The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

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At this time, the Qi-style rifle produced by Qi State itself has a new demand target. This is the demand for the slave trade carried out by the merchants of Chu State. Although they don't have much trust in this product, so far it is their only one. choose

In this way, the flintlock guns of Qi State were sold to the slave trade merchants of Chu State. The matter is not yet over. The demand of Chu State merchants is only a small amount compared to the quantity produced by Qi State, and the number of Chu State merchants who start the slave trade is not very large. The largest number of them is just over 300, and the smallest has 50 people, so the demand for muskets is not enough to form a huge commercial market.

In this way, Qiguo will become a huge loss, but the turning point often comes when disappointment

The mission from North Korea gave Qi ** fire production a huge turnaround. North Korea, an allied country, is suffering from crazy invasions by militants from Qin State and Yan State militants, and their range of activities has been getting closer and closer to the Korean peninsula, especially their slaves. need

The Huns intentionally avoided the mountain people and migrated deep into the virgin forest. The number of slaves in the north of the Qin State was getting smaller and smaller. On the contrary, the Korean Allied State, which was in a settled state, was more and more attractive to them than the militants began to redistribute. The target is shifted to North Korea

As a result, North Korea urgently needs a weapon that can resist the attacks of these militants, especially a weapon that can breathe fire. In Qi, they finally got access to the weapon they wanted.

For the valve rifle, that kind of weapon is already very advanced, but they are not at all familiar with the flintlock gun, because it was this kind of flintlock gun that fired the first shot at them. They have a deep memory of the flintlock gun.

And the price of flintlock guns is still acceptable to them. Usually, three flintlock guns plus one hundred bullets can be exchanged for a valve rifle, and the bullets of the valve rifle need to be calculated separately.

After seeing the flintlock guns, the North Korean mission immediately put forward a purchase request, and the quantity was very large. They opened their mouths and asked for 30 bullets. The demand reached [-] rounds. They exchanged all the gold they said they were carrying for flintlocks. Not only that, they also took out some rare specialties such as Changbai Mountain’s unique ginseng and some fur pearls to open the joints.

These things were then exchanged for flintlock guns. This incident happened unexpectedly, and it was only spread as an anecdote in Qi State, and somehow it reached the ears of King Qi. Maybe it was because of curiosity, or maybe it was waiting The reason why it was too boring in the Palace of King Qi. In short, after King Qi got the news, he unexpectedly summoned Hou Sheng to discuss state affairs.

"When I heard about this, I thought it was very good for the Qi State," King Qi said excitedly.

"The widow's army is equipped with Qin's rifles, and the rifles produced by myself cannot equip our own army. They are not as good as Qin's in terms of process. That means the things produced by the widow are waste products, but now the widow has figured it out." King Qi Said walking back and forth, then Sheng Zhizhi followed Qi Wang back and forth

"The rifles produced by the widows are sold to those who are so-and-so. In short, the widows sell them to them and sell them in large quantities. In this way, the widows have a source of war expenses against the country of Yan, and I heard that those who have nothing to do with the country of Yan Liaoxi and Liaodong are close together, that’s good, then let those who fight with them, so that the widow gets more reinforcements, how good is this?” King Qi obviously felt very wise about his clever move

"My Wang Yingming" Hou Sheng can only say this about such a decision

"You see, I feel that the widow thinks differently." King Qi smiled happily, but Hou Sheng felt a little regretful in his heart. Why didn't he figure out such a thing that can make money and gain fame?

At the beginning, the ministers of the Qi State kept objecting, saying that they were a country in the Central Plains and could not mix with those barbarians. Now you see that not only did you not make any money, but after thinking about it, you feel that you are in a mess.

After coaxing King Qi to be happy, Hou Sheng took the opportunity to leave. He has to do two things. The first is to settle accounts with those ministers, and the second is to find a way to contact that country to see if they still want it. The more the better, as long as you give gold and valuable things

In this way, when King Qi was greedy for some small profits, Qi State sold the useless flintlock guns he produced to North Korea, and these weapons would later cause new problems. The ministers of Qi State have relatively long-term insights And the high-level officials of Qi State didn't know about it at all.

