The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

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"This is news from the newspaper of Qin State. I don't know whether it is true or not." The attendant said at this time.

"En." Tian Heng frowned.

"It seems that we can't stay here anymore. If that's the case, we should return to Qi State as soon as possible. If not, something big will happen to Qi State. This matter is too big." Tian Heng said nervously.

"Quick. Pack it up immediately, we'll go back now." Tian Heng stood up and said.

"This, my lord." The attendant looked at Tian Heng nervously.

"Hurry up." Tian Heng shouted loudly.

"A major event has happened to Qi State. Without the king, Qi State is not Qi State, and Qi State will be destroyed." Tian Heng shouted loudly.

"Here." The servant nodded.Then go down immediately.Tian Heng was thinking of all possibilities. For him, the future of Qi State was very bad.

On the road from Chu State to Qi State, a four-wheeled carriage was slowly advancing.Accompanying them was a large number of Chu army infantry.

"Master, this time I went to Qi country, how will the matter of Qi country be solved. This is the first time that this kind of thing has happened in Chu country." A richly dressed nobleman said to an old man with white beard.

The old man with white beard swayed.

"This." The nobleman looked at the old-fashioned white beard who said nothing at this time.

This is the senior official of the Chu State, who was invited by the nobles to persuade the King of Qi to surrender.And it has the full power to resolve the King Qi and the war in Qi State.But the doctor himself didn't know how to solve it.The doctor feels that this matter, it is still up to the state of Qi to adjust accordingly.

The nobles wanted to know the result very much, because this result was very useful to him, and for them to solve the war in Qi State in a reasonable way was to save a lot of money.Then make up for the huge loss they caused due to the war in Qi.Just before they came to Qi State, they were still discussing the issue of pirates on the Yangtze River in Chu State.Because these pirates were so bold, they kept attacking the tax collection ships of the noble navy, which made the noble navy dare not take the initiative to attack, and they huddled in the water village and did not attack.

The loss of tax collection ships led to the loss of a large amount of tax revenue for the nobles.After losing these wealth, the nobles will not be able to maintain the war in Qi.If the war in Qi is delayed, the interests of the nobles will suffer even greater losses.

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1503 Arms Policy

"The main warship of our army is back?" Xiang Yan asked in his Changsha mansion.

"Report to the general, the main warships are back. However, although the main warships were not lost, the artillery losses were serious." A navy general said.The warship just came back, although the main battleship lost very little.However, some secondary small and medium-sized warships suffered large losses, and the most important thing was the artillery.Artillery losses were severe.The supplement of artillery requires a lot of money to buy.These artillery can only be purchased from Qin.

"I know what you mean." Xiang Yan looked at the navy general.

"Replenishing the losses of these things requires a lot of money. At present, our army does not have so much money to replenish so many cannons." Xiang Yan looked at the map and said with her head down.

"En. General. The last general thinks that it can be done now." The general tentatively said in a low voice.

"Say." Xiang Yan looked up at the other party seriously.

"The general believes that the current attack on the noble navy is intensifying." Said the general of Chu's navy.

"Water pirates. They continue to participate in it. Now, according to reports, some merchants have also organized armed forces to participate in it." The general of the Chu army said.

"En. You want to say it. You have to participate in it too." Xiang Yan said.

"En." The general bowed his head and said.

"Attack the noble navy?" Xiang Yan looked at the other party and said.

"En." The general bowed his head and said.

"Noble navy, accept a lot of money. There are also a lot of cannons. These cannons were given to us." Xiang Yan nodded.

"This matter is important. Don't talk nonsense. Go out. I will consider it." Xiang Yan nodded and said.Then he waved his hand to indicate that the other party could go out.

Regarding participating in the attack on the noble navy of Chu State.Xiang Yan already had her own considerations.For such a thing.Actually he is already doing it.He also set up a fleet of warships, with the purpose of participating in the attack on the noble navy.

The aristocratic navy was very scattered. The nobles along the Yangtze River, large and small, all set up their own navy. These navy were not used for combat, but for tax collection.The tax collection is consistent with the idea of ​​​​establishing a forward base in Changsha.Taxation is consistent with the expansion of the naval army. Only by collecting a large amount of taxes can we have the financial resources to expand the armaments.Establishing its own base in Changsha and relying on such a base to collect taxes is an important step in the expansion of the navy. Now the emergence of the noble navy has seriously affected the expansion of the navy.

