"Weichen impeached Fan Zheng and went to sea to make the minister Tong Guan smuggle weapons privately, daring and reckless, and asked the officials to strictly investigate."

"Fan Zheng, as an ordnance supervisor, should have been responsible for the manufacture of weapons in the Great Song Dynasty, but he knew the law and violated the law with the help of his position, and he should be guilty of one more degree!"

"The weapon is the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty, how can it be overseas, Fan Zheng must be severely punished."

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Above the court, Fan Zheng used overseas missions to buy and sell weapons after all.

All of a sudden, the entire court was in an uproar, and the ministers were furious.

Especially the old party and the new party are even more excited, they finally grasped Fan Zheng's handle, and this time Fan Zheng will never be able to turn over.

Su Song also frowned, he didn't expect Fan Zheng to be so bold that he would dare to buy and sell weapons with other countries, this time, even they couldn't argue for Fan Zheng.

Just when the ministers thought that Fan was in danger, Zhao Xu waved his hand and said: "

"You Aiqing misunderstood, Fan Taicheng's move was obtained from my secret order, not smuggling weapons without permission."

Zhao Xu saw that Fan Zheng was besieged by the ministers, and immediately relieved Fan Zheng.

"Ahh

Baiguan couldn't help but be stunned, and looked at Zhao Xu in puzzlement, no one thought that Zhao Xu would still be involved.

"How can such an important matter not go through the political affairs hall?" Lu Dafang reprimanded angrily.

As the prime minister, he was extremely sensitive to this matter, Zhao Xu and Fan Zheng acted in private, which was not in line with the process of the Great Song Dynasty at all, and he was naturally unhappy as the prime minister of the dynasty.

Fan Zheng said calmly: "Because it will definitely not be passed through the political affairs hall, and Goryeo borders the Liao State, if the Great Song Dynasty wants to trade weapons with Goryeo, it must be kept secret, and the final method of secrecy is naturally unknown to everyone." ”

"This trip to the Great Song Dynasty to overseas countries is for the prestige of the Great Song Dynasty, but for the exchange between the two countries, how can they buy and sell weapons." Zhang Duan frowned.

Fan Zheng spread his hands and said: "Because the ordnance supervisor has no money, the funds of the ordnance superintendent have been delayed again and again, and the ordnance superintendent has no choice but to fend for himself." ”

"Out of money?" Zeng Bu was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but look at Fan Chun, the household servant on the side.

Fan Chun said helplessly: "The Privy Council needs to equip a million army with cold forging armor and cotton armor, and more and more earth-shattering thunder is needed to deter Liaoxia, what a huge expense it will be, how can the imperial court come up with this money?" ”

Zeng Bu was stunned, he didn't think that the initiator was himself.

Fan Zheng sighed: "Now that the power of gunpowder weapons is amazing, the weapons are being updated, the traditional weapons and armor will be eliminated, and my Great Song Dynasty has an army of nearly one million, if all of them are replaced, the money required can be said to be astronomical." ”

"A million-strong army of new weapons!"

The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were silent for a moment, and now the role of cold forging armor and cotton armor has been verified in Qingtang, and the earth-shaking thunder is decisive in the battle of Pingxia City.

Once these three weapons are used on the battlefield of the Great Song Dynasty, the strength of the Great Song Dynasty army will be greatly increased, and the DPRK and China naturally hope that the weapons of the Great Song Dynasty will be more advanced, and the Great Song Dynasty has an army of more than one million, if all of them are replaced, I am afraid that it will completely drag down the fragile finances of the Great Song Dynasty.

But the Great Song Dynasty's force was already weak, and with such an opportunity to become stronger, they couldn't miss it.

"For this reason, Fan Mou thought of a wonderful way, which can not only update the weapons and equipment of the Great Song Dynasty, but also not have to pay a penny from the court!" Fan Zheng said proudly.

Zeng Bu gritted his teeth and said, "Your method is to sell the weapons of the Great Song Dynasty to overseas countries in exchange for money!" ”

As for Fan Zheng's private sale of weapons, the privy envoy Zeng Bu was the most irritated, he thought he was the highest commander of the army, but he knew nothing about Fan Zheng's decision to buy and sell weapons, which made him embarrassed.

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "Yes, the equipment eliminated by the millions of troops can only be put into the inventory and become broken copper and iron, even if it can be melted and smelted again, the manpower and material resources consumed still outweigh the losses, so Fan decided to turn waste into treasure." ”

"Turn trash into treasure!"

The corners of the ministers' mouths twitched, and they knew in their hearts that Fan Zheng's method of turning waste into treasure was clear.

The smelting process of the Great Song Dynasty is unique in the world, and the military equipment is even more high-quality, but in the eyes of the hundred officials of the Great Song Dynasty, the broken copper and iron are rare in the country of backward smelting.

"Nonsense! The Great Song Dynasty sold weapons and armor from other countries, and its country would greatly increase its strength when it obtained the weapons of the Great Song Dynasty, and it would definitely have inflated ambitions and wars, especially when the Great Song Dynasty sent envoys to overseas countries to promote the purpose of the Great Song Dynasty. Lu Dafang reprimanded angrily.

