In the Dingzhou Grand Marshal's Mansion, a high platform had been set up on the large school ground, with curtains on the back and on both sides. Burning braziers were placed every few steps inside the platform. Although the weather was very cold outside, it was warm above the platform. The snow in the school ground was swept clean, and there was no mud at all that was compacted with burned cinder. Rows of Dingzhou soldiers stood solemnly around the school ground.

On the high platform, representatives of the major forces of the Great Chu were all nervous. In the battle of Yi'an, the scene of the 100-fly crossbow shooting barbarian cavalry like cutting leeks has made everyone clear through various channels. At that moment, the scene of thousands of arrows being fired at once made everyone shudder. No matter who can have such a weapon, they can have the advantage of long-range strikes on the battlefield, effectively killing opponents and reducing the pressure on their own. However, Dingzhou divided the 100-fly crossbows, which only sold 100-fly crossbows a year into several shares, 40%, 20%, 20%, 10%, and half.

It is half a year, which means that one party can get forty of a hundred crossbows, and this is the goal of everyone here. The rules set by Dingzhou make the people here strange. Not everyone publicly bid, but everyone writes a price and pays it to Dingzhou relevant personnel. The person with the highest bid can get 40%, followed by 20%, and so on. This makes some representative figures of aristocratic families who are trying their best to smash people with silver. You don’t know how much money others pay, how can you use money to smash people? Maybe others will pay more than you.

In the target light that everyone was paying attention, one continuous crossbow cabinet was pushed out. In order to show the things sold in Dingzhou to the various forces, Dingzhou will publicly display the power of this kind of crossbow. A row of cowhide-covered targets were erected about two or three hundred steps at the other end of the school ground, and two continuous crossbows were ready to go. With a command, everyone was only whizzing loudly. The crossbow arrows continuously shot out from the crossbow connected the two targets in the hole and penetrated deeply into the third target. Everyone's face changed. The rain of arrows that had just rushed out like locusts completely subverted their imagination of continuous crossbows. What everyone dared not imagine was that if hundreds of such continuous crossbows were continuously fired, what would it be?

The people on the stage had their own thoughts, but only two people were not concerned about their own affairs, and they were sitting together and chatting and laughing. These two were Li Yunzhi, the chief business manager of the Li family, and the God of Wealth of the Li family. He didn't care who this kind of crossbow was sold to, because the Li family had already obtained the Chengpiao Astronomy Network from Li Qing. After he came, he heard the officials of the Trade Department talk roughly. His eyes were already shining, and he was very generous to only have 10% of the commission, but the only requirement was that all these goods would be exclusively operated by Li. Of course, he also asked the old man Li Huaiyuan why Li Qing sold these things that should be kept secret. After getting the answer from Li Qing, he was just watching the fun today.

The person sitting next to him was indeed the representative of the court's official Fangsi. Yuan Fang's deputy Ding Yu came to see for the emperor that he wanted to buy these powerful weapons in large quantities. In the eyes of Emperor Tianqi, since Li Qing sold these weapons on a large scale, it showed from another aspect that Li Qing was a man with no ambition and a loyal minister who was loyal to the court to pacify the barbarians. Beating barbarians was a money-burning thing. Emperor Tianqi certainly knew that as the front line gradually moved to the grassland, the logistical pressure would become greater and greater. It seemed that Li Qing was short of money and even a large killer weapon like Baifa Crossbow was sold for money. At this moment, Tianqi even felt that handing over Fuzhou to Li Qing could make the best use of it and let him raise more money to pacify the barbarians for himself. Although the descendants of the royal family would reduce their income a lot, compared with the unparalleled achievements of pacifying the barbarians, what is this money worth?

"Go and see who bought these 100-fly crossbows on a large scale." Emperor Tianqi said to Ding Yu angrily, "When Li Qing uses this move, some people will definitely not be able to help but jump out, let me see what they are."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Ding Yu agreed loudly.

"Well, I'll go to Dingzhou and tell Li Qing that I trust him very much. Since he is short of money, then Fuzhou will let him go to business with confidence. Anyway, Qingcheng's dowry will be handed over to him in the future. Then I will ask him for a batch of such a hundred-shot crossbow. Of course, I don't give him a penny, and I will give it to him at the highest price."

Ding Yu, who came to Dingzhou with a mission, had met Li Qing in private and expressed his kindness. Li Qing of course agreed to the emperor's request. The emperor's promise made him happy. In this way, he would be more justified in running Fuzhou and have legal principles to follow.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, Li Qing cannot repay it, but Dingzhou is really poor. He has fought with the barbarians for many years. Dingzhou can be said to have no surplus food. With Fuzhou as a backing, Dingzhou is more confident in fighting the barbarians. He will definitely defeat the barbarians within three years." Ding Yu certainly would not take Li Qing's cry seriously. Since he entered Dingzhou, he has seen the situation, combined with the spies in Dingzhou, he knew that the life of Dingzhou people was probably richer than most of the people in other states of Great Chu. Of course, he would not expose Li Qing in person. It would be fine for everyone to understand it, not to mention that Li Qing had a lot of stuff in secret.

