Xia Gongming left quickly and returned quickly. He walked up to Liu Mingzhi and handed over a document in his hand.
"Your Majesty, please take a look."
Liu Mingzhi placed the tea on the table next to him, reached out to take the document handed over by Xia Gongming, leaned on the pillow and opened the cover of the document in his hand.
"Sir, there's no need to stand, sit down and talk."
"Old minister, I obey, thank you Your Majesty."
Liu Mingzhi twisted his waist slightly, changed to a more comfortable posture, and concentrated on reading the contents of the document.
He silently read the document without any distractions, including the types of military equipment and the specific number of military equipment that were drawn up by the important ministers in the court after consultation.
Liu Mingzhi sometimes frowned slightly, sometimes pursed his lips and pondered, and sometimes fell into thinking.
Xia Gongming and others looked at the constantly changing expressions on Liu Mingzhi's face, and couldn't help but feel nervous.
Why is Your Majesty frowning? Isn't he dissatisfied with the number of troops we have drawn up?
I just don’t know what exactly it is and I’m not satisfied with it.
Are there too many rewards? Or are there too few rewards?
When Song Yu and the others were silently reading the contents of the document, some small waves arose in their hearts.
When Liu Mingzhi had just turned the page of the document in his hand, there was suddenly the sound of hurried footsteps outside the side hall.
Liu Mingzhi continued to read the contents of the document without squinting, while Xia Gongming and other officials subconsciously looked sideways and behind them.
"My son, Liu Chengzhi, comes to see my father."
"Well, sit down."
"Thank you, Father."
"I see you, Your Highness, the Second Prince, who is a thousand years old."
"My lords, please excuse me and take a seat."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
After Liu Chengzhi walked to the chair beside him and sat down, he instinctively turned his eyes to his father, with a flash of doubt in his eyes.
He was a little confused and didn't know why his father suddenly asked him to come to the cabinet to see him.
However, when Liu Chengzhi saw his father looking at the documents in his hand attentively, he had no choice but to suppress his confusion.
Like Xia Gongming, Song Yu and other important officials in the court, they waited quietly and breathlessly.
Time passed quietly, I don’t know how long it has passed.
Liu Mingzhi stood up and left the pillow behind him, and casually closed the documents in his hand.
When Liu Chengzhi and others saw this, they immediately sat up straight and looked at Liu Mingzhi in unison.
Young Master Liu let out a silent sigh, holding the document in his hand and tapping it gently in his palm.
"Mr. Xia."
"The old minister is here."
"The number of weapons requested by the Japanese mission is 30,000 swords of various types, 20,000 pairs of fine armor, 10,000 pairs of ordinary armor, 8,000 bows and crossbows, 3,000 chain crossbows, and a total of 50,000 arrows of all kinds.
And the number of troops that you finally decided upon after discussion was reduced by about half.
Right."
"Your Majesty, that's exactly what it is.
The veteran asked boldly. I wonder if your Majesty thinks the number of troops planned by the ministers is too much? Or too little?"
Liu Mingzhi narrowed his eyes and was silent for a while, then stood up and walked towards the outside of the side hall with his hands behind his back.
"You can follow me out for a walk."
"I obey your orders."
Liu Mingzhi took the lead in removing the cabinet and walked slowly down the steps.
"My lords, sir."
The group of people following Young Master Liu heard Young Master Liu speak and immediately quickened their pace.
"I'm waiting here."
"The number of troops you finally planned is a little too low."
"this!"
Everyone looked at each other and communicated silently with their eyes.
Liu Chengzhi now vaguely guessed why his father came to him, and glanced at the important ministers who were looking at each other.
He didn't ask anything, but pondered thoughtfully.
Lean less.
Xia Gongming gently stroked his gray beard, quickened his pace and followed Young Master Liu.
"Your Majesty, before drawing up the number of troops, I carefully calculated the value of the annual tribute presented by the Japanese mission and the value of the rare night-light pearl."
Liu Mingzhi raised his brows slightly, and after thinking for a moment, he probably understood the meaning of Xia Gongming's words just now.
"What you mean is that the combined value of these military equipment is roughly equivalent to the combined value of the annual tribute presented by the Japanese mission and the rare night pearl?"
"Your Majesty is Holy Ming."
"Which one is higher or lower?"
"Your Majesty, the value of the military equipment we rewarded is slightly inferior to the value of the annual tribute provided by the Japanese mission.
However, our Dalong has already given the Japanese envoy Sakai He a batch of Dalong specialties in advance."
Liu Mingzhi nodded clearly and looked sideways at Xia Gongming and the others.
"If you add in the special products that I gave to the Japanese envoy Sakai He in advance, which one is higher and which one is lower?"
"Your Majesty, I have reported to your Majesty many days ago that the batch of Dalong specialties we rewarded the Japanese envoys are certainly not too valuable for our Dalong.
However, once it is shipped back to Japan, the price may be doubled several times.
It's just that I have never been to Japan, and I don't know what the situation is like there.
Therefore, these conditions are all prices estimated by Chen et al. based on speculation.
After several discussions, the ministers and others all agreed that the batch of specialties that His Majesty had given to the Japanese envoys in advance should be included.
The value of this batch of troops is still inferior."
"Oh? Why? Are the annual contributions contributed by the Japanese mission worth a lot when converted into silver?"
"Your Majesty, although the value of the annual tribute contributed by the Japanese mission is high, it is not too much.
The value estimated by Lingchen and others is the value of the three-foot night pearl.
The minister and others discussed it over and over again, but in the end they could not come up with a rough price.
So I and others came up with a compromise."
"any solution?"
"I have estimated the value of that luminous pearl to be equal to the annual tribute.
Adding up the two phases, we can get the number of these armaments."
"So that's it, it saves you a lot of trouble."
"I am ashamed to have made His Majesty laugh.
There is no other way, I really don’t know how to price that rare treasure.”
Liu Mingzhi couldn't help but think of the night pearl that shone brightly in the night, blooming with charming fluorescence, and nodded with a slight frown.
"Hey, to be honest, let alone you guys, even I don't know how to price that luminous pearl.
It may be said that it is not worth much money. After all, it is a rare treasure that is rarely seen in the world.
But if you say it is priceless, apart from lighting and appreciation, it has no great use in other aspects.
To be continued...