776 capital is in operation

The production of weapons actually requires a whole set of virtuous circles. Only demand can continue to produce, and the more wars there are, the importance and value of weapons can be reflected.

Qin's military production does not rely on the Qin army's family to support it, but many armies to provide such business opportunities. Not only the Qin army, but also the Zhao army, the Yan army, the Han army, and various large and small commercial organizations and individuals, etc. There are only these differences. It is impossible for a country to allow its soldiers to fight with absolutely outdated weapons, so the arms industry is an industry that needs to make money to carry out a virtuous circle.

The strong development of the arms industry can promote a country's overall science and technology related applications and further development. Shang Wen's initial idea was also based on this point. Perhaps the high-level officials of the Qin State fully realized this, especially the understanding of the king of Qin. The industry can only maintain a strong advantage in military equipment by continuously exporting arms and industrial products, because some economic data are placed in front of King Qin

These data show that according to Qin's financial situation, if Qin's national financial capacity and royal family's income are solely relied on to produce such a large military industry, then Qin's military production enterprises will be very successful in less than half a year based on their current scale. It may shrink by one-third, and then continue to shrink at a rate of [-]%. This consequence will bring serious consequences. Related companies will also turn to the civilian market or withdraw from the arms production industry.

The king of Qin was shocked at the time. When he asked the reason, he realized that Qin's fiscal revenue cannot be used for the huge arms production, and the country cannot be in a state of war for a long time, so the demand for war will gradually shrink. Similarly, Qin's production will gradually shrink, so since Qin's financial situation does not allow it, why has Qin's military production continued to grow in recent years?

The answer is that the state of Qin allows the export of weapons in foreign trade. The export of these weapons has brought a lot of business opportunities and industry profits because it is not difficult for Qin's factories to process these weapons. Even some small processing workshops that have just been established can also produce spare parts for flintlock guns. Components, these components only need to be mass-produced according to certain standards, and some workshops have introduced related small machine tool equipment, especially electricity, which has been widely used in industrial machine tool production, making Qin's machine tool production smaller and smaller. As a result, some small workshops in Qin State also began to introduce machine tool equipment for production.

As a result, Qin’s arms industry products were exported to other countries on a large scale. These countries have large-scale orders from existing armies, such as Chu. Although the weapons obtained by the Chu army are all old-style rifles retired by the Qin army, these rifles are enough to arm Chu. In addition to the army, there is also the Han** team, they are working hard to approach the Qin army, so in terms of weapons, the Han** team has always been the fastest in catching up, Zhao** team Although Yan Guo paid the money, their weapons are finished after all. In addition, there are a large number of various needs, such as the demand for slave trade, the need to combat water piracy, and the need for nobles to protect themselves, etc. These have brought huge arms orders to the Qin ** industry.

And some small businesses, especially small processing workshops, also have their needs. The post-maintenance of these weapons, especially the replacement of some parts after wear and tear, are all provided by these small businesses and small processing workshops because of the price of things produced by large factories. It is more expensive and the things produced by these workshops are cheaper

The advantage is not only that other countries have supported Qin's military industry enterprises, but also stimulated the further development of Qin's small and medium-sized enterprises, and the technological competition among these enterprises has also driven the progress of Qin's military industry technology. The overall level of a country's science and technology is the current state of Qin

The prosperity brought about by the arms trade has increased the financial revenue of Qin State. Among the overall financial revenue of Qin State, military industry enterprises and those associated small enterprises contribute as much as [-]%. The prosperity of military industry enterprises has enriched Qin State's finances. The source of tax revenue is enough for Qin State to meet its financial expenditure for the next year, and Qin State can continue to rely on the huge contribution brought by these prosperity funds to continue to implement a low tax rate of [-]% and related tax exemption policies to further stimulate Qin State. The country's economic development has injected strong fresh blood into Qin's economy.

After a deep analysis of these things, the king of Qin boldly allowed the continued export of Qin weapons, and also ordered people to set up a royal agency to investigate the market share of Qin weapons in various countries and report on some new situations.

In fact, King Qin's worry is very necessary, because according to the data collected by some commercial newspapers, other countries are moving towards the direction of independent development of new weapons.

