Chapter 1347: Han Banner World (37) Transaction

"I'm riding along with Cao Wending. I've met General Wang and General Huang." The person who came was a young man with fine features and good looks. He looked to be only in his twenties, but when facing Wang Jian and Huang Xiaozhi, he actually He was neither humble nor arrogant, and he didn't feel uneasy at all. When he saw the two of them, he just bowed his hands as a courtesy.

"Mr. Cao, you are so polite." Compared to Huang Xiao's angry glare, Wang Jian was much more at ease, and returned the gift with his hand: "I'm sorry that Wang is ignorant and has never heard of Hitchhiking, but I can find it sir. Wang’s coming here certainly comes from an extraordinary place, and I would like to ask Mr. Cao to make it clear.”

Cao Wending chuckled, "I'm so presumptuous to come here, and it's hard to hate the general for being suspicious. Shunfeng Chaimaxing is the largest company in the transportation industry in Han Dynasty. I'm not well-known. Naturally, the general has never heard of it, but The great general of the Badong family must have heard of it.”

"I was about to ask Mr. Cao for advice." Wang Jian said with a smile.

"Bidong's family name is Cao, and his given name is Tiancheng." Cao Wending said.

"It turns out to be Mr. Cao!" Wang Jian was shocked. Cao Tiancheng was a well-known person in the Han Dynasty. He had served as Gao Yuan's chief steward of the Eastern Expedition Army for many years. He had made great contributions to the Eastern Expedition Army and Gao Yuan. Later, Gao Yuan also served for Gao Yuan within the system. In order to maintain the balance of power, Cao Tiancheng resolutely withdrew from the political arena and turned to business. However, Gao Yuan had always had great trust in this person. Although Cao Tiancheng retreated, the power of the Cao family did not decrease slightly. His son Cao Tianci was the police minister of the Han Dynasty and held great power, and his son-in-law Sun Xiao was the protector of the Eastern Capital Prefecture, which was once the most powerful of the Han Dynasty. These two This time, I have seen them all before. This ride-hailing company has such a strong background. It is no wonder that they know their specific whereabouts in Dayan County.

"Bo Dong's family has stopped being involved in political affairs for a long time. Now he is just an out-and-out businessman!" Cao Wending said with a smile.

"Mr. Cao, please sit down." The identity of Cao Wending was confirmed. Wang Jian did not dare to neglect him. Although the other party was just a businessman, his background was too terrifying. "I wonder why Mr. Cao came to see Wang late at night?"

"I heard that the general is in trouble now, so I wanted to come and help." Cao Wending said straight to the point.

"Sir, did you listen to what Sun Duhu said?" Wang Jian asked with a smile.

Cao Wending smiled, but did not directly answer Wang Jian's question: "Although the general has obtained permission from the King of Han to purchase advanced weapons, he seems to be somewhat lacking in financial resources?"

Huang Xiao on the side had a sarcastic look on his face. "Yes, this batch of weapons is worth a total of five million taels of silver. I wonder what Mr. Cao thinks of this amount?"

Wang Jian's command controls thousands of miles of territory, with millions of soldiers and civilians. The cash in the warehouse now only amounts to more than a million taels. It's just a carriage and horse shop.

How much financial resources do you have, and you are still clamoring to help? You really are not afraid of the wind and flash your tongue.

Cao Wending didn't seem to see Huang Xiao's sarcastic expression. He just nodded: "Five million taels of silver, that's five million yuan in Han coins. It's indeed a lot. General Wang purchased so many weapons at one time, which is enough to equip 40,000 to 50,000 people."

Hearing Cao Wending's unintentional words, Huang Xiao was surprised. He calculated the military purchase based on this figure. How could Cao Wending calculate the specific number of people after hearing the amount.

"How do you know?" he asked quietly.

Cao Wending turned to look at Huang Xiao. "I'm afraid General Huang doesn't know something. Our company, Hitchhiker, is the leading company in the Han Dynasty's transportation industry. Eighty percent of the escort of Han Dynasty's ordnance is undertaken by our bank, so as many weapons and equipment as there are men and horses, we are indeed Familiar.”

"So that's it." Huang Xiao looked at him in surprise: "For such an ordnance escort, the King of Han actually entrusted you with civilian carriages and horses, okay?"

"Not only weapons, but also food and other military supplies. In our Han Dynasty, it is handled by private horse and carriage companies, and the court just pays the transportation fee." Cao Wending said with a smile: "If we do it, it will not only be more efficient, but also It saves the court a lot of money, and the king is naturally happy to see it happen."

"I don't know what you meant when you said you were willing to help us, sir?" Wang Jian on the other side interjected.

Cao Wending nodded, "This is the main purpose of why I came to see the general today. As far as I know, the general seems to have insufficient financial resources, and General Huang is unwilling to borrow money from the Han Central Bank because he thinks their interest rates are too high. ?”

