Chapter 714: The account is not calculated like this
Li Qi was not fooling Duan Shiwen. On the contrary, he had never been so sincere.
Facing the devastated Song Dynasty, Li Qi would never agree to use troops against the south immediately, because the north was his biggest concern and he had to preserve his strength. However, if the problems in the south were not solved, the Song Dynasty would never have peace.
, so the Song Dynasty must support a force to deal with the enemies in the south for him, and Duan Zhengyan, who has always been close to the Song Dynasty and has the same enemy as the Song Dynasty, is undoubtedly the best candidate.
Li Qi and Duan Shiwen talked for three full days, and both sides hoped to take every detail into consideration. Since Li Qi did not want to show off with the Gao family yet, he advocated that Duan Zhengyan must calm down and put down the rebellion first.
Secretly recruit troops and buy horses, wait until the time is right, and then try other things. The Song Dynasty will definitely give him unlimited support.
After the negotiation was completed, Zhao Huan personally reported the results of the negotiation to Song Huizong. Song Huizong was greatly pleased and wrote a letter in person and ordered Duan Shiwen to take it back to Duan Zhengyan as a guarantee.
After Duan Shiwen got the letter, he immediately said goodbye and went back. Although he did not sell weapons this time, he was undoubtedly the biggest winner. It can be said that the trip was worthwhile and he came back with a full load.
It wasn't until Duan Shiwen's team disappeared around a corner that Li Qi and Zhao Huan took the carriage back.
On the carriage, Zhao Huan asked: "Li Qi, you seem to value Dali very much?"
Are you smart enough to ask such a simple question? Li Qi smiled and said: "Prince, I have explained a little bit about Dali. In addition, there are two reasons. One is that I am
Start implementing new laws in Jiangnan to revive the economy and agriculture in Jiangnan. Dali is next to Jiangnan, and its trade with Dali has become particularly important. And if Jiangnan has just started to improve, and Dali is destroyed from it, it may be
Our efforts were in vain, so appeasing Dali is the key to Jiangnan's economic construction and the top priority; the second is Dali's horses."
"Dali horse?" Zhao Huan frowned and said, "But this Dali horse is too thin and small and is not suitable for military use. At most, it is used to transport grain and so on. We in the Song Dynasty have always tended to buy horses from the north."
Li Qi shook his head and said: "One moment, another moment. Although the Dali horse is small, it has good endurance, and many of our new weapons in the future will need to be transported by horses, so the Dali horse will play a decisive role in the future battlefield.
, so for us, Dali is what we are determined to achieve.”
"Aim to win?" Zhao Huan exclaimed, "What do you mean?"
Li Qi shrugged and said: "Who can guarantee that every king of Dali in the future will be like Duan Zhengyan? The safest way is to incorporate him into the territory of our Song Dynasty to avoid future troubles."
Zhao Huan never expected that Li Qi's appetite was so big, and he was shocked for a moment.
That's right! He is too timid, and it is useless to tell him all this. Li Qi chuckled: "Prince, this will all happen in the future. Now we can only take one step at a time."
"That's it, that's it." Zhao Huan was slightly startled, nodded, and said with a smile: "Okay. Now you have met all the envoys, and everything that needs to be discussed has been discussed. My father is still waiting for you to return.
Already."
Li Qi nodded and said: "I know. But I still have to clarify the accounts and wait for the results to come out before returning."
"fair enough."
After entering the city, Li Qi separated from Zhao Huan, and he went directly back to the weapons supervisor.
"Deputy Supervisor, have the accounts been settled?"
Li Qi was sitting on a chair, holding a cup of hot tea. He bent over and almost put his head into the stove. The red coals illuminated his face red.
Yu Qi, who stood in front of him, said respectfully: "Reporting to the supervisor, we have obtained a total of 2.81 million yuan in the past few days."
"I know that. What I'm asking is how much money have we made?" Li Qi said without raising his eyelids.
Yu Qi flipped through a few pages and said again: "After deducting the cost, we earned a total of 1.46 million yuan." When he reported this number, his hands were shaking. Is there anything more profitable than this in the world?
Buying and selling?
Li Qi hummed, raised his head, stared, and said, "Are you sure there are so many?"
"I."
The incredible look in Li Qi's eyes made Yu Qi swallow the words that came to his lips and said in panic: "This - I - should be worse - almost."
"It's almost the same, but I think it's a lot different."
Li Qi sighed again and said: "But I can't blame you. After all, you are not a businessman. It is indeed a bit difficult for you to settle the account."
Even if I wasn't a businessman, I wouldn't be wrong with such a simple account. Yu Qi felt aggrieved and unjust, and couldn't say anything.
"Don't be dissatisfied." Li Qi coughed lightly and said, "I know how you calculated this account even without looking at it. In our recent transactions, most of the weapons were old. You must have used them."
This number is derived from the old cost plus the cost of renovation. I am not wrong."
Yu Qi nodded and said, "That's right. Could it be that the supervisor thinks this is wrong?"
Li Qi rolled his eyes and said: "Of course it's wrong. There is also inflation - let me tell you, the value of the currency at that time was different from the value of the currency at this time. You have to take this difference into account.
ah."
