Xie Xun picked up the tea bowl and took a sip.

"If my son is not mistaken, now the Ministry of War is afraid that it will not be able to supply the Xie family with so much iron ore to build armor, right?"

Xie Shangshu looked up in astonishment, "How does Xun'er know?" ”

Yesterday, after the father and son discussed, Xie Shangshu sent someone to the military department to confirm the inventory of iron.

I don't know if I don't check, but when I checked, Xie Shangshu was shocked into a cold sweat. At most, it is enough to make swords, guns, swords, and halberds, and you have to save them.

The people of the Zhenguo Mansion went to the private miners again, and found that the iron ore had been bought at a high price half a month ago, and the remaining two or three points were also taken away by the private iron shop.

Xie Shangshu smelled a strong smell of conspiracy from it.

Nowadays, silver is not the biggest problem, you have money, but you can't buy materials!

The men under his command also found out where the iron ore went. There are several people who buy iron ore on a large scale: the prince's uncle Zheng Donghou, the Pei family, the Gao family, and even the Langya Wang family.

This is a few conspirators to calculate the Xie family!

The situation was grim, and Mrs. Xie rushed back overnight.

The advice given by the staff is nothing more than how to collect iron ore from private iron shops, or force private miners to mine more. Once the opponent learns that the Xie family collects iron ore, it will inevitably raise the price, and when the time comes, it will become a bottomless pit.

Xie Shangshu grew several white hairs in one night.

"Since those people have been planning for a long time, how can they let go of the opportunity to bite the Xie family in terms of materials?" Xie Xun snorted coldly.

When he decided to open a shop before, he learned about the industry of the Zhenguo Mansion, and found that the Xie family had a reselling of cotton, so he no longer worried about cotton reserves.

On cotton, those people can't calculate, so they can only make a fuss about iron ore.

Xie Xun put the finished model paper armor on his body, and stuffed the nine-bowl saber into Xie Shangshu's hand, "Father, you can cut it casually, and if you cut it, it's your son." ”

Xie Shangshu held the hilt of the knife with both hands, and hesitated a little, "Xun'er, why don't you call a guard to try." ”

He is just this one sister-in-law, or a genius in the sky, what should I do if he is cut?

Xie Xun waved his hand, "No." Father, you can cut ......"

Before the chopping landed, the old lady Xie who was sitting next to him jumped up and snatched the knife in the eldest son's hand.

Old lady Xie is a person who has been beaten from a small soldier to a general, with strong martial arts, three knives down, cutting the ground Xie Xun's ribs hurt slightly.

Xie Shangshu directly covered his face with his hands in fright, he was afraid of seeing his son cut off.

Xie Xun secretly praised, worthy of being an old man, domineering!

Bang, Old Lady Xie lost the knife, stepped forward, reached out to touch the armor on Xie Xun's body, and a smile appeared on his face, "This paper armor is really good." ”

Hearing his father's voice, Xie Shangshu opened his eyes, and his jaw almost fell.

The old father went down three times, and the son-in-law was not only safe and sound, but even the paper armor was intact.

The hard effect is not inferior to the iron armor at all!

Xie Xun shook his armor and smiled and bent his eyebrows, "Grandfather, do you think this paper armor is still suitable?" ”

Xie Shangshu nodded like pounding garlic.

"Immediately sent people to buy a large number of bark and hemp stalks, and handed them over to the paper mill to make nail paper." Old lady Xie ordered directly.

On the same day, all of Hsieh's merchants were dispatched.

In just one day, the bark, hemp stalks, and silk cloths of the ten cities near the capital were cleaned.

In the Imperial Study.

"What are you doing here? Are you planning to use paper instead of iron to make armor? The Emperor scoffed mockingly.

If that were the case, he would have been relieved.

The war in Northern Xinjiang is nearing its end, and if he can weaken the Xie family's army, he can exhaust his means.

Gao Shiqing bowed down, "Your Majesty, will the Xie family realize that buying iron ore requires a large amount of silver taels, so they want to earn it back from paper?" ”

There are many people in the world, and the amount of pen, ink, paper, inkstone, especially paper, is huge, if the Xie family really monopolizes the paper market, it can indeed make a lot of money.

The emperor frowned vigilantly, and after a slight groan, he ordered, "Take out all the silver from the inner treasury and buy a large amount of paper." ”

The Xie family wants to earn back from the paper, and I will let you lose all your money!

But when the people in the palace went to buy paper, because the Xie family merchants had collected a lot of money before, the price had doubled.

The emperor waved his hand and took it!

After another two days, the price doubled again.

The emperor gritted his teeth and took it!

After another two days, the price was already five times that of the Xie family's merchants.

The emperor looked up to the sky, spit out a breath of turbidity, and receive!

Finally, ten days later, there was no trace of bark and hemp stalks in the private market.

The emperor's inner library was also empty, and when he got up early in the morning, the concubines who had just accepted the favor begged the emperor for a reward, and the emperor thought about the empty inner library, and left without even eating breakfast.

"Hahaha......"

Zhenguo Mansion, the study of the main courtyard, Xie Shangshu couldn't stop smiling.

Xie Xun also trembled with laughter.

I didn't expect the emperor to really take the bait!

Tut-tut, thank you for editing Gao this time!

"The Dog Emperor won't dare to go to the harem next, right?" Xie Xun curled the corners of his lips wickedly.

Call you fucking calculating Xie Jia, let you taste the taste of frugality first!

Now the situation is completely reversed, because the paper armor is used instead of the iron armor, the cost has been reduced by half at once, and the winter coat has also saved a lot of silver from labor, not only does not need to borrow, Xie Xun can continue to live a life of wine and wine.

"What, then you went to visit the flower building again? Still lavish in treats? ”

The emperor who heard the news spurted out a mouthful of old blood.

He is a dignified emperor, and now he is so poor that he doesn't even dare to sleep with his concubines. Don't look at the concubine as his wife and concubine, and he can't sleep in vain, he will be rewarded after sleeping. Now that he is poor, all he has left is the dragon robe on his body and the official position of the court, he can't just sleep once and reward the official position of the concubine's father and brother, right?

I can only hold on.

The emperor's stomach swelled twice in anger.

The courtiers thought that the emperor had made up for it recently, and some officials reminded the emperor to be light and healthy.

The emperor wants to roar, I haven't eaten bird's nest for three fucking days!

A layer of oil was scraped off the belly, and the emperor realized that something was wrong.

The Xie family was too quiet, and although the Xie family's workshops were busy, the emperor still felt that something was wrong.

Because the Xie family didn't send anyone to buy iron ore!

"What the hell is going on?" Gao Shangshu frowned. The emperor did not have a good time, and he was also scolded.

"Isn't the Xie family going to give those 200,000 people armor? The Rong cavalry is very fierce. Aren't they afraid that the Xie family army will lose the battle? ”

It is a trivial matter if a person dies, if the Xie family army suffers a big defeat, the emperor will take the opportunity to take the official position of Xie Sanye and his generals.

Gao Shiqing was also puzzled, a series of recent actions of the Xie family were strange and he couldn't understand.

"Did you have any news from Shega? What exactly is the Xie family's garment workshop doing? ”

After the Xie family purchased paper materials on a large scale, the Xie family's garment workshop in the capital suddenly recruited more than 200 people, still teenagers, most of whom were displaced people from outside the city. The Gao family also sent people to get in, but since those people were recruited, they ate and lived in the workshop, and there were doctors from the Xie family when they were sick, so the news couldn't be spread at all. Gao Shangshu could only ask Xie Jia to investigate.