Unparalleled Concubine

After sitting down, Li Xin looked at Zhao De with a smile, and asked, "Zhao Jianzheng, how many arrows, knives, guns, and infantry armor are still stored in the armory?"

However, most of the swords and armor weapons of the frontline soldiers come from the Military Weapons Supervision. Of course, a military weapon supervision cannot meet the weapon needs of the entire Dajin. In addition to the Military Weapons Supervision, there are many places in the Dajin that can prepare weapons. However, for decades, it has been recognized that the quality of the sword armor produced by the Military Inspection Department is the best.

However, the Military Weapons Supervisor in the capital is only famous for making knives and armour. There is another "military factory" in the Jin Dynasty, which produces bows, crossbows, spears, etc.

The other military factory is naturally the "general supervisor" in the capital of the old Northern Zhou Dynasty. People in the north are good at shooting, so the bows and crossbows made by that general prison are very powerful. All military generals hope to have a longbow made by the general supervisor in their hands.

The bow from the north comes to the armor from the south. This is the consensus of everyone in Dajin for 40 years.

In fact, it has been more than 40 years. When the North and the South faced each other, the characteristics of the Southern Jin and the Northern Zhou were a little epitome of the characteristics of the two countries. It was just that the Northern Zhou, who was good at shooting and cavalry, was beaten to death by a reckless man named Ye Cheng.

Zhao De bowed his head and said in a deep voice: "Returning to Lord Li, in the past few years, there has been no large-scale war in the Great Jin Dynasty, from five years ago until now, so there are not many armors in the military prison, only less than [-] There are about [-] pairs of knives and crossbows, and [-] arrows can be drawn out."

Li Xin frowned, and said, "Is there only so much reserves in the military prison?"

Emperor Taikang had already started to prepare the money and food for the war three years ago, as well as the materials that needed to be prepared, so logically speaking, the Military Weapons Supervision should also start producing related military materials early, which is unreasonable until now , just such a little thing.

Zhao De smiled wryly and said, "Master Hou, our Military Armament Supervision does not have any funds from the Ministry of Accounts, so it would be nice to have these reserves. There are no documents at the Ministry of War, and the Military Armament Supervision can't even afford iron ore..."

Li Xin frowned slightly, feeling a little strange.

But he still had to do what had to be done.

"The Ministry of War wants all your things."

Li Xin waved his hand grandly, and said, "Calculate how much it will cost, come to my house tomorrow and tell me, and then send someone to my house to move the money. We need [-] sets of armor and [-] arrows."

"This is only a temporary need. His Majesty should give an order to the Military Supervisor later."

This first batch of supplies was to be given to Yunzhou City. If the war in the north really started, the 300 million coins would definitely not be enough.

Li Xin once estimated that if he wanted to take down the Yuwen tribes, if all went well, he would have to invest at least 3000 million yuan to do so!

Zhao De took a deep breath, stood up from the chair, and respectfully said: "Your officer, obey!"

Li Xin also stood up from his seat, glanced at the craftsmen who were working outside, and said indifferently: "Zhao Jianzheng, I know that the Military Weapons Supervision has the rules of the Military Weapons Supervision. Don't ask, but I remind Zhao Jianzheng that this is a matter that His Majesty personally confessed, you can take money, but don't go too far."

"At least half of the military inspector's income must actually go to the craftsmen, because the imperial court will need large-scale military weapons from today onwards. Does Zhao inspector understand?"

During the period of Emperor Wu, all the income of the Military Weapons Supervision was distributed to the craftsmen, but even the best rules would change. After decades, the current Military Weapons Supervision is no longer what it used to be.

Zhao De's heart trembled, and he bowed his head respectfully.

"Your officer, please remember Lord Hou's teachings!"

Chapter 670 The Elders Called

The world is not black and white. In fact, almost no one is pure black or pure white. Most people live in gray, but some people are more white and some are more black.

If you want to live well in this world, you have to adapt to this gray area.

Li Xin probably knows what the current military supervisor looks like. Zhao Jianzheng, who is polite in front of him, looks different in front of those craftsmen, deducting wages, taking kickbacks from iron mines, etc. He has done most of the things that can make money. Of course, it is inevitable to send money to the officials and gentlemen of the Ministry of War. After all, the money for the Military Weapons Supervision must flow from the Ministry of War.

