Song Jing looked at Bi Goo after he finished speaking. Bi Goo was in charge of finance.
Bi Goo looked at the street outside. "The Li Family Zhuangzi has more than sixty thousand horses and cows. The Zhuangzi can't raise them all, so they can only rent them out."
Yao Chong understood and said, "Thirty thousand Winged Knights and a hundred thousand horses are raised in the Forbidden Garden. If we buy the Li Family Zhuangzi's livestock now, where should we raise them?"
"According to the Li Family Zhuangzi's method, we can only buy those who are young and strong." Song Jing had obviously considered this problem.
He would buy the good ones and leave the bad ones for the Li Family Zhuangzi.
He had no other choice. He couldn't recruit people, so he had to rent the Li Family Zhuangzi's livestock and sleds.
If the Li Family Zhuangzi rented out livestock and carriages, the imperial court couldn't refuse to pay.
Unless the imperial court didn't take over and let the Li Family Zhuangzi continue to be responsible for the disaster victims.
The idea came from Song Jing's subordinate. If he wanted to save face for the imperial court and save money, he might as well buy them.
After the New Year, a team of five thousand people would be recruited, and they could use livestock to transport them.
If he bought them, he definitely couldn't buy them from the market. The price would skyrocket. If he bought them in bulk, he would naturally look for people who had more horses and cows.
"We can only buy the horses that the Li Family Zhuangzi rented to the imperial court. The other horses and cows are in the hands of the common people."
Lu Huaishen shook his head. Although he said he would buy them, he didn't think so.
Song Jing took a sip of wine. "The key is whether Li Yi is willing to sell them or not."
"The price is reasonable. There shouldn't be a problem." Bi Goo considered Li Yi's style of doing things and looked worried.
"Long Ze …" Song Jing looked at Bi Goo again.
"Okay, I'll ask. There will be five thousand horses involved in the transportation of goods. They are all of good physique. Buy them all? The price is estimated to be around thirty taels per horse. "
Bi Goo did not feel that it was a lot of money. It was only a few hundred thousand yuan. He was rich.
It was hard to determine the price. Horses were different from one another.
The Li Family Zhuangzi still had close to five thousand military horses, which had always been given to the sixteen guards to use, while his own Zhuangzi's people learned how to ride them.
It was said that it was Li Yi's own horse, and it was the imperial court's military reserve at critical moments.
He could take it out at any time, including other strong horses to form a team of Baggage.
After Bi Goo finished speaking, he got up and stopped eating. He had to deal with the matters of the Imperial Court first.
The others sat and waited, hoping that Bi Goo would bring back good news.
Bi Goo rushed to Zhuangzi, thinking that Li Yi would be eating there.
As soon as he crossed the bridge, he saw Li Yi riding a two-wheeled thing over.
Ding! Ding! Ding! Creak! Hua! '
When he was a few steps away, Li Yi stopped the bicycle, accompanied by the sound of the bell, brakes, and wheels rubbing against the ground.
"The tires are not inflated. It's only wrapped with leather. It's very bumpy. Old Bi, you're here."
Li Yi got off the bicycle, observed the wheels, and greeted Bi Goo.
"This is …" Bi Goo did not see Li Yi. It seemed that he had found something good.
"Bicycle. Not including the design cost, it costs five hundred taels to make one. It's very expensive. The bearings and chains are made of new steel, the steel used to make guns. "
Li Yi saw Bi Goo staring at the bicycle and quoted a price of five hundred taels.
In fact, it was just the material cost of more than ten taels of steel, not including the technical cost.
Li Yi's blowing converter was completed. The requirements for the raw materials were higher than that of an open-hearth furnace, and the output was lower.
Zhuangzi could use it now. He did not need to spend money on iron ore or good coal.
In the first step of rough processing, there was coke, but the temperature was not high enough to produce steel. Then, it was poured into a blowing converter. The furnace temperature rose and turned into steel.
The steel was first made into steel plates. After heating, it was forged in a concave groove, then welded, clad, penetrated the core, continued forging, and naturally annealed.
