The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

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Not long after Li Mu came back, Zhao State began to change greatly. First, some small companies organized by Qin State came to Handan, Zhao State. They found that the people here did not pay for their work. So they took this as a breakthrough. This is a very big A good opportunity to make a fortune. They offered extremely low prices to recruit all kinds of workers in Qin State. Except for heavy industries, such as textile workers. Women in Zhao State were ingenious. So they recruited a group of female workers to work in Qin State. The salary is low. But in Zhao State, it is a huge sum of money. When these female workers arrived in Qin State, they were dumbfounded. They dared not even go to the street. The change in Qin State is really too great.

The cafeteria is also good. People have meat every meal. For them, it is like entering a palace. Although they have to work fast, because those machines are very fast. Weaving. Especially when weaving linen. They need to be fast Get those shuttles done. Five hours a day. At most three Qin Banliangs a day. This is already enough.

Not only that, the postal system between Zhao and Qin was initially established. There is only one line. Xianyang to Handan. But it is enough for these female workers. People asked to go to Qin to work in factories.

Some bold women who came back from work also started to organize their sisters to go to the factory in Qin State. She told all about what she saw and heard in Qin State. This is more convincing than Qin State newspapers. What is the machine that can automatically sew? And All kinds of clothes. Speaking of which, the woman also wants to show the various clothes, perfumes, mirrors and other things she brought from Qin. These things are much cheaper in Qin.

This further intensified the determination of the women of Zhao State to go to Qin State. However, they needed travel expenses to reach Qin State. Therefore, some companies in Qin State and the newly established company in Zhao State were dedicated to undertake this work. Companies. In Qin State It has just become popular. As for the companies in Zhao State, they don't know what's going on at all. They are just following the trend. They think that only in this way can they be on an equal footing with those companies in Qin State. So, these companies began to call a large number of people in Zhao State. manpower.

First of all, the female workers. They didn’t charge fees at the beginning. Instead, they signed a contract. The company was responsible for sending the female workers to Qin. After the female workers worked, they had to pay them a hundred Qin and a half. But think about it. These women have been calculated. This is at most one-third of their wages. But if they stay in Zhao State, they will starve to death. Although it is not fair, they still sign a contract to go to Qin State. So. One from Handan Go north, cross the Taihang Mountains, enter Taiyuan County of the Qin State, and enter Hexi from Taiyuan along the Fen River to the Yellow River. From Hexi, take the train directly to Xianyang of the Qin State. Someone handles it. It's much easier for them.

It is also the first time for these women to take a train. They have never even seen a sofa. It is also the first time they have seen a large car that can accommodate sixty people at a time. As the number of people increases, the journey from Qin State to Hexi More and more trains are going to be issued. Especially some train tickets. It has been booked for more than 20 days. Many Qin people can’t buy train tickets themselves. and developed and improved the telegraph sending device. And built a special power plant. In this way, the number of trains began to increase. But it still couldn't satisfy the constant stream of Zhao people.

It’s not just Zhao women who come here. There are also a large number of middle-aged laborers. They come to Qin to find work, such as guarding slaves, herding cattle, or directly joining the armed forces. Qin’s armed forces have a large number of new employees.

Those who make money are all merchants of the Zhao Kingdom. There are no officials or princes and nobles involved. But gradually, these people saw that the merchants made a lot of money, so they also began to intervene. They used the private soldiers in their hands to fight against the outside world. They signed contracts with some trading companies in Qin State.

Since they all use muskets. Therefore. These nobles do not plan to change weapons. They just spend a small amount of money to buy a certain number of horses. The others are used as infantry. At the same time. They also have a large number of peasant organizations attached to them In this way, they successfully passed on the crisis brought about by the severe drought. And. By exporting labor services, they will obtain a large amount of foreign exchange.

At the same time as Zhao Guo’s huge export of labor services, it is also carrying out some simplification plans. The first is to disarm. To a certain extent, guns were popularized. Then a large number of artillery was imported by signing a military arms trade agreement with Qin State. Quality began to become the first choice of Zhao Jun.

Not only in terms of numbers and quality. The Zhao army has also made large-scale adjustments in the command system. Li Mu asked King Zhao to set up the Zhao State Staff Department. The purpose of the fight is to effectively coordinate the armed forces of Zhao State in Qin State .To prevent the Zhao army from being annexed by the Qin army. The king of Zhao immediately agreed. Losing most of his power. This is the most terrifying thing for the king of Zhao.

In order to learn from the General Staff of the Qin State, Li Mu took the initiative to communicate with Wang Jian. He hoped that the two would join forces and maintain consistency in external operations. This coordinated the unified external operations of the two parties to a certain extent.

549 Zhao Jun? !

Hexi, the hinterland of the Qin State, is an important northward and southward passage for the Qin army, because there is an important transportation and railway hub in the north, and there are also a large number of road networks here, especially the east-west direction to Taiyuan, where Zhao Guo enters. One of the important passages of Qin State

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" a train is slowly approaching the platform, and at this time a row of people stood up from the platform, these people are all dressed as Zhao Jun, the leader, and a soldier was impressively holding a "Zhao" banner, and all the people on the platform The Qin people all looked at these strange people. They didn't understand why Zhao Jun appeared here, but they were not afraid at all because these people were just carrying some rucksacks and no weapons.