For example, when South Korea established the foundation of light industry, it began to imitate some rifle parts of Qin State. Like Qi State, they first imitated Qin State’s simple flintlock guns. Although the performance of imitation flintlock guns is not as good as that of Qin State The rifles produced in China are mainly superior in terms of barrel material, but in terms of other performance, the accuracy and range of bullets after firing are not far behind the old-fashioned flintlock guns produced in Qin State.

Later, because of the appearance of the new rifle, the valve rifle, the old-fashioned flintlock was seriously eliminated, especially in the regular army. South Korea originally planned to equip its army with flintlock guns on a large scale, but the appearance of the valve rifle killed this plan. Not only did they stop the production of flintlock guns, but they shifted their limited funds to purchase new rifles and machine guns, but South Korea did not completely abandon its plan to develop its own weapons.

On the contrary, they began to purchase a large number of new weapons from Qin State, copied some weapon parts and then installed them on their own weapons for experiments. It can be said that South Korea's weapon path first came from imitation.

Unlike South Korea, Zhao Guo also has its own plan to build its own arsenal. Li Mu mentioned this plan in a secret document to the country.

"Our country is rich in coal and iron ore resources, which are important resources for making steel. With these resources, we can build our own cannons, rifles and machine guns, but we suffer from the fact that we do not have large-scale machine tools like Qin. The next step is to introduce Qin. Only in this way can we embark on the road of independent supply of weapons, otherwise our weapons and ammunition all come from Qin State, Qin State can strangle us as long as we control the export of weapons all the way." Li Mu has ordered the relevant personnel of the army to carry out specific implementation

In fact, what Li Mu didn't expect was that Qin's bankers and investors had already established such factories and equipment in Zhao's country.

"Bang bang" is on the edge of a big mountain in the Taihang Mountains in the eastern part of Handan, Zhao State. Guo Kai, Prime Minister of Zhao State, and some big bankers and venture capitalists of Qin State are holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the completion of a coal mine and iron smelting plant.

The salute and the sound of the orchestra resounded throughout the mountains, and Zhao Min was looking forward to it, because setting up a factory here meant that their jobs would be secure, and their land had been sold to Guo Kai, the prime minister of Zhao, and this place had become a place. Guo opened a new industry in exchange for them to work in the factory as workers and get paid for their labor

"I said that if I, Guo Kai, were elected as the prime minister of Zhao, Zhao Min would have a decent job and receive corresponding labor remuneration, and this would be a better way to start life." marginal speech

In fact, there are shadows of Qin State capital behind these factories. For example, in this coal mine and iron smelting plant, the Qin State bankers lent a large part of the funds to Guo Kai for the construction of railways and the purchase of land containing coal mines. Qin’s venture capitalists provide some technical support for capital equipment with more than 40.00% of the shares. For example, if you choose there, you will have rich coal mines, etc. It can be said that all these are a manifestation of Qin’s capital’s external expansion.

And Guo Kai is unsuspecting about this, because until now in the Warring States period, there has not been an argument or a view on the economy as a kind of strategic security. The reason is that scholars in Qin State are considering how to seize it in other countries. More markets are using all the resources they can to make money from countries while other countries are trying to catch up with Qin or they are trying to sort out what's going on around them to classify something from it

For example, the Confucianists disdain the businessman style of Qin State very much. They think that Qin State governs the country in such a way that it will soon exhaust Qin State, and Qin State will soon decline because Qin State is only a utilitarian state. It is possible for Qin to lose major strategic decisions. Confucians have their own views, but Qin does not need this kind of argument at the moment. They just need to complete their capital tasks.

Just like the coal mining sites and iron smelting plants established by Guo Kai, Zhao Guo sacrificed most of the shares and equity and borrowed a large amount of bank debt to build Zhao Guo's industrial foundation. The establishment of these things was very risky from the beginning because Qin State controlled most of the control from it while Zhao State held very little

Moreover, there are some unequal clauses in these terms. For example, Guo Kai, an iron smelter, is an example. Qin investors know how to invest, and Zhao's management is unwilling to lose their management rights, so the investors proposed some stringent requirements

They asked the iron smelter to complete the listing within two years. If they can’t complete it, they will increase the share quota from the original 40.00% to 60.00%. In this way, Qin has a reason to control the entire factory. This is a risk and a kind of risk. opportunity

777 Gunshots on the Prairie

".(Feng Wu) There are always many accidents in history. These accidents are always so unbelievable when they happen. For example, this thing sounds absurd, and we even wonder if it is true.

