Now there are three firearm troops under the Shenji Camp, one is equipped with the Shenji Cannon (Tiger Squat Cannon), one is equipped with the Shenji Musket (Fire Gate Gun, Three-Eyed Gun), and one is equipped with various rockets such as the Hundred Birds and Phoenixes (Hundred Tigers Running Together to Avoid Tigers) and other rockets.

In addition, the artillery battalion is also equipped with new counterweight catapults, and is equipped with poisonous fireballs, caltrop cannons, thunder cannons and other firearms. The soldiers of each battalion are also equipped with a lot of thunder.

This was the first firearm unit secretly established by the Tang Dynasty. However, there were still a few guns and cannons. Although there were 3,000 troops, not everyone had a gun, and no battalions were equipped with cannons.

Most soldiers are actually equipped with traditional weapons such as swords, guns, spears, bows and arrows, and have never even been exposed.

But Qin Lang believes that although firearms have various shortcomings and are still very simple, as long as they are used well, their power will definitely be amazing.

Just like when he was in Longyou, he planned to use a coffin to load hundreds of kilograms of gunpowder, dig a hole in the enemy's city wall, and then put the gunpowder coffin underneath, preparing to use it simply and roughly to blast the city wall.

Even if there is no technical content of gunpowder coffin, the amount of hundreds of kilograms is quite powerful in a specific closed tunnel.

This is just like a crossbow is not as good as an excellent archer in many cases, but crossbows still have many advantages that bows and arrows cannot achieve. The key is how to use it.

Li Shimin knew that this kind of thing was a weapon of the country and ordered it to be strictly confidential. After all, the weapon of the country is important and not to be exposed to others. Even the things like fireworks and firecrackers were repeatedly suggested by Qin Lang to create civilian sales, and use the money earned to feed the firearms supervisors. After all, the research and development cost of firearms supervisors is very high. If the profits of fireworks and firecrackers can be used to support the military research and development of firearms, it will be more lasting.

On the other hand, if the civil market is opened, fireworks and firecrackers can also promote the mining and refining of ores used for gunpowder such as sulfur and saltpeter.

Li Shimin was finally convinced. Now Qin Lang is officially burning fireworks in the East Palace during the Shangyuan Festival, which is actually advertising the fireworks workshop under the newly established fireworks and firecrackers workshop.

With such a good effect, I naturally don’t have to worry about no one coming to buy it.

Qin Lang didn't think that this kind of good thing would be popularized by the whole people from the beginning, and it would definitely be given priority to aristocratic and powerful merchants, etc. The price would definitely be expensive, otherwise the production capacity would not keep up and the supply of raw materials would be useless.

The price is a little higher, take the upper level route.

The fireworks were burning and the smell of gunpowder was filled with the air.

Yu Zhining slapped the wind with some disgust and covered his nose with one hand.

"How much did you burn in this short time?" Yu Zhining asked Qin Lang.

"It's only a few hundred thousand yuan!" Qin Lang replied.

"Hundreds of thousands of dollars? It will burn out in a while?"

"Isn't it worth it to allow the millions of soldiers and civilians in Chang'an and countless chiefs of the vassal states to enjoy such a beautiful scenery?" Qin Lang asked back.

"Duke Wei knows how much grain can be bought for hundreds of thousands of dollars? This autumn's harvest, the rice price in Chang'an fell to three or four cents of rice. Hundreds of thousands of dollars can buy for ten thousand stones of grain. The monthly grain of the imperial guards is only 12 stones per year. This is the monthly grain of more than 8,000 imperial guards. In the past, renting mediocre orders, two stones per year is equivalent to the number of land rent for five thousand courses. Is this still a small amount? I think Yang Guang, the previous dynasty, was incompetent. In order to attract Hu merchants from the Western Regions to the Central Plains, the trees were bleak in winter, and Yang Guang asked people to wrap the trees with colorful silk. Now there are treacherous ministers like you......"

Qin Lang raised his hand and said, "Mr. Yu should shut up first. Since you have to settle the score with me, then I will settle the score with you too. Today I burned fireworks and firecrackers in the East Palace. In this time, I did burn hundreds of thousands of dollars, but this is just advertising costs. To be honest, if I burn hundreds of thousands of dollars today, I can earn hundreds of thousands of dollars in a blink of an eye."

Yu Zhining looked at Qin Lang like a fool.

Qin Lang smiled and then reached out to summon Zhang Chao.

"Are you ready?"

“It’s ready.”

"Then start pre-sale. Anyone who wants this kind of fireworks can order it."

Zhang Chao strode away, and Yu Zhining and others were confused again.

But soon, a few large lanterns began to be raised in the square in front of the gate of the East Palace, with long pictures hanging below, but they were advertisements for pre-sale of fireworks and firecrackers. Almost at the same time, when the fireworks here bloomed, many lively places such as Pingkangfang and Huaihuafang also began to be pre-sale at the same time.

Pre-sale, this is another new thing. I didn’t see anything, so I started pre-sale.

But when the pre-sale party put forward the banner of Donggong and played the sign of Xianggong Qin, no one doubted them.

The fireworks that have just bloomed for a long time and resounded throughout Chang'an City are naturally the best advertisement.

Many people rushed over, and the in charge of the stewards quickly set up several large lanterns and hung new banners, with various specifications and prices of fireworks and firecrackers on them.

For example, firecrackers are sold by sounds, and there are ten, hundreds, and thousands of sounds, and even ten thousand sounds. As the name suggests, ten thousand sounds are naturally ten thousand firecrackers, which can be sounded ten thousand times.

In the past, people set off firecrackers during the Chinese New Year, but the ones were set off real firecrackers. The rich families with rich people burned even bigger bamboos, such as Li You, the King of Qi, and the modified bamboos added to the nitrogen.

