Li Mengxi bullied powerful people again. Liu Bei could imagine how the local powerful people were bullied by Li Mengxi. Liu Bei couldn't laugh or cry.

From the matter of raising armaments, Li Mengxi also gained an important understanding at that time, that is, in addition to food and cloth, weapons can also be sold as general commodities.

From the perspective of "universal armaments", weapons can have multiple functions such as weapons, tools, and commodities.

In terms of the commodity attributes of weapons, there is no doubt that the more sophisticated the weapons, the better the selling price. Therefore, the more sophisticated the weapons equipped by the army, the higher the invisible wealth of the army. When faced with the need to use weapons to attack the countryside,

When it comes to exchanging food and grass, you will be able to deal with it more calmly.

In the Salt and Iron Official Camp of the Han Dynasty, the weapons are made of iron. Iron itself is hard currency. The weapons themselves are also considered hard currency. When marching and fighting, the transportation capacity is limited, so it is best to increase the added value of iron as much as possible. A low-quality iron sword

Weighing two kilograms, a Hundred Refining Sword also weighs two kilograms. The two weapons carry the same weight, but when they are exchanged as goods, the difference in value between the two is more than a hundred times.

As for whether it is cost-effective to sell weapons in exchange for food and grass, the price-performance ratio of weapons is also different. Replacing swords is not a big problem. Swords are expensive and not of high importance. In contrast, guns are cheap.

Guns are extremely important, and crossbows are expensive, but crossbows are too important to be used as commodities. Therefore, if weapons are used as spare commodities and funds, the best choice is swords. In addition, swords are not as practical as knives.

Therefore, the only item that can be used as a spare item is the knife.

In addition, since the selling price of knives is a bit lower than that of swords, the commodity attributes of knives are therefore limited.

In order to make up for this shortcoming of the knives and improve their commerciality, Li Mengxi felt that the knives should be made more refined without increasing the cost.

Most of the cost of making a knife is in forging. If it doesn't increase the cost, you can't make changes in forging. You have to improve it in other aspects, such as grinding, etching textures on the blade, and equipping with sophisticated equipment. These improvements don't cost much.

A small amount of money can bring a premium of dozens or even hundreds of yuan.

The military's armament system was fine-tuned as a result. In the future, all combat knives in the army will be produced as high-end products. When fighting abroad and short of money, they will rely on selling the knives.
Chapter completed!