The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

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Jiujiang area of ​​Chu State.Xiang Bo is leading Chu's naval reinforcements to a city in the Jiujiang area, but the city has been almost destroyed.Only the corners of the city wall are still supported, and the rest are in ruins.In addition to these, green smoke was rising in the city, and most of the buildings in the city were burned to the ground.There were corpses everywhere inside and outside the city, and there were a few living people leaning against the wall in despair. They also remained motionless when they saw the army of Chu State approaching.They've been numb.

"These damn thugs." Xiang Bo said fiercely.

The navy of Chu State came to quell the riots at the request of the nobles of Chu State, and most of the troops of the nobles of Chu State were transferred to Qi State.There were not many troops for them to use, so they had to ask the Chu State Navy to come to assess the riot.But the riot was too destructive.The places where Chu's navy passed by were already devastated.Moreover, the riot army is like locusts, difficult to control.When Chu's navy arrived, they had already rushed to another city.

"General, the destruction of these thugs is terrible. Almost everyone in the city was killed. Everything that could be robbed was robbed. It is really impressive." A school lieutenant officer said on the side.

Xiang Bo just felt very angry.However, the Chu State Navy was a little helpless. They dispatched this time with only a small number of 1000 people.These 1000 people still barely fought, and they couldn't go too far, because their logistical supply guarantee was not smooth.The nobles promised in writing to provide supplies, but when they arrived.In such a situation, I am afraid that the other party will not be able to provide sufficient supplies. For such a situation, Uncle Xiang can only feel helpless.

The lack of funds for the Chu State Navy is an open topic.And Qin Guo Bank is also urging to repay the loan, otherwise a series of actions will be taken to recover the loan issued by Qin Guo Bank.Xiang Yan had no choice but to send a secret representative to negotiate with the Qin State Bank in the hope of a grace period and at the same time provide another loan.

"If we are going to Chu State, it is best to take a Korean merchant ship. The Korean merchant ship is fast and has a heavy load, and it is safer. If we want to go by land, I am afraid we should not do it. We have to cross the Chu army The defense line, or detour, in this case, we will have to go a long way." Shang Wen suggested to Mo Lao.

"Take a sea boat," Mo Lao asked.

"Yes. By sea boat, only sea boat can be faster, and there is no need to detour." Shang Wen said with certainty.

"Okay then, take the sea boat." Elder Mo said with certainty.

"It's just that we have to wait until the next batch of seagoing ships arrive. These seagoing ships have already left the port." Shang Wen continued.

"It's okay to wait." Mo Lao said.

"Okay, let's wait." Shang Wen said.

The General Staff of the State of Qin.

"These nomadic tribes disappeared mysteriously. We sent scouts to investigate but did not collect any valuable information. Recently, the Huns cavalry tried to attack our northern border defense line several times. They were frustrated. I guess next time, they will not It's so easy to attack us." Yang Duanhe said.

"Well, tell me, is it possible that these northern nomadic tribes were picked up by someone," Wang Jian asked such a question at this time.

"Pick them up, who can pick them up," Yang Duanhe asked.

"I don't know. Someone will pick them up anyway." Wang Jian thought about it carefully and said.

"I've thought about this problem," Wang Jian said.

"Someone might pick them up. Do you remember the reports the prime minister said earlier," Wang Jian said.

"The prime minister wants someone to replace us and accidentally set up merchant arms on the border. There is a certain degree of freedom in the arming. If this is the case, I think some merchants must find a way to participate." Wang Jian analyzed.

"You know. The merchants are the most informed, and they have a lot of resources in their hands, and they can do such a thing with money. The Prime Minister's Office is also supportive. I think they have no reason not to do it. The courage of the merchants and the soldiers The same. My self-consciousness tells me that this group of people must have done it, as for who it is, I don’t know.” Wang Jian said.

"Well. If it is analyzed in this way, I think it may be done by our people, or by businessmen." Yang Duanhe said.

"As long as these businessmen are looking for enough benefits, they can do anything." Yang Duanhe said.

"Aren't we businessmen?" Wang Jian asked.

"The production of Qin's military factories is closely related to Qin's military operations. Isn't this related?" Wang Jian poured himself a glass of water and said.

"Military expenditures, military factories, the army fights, the army needs weapons, we produce them, and when there is turmoil in various places, we sell weapons to them. We have not lost money, especially recently. Qin's other commodities cannot be sold, However, the export of muskets from Qin State has greatly increased." Wang Jian said with a smile.

"Sometimes, I really want to think about the truth, but it's a pity. This is not what we think about." Wang Jian said.Wang Jian, Yang Duanhe and others have different scales of military industrial enterprises. The main source of production of these military industrial enterprises is not how much steel, building materials, or useful synthetic metals, but a large amount of arms.These arms were sold to various places to make war fortune.

When Qin's other commodities were unable to continue to develop markets due to restrictions on the consumption level of various regions, the arms trade became the hottest business in Qin, and all regions were expanding their armaments on a large scale to improve their level.As a result, the demand for arms has greatly increased, and Qin ** industrial enterprises are also producing at full capacity.

Behind the military industry enterprises are the beneficiaries of Wang Jian, Yang Duanhe and others.In addition, there are more Qin government officials, as well as various stock speculators, who believe that Qin's maintenance of high-tech weapons and equipment can create a lot of pressure, and this pressure will force countries to have to import a large amount of weapons from Qin. Equipment to balance.They call this behavior of selling arms to each other a patriotic act.

