After hearing this argument, the others were shocked. This new concept of economic regulation was too forward-thinking for them, and they could not digest it for a while, so they all looked at Li Qi in shock.
What are you doing? Isn't what I said straightforward enough? I don't think I used any professional terminology. Li Qi glanced at everyone with a hint of surprise.
After a while, Cai Suan was suddenly startled, came back to his senses, and said to the attendant beside him: "Write it down, write it down."
The entourage was also very obedient. He nodded and said: "Second Master, I have already written it down."
Cai Sui gave him an appreciative look, and then said to Li Qi: "The emperor and my father really did not misjudge the person. Listening to you is worth ten years of studying."
Li Qi chuckled and said: "No, no, I am a businessman. I have an innate advantage in this area. It's not worth mentioning. It's not worth mentioning."
At this time, Zhao Huan also came to his senses and said with a smile: "In that case, all we need to do now is lift the money ban."
Sweat! What you think is too simple. If it were so easy, financial crises would not often break out due to the value of currency in future generations. Li Qidao: "The money ban is against economic principles and must be lifted, and as soon as possible.
, because we now want to strengthen overseas trade and are not allowed to take money out of the country, so how can we strengthen it?" He changed the topic and said: "But solving the money shortage will not happen overnight. What we can do now is
Only by improving the credibility so that the people can have full confidence in any currency issued by the court. Your Highness, please go back and tell the emperor that my economic construction includes solving the problem of money shortage, but not now, it must be done slowly and gradually.
There should be some gains within three years, and within five years, this phenomenon can be eradicated."
After Zhao Huan and Cai Sui heard this, they couldn't help but be overjoyed.
"Okay, okay, I will tell my father when I get back later. Li Qi, I have full confidence in you."
Do you have a choice? Li Qiwei smiled and said: "Thank you for your trust, Prince. However, I hope that the emperor can merge Qian Yingwu into the Commerce Bureau and manage it uniformly, because Qian Yingwu will be the best weapon to put an end to this phenomenon in the future.
.”
Zhao Huan was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "I will propose it to my father. I believe it won't be a big problem."
Nowadays, the entire Qian Yingwu organization is in a state of semi-paralysis, and all the benefits inside have been squeezed out, so merging Qian Yinwu should not be difficult.
Li Qi suddenly thought of something again and said: "Oh, there is one more thing please convey to me by Your Highness, that is, I plan to build an overseas trading station overseas, specifically for our Song Dynasty merchants and those who come to our Song Dynasty to do business.
Prepared by foreign businessmen.”
Zhao Huan really didn't have a high opinion on this, and he didn't have any opinion. He just nodded and said: "Okay. I'll note it down, and I will tell my father for you later."
Cai Suan chuckled and said: "Okay, let's put this issue aside for now. After all, it won't be long before those envoys come to your door. In addition to what I said before, the emperor also has another concern, that is, almost all the people who come now are
As for our neighboring countries in the Song Dynasty, if this is a time of peace, that would be fine, but if something changes, then we may end up in a cocoon by selling weapons to them, and we have to be careful about this."
Zhao Huan nodded and said: "Li Qi, you may not know that major changes may occur in Xixia now."
A major change? Li Qi's face tightened and he said: "What change?"
Zhao Huan said: "The thing is like this. Yelu Yanxi, Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Kingdom, asked Xixia to help resist the Jin Kingdom. Xixia also sent troops to help, but you also know the current situation."
Li Qi didn't wait for him to finish, and asked: "Is Xixia planning to defect to the Kingdom of Jin?"
Zhao Huan nodded and said: "The news we have learned so far is that Xixia has stopped aiding Yelu Yanxi and has started negotiations with the Jin Kingdom. Based on past facts, Xixia is likely to surrender to the Jin Kingdom."
cāo! If this is the case, then the Song Dynasty is not being restrained from both sides, which would be really bad. Li Qi frowned and said: "Do the envoys coming from Xixia this time have any plans to sell weapons?"
Cai Suan said: "I have asked about it, but it seems that I don't have much interest."
It seems that this is not groundless. I am afraid that it will be fought between two sides again. It is just that the Liao Kingdom was replaced by the more powerful Jin Kingdom. The Northern Song Dynasty was really a miserable country! Li Qi sighed lightly, but he could only
So, after all, this matter is still far away, and he is beyond his reach, so he might as well finish what is in front of him first. He smiled and said: "This is a good thing! Xixia's submission to the Jin Kingdom will definitely cause panic in other countries, but not everyone
Countries all want to be vassals, but Japan, for example, doesn't want to. Everyone has seen how powerful the Jin Dynasty is. Although it is not our turn yet, we have to prepare for a rainy day, so other neighboring countries will definitely follow in large numbers.
