Chapter 74 Your Majesty, this forced pretender, was a little caught off guard
When the household official asked this question, he looked up and saw a wicked smile on His Majesty's face.
I just felt my asshole tightening. This time it must be a big expense. Otherwise, His Majesty would definitely not call them all to talk about it with such a big fanfare!
Changsun Wuji and Du Ruhui on the side also showed strange smiles.
Your Majesty is your Majesty, this trick is really powerful!
"Uh-huh, your Majesty, I wonder how much your Majesty spent on purchasing this repeating crossbow?"
"Oh, not much, not much."
Li Er waved one hand and stretched out two fingers with the other hand.
"Ah, Your Majesty, these repeating crossbows cost 200 pieces?"
Hearing what the Minister of Household Affairs said, Li Er's old face instantly dropped.
200 strings?
200 arrows are not enough for you to buy an arrow.
Seeing His Majesty's face turn so ugly, the household official's eyes widened immediately.
"Your Majesty, these things won't cost 2,000 guan, right?"
Just now they asked about the price of this repeating crossbow, and His Majesty held out two fingers.
They knew that according to His Majesty's intention, it could never be two strings, or 20 strings, so they just said 200 strings.
But these 200 strings are not right either.
this?
However, His Majesty's face is getting longer and longer?
"You can feel free to guess how many times this number can be doubled."
"Let me guess, it's not even 2,000 guan. It can't be 20,000 guan, right?"
"Okay, okay, I'll let you guess. Even if it gets dark, you can guess the price. It's not a lot of money. It only cost 200,000 taels of gold."
????200,000 taels, is this unit still gold?
I saw an official from the Ministry of Revenue sitting aside, and he sat down and started calculating with his fingers how much the 200,000 taels of gold would cost.
If you are not a family member, you will not know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, although the Tang Dynasty still has such money in its treasury.
But all this money is stored as strategic reserves.
After all, who knows where and when a natural or man-made disaster will occur, and the court must be able to use the money to provide relief to the victims at any time.
Or it can be used in case of war.
Now His Majesty has bought more than 10 repeating crossbows and spent 200,000 taels of gold. Isn't this a waste of money?
"Okay, do you really think that I spent 200,000 taels and only bought 10 of them?
I bought a total of 500 this time, and the others are still being built, so 400 taels of gold each is not a loss."
400 taels of gold is not a loss. The minister of household affairs felt his heart bleed. When he put 400 taels of gold in His Majesty's mouth, he actually said it was not a loss. It was obvious that he had lost all his pants.
"Your Majesty, these 200,000 taels of gold are too much.
Let’s not talk about whether our Ministry of Revenue can get it. Even if we can get it, for Datang, this strategic reserve is not enough.
If you have to spend money at a critical moment, the money is still very important."
When natural or man-made disasters occur, money is needed to buy food and recruit troops, which also costs money.
If the court can't even send out money, who will fight with their lives without food and salary?
Seeing his shocked face, as if he had never seen the world before, Li Er snorted coldly!
"It's really superficial. Since that year, the Turks forced me to sign a treaty with the Tang Dynasty.
Does the money and food we have to give to the Turks every year exceed 200,000 taels of gold?"
Although the Turks did not ask for gold directly, they always used copper coins, grain, cloth and other things as a substitute.
But if these things were converted into gold, they would have already exceeded 200,000 taels.
"Do we, the people of the Tang Dynasty, have to obediently contribute the food and money they pay for farming and paying taxes to the Turks?
Today's Turks have an increasing appetite, and they are constantly trying to squeeze us out of the Tang Dynasty.
Should I, the Tang Dynasty, be so cruelly squeezed by the Turks?
Now we in the Tang Dynasty have such weapons. If they are all equipped in the hands of our soldiers in the Tang Dynasty, I think it will be more than enough to destroy the Turks.
By then, the Turks in the north will be completely wiped out, and we, the Tang Dynasty, will no longer need to contribute to the Turks.
And the Turks, in turn, have to offer us the Tang Dynasty, and they have to make the Tang Dynasty their master.
Everyone, think about it, do you still think these 200,000 taels of gold are valuable now?"
Everyone is very clear about His Majesty's deeds. He was a real emperor who fought on the battlefield.
If it weren't for the sudden attack by the Turks back then, Datang's strength would have been weak and he would have been hit hard in the back.
According to His Majesty's personality, such a thing will never be allowed to happen.
Now that they have these advanced weapons, they know that it won't be long before there will definitely be a battle between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks!
"Your Majesty, we have already prepared the money to be delivered to the Turks this year.
If our treasury comes up with another 200,000 taels of gold, I'm afraid it will really be insufficient.
Whenever anything happens, it will have a very bad impact on Datang!"
The Minister of Household Affairs also has the same idea as the Minister of Household Affairs. After hearing His Majesty say this today, everyone knows that His Majesty did this for the Tang Dynasty and for the people of the world.
"It doesn't matter, there's no need to be so anxious about the 200,000 taels. You can just withdraw the 20,000 taels of gold first.
I have signed an agreement with that person. The 200,000 taels will be repaid in 10 years. I only need to repay 20,000 taels each year.
Of course, if the Turks can be eliminated, the remaining money will be paid in one lump sum!"
this?
"Your Majesty, why are you listening? Is this person from the Tang Dynasty?
If that's the case, why don't we buy all the manufacturing methods of repeating crossbows, so as to save the time of making imitations.
Or invite this person to the palace, give him an official title, and ask him to tell you all these methods.
In this way, we can save a lot of money!”
This wishful thinking made a clanging sound.
"It's not a good thing to kill the goose to get the eggs. The new plow stick I showed you before was actually purchased from this person.
Except for this, all other things were purchased from this person.
Everyone has his own ambition, since he doesn't want to enter the court and be used by me.
We will use this money to make purchases, as long as I make a profit, right?"
"What your Majesty said makes sense, Your Majesty is wise!"
"Okay, okay, stop saying this flattery.
You can just give the money directly to Duke Zhao, and I will ask him to send someone to send the money over!"
"It is His Majesty's humble minister who takes the order."
The Minister of Household Affairs left the place. Li Er glanced at Changsun Wuji, and a meaning that both parties understood was revealed.
"Auxiliary machine, Ke Ming, I am preparing a lunch at noon today. How about you two stay in the palace and eat together?"
"Your Majesty, I still have something to do. I will come to the palace to have a small gathering with Your Majesty after I finish my work."
"Well, since you two don't have time, let's go to Zhaojiazhuang and have a good meal with my good brother after we're done. You two can go back first."
After finishing the work here, Li Er also left here and went to the imperial dining room!