"Bandit, bandit!" Ma Xiangdong angrily smashed a stack of files in his hand on the big case. Some ornaments on the table trembled violently. He gasped and leaned forward. Ma Xiangdong stared at Ai Qian who was sitting in front of him. "This is a naked blackmail, shameless blackmail."

Listening to Ma Xiangdong's roar, Ai Qian's drooping eyelids slowly raised up and stared at Ma Xiangdong with a smile: "Ma Xiang, this is just a business, why bother to get angry? The business is not done, and the friendship is still there, do you think?"

He slowly slapped the papers scattered on the table by Ma Xiangdong, packed them one by one, and was ready to put them in his arms. This action made Ma Xiangdong stunned, and immediately Min Ruoying's order was heard in his mind that he could only succeed in the negotiations and not fail.

He reached out and held Ai Qian's hand.

"Okay, since it's a business, then you can ask for a lot of money, of course I can pay it back on the spot, right?" Ma Xiangdong asked back.

"I'm very sorry, this business won't bargain." Ai Qian was like a cunning hyena, who had found the opponent's fatal weakness. He was raising enough strength to explode the opponent's anus in an instant, and he took out the opponent's anus. There was no reason to ask for a steal for the opponent.

Ma Xiangdong's move just now has fully exposed the essence of being weak on the inside.

"Ma Xiang, this is a monopoly business, and there is no other family except us." He looked at the other party with a smile: "And our things are indeed good, and they are indeed worth the price."

"I can't see a knife, why is it worth fifteen taels of silver?" Ma Xiangdong said angrily: "Fifteen taels of silver, can we create three identical ones ourselves?"

"It's not necessarily Ma Xiang?" Ai Qian laughed and said, "How good is our sword quality? I believe Ma Xiang must have corresponding information. This is the standard ring-headed knife of the Ming army. It is cut iron like mud. In front of the sword-headed knife equipped by the soldiers of Chu, it is no different from tofu. On the battlefield, we can cut countless swords that you call five taels of silver each. So, Ma Xiang has a reason to be expensive! Do you know the goods or money know the goods."

Ma Xiangdong had indeed seen this kind of knife. Ai Qian brought samples, and people from the Ministry of War arsenal had also tried it. Moreover, he had also seen this kind of knife from the 500 soldiers of Jiang Shangyan. The ring-headed sword was the standard match for the Ming army, but no matter what, it was not worth fifteen taels of silver.

But the problem is that the State of Chu could not create such a sharp steel knife.

"You actually asked for a price of 200 taels of silver per unit. How could you call the price of exporting?" Ma Xiangdong said weakly.

"Ma Xiang, this crossbow machine is a powerful weapon for our Ming Dynasty to maintain the country!" Ai Qian said: "He is light and easy to carry. Whether used for field battles or defending the city, he can fully play his functions. A crossbow machine can shoot hundreds of crossbow arrows at the moment when you are breathing in these few breaths. Ma Xiang, can you imagine this speed? If you are breathing in these few breaths, how many arrows can the Chu army's best archers shoot? How many arrows can they shoot? Ah, I know, the Chu army also has crossbows, but the Chu army's crossbow can only shoot three at a time, and they can be fired at the same time. In fact, it cannot be called a crossbow."

Ma Xiangdong's lips shivered.

"The crossbows in our Ming Dynasty are not only the nightmare of infantry, but even cavalry can only bow down in front of him. No matter how fast the horse is, it cannot run away from the crossbows that are shot out. As long as there are more than ten such crossbows in front of the team, a team of established cavalry can make a team of cavalry hate the battlefield, and they can't even touch the edge of their opponents. Therefore, he is worth this price."

"Okay, Ma Xiang, I know you're going to talk about Thunder Fire again? Have you seen his power? Have you seen a catapult that can move quickly and throw stone bombs while moving? No? Can you imagine that this rushing car, they can't imagine that the soldiers who are speeding up on the field, controlling the crossbow machine are crazily pouring crossbow arrows to the enemy?"

The seductive voice in front of Ai Qian chattered in Ma Xiangdong's ears.

Ma Xiangdong sat down dejectedly, "Of course I know their goodness."

"That's right. Ma Xiang, how many troops did I have in the Ming Dynasty? With all the county soldiers, are there 100,000? No! But we are majestic on the battlefield, first defeating Qin Feng, and then attacking Qi. Deng Pu is famous, Guo Xianchengsheng shocked the mainland? What's the fate? One died, the other lost so much that he almost had no underwear? What's up? Of course, it's up to our Ming Dynasty's solid and light armor, sharp weapons, and various unique squatters.

The Empress asked Your Majesty to sell these weapons to the State of Chu. Your Majesty and his wife had no choice but to say that, but what about this? Whether it is the Prime Minister, the Ministry of War, and of course the army, they all strongly opposed the sale of these weapons. In the end, His Majesty suppressed them. This price was personally ordered by the Chief Minister of the Ming Dynasty and the Minister of War. If you don’t buy it, it will be their wishes. They can also explain it in front of Your Majesty.”

Ai Qian sat upright: "To be honest, I don't want to sell you either." He looked at the other party with a smile: "Who can know when we will become enemies?"

Ma Xiangdong stared at the other party in a daze.