For Tong Guan's envoy to overseas countries, Lu Dafang was most satisfied with the promotion of the Great Song Dynasty's virtue, and Fan Zheng's behavior of buying and selling weapons was simply a rat feces spoiling a pot of soup, destroying the Great Song Dynasty's virtue that he was proud of.

Fan Zheng sneered: "To promote the Great Song Weide, is it necessary to go to other countries to exchange national letters and send a few batches of silk porcelain, which is to promote the Great Song Weide?" No! That's a big wrong! ”

"Wronged?"

Lu Dafang was suddenly angry.

"The Great Song Dynasty and overseas countries face each other across the sea, and if they want to make their hearts go to the Great Song Dynasty and treat the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty well, they must not only show them the virtue of the Great Song Dynasty, but also show the prestige of the Great Song Dynasty! If they are disrespectful to the Great Song Dynasty and kill the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty, if the Great Song Dynasty sends troops across the sea to fight, the gains outweigh the losses, and at this moment the arms trade is the biggest weapon of the Great Song Dynasty. Fan Zheng said proudly.

Su Song said for Fan Zhengjin: "The minister thinks that what Fan Taicheng said is reasonable, overseas countries are not educated, and the forces are also intertwined, and the weapons of the Great Song Dynasty are enough to make one side of the power rise, and it can also make one side of the power decline, compared to the direct dispatch of troops by the Great Song Dynasty, I am afraid that the sale of weapons will be a more suitable deterrent means, and it can also make the Great Song Dynasty profitable, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone." ”

The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were silent for a moment, they naturally knew that it was impossible for the Great Song Dynasty to directly send troops to overseas countries, and the weapons and equipment of the Great Song Dynasty were enough to break the balance of the localities, coupled with the existence of the powerful country of the Great Song Dynasty, which was enough for all the maritime countries to treat the Great Song Dynasty as a guest.

In this regard, buying and selling weapons to overseas countries would be the best option.

"Overseas countries are just barbarian lands, barren lands, how much money can they pay for weapons?" Zhang Dun scoffed.

Suddenly, Yang Jian, Zhao Xu's new personal eunuch, hurriedly came to report: "Qi Qi Guan's family, Tong Gonggong sent a boat back, not only sent a letter of state from the king of Goryeo to pay tribute, but also worth 200,000 yuan!" ”

"Two hundred thousand!"

The ministers couldn't help but exclaim, they were not surprised by Goryeo's behavior of claiming tribute, but they were extremely shocked by the 200,000 guan.

You must know that the Great Song Dynasty sent envoys to the maritime countries and allowed 300 merchant ships to accompany them, so they collected 150,000 guan before tax, and it was only more than half a month, and Tong Guan actually transported back 200,000 guan of property from Goryeo!

In a short period of time, Da Song made 350,000 yuan by going to sea, which is too easy to make!

"Tong Guan shouldn't have connived at the water army to rob Goryeo!" All the courtiers couldn't help but think wildly in their minds.

Yang Jian glanced at Fan Zheng, bowed his head and said, "According to Gonggong Tong's reply, this 200,000 pieces of property is the money paid by the little emperor of Goryeo to buy 2,000 pairs of weapons in the Great Song Dynasty. ”

"200,000 yuan to buy 2,000 weapons."

The Manchu Dynasty was in an uproar, and they all exclaimed, 200,000 guan bought 2,000 pairs of weapons, which is equivalent to about 100 pieces of weapons.

"Fan Zheng, how much does it cost for Da Song to build a pair of equipment!" Zhao Xu asked.

Fan Zheng nodded and said, "Qi Qi Guan, it takes about thirty-five times for the Great Song Dynasty to build a pair of weapons. ”

Hundreds of officials were excited, that is to say, the weapons created by the Great Song Dynasty were sold to Goryeo and earned sixty-five yuan, which was twice the profit, and more importantly, these weapons and armor were eliminated by the Great Song Dynasty, and they could only be used as scrap iron in the Great Song Dynasty.

"Da Song has a million armors? If............. Fan Chun's eyes lit up.

The redundancy of the Great Song Dynasty is serious, and the military is a bottomless gold-swallowing beast, if the Great Song Dynasty sells millions of armor, it will not only allow the Song army to complete the upgrading, but also make a lot of money.

Zeng Bu sneered: "Aren't you afraid that other countries will attack the Great Song Dynasty with the weapons of the Great Song Dynasty in the future?" ”

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "Of course I'm not afraid, because what Fan sold were all weapons eliminated by the Great Song Dynasty, and the weapons of the Great Song Dynasty retained more elite weapons, and the countries that Fan sold were all overseas countries and did not border the Great Song Dynasty, so it would naturally make the Great Song Dynasty safe and worry-free." ”

Many ministers nodded slightly, the current enemy of the Great Song Dynasty is Liaoxia, and the Great Song Dynasty of other countries does not look down on it at all, plus the weapons that are eliminated are not adjacent to the country, so it is natural to ensure the safety of the Great Song Dynasty and earn a lot of money for the Great Song Dynasty.

