Chapter 1321: The Han Banner World (Part 11) Jealousy

Lu Chao quietly read the latest issue of Dahan Weekly. Sitting opposite him was the smuggler Guo Yun. Of course, his identity was no longer a secret to Lu Chao. For this spy from the National Security Bureau of the Han Dynasty, Lu Chao could tolerate him entering the house. In Gou Yi's view, this was indeed an incredible thing.

This issue of the newspaper carried a special report on the celebration of the Han Dynasty. "The celebration alone cost half a million taels of silver. You are really very generous." Lu Chao said sourly.

"The general may not have noticed the contents of the previous issues of the newspaper." Guo Yun smiled and pointed at the stack of newspapers he had just brought over, "Actually, this celebration did not cost the court a penny. "Exactly, the cost of selling the naming rights and advertising space alone is not only enough to cover the expenses this time, but also saves a lot of money."

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"Oh?" Lu Chao flipped through the newspaper below, glanced at it twice, and said with a smile: "Gao Yuan is really good at plundering, these businessmen are actually willing to spend the money of this rip-off?"

Guo Yun rolled his eyes, "This is not a search. In our Han Dynasty, as long as you pay the full amount of taxes and fees as required, no one dares to go to these businessmen to extort money. This is a business, you and I agree."

"Is this really strange? Spending so much money just to put up a sign there?" Lu Chao said sarcastically, "Erecting this sign will take his business to the next level?"

"This is exactly the truth." Guo Yun nodded and said: "We in Han Dynasty encourage free trade. There are many competing companies and workshops in an industry. If you don't want to find ways to let people know about your company and your workshop, , Who will buy your products? Even our domestic leader Wu's Liquor Industry is facing a lot of challenges now, let alone other industries. This is very different in Daqin. "

"What's the difference?" Lu Chao felt a little unhappy when he heard the arrogance in Guo Yun's words. "How about giving an example?"

Guo Yun smiled: "General, let me take the military industry you are most familiar with as an example, such as the arm-shaped crossbow. Now Daqin can also produce it. Although the quality is not as good as that of our Han Dynasty, in Daqin, The official craftsmanship camp produces arm-length crossbows. Regardless of good or bad, regardless of the cost, they are the industry of the imperial court, right? But in our Han Dynasty, these weapons manufacturers have now been privatized, and what the bosses are thinking about all day long is How to reduce costs while ensuring quality. The reason is very simple. Only if you have good quality will the military want it. If the quality of everyone involved is similar, then it will naturally depend on who has the lower price. As our king says, only with competition can we make progress. Therefore, in addition to maintaining quality and reducing costs, our military workshop must also find ways to come up with some new products to attract the attention of the military. Otherwise, you will have to wait. Close down!”

Lu Chao gritted his teeth and frowned. The reason is very simple and can be explained as soon as it is explained, but there is no way to do this in Qin State. Even in areas under its own control, it is impossible to open up ordnance to private production.

Isn’t that going to cause chaos in the world?

"The same thing is promoted. In Dahan, there are many people doing this in every field. Then whoever has new technology will naturally make a fortune, and whoever can reduce costs will naturally occupy the market. If Everyone is similar, but it depends on whose product can be deeply rooted in people's hearts. When people want to buy this kind of thing, your product will naturally come to mind, so this advertisement is naturally indispensable. " Guo Yun said with a smile: "Like Cangzhou Shipping Company, the inland states and counties used to be not very familiar with what they do, but now he spent a lot of money to buy the naming rights for the celebration, and in an instant the name became known throughout the country. This is it." That makes sense.”

"Is this shipping company very profitable?" Lu Chao asked.

"Of course, there is gold everywhere overseas. Once our fleet goes there, it won't just be picked up casually!" Guo Yun replied smoothly. As soon as the words came out, he suddenly realized something and immediately closed his mouth tightly.

Lu Chao smiled and did not continue talking about this issue. Now he simply did not have the strength to think about the navy issue. It would be useless even if he tried to find something out of this guy's mouth.

"I need gunpowder. I need the grenades you produced." Lu Chao threw away the newspaper in his hand and said to Guo Yunchu.

Guo Yun shook his head: "General Lu, I'm afraid I have no way to solve your request. To be honest, our National Security Bureau has been under a lot of pressure by smuggling these ordinary ordnance to you, especially the pressure from the military. Opposite you Commander Xu has written to the king many times, strongly requesting to stop this kind of tiger breeding operation. Therefore, it is impossible for us to achieve your request for the two types of weapons you are requesting now. Even if our National Security Bureau dares to do it, It cannot pass the military level. You must know very well that without the secret cooperation of the military leaders, we would not be able to transport even a crossbow arrow."

