When Wang Ling and Li Ji followed the eunuch Ling Chuntuo to the Changxin Palace, there was only a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere in the Changxin Palace.

Under the imperial steps, the quasi-prime minister and the imperial historian Cao Shen still sat at the top of the Xixi courtier class, nodding and smiling from time to time, bowing his head and contemplating from time to time;

On the royal steps, the Queen Mother Lu Pheasant sat upright on the royal couch, but her eyes did not move away from the eldest son of the emperor who was babbling and waving her little hands in her arms for a moment.

As for Liu Ying and Yang Chengyan, they were like a team of friends for many years instead of monarchs, just kneeling on the east seat with a grin, talking about something with a relaxed face.

If an outsider saw this scene, he would not have guessed the number of people present, the most noble and prominent people in the Han family and even in the entire known world.

It was precisely with this kind of surprise that Wang Ling and Li Ji, who were 'long overdue', were finally greeted by Liu Ying and sat down on Cao Shen's left·······

"Mrs. Wang, Wei Wei and sit in peace."

With a smile on her face, Liu Ying ended the conversation with Shaofu Yangchengyan in time, picked up a roll of bamboo slips in front of her, and turned it over symbolically.

Then, it was the young son of heaven Liu Ying's relaxed and somewhat resolute gaze, which was matched with Wang Ling's suspicious gaze.

"Your Majesty·······"

"Real Tune!"

Without waiting for Wang Ling to ask the doubts in his heart, and even before the word 'Your Majesty' was completely said by Wang Ling, he saw Liu Ying's heroic head raised and directly gave the answer to Wang Ling's question.

——Fang Cai, all kinds of military supplies used to scare the envoys of Wei Man, Liu Ying, the Son of Heaven, decided to really transfer them over!

Seeing Liu Ying's posture, Li Jizi was still a little surprised, and seemed to be quite puzzled: how long would it take Shaofu to gather such a huge amount of military supplies;

But Wang Ling is still an old minister after all, and after only a little thought, he nodded slowly with a solemn face.

In fact, even if he didn't come to the Changxin Palace, Wang Ling could roughly guess this result.

As for the reason, it is not difficult to understand.

First, Liu Ying threatened to 'transport ordnance materials to Yan State', in front of the courtiers, hundreds of officials, meritorious marquis, and envoys of the Han Dynasty.

Since Liu Ying's big words have been said, there is basically no reason to swallow them back.

- You have no jokes, nothing more than that.

Moreover, even if Liu Ying released this big word, he wanted to carry out a 'strategic fool' on the envoys of the Han Dynasty, especially the envoy Yan Kai of Wei Manchu, but since it was a strategic fool, it would inevitably have to pay a cost.

For example, the military exercises of the East Asian powers in later generations that 'do not target any eagles or chickens' are said to be a deterrent, but they still have to be held in a down-to-earth manner.

To put it simply, since Liu Ying was in the Yuanshuo court, he released the big words of 'sending a large number of ordnance materials to Yan State' in front of the entire court, and even said that this batch of materials would be 'on the road together' with the envoys of Zhu Han, so no matter what, Shaofu would have to transport something to Yan State.

In this era when communication is basically relied on roaring, transportation is basically relied on, and every three stones of grain is transported out of a thousand miles, one of the stones must be consumed, spending a lot of manpower and material resources, but only transporting 'fake materials' from Chang'an to Yanguo, thousands of miles away, is obviously a very cost-effective choice.

To put it bluntly, in this era of outrageous transportation costs, it is heart-wrenching to the point of difficulty breathing to send an empty express box with huge shipping costs!

Therefore, even if we do not consider it from a realistic point of view, regardless of the difficulty of preparing this batch of military supplies, just to prevent this high transportation fee from being wasted, this express delivery must also send genuine goods.

That is, Fang Cai, Liu Ying resolutely said the 'real tone'.

Regarding Liu Ying's decision to 'transfer' weapons, ordnance, military rations, and winter clothes to Yan Kingdom, Wang Ling can understand the reason.

But this did not affect Wang Ling at all, from the identity of a courtier, a father, an 'internal history and the emperor's concubine', and the second substitute prime minister, another key node in this matter was unreservedly placed in Liu Ying, Cao Shen, Yang Chengyan, and the queen mother Lu Pheasant, who was sitting on the imperial couch and seemed to be playing with her grandson.

"Your Majesty."

After thinking for a moment, he muttered words again, and then saw Wang Ling raise his head with a little seriousness, and glanced at Yang Chengyan beside Liu Ying with a little hesitation.

After seeing Yang Chengyan's relaxed expression, Wang Ling decided to give up the first one he wanted to put forward and get straight to the point.

"Your Majesty intends to adjust the blades of bows and arrows, swords, shields, spears, military rations, winter clothes and other things to the thistle, and the face of the Shaofu does not see the slightest worry;"

"If you want to come to today's Shaofu, you have to make every effort to raise the blades, clothing and food that Your Majesty said, and you can do it more effortlessly?"