"Everyone, get in the car, get in the car, hurry up!" A man who looked like a Zhao Jun officer shouted loudly, not looking at Qin Jun who was watching from the sidelines.

"Why are they Zhao Jun coming to our country of Qin?" A young man asked a middle-aged man who looked like a soldier next to him.

"You ask me how do I know?" The middle-aged man feels baffled

"Didn't you read the newspaper? These people are here to fight for us." A man in a very woolen coat came over and said

"Oh yes?" The young man watched these Zhao soldiers board the train

"I bet they haven't seen a train before," the young man said with a smile, because he saw a Zhao Jun who looked at the train in bewilderment and panic, and boarded the train, even if they got on the train, they still had to look at it.

"Can you get on the train quickly? This speed will cause trouble for the train," the guide shouted loudly, because the train only stops here for 15 minutes, and Zhao Jun still has many people who have not boarded the train. They are all watching outside.

"We know what it's called," an officer of Zhao Jun replied impatiently.

"It's good that you know that the time is running out and the train will leave in 10 minutes," the guide shouted loudly

"10 minutes" Officer Zhao Jun didn't know what he was talking about

And the usher is used to the time on the clock and this time is more specific

"Did you see that big clock? The train has to start when the long hand moves two blocks. If you don't start, there will be a train behind and hit the one in front. You better hurry up." The guide urged again. His duty is to send out the train. Signal

The "big clock" officer looked curiously at the big clocks installed at the train station. These clocks were shipped from Xianyang. Clocks in Xianyang have become popular and have been developing towards miniaturization. Qin's first pocket watch was worn by the king of Qin. Less, but the train station is where the clock is concentrated

"Okay, please understand the rules and don't trouble us. We have to send this car ten times a day and there are two coal trucks at night," the guide said impatiently.

Zhao Jun is obviously still not used to the huge changes in Qin State. The guide repeatedly urged these soldiers to speed up to get on the train, but one soldier hurriedly climbed onto the moving train. In the end, nothing happened. He caught up with the performance of this Zhao Jun soldier and attracted the train. There was a burst of laughter from the surrounding Qin people standing there, the officer yelled to stop, and the conductor could only shake his head helplessly. These Zhao Jun really have no rules.

These Zhao troops came to Qin to accept the adaptation. According to the agreement between Qin and Zhao, Qin gave Zhao a certain amount of grain, mainly flour. At the same time, they sent 2 troops to participate in all the battles of Qin in the next year. There is no military salary, and the Qin army has to provide them with a lot of logistical guarantees, including weapons, so they did not bring any weapons into Qin State, then went to Xianyang of Qin State to change trains, and then took the train again to Longxi. After arriving in Longxi, they will receive them there. A batch of weapons and equipment, and Qin sent people to train them. Finally, they will be sent to the Western Regions as a priority according to the plan of the Qin Army Staff Headquarters. Qin's combat plan for the next year is to expand operations against the West. activities are closely linked

And these Zhao Jun don't know this, they only know that they can't be hostile to Qin Jun, they have to smile to face Qin Jun, and then enter according to Qin Jun's instructions. When they were in Taiyuan County, they were first ordered to take a bath first, and then they were given a full meal. Broth with meat pies and various meat dishes. The moment they ate the meat, they believed what the officer said, so they followed After they came down, they followed Qin Jun honestly.

Along the way, they opened their eyes to the changes in the Qin State. They sat on a four-wheeled carriage, although it was a large carriage for transporting goods, but it was better than walking. Not only that, but they also saw other different things from the people of Qin. All of a sudden, the people of Qin became richer. An ordinary family of Qin people traveled leisurely on horseback. It turns out that after the living conditions of Qin people improved, many people began to go out to hunt and play.

But this? It has the concept of tourism, but people spontaneously use the means of transportation they can use to ride a bicycle or take a horse-drawn carriage. In short, people's lives have become more comfortable.

The leisurely life of the Qin people made these Zhao Jun very envious. They lamented the misfortune of their own country. never touched

Little did they know that they were about to enter a rich land. After entering, many of them were unwilling to leave, and even would rather flee from the army than go back to the Western Regions and found a large amount of gold. The King of Qin had personally made arrangements to send out armed forces to bring these places into the Qin State. At the same time, Qin's banking industry has started early, and they can't wait for the summer to come. Gold mining will make the banks more powerful.

The huge demand for gold comes from a frenzy in Qin State. As electricity has been widely reported by newspapers, the people of Qin State already know the existence of electricity. In addition, generators and motors are being produced more and more, and they are much lighter than steam engines. A lot of factories started to transform the boiler equipment into a power plant, and then transformed the machinery and equipment to use electricity, all of which required funds, and the bank cut interest rates among the private sector quickly, which made Qin's banking industry more and more in need of a large amount of gold. Only with gold can large-scale issuance of banknotes meet social needs

550 Capital export

The country of Qin is busy upgrading its equipment. Many central enterprises are actively researching and developing things related to electricity. Although there are no products available immediately, these primary products have already existed in the laboratory on a large scale.

