Chapter 1144

"That's right......" Zhao Ji shook his head helplessly. It is for this reason that those courtiers and local officials have written to me, believing that after the Great Song Dynasty has experienced a great war, the strength of the Western Xia has been greatly damaged, and there is nothing to be afraid of, and the northern border of the Northern Liao is now in trouble, and I am afraid that it will not pose a threat to the northern border of our Great Song Dynasty for many years. ”

"So under such circumstances, my Great Song should not be as reckless as in the past. Instead, more energy should be put into the construction of people's livelihood, and now, many local officials have written to the court to hope that their local government will preside over the construction of cement straights, instead of continuing to build one by one by the Ministry of Industry......"

Listening to Zhao Ji's complaints, Wang Yang's face became more and more gloomy, the shamelessness of these guys is really helpless.

"However, Your Majesty has not wavered, but because of this, many of your previous ideas and new ideas have not been able to be implemented for the time being, such as improving the bed crossbow on the sides of my Great Song Dynasty......"

"And the Yuanyou stone throwing machine, the current output does not dare to increase at all, after all, this thing was originally a big project that cost money."

Wang Yang nodded. "It's really hard for Your Majesty, but if you don't increase the funds, Wang wants to add a few more big killing weapons to our Great Song Dynasty, I'm afraid I can only put it on hold for the time being......"

"The big killing weapon, can it be more powerful than the Yuan You crossbow, the Yuan You armor, or the Yuan You stone throwing machine?" Hearing Wang Yang's words, Zhao Ji, who was just bragging about the old driver, couldn't help laughing.

Wang Yang saw Zhao Ji's expression and couldn't help but shake his head slowly. "Those things, hehe, if Wang can really develop those kinds of big killing weapons, compared to these things, it is like how the light of fireflies can compete with the bright moon. Do you say it's awesome? ”

Zhao Ji looked at Wang Yang's extremely serious half, and for a long time, he seemed to realize that Wang Yang didn't mean to brag to himself, as if he was telling a real thing, and couldn't help but take a deep breath, a little unsure.

"Can it really be more powerful than the Yuanyou stone thrower that destroys the city and pulls out the blockage?"

"In front of the new weapon I am about to develop, the Yuanyou stone thrower is also not worth mentioning, whether it is the distance or the destructive power, it is far from comparable." Wang Yang is very sure of the authenticity.

"But for the time being, it needs to be kept secret, after all, if you want to develop such a weapon, it will not happen overnight, and the amount of money that needs to be invested will be in the millions......

Zhao Ji couldn't help but gasp. "So much? But now, the bottom line that His Majesty can keep is only about three million, and if you want to invest so much money to develop it, I'm afraid it is a little impossible. ”

"Since it is no longer possible to throttle expenditure, it is natural to open source." Wang Yang nodded and replied.

"Makes sense, but where does this open source come from? Whether it is the three provinces and six ministries, or the Privy Council, it is impossible to withstand the tremendous pressure and pay an extra copper plate to our ordnance superintendent. Zhao Ji helplessly spread his hands and smiled.

"Therefore, what we need to do is not to ask the court for money, but to learn how to be independent and self-reliant."

"Why does Xiao Wang feel that he doesn't understand this?" Zhao Ji looked at Wang Yang who was talking in front of him a little confused.

"It's just that we don't have that much money, so let's find a way to earn it ourselves. As courtiers, we naturally want to find ways to solve problems for Your Majesty. Instead of once we encounter difficulties, we just know to go to Your Majesty and let Your Majesty figure out a way for us. Wang Yang glared at Zhao Ji and replied.

Zhao Ji's expression suddenly froze, and his gaze directly crossed Wang Yang, but fell behind him, and at this time he noticed that a familiar figure was already standing outside the door of the front hall.

Noticing Zhao Ji's strange appearance, Wang Yang also subconsciously turned his head, and saw Zhao Xu, the son of heaven, smiling, and seemed to be a little embarrassed to lift his placket and walk into the front hall.

"Eleven Lang, Wang Wushan, I didn't disturb your chatting Yaxing, right?"

"The minister (brother) see Your Majesty......" The two hurriedly got up and saluted.

"Okay, okay, all flat, not outsiders, there is no need to be so tight, today's court will disperse early, I am idle and have nothing to do, so I specially went out of the palace to walk around, but I didn't expect to meet the two of you here, it is really fate......" After the Son of Heaven sat down with a smile, he took the white fungus lotus seed soup brought by the people of Duanwang's Mansion and drank a big sip.

The cool and sweet soup flowed into his throat, and the heat seemed to dissipate all of a sudden, making Zhao Xu can't help but stretch his eyebrows.

"I just heard the argument between the two of you about the funding of the ordnance superintendent, Wang Wushan, your thoughts really make me feel refreshed, if you don't mind, it is better to talk about it in detail, I also want to listen to what you said about independence and self-reliance."

"Since Your Majesty has an order, then please forgive Your Majesty for your false words......" Wang Yang smashed his mouth, there were many ideas, Wang Yang could tell Zhao Ji directly without any scruples.

However, if you want to tell Zhao Xu, the Son of Heaven, then you must be reasonable, and you must have a defensible reason to convince the Son of Heaven. In this way, Wang Yang's ideas and concepts can be implemented.

"Weichen thinks that the ministers of the court now want to let most of the court's energy be focused on building the people's livelihood and governing the people's livelihood, and the idea is right, but my Great Song Dynasty can't just take care of the country's peace and security in the country, and forget that my Great Song Dynasty is surrounded by strong enemies, and countless enemies are still eyeing the wealth of our Central Plains."

Zhao Xu, the Son of Heaven, nodded thoughtfully, but his expression looked a little helpless. "But right now, not only the ministers of the court, but even those local officials have also written one after another, and I can't help it......"

"The minister naturally knows your difficulties, Your Majesty, you can maintain the annual expenditure of three million yuan for the Ordnance Supervisor, which is already extremely difficult, if it is increased further, I am afraid that I don't know how much turmoil it will cause in the court, so the minister thinks that the Ordnance Supervisor should not continue to embarrass Your Majesty, but should find a way by himself."

"Figure it out yourself?" Zhao Ji and Zhao Xu both asked in unison.

"It is to let the Ordnance Superintendent set up a department to contact merchants and sell some civilian parts to those civilian traders......"

Zhao Ji and Zhao Xu looked at each other, their expressions seemed to be asking each other, is Wang Wushan crazy for money?

Seeing the gaze of Zhao Xu, the Son of Heaven, Zhao Ji, who understood it, coughed dryly, and threw out two important questions that he could consider.

"Sir, your idea doesn't seem to be appropriate, how can you take out the research and development of the Ordnance Supervision Institute to sell and sell it to civilian traders, this is in the hands of the enemy country, then who can afford this responsibility?"

"What's more, if the ordnance supervisor does this, wouldn't it be suspected of competing with the people for profit?"