Half tentative, half joking, and seeing Yang Chengyan smiling a little proudly, Wang Ling finally focused all his attention on the young son of heaven beside Yang Chengyan: Liu Ying.

"Your Majesty knows how to transport grain, adjust your armor, and perform Qi Dance to scare (hè) Wei Man, so you should also know: What Your Majesty said is ·······"

"Words ·······"

Seeing that Wang Ling was at a loss, Yang Chengyan hurriedly reminded in a kind whisper: "One million bows, crossbows, arrows, and feathers, ten thousand swords and shields, and five thousand each Ge and spears; 2,000,000 stone of military rations, 50,000 robes, 50,000 trousers, and 100,000 ······ of thick mattresses."

Listening to Yang Chengyan say this jaw-dropping, even faintly breathing huge material, he didn't feel the slightest embarrassment, but instead had a proud look, even if Wang Ling had been mentally prepared, he couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

- Han family, when did you fight such a rich battle?!

Not to mention the two million bows and arrows, the two million stone rations, and the total number of swords, shields, ge, spears and other blades in the tens of thousands;

The seemingly ordinary sentence of '50,000 robes, 50,000 trousers, and 100,000 thick mattresses' is enough to make Wang Ling feel smacked for the increasingly obvious 'big dog' temperament in Shaofu today.

The robes and pants in Yangchengyan's mouth obviously refer to the single-shirt military robes and pants that are commonly used by the Han army today, but the winter clothes with two layers inside and outside, with 'wocculent' in the middle!

As for the thick mattress, Yang Chengyan did not forget to deliberately add adjectives such as 'double flocculent' and 'thick'.

Whether it is 50,000 sets of winter clothes and trousers, or 100,000 pieces of cotton wool doubled 'thick' mattresses, an extremely large amount of cloth and wadding are required as production materials;

And cloth is even a harder currency than copper coins and even gold in today's Han Dynasty·······

"This winter coat alone, thick mattress, and the cloth that Shaofu needs to use, I am afraid that there will be no less than tens of thousands of horses·······"

"Today, all cloth and silk are used for a hundred dollars·······"

Thinking about it secretly, and after a simple calculation, Wang Ling calculated the cost of making these winter clothes and thick mattresses.

Nowadays, a foot of ordinary cloth costs about 100 yuan, and another piece of cloth is four zhang long, so the price of a piece of cloth should be about 4,000 yuan;

According to Wang Ling's rough estimate, for every two to three sets of winter clothes, at least one piece of cloth should be needed, and 50,000 sets is 20,000 pieces of cloth.

The word 'mattress' appears at the military supply level, often not only referring to the mattress, but to the quilt and mattress two-piece set; Two or three sets of winter clothes need a piece of cloth, and each two-piece quilt and mattress set should also need at least one piece of cloth.

This adds up to 120,000 pieces of cloth, which is nearly 50,000 yuan!

This is not counting winter clothes, especially the 'wadding' in the quilt and mattress.

Although he did not know the price of 'wadding', Wang Ling deduced that since it was a military material, the 'flocculent' content in this batch of winter clothes and bedding would not be low, and the cost required would not be lower than the cost of cloth.

In other words: these 50,000 sets of winter clothes and 100,000 sets of bedding alone will cost Shaofu about 100,000 yuan!

Even if this 100,000 yuan is worth 100,000 yuan, and it is not Shaofu really spending 100,000 yuan, it is definitely a huge cost!

Winter clothes and bedding are still like this, not to mention the remaining military rations and even ordnance.

——Two million stone military rations, even according to the current grain price of 'two hundred yuan per stone' in Guanzhong, that is a full forty thousand yuan!

In addition, those weapons and ordnance that were carefully built by Shaofu and could be called 'immeasurable' in value·······

"In other matters, what Your Majesty did was quite the style of Emperor Taizu Gao and the Queen Mother."

"I don't know ······· of this power to make money"

Thinking like this, Wang Ling raised his head with a strange face, looking at Yang Chengyan smirking from time to time, smugly smuffling from time to time, and looking left and right from time to time, at a loss·······

Envy!

Once upon a time, even just a few years ago, the Shaofu under the control of Yang Chengyan was still the department with the lowest sense of existence, the smallest power, and the worst voice among the three princes and nine secretaries of the court.

Especially the matter of melting and casting Han three baht, almost the whole world scolded Yangchengyan, a 'craftsman Shaofu'!

And now, Shaofu has accumulated such a huge wealth in just a few years·······

In the past, except for Prime Minister Xiao He, all the people in the rest of the departments of the Three Princes and Jiuqing saw Yangchengyan, and they all hated to hold up a 'Shangguan' shelf;

- Even the Zongzheng subordinate ya, who does not have the chief official Jiuqing in charge, is no exception!

