Chapter 1802: Demolition of the east and west walls, cutting out flesh and replenishing sores, Japanese armed forces

After Long Yujue arrived at the prime minister's mansion and waited in the gatehouse for a while, then a servant came out to pass on him.

So Long Yujue quickly cleansed his clothes and dressed up his appearance. He followed the servants respectfully into Shi Miyuan's living room where guests were entertained.

Then Long Yujue waited in the corridor for a while, and heard Shi Miyuan's voice in the study room telling him a low voice. Only then did someone carry the curtain and ask the Long official from the Sihai Business Club to go in and pay a visit to the Prime Minister Shi.

When Long Yujue bowed into the room and the salute was finished, Shi Miyuan asked Long Yujue to sit down beside him.

Then Long Yujue sat on the official hat chair and looked up at Prime Minister Shi Miyuan.

Just like this prime minister, he seemed to have fallen asleep after morning court, and just got up, with a little tiredness on his face.

But his eyes were shining with introverted light and full of energy, and seemed to be ready to compete with him.

At this time, Shi Miyuan saw the great businessman in front of him, Long Yujue was respectful and respectful, and looked extraordinary. He could not see any angry expression. He couldn't help but praise himself in his heart.

Shi Miyuan thought to himself: This Dragon Jade Tribunal is so big that he can still be so calm, and he deserves to be so big of his business!

At this time, Shi Miyuan asked someone to serve tea, and he sighed helplessly. For Shi Miyuan, the matter is forced to do nothing.

Since last year, the financial situation of the Song Dynasty has taken a sharp turn for the worse. The place where the world's most abundant taxes were cut down by Shen Mo twice.

The sea trade between Fu and Guangxi was developed and there were many merchants. Every year, the taxes paid to the court in these two routes accounted for as much as 20% of the total income of the Song Dynasty.

Sichuan and Sichuan have abundant land and wealth, and the taxes and silver given to the Southern Song Dynasty can reach nearly 10 million yuan each year, which is also an inexhaustible bag of money that the Song Dynasty has.

However, these two places have been occupied by people, which has caused the Song Dynasty's income to be reduced to half of the original level.

But in contrast, the imperial court's expenditure did not decrease, but instead increased significantly!

Originally, the expenses of the officials were indispensable. What's more, the two places, Sichuan, Shu and Fuguang, have now become enemy countries. This requires garrisoning troops on the border to prepare for enemy invasion, which requires more military expenditures.

Moreover, the army of the Song Dynasty was corrupt and decayed. They wanted to raise troops in the northwest to prepare for the invasion of the Western Xia. The Jin Kingdom, in the north, was even more eyeing them and attacked them in three or two years.

In addition, Shen Mo on Huainan East Road was even more of a confidant enemy of the Song Dynasty. If this guy wanted to start a war, he could fight to Lin'an within a few days and put the tip of his sword on the belly of Emperor Zhao Yuju!

What's more, the navy under Shen Mo's men on Huainan East Road was even more invincible. No matter how hard the navy in Lin'an and the navy in the Song Dynasty could no longer continue to shrink, but instead had to be armed in large quantities.

So in this case, in order to fill the broken ship that leaked everywhere in the Song Dynasty, Shi Miyuan tried his best to tear down the east and west walls. Even after all his ideas were hit on the merchants, it was difficult to stop the decline of the current Song Dynasty's destiny.

Just this time, the country urgently needed another six million jin of silver to purchase arms.

This was two or three months ago, a group of Japanese merchants came to Lin'an, the Song Dynasty, and took some weapons to the military weapon surveillance of the Song Dynasty, asking the Song Dynasty court whether to purchase it.

Speaking of the Japanese weapons in the Song Dynasty, they were always very popular. As early as the Northern Song Dynasty, Ouyang Xiu once wrote a poem to praise Japan's samurai sword:

"The Kunyi Road is far from reaching, and who can cut jade in the world can be poor? The treasure sword is close to Japan, and Yue Jiade is from the east of the sea."

But this time, the things brought by these Japanese merchants were not expensive knives that only rich and high-ranking generals could afford, but standard weapons for the army.

These weapons, swords and guns are all extremely pure in steel, while the armor is light and tough. In terms of cost performance, it is far more than the things forged by Da Song's own blacksmith. What's more, among these military weapons, there is a military weapon... a steel arm crossbow!

The shooting distance of this steel-arm crossbow is slightly higher than that of a bow and arrow, and can shoot about thirty feet away. This is already a range that only strong soldiers can reach among the strong archers of the Song Dynasty.

So this batch of arms immediately excited the Song Dynasty's military!

Because although this steel-arm crossbow is not much stronger than the range of a bow and arrow, it also has its own unique features.

First of all, this thing is solid and reliable, and the whole body is made of steel, so it is not as difficult to preserve and maintain as a bow made of glue, paint, tendons, corners, and it will be scrapped if it is slightly refluxed or moldy.

Moreover, this weapon can shoot accurately, even a newly-entered recruit can accurately shoot targets after two or three days of training.

According to the level of shooting skills, the shooting accuracy and distance of this recruit are not much worse than the shooting archer selected from the Song army.

What's more, this kind of crossbow arrow has the most attractive point - it has undergone practical tests on the battlefield!

Just the winter of the previous year, Xixia Kingdom successfully defeated the Mongolian army with four thousand such steel-arm crossbows, causing the Mongolians, who were famous for their cavalry and shooting, to suffer a great loss.

Now the battle has spread all over the world, so many people in the Song Dynasty also know about this.

At the same time, there are actually many reasons why the Song army had to purchase these batches of weapons.

For example, the other party secretly returned the relevant personnel, and even Prime Minister Shi Miyuan, all promised a considerable number of kickbacks.

What's more, there was the last big news that Zhao and Ju immediately decided to purchase a large number of these steel arm crossbows and all Japanese weapons.

It is because those Japanese merchants openly shouted when selling weapons: "If the Song Dynasty refused to eat these weapons, they would sell them to the Jin Kingdom!

So under such circumstances, even if the Song Dynasty court was short of money, the six million coins were necessary.

But it is impossible for you to use such a trustless Jiaozi to fool the Japanese. So Shi Miyuan had to do the same trick again and again intend to pass the losses onto the wealthy Sihai Money House.

By the time we talk about this, I believe everyone has already understood.

What is the Japanese weapon merchant? In fact, it is Shen Mo's loyal dogs from the Blood Cherry Warrior Order. They disguised themselves as Japanese merchants and came to sell weapons.

In this weapon transaction, Shen Mo wanted to use these weapons to strengthen the military strength of the Song Dynasty. Although the Song Dynasty was an enemy country, it was likely to face invasions from the Jin and Mongolia. So it was a good thing for them to use weapons produced in Tongzhou to enhance their defense power.
Chapter completed!