"And this is not a hammer deal, the Great Song Dynasty sells out ordinary armor, and you can also sell cold forged armor, and even the earth-shaking thunder, as long as the weapons of the Great Song Dynasty keep the lead, not only can you make a lot of money with this, but also make the Great Song Dynasty's force ahead of the world." Fan Zheng said proudly.

"Evil side? This is the evil formula! ”

The Manchu ministers muttered that they wanted to refute Fan Zheng, but the huge benefits of arms trading were in front of them, making it impossible for the Great Song Dynasty, which had been plagued by redundancy, to refuse.

Zhao Xu was also excited, although the issuance of treasury bonds is cool, but in the end it is necessary to repay the money with interest, with the support of maritime and arms transactions, the Great Song Dynasty can issue treasury bonds without any worries, and completely get rid of the trouble of redundancy.

When the entire court was shocked by the results of this mission to the maritime countries, the entire Great Song Dynasty was also shocked.

Dengzhou!

When boxes of money and countless Korean goods were placed on the dock, countless people were attracted to watch.

Most of the ships that chose to return this time were merchant ships that had returned from Goryeo with a full load, and even if there were a few goods, they were resold to other ships.

"The profits of the goods that went to Korea to trade in the Great Song Dynasty were as much as seventy percent."

After a long inventory, the profit of the trip was finally obtained, and suddenly the news spread in the business community of the Great Song Dynasty, and the entire business community rushed to shout.

"Seventy percent profit!"

Countless businessmen exclaimed.

Seventy percent of the profits are not huge profits, but they can't stand the amount of cargo each ship carries.

Suppose a merchant ship's cargo is worth 10,000 yuan, and each ship earns 7,000 yuan!

These 7,000 guan only need to pay 500 guan to the imperial court, and the net profit is 6,500 guan, which is the money that many businessmen can't earn in their lifetime, Goryeo is closer to the Great Song Dynasty, and it only takes about half a month to go back and forth.

Half a month can earn money that others can't earn in a lifetime, and this is the huge profit of maritime trade.

"Seventy percent profit is only the most conservative profit, and if the goods are transported to the cities farther away in Goryeo, or even to Fuso, the profit will be even higher! And it is escorted by the imperial navy, which is enough to ensure safety and worry-free. The merchants swore and said.

Although the original maritime trade is more profitable, the risk is greater, and there are ships that go and have no return, and this seventy percent of the profits are extremely safe.

"This is only the money earned by the goods of the Great Song Dynasty, as well as the goods brought back from Goryeo, among the many goods in Goryeo, Korean ginseng is the best-seller, although the doctor thinks that the effect of Korean ginseng is not as good as Changbai Mountain ginseng, but he is also willing to charge the price of ten years of ginseng, and all the Korean ginseng brought back this time is covered by the doctor." A pharmacist said proudly.

This time, he took a fancy to the pharmaceutical market, first bought a large number of Chinese patent medicines from doctors, sold them to Korea at a high price, and then bought Korean ginseng at a low price and sold them to doctors, making huge profits back and forth.

Countless businessmen regretted that they were distressed by the tax payment of 500 yuan, coupled with the fear of overseas risks, and finally took a slow step and missed the opportunity.

Even the recent Goryeo can get such huge profits, and the profits of Fuso in the farther distance will be higher, and in the future, Tong Guan will have to go to the South Seas and the West, and the profits will be even more profiteering.

At the moment, countless businessmen are secretly determined that they must not miss the next opportunity!

And if you want to follow Tong Guan to the sea, it is not enough to have goods, but more importantly, to have ships, when Tong Guan led the mission to Fusang, the shipbuilding industry of the Great Song Dynasty immediately ushered in a blowout.

Whether it is a government-built ship or a private shipbuilding dock, they have received orders softly.

Among them, Dengzhou, as the northern starting point of the Maritime Silk Road, has ushered in great development, a large number of merchants have settled here, and countless goods have poured into Dengzhou Port, ready to share a piece of the fat of maritime trade.

A month and a half later, when the huge figure of Shenzhou appeared outside Dengzhou Port again, nearly a hundred warships appeared, and behind them, a dense caravan followed.

When the whole Dengzhou Port cheered, Tong went to the East Ocean and made the overseas countries successfully completed.

With the exception of one merchant ship that ran aground on the rocks, all merchant ships returned safely, and each one of them made a lot of profits, proving that the Maritime Silk Road was viable.

When the news reached Kaifeng City, Fan Zheng couldn't help but smile, with the huge benefits of the trip to Goryeo and Fusang, it was enough to drive the development of the Great Song Dynasty's navigational undertakings, and from then on, the Great Song Dynasty may embark on a different path.

"Fan Taicheng is not good, among the ships going to Fusang Country, many sailors have got strange diseases."

Tong Guan sent people to hurry up to 800 li, and rushed to Kaifeng City with 600 li, and sent a secret letter. (End of chapter)