"You have inquired clearly. Yes, according to the interest rate of your Central Bank loan, we will not be able to repay it in our lifetime." Huang Xiao said dissatisfiedly. "I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. Our shortfall is four million. We originally planned to owe it first, but your military industry director Gao Quan told me that the producers of these weapons are all private manufacturers, and it is impossible to accept such a large sum. If we want to buy the money we owe, we can only pay these manufacturers in cash.”

"Director Gao is right. If these manufacturers lend such a large amount of money, they will not be able to turn around, and the only thing waiting for them is bankruptcy." Cao Wending affirmed.

"Isn't this a stalemate? We can't come up with so much money, but we are not willing to lend money." Huang Xiao said with some frustration.

"We can help with this." Cao Wending stared at Wang Jian and said.

"What? You are willing to lend us four million taels of silver. This is four million taels of silver. It is not a small amount!" Wang Jian was surprised. Does Shunfengmaxing have such strong power? You can take out four million taels of silver casually, which is as rich as a country.

"Four million yuan is indeed a large amount. It's not easy for us to come up with it all at once, but we have our own methods." Cao Wending said with a smile. "We'd like to help with that."

"How much is the interest?" There is no free lunch in this world. If the other party is willing to help, there will naturally be conditions.

"We don't want interest." Cao Wending looked at Wang Jian, and what he said casually was earth-shattering, "We provide interest-free loans. This loan can be repaid in ten years, and it only costs 400,000 yuan per year. I think this, General It’s still very relaxing.”

Huang Xiao was stunned. Could this pie-in-the-sky thing really be possible?

Wang Jian was not as surprised and happy as Huang Xiao, but looked at Cao Wending, "You have provided us with such favorable conditions. What do you want from me?"

Cao Wending clapped his hands together and said with a smile: "The general is indeed an extraordinary person. He hit the nail on the head. We are businessmen, not good people. Businessmen pursue profit. We are paying these things now because we naturally want to get more from the general. My boss. It means two things. The first one is that all the traffic arteries in the area under your control must be handed over to our bank for construction. The second one is that our bank will be responsible for your future military logistics. "

"The second one is easy to understand. You want to take over all the military transportation in our country like a big man to earn transportation fees. But please forgive me for the first one. Building roads for us is a matter of great benefit to our country. , why would you put it forward as a condition?" Wang Jian said.

"General, there are still some things that we don't understand. In fact, this is a very common thing among us Han people. Although our king has built two main traffic lines, east-west and north-south, the Han Dynasty really has no redundancy for the rest of the branch line projects. To solve the problem with the financial resources, some businessmen will pay to build the road. Of course, after the road is built, they can set up a card to collect money. Generally speaking, the businessman wants to build that kind of law. , you need to obtain approval from the Ministry of Construction first. After approval, you can start construction, and you can charge fees from the date of completion. This is usually fifty years. This is what we want. All roads in your territory will be invested and built by us, and then. We set up card charging, and the charging period is also fifty years. After fifty years, these roads will belong to you, how about it? "

Wang Jian was silent. He needed to carefully consider the advantages and disadvantages here. Either of the two proposed by Cao Wending was not just civil, but closely related to the military. If it was built by Hitchhiker, All roads in the country have tolls. The most important thing is that from now on, the domestic transportation network will no longer be a secret to the big man. Wang Jian can be sure that as soon as the other party completes the construction, the complete domestic transportation network map will appear in Gao Yuan's desk, secondly, entrusts all the army's transportation materials to the private sector. If anything goes wrong, it will be a big deal.

"General, our King once said a famous saying, if you want to be rich, build roads first, and our development in the past few years has fully proved this vision. I am afraid that you do not have the financial resources to complete domestic transportation construction now. , in that case, why not leave it to us? We can indeed benefit from it, but it is not a good thing for the general. You have also seen the traffic situation in our country, don’t you want your Isn’t it like the Han Dynasty, with easy travel and no suffering from rain, snow, or mud?”

"As for us, we have been responsible for military transportation for many years and have rich experience. Needless to say, you only have tens of thousands of horses now, and even the Han Dynasty needs hundreds of thousands of horses. We have always done it properly without making any mistakes. Besides, , when we do these things, although we are civilians, we are also governed by military law. If we miss the deadline, we will lose our heads. "

Seeing Wang Jian's hesitation, Cao Wending Chun Chun was good at tempting.

"The trouble is serious, we need to think about it carefully." Wang Jian said.

"Of course, of course, we also know this, but we need you to make a decision as soon as possible. General, in order to show our sincerity, if we both reach an agreement, we will deliver this batch of goods to you for free. To be honest, if you want to transport this shipment, the cost will probably not be less than 100,000 yuan." (To be continued...)

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