He Shilie Zhizhong hurriedly left, which made Wanyan Xun very depressed. He did not expect that He Shilie Zhizhong would lose his big fortune because of a small loss. For Dajin, the Yellow River was flooded and the Mongols did not threaten Dajin. The Yellow River was flooded, and it would not be too much of a threat to Dajin. As long as the court reduced taxes and increased disaster relief, there would not be too much problem. After all, as long as there was money, the problem could be solved. But if the border was not protected, it would not be just money, but life! But no matter how depressed Guan Yan Xun was, he could not say it out, nor could he go to He Shilie Zhizhong to argue. Now he is just an ordinary squad leader of the guard team. Although sometimes he would ask him to explain the tactics of the cavalry, in fact, he did not have much power. It was impossible to even leave the cement factory at any time. Otherwise, Han Zhongwei would severely punish him.

But this was a good thing for Li Anan. Li An was very excited to learn that Heshi Lie had left Heicheng. The opportunity he knew came. Especially when he learned that Heshi Lie did not reach a grenade agreement with Zhong Wei, he was even more ecstatic. This was a god-given opportunity. God bless Daxia, allowing him to take the lead at this critical moment. Li Anan is not as good as Heshi Lie. He knew too well the power of the grenade. As long as the Capture Army can have 10,000 grenades, he can arm a 10,000 team of people. By then, this 10,000 team will be the most powerful force in the entire Daxia. Even if he meets the Mongols, he will not be at a disadvantage.

Li An has learned about the content of the Heicheng and Jinguo Cement Supply Agreement and is very familiar with the advance payment system, so he knew that he would first raise funds. Otherwise, with the money he had to buy, there were only a handful of grenades he could buy. Although Zhong Wei and his personal life were pretty good, Zhong Wei would never give him special care in the face of such a thing. If he wanted to buy more grenades than Jinguo, he could only prepare more money, otherwise he would not get anything in front of Zhong Wei.

But Li An didn't know that because Wanyan Xun's nonsense made the price of grenades have changed from ten cents to twenty cents of the current one. Such a price increase rate can definitely be comparable to the real estate prices in later generations.

"What? I just returned to Zhongxing Mansion to get money, and the price of your grenades doubled?" Li An shouted. He went back to Zhongxing Mansion to get 10,000 guan, and wanted to buy 10,000 grenades from Zhongwei first. But unexpectedly, he could only buy 50,000 guan as soon as he returned to Heicheng. Although he did not have much concept of money as a prince of Yue, he still surprised him when he involved the amount of 100,000 guan.

"This is not because I raised the price without authorization, but because someone offered a price of 20 guan per piece. I can't favor one or the other, right?" Han Zhongwei shrugged and said that he was powerless. It is a fool to not take advantage of it. Although the price of 20 guan per piece of grenade proposed by Wanyan Xun has not yet been implemented, he has the confidence to raise the price for Han Zhongwei. Even if Xixia doesn't want it, he can sell it to the Jin Kingdom. Moreover, at such a sky-high price, Han Zhongwei can control the amount of grenades flowing outside. Otherwise, anyone would buy 10,000 and 20,000 yuan. If one day they turn against each other, what will he use to restrict them?

"What? Who will pay for 20 guan per coin? Could it be Heshilie Zhizhong?" Li An knew that Heshilie Zhizhong agreed to Han Zhongwei's request. No matter how unreasonable it was, he would not hesitate as long as he could do it. How could this fool from the Jin Kingdom take the initiative to deliver the money? I don't know why Wanyan Dage sent such a confused insect to Heicheng, which was simply helping Zhongwei make money.

"It's almost the same." Han Zhongwei refused to comment. Although this was proposed by Wanyan Xun. Han Zhongwei would not tell Li An, that only when the two sides competed can they get the greatest benefits.

"Brother Zhong, we are different from the Jin Kingdom after all. They are willing to be suckers, and that is their business. But I had agreed with you before. Although we did not sign a contract, we had an oral agreement. Besides, I bought you 100 at a price of ten per chariot. You can't be expensive this time." Li An said anxiously. The grenade he took back last time surprised his father. He was too satisfied with the power of the grenade. At that time, there were several generals from the Capture Army. They all praised this new firearm that was powerful, easy to operate and easy to carry. They asked the King of Yue to send them grenades. They promised that as long as their troops had this latest firearm, the Mongolians would become paper tigers.

After learning that this new type of firearm called grenade was actually produced by Heicheng, Li Renyou immediately decided to buy it from Zhong Wei. Some people also suggested that private firearms are no different from rebellion, and that all the firearms in Heicheng can be handed over to the court. However, Li Renyou still decided to buy them. The reason is very simple, because if Heicheng handed over all the grenades, let alone whether Zhong Wei of Heicheng will obey orders. You should know that Li Chunyou had something to do with him at that time. Unless Heicheng was breached by the Mongols, the court would never interfere in the matter of Heicheng. At this time, it was injustice to ask Heicheng to hand over the grenades.