But no matter how powerful the firecrackers are, they are not as good as the firecrackers I saw and heard just now. They can make a crackling sound for half a day, and the sound is still huge. It can be heard several miles away. Such firecrackers are absolutely amazing.

The price of the sale is not cheap, which discourages many people. However, for those nobles and wealthy families who are not short of money, money is never a problem. As long as there is something they can want, they never lack money.

There are no fireworks or firecrackers, they are just booked and shipped in order. They are also picked up by the warehouse in the outskirts of Chang'an City, and even purchases are limited.

You have to pay a deposit first.

But the pre-sales points are still extremely popular.

Isn't it just money, I'll give it to you.

There are too few purchase restrictions. Can I increase the price if I can not purchase restrictions?

Silver coins and silver ingots, copper coins, silk, gold coins, gold leaves, gold ingots, horse hoofs, gold, and even silver bills and banknotes...

Extremely hot.

In less than half an hour of pre-sale, all places were forced to end. Because there was too much money collected, the inventory prepared in various warehouses in the suburbs had been pre-sale.

Zhang Chao rushed to the East Palace Gate Tower to report.

"At half an hour of pre-sale, all the inventory was ordered. The pre-sale was over, but a large number of people came to order, and they all said there was no inventory. But they still threw the money down and said they could wait. There was no way, so they accepted another batch of reservations. They had already ordered half a year and shipped the goods. They really didn't dare to collect money anymore, so they refused to agree."

Qin Lang smiled.

"Just tell me how much stock is sold, and how much is the prepaid ordering charge."

"The inventory has been sold for tens of thousands of coins, and the delivery will be arranged tomorrow, and more than 100,000 coins will be booked. I suggest increasing the number of personnel, expanding the workshop, increasing raw materials, and increasing the output......"

Qin Lang turned his head and said to Yu Zhining, who had been listening to the ears for a long time, "Shilarious Minister Yu, did you hear it?"

"impossible!"

"What's impossible? A fireworks of ground rats that can spin and spit fire can be sold for hundreds of dollars, while a fireworks that are connected by multiple fireworks and firecrackers, placed on the elevated towers can be sold for tens of thousands of dollars. As for the fireworks that bloom all over the sky, like silver flowers of fireworks, can be sold for more than ten thousand yuan in a random group. Does Mr. Yu still doubt this sales figure?"

Yu Zhining was shocked, "Is this fireworks and firecracker workshop owned by the imperial court or privately owned by the public?"

"Why did you have this question? Mr. Yu?"

"If it is owned by the court, then I want to impeach Yousi. Why do I create such a waste of money and useless thing? This is a misleading luxury. If it is privately owned by the public, then what Duke Wei does here today should be impeached and impeached Duke Wei..."

"What are you impeaching me? I impeached me for public welfare? Or I impeached me for greed for money? Hahaha, Mr. Yu, are you stupid to study? Money has always been just a tool, and fireworks are just a thing, and there is no saying that it is good or bad. This workshop is owned by the court, and I am just the host of the money I sell. The money sold will not be used for extravagance, but will be used for special funds and will be used to conduct special research and improvement in the manufacturing of military weapons and armor to protect the country and the people!"

Qin Lang pointed at Yu Zhining, "Every time you sell a ground mouse, an elevated fireworks, or a string of firecrackers, you can turn into a sharp arrow, a steel knife, or a piece of armor and armor. Isn't it worth it? Isn't it suitable?"

Yu Zhining still refused to give in, believing that fireworks are completely flashy and useless. Even if the court made fireworks to sell money to build arms, it was not appropriate.

The argument continued, and Cheng Qian couldn't stop persuading him.

A eunuch arrived.

"Everyone told the Duke of Wei to the oral order."

His arrival interrupted the argument, and Qin Lang greeted the eunuchs representing the emperor.

"Sanlang, these fireworks are pretty good, it's really good. I and the queen both saw it, and I was very happy to see it. I heard that you also had a pre-sale of fireworks tonight, and the effect was also very good. I raised more than 100,000 yuan in money, which is very good. I rewarded you with an imperial horse, the queen gave you a pair of silver saddles and a horse whip, which was given to you by Lizhi. Wu Niang also accompanied me and the queen to appreciate the fireworks. In addition, the ground rat you gave her made Lizhi very happy. Even the queen was shocked. The King of Jin wanted to play after seeing it. You should ask someone to send some more into the palace, I admire this!"

"I received the order."

After the eunuch announced the oral order, he quickly turned around and stood aside and said respectfully to Qin Lang, "Prince Qin, Princess Changle, King Jin and other His Highnesses are still waiting for the ground rat fireworks. Please ask Prime Minister Qin to get it quickly and hand it over to the slave to take it back to the palace."

"Okay, please wait."

Yu Zhining was listening to Qin Lang being rewarded by the emperor and the empress. The emperor even sent a palace servant to ask for fireworks to play with. He couldn't help but feel that Qin Lang was the kind of treacherous minister who misled the king and the country, and a more capable treacherous minister. The more harmful such a person is to the country!

Wei Zheng also stared at Qin Lang.

Qin Lang just laughed. He knew people like Yu Zhining too well. Cheng Qian repaired a house and changed his clothes, and he could even get Yang Guang or Qin Ershi. He would always say that he was a fool and licentious, and he would not deserve to be a prince or emperor.

But he was born in a noble family in Guanlong and lived a very luxurious life after the Eight-Pillars. It was too simple to say that it was a simple matter. This person had a hobby, which was that he liked to eat duck tongues. One plate of duck tongue would kill hundreds of ducks, but he only ate his tongue but not duck meat. Even the plates containing the duck tongues had to be gold plates, and the bowls containing the rice were silver bowls.
Chapter completed!