Li Hao frowned when he heard this, in the eyes of the Tang people, the Japanese from the lord to the minister were indeed very respectful to the Tang Dynasty, and put on a kneeling and licking posture, but Li Hao knew that this was a despicable race, and it could be seen from their actions that although these Japanese were just some idle ronins and fleeing warriors, but after they came to the Tang Dynasty, they directly robbed and killed, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there has never been a barbarian people of different races in the Fan State who dare to treat the people of the Tang Dynasty like this, they are simply robbers, which is essentially speaking, The humanity of this race is problematic.

Those Japanese warlords rebelled immediately after getting weapons and food, what does this mean, it shows that they are very greedy, this greed has no end, from the people to the lord, it is basically the same, it is not an individual phenomenon, this may be their cultural customs, it cannot be changed at all, if they are strong enough, there will definitely be greater greed, greedy enough to want to get involved in the Tang Dynasty, this is the Japanese people.

But these are what Li Hao thinks in his heart, he can't use this reason to persuade Li Shimin and his ministers to target the Wa State, in fact, he also wants to lead troops to the Wa State to quell the chaos, and then take the opportunity to colonize there, but the problem is that the geographical environment of the Wa State is too bad, since he went to the Wa State a few years ago, he has canceled the colonial plan, not to mention the poor soil, there are often powerful natural disasters such as tsunamis and earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, these natural disasters are very terrible in the future world, not human can resist, especially earthquakes, A major earthquake is simply a catastrophe.

Colonizing the Japanese state is simply asking for hardship, and there is really no need for that. Besides, Li Hao's current power has not yet reached the point of doing whatever he wants, even if he wants to colonize Japan, Li Shimin will not allow it, and the ministers will oppose it.

It doesn't matter if you can't colonize the Wa Kingdom, now Li Shimin is still thinking about sending troops to help the Wa State quell the chaos, Li Hao is very unhappy, he pondered for a moment, slowly raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, our Tang Dynasty Navy has been taken by General Xue Rengui to conquer Goguryeo, there are no ships, how to transport soldiers, horses, grain and grass to help the Wa State quell the chaos?" ”

Li Shimin said: "I have already thought about this, Xue Rengui sent a war report two days ago, the land and water armies have surrounded Pyongyang, and now the 50,000 remnants of Goguryeo are holding Pyongyang City, there are still a few months before the winter, and Xue Rengui has enough grain and grass, enough for Xue Rengui to capture Goguryeo, I plan to send a holy decree to Xue Rengui, ordering him to take a ship to transport troops directly to the Wa Kingdom after conquering Goguryeo." ”

"Your Majesty!" Li Hao suddenly shouted, "The minister respectfully asks Your Majesty to dispel the idea of aiding the Japanese State, listen to the minister's words, my Datang experienced a catastrophe of the Tubo attack on the exchange of last year and the year before last, and now I have just taken a breath, Your Majesty wants to spend troops and financial resources to aid the Japanese State, but I don't know that although my Datang is strong, there are many people who peep into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and Tubo is even more majestic on the snowy plateau, eyeing my Datang, the minister wants to ask Your Majesty, whether the revenge of Tubo's invasion of Chang'an will be avenged?" ”

Li Hao's words are very tough, with a hint of irony, Li Shimin is not very comfortable to listen to, but he has to listen to it if he is uncomfortable, Li Hao said very reasonably, he has just lived a good life, and he has not yet figured out his own affairs, so he wants to take care of other people's affairs.

Li Shimin thought that Gardongzan almost led the troops to capture the Taiji Palace, he was angry from his heart, and secretly gritted his teeth, he fought all his life, conquered the world, and was respected by the world as the Khan of the Heavens, but in his later years he suffered such a shameful humiliation, how could he bear this breath, the great revenge of Tubo is bound to be avenged.

Although Li Shimin was annoyed, his mind was still very sober, and he said helplessly: "The revenge of Tibet is naturally revenged, but we have a national letter contract with the Japanese state, and now that the Japanese country has suffered a catastrophe, if we sit idly by and ignore it, won't we be untrustworthy?" And the ministers won't agree. ”

Li Hao said: "Your Majesty, we can support the weapons of the Wa State, the minister in Qiongnan when he studied a new metallurgical method, the metallurgical efficiency has been increased by dozens of times or even a hundred times, and the high-grade steel can be quickly smelted, we only need to recruit more craftsmen, build weapons and sell them to the lord of the Wa State, and by the way, sell some old grain to the Wa State, which is also a kind of aid, and can make a lot of money, Your Majesty, the minister has heard that the Wa State has found many silver mines in recent years, and the silver mines are exploited on a large scale, and the domestic silver is flooded, and they are not short of money. ”

"Well......" Li Shimin nodded again and again when he heard this, and said slowly, "This is a good idea, but now you are going to the coastal area to resist the Japanese invaders, where is there time for metallurgy, the metallurgical skills you mentioned should be difficult." ”

"It's very difficult to return to Your Majesty." Li Hao said solemnly, "But Your Majesty can rest assured, the ministers will leave some craftsmen in the minister's mansion, and it was these craftsmen and ministers who created this new metallurgical method together, and they will also forge the most suitable sword for the Japanese people." ”

"Really?" Li Shimin looked at Li Hao in surprise, he wanted to ask Li Hao, why he didn't report it after researching a new metallurgical method, but he thought about it, now Li Hao is no longer a scientific research temple, the technology he has researched by himself naturally belongs to him, he is willing to dedicate it, that is his selfless dedication, if he wants to use it to make money, even as an emperor, he can't force it.

