Five hundred and seventieth chapters prosperity will decline
Gao Qiu glanced at Li Qi, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes, but he remained silent and drank the wine calmly.
Song Huizong frowned and asked, "Are you talking about the arms business?" His voice sounded as if he couldn't believe it.
Li Qi simply nodded and said: "Yes, I think the most profitable business is this."
Song Huizong shook his head and said: "Arms are the foundation of the country. How can they be bought and sold at will? Don't talk nonsense."
Li Qi also shook his head and said: "Of course you can't buy and sell casually."
Song Huizong heard that the preface and the follow-up were inconsistent, and he was confused and said: "What do you mean by this? Since you know that you can't buy and sell casually, why do you say that the arms business is the most profitable business?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "High officials can't buy and sell casually, but it doesn't mean that they can't buy and sell. In fact, if you want to sell, you can still sell it, and it will be very profitable."
Song Huizong is really short of money now. In fact, before Wang Anshi's reform, the Song Dynasty's finances had already begun to decline. After Wang Anshi's actions, it was even worse. After his squandering, it was almost over.
Now that Li Qi seemed to have something in his words, he couldn't help but feel a little moved. He squinted his eyes and said with a smile, "Then tell me and listen."
Li Qidao: "Officials, I actually think that our Song Dynasty should have a deep understanding of this."
Song Huizong snorted and said, "How do you say this?"
Li Qi smiled slightly and said: "Horses. We in the Song Dynasty have always been short of horses. The money spent on purchasing military horses can be called an astronomical figure."
Song Huizong nodded slightly, sighed again, and said: "Yes. If horses are also included, this arms business is indeed the most profitable business. Unfortunately, I, the Song Dynasty, can only pay for them and have no horses to sell to."
other people."
He really understands this point. Before the Song Dynasty, people who had money could not buy horses. You can imagine how precious this horse is.
Li Qi shook his head and said, "I beg your pardon that Li Qi disagrees with what the official said."
Song Huizong glanced at him, suddenly laughed, and feigned anger: "Okay, okay, you kid, stop playing riddles here and just say what you want. There is no court here, so you don't have to worry too much."
Don't worry, if I don't want to say anything, I won't offend you. Li Qi smiled and said: "Official, in addition to horses, there are many weapons and armors, such as bows.
, crossbows, cannons and other weapons, these can also be bought and sold. I, Li Qi, am not bragging, but in terms of weapons, our Song Dynasty is at least three levels higher than the surrounding countries."
What he said is absolutely true. Although the Song Dynasty valued culture over military affairs, perhaps because of Shao Ma, the rulers of the Song Dynasty attached great importance to the research and development and manufacturing of weapons, and every link was required to be very meticulous. This is also true.
Because of this, the cold weapons of the Song Dynasty could not help but be much better than those of other countries, and could even be said to have reached the peak of cold weapons. In addition, the Song Dynasty was also the beginning of the alternation of hot and cold weapons. In short, the Song Dynasty was the strongest in this regard.
Beyond reproach.
Of course, since Emperor Zhenzong, the development of weapons in the Song Dynasty has declined a lot, but the fundamentals are still there. As long as they are rectified, they will soon be able to improve.
Song Huizong laughed proudly and did not deny it, saying: "Even so, how can these weapons be sold to others casually? If something goes wrong, then our Song Dynasty will be in danger."
Li Qi shook his head and said: "Officials, weapons cannot be bought and sold casually in our Song Dynasty. If they are sold, they must be sold to other countries."
Gao Qiu said: "Then it's even more unacceptable. Isn't this encouraging other people's strength? Do you know that the Liao Kingdom was afraid of our Song Dynasty, so they were not even willing to sell us horses."
Song Huizong nodded slightly.
Li Qi smiled and said: "What the captain said is wrong. The weapons of our Song Dynasty keep pace with the times. As long as we can continue to develop new weapons, the old generation will be eliminated and become like waste."
, we can take some weapons that need to be eliminated and sell them to other countries."
Song Huizong frowned, took a breath, pondered for a moment, and then said: "You continue."
"yes."
Li Qi's eyes flashed with joy and he continued: "I heard that the weapons stored in our Song Dynasty weapons depot can be used for thirty years, but this has also led to the slackness of the weapons supervisor, so that in recent years
There is no innovation. If we develop newer weapons, then all the weapons in the arsenal can be sold. Now that war is raging, it is a good time to make war fortune."
Song Huizong frowned and said: "War wealth?"
Li Qi nodded and said: "Exactly. Take Tibet as an example. The former Tubo has now been divided into more than ten large and small tribes. Except for a few tribes that are attached to us in the Song Dynasty in the Hexi Corridor, the rest of the tribes have
They are still fighting. War naturally requires weapons, and weapons play a very important role in war. Once the weapons fall behind the opponent, they will be at a disadvantage. And the weapons they use today have already been used in our Song Dynasty.
were eliminated. In other words, the weapons that were relatively backward in our Song Dynasty were considered advanced in theirs. We can secretly contact a few tribes to sell our weapons in the Song Dynasty to them and add our arsenal to them.
We sell relatively backward weapons to them. In addition, there are countries such as Dali, Goryeo, Persia, and Nanman vassals. We can also design weapons suitable for them based on their geography. Even if other countries do not have wars, we can actually provoke them.
War and support forces, they become weaker the more we fight, while we become stronger the more we sell."
Song Huizong's palms were sweating slightly, his Adam's apple rolled, and he pretended to be calm: "What you said is easy, but to do this, we, the Song Dynasty, must first have enough weapons, and we must also be able to create newer weapons.
Weapons, this is no easy task."