And this? There is a unified standard voltage, and the electricity used is only direct current. Not only that, manufacturers also set up their own power plants for their own use.

After the discovery of electrical surface voltage, resistance has also been recognized, mainly because some people have begun to use the thermal effect generated by resistance to invent some heating equipment, and these are related to Qin’s understanding of metals. Researchers have discovered the existence of various metals, especially chromium-nickel. and other metals, these metal mines are located in the north

The understanding of metals is also stimulating geology. Geology is intersecting with chemistry. They use ground drilling technology to find some undiscovered minerals, such as copper. Very strong understanding of metals. Another important metal, aluminum, is produced by electrolytic aluminum. The light metal that Qin people want is obtained, but this metal cannot be used on a large scale. In addition to aluminum and steel, the use of electricity and the appearance of electrothermal effect make some people Researchers move to this and they hope to dissolve molten iron by electricity or rely on chemical methods to achieve what they want

These are all paving the way for the next step of Qin's development, but now Shangwen has to wait patiently

But before Shang Wen wanted to deal with the Korean affairs, the Koreans also began to pour into the Qin State like the Zhao people. These people are much luckier than the Zhao people. They just need to climb on the train while the soldiers of the Qin army are not paying attention at night, and follow the train. They came to Qin

When they came to Qin State to find a job or get off the train, they were taken to the government office of Qin State or the embassy of South Korea to apply for a certificate and then find a job to earn money and pay taxes.

But there are also a large number of Koreans who did not leave them and entered the Qin Concession

With the development of foreign trade, especially the arms trade, Yan and Qi are at war. Both sides lack everything, especially Qi. Qi has gold, salt, salted fish, etc. Qi people are very rich, but they don’t have anything produced by Qin.

The binoculars, warm leather boots, leather belts and purses are specially used to store gunpowder and bullets. The most important thing is guns, cannons, barbed wire, food, Korea and Wei have a short border next to Qi, which has laid a foundation for Korea's trade.

Those nobles who lost their owners started to engage in the arms business, and some Qin people also began to participate in it. In order to reduce costs, they put their business firms in the Qin Concession in South Korea.

In the beginning, the concession was just an office, but with the establishment of large and small companies in Qin State, the competition began to become extremely fierce, especially some factories that opened well at the beginning, but for some unknown reason, they became another factory. The change is so fast that some factory owners are starting to leave this place of right and wrong

The emergence of the concession has made these people's eyes bright. If the factory is set up in the concession, it will be convenient for the market to be close to the market. At the same time, Xinzheng has a developed road network and the railway will be built in the next year, which will provide convenient transportation. Not only these Koreans There is also a dense population where the wages paid for work are very low. I don’t want to think that if Qin State pays less wages, the government will take people, but they will not use them in South Korea. Koreans can’t sue Qin people. Some people have such an idea. Bold factory owners began to move some equipment away, but the government had to take care of equipment issues

The reason why Qin State implemented extremely strict technical control over the six countries, even harshly, is because Shang Wen is an official who was born in a technical school. He is very clear about what technology brings. Not only Shang Wen, but even King Qin gradually realized technology. The great changes brought about by King Qin, who used to be disdainful of craftsmen, began to respect them. Even some princes studied architecture, medicine, finance and other disciplines.

And at this time, someone actually wants to set up a factory in the Korean Concession area, which involves the outflow of some technologies. The simplest textile machines and sewing machines are a complete set of machine tools and equipment, not only these, but also electrical equipment. These are the current state of Qin. The latest technology

But if you don't use or let go of the technical threshold of these industries, then there will be problems. What they can do is definitely to make high profits. In the final analysis, this is the requirement of capital.

However, the capital has already required to start exporting certain technical equipment to use the abundant local human resources and the proximity to market demand to complete the purpose of capital export, but Shangwen needs to consider it comprehensively.

The industries that will be transferred first are those areas with rich human resources, which must be considered carefully. In South Korea, besides the Guanzhong area, Qin State currently has very few densely populated areas.

There are a wide range of industries that can be entered in densely populated areas. Heavy industry is excluded, and the rest is light industry. At present, light industry is mainly two important sectors of textiles and leather.

Textiles are mainly blended textiles and leather, and some leather goods are mainly produced, but Qin State has just signed an economic cooperation agreement with Zhao State. A large number of female workers from Zhao State are entering Qin State’s textile and leather manufacturing factories. The number of these female workers is very large. These domestic factories will be greatly impacted. In South Korea, the Qin people only need to pay the Koreans less than half a tael to make them do these things, while in Qin, the factory owners have to pay two and a half taels. The huge cost advantage will be Let this industry all go to the concession area in South Korea

But if you don't do this, then although Qin State still maintains this technological advantage, it will be burdened with a relatively heavy cost advantage, which will cause those female workers from Zhao State who just arrived to lose their jobs all of a sudden, so the trouble will be big.