With Li Xin's current status, it was only a matter of one sentence to replace Zhao De, but he was too lazy to do it, after all, it was not his business.

This is something the emperor should manage.

There are too many injustices in the world, and Li Xin can't handle them, and he won't handle them until his bottom line is touched.

However, a verbal reminder is still necessary, at least Zhao De must be restrained a little on this matter, otherwise the matter will fail, and he, Minister of the Ministry of War, will lose face.

Zhao De respectfully sent Li Xin to the gate of the Military Weapons Supervision.

Sitting in the carriage driven by Chen Shiliu, Li Xin closed his eyes again.

This matter is very strange. If the emperor had started preparing for the Northern Expedition three years ago, it is impossible for the military supervisor to remain silent until now. At least there should be a lot of reserves.

But the military inspector here in the capital just had no reserves. If Zhao De hadn't deceived himself, then...

Li Xin took a deep breath and glanced to the north.

Well, in the general prison in the old Northern Zhou capital to the north, most of the weapons have already piled up like a mountain.

Wanting to understand this point, Li Xin let out a sigh of relief and stopped worrying about this matter. After all, the matter of the Northern Expedition was not his business alone. What he had to do now was to do a good job in the Ministry of War.

The Military Weapons Supervisor has already settled the matter, and the other thing is the purchase of Zhurong wine. The Yujiu Division in charge of brewing Zhurong wine is a royal business. At present, one of the eight eunuchs in the inner court should be taking care of it. Since it is the emperor's own business , then things will be much easier, just give them a little money and let them send the wine to the Ministry of War.

Anyway, it is impossible for the Ministry of War to buy wine from the Yujiu Division at the market price. At this price, it is not possible to sell it or not.

If you don't sell my Ministry of War, you don't want it.

As long as Li Xin maintains this attitude, it is impossible for Yujiu Si to refuse to accept softness. After all, it is their boss who is going to fight the north, and it is not Li Xin's military department who is going to fight the north.

After finishing the military affairs, Li Xin went back to Jing'an Hou Mansion. When he walked to the gate of the mansion, he saw that the people from the Habayashi Guard had already started to move money to his home. Obviously, the note Li Xin wrote to Xie Dai It worked.

In other words, the Ministry of Finance gave face.

Lord Jing'an narrowed his eyes, and walked towards Xie Dai who was directing with his hands behind his back.

"General Xie Lang, has the household department issued the money?"

Xie Dai hurriedly turned his head, and said respectfully: "Go back to Lord Hou, the household department has already allocated the money, at the latest tomorrow afternoon, the juniors will be able to count the amount clearly."

Li Xin patted Xie Dai on the shoulder and smiled slightly: "Well done."

"Tomorrow afternoon, the people from the Military Armament Supervisor will come back to the Marquis' Mansion to collect the money. I will trouble Xie Lang to hand over the money to them. As for the armor, knives and crossbows of the Military Armament Supervisor, I will also let the Military Weapon Supervisor prepare them." , When the money here is settled, I will ask Xie Lang to take the four hundred brothers and escort them to Yunzhou City."

Speaking of this, Li Xin said with a smile: "However, with so many things, one of your captain's battalions is probably not enough. I will tell His Majesty later that you, the right battalion of the Habayashi Guard, escort these things to the north."

Xie Dai was dumbfounded.

He looked at Li Xin in a daze, and asked blankly: "Master Li, shouldn't people from the Ministry of War do these things... Why do I have to send my Habayashi guards to escort the military supplies..."

Li Xin didn't blush, and said lazily: "This matter has already offended the Ministry of War, so why don't you bother those gentlemen of the Ministry of War, and let Habayashi guard do it by himself, so don't worry."

"Why, Xie Lang will not want to?"

Xie Dai shook his head again and again, and said, "No...it's just a little sudden."

Lord Jing'an said with a smile: "It's a good thing to go to the north. At the beginning, I was ordered to escort things to Yunzhou City. After returning, I was promoted to a higher level. Xie Lang will wait for him to come back from the north. It's General Habayashi Wei Zhonglang."

Xie Dai smiled wryly, bowed his head to Li Xin and said, "Thank you for your kind words, Lord Hou."

Li Xin smiled and went into his home with his hands behind his back.

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In the early morning of the next day, when Li Xin had just finished standing up and was about to sit down and rest for a while, a servant in the Hou's mansion sent an invitation to Li Xin.