The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

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"En." Shang Wen gave a grunt, and then began to think. Mo Li didn't speak, but just looked at Shang Wen. He knew that this was a habit of Shang Wen. Such a habit allowed Shang Wen to calm down and think carefully about various situations.

"It's still the old way. We can try the old way. The nobles of Chu State have a lot of assets, most of which are real estate. It is better to have gold. They also have more industries, and there are many potential mining industries. "Shang Wen said.

"If it can be well developed, it will be very huge, but they don't know how to do it." Shangwen said.

"This requires cooperation with Qin State. How to cooperate and how to solve these problems are the key. We use the methods we have used before to solve them. The first is bank cooperation. Qin's financial system enters Chu State. The other is , to carry out a large number of business cooperation. Through these business cooperation, we can explore and integrate into the market of Chu State." Shang Wen said.

"Is it the same as Zhao Guo?" Mo Li asked.

"Yes. This may be a model to solve Chu's own problems, plus a series of business cooperation. This can also achieve Qin's goal." Shang Wen said.

"However, we can also adopt some different strategies on some other details." Shang Wen continued.

"For example, we can cooperate with specific nobles, not their kings." Shang Wen said.

"Because some nobles are extremely dissatisfied with Qin State, in this way, we can divide the overall influence of Chu State through cooperation among nobles." Shang Wen thought for a while and said.Shang Wen had always believed that the Xiang family was negotiating on behalf of Chu State, but after Mo Li's explanation, Shang Wen understood.Qin State is cooperating with a noble of Chu State.And there are still many nobles like Chu. If these nobles are regarded as a natural business group, then Qin can cooperate with these business groups. In this way, Qin can open the market of Chu in a short time. The gate, dumping a lot of their own products, and Shangwen felt extremely excited to absorb here. Before Shangwen wanted to open the market of Chu State, because the demand of Chu State was extremely strong, but it was difficult to do so because of the The country's strategy is extremely inappropriate. Qin doesn't understand Chu, and Chu doesn't understand Qin. Both sides don't understand, so naturally they can't cooperate. This has caused such a situation.Qin State has been unable to open the overall market of Chu State for a long time, resulting in the self-closed development of Chu State.

But now the problem is solved.He felt that it was resolved by finding some people to discuss the matter.

"I want to go out and go to the headquarters of Wenyang Bank. Wenyang Bank can open the door to the market of Chu State. In other words, the market door of Chu State has been opened.

"Oh." Mo Li nodded.Shangwen took his coat and ran out in a hurry.

"Why did you tell me when you went out?" Mo Li said to herself.

In the Western Regions, a piece of bad news was fed back to Wang Ben.

"Sir, is this report?" A major staff officer handed Wang Ben a reconnaissance report.Wang Ben was eating instant noodles in the convened staff department.This is the latest food developed by the state of Qin. Because it can warm the body in winter, it was purchased as food for the army and came to the western regions of the state of Qin.

"What report?" Wang Ben took a bite of instant noodles and took a look at the report.

"We sent a special report. It is said that the Yuezhi people are going to attack the south. They urgently need a lot of weapons and ammunition, and they have a particularly large demand for weapons and ammunition from our Qin State." The major said.

"Oh." Wang Ben nodded.

"Recently, we found cannons among some of the smuggled weapons we investigated at the border. Some people have sold cannons to people from the Western Regions, especially businessmen from small Western Region countries. Cannon." The major staff officer said to Wang Ben.

"Boom." Wang Ben put the instant noodles in his hand on the table.

"It's not bad. People from the Western Regions have taken cannons, how will they fight in the future?" Wang Ben shouted loudly.

"However, we have no right to criticize those businessmen. You know, we are in Xuzhou, and Xuzhou has a small population. Therefore, the law of Xuzhou does not have the death penalty. Not only these, the people we caught, Among those caught." The major looked at Wang Ben hesitantly.

"Say it." Wang Ben asked anxiously.

"There's also a congressman from Xuzhou inside," the major said.

