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    Heshi left in a hurry while holding on.  Wanyan Xun was extremely depressed. He didn't expect that He Shi Lie was so blind in his pursuit and could lose a big thing for a small thing.  For Daijin, no matter how the Yellow River floods, it will not be as big a threat to Daikin as the Mongols.  If the Yellow River floods, the people will be displaced at worst. As long as the court reduces taxes and provides more disaster relief, there won't be any big problems. In the end, as long as you have money, you can solve the problem.  But if the border is not secured, it will not only cost you money, but your life!  But no matter how depressed Shou Wanyan Xun is, he can't speak out, nor can he go to He Shilie to theory. Now he is just an ordinary squad leader of the escort, although sometimes he will be asked to explain cavalry tactics.  , but in fact, he does not have much power.  It is even impossible to leave the cement factory at any time, otherwise, Han Zhongwei will severely punish him.  ¡°But this is a good thing for Li Ping¡¯an.  It was learned that He Shi Liezhizhong had left Heicheng.  Li Anping was very excited, he knew the opportunity had come.  Especially when he learned that He Shi Liezhizhong had not reached an agreement with Zhong Wei on the grenade, he was even more ecstatic. This was really a God-given opportunity.  God bless Daxia, allowing him to take the upper hand at this critical moment.  Li Ping'an is no better than He Shilie. He knows the power of grenades too well. As long as the captured army can possess 100,000 grenades, it will be able to arm an army of 10,000 people. By then, this army of 10,000 people will be the entire Great Xia.  The most powerful troops will not be at a disadvantage even if they encounter the Mongols.  Li An'an has learned about the contents of the cement supply agreement between Heicheng and Jinguo, and is very familiar with the advance payment system, so he knows that the first thing he has to do is to raise funds.  Otherwise, with the money he had, he could only buy a handful of grenades.  Although Zhong Wei and his personal relationship are pretty good, Zhong Wei will never give him special care in the face of such a thing. If he wants to buy more grenades than Jin Guo, he can only prepare more money.  Otherwise, you will get nothing in front of Zhong Wei.  But Li Ping'an didn't know that because of Wanyan Xun's nonsense, the price of grenades had changed from ten guans per grenade to twenty guan per grenade. This price increase rate can definitely be compared with the real estate prices in future generations.  It's worth a fight.  "What? I just went back to Zhongxing Mansion to get money, and the price of your grenades doubled?" Li An'an shouted. He went back to Zhongxing Mansion to get 100,000 yuan, and wanted to buy 10,000 grenades from Zhong Wei first.  .  Unexpectedly, as soon as he returned to the Black City, he could only buy 50,000 pieces.  Although he, as the prince of Yue, didn't have much idea about money, the amount of one hundred thousand guan still surprised him.  "This is not because I raised the price without permission, but because someone paid twenty guan a piece. I can't favor one person over another, right?" Han Zhongwei shrugged, expressing his helplessness.  It would be a fool not to take advantage of an advantage. Although Wan Yanxun's price of twenty guan for a grenade has not yet been confirmed, for Han Zhongwei, he already has the confidence to raise the price.  Even if Xixia doesn't want it, he can sell it to Jin Guo.  What's more, by quoting such a sky-high price, Han Zhongwei can also control the number of grenades flowing outside.  Otherwise, anyone can buy it for 10,000 or 20,000 coins. If one day they fall out, what can I do to restrain them?  "What? Who would pay twenty guans a piece? Is it He Shi Liezhizhong?" Li An'an knew that He Shi Liezhizhong agreed to all Han Zhongwei's requests, no matter how unreasonable they were, as long as he could do it.  Will hesitate.  How could this fool from the Kingdom of Jin take the initiative to deliver money to his door?  I don¡¯t know how Wanyan Dage would send such a fool to Black City. He was simply helping Zhong Wei make money.  "Absolutely." Han Zhongwei was noncommittal, even though it was Wanyan Xun who suggested it.  But Han Zhongwei would not tell Li An'an that only by competing between the two sides could he gain the greatest benefits.  "Brother Zhong, after all, we are different from the Kingdom of Jin. They are willing to be taken advantage of. That is their business. But I made an agreement with you before. Although we did not sign a contract, we have a verbal agreement, not to mention that I will give you ten sticks.  