Chapter 160 Foreign Arms Export Trade

While waiting for the new envoys from Liao, the court unanimously agreed to Zhao Yu's proposal to build a fleet with Hangzhou as the main port. The imperial court ordered ten large ships suitable for long-distance battles to Hangzhou. Hangzhou, on the other hand, purchased heavy artillery equipment ships from the Yangping Military Factory. At the same time, the imperial court also set a strategy to reopen the Silk Road, with the aim of of course the prosperity of all countries in the coming dynasty. According to this strategy, the imperial court appointed Li Gang as the crown prince and envoy of the Northwest Province, responsible for communicating with the Uighurs and stationing troops in their territory, and at the same time sending an envoy to the Black Khan. According to estimates, the Uighurs were not a big problem, and they were more welcoming to the Central Plains, while the Black Khan was unclear. In order to prepare for a possible war in the future, Han Shizhong of Northwest Province began to prepare for war, and the Yangping Military Factory came with another order.

After seeing the Liao envoy, the Liao envoy accepted Ouyang's misunderstanding. But it was almost November, and the imperial court still did not have an order to let Ouyang leave Beijing and return to office, but was responsible for negotiating weapons with Liaojin. At this time, Yangping Qian Zhuang finally opened its first money bank in Nanjing, Liao State. Song Liao began to fly tickets. Within a few days, the three Yangping money houses of Datong Mansion, Dading Mansion and Linhuang Mansion of Liao State opened at the same time. On the other hand, the Liaojin battle situation is still deadlocked, and hand-throwing cannons and mines are not easy to use when attacking. One of the more important things the Liao envoys have come to the Song Dynasty this time is to submit their credentials, and a delegation of Liao envoys will come to Song in the spring of next year to discuss the relaxation of arms exports. And in Tokyo there are also envoys of the Kingdom of Jin, whose purpose is also to trade weapons.

The Liao State was interested in rocket vehicles that could prevent cavalry attacks and mass-kill the enemy. And Jin Guo is interested in heavy artillery. Ouyang was taken aback when he heard that Jin Guo wanted heavy artillery. The development process of this heavy cannon is absolutely secret, and even if it is mass-produced, the workers will not know the power of this heavy artillery. And the first batch of goods has not yet been delivered to Hangzhou. Jin Ren actually knew that heavy artillery could shoot inside and out, and knew that it could be loaded with two kinds of shells.

Jin people at least have spies in Yangpingxiang Village! Ouyang wrote a letter to Zhan Ming for investigation, but resolutely denied that it was absolutely impossible for heavy artillery to be sold. Liao's pirated hand-throwing cannon has appeared, but because there is no best proportion formula, and I don't know that the balance exists, there are too many shortcomings, and the power, usability and safety are not the same grade as the Yangping Military Factory. It's even worse than the hand-throwing cannon that was imitated in Tokyo.

Ouyang has a few secrets that will never be revealed, first of all, there is only one balance, only the master in the experimental area knows, and only they use it. Secondly, the precise formula of gunpowder was known only to the master and his three apprentices. The three apprentices were responsible for the preparation of gunpowder. And then there is the formula of the fire line, which only these few people know. Piracy is too serious, and it is necessary to guard against it for the sake of financial security and future security. Zhao Yu was in favor of Ouyang's approach, for example, there were no secrets at all from the Tokyo Creation Bureau. As for how big the cannon is and how heavy the shells are, this is not a problem, and it cannot be concealed.

The second group of envoys sent down the letter of state and followed the fleet of *** to Tokyo. In fact, ordinary envoys only have the function of transmitting words, while envoys who have issued national credentials have a great deal of autonomy. Jin Guo saw that the negotiating envoys did nothing, so he sent a formal envoy delegation. There are one hundred and thirty envoys, including guards and civil officials, and the person in charge of the envoy knows each other, that is, Wan Yanlan, who assassinated Ouyang at the birthday banquet. Wan Yan Lan's purpose is very simple, the Jurchen's weapons and Liao are too backward, and they suffer a lot locally. If the Jurchens had the same weapons as the Liao, it would only be a matter of time before the Liao were defeated.

This set off a chain reaction, and the Liao envoy immediately sent another letter to the state, saying that the envoy had set off from Linhuang Mansion. He was worried that Song's head would be hot, and he would sell any heavy artillery to others. As soon as he reacted, eight internal guards with good martial arts skills were sent to protect Ouyang. It's hard to finish whether Yan Agu wants to stab again.

Ouyang is in Tokyo, and Liang Hongyu often comes. However, due to the expansion of the content of the royal newspaper, Whelan was too busy to be alone, and she could only stay for a few days and then return to Yangping to help. There is a way that Xiao Biesheng is newlywed, so don't get together, but there is another taste.

"This is a crossbow gunpowder arrow, a bow gunpowder arrow, a leather cannon, a thistle cannon......" Zhang Xuanming introduced the products of the Tokyo Manufacturing Bureau very attentively: "These are all products that the emperor has allowed to sell, county lord, do you see?" ”

Wan Yanlan asked expressionlessly: "How far can the leather artillery hit?" How many times can I use it? ”

"This ...... The key is the carrying aspect. Extremely lightweight. A cavalryman can bring a door. ”

"Lord Zhang, I mean at least 300 steps, and at least 100 shells." Wan Yanlan said: "As for the price, either you offer the price or at the expense of Suzhou." ”

Zhang Xuanming said with a smile: "County Lord, this Suzhou doesn't accept Song Tu at all. To put it mildly, the surname is Song today, and the surname Jin will be if you are unhappy tomorrow. ”

"What about Ouyang? He has a great interest in Suzhou. ”

"Lord Ou has recently discussed something with the Liao envoy."