"Damn it. These should be killed." Wang Ben said angrily.

"According to our interrogation, we don't know when the arms business suddenly became artillery. I heard that Xuzhou also held a parliamentary meeting recently, and they discussed the terms of making it legal to sell artillery as weapons to ethnic minorities. In this case, we will not be able to interfere even more." The major said.

"We can't interfere, how will we fight in the future?" Wang Ben asked.

"We don't know about this. I think we should report this matter to the Prime Minister's Office, the Ministry of National Defense, and the General Staff, but I don't know if the king knows about it." The major said worriedly.

"What's the use of reporting to them?" Wang Ben asked worriedly.Wang Ben actually opposed the arms trade of Qin merchants, but Qin's arms trade was more active than the silk business.Because ammunition is a compulsory consumption, ammunition consumption is a very terrible income first of all. Regardless of the fact that bullets are worthless, one gold can buy 60.00 to [-] rounds of bullets.However, the amount of bullets consumed is very large, and to produce bullets, it is enough to have a simple manual workshop and hire a few women for production.Some arsenals in Qin State have handed over the production process of this backward bullet to South Korean arsenals for production.Qin State provided a large amount of bullets and gunpowder, while the Korean arsenal hired a large number of female workers to assemble the bullets, and then transported them to the Western Regions by rail.Including transportation costs, the cost of a bullet is only [-] cents, but Qin can earn more than [-] times the profit.Many people in Xuzhou are doing this kind of business, even the congressmen, the mayor, and the sheriff are doing this kind of thing.It can be said that Xuzhou, where Wang Ben is located, is actually the largest arms trading state in the border state of Qin.The arms consumed here accounted for [-]% of Qin's total production.This is a rather huge number, because Chu's purchasing power has declined, mainly due to the lack of gold, while the Western Regions have gold, and there are still a lot of stocks. In addition, the demand for arms is strong, which makes Qin's arms trade rapidly develop here.The pace of development has exceeded expectations.The development of Xuzhou's entire trade is almost all arms trade.If the arms trade is cut off, then Xuzhou will regress to the previous level. ↑ Fire trade is everything in Xuzhou.

"Report. What can we do?" Thinking about it, Xuzhou was also named after his surname. When it was laid down, there was already a Wangzhou. Xuzhou is the current state. This state has a small population. Because there are many deserts here, there are few places where people can live. However, this place has jade, Hetian beautiful jade, and gold. It is too expensive to do such a business.It's not as fast as doing the arms business.

In fact, Wang Ben has always believed that it is possible for the Qin army to continue to advance westward, but it stopped because of logistical supplies. It will not take long for Qin to advance westward on a large scale. It is difficult for the Qin army to pose a huge threat to the Qin army, but if they change their weapons and then fight, they may have some troubles. Although the Qin army's weapons are much more advanced than them, they always have to cause some damage. Casualties.Plus, with lots of gunpowder weapons, these are always somewhat unsafe.Jump up to such considerations.Wang Ben opposed the arms trade because it had a great impact on military expansion.

The Ministry of National Defense of Qin State received such a report.Wei Liao usually didn't read it, because such a report had already been reported.From the beginning of smuggling guns, Wei Liao thought that there was no need to make a fuss. Qin State also smuggled a large amount of artillery from Chu State. Couldn't it be possible to smuggle a large amount of artillery to those people from the Western Regions? Moreover, people from the Western Regions need to be taught how to operate artillery. These are an important way to expand Qin's arms trade. Wei Liao knows that what Qin lacks is a large amount of financial revenue, and the development of these trades can just increase Qin's late-night tax revenue.This is a good thing, so Wei Liao didn't care about such things after he knew about them.

But Meng Tian studied his report carefully.

"Minister." Meng Tian said suspiciously while holding the report.

"Do we really not care about the smuggling of arms, especially weapons like artillery?"

Monty asked.

"It doesn't matter. Our artillery was sold to the people of Chu, why can't we sell it to the people of the Western Regions, and if the people of the Western Regions need artillery, we can make a lot of money." Wei Liao said.