Also, even if Heicheng really handed over the grenade, Heicheng would not hand over the grenade method. At that time, there were too many monks and too little porridge, how much else could it be divided into the hands of the Chuangsheng Army? After the last incident, the emperor no longer trusted the Chuangsheng Army and the King of Yue Li Renyou as before.

Therefore, Li Renyou felt that if the Qinsheng Army really wanted to own a large number of grenades, the best way was to buy it from Zhong Wei. Although this cost more, it was the safest. As long as the powerful firearms such as the grenades could own ten thousand, no one would dare to underestimate them at that time. Even if it was the Emperor Li Chunyou, he would re-evaluate the combat power of the Qinsheng Army.

But Li An unexpectedly brought enough money to buy grenades, but he could only buy half of the plan. It would be difficult for him not to be depressed.

"Let me take a compromise. You can barter with goods like the Jin Dynasty." Han Zhongwei actually thought that the price was a bit outrageous. The cost of grenades was not high. The reason why grenades are so valuable is mainly the gunpowder in the grenades. Han Zhongwei directly created the black gunpowder in this era. The power of black gunpowder is more than a hundred times greater than that of today's gunpowder. If it is counted as copper coins, less than one hundred cents, even if it is the original price ten cents, it is a profit of one hundred times, which is much higher than the profit of drug trafficking in later generations.

"Barry with goods? How to barter with goods?" Li An knew that part of Zhong Weiye's cement agreement in Jin Dynasty was barter with goods, which was exchanged for pig iron, grain, saltpeter, sulfur, wood and carbon.

"Take a grenade for another horse." Han Zhongwei said. He himself thought the price was outrageous. You should know that the price of a good horse can be sold for 100 guan in Lin'an. Of course, horses in Daxia are not expensive, but some good horses also cost dozens of guan, or even hundreds of guan, but that should be at the top-level good horse level.

"For one horse to another grenade? Should all grenades be exchanged with horses or only part of them?" Li An did not think that the conditions were harsh. In Lin'an, a horse that needs 100 guan was only 100 guan in Daxia. If you buy more, it would not even exceed ten guan.

"You can exchange it all with horses." Han Zhongwei said. In his opinion, no matter what method you trade, it will be beneficial to him without any harm.

"I brought 100,000 guan this time. I originally wanted to buy 10,000 grenades, but now I will add 5,000 horses to buy you a total of 10,000 grenades." Li An said. He should have gone back to Zhongxing Mansion to ask King Yue Li Renyou for such a thing, but Li An knew that the longer the time was delayed, the more unpredictable it would be. He went back to Zhongxing Mansion, and the grenades would be twice as expensive after he came back. If he went back, he would not know what would be expensive.

"Yes, when can the horses be sent to Heicheng?" Han Zhongwei asked. In fact, the war horses required by his guards were enough. The horse taxes of Yeli, Heishui and Heishan tribes had been paid. The reason why he still wanted horses was mainly for the Song Dynasty. The weakest part of the Song Dynasty was because there were not many cavalry. If there were a cavalry of 100,000 or even 50,000, plus his own firearms, the pattern of the world would undergo a major change.

"I won't break your rules. Within a month, these war horses will be sent to Heicheng, but I will take away five thousand grenades first when I return to Zhongxing Mansion. This should be OK. Of course, 100,000 guan will be given to you as much as possible." Li An said. He has no war horses on hand now, and it is already the limit to be able to buy back five thousand grenades. And there is another point that he has never asked his father for the matter of using war horses to exchange for grenades. If the father disagrees and has already taken back five thousand grenades, it is worthwhile.

"Of course there is no problem. Even if you are unwilling to exchange war horses for grenades, it doesn't matter. We can trade in two transactions." Han Zhongwei seemed to understand Li An's thoughts.

Li An didn't expect that Zhong Wei was so understanding. He actually couldn't make the decision by changing to grenades with war horses, but in order to complete the task of 10,000 grenades, he had to make such a decision for the time being.

When Li An returned to Zhongxing Mansion with 5,000 grenades, Li Renyou personally escorted the five,000 grenades to the base of the Capture Shengjun. The grenades brought by Li Renyou shocked the generals of the Capture Shengjun. Although Li Renyou felt sorry for the expensive grenades and only tried ten. Even so, the power of the grenades was undoubtedly displayed. Ten grenades caused all ten cows and ten sheep to die. Some sheep even burst into pieces and the air waves of explosions were torn into the air, blood and flesh flying everywhere, and the intestines on the ground were everywhere.

There were also ten horses, who were frightened by the ten loud explosions, and even the owner of the horse could not stop their frenzy. The owner of the horse, who felt sorry for the horse, might let go of the reins in his hand and let the horse run away. Some soldiers who did not want the horse to leave their own, were dragged upside down by the horse on the ground.

"Master, where did you get this firearm? With such a magic weapon, the Capture Sheng Army will be invincible in the whole world!" Li Zongshan, the deputy commander of the Capture Sheng Army, said in surprise. In his opinion, as long as he has a grenade, the Capture Sheng Army will be invincible.

"This is not unique to us. On the contrary, it was bought from others." Li Renyou did not hide anything from his most trusted hands.

