The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

Page 1848

"Hmm." The young shopkeeper thought for a while.

"Smuggling." The young shopkeeper said.

"Smuggling?" Old man Wu looked at the young shopkeeper in surprise.And the young shopkeeper showed a mysterious smile.

"Smuggling on our own land," said the young treasurer.

"This." Old man Wu was a little scared.

"In that case, he will be beheaded." Old man Wu said.

"There is no way, the only way to make money." Said the young shopkeeper.

"Okay. I'll do it." Old man Wu thought for a while.If he didn't do this, he might starve to death, but he thought that his family Xing was already sixteen this year.It's time to marry a wife.For children.Old man Wu decided to vote.In this case, you will have a gold profit.

"Okay. You must not say anything about this matter. If you do, I will kill you." The young shopkeeper threatened.

"Definitely, definitely." Old Man Wu nodded.Then the young shopkeeper gave the other party half of the gold, and then let the other party leave.After getting the money, old man Wu felt relieved a lot. For smuggling, smuggling on his own land is a helpless move.

In order to get more money, those short-sighted Chu nobles not only set up a large number of checkpoints on the Yangtze River, but also on the mainland. All of them were confiscated, and those who were more serious had to be killed. Such cruel punishment once stopped the smuggling trade, but soon, the smuggling started again.Because of the huge "thick profits" brought about by the Qin people's trade in the Western Regions.

"Have you brought all the goods?" At this time, the shopkeeper came to a warehouse in the backyard and asked anxiously.

"I brought it. It weighs two hundred catties." A mellow middle-aged man said.

"En. That's enough. Go and get the money. I'll take a look at the goods." The young shopkeeper said.The middle-aged man hesitated, but left anyway.After the middle-aged man leaves.The young shopkeeper checked the goods immediately, and he saw that the goods were sugar.The sugar is not white sugar, but coarse brown sugar, which is the result of the initial sugar extraction.White sugar can only be obtained through further processing in Qin State.With the sales of tea, sugar has also entered a new stage. Chu State is rich in sugar cane, so a large amount of sugar is exported from here, but sugar, tea, and silk have to pay high taxes, and it is repetitive. The payment, the final price must be high.And, no profit.But the north needs such things. Adding sugar to tea has become a habit of some social elites.They are happy to pay high prices for sugar.Therefore, the merchants of Chu State in the south began to find ways to avoid these unreasonable taxes, so smuggling began.

On his own land, smuggling, such a thing, perhaps only happened on Chu's own land.The merchants of Chu State are not willing to have such a thing happen, but as long as they can avoid the massive taxation and those horrible punishments, the merchants are still willing to take the risk.

On the contrary, it is precisely because of the short-sightedness of the nobles of Chu that gave the merchants such a chance to make a fortune, the price of sugar is rising rapidly.The same is true for silk. With the opening of the Western Regions market, Dawan and Yuezhi nobles began to accept this light and thin clothing material.And it is silky smooth to wear, it seems that only nobles like them can accept it.As a result, silk, tea, and sugar, which are only found in the south, are in rapid demand.And this kind of stimulation made the merchants of Chu State have to take risks. They would use smuggling methods to transport them to the Western Regions of Qin State. These commodities could bring great benefits.It is enough for them to take a risk. If they go normally, there will only be one result, and all their work will be in vain, because if the price is too high, no one will accept it.At the same time, they have to pay expensive taxes, and there is only one vested interest in these taxes, those damn nobles, the nobles of Chu.Therefore, the merchants of Chu State had to smuggle in their own land.The hatred for the nobles is even more profound.And all this is caused by unreasonable taxation.Qin State urgently hopes that Chu State can change this situation.

1999 you must use muskets

"Our situation is very unfavorable. We hope to get assistance from the Qin State. Even if there are some ammunition supplies, it is good." Prince Dan asked Meng Yi for help.

"No. It's impossible." Meng Yi said.

"Qin is currently recruiting recruits. The fee has increased to a certain extent. It may increase again. If we provide some assistance, it will cause serious consequences. Therefore, it is impossible for us to do this." Meng Yi patiently explained.

"Our Yan army is about to end. The entire North Korean situation is very unfavorable to us. Our people are surrendering. Not only that, we have lost a lot of land. If this continues, they will attack Liaodong." Prince Dan Speaking of.

"This. I'm sorry, Prince, we can't help you. Our financial resources are also extremely tight." Meng Yi said.

"We hope that the crown prince can carefully consider our opinion, and the Yan army can retreat. In this way, the Yan country will reduce some losses." Meng Yi said.

"No. The current situation in Yan State is that we can't retreat even if we retreat, and we don't have the available troops to make our remaining troops withdraw." Prince Dan said.