Wan Yanlan asked: "Is this hand-throwing cannon Lord Li the master?" ”

"Of course I did."

"I'm talking about Yangping."

"This ......"

Wan Yanlan said: "Can you introduce me to the emperor?" ”

"The emperor has been in poor health recently." There was a feud on both sides, and Zhao Yu simply didn't see it. Anyway, everything that can be sold is on the table. If you like to give some, it's not impossible. It is unwise to offend the Liao for the sake of the non-bordering Jin State, and similarly, Song Liao is a neighbor, and it is equally incorrect to let the Liao destroy the Jin. Zhao Yu accepted Ouyang's statement to strike a balance between the two countries and let them consume their national strength. Zhang Xuanming diligently introduced: "Yangping mine detectors, authentic Yangping goods......"

Ouyang persuaded here: "Brother, it's not me who is wordy, I feel that you have made a mistake." The best way to buy any cannon is to buy a ship, buy twenty large ships to take their back road from the sea and hit their rear. ”

The Liao envoy shook his head: "My emperor means, please ask the Song Dynasty not to sell weapons to the Jurchens, otherwise it will hurt the friendship of the Liao and Song brothers." ”

"This ...... Buy some. Boats do not buy, you can consider buying another batch of mines. ”

"Master Ou, your mine can only be buried for seven days, and if it rains, it won't sound the next day."

"That was before. Now it's high-tech. Ouyang took out a drawing: "The latest individual mine can be buried in the wetland for fifteen days." The price is not high, each is the same price, and a horse can be exchanged for a dozen. ”

"Really?"

"Really!" Ouyang said: "There is no basis for what you say, why don't you go to the Tokyo campus now to bury it and try the effect?" ”

"Good!"

Zhang Xuanming complained to Ouyang: "You just meet that Wanyan Lan, after talking about it for a day, my throat is dry, and people just want to buy Yangping goods." ”

"What are you doing with her? Anyway, the imperial court did not agree to export to them, which was a clear waste of time. Ouyang smiled and said: "Today, the Liao people have ordered 10,000 new mines, each of which is consistent." ”

"Isn't it, you just change the leads, and each one will be 600 yuan more expensive?"

Ouyang smiled: "He is willing to buy it, but I can't help it." But don't say it, it's good this time. And there is no need to bury it at all. The area of the step is large, the enemy charges, and when he escapes for his life, he throws a few to the ground behind him, and he basically stops eating when he catches up. ”

Zhang Xuanming said: "That woman is difficult to serve, I think she also understands that it is impossible to sell them anything." The purpose of coming here is to restrain us from exporting firearms to Liao. If there are no firearms, the Liao people are really not the opponents of the Jin people. ”

The eunuch arrived: "The emperor invites two adults." ”

Zhao Yu's purpose in looking for these two people was the export of weapons. Of course, Zhao Yu wouldn't covet those little money, but she was still happy to see it. What is strategy, this is strategy. Since the remarks of the martial arts emperor and the martial arts of the Han Dynasty came out, Zhao Yu did have more ambitions than before. Although he is still Gou An in his bones, he finally has some enterprising spirit. According to Ouyang's estimates, the treasury income of the Northern Song Dynasty last year was 50 times that of the Liao State and 700 times that of the Jin State.

And the ministers have no say in this weapon export, only the Privy Council and Ouyang participate. Zhao Yu looked at the two of them and said, "Now you also know the situation." The Jurchens were willing to cede Suzhou to us in exchange for a ban on the sale of Liao weapons. What do you guys think? ”

Ouyang Dao: "Even if we don't ban the sale of Liao, the Jurchens are still willing to give us Suzhou." Suzhou is barren and close to the sea, but the fishery is not developed. Shipbuilding, maritime almost nothing. The population is sparse, intermarriage is serious, and the quality of the population is very low. For the Jurchens, it doesn't matter if there is a Suzhou or not. After giving it to the Great Song Dynasty, we may build Suzhou into a commercial city, and we will have to invest a lot of manpower and material resources here. As for whether the Jin people want to take it back, or let Suzhou be left alone, they can say whatever they want. Therefore, in Weichen's view, the Jurchens want to squeeze the value of Suzhou's waste products as much as possible. Even a box of hand-throwing cannons is good. ”

Zhang Xuanming nodded: "Weichen agrees with Lord Ou's opinion. Today, although the territory controlled by the Jurchens is not small, it is poor and has a small population. The tribes were separated, and a real state was not formed at all. But the combat ability that we are taboo about is really not ordinary. Brave and not afraid of death. And they also realized that since the Liao State had firearms, the value of courage had been greatly discounted, and a brave general could be killed by soldiers who had just been recruited by the enemy, which made them very uncomfortable with the strong as the king. But on the other hand, they don't want to learn from the Liao imitation of firearms, because they don't want to give up their own national specialties and personalities. What they hoped for was that there would be no powerful firearms on the Liaojin battlefield. And I think this is the most important reason why the Jurchens assassinated Lord Ou in the first place. Because they know that the Liao State still has a certain production capacity, but even if the Jin State wants to produce, the materials and technology are very poor, and once the Liao people's weapons are getting better and better, the Jurchens will have no place. ”