Buy weapons just in case. As for whether it will affect our Song Dynasty, there is no need to worry about it.
They are buying our weapons that are on the verge of being eliminated. Maybe they can gain a certain advantage over other countries with our weapons, but for us, it is an absolute disadvantage. As long as our new weapons come out, in terms of weapons,
That is a complete crushing, which is nothing to worry about. Now we only need to take care of ourselves, the economy, and the military, and go hand in hand to complement each other. Then only others will be afraid of us. Moreover, we can also use this arms trade to establish relationships with some countries
Reaching some kind of alliance can also increase the appeal of our Song Dynasty."
Zhao Huan is a soft-eared person who likes to fool, so he listened happily and said: "Okay, okay, I feel relieved with your words."
After Zhao Huan returned, he told Song Huizong exactly what Li Qi had said. After hearing this, Song Huizong was very excited and ordered someone to send a message to Li Qi to do it without any worries. As for those who opposed Li Qi,
He ignored all the people.
In the blink of an eye, two days passed in a row.
Many people have come to see Li Qi, including Goryeo, Uighur, Dali and several Tubo regimes. But Li Qi is not in a hurry to see them. This kind of business naturally involves talking to each other.
To be honest, the prices are definitely not the same. If it is beneficial to you, the price may be cheap, but if it has nothing to do with you, then the price will of course be higher, so you have to look at it separately.
The first person Li Qi wanted to meet was the Japanese envoys, Iga Momokawa and Tenki Miki. After all, they came first, so of course they had to meet first.
Ordnance Supervisor.
"You two, you're all right." Li Qi stood up and held his hands to greet him.
"Tengji (Iga) has met the supervisor."
The two little Japanese saw that Li Qi's expression had obviously improved compared to the last time, and they were secretly happy, knowing that this trip was not in vain.
Iga Momokawa waved to the four samurai behind him. The four samurai came forward carrying two sets of sword holders, with a total of eight samurai swords placed on them, but at this time the katana and Li Qi were on the TV.
What you see inside is completely different. The most intuitive difference is that it is not as long, which is two-thirds of the later generations, and the curvature is almost the same. The end of the handle is curved outward. This should be the predecessor of the samurai sword.
Iga Momokawa said: "My Lord Supervisor, this is my sharpest knife. It's called Xiaokarasuma. Only palace warriors are worthy of owning it. I brought it here specially for you. It's a meager gift, but it's not respectful."
"The sharpest knife is so sharp."
The one who spoke was not Li Qi, but Ma Qiao, who had just taken his annual leave today. He stepped forward without courtesy, picked up a handful of small black balls, and turned a blind eye to the angry looks in the eyes of the four warriors.
Whoosh!
"Oh, it's really a good knife! This is the first time I've seen such a sharp knife." As soon as Ma Qiao took out the knife, he saw a cold light passing by and couldn't help but exclaimed.
This guy is really a headache. Li Qi shouted in a deep voice: "Maqiao."
Ma Qiao was slightly startled and said hurriedly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I can't help myself when I see a good knife." After saying that, he immediately put it back, but there was still hunger in his eyes.
Li Qi glared at him slightly, and then apologized to Iga Baichuan: "This servant is ignorant and has offended you two. I am here to apologize to you two on his behalf."
Tengji Miki said with a smile: "No, no, the supervisor is too polite. This dear man must think that people who love swords can understand and understand."
Li Qi chuckled and said: "I am a chef by training, and I also know a little bit about knives. With this knife, tsk tsk, it will definitely be very fast to chop bones."
"Ah? Bu Shuai, if you use this knife to chop bones, what's the difference between this and robbing nature?" Ma Qiao said in disbelief.
There was a hint of anger on the faces of Iga Momokawa and the samurai, and they took the small Karasuma balls to chop the bones. Is there anything more insulting to their samurai than this?
Little Japan is Little Japan, and there is nothing wrong with it. Li Qi laughed and said: "I am joking, please don't take it seriously. I am not a martial arts practitioner, but I will give them to those who have high moral character and value love and justice."
