Seeing this, the envoy also understood that it would be difficult to get a trick in this regard if he did not tell the truth, and more importantly, if he could not negotiate this iron trade.

After returning to the Wakoku Kingdom, Tokugawa Iemitsu was unsure how to blame him.

"Your Majesty . . . After all, this wooden farm tool is not very durable... We still want to buy iron farming tools. ”

As he spoke, beads of sweat began to appear on his forehead, Zhu Youzhen's face was heavy, and he said with a sad face: "Now Daming is not rich, so many iron tools... Alas! ”

"Your Majesty, we are willing to buy this batch of ironware at a price thirty percent higher than the market price."

Well???

Sancheng??

Zhu Youzhen's eyes changed suddenly, and he said, "Alas.. It's still very difficult, and you know that now my Ming Dynasty is at war with Houjin, and it is when the demand for iron tools is the greatest..."

"We can add money .."

Before Zhu Youzhen could speak, Bi Ziyan on the side hurriedly said, "How much?" ”

"Add two more!"

In an instant, the huge court hall became like a market for selling vegetables.

I saw Zhu Youzhen turn his head to look at Xue Fengxiang of the Ministry of Engineering on the side, and then look at Huo Weihua of the Ministry of War.

Seeing that although the eyes of the two ministers were uncertain, they seemed to be thinking about something else.

But when Zhu Youzhen's gaze arrived, he still nodded slightly.

Zhu Youzhen suddenly knew in his heart.

opened his mouth and said: "This matter is so decided, you can go back to your Zhengyi general to return to your life, and then your Wa Kingdom itself will send a merchant ship to my Ming Tianjin Port to pick up the goods..."

As soon as these words came out, all the envoys of the Japanese state were grateful.

The leader knelt directly on the ground and kowtowed a few times and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty... Thank you, Your Majesty! The Great Ming Kingdom will always be the country of the suzerainty of the Wa Kingdom."

Unexpectedly, Zhu Youzhen just waved his hand and left without looking back.

Only a few people were left looking at each other, and they were hurriedly greeted out of the hall by the eunuchs on the side.

And Zhu Youzhen, who returned to the Dongnuan Pavilion, saw Bi Ziyan, Huo Weihua, and Xue Fengxiang after a while.

This trade with the Japanese state.

Zhu Youzhen was not prepared to use high-quality iron products as a trade commodity, after all.

"Huo Aiqing, as far as I know... The Ministry of War now has a backlog of swords and weapons left over from the restructuring of local guards and local armies? ”

Zhu Youzhen stopped for a while, and then spoke.

I heard Huo Weihua hurriedly say: "Back to Your Majesty, the backlog of swords and weapons in the Ministry of War is far more than 100,000, and now there are more than 1 million. ”

"More than a million? Why so many? ”

Zhu Youzhen was a little surprised, and he didn't know where the more than one million weapons came from.

I only heard Huo Weihua answer: "Your Majesty, for example, the swords and weapons used by the Tiger Army today are all new-style standard weapons produced by the Royal Ordnance General Bureau, most of them are stabbing short knives and the like, and they do not use traditional long swords and guns... Therefore, the weapons handed in from all over the country are completely useless, let alone now..."

Zhu Youzhen saw that Huo Weihua was a little stuck, and asked, "What's wrong now?" Why are you talking to me so much, just say something. ”

"Your Majesty, now... In fact, not only the backlog of the military department, but even the state capitals around the country have a backlog of a large number of weapons, ranging from thousands to tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands, these weapons have been built by successive dynasties, although many of them have been somewhat damaged, but they can be used again after repairing, and it is really a waste to return to the furnace..."

Zhu Youzhen nodded, "It turns out that these weapons have actually been backlogged for a long time, right?" ”

"Your Majesty, exactly!" Huo Weihua said.

"Why haven't I seen the War Department's report on this? It stands to reason that such a thing should be reported, right? Zhu Youzhen asked.

"Your Majesty, this matter should have been reported, but the restructuring work in various places has not yet ended, and the military department will receive a large number of weapons every day, and this number is really impossible to count." Huo Weihua's face was a little embarrassed.

But Zhu Youzhen is still a little happy at the moment, you must know that these weapons seem to be a bit chicken at the moment.

But now, as long as it can be sold, it is a steady stream of silver, but Zhu Youzhen is even more puzzled by more than that.

"With such a large number of swords and weapons collected by the Ministry of War, is there no complaint in various places?"

"Your Majesty, don't complain, officials from all over the country can't wait to get rid of this hot potato in their hands quickly, and the backlog in various provincial capitals is worried every day, and they have to be on guard every day against thieves to steal, after all, these are all weapons with a book..."

Zhu Youzhen immediately understood.

The Ming Dynasty is very strict in the management of weapons, and the situation of a long knife in each person in those dramas cannot be said to exist.

It can only be said that it is very rare, after all, in today's Ming Dynasty, everything is based on facts.

Once there is any problem in the local area, the court will inquire at the first time, and you lost your weapon? The standard weapons of the imperial court are something that cannot be lost.

It may have been controlled.

But now the Ministry of War has re-established a complete set of procedures, and when the restructuring of each place is carried out, for some soldiers who do not meet the requirements of the imperial court, such as those who are too old, lack arms, few legs, disabled, or physically weak, and so on.

Most of them have been disengaged.

Allowing the local armies to maintain a certain combat effectiveness is the situation that Zhu Youzhen wants to see.

And not as it is now.

When it comes to fighting, the head is shaken like a rattle, and sometimes even some local officials want to pull up troops and horses to support the imperial court.

But they often take a look at these soldiers under their own local jurisdiction, many of them are traditional military status, let alone fighting.

Some of the old ones can't even hold their swords.

Immediately because of the real problem, the flag began to drum.

Zhu Youzhen nodded and said: "The traditional weapons and swords still can't be lost, and the local weapons that can be repaired can be repaired. ”

At this moment, Xue Fengxiang on the side said with some doubts.

"Your Majesty, can those people in the Wa Kingdom buy these things? After all, they are all defective products that are problematic to repair. ”

Mended.

Zhu Youzhen looked at Xue Fengxiang and said with a smile.

"Tokugawa Iemitsu wants something good, so I have to sell it to him, right? You don't know, there are no decent minerals in the territory of the Japanese country, iron ore and coal mines are even more scarce, and there is some sulfur on the island to put it bluntly... Their craft of making gunpowder is still hundreds of years old."