The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

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"Yes. Troops may be sent. I don't think this matter is so simple. Wei people were afraid to collect taxes before, but now they suddenly want to collect taxes. Do they have such courage," Shang Wen asked.

"No matter what, we have to prepare to send troops." Shang Wen calmed down his anger.

"Now let's go to the train station. Tell Zhang Liang about this and see what they do," Shang Wen said.

The southern border of the Western Regions.Wang Ben stood on the commanding heights of the fortress with a telescope to check the surrounding situation.

"Sir." A lieutenant officer stood aside at this time and said softly.

"What is it?" Wang Ben asked.

"The situation you asked me to pay attention to, there is nothing suspicious happening nearby. No Western Regions people were found on the desert side. The news received by the waiter is also that there is no gathering of Western Regions troops." The lieutenant said.

"En." Wang Ben nodded solemnly.

"There's really nothing else going on," Wang Ben then asked.

"No." The lieutenant swayed.

"This is too strange." Wang Ben said.

"This has been going on for several days. Is it because the Western Regions are gathering, they are not ready to rush to war with us, and they are stepping up their preparations." The lieutenant asked at this time.

"Well. We can't go deep into the desert. The desert's climate is too abnormal. Our people can't get in. Aircraft and airships can't go deep into it. We don't know the situation of the people in the Western Regions." Wang Ben said.

"That's too passive, sir." The lieutenant said worriedly.

"Yes." Wang Ben nodded.Then walk back and forth.Regarding the current situation, he was not sure what the attitude of the Western Regions retreated deep in the desert was, whether it was war or peace.If there is a war, why haven't they responded yet.Could it be insufficient preparation.If so, then the situation is in your favor.

"No." Wang Ben said at this time.

"We need to organize a team. Go deep into the desert to investigate the situation. It's too passive to continue like this." Wang Ben decided after walking back and forth.

"En." The lieutenant nodded.

"The problem is, we don't understand yet. The manpower we send out will be in great danger." The lieutenant put forward his opinion.

"It's a risk to investigate. We don't know people from the Western Regions, by the way." Wang Ben suddenly thought of a question.

"Ask those businessmen and smugglers. They have exchanges with people from the Western Regions. They must know the situation." Wang Ben suggested at this time.

"Well. I'll go right away. It's just the words of these people, can it work," the lieutenant asked.

"No matter what, we have to go. Prepare with both hands. On the one hand, we will send people there immediately. On the other hand, we will go to the businessman to inquire about the situation. We can't be passive like this. In addition, we will deploy some troops to form a mobile force and pay close attention at any time. No movement." Wang Ben continued.

"Yes, sir." The lieutenant saluted.Then leave.Wang Ben adjusted his deployment. It turned out that his deployment was to wait for the Western Regions to attack, but this was too passive. After waiting for a while.Wang Ben felt that there was a lack of flexibility and initiative, so he made adjustments, but he needed to understand some situations before he could make a judgment.Otherwise it would be a disaster for him.

A coastal region of the Eastern Ocean.

"Captain, there's nothing on this island. This man doesn't know where he came from. He croaks like a toad. It's very ugly. That guy is in a coma and can't wake up. Are we Kill him." The second officer came over and said to the captain.The captain stood on the beach and looked at the big island.As for how big the place is.He doesn't know either.

"We know very little about this island. We don't know how many minerals there are." The captain said looking at the island.

"Yes. Are we staying," asked the second mate.

"No." The captain immediately vetoed the other party's words.

"We're going to continue eastward," said the captain at this time.

"We want to explore this sea area. No one has been in this area. Now all the people and ships are staring at the south. We want to find out some famous places in the north this time." The captain said.

"How about our supplies," the captain asked.

"Fresh water is sufficient, and the gunpowder cannot be replenished. But not much is consumed. It's okay." The second officer said.

"The geographic location is also calculated clearly." The second officer said.

"That's enough. We're going to continue going east. We'll set up a stone tablet on this island. We don't care about the rest. This stone tablet can prove that we have been here." The captain said .

"We have to keep going east. We can't stop." The captain said firmly.

"En." The second officer nodded.

1666 Bank Robbery

South Korea attaches great importance to the development of Nanyang. Many South Korean merchant ships and warships joined it, and they got rich returns.Such a huge temptation has naturally increased South Korea's attention to Nanyang. Compared with the northern sea, people don't know much about it, and the return on natural resources is not very optimistic.South Korean businessmen who are eager for money will not put more energy on the northern ocean.