"ah?"
Yu Qi was stunned for a moment and said: "This - how do you calculate this?"
"That's right, it's also difficult to calculate, and you don't know much about it, but I have to rush back to life! It's really a headache!" Li Qi rubbed his forehead with a depressed look on his face. After a moment, he waved his hand and said
: "Let's do it this way. Calculate it based on the current cost of weapon production. In addition, there is another point. You have to consider risk factors. For example, if we produce 100 bows, we will produce an average of five useless bows. This account
It also has to be taken into account.”
Yu Qi blinked, and after a long pause, he said: "All - all are calculated according to today's prices?" But in his heart, the weapons at that time were all about cutting corners, and the cost was much less than now, but now they are all made according to strict regulations.
, and the labor cost has also been greatly increased. If you think about it, he really doesn't dare to think about it anymore.
"Is there a problem?".
"Uh no."
"Gu De, go and settle it quickly. I still have to go and report back to the emperor."
"yes."
Li Qi did not do this because he wanted to get the money. He was obviously on guard against Song Huizong. After all, he used this huge profit to lure Song Huizong into taking charge of the general weapons inspection. This means that with this money, Song Huizong could directly go to the imperial court without going through the court.
If he was transferred from the Military Supervision and reported truthfully, God knows whether Song Huizong would convert all the money into stones. He concealed an account from it, and he also wanted to leave room for more flexibility in the funds he had on hand.
Some
New year, new atmosphere! So many things have happened in the past year, which is especially obvious in the main hall. Wang Fu became an official. Cai Jing became prime minister, Zhao Kai fell out of favor, Zhao Huan gained power, and the ministers in the court
They are also replacing them in an orderly manner.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live."
"Everyone loves you for your peace of mind."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Song Huizong sat high on the dragon chair, rubbed his hands, and said: "New Year's Day, New Year's Day. It represents the beginning of a new year. The people of the Song Dynasty all hope to strive for good luck during this New Year's Day, so every family has
It’s just a festivity, and of course I hope that my Song Dynasty can win and get off to a good start. However, someone did this for me and my Song Dynasty.”
After a pause, he glanced around and said, "Is Li Qi here?"
"Wei Chen is here."
Li Qi, who was dozing behind, quickly stood up.
Song Huizong looked at his sleepy look. Not only did he not blame him, he even said with a smile: "I have worked hard to love you these days."
It's good that you know. Li Qizuo bowed and said: "It is the duty of a humble minister to share the emperor's worries. It doesn't matter whether it is hard or not."
"Okay, okay." Song Huizong nodded and said, "Then tell me about the gains of your weapons supervisor these days."
"yes."
Li Qi coughed lightly and said: "From the second day of the Lunar New Year to the present, our Song Dynasty Arms Supervisor has reached an eight-part deal with Japan, Goryeo, Uighur, and Tubo, and received a total of 2.81 million gold."
Two hundred and eighty-one——Wan Guan?
The ministers were shocked, their eyes widened, and their mouths opened wide enough to swallow a goose egg.
In an instant, all kinds of envy, jealousy, and hatred filled the entire hall.
Li Qi added: "After deducting the cost and the expansion money advanced by Weichen that day, the net profit earned is a total of 1.08 million yuan."
He made a million dollars in just a few days. Song Huizong couldn't help but be overjoyed and said, "Okay, okay, Ai Qing did a very good job. I'm very satisfied."
"Your Majesty, I think there is something wrong with this number."
At this time, a person suddenly stood up and said.
Everyone turned around and saw that it was Huang Xinren, the salt and iron envoy.
Song Huizong was stunned and said: "Why did Aiqing say this?"
Huang Xinren said: "Your Majesty, I think this account is not accurate and someone is lining their own pockets from it."
Li Qi smiled and said: "Master Huang, why don't you just say it to me."
Huang Xinren said: "I didn't say that."
"The prince and I have always been taking care of this matter. If anyone enriches our own pockets, it will be only me and the prince. The prince will naturally not do this. The only one left is me." Li Qi said with a smile.
Cai You laughed and said in a strange tone: "I think anyone would be tempted when faced with such a large sum of money."
If this guy kept adding fuel to the fire later, it would be really troublesome and he would have to be blocked. Li Qi said with an ooh, "The British Lord seems to have opinions on this too, but our weapons inspector
It is an independent department. If the Salt and Iron Envoy has something to say, it is understandable. After all, our Ordnance Supervisor still has a close relationship with the Third Division, but your Privy Council seems to have no right to interfere."
Cai You was stunned for a moment, thinking that if he continued to speak, he would be overstepping his authority, and hehehe said: "I'm just saying casually."
Huang Xinren suffered a lot from Li Qi's hands and said cautiously: "Don't blame the economic leader, I just deal with things and not the people. According to the bill of goods provided by the economic leader, I earned a total of 2.81 million yuan. This is nothing."
Wrong, but according to our calculations, after deducting all costs and the money advanced by private individuals, we have made at least 1.8 million yuan, which means that 800,000 yuan has disappeared."
Song Huizong frowned when he heard this and said: "Li Qi, what's your explanation?" (To be continued...)