Because it can drag down countries.This kind of arms race can greatly consume the fiscal revenue of various countries.The government's financial expenditure is spent on weapons and equipment that are consumed without limit, but such weapons and equipment are just for display, and they do not actually start a war, and this is just the mind of the arms dealers.

But for this kind of monotonous arms export, other entrepreneurs and traders have expressed their opposition, because this kind of business is monopolized by the military alone, and because of the large amount of fiscal revenue and unlimited taxation, all countries have joined the arms race In the middle, the interests of other businessmen and enterprises will suffer serious losses.

Because of national security, weapons must be purchased, and because of national security, other things can be given up. The purpose of taxation is to purchase weapons and equipment.To ensure national security, this endless cycle is not only detrimental to all countries, but also detrimental to Qin State, and the interests of other people in Qin State are damaged.Qin's enterprises that provide tax guarantees cannot sell products.It is very difficult for Qin to squeeze a large number of products.

It is precisely because of this reason that Qin's economic situation is in an unfavorable state.But it is difficult to reverse this situation in the first place, because the economy has a lot of economic inertia, and because of the existence of this economic inertia, Qin has to maintain such a situation for a long time.

"General, the current situation in Zhao State is very bad. The people of Qin State provide a suggestion, let us solve this problem properly." Gongzi Jia said.Regarding the sudden visit of son Jia.Li Mu was a little surprised.

"A suggestion from the people of Qin," Li Mu asked.

"Yes, the current state of Zhao is no longer suitable for large-scale use of troops to quell riots. The people of Zhao are already in dire straits due to taxation. I think the general should come forward to save the state of Zhao from the fire." Gong Zijia said.

Li Mu didn't know what the other party meant.But he hoped that son Jia could finish his speech.

"The State of Qin hopes that our State of Zhao can re-elect a new prime minister to preside over the current unfavorable situation. Improve the confrontation between the nobles and the people, so that the State of Zhao can re-enter a stable overall situation." Gong Zijia said.

Li Mu didn't say anything.Just think about it carefully.For Young Master Jia's proposal.Li Mu thought about this problem, but he may not be able to solve this problem when he becomes the prime minister, Zhao Guo's stall is too messy.Moreover, the nobles refused to regress, and it was because the nobles could not regress that led to Zhao's current situation.Private taxation has entered its worst phase.At this time, he became the prime minister.Li Mu himself didn't have the slightest grasp.Most importantly, balancing the interests of the nobility is the key.Then reduce the proportion of taxation, and finally gradually stabilize the situation.

"Don't worry, General, Qin people can help us solve these problems." Young Master Jia said comfortingly.

"The state of Qin can use financial means to solve the current plight of the nobles of the state of Zhao, but what is needed is someone to mediate and solve it." Young Master Jia said easily.Seeing Young Master Jia's relaxed face, Li Mu felt that this matter was not easy at all.

You must know that these nobles are masters who don't give up an inch of land. They have nothing to do with Qin's ferocity, but they have no scruples about Zhao Min.for this.Li Mu knew very well that it would be very detrimental to him if he became Prime Minister at this time, if he did not solve it properly.

1643 Exchange Grain

"Your Majesty, the wheelbarrow convoy transported from Qi has arrived at the Korean border, and the supplies they transported have also been purchased by merchants." Xiao He reported to Han Shu.

"Well. The things they transported are not particularly valuable. They are all ordinary items. Nothing." Han Shuyi said.

"Yes, Your Majesty. But the things they purchase are very cheap, and some of them even hired a lot of carriages from Korea to load and unload." Xiao He continued to report.

"What are they loading and unloading?" Han Shu then asked.

"It's all food, and a small part is arms." Xiao He said.

"Food," Han Shu asked.

"Yes. There is a lot of grain. They also hired our horse-drawn carriage to load a large amount of grain and transport it to Qi." Xiao He said.

"Oh." Han Shu nodded.

Qi's wheelbarrow convoy did not feel the wealth of South Korea until the goods arrived at the South Korean border.In Qi State.Grain has reached the point of being very scarce, but the price of grain in South Korea is very low, especially the grain from Qin State, which floods into South Korea in large quantities, and then flows into Wei State, Zhao State, Yan State, and Chu State from South Korea. State, Qi State.The low price of grain has attracted grain merchants from all over the world to buy it.

The unicycle convoys in Qi State also discovered this benefit. They not only bought and transported them back in unicycles, but also hired horse-drawn carts with the remaining money to transport a large amount of grain to Qi State.These grains can solve Qi's food dilemma on a large scale.This is very important for the country.

"The value of the goods transported by our Korean merchant ships to Qi State is not very great. Except for some sulfur mines, the value of other things is not too great. For example, the value of these silks is not too great. Qin State needs There are not many places for silk. On the contrary, the demand for these sulfur is quite large." Han Shu said.

"Let those Korean merchants ship more valuable things ashore. If this continues, the Korean merchant ships will not make much money at all," Han Shu said worriedly.

"Here." Xiao He nodded in agreement.

"Your Majesty, our overseas merchant ships have discovered a large amount of pearls, corals, and spices. Do you want to transport some of these things?" Xiao He said.

"En. These things are of great value. It's just that they are in the hands of the Qi people. As a middleman, Qi can easily eat some of them." Han Shu said worriedly.

"Your Majesty, didn't our convoy also go to Qi? What they transported was cheap food. The food is not worth much," Xiao He reminded.