And now, although Yangchengyan still hasn't found his right position after the rise and fall of 'getting rich', and he still looks like a smile to everyone, but now in the Chang'an court, no one dares to snub this craftsman who holds the Shaofu's internal money and eats 2,000 stones in the Shaofu.

As for the reason, it is obvious.

Let's just say that some time ago, when Xiao He was seriously ill, Liu Ying, the son of heaven, said that he wanted to build a Xiao He canal, and Yang Chengyan almost immediately stood up, slapped his chest and threw down a sentence arrogantly: All the money and food needed to repair the canal, I am out of Shaofu!

At the moment, Liu Ying wants to transport a batch of military supplies with a total value (excluding ordnance) of more than 150,000 yuan to Yanguo, but looking at the appearance of Yangchengyan, I am afraid that this matter will still be 'completed independently' by Shaofu.

What made Wang Ling feel incomprehensible was that in just a few months, after successively taking over the two 'big projects' of the canal project and the mobilization of military materials, Yangcheng Yan seemed to be still planning to play the court in the near future, and at the same time ask for the construction of the royal garden: Shanglin Garden, and the capital: Chang'an·······

"The government-run grain and rice, can you really get such a huge profit?"

In his heart, he couldn't help but slander again, Wang Lingcai finally shook his head to himself, forcing himself to divert his attention from the reverie of 'how rich Shaofu is'.

Then, it was Wang Ling who put his real confusion in front of Liu Ying straightforwardly.

"That is, this time, the Shaofu dispatched ordnance, military rations, and winter clothes into the Yan, all of which were actually adjusted, and the minister only asked His Majesty."

"—What is Your Majesty's plan for Korea?"

"Fight?!"

Hearing Wang Ling's first question, Liu Ying originally planned to carefully consider the words and see how to explain his intentions to Wang Ling more appropriately.

But in the royal tomb, this voice 'war'? After the inquiry, Liu Ying couldn't help but look pale!

Raising his head, when he saw the unreserved sincerity in Wang Ling's eyes, Liu Ying also quietly let go of his plan to 'beat around the bush'.

"No fight!"

"The Northern Barbarian Huns still have the power to plunder in the south, and Henan is not restored by the king for a day.

Seeing that Liu Ying's tone suddenly became serious, Cao Shen and Yang Chengyan on the side couldn't help but hurriedly sit up straight, their eyes kept switching between Wang Ling and Liu Yingjunchen, and the expressions on their faces suddenly became serious.

Even on the royal steps, the Empress Dowager Lu Pheasant, who was still 'concentrating' to tease the emperor's eldest son, heard Liu Ying's words, and couldn't help but stagnate, and after three breaths, he returned to normal again, and continued to play the game of 'pinching your nose' with the emperor's eldest son Liu Gong.

And under the royal steps, hearing Liu Ying's straightforward words, Wang Ling finally breathed a sigh of relief, but his expression still carried the solemnity that was integrated into the temperament.

"Your Majesty's 'execution of Qi Dance' this time, in order to transport ordnance and winter clothes to admonish the guards, he should call himself 'Seeing Ten Thousand Miles';"

"And Your Majesty does not want to empty the national strength, but it is not inappropriate to adjust winter clothes, thick mattresses, military rations, and blades to swallow thistles."

"But in the future, does Your Majesty have a plan?"

Whispering his doubts, Wang Ling was afraid that Liu Ying would misunderstand, so he put on a posture of 'please give advice to His Majesty', in order to show his inquiry, not to question.

The body is moving, the mouth is working, and Wang Ling has not fallen.

"Your Majesty should know: Fan Yan's soldiers are only 350,000, and there are more elites than last year, who are coerced north for the Marquis of Chang'an and join Hu Man."

"However, the winter clothes and thick mattresses and military rations and blades that Your Majesty adjusted are enough for hundreds of thousands of troops, and Your Majesty just said: But Henan will not be restored for a day, and the Han Dynasty will not be able to cross the river eastward."

"Today, at the border of our Han family, there are many soldiers who lack food and clothing; Even so, when Hu rode south, this generation still did not forget to wear an empty stomach to the Acropolis, and to hold the bow to fight the border! ”

"——If Your Majesty adjusts winter clothes and thick mattresses, and sends military rations and ordnance to the thistle, and turns a blind eye to the border pass, this generation of border soldiers will know it·······"

"Where is the military spirit?"

"Where is the side wall?"

"More of the martial style of the Han family, Emperor Taizu Gao and His Majesty praise the 'benevolence' of the world, what is it?!"

Full of worry when he said this, Wang Ling finally sighed slightly, and then hurriedly cheered up and quietly waited for Liu Ying's reply.

But soon, Wang Ling found that after hearing his own question, Cao Shen and Yang Chengyan on the side looked at Wang Ling's eyes, but they became more and more joking·······

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