"This. I'm afraid it will be difficult." Meng Yi said.

"Qin is currently unable to provide more soldiers, and its strength is also very limited. It needs to be considered in foreign operations." Meng Yi said.

"Therefore. Is it impossible for Qin to provide more assistance?" Prince Dan asked.

"Yes. Maybe yes. We must consider this point carefully." Meng Yi was in a state of hesitation and wavering on the issue of Yan State.He didn't know how to handle this matter.Because Yan State is biased towards the northeast, it is in a secondary state in terms of strategic direction. There is no need for Qin State to waste a lot of resources in such a secondary direction.

However, if this issue is not handled properly, it will seriously affect the main strategic direction of Qin State.Considering this point, Shang Wen has carefully considered the Yan State issue. He thinks that as long as Yan State abandons North Korea and opens its own city, it will be fine.But Yan State has been unable to achieve this point, which makes Qin State feel very passive, so Qin State put this issue on hold.

In Wei Liao's office.

"Sir, this is a telegram from Zhao Guolai." Wei Liao's assistant gently placed a telegram on Wei Liao's desk.

Wei Liao opened it and looked.

"Hehe, explain it to Zhao Guo, and we will know." Wei Liao said.This telegram comes from Li Mu, Li Mu's large-scale conscription to Qin, especially the recruitment of cavalry troops from the north.At the same time, large-scale conscription was carried out in places where the Qin army existed in the countries of the six countries. This behavior made Li Mu very worried. He was worried that the Qin army would expand on a large scale, and after the expansion, it would quickly go south to fight. Li Mu was very worried about this. tension.

"We should tell Li Mu not to worry. Or we should tell them about the current state of Qin." Wei Liao said.

"Perhaps we should tell people from all countries, how about this, let's publish a white paper

Mazar Hill.

"Our state of Qin is willing to stop fighting with you Dawan people, but we have one condition." Zhao Kaizi smiled and said to Dawan who came to negotiate.

"What conditions?" Da Wanling asked.

"Let us do business with you, as long as this problem is solved." Zhao Kaizi said with a smile.

"This is not a big problem. We are very willing to do business with you, and your goods are very good. Muskets, magic leaves, can change our taste. And we need more things from you." Da Wanling said arrive.

"It's all easy to say. As for taxation, we in Qin State hope that you can reduce it and keep the tax rate below [-]%." Zhao Kaizi said.

"You should know that if too much tax is collected at once, our goods will not be able to pass through. In this case, we will not be able to make money at all, and in the end the goods will not be available, and you will suffer a lot of losses." Zhao Kaizi said with a smile.

"Yes. You are a friend of our Dawan people." The leader said.

"What you said is very reasonable. It makes sense." The leader nodded.

"We will agree to your request, but I also have a small condition." The leader said with a smile.

"Oh, what conditions do you know?" Zhao Kaizi was a little nervous at this time, he didn't know what conditions the other party was going to propose, what would he do if the conditions were beyond their clothing materials?At this time Zhao Kaizi was very nervous.

"We want to do business with you, and everyone can make money together." The leader said with a smile.

"That's it." Zhao Kaizi was a little surprised, he didn't expect such a result.

"What? Don't you want to?" At this time, the leader saw Zhao Kaizi and the businessman behind him, you looked at me, I looked at you, and there was no reaction at all. This kind of reaction was far beyond the leader's expectation. In response, the leader thought that the other party would feel a little embarrassed because of the cooperation in doing business.

"No, no", that's definitely not the case." At this time, Zhao Kaizi waved his arms and said loudly.

"We are happy to do this, and we can only wish for it. In this case, we would be great." Zhao Kaizi said with a smile.

"In that case, we will sign a contract. Once the contract is signed, we can solve the war problem and everyone can do business." Zhao Kaizi exclaimed excitedly, rubbing his hands.Soon the two sides signed an armistice agreement, which means that the war is coming to an end.

And the new peace will bring great business opportunities.This is what Qin needs most.

In the training camp of a group of northern troops.

"I know you like to use bows and arrows, and the weapons you are familiar with are bows and arrows." A gun sergeant of the Qin Army said loudly to a company composed of a small number of nomadic soldiers.

"Bows and arrows are from an old era. Their power is not enough, and their combat performance is not good. Therefore, they were eliminated." The sergeant major shouted loudly.

"Muskets are a new era. You must use muskets to fight. In this way, our logistics supplies can guarantee you." The sergeant major said.

"Your time is very limited, only [-] days. Within [-] days, you must learn to use guns, otherwise, you will be withdrawn from the Qin army, and your farming benefits will not be seen. You are at a loss No?" The sergeant major yelled loudly.

2000 training soldiers

"Remember, musket, you are your life, no gun, you are dead." The sergeant major said loudly.