Chapter 804: Make a lot of money

"Have you heard that Fusang Kingdom bought another five thousand muskets?"

"I heard about it, but I didn't expect Fuso Country to be so rich."

"Who is talking to you about whether they have money? What I want to say is, why does Fuso Kingdom need so many muskets?"

"You mean..."

…

The envoys throughout the inn were all discussing that the purpose of Fuso Kingdom buying so many muskets was to start a war.

This has worried Silla, Baekje and other countries. They are all coastal countries and close to Fusang. Once a war really starts, they will be the first to bear the brunt of the war.

After Li Feng learned about this incident at the Lantian Marquis Mansion, he did not get angry. He just asked Han Wu to secretly investigate who leaked such an important matter.

It was better not to inquire, but once he inquired, Li Feng's temper became angry. It turned out that the person who leaked the matter was the Tibetan envoy Duoji.

"How did he know the news?" Li Feng asked, holding back his anger.

"It was the Fusang envoy who leaked it to Tubo. That's why the Tubo envoy knew about it," Han Wu said.

Li Feng nodded and said: "I see, since it was their own people who caused it, let them solve it themselves and tell Tsuruta the information you found.

But there must be no conflict with Tibet and other countries."

"yes."

…

Honglu Temple Inn, Fusang Mission.

Tsuruta was losing his temper. The news about their purchase of five thousand muskets was revealed, so he was very angry. This was a very important secret, and if it was leaked, it might become a public target.

Envoys from various countries knew at a glance that they bought so many muskets to start a war. Otherwise, why would they need so many muskets?

"Tell me, who leaked it?" Tsuruta asked.

The scene was very quiet, everyone lowered their heads and did not dare to speak.

Seeing that no one answered, Tsuruta became even more angry. He pointed at everyone and said, "Don't you think so? OK, I will check. If I find out, even committing seppuku will be useless."

At this moment, Han Wu arrived.

He walked up to Tsuruta and said, "Messenger Tsuruta. The master asked me to tell you something."

"If you have any orders from Marquis Lantian, just tell him." Hetian calmed down his anger and said slowly.

Han Wu whispered a few words into Hetian's ear.

Hetian looked at Han Wu doubtfully and asked: "Marquis Lantian, are you sure?"

Han Wu said with certainty: "Of course I am sure. The Marquis said that this is your family matter and it is not convenient for him to participate. After the news is told to you, you can do whatever you want, but you can't conflict with envoys from Tibet and other countries."

This matter is causing a big fuss now, so you can only keep a low profile, otherwise, you will suffer a lot."

After Han Wu finished speaking, he left without giving Tsuruta a chance to ask.

Tsuruta did not try to persuade him to stay, but looked angrily at a man in the mission and shouted angrily: "Inuno, don't you admit it?"

Immediately afterwards, a corpse was carried out from the Fuso envoy, causing other envoys to point fingers.

Because someone died, the government also sent people to investigate. They soon found out that the deceased committed suicide.

In the next few days, the Fuso delegation stayed at the inn and did not go out to move around. It was very low-key. Even if the envoys from various countries wanted to cause trouble, they would not be able to do so.

The envoys from various countries could only tell the court about this matter, and the court told Li Er. Li Er then called Li Feng and asked what the matter was.

When Li Feng saw Li Er, it was already night, and no matter how many candles were lit in the imperial study, it was not enough to light a single electric light.

He has already made up his mind to install a small power generation device in the Marquis Mansion to generate electricity using thermal power to supply electricity to the whole mansion.

"See father-in-law."

Li Er glanced at Li Feng angrily and said, "You are here, let's talk about it. You are just selling weapons. How did you make Fusang a public enemy of all countries?"

Li Feng said helplessly: "I just wanted to get a little more money from Fusang, but I never thought that someone in the Fusang mission would leak the secret, so I told it to Tibet anyway.

These two countries have already had some friction because of the purchase of muskets. Now that they have been caught, how can they let it go?

So all this is caused by Tubo, who can’t stand the Tang Dynasty making so much money, and can’t stand other people buying a lot of weapons."

Li Er nodded and said, "Then how to solve this matter?"

"Ignore it and tell them that as long as they are willing to pay that much money, they can buy so many weapons." Li Feng said.

Li Er nodded and said: "Forget it, it's over. I want to know how much money you made?"

Li Feng smiled and said: "Not much, six hundred thousand taels of gold."

Li Er, who was originally very calm, suddenly became excited and said: "More, more...how much is it?"

"Six hundred thousand taels of gold, oh, no, Fusang still owes us four hundred thousand taels of gold."

"What's going on? Why do you still owe us 400,000 taels of gold?" Li Er said.

Li Feng immediately told what happened.

Li Er said: "Okay, I earned one million taels of gold just by selling muskets. No wonder so many people call you the God of Wealth."

I now also think that you are the God of Wealth, the God of Wealth of the Tang Dynasty. You have completely freed the Tang Dynasty from the financial constraints."

"I don't want to be the God of Wealth, I just want to make some money. I have made 600,000 taels so far, and I want to give 300,000 taels to the Firearms Bureau.

Another 200,000 taels will be used to build the academy, 50,000 taels will be put into the treasury, and the other 50,000 taels will be used for my research."

Li Er cursed angrily: "Why should I give you 50,000 taels when the national treasury only has 50,000 taels? Does it cost so much to build an academy? Now because you invented new paper, books are no longer so expensive."

Two hundred thousand taels is really too much. One hundred thousand taels is enough. Moreover, if you build too many academies at once, you may be hit by many people. I think this matter can be done slowly.

Chang'an already has a military academy, and major cities such as Luoyang and Taiyuan can take the lead in building academies."

"Why is this different from what I said at the beginning?" Li Feng said.

Li Er explained: "Some people don't like the rise of humble families."

Li Feng said: "I've thought about it too much, but forget it. Taking it slowly has the advantage of taking it slow. If it's too fast, the people won't be able to accept it."

"Stop talking nonsense, tell me, what do you want fifty thousand taels for?"

"Patent fees, the court collected the fees for buying the patent from me. I didn't charge you money before because the court really didn't have any money, and the technology is mine. I can give it to whoever I want.

But it doesn’t work anymore. Apart from me, there will be more and more people who are skilled in technology. If their inventions cannot make money, or if they are invented and copied by others, then their inventions were not in vain?

Originally, the inventor was a very good talent, but because he was not recognized, the invention was stolen, and the court did not intend to regulate the law, then this person was useless," Li Feng explained.
Chapter completed!