Chapter 349 Dowry
As soon as this number was released, the entire court was really in a state of chaos this time. What is the concept of three thousand Mingguang armors? The total number of Mingguang armors in the entire Tang Dynasty currently does not reach three thousand! And the estimated cost of a pair of Mingguang armors from the beginning to the end of production is expected to be hundreds of cents!
This number is not an exaggeration at all! This is also the reason why it was so difficult for these ancient countries to support the army. Although the historical records that Huo Gang had read that the armor rate of soldiers in the Tang Dynasty could reach 60%, this ratio was worthy of the peak period of the Tang Dynasty, and it was not the Zhenguan period when the Tang Dynasty was just beginning.
Although later generations called it the prosperous era of Zhenguan, it was not until the end of Zhenguan that it began to become rich and then became powerful during the reign of Emperor Gaozong. Now, the entire Tang Dynasty did not even have food to support the victims when famine came, let alone anything else.
The Tang Dynasty is very poor now. Many armors from all the Tang army were inherited from the Sui Dynasty. Now, Huo Gang gave away three thousand pairs of bright light armor, as well as war horses and steel Tang swords. If these things are really calculated, they are astronomical numbers!
At least at the million-dollar level, this is really...a big deal!
However, what they didn't know was that the Mingguang Armor was really nothing to the current great men. Not to mention anything else, there was no shortage of fine steel men. The most important armor piece of Mingguang Armor, with the means of die forging and suppressing, the suppression speed of these armor pieces far exceeded the Tang Dynasty's imagination. It can be said that the efficiency between the two sides is no longer dozens of times.
At least hundreds or thousands of times to compare.
The armor pieces required for a pair of bright light armor can be pressed out hundreds of pairs a day. The real cumbersome thing is to wear these armor pieces directly, but the final process is actually much simpler, just connect them with cowhide.
Three thousand pairs only take a little time. Huo Gang originally wanted to make money when making this thing, but now he just gave it to Datang. If they want it, they will need to buy it in the future. This thing... is really a huge profit!
If Datang buys it, it will be huge profits!
But this is different from the Mingguang Armor worn by Huo Gang's own army. The Mingguang Armor made by Huo Gang is much more powerful than the Tang Dynasty, but it is still different from the White Tiger Army and the Vermilion Bird Army. Not to mention anything else, the thing is not stainless steel, but characteristic alloys, not only stronger than stainless steel in terms of hardness, but the weight is only half that of stainless steel.
Both sides are not of the same level at all. If nothing unexpected happens, Huo Gang will probably be difficult to make this thing in the next many years.
"Okay, then I want to thank me, my son-in-law." Li Shimin took a deep breath. He was really stunned. Huo Gang's gift was a big gift.
"The third betrothal gift, 30,000 special wool cloth."
"For the fourth betrothal gift, His Majesty, Chief Huo Gang, gave His Highness Princess Changle a hundred full-body mirrors, two hundred half-body mirrors, one thousand exquisite dressing boxes, and one thousand handheld mirrors. He also established a special mercury mirror sales shop in Datang, which owns exclusive sales rights of mercury mirrors in Datang. All shares of the shop are given to His Highness Changle."
"There are some small things that the leader gave to Princess Changle alone, so it is not convenient to make it public here." Guo Ming said with a smile.
Everyone in the court talked a lot, but everyone didn't say much. After all, they all said that they were just giving some small things to the princess. Although the princess was only six or seven years old, she was also very sensible. They were not attracted by the things of a little girl.
However, Li Shimin asked curiously: "Dare you ask what this mercury mirror is?"
"I asked someone to bring a mirror over. Should I lift it up for His Majesty?" Guo Ming immediately asked with a smile.
"Of course." Li Shimin nodded immediately.
Guo Ming immediately turned around and let the people around him go out. Soon, several imperial guards outside walked in with a mirror. The mirror was a full-length mirror, but at this moment it was covered with red cloth.
After it was moved up, Guo Ming directly said that the red cloth on it had been removed. After the red cloth was taken down, the mercury mirror inside appeared directly in front of everyone. When everyone saw the mercury mirror clearly, a lot of exclamations came from the court instantly.
Everyone was stunned when they looked at the clear picture in the mirror. The best mirror in this era is the bronze mirror. The problem is that under the polishing technology of this era, the bronze mirror is actually not so clear to people.
Compared with the Mercury Mirror, there was no way to compare. Even Li Shimin stood up from his position in surprise and walked down.
When he walked to the mirror and looked at himself who was clearly visible inside, Li Shimin told the truth that it was the first time he had seen what he looked like so clearly.
Not only Li Shimin, but other ministers in the hall also saw such a magical thing for the first time, but they didn't dare to come up.
"Ambassador Guo, how valuable is this mirror?" Li Shimin asked, pointing to the full-body mirror in front of him.
"Considering the difficulty of its delivery, the price given by the leader is about a thousand guan." Guo Ming said with a smile.
To be honest, this price is not expensive at all. If this thing is a one-time business, it will not be expensive if it increases ten times. Rich people in this era do not look at the price when buying this thing.
But if you continue to sell it, then ten thousand will be a bit expensive, because if there are too many things, it will be worthless. However, one thousand coins are the price mentioned by Guo Ming, but the specific amount will be sold by the people in the business at that time.
Guo Ming gave a price of 1,000 guan, and Li Shimin took a deep breath, which meant that the mercury mirrors that Huo Gang gave were at least worth hundreds of thousands of guan, and this was not considered to be continued to be sold later. For this thing, Huo Gang actually gave all the entire Tang Dynasty business to Changle.
In other words, this Tang Dynasty business is the only one, and no one else can produce this thing. Who wants to buy it? They can only buy it from Changle. This... Li Shimin thought about it and didn't think it was too expensive. If it was calculated at a price of one thousand, how much could the Tang Dynasty sell?
There are too many people who can afford this mirror in the entire Tang Dynasty, if it is only a price of 1,000 yuan.
Chapter completed!