"Do you know what else I, the Minister of Defense, is in charge of?" Wei Liao said at this time.

"I don't know what's going on?" Meng Tian said honestly.

"Weapon production." Wei Liao said.

"To be precise, I, the Minister of National Defense, will be in charge of these arsenals in Qin State," Wei Liao said.

"Oh." This was beyond Meng Tian's expectations.He didn't expect that Wei Liao, the Minister of Defense, would have such a thing to do.

"Qin's military industry sector is all commercial in nature. They produce products like other enterprises, and then supply them to sellers who need them. However, the things they produce are very special." Wei Liao said.

"The weapons they produce are all used by Qin's army, and the target is very special, that is, the army. Once the army cuts military expenses, their life will be very difficult, but Qin has no intention of supporting such a huge army, because The cost is too high. Qin State's finances are tight, so we must not continue to borrow money." Wei Liao said.

"Once the army stops procurement, or stops large-scale procurement, these military enterprises in Qin State will go bankrupt. In this case, I, the Minister of Defense, will have a heavy responsibility." Wei Liao said to Meng Tian.

"That's why we are actively developing the arms trade?" Meng Tian immediately understood what Wei Liao meant by these words.

"Yes, that's what it means. Without the arms trade, it would be difficult for Qin to support these military enterprises," Wei Liao said.

"It takes a lot of money just to maintain production and research and development, but where do these funds come from? Without the arms trade, it is impossible to maintain the normal operation of these military factories. Therefore, most of the weapons currently produced by Qin are They are all for export, or for trade. This is also what the prime minister meant." Wei Liao said.

"It used to be Chu State, but the quantity of weapons purchased by Chu State is also decreasing. Even the pirates can't afford weapons. The quantity they replenish is very small. Although we have lowered the price, it still doesn't work," Wei Liao said. .

"However, the Western Regions, this place is new, and this place was hurt by the Qin State before. They are afraid. They need a lot of weapons, so these outdated weapons, such as flintlock guns, and The artillery was given to them. If we sell them, we can support these military enterprises," Wei Liao said.

This is the method Shang Wen came up with, and it is also what King Qin is very concerned about. The current strength of the Qin army is not only the bravery of the soldiers, nor the encouragement of the reward system of the Qin State, but the advanced weapons of the Qin State. Qin State needs to maintain advanced weapons and equipment. ←Maintaining the current overall advantage of the Qin State with the huge difference in weapons is what the King of Qin requires. In order to meet this requirement, it is necessary to maintain a strong combat effectiveness, and military enterprises are an important basis for maintaining the Qin State’s combat effectiveness.

In order to guarantee this military enterprise, Shang Wen thought of many ways.Relying on finances is obviously not enough to feed these military industrial enterprises. The production scale of military industrial enterprises in Qin State continues to expand. If the demand stops, military industrial enterprises will quickly close down. This is a situation that Qin State does not want to see.

The only way for military enterprises to survive is to carry out an active and large-scale arms trade. Only in this way can Qin's military enterprises keep their stocks and survive for a long time. Where there is demand, there will be supply, and supply will be Production.

It is because of this demand that Qin's military enterprises can survive, and this is also Wei Liao's important task.

If this is not the case, Qin's military enterprises will not be able to support themselves, which is why Wei Liao simply put it aside after reading such a report.

"En." Meng Tian nodded.Before he was in the army, he didn't think about this, but after he came to the Ministry of National Defense, everything changed. He didn't think about the problem from Qin's military point of view, but how to think about it from Qin's logistics. , financial, and political perspectives on military issues.

"I just read the report. The Yuezhi people were mentioned in the report." Meng Tian said at this time.

"People from Yuezhi?" Wei Liao put down the pen in his hand and became serious.

"Bring it here and let me have a look." Said Wei Liao took the report in Meng Tian's hand and looked at it.

"The Yuezhi people need a lot of weapons, and I'm afraid the demand for artillery is also very large." Meng Tian said.