"I need them." Lu Chao insisted: "Although I used some methods to pry over a few skilled technicians from Maowei, the quantity produced is insufficient. If I want to capture Xianyang City, I will definitely need A large number of these weapons, otherwise my army will bleed into a river of blood under Xianyang City without making any progress. All I need is the amount required to conquer Xianyang. I think you should have a way."

"I can only go back and report this to my superiors first. As for the outcome, I don't have any hope. General Lu, with such a weapon, I advise you to make plans early. It is better to ask for others than to ask for yourself. I I don’t think the superiors will agree to sell you such weapons,” Guo Yundao.

"The superiors may not approve it, but I believe you will find a way." Lu Chao winked, and Gou Yi immediately walked over and placed a deposit certificate from the People's Bank of China with a large denomination in Guo Chao's hand. In front of the cloud.

"This is an anonymous deposit certificate. As long as anyone holds this deposit certificate, they can withdraw money from any of your banks." Gou Yi said: "Mr. Guo, this money is enough to last you the rest of your life." Live a life that most people can’t even imagine.”

Guo Yun smiled and gently pushed the deposit certificate back, "General Lu, you didn't use the money to buy these things, you came to buy my Guo Yun's head. My salary is very generous, enough for me and My family will live a well-fed life, and I will report your matter to the superiors. As for how to do it, that is not my decision. "

"Whether it's successful or not, this order belongs to you." Lu Chao said with a smile, "This is my reward for transporting so much food and ordnance for me over the past two years."

"You don't need to thank me. In fact, you know very well that I am just following orders. In my heart, I wish that Qin Dynasty would be over soon." Guo Yun stood up, "General, among us Han people, this is OK. It doesn’t make sense.”

After leaving these words, Guo Yun walked away with a puff of his sleeves.

Gou Yi was extremely angry and held the handle of the knife heavily with his hand. "This bastard is really hateful. He really doesn't know what is good or bad."

Lu Chao took a deep breath, "Is this an official from the Han Kingdom? Gou Yi, haven't you always been curious about why I like to chat with him?"

"Yes, after all, it's just a role." Gou Yi nodded.

"It's true that he is a minor character, but from his mouth and from these most ordinary things, I can get the most realistic situation of the big man and the reasons for some things that we can't imagine, such as the Han Dynasty. A celebration. From our point of view, this is Gao Yuan’s reason for plundering people’s wealth, but from this person’s mouth, we get a completely different version.”

"What a great success, extremely extravagant, a harbinger of the country's downfall!" Gou Yi said viciously.

Lu Chao couldn't help but laugh, "Han businessmen are really rich. They took out dozens or millions of silver, and they still blinked. This weekly newspaper also published a piece of news, Gao Yuan used A complete set of weapons sold for more than one million taels of silver, and it was also bought by the owner of this Cangzhou shipping company. It’s amazing. Is shipping really so profitable?”

"General, what are you talking about shipping? These merchants go out to rob!" Gou Yi whispered: "I got some news from Cangzhou. After these shipping companies went to sea, they went to the lands of the Panyi barbarians and burned them. Killing, looting, doing whatever it takes, and then transporting the stolen goods back to the country is a bandit. It is a business without capital, and it will naturally make you very rich. "

"It can't be said that it is a business without capital. Those sea-going ships still have to invest a lot of money. Robbery is also risky, let alone leaving your own country so far? Some time ago, the newspaper also published the story of a big man acquiring something overseas. Gao Yuan obtained a piece of territory called Fusang and divided it into four counties. Since it can become a county, the territory is not small." Lu Chao raised his head and closed his eyes, "The gap between us and the Han Kingdom is getting bigger and bigger. ”

"General, you..." Gou Yi looked at Lu Chao.

"Do you think I'm a little scared or timid?" Lu Chao said.

"Yes!" Gou Yi nodded.

"Are you not afraid? The Han Kingdom, my enemy, is getting stronger and stronger. However, being afraid does not mean that I dare not do it. I wonder what Gao Yuan had at the beginning. In more than ten years, he has been able to achieve what he is today. , I have watched this person grow up, do I still know how talented he is? What he can do, I can naturally do, not to mention, my current starting point is much higher than his original starting point. All I need is an opportunity.”

"Of course the general can do it."

"By the way, how did you do that thing I asked you to do?"

"General, the child we found is very similar to the prince's appearance, and the woman was indeed sent away from the prince's palace back then. I have already made arrangements for that woman Also knows what to do.”

"Very good, I am going out on a trip next, and this woman and child will also go with me."

"General, are you going to see someone?"

"Of course, I have to meet a very important person, so you should follow me to meet him." Lu Chao said with a smile. (To be continued...)