Li Qi smiled and said: "It depends on people. We can expand the scale of arms production and rely on those humble businessmen to buy iron ore, firewood and other raw materials from other countries, then process them and sell them to them, making huge profits from it. And
Nowadays, gunpowder has been gradually used in the military. This is a good thing with unlimited potential. We can focus our weapons on this gunpowder and develop it. If we can succeed, most of the weapons in the arsenal will be
They will definitely be eliminated, and we can sell them all to other countries. With this income, the national treasury will be full in an instant."
Song Huizong said calmly: "But you also said that you would provoke wars in other countries. Isn't it too immoral to do so?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "I think the most moral thing is to bring them into the territory of our Song Dynasty, so that the people of these countries can live as happy and happy as the people of our Song Dynasty. Once we can become their weapons
Suppliers, then we know their strength very well. As for the future, it all depends on our mood." When he said this, there was a rare blush on his face, which was really against his will.
But Song Huizong was very moved by what he heard. After thinking for a while, he turned to Gao Qiu and said, "Lieutenant, what do you think?"
Gao Qiu said sternly: "To tell you what Li Qi said can be realized, I think we can first increase the scale of weapons production. This will be of great benefit to the Song Dynasty."
It seems that the tacit understanding between Brother Qiu and I is really beyond words. Li Qi smiled knowingly. In fact, with the current strength of the Song Dynasty, it is really difficult to achieve this. But it is not impossible. But the reason why Li Qi is like this
Said that the most important thing is to control the weapons supervisor, because he has already heard that the current weapons supervisor is already very corrupt, and for the young Northern Song Dynasty, he must rely on other weapons to make up for this.
This seems to have become the only way out for a powerful country, so Li Qi is bound to win the weapons supervision.
Gao Qiu also wanted to bring the weapons supervisor into the sphere of influence of the three yamen, and the two of them had the same idea. Moreover, his ability to do business was many times stronger than his ability to organize an army. The benefits of arms trading, he
How could you not see it.
Song Huizong pondered for a moment. He hummed, but he didn't say much, let alone express his position. As an emperor, whether he is a faint emperor or a wise emperor, he has the reserve of an emperor. You can't say anything, that's it.
It's so shameless.
Li Qi never thought about eating a fat man in one bite. He could see that Song Huizong was already tempted, and that was enough.
At this moment, another sound of regret was heard. Several people turned their heads at the same time and saw Hong Qi also getting up and leaving the table. Now only Li Bangyan and Wang Fu were left, standing on the table.
, the chips between the two seem to be almost the same.
Song Huizong laughed and said: "I never thought that Hong Qigong of Hongwan Gambling House could not compare to my two beloved ladies." He stood up, walked forward, sat on the row of chairs in front and started watching.
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Li Qi and Gao Qiu also followed.
At this time, it seemed that Li Bangyan and Wang Fu only had each other in their eyes, and Song Huizong's move did not affect them.
After Li and Wang threw down a chip, the dealer began to deal the cards. The cards were very interesting. It could be said that they were enemies, and both of them had a.
The dealer said to Wang Fu: "Speak to the ace of spades."
Wang Fu did not look at the hole cards and said to Li Bangyan: "Prime Minister Zuo, if you look at the cards and pay money, then you don't know how long you will bet. Since we are all aces and we haven't looked at the cards, then
How about we decide the outcome in one round?"
Li Bangyan said with a smile: "Does the Prime Minister want to gamble with me?"
"Exactly."
"That's exactly what I meant."
"Okay then. I'll just do the stud."
Wang Fu pushed out all the chips in front of him.
Li Bangyan also pushed out all the chips in front of him, and the outcome depended on this.
In Gaoyanei, Hong Tianjiu stood on the chairs, looking more nervous than Wang Fu and Li Bangyan. Song Huizong and others also stood up and looked at the table with smiles on their faces.
Now that everyone has studded, the dealer's hand is much smoother, but then both sides' cards seemed to be extremely bad. Li Bangyan's cards were a, j, 10, 6.
Wang Fu's is a,10,8,7.
Both of them are neither flowers nor straight.
But this is also more exciting, because the last trump card still has to decide the outcome.
Li Bangyan took the lead in showing his card, which was a jack of spades.
A pair of j.
Everyone was amazed. As a result, Wang Fu had to get a to win. Li Bangyan's chance of winning was already very high.
Li Bangyan smiled proudly and said, "Prime Minister, I'm so sorry."
Wang Fu shook his head and said: "It's a bit premature for Zuo Xiang to say this. Aren't there still two a's?"
Li Bangyan chuckled and said: "It seems that Wang Xiang is quite confident." Since Wang Fu has never seen the hole cards, how can he believe that Wang Fu will definitely get a.
"I've been relatively lucky recently, but I don't know if it's possible."
Wang Fu raised his brows, showing a strong confidence on his face. He stood up and turned out his trump card with his right hand without hesitation.
An ace of diamonds surprised everyone.
Li Bangyan was completely stunned. He stared blankly at the a of diamonds and murmured: "How is this possible?"
Wang Fu burst out laughing immediately, his face was radiant, and he cupped his hands and said: "Process, concession." His voice became even more meaningful.
"good."
Song Huizong couldn't help but applaud and said: "This card is really a good win."
Only then did Wang Fu think of Song Huizong, and he nodded and said with a flattering smile: "The high official rewarded me, I just relied on luck."
Li Qi also clapped his hands, squinted his eyes, looked at Wang Fu with a smile, and said secretly, Wang Fu, Wang Fu, you are indeed unstoppable now, maybe even God is afraid of you, but
Did you know that there is a saying that goes as strong as it gets, and it seems that you are not far away from unlucky days. (To be continued...)