"Ma Xiang, I think no one knows the current form of Da Chu, as you, the chief assistant. It can be said that Da Chu has stood on the edge of a cliff and may fall down at any time." Ai Qian was kind and tempted: "Although Shuai Cheng has stood firm in Jinghu, he has only stood firm. If a person sprained his ankle accidentally, it would be a disaster. More than 100,000 eastern border troops, if he says he is gone, it will be gone. Even if Chu recruits troops immediately, can they train them to become elite troops like the eastern border troops of Chu in a short time?"

"Of course it's not possible. But if Da Chu wants to resist the invasion of Qi, he must rely on them. What should I do? If the man is not able to do it, of course it depends on weapons to make up for it? Ma Xiang, I said straightforwardly that in a short period of time, the Chu army did not have the ability to fight against the Qi people, so defense became the key. Therefore, using the most elite weapons and equipment of our Ming Dynasty and taking advantage of the defense side, there is no problem in defending most of the country. The future is long, so I will slowly draw it!"

"You are right, but we can't afford it!" Ma Xiangdong no longer had the intention of bargaining with his opponent. The emperor above pressed the agreement to make a deal, and the opponent pressed down on Da Chu's fatal hole. Even if he was a naked blackmail, he could only bear it. He found that, in addition to complaining, his appearance as if he was not afraid of boiling water, might be better than anger and rushing to the crown.

"The wealth of Chu is the best in the world. Not to mention that our Ming Dynasty cannot compare with Qi, which is known as the world's most powerful country, cannot be compared with Chu in terms of wealth. If you say you can't give it up, that's really funny." Ai Qian seemed to have heard an amazing joke and said with a laugh.

"It's true that I can't take it out." Ma Xiangdong spread his hands: "In this big battle, Chu mobilized 200,000 troops and hundreds of thousands of civilians. A battle that lasted for half a year almost emptied the treasury. If you win, then it's natural that everything is easy. The seized wealth, land and other property can be discounted to make up for military expenses. Unfortunately, we failed and were completely defeated. The treasury was empty, and the entire 100,000 eastern border troops were destroyed. Don't you need pensions? A large number of refugees in the six eastern counties poured into the mainland. Don't you need resettlement? Isn't it necessary to rebuild the army? Isn't it necessary to pay for military expenses?"

"That's right!" Ai Qian expressed his understanding.

Ma Xiangdong smiled and patted the stack of files in front of him: "The first batch of weapons that the Ming Dynasty was about to sell to us was as high as five million taels of silver. What do you think I will pay you?"

"Although the six eastern counties are lost, they are not the fertile land of Da Chu after all. Ma Xiang can increase taxes. The war taxes can be taken out by the rich people in Jiangnan." Ai Qian gave an idea and said, "The war tax is added. Now the national crisis is in the face of national crisis. Every Chu person must bravely go to the national crisis. What is the point of contributing a little money? This war tax will bring you everything."

"The tax naturally needs to be added. Da Chu has not increased tax for many years. It is reasonable to add a little, but it cannot completely transfer the money to the people. Otherwise, the external troubles have not yet been resolved and civil strife will arise again. At that time, it would be hopeless." Ma Xiangdong said: "I have calculated that the taxes and fees added can only smooth out the trauma of this defeat. I can't afford such a large amount of money to buy your weapons. And this business is naturally not just one, so there will definitely be another in the future, right?"

"Of course, this time it is only enough to arm a 50,000 army. In my opinion, 50,000 people are definitely not enough."

"Fifty thousand people, it costs five million taels, and a soldier costs a full 100 taels of silver. Are you all the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty like this?" Ma Xiangdong asked.

"Ma Xiang, our Ming soldiers are more than one hundred taels on one body." Ai Qian said proudly. The Ming soldiers are naturally more than one hundred taels on their bodies, but in addition to the weapons and equipment on their bodies, they also have many other small things, small objects, some of their own wound medicines, some special equipment, etc. Of course, Ai Qian would not tell the other party these little secrets. It is also one hundred taels, but a Ming soldier has more things than the Chu army. Similarly, with these more things, the survival rate on the battlefield will be greatly improved.

"We really can't afford it, so Lord Ai, either allow us to owe the money, or you will lower the price and give a reasonable price!" Ma Xiangdong said with his hands spread out.

"It seems you are really in a difficult situation!" Ai Qian laughed, "Then Ma Xiang, I'll think of a solution for you. Maybe you don't have to pay such money, or you even need to pay a small portion of the money to get these equipment!"

(I'll say two more. I read the book review today. There are so many advertisements during this period, but I still saw a book friend who said it was quite scattered and had no center. Here, the gunman was allowed to defend himself: The writing of the pawn is more traditional, and it is not a single main line. The clues are unfolded at the same time for several days, and finally slowly gather to the center. To be honest, this way of writing is a bit difficult and not pleasing. Since the horse was striding on the world, I tried it, but my writing skills were not enough. Later, in the world of the horse, I was the king, I was one.

I have been working hard to exercise this writing skills, but I still haven't succeeded enough. When I was in the pawn, I felt that I had improved a lot. At least until now, I haven't written a lot. There are still several main lines slowly gathering towards the center. Of course, this writing method will make reading more difficult, because some things need to be experienced by readers. I also know that such writing will cause me to lose a lot of readers, but I will still persist. When I improve myself, sometimes I have a different kind of pleasure in my work.)
Chapter completed!