Li Shimin asked slowly: "Poet maniac, what do you want ......?"

He just wanted to ask Li Hao if he wanted to dedicate the metallurgical method, Li Hao suddenly said: "Your Majesty, please hand over this matter to the minister, the minister is planning to build a metallurgical plant in the near future, but the minister is not allowed to forge weapons privately, this is a big crime, so the minister asks His Majesty to allow the minister to forge weapons in batches, specifically for sale to the Japanese state, Your Majesty can send someone to supervise, and the minister is willing to donate half of the money to the treasury." ”

Li Hao's request is a bit big, private forging weapons, this is unprecedented, but Li Hao's last sentence is very tempting to Li Shimin, half of the income will be donated to the treasury, I don't know how much it will be, Li Shimin asked: "Then you estimate, forging 50,000 weapons to the Wa Kingdom, how much can it be sold?" ”

Li Hao calculated a little and said, "Your Majesty, a minister's knife sells for twenty guan, and fifty thousand knives are ten million." ”

"Hiss-" Li Shimin gasped when he heard this, 10 million guan, if you get half of it, it will be 5 million guan, what kind of concept is this, Li Shimin asked in disbelief, "So much?" What kind of knives are you selling and why...... So expensive? ”

Li Hao said: "Back to Your Majesty, that is a kind of knife that is most suitable for the use of the Japanese people, the forging process is very rare, a knife sells for twenty times, it is not expensive at all, the lord of the Japanese country is not short of money now, but they must lack weapons, lack of food, and there is a shortage of them, so they will definitely buy it, and they will thank us, we will sell weapons and food to them, and the income will definitely be far more than 10 million!" ”

Li Shimin fell into a state of silence when he heard this, Li Hao's words made his heart move too much, so much money is simply astronomical, if the imperial court has this huge amount of money, it can do a lot of things for the people, this money can be used to build roads, can be used to build water conservancy, can be used to reclaim panic fields, and can be used to repair canals......

Li Shimin is not a saint, and he doesn't want to damage his national strength to help other countries, although the Wa State is nominally his sub-country, but he has not yet received any benefits from the Wa State, and it is just a false name, he thinks more about his own people, so after he pondered for a long time, he nodded and said: "Okay, poet maniac, I am allowed to play what you play, I hope you have not deceived me." ”

Li Hao excitedly clasped his fists and saluted: "How dare the minister bully the king!" ”

"How many craftsmen do you need me to assign to you?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the more the merrier."

Li Shimin smiled slightly when he heard this, and asked, "Is three thousand enough?" ”

Li Hao nodded and said confidently: "It's enough, within a month, the blast furnace can be completed, within forty-five days, 50,000 knives can be completed, and there are dozens of large merchant ships that can transport weapons and grain to the Wa Kingdom for sale." ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he said again and again: "With business to help each other, your method is a strange coincidence, not only can you win people's favors, but also make a lot of money, wonderful!" ”

Li Hao smiled lightly when he heard this, and secretly thought in his heart: Kindness? Hehe, it's a joke, will the Japanese people know how to be grateful? Don't make a fuss, I used to sell so many knives and grain to the warlords of the Japanese State, and this time I can finally sell knives and food to the Japanese court with a swagger, this is the biggest fish of the Japanese State, not only can I make a good profit, but also maintain the balance of power of the Japanese State, so that they can continue to fight, the population of the Japanese State is already small, and I will fight for a few more years, hehe...... It is estimated that there are tens of thousands of people left in a country, hehe......

Li Hao lowered his head, and a bad smile appeared on his face again, every time he laughed badly, it showed that he was going to cheat people, and someone would inevitably be unlucky, this time it was a country that was going to be unlucky, and the entire country was going to be unlucky.

This time, Li Daozong was basically a foil, and he didn't say a few words from beginning to end, basically Li Hao was chatting with Li Shimin, but after Li Hao left, Li Shimin asked Li Daozong to stay in the Ganlu Palace, as for what the two of them said, Li Hao didn't know.

After returning home, Li Hao immediately ordered someone to summon the craftsmen over, these craftsmen were brought by him from Liuqiu and Qiongnan, all of them are senior technicians, they are experienced in building blast furnaces and forging knives, of course, Li Hao's knife is the kind of knife that has done hands and feet, otherwise how could he try his best to ask Li Shimin to give him this task, sell knives to the Japanese people, how can he sell good knives.

Li Hao gave an order, his land and sea business empire began to get busy, began to raise materials everywhere, Li Hao drew the drawings of the steel mill and blast furnace overnight, and sent people to Luoyang to select a site, this time the steel mill is located in Luoyang, just on the edge of the Yellow River, because steelmaking requires a large number of mines, and in this era, the transportation on land is too simple, and if you want to transport ore, it is naturally more efficient to ship it.

Money can make the ghost grind, this sentence is still very reasonable, when Li Hao smashed hundreds of thousands of runs, the steel mill in Luoyang has begun to be built in full swing, all kinds of ore and coal have been transported to Luoyang through the Yellow River, and tens of thousands of pickers and horses will be transported to the steel mill.