I am a swordsman who will never take any money, I just hope that I can live up to the samurai spirit contained in this little Karasuma."
After hearing this, Iga Baichuan immediately turned from anger to joy and said with a samurai salute: "Thank you, Mr. Supervisor."
"You're welcome, you're welcome, please sit down, please sit down."
Li Qi chuckled and waved his hand, and several servants immediately took the knives down. It can only be said that Li Qi really didn't know how to refuse.
After everyone sat down, Li Qi took a sip of tea and said: "What I said just now is not entirely a joke. I do have some experience with this knife. This little black pill is of the highest quality. This shows that your country builds weapons."
Their skills are not bad. In this case, why do you still come to our country to buy weapons? I am not just asking this casually, because only by understanding each other can we enhance mutual trust and lay a solid foundation for future cooperation.
, after all, we are not doing a one-time deal.”
Tokichi Miki smiled and said: "The supervisor is right, he is right. In fact, it is like this. As we all know, we Japanese people have always valued peace and love peace. Although our weapon-making technology is not inferior to others, we have always
They are unwilling to manufacture weapons on a large scale. However, the sea has not been very peaceful recently. Some pirates have appeared. These pirates specialize in killing people and stealing goods. When our monarch found out, he was very angry and wanted to kill them quickly. However, those pirates were well-equipped.
It is sufficient and difficult to deal with, and our equipment pales in comparison. I happened to hear that your country was planning to sell weapons, so I came to take a look."
Wow! I'm really convinced. I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen such shameless people. You can even come up with such a lame excuse, and you still fight pirates. You yourself started off by pirates. I see you.
I want to buy weapons and prepare to become a pirate. That's fine. I happen to have to train a navy. I can go out to sea and fight pirates when I have nothing else to do. It's all training. That's not bad either.
"That's it." Li Qi chuckled and boasted casually: "I have already informed the emperor about your intention to purchase weapons. At first, the emperor was still a little hesitant. After all, we have not established diplomatic relations. It is really inappropriate to do so.
Appropriate. But at the New Year's Day meeting, after the emperor met the two of them, he admired them very much, especially the samurai spirit shown by Mr. Iga, which the emperor greatly appreciated. This is what the emperor told me. He said that Japan
If there are more warriors like Mr. Iga, the relationship between our Song Dynasty and your country will definitely be improved. The emperor also said that he feels that your warrior spirit has something in common with our Confucianism. Perhaps it is because of this
, so the Emperor feels very cordial to the behavior of the two of you."
Iga Baichuan was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Iga is really flattered by His Majesty's appreciation. Moreover, to be honest with the supervisor, we warriors all admire Confucianism and have been studying Confucianism since childhood."
"No wonder, no wonder." Li Qi chuckled, coughed slightly, and said, "Let's get down to business, our emperor has agreed to your request." He waved his hand, and the two servants immediately gave Iga Baichuan and Tengji Miki.
Handing over two pieces of paper, Li Qi continued: "This is our weapons price list. Please take a look at it."
The two took it and looked at it carefully, but as they looked behind it, their expressions became more solemn.
Li Qi rubbed his lower lip and said: "From the bill of goods you two handed me a few days ago, as well as the price you proposed, it can be seen that you have done some research, but you have ignored a few points.
, Firstly, the price estimated by the two of you should be calculated based on the price of civilian materials, and our Song Dynasty army uses high-quality materials, so the price is naturally more expensive; secondly, risk fee, military supplies are a very
Special commodities. Many countries are sensitive to these things. Maybe some people will blame us and scold us for this. This is a loss of reputation. Moreover, who can guarantee that one day our soldiers will not die from the products we produce?
Weapons, these are all unpredictable risks; thirdly, our weapons in the Song Dynasty must be produced according to strict rules, and the labor cost is not what you estimated. Just add these three items, fifty
I definitely won’t be able to buy the quantity you want.”
"this."
Iga and Tengji couldn't help but look at each other, looking particularly embarrassed.
Damn it! This has frightened you. How dare you come to do business with me? "However, our emperor understands the righteousness well and said that the business is small but the friendship between the two countries is big, so he specially asked me to give it to you.
I plan to charge you only 490,000 yuan for your preferential price. However, as I said before, we sold it at a loss at this price. You must not tell others, and you must keep it secret, otherwise it will be difficult for us."
For those two little Japanese, it was like they were suddenly transported from hell to heaven, and they were so excited that they almost fainted.