the grain, we do have a slight surplus this year, but it is not impossible to sell it to you, but there is a problem here." Xia Zhu raised his head and looked at Wei Zheng and said.

"Minister Xia, please speak."

"To be honest, at present, as far as the trade between our Dahan and Datang is concerned, it must be that you buy most of the things with us, not to mention the other armor alone, you also need a lot of money to pay in installments for three years, and you definitely need war horses, needless to say, right? In addition, we will not consider the other things imported and exported by the people, which are free trade of the people, and it is certainly not a small number to say that your official preparations are going to import a large amount of grain. ”

"In such a situation, how can you guarantee that you can pay. Don't use a country as big as Datang, such a big country is not a complete guarantee, very simply, with Datang's system, your efficiency is not high. Xia Zhu pondered his tone.

"So?" Wei Zheng paused for a moment, he knew that these were all facts, mainly because they bought too many things this time, and the sum of these things was probably at least equivalent to the treasury income of Datang for five years, and the problem was that many of Datang's treasury income were grain and silk.

And Datang's treasury income can't all be purchased things, right? Datang itself is also a place where money is needed.

"I think you have to speed up your means, to be honest, there are still many places in Datang that need money, of course, Datang is not without money to pay, for example, the entire Liangzhou sold to us Dahan must be enough to pay, but such a thing, His Majesty Li Shimin will definitely not do it, I just talk about it casually." Xia Zhu smiled and said.

"At the moment, I have a couple of premature suggestions." Xia Zhu pondered for a while, it was difficult to say, they also needed to help Datang think about how to make money.

"Minister Xia might as well have something to say." Wei Zheng also simply spoke directly.

"The first suggestion is naturally very simple, so many tribes in the Eastern Turks have surrendered, since the Tang Dynasty is ready to take it completely, don't tell me, you haven't taken back the gold and the like that these Turkic tribes plundered." Xia Zhu glanced at Wei Zheng.

"I don't know much about this old decay, but to be honest in this regard, although I can add some more, but the Turks themselves are poor, and the Tang Dynasty also needs to garrison troops in those places, and the cost is also expensive." Wei Zheng did not say death, but continued.

"Well, then go to those places in the northeast, whether it is Murowei or another target in the future, Goguryeo, these can always be directly used." Xia Zhu spoke again.

"It's actually not that difficult, but the use of force is not a sufficient source of money." Wei Zheng added.

"Datang actually has a lot of money that hasn't been used." After pondering for a moment, Xia Zhu spoke again, and the previous few words Xia Zhu only gave an opinion, as for how much income, how could Xia Zhu not count in his heart, in the words of the leader, as soon as the cannon sounded, there were ten thousand taels of gold.

War is the easiest way to gather money, not to mention that the Tang Dynasty didn't need to fight at all before, just to take over the territory of the Eastern Turks, and those Eastern Turkic nobles will inevitably hand over a lot of their property for their lives.

They may not want cattle and sheep, but they can't hand over gold and silver treasures.

"What?" Wei Zheng was a little stunned, how could he not know such a thing, if he didn't even know, how did Xia Zhu know?

"That's right, Minister Wei, for Datang's copper coins, there are actually high-quality copper ingots, you should want to produce as much as you want, this is always right?" Xia Zhu thought for a while and said.

"That's true, but the production of copper coins also comes with a cost, that is, fire consumption, and the copper mine itself can't be worthless, right? Could it be that you Han can still sell us high-quality copper ingots directly to Datang? Wei Zheng looked at Xia Zhudao.

Xia Zhu nodded, this is certain, the reason why copper coins have been regarded as currency by all dynasties is because copper coins themselves are also valuable. Even in later generations, copper itself is still very valuable, so Xia Zhu naturally will not sell copper ingots directly.

"That's the case, what do you think of our big Han's currency?" Xia Zhu thought for a while and said.

"Of course, this is good, but Datang can't implement it, first of all, your currency is after a long period of experimentation, and all the people agree with it, and secondly, your currency is linked to gold by official regulations, and there is a guarantee from the Han government, the most critical point is the anti-counterfeiting ability of your banknotes, which we Datang has no way to compare. I can't ask you to help print money, can I? Wei Zheng said with a smile.

Xia Zhu glanced at Wei Zheng, and had to say that although they had not played with these issues similar to paper money and finance, they were not a famous minister, and the other party had already seen these paper money and other key issues very clearly.

"Of course not, but you can't enforce circulating paper money within the Tang Dynasty, but it should be okay for those Eastern Turkic nobles." Xia Zhu smiled and said.

"Huh?" Wei Zheng was stunned for a moment, he really couldn't understand Xia Zhu's words.

In this way, the Turks must not have circulated copper coins, but were accustomed to barter, but the Turkic nobles had a large amount of gold and silver in their hands, and these gold and silver were not a small number. To put it simply, since these Turks are going to join the Tang Dynasty, should they abide by the Tang Dynasty's custom and use copper coins to buy things? ”

"This one is natural." Wei Zheng still didn't quite understand what Xia Zhu meant.

"Isn't that simple, tell all the Turkic nobles that since you are new to the Tang Dynasty, then in order to ensure your loyalty, the Tang Dynasty is now short of gold and silver, and there should be no problem if you need your support, right? Of course, the Tang Emperor is not unreasonable, all gold and silver can be converted into copper coins, but what if the Tang Dynasty has no copper coins? ”

"Of course, let His Majesty Li Shimin write a white note directly, and then directly cover the jade seal, you Datang is not unadmitted, just for convenience, so much copper money is not convenient to transport, so if they buy anything, they can directly take this white note to your Emperor His Majesty. You must admit it. ”

"In this case, the special situation of the jade seal is naturally that there is no one to imitate, and if all their property is transferred away, they will not have other ideas, because if they have other ideas, then their money will not be taken back."

"In addition, they can use this collateral if they want to spend money, I think with Your Majesty's strength, it should be no problem for the various families who are mainly responsible for trading with the grasslands to admit Your Majesty's IOUs, right?"

"Also, if it's for their convenience to trade, it's not difficult to stamp them more, after all, it's not difficult to stamp them a hundred times, right? But for Datang, there is a lot of gold and silver in his hand that can be used at once, and the most important thing is that this part of the copper coins can actually be minted by different methods to make up for it in the next few years. Xia Zhu said with a smile.

As soon as Xia Zhu's words came out, Wei Zheng almost couldn't help but roll his eyes, and used the heirloom jade seal, which has symbolized the power of the Central Plains since ancient times, to stamp and write an IOU?! It's a shame that you came up with it! That's right, because of the Eastern Turks, the jade seal of the country also returned to the Tang Dynasty, but although I felt that such a method was very disrespectful, but if I think about it, a few stamps can make millions of dollars more to use......

Those two words had already come to Wei Zheng's mind, although he didn't understand it, but the meaning was the same.