After listening to Lu Wei's urgent report, Chen Qing frowned, "Did you really find a batch of Xixia war knives sold to grassland nomads?"
Lu Wei couldn't laugh or cry and said: "Your Highness clearly knows that Beizhi only has 6,000 taels of silver. Most of it is gift money and Li Mei's dowry when he got married. There is also 500 taels of silver given by His Highness. I made up a story to coax him, and His Highness also believed it.
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Chen Qing smiled and said: "But I feel that if you really do this, it will be seamless and difficult to be discovered."
Lu Wei shook his head and said: "Even if I am short of money in my humble position, I will not do such a thing as selling weapons to foreigners."
"You're right, keep going!"
"I just finished saying that the other party's goal is Iron Fire Thunder. Your Highness is so calm. Has he already guessed it?"
Chen Qing nodded, "It's exactly what I guessed. I guess they were just for Iron Fire Thunder. It was probably the bombing of Datong that shocked Wan Yanchang."
"What should I do if I'm humble? I'm pretending to have a solution, but I actually have nothing to do."
"I thought of a way for you!"
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "You will definitely not be able to get genuine products, but you can indeed get one of the defective products returned from various armies."
Lu Wei's eyes lit up, "Your Highness, you mean, before it's put into storage?"
Chen Qing smiled and said, "It seems that you adapted quickly to the Military Department!"
When Lu Wei inspected the firearms warehouse last month, he heard from the warehouse that the army often sent back non-explosive iron fire mines. The iron fire mines had to be put into the warehouse before being assigned a new number. There would be a long process before they were put into the warehouse.
A short blank period is a management loophole, but it is also an opportunity.
However, this loophole has been closed. Both parties need to count and sign each other during the handover, but they can pretend that this loophole has not been closed yet.
"Does this humble duty really want to send a malfunctioning iron fire thunder to the other party?"
"Where did you think you were?"
Chen Qing was a little unhappy and said: "What are you thinking? How could I ask you to give them the real iron fire thunder? You delayed them for a month or two, saying that you were waiting for the old fire thunder to return to the warehouse, and I gave the firearm
The bureau gave them a fake one and made their research go in the wrong direction."
"This is a brilliant method!"
Lu Wei said shamelessly: "If the other party really pays me a sum of money, or rewards me with half of it, Li Mei and I really want to buy a house. This is not a joke. There is really a three-acre house over there at the Land and Housing Department.
The house is for sale, the internal price is only 30,000 guan, and the market price is 50,000 guan.”
Chen Qing shook his head, "If you want to buy a house, I can lend you money, but you must not accept bribes from the Kingdom of Jin, even if the interests of Sichuan and Shaanxi are not actually sold, otherwise it will become a stain on you in the future."
Lu Wei carelessly dug his nails into the cracks of the table and said, "But it's hard to pay back tens of thousands of dollars!"
Chen Qing smiled lightly and said, "Don't you still have six thousand guan of money? I'll help you invest it in an official commercial bank. You can pay it off in three years."
Lu Wei was overjoyed, "Is the profit so high?"
"If you invest in overseas trade, you can double your profit one year. If you invest 12,000 guan next year, it will become 24,000 guan the year after that. If you invest again 24,000 guan, it will become 48,000 guan the year after that.
, won’t it be paid off?”
Lu Wei was fascinated by what he heard and said excitedly: "I won't buy a house for the time being. I will invest all the 30,000 yuan that His Highness lent me, and I will pay it off next year."
Chen Qing burst out laughing, "How can such a good thing happen? Everyone will make a fortune. We trafficked spices back, but the market is limited, so each person can only invest a maximum of 5,000 yuan. The principal and interest are
We will quit when the accumulation reaches 50,000 guan. If your situation is special, we will give you a quota of 6,000 guan."
"I see, okay! I'll go back and tell Li Mei."
Chen Qing smiled and said to him again: "I know your monthly salary is not enough. I will give you a special subsidy later, about thirty guan per month, and I will continue to subsidize you until you are promoted to the fifth level next year.
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Lu Wei knew this brother-in-law of King Yong very well. He would never give subsidies to his subordinates easily. If he gave subsidies, it would be because he wanted him to do something very troublesome.
"Your Highness, just tell me! What do you want me to do?"
"You are really knowledgeable, haha!"
Chen Qing laughed twice and said: "After the success of Iron Fire Thunder this time, they will definitely continue to use you, so you will continue to cooperate with them. You can't take a penny of the benefits they give you. You should hand them over honestly."
I, I will ask the princess to keep accounts for you, and then I will give you 30 qian a month as a special subsidy."
Thirty guan of money was really hot, and he actually asked himself to be an undercover agent for a long time, but this was an order, and Lu Wei had to agree.
Lu Wei thought for a moment and said: "I hope Your Highness can give me a certificate. I'm afraid this matter will not be clear in the future."
Chen Qing looked at Lu Wei for a long time and nodded, "I will write you an order from King Yong!"
Lu Wei returned to the mansion through the back door. His wife Li Mei had been waiting at the back door, ready to open the door for him at any time.
