He was born as a blacksmith, but he dominated the world

Chapter 212 All of This is Ours

Cai Yanting certainly knew what she said, and she also understood how shocking it would be to others.

Not to mention a blacksmith like Zhao Yankui, even he, a dignified fourth-rank military officer, found it difficult to suppress his emotions when he saw those things.

When people first heard that Jiang Lin wanted so many things, even a fool would have known that he was deliberately trying to disgust Mr. Li San.

But no one expected that the Qingzhou Li family would honestly transport all the things to Kyoto within a few days.

Cai Yanting said with a smile: "The total is 10 million taels of silver. 90% of it will be distributed to each battalion, and some will be handed over to the Ministry of War. The remaining 10% is for you. Please don't be surprised. The same goes for these hundreds of weapons. I will give you 10%, and the rest are for you to use to forge them again to see if they can reach a higher grade."

Jiang Lin didn't think there was anything strange about it. Thousands of people went to the seven border army camps that day.

Several lieutenant generals and commanders were almost vomiting from running.

Marshal Yu, General Qi is also present. Giving him 10% is already a great gift. What else is there to say?

Even if it was 90% less, Jiang Lin wouldn't think it was a big deal.

"This was pointed out personally by General Qi, and of course Marshal Yu also instructed behind the scenes. This shows how much these two people value you." Cai Yanting said.

Jiang Lin nodded. First it was the clerk from the Ministry of Industry, and then it was Yichengli. This kindness was beyond his expectations.

"But that so-called powerful clan is nothing more than that. After a few threats, they will send the things over immediately." Cai Yanting said.

Jiang Lin looked up at him and shook his head, saying, "Brother Cai is wrong. This does not mean that the Qingzhou Li family is cowardly. On the contrary, it further proves the strength of the powerful clans."

Cai Yanting was puzzled and asked, "Why do you say that?"

Jiang Lin pointed at the boxes and said, "Tens of millions of taels of silver and hundreds of top-grade weapons. It took them only a few days to deliver them. This means that these things are almost easy to take from them. They are just a drop in the bucket. Even the Ministry of War can produce so many things so quickly?"

Cai Yanting was stunned for a moment, then her expression changed slightly.

Jiang Lin doesn't know much about the Ministry of War, nor does he know its specific strength, so his words may be a bit exaggerated.

But to be fair, even if the Ministry of War can do it, it is Daqian's Ministry of War! It represents the military strength of the entire country.

The Qingzhou Li family was just one of the powerful clans among the 19 states.

Just one powerful clan possesses financial resources and efficiency that are no less than that of the Ministry of War.

Thinking about it carefully, Cai Yanting's voice became heavier: "Now that you put it that way, it is indeed true."

Jiang Lin said: "So Marshal Yu and the general asked me to give the Qingzhou Li family a loud slap in the face in front of everyone. It's not because the border troops are short of these, but because the power of the powerful clans is so great that they must be contained or even countered."

"Of course, there may be other reasons, but what I said should be one of them."

Cai Yanting nodded repeatedly after listening to this. Not to mention him, even the lieutenant generals in the camps had not thought of this.

But Jiang Lin, a young blacksmith, had such profound thoughts.

Cai Yanting couldn't help but sigh: "You really don't look like a blacksmith, but more like those scholars in the court."

Jiang Lin laughed: "Brother Cai, are you praising me or scolding me?"

Most military officers do not like scholars, thinking that they are nagging, cowardly, and spineless, and that they like to scheme and use tricks.

When it comes to contact with scholars, they always avoid them like snakes and scorpions, and don't want to get too involved. But from another perspective, isn't this also a fear of those so-called scholars?
So when we say Jiang Lin is like a scholar, it is natural that we should praise him more.

"Our border troops have always relied on risking their lives, and few people think so much. If you were not a blacksmith, it would not be an exaggeration to make you a fifth-rank garrison commander right now." Cai Yanting said.

Jiang Lin smiled and said, "We only rely on risking our lives because we have the general and several commanders to back us up in many matters. People of different ranks naturally have to do different things. The role of my brother risking his life may not be less important than their strategy. Without the risking of life by his subordinates, no matter how powerful the strategy is, can you defeat the enemy with just your mouth?"

"Well said!" Cai Yanting was very pleased with the words.

There are always people saying that border troops rely on brute force, and each of them shouts and kills like a reckless man, and they don't understand the importance of strategy.

Now someone finally hit the nail on the head. Without me fighting hard in the front, what use will it be for you to talk and use your brains?
Don’t we still have to rely on human lives to move forward?

The more Cai Yanting looked at Jiang Lin, the more she liked him. She couldn't help but say, "Speaking of which, I have a distant cousin who is only eighteen years old..."

“Okay, okay…” Jiang Lin waved his hands quickly: “If your sister likes weapons, I can make a few for her. I don’t even need money. Don’t talk about other things.”

Cai Yanting smacked her lips, feeling quite sorry.

Jiang Lin didn't want to argue with him about this matter, so he left with the excuse of going over to see what one million taels of silver looked like.

Zhao Yankui and others also gathered around. They had never seen what one million taels of silver looked like.

The box was opened, and the white silver ingots were neatly laid out.

One box, two boxes, three boxes, four boxes...

Zhao Yankui's eyes were so blinded by the silver light that he could hardly open them. He murmured, "Money blinds people. The ancients were not wrong..."

Jiang Lin was also somewhat shocked. One million taels, when piled up, was equivalent to a small mountain.

He suddenly wondered if the Hengyu furnace could take silver. How about feeding it a few pieces and try?
If Zhao Yankui knew that he wanted to use silver to feed the furnace, his eyes would probably fall to the ground.

I really have so much money but nowhere to spend it!
In fact, for Jiang Lin, there is no difference between using silver to buy materials and directly feeding the silver to the Hengyu Furnace. It just depends on which one will help the progress of the Hengyu Furnace more.

Compared with this silver, Jiang Lin values ​​the three hundred top-grade weapons more.

There is a 1% chance of getting a precious weapon, so there must be at least three of them, right?

"Where will these weapons be sent afterwards?" Jiang Lin asked.

"Thirty percent of it will be sent to the Ministry of War, one percent will be given to you, and the rest will be divided among our several camps." Cai Yanting said.

Jiang Lin considered his words for a moment, and then said, "If I refine it again and produce three precious weapons, how should I distribute them?"

Cai Yanting was stunned. Three precious weapons?
He said without even thinking: "Since it is my Nanling camp that produced the precious soldiers, they all belong to my Nanling camp! If anyone dares to steal them, I will crush him to death!"

Seeing his anxious and unreasonable appearance, Jiang Lin laughed and said, "I feel relieved when Brother Cai said that."

Cai Yanting chuckled and asked with anticipation, "Can you really produce three precious weapons?"

"It's almost certain, there should be at least two." Jiang Lin said. This is a relatively conservative estimate. After all, no one can tell the probability clearly.

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