"Buy it? 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 is not something you can buy with money." Li Renyou sighed. Although he is the prince, it is not so easy to ask him to take out 100,000 pounds of cash at a time.

"How much does it cost?" Li Zongshan finally knew what the key to the problem was.

"Twenty cents, this is the latest quotation from Zhong Wei in Heicheng. Last month, only ten cents were needed." Li Renyou said helplessly. If the grenade is priced but not market, only Zhong Wei will have it in the world.

"Twenty Kilns?" Li Zongshan opened his mouth wide. This was enough to equip a fully armed soldier. The capturing army had 100,000 people. Even if each grenade was used, it would cost 2 million kilns. In the future, every additional grenade would require 2 million kilns. This is definitely a terrifying number.

"Not bad, and there is no guaranteed supply." Li Renyou could not exert influence on Zhong Wei. Since he went to Heicheng, Zhong Wei had basically never left Heicheng. Not to mention him, Li Renyou, even the emperor Li Chunyou was powerless to do anything to him.

"This Zhong Wei is so hateful. Prince, 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 the magic weapon to win." Li Zongshan said affirmatively. He is an excellent general. Although this is the first time he has known grenades, he already knows very well that weapons like this must be used in a concentrated manner and must be dense, otherwise the best results will not be achieved.

"100,000? You have to know that this is two million guan. Even if half of it is paid in cash, it will cost one million guan and fifty thousand war horses." Li Renyou said, "One million guan can't be obtained with his financial resources. If he has to spend it from military expenses, he will have to alarm the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Revenue. In that case, it means that the emperor will know that with Li Chunyou's financial resources and his natural advantages, Zhong Wei may never sell a grenade to himself again.

"Master, how can you exchange war horses for grenades?" Li Zongshan said in surprise.

"Zhong Wei supports changing the war horse to grenades, and changing the war horse to another grenade." Li Renyou knew that if there was no other way, he could only use the war horse to exchange for grenades. Even as long as Zhong Wei agreed, he would rather use the war horse to exchange.

"It's a good deal to trade war horses for grenades, but can this matter be hidden from Li Zunxu?" Li Zongshan said. Since the last time King Yue disappeared, Emperor Li Chunyou has sent him to the Capitulation Army. He originally wanted to take over as the commander of the Capitulation Army, but the situation suddenly changed and he eventually served as the deputy commander.

When Li Zunxu first came to Capitova Army, he was not familiar with the place. His subordinates were all the most loyal generals of King Li Renyou of Yue, 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 from the Capitova Army, and then transferred generals loyal to the emperor from outside, so he slowly established his foundation in Capitova Army.

Li Zongshan never thought of telling Li Zunxu about grenades, but if he wanted to exchange war horses for grenades, the one who used them must be the war horses of the Captaining Army. There were several places where horses were produced in Daxia, and even the Captaining Army had its own horse farm. Therefore, giving Zhong Wei 50,000 horses would not have an impact on the Captaining Army, but it would be difficult to completely avoid letting Li Zunxu know about this situation.

"Even if we can't hide 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 have dealt with 50,000 war horses, he won't know the whole story." Li Renyou said. He also disliked Li Zunxu's stay in the Capture of Life Army, but he knew that he could not completely undermine him, otherwise Emperor Li Chunyou would never agree. If he stimulated him too much, perhaps he would go back to the Capture of Life Army at all costs.

"Except for me, no one in the Capture Army will know where the grenade comes from." Li Zongshan said confidently.

"Okay, you can prepare the war horses as soon as possible in the shortest time." Li Renyou was still very convinced of Li Zongshan's guarantee. If he couldn't believe it, then he would have no way to start with his control over the Capture Army.

Things were indeed as Li Renyou expected. Li Zunxu knew the existence of grenades very quickly. Although he could not confiscate Li Zongshan's subordinates, he could still confiscate several soldiers from the Capture of Shengshen Army. The soldiers of the Capture of Shengshen Army were all prisoners of war, and their treatment was no different from slaves. Li Zunxu, the prince of Qi, just promised that they would remove their slave status for them in the future, so that they would follow him wholeheartedly.

Knowing that the Capture Army had a powerful firearm, Li Zunxu did not dare to neglect it. He immediately went back to Zhongxing Mansion in person to report the matter to Emperor Li Chunyou in person.

"Grenade? Is it the first time I have heard of this kind of firearm?" Li Chunyou did not witness the power of the grenade with his own eyes, and Li Zunxu was just heard of it, so what he was most interested in was this new term.

"Your Majesty, ten grenades can kill ten cows and sheep, and the loud noise it makes can scare the war horses, and even the owner of the horse can't control the horses." Li Zunxu looked worried. The power of the grenade was so huge, but this was the first time the emperor heard that this should not be the firearm of the Great Xia. The sharpest firearm in the world belongs to the Great Song Dynasty. Could it be that King Yue had an affair with the Great Song Dynasty?

"What? Ten grenades can kill ten cows and sheep. Wouldn't one grenade kill a cow and sheep? What kind of firearm can have such a huge power? I'm afraid the sky-booming thunder in Song State is not so powerful, right?" Li Chunyou said in surprise.
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