Yuan Fang scratched his head and asked Yang Xing: "Your Highness, didn't you say that your Wufu character was sold for a lot of money?" How much was sold? ”

Yang Xing said a little proudly: "The first one is 10,000 taels, and the second one is 30,000 taels." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Yuan Fang was shocked: "Damn, so much, I heard it right, right?" Yang Xing smiled proudly, he smiled proudly, although he knew that the real value was not the handwriting itself, but he was still very happy to be able to sell it for so much money.

Yuan Fang's eyes lit up, at the beginning, Qin Cao only needed one hundred taels in order to buy back the ancestral house, forty thousand taels of silver, which was a huge amount of money, but after everyone's discussion, Yuan Fang was very frustrated, forty thousand taels of silver is a huge amount of money for individuals, but it is just a drop in the bucket for an army, Yuan Fang did not give up, and thought about using the forty thousand taels to do something first, even if he bought some military uniforms and weapons first, but after listening to Wei Chigang's quotation of one substance, Yuan Fang found that forty thousand taels of silver could not do anything, Only the cheapest military flag can be replaced.

Yuan Fang was very disappointed, and Yang Xing proposed when he saw this: "Why don't I write a few more words and sell them?" ”

Yang Xing's proposal was opposed by everyone, Wufu, as the name suggests, there are only five, there are so many opportunities, Wei Chigang has already arranged it, and the third auction will start in two months, if it is sold in advance, it will not get the due effect and income, it is really worth the loss, and once this thing is more, it will be even less valuable, so the quantity and time must be strictly controlled.

Yuan Fang was silent, his mind kept flashing Wei Chigang's quotation, compared with the market price he knew, it was not better, and Yuan Fang's brows furrowed tighter in comparison.

Yuan Fang looked at Wei Chigang and frowned and asked, "Just now you said that a war knife costs five taels of silver, and leather armor costs nearly ten taels, is this price too high?" As far as I know, it only costs less than one tael of silver to build an ordinary chai knife, even if the material of the war knife is more demanding and the materials needed are better, it won't take five taels of silver, right? There is also leather armor, which is to put it bluntly, it is made of concocted animal skin, and there are some animal skins in the market, and the price is not high, so does it require so much manual cost? ”

As if he had known that Yuan Fang would ask such a question, Wei Chigang immediately replied: "This price is set by the Ordnance Administration under the Imperial Air Bureau, and the price of all armaments is the same. Wei Chigang knew that Yuan Fang was a dirt bun who didn't know anything, and then briefly explained the process of making weapons.

After listening to Wei Chigang's narration, Yuan Fang suddenly realized that the Imperial Weapons Forging Agency was responsible for the establishment of armor bureaus, bow bureaus, arrow bureaus, string bureaus, miscellaneous bureaus and other ordnance workshops in various states, counties, and counties across the country.

Yuan Fang pondered for a moment: "Do you have to go to the Ordnance Department to customize?" ”

Wei Chigang was stunned, he had never thought about this problem, all along, the weapons of the empire were made by the Ordnance Administration, and it was forbidden for the people to forge weapons privately, otherwise they would be punished by law, but now it seems to be a little different, Yang Xing is the third highness, the future lord of the empire, so whether he can break the city rules and find another way, this Wei Chigang is not clear.

Wei Chigang didn't speak, Yuan Fang smiled and said, "That is to say, we can find a place to do it ourselves, and we don't necessarily have to spend a lot of money to find the Ordnance Department." ”

Wei Chigang hesitated for a while: "Also, maybe." ”

Yuan Fang looked at Yang Xing: "What do you think?" ”

Yang Xing thought for a moment and said: "I think this is a good idea, those small workshops can forge high-quality weapons, so why should we spend money to find the Ordnance Department?" ”

Chang Xun opened his mouth and said: "Your Highness, the imperial regulations do not allow individual workshops to forge weapons without permission, in order to strengthen the management of weapons, otherwise if it spreads in large quantities, it will affect the security of various places. ”

Yuan Fang and Yang Xing glanced at each other and smiled, Chang Xun was right, but could he really control it? When he was in Phantom Yu County before, Luo Siping, the bandit leader, didn't run around with weapons, and those minions under his command didn't have one or two weapons? There are also those bandits in Heifeng Mountain, Yuan Fang didn't see them carrying wooden sticks to rob.

Yuan Fang smiled disapprerovingly and said, "The law still has to be obeyed, but what if it is an order from the Third Highness?" Then it's not forged privately, besides, we don't want weapons and armor for private use, it's for the empire, in order to equip the imperial army, there's nothing wrong with that, I think this thing can work. ”

Yang Xing nodded and said, "That is, does the empire have a rule that military equipment must be manufactured by the Ordnance Administration?" ”

Wei Chigang thought about it and shook his head and said, "That's not true." ”

Yuan Fang spread his hands: "Isn't this enough." ”

Wei Chigang reminded: "However, most of the iron mines are controlled by the empire, and those small workshops can't get enough iron. ”

Yuan Fang smiled: "If one is not enough, then find a few more, if it really doesn't work, there will be a hundred, a thousand, I don't believe that a blacksmith shop doesn't even have iron for ten or eight war knives." ”

Yuqing looked at Yang Xing and Yuan Fang and said, "Your Highness, Doctor Yuan, in fact, it is not difficult to get enough iron. ”

Yuan Fang became interested when he heard this: "Oh? What can you do? ”

Yuqing replied: "After the first two times His Highness's Wufu characters were sold, they attracted a lot of wealthy businessmen, and they can be said to have hands and eyes, if they are willing to help, I believe there should be no problem in getting some iron." ”

Yuan Fang's eyes lit up, and he patted his thigh and said: "That's right, those businessmen, especially big businessmen, all have the ability to wield the eight extremes and control the sea, if they are willing to help with this little thing, it will be a piece of cake." ”

Wei Chigang had never thought about this kind of thing before, so he was a little confused for a while, but when Yuan Fang and Yang Xing said this, coupled with Yuqing's proposal, he also had a general idea in his mind: "If this is the case, this matter is very feasible." ”

Yuan Fang looked at Yang Xing: "Then it's decided?" ”

Yang Xing nodded: "It's decided, steel pipe, you will send someone to the county town to talk to those merchants in a while." ”

Yuan Fang shook his head and said, "I think so, let's invite them over, Your Highness, you will tell them in person." ”

Yang Xing was stunned: "You don't need it, right?" ”

Yuan Fang shook his head: "You think, why are those businessmen willing to spend a lot of money to buy your words?" Don't want to have a relationship with you, the future emperor? What is the purpose of having a relationship with you? Of course, they hope to be able to have a career, money, which is no longer the most important thing for them, and power is what they want. Your Highness, if you summon them in person and promise them some benefits, they will definitely do their best to help us, to put it mildly, as long as they can get what they want, they are willing to fight even if they are bankrupt. ”