I bought a hundred of them from you, but you can't pay more for me this time." Li Pingan said anxiously. The grenade he took back last time surprised his father. He was too satisfied with the power of the grenade. It happened at that time.  Several generals from the Capture Army were present, and they were all full of praise for such a powerful, easy-to-operate, and easy-to-carry new firearm.  They all asked the King of Yue to send them grenades. They assured that as long as their troops had this latest firearm, the Mongols would become paper tigers.  After learning that this new type of firearm called a grenade was actually produced in Heicheng, Li Renyou immediately decided to buy it from Zhong Wei.  At that time, some people also pointed out that making firearms privately was tantamount to rebellion, and Black City's firearms could allow them to hand over all of them to the court.  But Li Renyou still decided to buy it. The reason was very simple, because if Heicheng was asked to hand over all the grenades, not to mention whether Zhong Wei of Heicheng would obey the order, you must know that Li Chunyou had an agreement with him at that time. Unless Heicheng was attacked by the Mongols, otherwise Heicheng would  The imperial court will never interfere in the affairs of the city.  At this time?Ask Black City to hand over the grenades.  The name is not justified and the words are not justified.  ¡°Also, even if Heicheng does hand over the grenade, Heicheng will not hand over the method of making the grenade.  When the time comes, there will be too many monks and too little gruel. How many more will be able to be distributed to the capture army?  After the last incident, the emperor no longer trusted the Qisheng Army and the Yue King Li Renyou as before.  Therefore, Li Renyou felt that if the Qi Shengjun really wanted to possess a large number of grenades, the best way would be to buy them from Zhong Wei.  Although this costs more, it is the safest.  As long as the capture army can possess 10,000 powerful firearms like grenades, no one will dare to look down upon them.  Even Emperor Li Chunyou would re-evaluate the combat effectiveness of the captured army.  But Li Ping'an didn't expect that he had brought enough money to buy grenades, but in the end he could only buy half of what he planned.  It was hard for him not to be depressed.  "Let's do this. I'll find a compromise. You can also barter like the Jin Kingdom did." Han Zhongwei himself actually felt that the price was a bit ridiculous. The cost of the grenade was actually not high. The reason why the grenade was so  The value is mainly due to the gunpowder in the grenade. Han Zhongwei directly invented black gunpowder in this era. The power of black gunpowder is more than a hundred times more powerful than current gunpowder?  If it were converted into copper coins, it would be less than a hundred coins, even if it was ten guan at its original price.  That is also a hundred times the profit, which is much higher than the profit of drug trafficking in later generations.  "Barter? How to barter?" Li An'an knew that part of Zhong Weiye's cement agreement with the Jin Kingdom was barter, using pig iron, grain, saltpeter, sulfur, charcoal and other things in exchange.  "A grenade is exchanged for a horse." Han Zhongwei said. He himself felt that the price was outrageous. You must know that the price of a good horse can be sold for a hundred guan in Lin'an. Of course, horses in Daxia are not expensive.  But some good horses require dozens or even hundreds of passes, but they should be at the top level.  "A horse for a grenade? Are all the grenades exchanged for horses or only part of them?" Li Ping'an didn't think there was anything harsh about this condition. It took a hundred guan to buy a horse in Lin'an.  In Daxia, there are only a dozen guan. If you buy more, it will not even exceed ten guan.  "Whatever you want, you can exchange them all with horses." Han Zhongwei said. In his opinion, no matter what method of transaction is used, it will be beneficial to him without any harm.  "I brought 100,000 guan this time. I originally wanted to buy 10,000 grenades. Now I will add 5,000 horses and buy a total of 10,000 grenades from you." Li An said, originally he should go back to ZTE for such a thing  The government asked Li Renyou, King of Yue, for instructions, but Li Ping'an knew that the longer the delay, the more unforeseen things would happen. He went back to Zhongxing Mansion, but the grenades were twice as expensive when he came back. If he went back again, he didn't know what would happen again.  How expensive is it?  "Okay, when can the horses be sent to Heicheng?" Han Zhongwei asked. In fact, the horses needed for his escort were enough. The horse taxes of the Yeli, Blackwater, and Black Mountain tribes had been paid. The reason why he returned  If you want horses, you mainly want to prepare them for the Song Dynasty.  