The Korean warships also put their attention on Nanyang as much as possible, because they can get rich remuneration, and the escort can bring extra military pay to the sailors and crew.This is what soldiers want to see.The captain and others can also get a lot of money.Such an active expedition captain is quite rare in Korea.Compared with the captain, the first officer is more like the captain of a Korean merchant ship. In his opinion, although the warship belongs to the country, his own life is his own.This also reflects the growing awareness of human rights in South Korea.People attach great importance to the expansion of their property.That's how the chief mate thought about it.

Warships are used to fight for the country, but it does not mean that they cannot do some private work during the war.In his opinion, the latest warships are just enough to do this, not only to escort merchant ships but also to get a lot of money.The first mate calculated such accounts, but the captain obviously didn't care about it at all. In his opinion, the real achievement is to expand the territory, and he himself doesn't value these.

On the issue of navigation, Koreans are divided into two factions.Most of the factions are mainly Korean businessmen.They have a large number of merchant ships in their hands, and they are called merchant gangs.Their purpose is to seek wealth and make a fortune, and they must gather a large amount of original capital.When it comes to navigation issues, they tend to be more pragmatic, that is to say, they only seek more wealth, and they have no interest in development and opening up the navigation situation.All they see is gold.Because of this influence, a considerable number of officers on the Korean warships were affected by this. They valued the southern ocean more, and what they valued was getting rich.

The other faction is idealism.In their view, South Korea wants to develop South Korea's future power through the sea, so they always spare no effort to develop South Korea's overseas business. They don't think about money at all, they only value how many islands South Korea owns.And where does the opened up territory reach.For others, it is not considered at all.

At the intersection of Qin's southern border and northern border.There is a fork town, and this fork town comes here because of the railway.At the same time, there are two railways in the town, each connecting north and south.Head north into Northern Xinjiang.Go south into southern Xinjiang.Because of this, the town of Bifurcation got its name.

At the beginning of the establishment of Bifurcation Town, it was an important supply station for the Qin army. With the construction of the railway here, it was upgraded rapidly, and with the arrival of surrounding merchants and slave traders.This sequence has changed from the original supply station to an important town, and this town is huge.Various facilities are also very complete.There are also several banks in town.This is a place where banks gather within a thousand miles, and there is only one other office, which is not a real bank.The establishment of a bank here is still due to the importance of its important geographical location, but there are still no banks in southern Xinjiang and northern Xinjiang.Only offices.

"Look. What does the newspaper say?" In the square of the town, several immigrants from Xinqin gathered to read a newspaper.

"It was said in the newspaper. Recently, the horse bandits are too powerful. General Li in Beijiang arrested them fiercely. Then they retaliated and almost took over the bank offices in Beijiang. Many bank offices were robbed And killed a lot of people." An old man with a white beard said.

"Oh my God. The Qin army has to take care of it." A Qin native stood up and said.

"Take care. How do you manage? The Qin army is a soldier. They have to fight to defend the entire southern border. The same goes for the northern border. It's too late for them to fight the people of the Western Regions. Now they have to drive out these horse bandits. I don't think so." The old man said. arrive.

"Besides, I don't know what these horse bandits look like." The old man continued.

On the southeast corner of the square, there is a Wenyang Bank.This is the largest bank in the entire sequence.A man dressed in denim stood at the door.Leather boots with spurs, tight leather pants.A wide hood hides a man's face.The man had two revolvers pinned to his waist, and a loop of bullets pinned to his belt.

"Sir, do you need any help?" At this time, a bank employee stepped forward.

"I have something to talk to your manager about." The man didn't look at the staff member.Just said it coldly.

"This. I don't know. Is it a loan, sir, or a deposit," the bank staff then asked.

"Papa." The man slapped the revolver on his waist.Show that you are impatient.

"Oh. I see. I'm going to ask our manager to come out." The bank staff said cautiously and politely.

"En." The man just snorted.Then I stood in the lobby of the bank. There were still many people handling various businesses in the lobby of the bank, and there were quite a few people with guns in the bank.At the second floor of the bank stood two security guards with shotguns.There is also a security guard patrolling the gate.There is a revolver on his waist.Some of the businessman's bodyguards present also had guns in their hands.

The state of Qin has relaxed its weapons control over the peripheral areas, especially in these newly established states, where their weapons control measures are extremely lax.Many guns are illegal.They are simply not registered.This is also related to the control ability of the state government.The state government has very little revenue.It is simply impossible to hire more police officers to maintain local law and order.Some states have only one or two police officers.It doesn't work much at all.More is to rely on the local militia.But the militias are all spontaneous, and they have no obligation to deal with sudden security incidents.

The man looked around while waiting for the manager to appear.He is optimistic about people with guns around.

"Excuse me, sir, is there anything I can do for you?" At this moment, the manager of the bank came in and asked politely.