The taxes levied by the noble navy are extremely vicious.The merchant ships in the past could not bear the taxes of Chu's navy.However, the collection by the noble navy directly led to the fact that the Chu State navy could not collect taxes even if they wanted to.In this regard, only when the Chu State navy suppresses the noble navy can taxation be levied.In this regard, Xiang Yan had no choice but to go to war, but he couldn't start the war openly, he could only take advantage of the chaos to launch an offensive.Attacking the noble navy means going to war with the nobles in Chu.This is the last thing Xiang Yan can see.

"We don't even have a cannon, how can we fight this battle?" A soldier of the Chu State Navy sat discouraged on the bow of the boat.

“That’s right. There’s not even a single cannon here. What a fight. Even a merchant ship can sink us. One shot and we’re all over.” Another veteran said.

"I don't know what the people above think." The veteran said.The newly established war fleet of the Chu State Navy only has small boats, and small boats cannot be equipped with artillery. Even if they are equipped with artillery, the Chu State Navy cannot provide them to the opponent.The water army of Chu State, lacking weapons, can only rely on the soldiers' water skills to fight.This is an act of desperation.

Inside a border fortress in Yunzhong, an important military town in the north of Zhao State.

"Has the goods we want arrived?" A Zhao Guo nobleman looked at the business representative sent by Qin Wenyang Arms Company at this time.

"It's here. The first batch. 35 five-inch guns. More than 3000 rounds of shells." Said the business representative of Qin Guo Wenyang Weapons Company.

"Well, very good." said the nobleman.

"En. The first payment of that bill should be paid." The business representative said.

"One hundred thousand gold." The business representative said.

"We don't have that much money, only [-] gold." The nobleman said.

"That's too little," said the business representative.

"We will pay all the money later." Zhao Guo nobleman said.

"With what to pay. The first payment is [-] gold. This payment is already the minimum payment limit given by our company. You must know that the number of artillery you have equipped exceeds two hundred. Without this payment, the following Weapons, it is difficult for us to continue." The business representative looked at the nobleman and said.

"To take down Yunzhong City, you only need to control the coal mines there. As long as you have the coal, we will definitely pay for the money. Also, as much coal as you want, we will give you as much coal as you want." Zhao Guo nobleman said loudly.

"I think we need to sign some documents. Without these documents as a guarantee, it will be difficult for us to continue to provide more weapons." The commercial representative said.

"We will be able to take those coal mines soon." The nobleman looked at the business representative.

"These nobles are simply crazy. Do they think they can take those coal mines?" the noble thought to himself.But such a contract must be signed, in Qin's view.These weapons were originally junk goods in the Qin army's arsenal.These weapons are all pending.After the Wenyang Arms Company of Qin State heard that the nobles of Zhao State wanted to quell the riots in their own country.He decided to sell these weapons to Zhao Guo and let them quell the riots.

And in a railway station in the Taihang Mountains.

A train from Qin State stops at the station.

"We need some artillery. More heavy weapons." A foreman said, looking at Qin's train conductor.

"We can't provide these. We can only provide flintlock guns and gunpowder. That's all, and even this gunpowder is specially approved. We can't provide these." The train conductor said, looking at the other party.

"Without these weapons, our mining area will be attacked by the noble army. Such a crazy attack is for us." The foreman said excitedly.

"No. It really can't. We can't make the decision. Those arms companies in Qin State can't sell you weapons without special approval. There is no way." The train conductor said.

There is a large amount of inventory in the Qin army's arsenal, and these inventories are all weapons and equipment replaced by Qin's replacement equipment.Qin State replaces a large number of weapons every year, and the number of Qin's army is not very large.But the stockpile of weapons is the largest.This is caused by Qin State because Qin State maintains a high level of combat readiness materials.The king of Qin believed that Qin should maintain such a high level of combat readiness, especially the weapons reserves.

Qin State has a reserve of 100 million troops.In a short period of time, Qin State needs a large number of weapons to arm so many armed forces. At the same time, the production of weapons must be replaced as soon as possible, which leads to the abnormally large weapon reserves of Qin State.And subsequent weapon upgrades.This situation is getting worse.It can be said.Qin's war system led to a large number of weapons reserves.But the bad thing is that as the needs of countries grow.Qin's industrial enterprises were created blindly, which led to a rapid increase in the inventory in Qin's arsenal.In Qin's arsenal, a large number of these weapons need to be digested, and as long as there is a war, these weapons will not lose their market.

However, Qin's export of weapons is very different.Because the market targeted by Qin State is different.This is largely due to the political influence of Qin.From Qin's point of view, those rioting Zhao people were unable to keep the coal mine running.Running a coal mine requires a lot of money, equipment, more railroads, and the ability to control the mine.