The weakest part of the Song Dynasty is precisely because there are not many cavalry. If there can be a hundred thousand or even fifty thousand elite cavalry, coupled with their own firearms, the pattern of the world will undergo major changes.  "I won't break your rules. Within a month, these war horses will be sent to the Black City. But when I return to Zhongxing Mansion this time, I need to take away 5,000 grenades first. This should be fine. Of course, one hundred thousand dollars is also  I'll give it to you in full," Li Ping'an said. He didn't have a war horse at hand now, so he could only buy back five thousand grenades.  And there is another point. I did not ask my father for permission to exchange the war horses for grenades. If my father did not agree, I had already taken back 5,000 grenades, which would be considered a worthwhile trip.  "Of course there is no problem. Even if you don't want to trade your horse for grenades, it doesn't matter. We can trade it in two times." Han Zhongwei seemed to understand Li An'an's thoughts.  Li An¡¯an didn¡¯t expect Zhong Wei to be so considerate.  He actually couldn't make the decision to exchange war horses for grenades, but in order to complete the task of 10,000 grenades, he had to make such a decision temporarily.  When Li Anping returned to Zhongxing Mansion dragging 5,000 grenades, Li Renyou personally escorted the 5,000 grenades to the capture army's station.  The grenades brought by Li Renyou shocked the generals of the Capture Army.  Although Li Renyou was distressed by the high price of grenades, he only tried ten of them.  But even so, the power of the grenade is fully demonstrated.  Ten grenades killed ten cows and ten sheep. One sheep was even torn apart by the blast of air. Blood and flesh flew everywhere, and intestines were everywhere on the ground.  There were also ten horses, which were frightened by these ten huge explosions and ran wildly in all directions. Even the owners of the horses could not stop their madness. The owners of the horses were distressed that they might let go of the reins and let the horses run away.  , some soldiers who didn't want the horses to leave them were dragged backwards on the ground by the horses.  ? ???Commander, where did you get this firearm?  With these artifacts, the Army of Capturing Life will be invincible!  "Li Zongshan, the deputy commander of the Capture Army, said in surprise. In his opinion, as long as he has grenades, the Capture Army will be invincible. "This is not unique to us. On the contrary, it was bought from others.  of.  "Li Renyou didn't hide anything in front of his most trusted subordinates. "Bought?  Then buy as much as possible, the more the better.  "Li Zongshan said without hesitation. "I also want to buy more, but this thing is too expensive, and it can't be bought with money.  "Li Renyou sighed. Although he is a prince, it is not that easy for him to come up with 100,000 gu in cash at a time. "How much is one piece?  "Li Zongshan finally knew the crux of the problem. "Twenty guan, this is the latest offer from Black City Zhongwei. Last month, it was only ten guan.  "Li Renyou said helplessly, if grenades are priceless but not marketable, Zhong Wei is the only one in the world who has them. "Twenty sticks?  !  "Li Zongshan opened his mouth wide. This is enough to equip a fully armed soldier. There are 100,000 soldiers in the capture army. Even if each person has one grenade, it will cost 2 million. Every additional grenade in the future will cost 2 million."  One million dollars, this is definitely a terrifying amount. ¡°Not bad, and the supply cannot be guaranteed.  "Li Renyou can't exert influence on Zhong Wei. Zhong Wei has basically never left the Black City since he went to the Black City. Not to mention Li Renyou, even the emperor Li Chunyou is powerless against him. "This Zhong Wei is really hateful.  , Your Majesty, we must prepare at least 100,000 grenades, otherwise we will not be able to guarantee our absolute advantage. Especially when dealing with the Mongols, grenades are a magic weapon for victory.  "Li Zongshan said with certainty. He is an excellent general. Although it is his first time to know grenades, he already knows very well that weapons like this must be used intensively and intensively, otherwise the best effect will not be achieved.  . ¡°One hundred thousand?  You have to know that this is two million strings. Even if half of it is paid in cash, it will still cost one million strings and 50,000 horses.  "Li Renyou said, with his financial resources, he couldn't come up with one million dollars, and if he wanted to spend it from military expenditures, he would have to alert the Ministry of Industry and Accounts. That would mean that the emperor would also know that with Li Chunyou's financial resources,  Coupled with his natural advantages, Zhong Wei may never sell himself a grenade again. ¡°Commander, how can you exchange your war horse for a grenade?  "Li Zongshan said in surprise. "Zhong Wei supports exchanging war horses for grenades, and one war horse for a grenade.  "Li Renyou knew that if there was no other way, he could only exchange the war horse for the grenade. Even if Zhong Wei agreed, he would be more willing to exchange the war horse for the grenade. "It is cost-effective to exchange the war horse for the grenade, but can this matter be hidden from Li Zunxu?  "Li Zongshan said that since the last time the King of Yue disappeared, Emperor Li Chunyou took advantage of the situation and sent him to the Capture Army. He originally wanted to take over as the coach of the Capture Army, but then the situation suddenly changed and he ended up only serving as the deputy commander.  When Li Zunxu came to capture the Shengjun, he was unfamiliar with the place. All his subordinates were the most loyal generals of Yue King Li Renyou, so Li Zunxu could not command his subordinates at all. But later Emperor Li Chunyou began to cooperate with him and transferred Li Zunxu's generals away from the capture.  Li Zongshan didn't even think about telling Li Zunxu about the grenade, but he had to exchange war horses for grenades.  The horses must be used by the Qisheng Army. Daxia has several horse-producing places, and the Qisheng Army even has its own horse farm, so giving Zhong Wei 50,000 horses will not have an impact on the Qisheng Army.  It is difficult to completely avoid letting Li Zunxu know about this situation. ¡°Even if we can¡¯t hide it from him, we can¡¯t let him know where the grenade came from.  As long as he doesn't know this, even if he knows that we dealt with fifty thousand horses, he won't know the whole story.  "Li Renyou said that he also disliked Li Zunxu staying in the Capture Army, but he knew that he could not completely ignore him, otherwise Emperor Li Chunyou would never agree. If he was stimulated too much, he might risk everything to recapture the Capture Army.  "Except for me, no one in the Jingsheng Army knows the origin of the grenade.  "Li Zongshan said firmly. "Well, you prepare the war horse as soon as possible in the shortest possible time.  "Li Renyou still believes in Li Zongshan's guarantee. If he can't believe it, then he will have no control over the captured army. Things are exactly as Li Renyou expected. Li Zunxu knew the existence of the grenade very quickly. He  Although Li Zongshan's subordinates could not be sold, he could still sell several soldiers of the Qisheng Army. The soldiers of the Qisheng Army were all prisoners of war. They were treated like slaves. Li Zunxu, the eldest son of King Qi, only promised them that they would serve in the army in the future.  Release them from their status as slaves and let them follow him wholeheartedly.Knowing that the Qisheng Army actually had a powerful firearm, Li Zunxu did not dare to neglect it. He immediately returned to Zhongxing Mansion in person and reported the matter to Emperor Li Chunyou in person.  "Grenade? This is the first time I have heard of this kind of firearm?" Li Chunyou did not witness the power of grenades with his own eyes, and Li Zunxu only heard about it, so he was most interested in this new term.  "Your Majesty, ten grenades can kill ten cows and sheep, and the loud noise it makes can scare the horses. Even the owner of the horse cannot control the horse." Li Zunxu looked worried, the power of the grenades is so  It is huge, but this is the first time the emperor has heard that this is not a firearm from Daxia. The most sharp firearms in the world belong to the Song Dynasty. Could it be that the King of Yue has an affair with the Song Dynasty?  "What? Ten grenades can kill ten cows and sheep. Doesn't that mean that one hand grenade can kill one cow and sheep? What kind of firearm can be so powerful? I'm afraid Song Dynasty's Thunderbolt is not like this.  Powerful, right?" Li Chunyou said in surprise.  "Hangtian thunder is definitely not as good as grenades, and the most surprising thing is that grenades are very small, one person can carry nearly ten of them, and there is no need to light the fuse to detonate the grenade. It can explode with just a slight pull." Li Zunxu thinks this is the only way  It is terrifying, small and exquisite, easy to use, and extremely powerful. No matter which army obtains it first, such a firearm will infinitely increase the combat power of that army.  But now the Jingsheng Army is the first army to obtain such weapons, and this is what Li Chunyou and Li Zunxu don't want to see.  (!)
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