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Chapter 1135 Isn't it suspected of competing with the people for profit? (first update)
Chapter 1144

"That's right..." Zhao Ji shook his head helplessly. "It is for this reason that those courtiers and local officials have written letters, thinking that after the Great Song Dynasty has experienced a great war, Xixia's strength has been greatly damaged, and there is nothing to fear, and the Beiliao is now in trouble in the north. I am afraid that it will take many years. None of them will pose a threat to the northern border of our Song Dynasty."

"So under such circumstances, our Great Song Dynasty should not be as aggressive as in the past. Instead, we should focus more on the improvement of people's livelihood, and now, many local officials have written to the court to hope that the They came up to preside over the construction of straight cement roads, instead of continuing to let the Ministry of Industry build slowly one by one..."

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

"However, Your Majesty has never wavered. However, because of this, many of your previous ideas and new ideas, sir, have been temporarily unable to be implemented, such as improving the bed crossbows in the Song Dynasty..."

"There is also the Yuanyou stone-throwing machine. The production volume is not increased at all. After all, this thing was originally a big project that consumes money."

Wang Yang nodded. "It's really embarrassing for His Majesty. However, if there is no increase in funds, Wang's idea of ​​adding a few more powerful weapons for our Great Song Dynasty may only be shelved for the time being..."

"Big killer, can it be more powerful than Yuanyou crossbow, Yuanyou armor, or the Yuanyou stone throwing machine?" Hearing Wang Yang's words, Zhao Ji, who just thought it was the old driver's bragging, couldn't help it. laughed.

Seeing Zhao Ji's expression, Wang Yang couldn't help shaking his head slowly. "Those things, hehe, if Wang can really develop those big killers, compared with them, these things are just like the light of a firefly, how can it compete with the bright moon. Do you think it's powerful or not? ?”

Zhao Ji looked at Wang Yang's extremely serious picture for a long time. After a long time, he seemed to realize that Wang Yang didn't mean to brag to himself. He breathed a sigh of relief, a little uncertain.

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

"The Yuanyou Trebuchet is not worth mentioning compared to the new weapons I am planning to develop. It is far from comparable in terms of length and destructive power." Wang Yang said with great certainty.

"But it needs to be kept secret for the time being. After all, developing such a weapon cannot be achieved overnight, and the funds required to be invested are in the millions..."

Zhao Ji couldn't help but gasped. "So much? But now, the bottom line that His Majesty can hold is only about 300 million guns. If you want to invest so much property in research and development, I'm afraid it's a bit impossible."

"Since we can no longer reduce expenditure, we must naturally increase revenue." Wang Yang nodded and replied.

"It makes sense, but where does the open source come from? Whether it is the three provinces and six ministries, or the Privy Council, it is impossible to bear the huge pressure and pay an extra copper to our military supervisor." Zhao Ji spread out helplessly. Hands smiled.

"So, what we military supervisors 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 quite understand what he said?" Zhao Ji looked at Wang Yang, who was speaking eloquently, in confusion.

"It's just that we don't have that much money, so we should find ways to earn it ourselves. As courtiers, we naturally want to find ways to solve your majesty's problems. Instead of just going to your majesty when we encounter difficulties, Let Your Majesty come up with a solution for us." Wang Yang replied after glaring at Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji's expression froze immediately, and his eyes passed Wang Yang directly, but fell behind him. Only then did he notice that a familiar figure had already stood outside the front hall door at some point .

Noticing Zhao Ji's strangeness, Wang Yang also turned his head subconsciously, and saw the emperor Zhao Xu smiling, lifted his front skirt and walked into the front hall in embarrassment.

"Eleventh Lang, Wang Wushan, I'm not disturbing your interest in chatting, am I?"

"My brother, please see your majesty..." The two quickly stood up and bowed in front of him.

"Okay, okay, I'm all flat, I'm not an outsider, there's no need to be so tight, the court meeting ended early today, and I have nothing to do when I'm free, so I went out of the palace to walk around, I didn't expect to meet you two here Man, it is really fate..." After sitting down with a smile on his face, the Son of Heaven took a big gulp of the tremella and lotus seed soup served by the servants of Prince Duan's Mansion.

The cool and sweet soup flowed down his throat, and the heat seemed to dissipate in an instant, making Zhao Xu's brows stretched out involuntarily.

"I just heard the debate between the two of you about the funding of the Military Weapons Supervision. Wang Wushan, your thoughts really make me feel refreshed. If you don't mind, why not talk about it in detail, I also want to listen to you. independence, self-reliance."

"Since your Majesty has an order, please forgive me for speaking nonsense..." Wang Yang smacked his lips. He had many ideas. Wang Yang could tell Zhao Ji directly without any scruples.

However, if you want to tell the emperor Zhao Xu, you must have a reason, and you must have a tenable reason to convince the emperor.Only in this way can Wang Yang's ideas and concepts be implemented.

"I think that the ministers and workers in the court want to let most of the energy of the court be devoted to building and managing the people's livelihood. The idea is right, but my Song Dynasty can't just focus on domestic affairs. The country is peaceful and the people are safe, but we have forgotten that our Song Dynasty is surrounded by powerful enemies, and countless enemies are still eyeing the wealth of our Central Plains."

Emperor Zhao Xu nodded in agreement, but his expression seemed a little helpless. "But right now, not only the ministers and workers in the court, but also those local officials have written letters one after another. There is nothing I can do..."

"Of course I know your Majesty's difficulties. It is already extremely difficult for you to maintain the annual expenditure of 300 million yuan for the weapons inspection. If you increase it further, I'm afraid you don't know how much trouble it will cause in the court, so , I believe that the Ordnance Inspector should not continue to embarrass Your Majesty, but should find a solution on his own."

"Think of it yourself?" Zhao Ji and Zhao Xu both asked at the same time.

"It is to let the Military Weapons Supervision set up a department to contact businessmen and sell some civilian parts to those private traders..."

Brother Zhao Ji and Zhao Xu looked at each other, their expressions seemed to be asking each other, is Wang Wushan crazy about money?
Seeing the gaze cast by the emperor Zhao Xu, Zhao Ji, who understood, coughed dryly, and then raised two important issues that he could consider.

"Sir, your idea doesn't seem appropriate. How can you guys who have developed it at the Military Weapons Supervision Institute sell it to vendors and private traders? If it falls into the hands of the enemy, who can bear the responsibility?"

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

(End of this chapter)