"Commander Ding, I have something to offer to His Majesty the Emperor. I also asked Commander Ding to bring it back to Luoyang for Li Qing on his way back to His Majesty." Li Qing smiled and took Ding Yu to see the extremely luxurious carriage made by the Dingzhou Crafts Camp. He was shocked, and Li Qing let him get in the car and experience the special features of this car, which made him even more surprised.

"Mr. Li, how did you do this carriage so smooth?" Li Qing smiled and did not answer, but said: "General Ding, this is a style specially made in Dingzhou. There are only one thousand models in total, and they are numbered. The carriage dedicated to His Majesty the Emperor is numbered one. Please see, Commander Ding." It guided Ding Yu to appreciate the differences of this carriage one by one.

"Mr. Li's loyalty to the emperor made Ding deeply feel. After returning to the capital, he would report to His Majesty the Emperor one by one." Ding Yu was very moved, and Li Qing smiled like a flower, "Thank you, Commander Ding for his good words for us. Commander Ding is a military general. I have also prepared some small gifts here, and I would like to ask Commander Ding to accept it with a smile."

Waving his hand, Tang Hu immediately held a dark waist knife, looking very inconspicuous. Just when Ding Yu was surprised, Li Qing had already pulled out the knife and signaled Ding Yu to take out the waist knife he was wearing with him. He held the two swords tightly. Li Qing used force to attack each other. The two swords collided with each other. A light sound was heard. Ding Yu's original sword choked and broke into two pieces. Ding Yu couldn't help but take a breath. The sword he wore in his waist was not ordinary, but was made with the best iron in the capital. Unexpectedly, it was so vulnerable. Holding the knife Li Qing handed him, he couldn't put it down. As a general, having such a sharp weapon would mean that he had more life.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, Li Shuai!" Ding Yu thanked him repeatedly. I guess there are not many such powerful tools in the state.

Sure enough, Li Qing said: "I only have two such knifes in Dingzhou now. I will carry one with me now, and the other one is him. I will give it to Lord Ding. I hope Lord Ding will not refuse!"

Ding Yu couldn't help but be grateful, "This, this is too expensive. How can I thank Li Shuai? I can't repay you, I can't repay you!"

Li Qing laughed loudly and patted Ding Yu on the shoulder and said, "Mr. Ding is so polite. You often accompany His Majesty the Emperor. If you say a word casually, I will not benefit from Dingzhou!"

"That's of course, that's of course, don't worry, Li Shuai. If there is anything in the future, Ding will never forget to speak for Dingzhou." Ding Yu smiled with a dazzled smile.

Ding Yu, who was sitting on the stage, stroked the new knife in his waist, and said some irrelevant nonsense to Li Yunzhi. At this time, the bidding on the stage had begun. Everyone who had the intention to buy a piece of paper and an envelope, but hesitated and did not dare to write. If one is wrong, all hopes will be lost. If you want to buy a 100-meter crossbow, you have to wait until next year. The key is that if this 10-meter crossbow can be copied, then how much impact will it have to be late for a year!

Zhong Ziqi, who was sitting on Li Qing's side, picked up his pen and wanted to fall apart several times, but hesitated. No matter what Li Qing's intentions were, Zhong Ziqi was determined to get the largest order, forty hundred crossbows, but the strange bidding rules that Li Qing created made him hesitate for the first time in his life.

"Mr. Zhong?" Li Qing looked at him with a smile.

Zhong Ziqi raised his head and saw Li Qing's smiling eyes. He was shocked. He felt a sense of enlightenment. He picked up his pen and quickly wrote down a line of words, then folded them and put them in the envelope.

"Mr. Zhong is very sure?" Li Qing smiled.

"I dare not, Li Shuai is a unique rule. It is the first time that Zhong has to talk to Wen, so he can only try his luck."

At this time, everyone on the stage had written the price and the envelope was collected. Lu Yiming, the Tongzhi of Dingzhou, opened it one by one in front of everyone. The clerk next to him picked up the pen to record it. Everyone was nervous and stared at Lu Yiming with his target. Everyone was not worried about Lu Yiming cheating, because it had been explained in advance that anyone with any questions could check everyone's bid book on the spot.

Lu Yiming was ecstatic at this time. Putting aside the unique secret of stainless steel, the cost of a hundred-speed crossbow in Dingzhou, the total cost was only a few dozen taels of silver, less than one hundred taels. But seeing the highest price now, Lu Yiming, who was extremely calm in his mind, couldn't help but change his color on his face.

"The first batch of 40%!" Lu Yiming picked up the list written by the clerk and read it loudly. The scene suddenly became quiet. "Add to Zhongziqi of Ningzhou." Lu Yiming's slight turned to Zhongziqi beside Li Qing, "Bid one thousand taels per unit!"

With a buzzing sound, a rumbling sound suddenly sounded on the stage. Everyone's eyes turned to Zhong Ziqi. Zhong Ziqi stood up with a smile and clasped his fists to the four sides as a courtesy, "Take the way, let the way!"
Chapter completed!