Lu Wei returned to the study, took a few steps with his hands behind his back, took out the Yong Wang Ling given to him by Chen Qing from his arms, handed it to his wife and said: "You should keep this Yong Wang Ling for ten thousand yuan."
Li Mei looked at Yong Wang's order and asked puzzledly: "What do you want this Yong Wang order for? Will King Yong not prove it for you in the future?"
Lu Wei sighed and said, "I'm afraid that King Yong will use this matter to kill me in the future, and it will be hard for me to defend myself!"
Li Mei was even more puzzled, "You are his brother-in-law and his son's biological uncle. Why would he kill you?"
"You don't understand, people can change, especially after ascending to the highest position of power, accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger. He is not the emperor of the Song Dynasty, and will abide by the rule not to kill civil servants."
"But. I still don't understand why he wanted to kill you?"
Lu Wei was silent for a moment and said coldly: "If one day he wants to abolish Chu Chu, I will be the first obstacle he wants to get rid of!"
When Lu Wei saw his wife's face changed drastically, he immediately realized that he shouldn't say such things. He quickly put his wife into his arms and comforted her: "Actually, this situation is unlikely to happen. I'm just afraid that other situations will happen.
Once a court official uses this matter to attack me, and His Highness cannot prove it, then this yellowed Yong Wang Order is the best proof."
Li Mei punched him twice on the shoulder, and said with red eyes: "What you just said scared me to death!"
"Don't! Don't! King Yong is a nice person. He promised to lend me money to buy a house, and he also gave me a special subsidy of thirty guan every month."
Lu Wei quickly explained the matter of buying a house, investing money in government and business affairs, and providing subsidies.
Li Mei was not happy at all. She shook her head and said: "I would rather not buy a house than get any government and business benefits, let alone this subsidy. I just hope you will not get involved in this matter again!"
Lu Wei gave a helpless smile, and Li Mei said again: "I know you can't help it. You must carry out his orders. I'm just expressing my emotions. I'll go and put away King Yong's order."
Li Mei took the King Yong Order and left. Lu Wei looked at his wife's back and sighed lowly. If Chen Qing wanted to kill him in the future, he could find a thousand reasons. How could a King Yong Order stop him?
I want a copy of King Yong's order, just hoping that when Chen Qing sees this yellowed copy of King Yong's order in the future, he will remember his old relationship and spare himself.
The next night, Lu Qiao came to the door again, and this time Wang Shuang came too, but Wang Shuang was waiting in the carriage outside, feeling uneasy but with a glimmer of hope.
He fully understood that Lu Wei did not want to deal with him directly and let Lu Jiao be the intermediary. If anything happened, he could put the blame entirely on Lu Jiao.
But the only regret is that Lu Wei couldn't get the blueprints, so he had to settle for the next best thing and make an iron fire thunder.
"It would be great to get Iron Fire Thunder!" Wang Shuang sighed softly.
About a quarter of an hour later, Lu Jiao came out alone. He crossed the road and came directly to the carriage. Wang Shuang's expression changed, he opened the window and asked, "Does he know I'm here?"
Lu Qiao nodded, "He guessed it, and then I have something to tell the proprietor!"
"You get in the car!"
Lu Qiao got on the car and said to Wang Shuang: "He went to investigate today. He said that the only flaw was that the defective iron fire mines returned by the armies needed to be returned to the Firearms Bureau for rebuilding. He said that the flaw was just before they were sent to the warehouse.
The people from Iron Fire Thunder have left, but the warehouse has not yet been inventoried, so if there is one missing, it won’t be a big problem.”
"Defective product!" Wang Shuang was a little reluctant.
Lu Jiao further explained: "Lu Wei said that the iron fire thunder is the top secret of the Western Army. If the secret is revealed, the whole family will be executed. The risk is too great. The management of the iron fire thunder is extremely strict. He can only get one in the entire Western Army."
It's a defective product, and he only makes it once. If we don't accept it, forget it. Also, his asking price is no less than 30,000 yuan, and he won't do it below this price."
Wang Shuang thought for a moment and asked, "Did he say what caused the defective products?"
"He said there are three situations. One is damage on the road, such as accidentally getting water in, and the other is gunpowder spilling out after tipping over. The second is when soldiers have problems when transporting. The most common situation is when a match rope is accidentally dropped.
Pull it out; the third situation is when training with iron fire thunder, the gunpowder burns out but does not explode. This is the most common situation."
Wang Shuang sighed and said: "I can't accept the first or third situation. If there are only defective products, then I can only accept the second situation. The soldier accidentally pulled out the match rope. As for money is not a problem, you
Go tell him."
Lu Qiao jumped off the carriage and went back again. This time the time was faster and he came out after a cup of tea.
He got on the carriage road and said, "Lu Wei agreed. He said that he would put his confidants into the firearms warehouse and wait for the defective products to be returned. The fastest would be one month and the latest two months. Let Boss Wang wait patiently."
Wang Shuang nodded, and now he could only wait patiently. Fortunately, Marshal Du canceled the deadline for completing the task.