Together with other tapping and turning parts, it became a gun barrel. A gun barrel without rifling inside.
Paper shells were used, and they were ignited using flintlock ignition mode.
The steel used to make the bicycle chains and gears was the same as the steel used to make guns. Li Yi planned to sell it.
After selling the bicycle, he could make at least 20 guns, including all the expenses.
Li Yi said that the production cost was five hundred taels, but he wanted to sell it for one thousand taels. He did not know how many people could afford it. If not, he could pay in installments.
Kerosene lamps and thermos bottles were selling well, even though they were not selling now.
"Ask it to move." Bi Goo heard the price and wanted to see it again.
Li Yi got on the bicycle and stepped on the pedals. The bicycle circled around Bi Goo.
"This thing is exquisite. It is like a boat with a paddle wheel. It uses the big wheel in front to drive the small wheel at the back. The two wheels … … why don't they move left and right?"
Bi Goo asked Li Yi to stop again. He observed carefully and found the secret. It was very simple.
Li Yi also felt that it was very simple. The prerequisite was to improve the smelting technology.
"How much are you going to sell it for?" Bi Goo had forgotten about buying a horse.
"One thousand taels. One million taels. It has a lifetime warranty. Is it expensive?" Li Yi inquired about the price.
"It is not expensive. Xiao Yi, you should know that this is not a bicycle. This bicycle has a kerosene lamp on the left and a thermos bottle on the right. When the bell rings, who would not look at it?"
Bi Goo already had a sense of luxury goods. He realized that many people who bought kerosene lamps did not wait for the sky to turn dark before they came out to shop.
His lackey carried the kerosene lamp and thermos bottle behind him. When he walked to a place that did not provide free hot soup, he would shout, "Pour hot tea."
Bi Goo felt that these people hated places that provided free soup. In winter, people should carry thermos bottles to get hot water.
Those who gave them hot soup could drink it anytime to keep them warm.
At the same time, he hated the ice lamps and the "street lamps" around Chang 'an. The street lamps used diesel lamps and were not dimmer than kerosene lamps.
If someone was willing to show off, wouldn't it be more impressive to ride a bicycle?
"Xiao Yi, there are many rich people in Luoyang. It is easy to sell your … …"
"Bicycle."
"Yes, a bicycle. It is a bicycle. It does not require any animal power and is fast. It belongs to … … "
"I want to use the money I earn to make weapons. A new type of weapon. It is very powerful. It is weaker when fighting against cavalry in the wild. It is most powerful when defending a city. "
Li Yi did not say what kind of goods the bicycle belonged to. He only said that it was a weapon.
"Flintlock paper shell bullets are used on flat ground in the wild. There are only a single type of soldier. The firing frequency is not enough to stop cavalry from charging." Li Yi explained the reason.
"Why do you need a single type of soldier? My Tang dynasty has cavalry, shield soldiers, and Mo sword soldiers. Make the gun and show it to me. Only after I see it, I will know where to use it. "
Bi Goo refuted Li Yi. Since there was a new weapon, it would be better to use it with other types of soldiers.
"Okay. Is it over the new year?" Li Yi wanted to make a few more. Only then can the power of the gun be displayed.
"I am here to ask if you are selling your livestock and sleighs. The Imperial Court wants to buy them for the new army. "Bi Goo remembered the important matter.
"Is it because Song Jing thinks that renting Li Family Zhuangzi's horse requires extra rent? Sell it. Which ones do you like? "Li Yi agreed very quickly.
"5,000 better horses. I am renting them for the Imperial Court's current use. 30 carvings per horse. I will not charge you tax for selling the horses." Bi Goo opened his palm.
"25 carvings. I can sell you 10,000 horses of similar quality. Do you want it?" Li Yi took the initiative to lower the price and increase the quantity at the same time.
"A sleigh is not worth 5 carvings. You will lose." Bi Goo began to doubt. There must be a problem.
"Are you buying or not? Buy. I will settle the bill today. The price will increase tomorrow. "Li Yi did not explain.
"I will go back and ask." Bi Goo ran away again.
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