Super Smuggling System

There are also consumptions in other areas.

Take a Mo Dao as an example, the New Book of Tang records: Xing Yijia holds a Mo Dao weighing fifteen catties and rides the city.The thieves are about to enter, and with one stroke of the knife, several people die, and the thieves are all frightened.

That is to say, a Mo knife weighs fifteen catties, and the fifteen catties here is not the modern fifteen catties.

It is from the Tang Dynasty.

One catty in the Tang Dynasty was equivalent to 660 six grams in modern times, and fifteen catties was equivalent to ten kilograms.

Ten thousand Mo knives require one hundred tons of steel, although there will be a lot of discrepancies.

However, the specific figures will not be much different.

It takes one hundred tons of steel to carry [-] Modao alone, but the Tang Dynasty does not only have the Modao as a weapon.

There are other weapons that require steel.

Calculated in this way, [-] tons of steel is no different from a drop in the bucket for Datang's army.

This is why Li Er agreed to Li Mu's request, and the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households also nodded in agreement.

Three provinces also expressed support for the cause.

Because if Li Mu can really provide the army with fine steel weapons, it will not only improve the overall combat effectiveness of the army.

It is also possible to minimize the casualties of soldiers on the battlefield.

In this way, it can also deter those enemies who are just around the corner.

After all, in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, the monarchs and ministers who stood at the pinnacle of power in this era, whether they were civil servants or military generals.

They have all experienced the battlefield of life and death.

Even Li Er's right-hand man, Fang Mou Duan, who is a counselor, has been on the battlefield once.

They still have a high degree of approval for improving the overall strength of Datang's army.

Now Datang does not have that kind of thinking that emphasizes literature over military affairs.

Finally, during the drinking tea of ​​Li Mu, Du Ruhui and Sun Wuji, the plan for the Ministry of War to purchase weapons was preliminarily finalized.

The Ministry of War plans to purchase [-] Mo Dao and [-] Heng Dao at one time.

It is used by the Ministry of War to test whether the weapons provided by Li Mu are good or bad.

"Okay, the next thing is not the old man's." After speaking, Du Ruhui picked up his opened bag of tea and left the negotiating table.

Du Ruhui felt that if he didn't leave, that old guy, Changsun, would definitely take half of his tea leaves.

Although he had revealed the quantity of purchased weapons in advance, he believed that someone as cunning as the eldest grandson Wuji would not benefit the other party too much.

Du Ruhui leisurely followed the method demonstrated by Li Mu and went to drink tea.

Only Changsun Wuji and Li Mu were left at the scene, one big and one small, two inefficient lamps.

Because of his good impression of Li Mu for rescuing his sister, Changsun Wuji didn't intend to embarrass Li Mu too much, so he asked first.

"Since the Ministry of War has given the purchase quantity, I don't know how the price set by the naturalized viscount is. You might as well tell me and listen."

"Mo Dao is four taels of gold, and Heng Dao is two taels of gold."

This figure was calculated by Li Mu in his mind, and the reason for the gold purification was also included in it. However, the price also has a range.

If Li Mu offered an actual low price as soon as he came up, there would be no room for bargaining.

Similarly, if the price given is too high, the negotiations that have not yet started may break up on bad terms.

Although the Ministry of War has already made a purchase order, it would be useless without the Ministry of Households appropriating the money.

Changsun Wuji, who was drinking tea, nodded secretly in his heart. The price is not too expensive, and it is reasonable.

After all, a good iron knife in Datang now costs two thousand coins, which is equivalent to about three coins in gold.

Changsun Wuji has seen that the sword that Li Mu gave to Li Zhi, it can be said that there is not a single crack when it is cut with a good iron knife.Still able to stay sharp.

It is indeed a sword.

Coupled with the dagger that Li Daozong showed him, Changsun Wuji somewhat agreed to the price.

However, due to the responsibility of the Minister of the Household Department, he still has to suppress the price.

"It's too expensive, and the household department can't afford so much gold. Calculated in this way, the household department will have to provide a total of 6 taels of gold."

Changsun Wuji knew that this was just a tentative purchase by the Ministry of War.

If the weapons provided by Li Mu are really as good as they say, the Ministry of War will definitely purchase them in large quantities in the future.

If the price is not suppressed at this time, even if the Ministry of Finance has a large stock of gold, it will not be able to withstand the large-scale purchase of weapons by the Ministry of War.

"I don't know, what price does Master Changsun plan to offer?" Li Mu planned to hand over the pricing power to the other party.

"Modao one or two." Changsun Wuji thought for a while and then said: "Hengdao five coins in gold."

"No, in this way, I don't even have enough travel expenses. If this is the case, I might as well not make this deal with the Ministry of War."

Li Mu waved his hand, as if wanting to give up.

"Naturalized Viscount, is it a deal? You have to talk about it. If you think the price I offer is unacceptable, you can ask for it." Changsun Wuji smiled.

In the following, the two fought each other, and both sides lost a lot of words.

In the end, the Ministry of Finance tried to purchase a batch of military standard weapons from Li Mu at the price of two taels of gold for Mo Dao and one tael of gold for Heng Dao, totaling 3 taels of gold.

Li Mu was very satisfied with the price, and Changsun Wujida also achieved his goal.

After all the negotiations were over, Li Mu remembered the matter of his five hundred households.

Chapter 59 Mel departs

In the case of paying for a bag of tea as well.

Li Mu got his wish and changed the back cover near Chang'an City to Shoushan Township under Min County, Quanzhou, Jiangnan Road.

In addition to these, Li Mu also asked the Ministry of War for a document or something, and temporarily seconded [-] soldiers from the twelve guards.

It is used to go to Shoushan Township with Mei Er, Li Mu's naturalized viscount fief.

Du Ruhui, who was originally the minister of the Ministry of War, disagreed, but under Li Mu's repeated insistence.