The Huns in the north settled in the north of the desert under the continuous attack of the Qin army. The subsequent spontaneous behavior of the Qin people severely hit the living conditions of the Huns. The Huns don’t know why they still suffer from Qin when they settled in the north of the desert. continuous blow

Little do they know to what extent the science and technology of the Qin people have developed. Using various astronomical instruments such as the sextant, the progress of the Qin people on the map is far beyond the imagination of the Huns.

They divided the desert into longitude and latitude blocks of varying sizes, and finally put them together into a large map, and based on these maps, the Qin army continued to carry out military operations. This is why the Huns were constantly attacked by the Qin army. The Huns can only take a passive retreat to protect their living conditions from being violated, but even so, they are helpless

The Huns can only survive by withdrawing to the north. Because of the continuous deterioration of the living environment inside the Huns, the environment is getting worse as they go north, especially in winter. The living environment has reached the maximum tolerance of the Huns. For this reason, part of the Huns They think that in the face of the aggressive situation of the Qin State, because they actively avoid fighting with the Qin people, their countermeasure is to move westward to find a new living environment from there, but Qin State has blocked the westward migration of the Huns due to the westward strategy. path of

The other side believes that the Huns should go south to regain their territory. Only in this way can the Huns regain their new living conditions. This part of the people is not optimistic among the Huns because the huge threat brought by the weapons of Qin makes the Huns feel very Fearing this kind of fear, the Huns naturally chose the first faction, that is, they can no longer develop northward and should migrate westward to seek a new living environment. At present, the Huns have reached the North Sea, which is now near Lake Baikal. The winter here is very severe. It is cold and the living conditions are extremely deteriorating. The Huns themselves are not willing to stay here for a long time, and the people of Qin are not willing to attack such a cold place. It is precisely because of this that the North Sea has become a concentrated place for the Huns to gather here.

Among the Xiongnu, there is still a relatively small group of young men, headed by Mouton, but the results are not great. The main reason is that Mouton's military strength is very small, less than one thousand. Those who are difficult to control the entire tribe have no prestige

"Shanyu is something that Prince Modun got from besieging the Qin people recently," said a Hun who looked like a general and presented a revolver to Da Shanyu with both hands.

"The Ennan people made us suffer so much. Our fat grasslands were taken by the southerners. Our cattle and sheep were looted by them. Our men were either killed or taken away. Our women were also taken away by them. Even children as tall as horses will not let go of these southerners, especially those from Qin." Da Shanyu thought of what happened in recent years, and he couldn't help feeling that things had developed to this point.

"At present we should cheer up, we Huns were not defeated like that," said another general

"Yes, Da Chanyu, we should cheer up." The other generals clenched their fists and said, while Prince Modun looked at these generals. He wanted to remember these generals who did not give up in the most difficult times.

"Da Shanyu can't do it! We Huns have already lost a lot. Even the Hu people in the east were driven into the big forest by the Qin people. We can't beat the Qin people anyway. Besides, the Qin people still have powerful weapons and those weapons. It is stronger than our bows and arrows, it is stronger than our horses, we have to reconsider, if we start a war rashly, I am afraid that our Huns will be wiped out." An older Hun persuaded

"Yes, what Da Chanyu said is not wrong. Our current predicament is really difficult to start a war with the Qin people. At present, we should preserve our strength and avoid fighting the Qin people as much as possible." Some people quickly participated in the discussion. Prince Maodun on the side also nodded and admitted that it is indeed not easy to fight the Qin people at present, and the weapons of the Qin people are indeed sharp. They have been hit by the fire-breathing pipes of the Qin people many times when they charge, and their lives are in danger with one hit, and the tactics of the Qin people are very They are as cunning as the wolves on the prairie. They have always used the method of sneak attack. They seldom launch attacks during the day and basically launch surprise attacks in the evening or at night. For the Huns, they are very vulnerable to the attacks of their opponents, especially the kind. Once the big flame-breathing pipe is fired, one will die and one will die, many of them are killed like this