Lu Chao quietly looked at the latest issue of the Dahan Weekly, and sitting opposite him was the smuggler Guo Yun, of course, his identity is no secret to Lu Chao now. For this spy of the Han National Security Bureau, Lu Chao was able to tolerate him entering the house, in Gou Yi's opinion, this is indeed an incredible thing.

This issue of the newspaper carried a special report on the celebration of the Han Dynasty, "The cost of the celebration alone cost 500,000 taels of silver, and you are really generous." "Lu Chao is a little sour.

"The general may not have noticed what was in the previous issues of the newspaper." Guo Yun smiled and pointed to the stack of newspapers he had just brought over, "Actually, the imperial court did not pay a penny for this celebration, and the cost of selling naming rights and advertising space alone is not only enough to cover the cost of this time, but also has a big surplus." ”

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

Guo Yun rolled his eyes, "This is not a loot, in our big Han, as long as you pay the full amount of taxes and fees according to the regulations, no one dares to go to these merchants for blackmail, this is a business, you and I are willing." ”

"It's really strange that you spent so much money just to put up a tile there?" Lu Chao said sarcastically, "If you erect this card, you can make his business go to the next level?" ”

"That's exactly what happened." Guo Yun nodded and said: "In our Dahan, free trade is encouraged, there are many competing companies and workshops in an industry, if you don't want to try to let people know about your company and your workshop, who will buy your products?" Even Wu's Liquor, the leader of our domestic liquor industry, is now facing a lot of challenges, not to mention other industries. This can be very different from Daqin. ”

"What's the difference?" Hearing the pride in Guo Yun's words, Lu Chao felt a little unhappy. "Why not give me an example?"

Guo Yun smiled: "General, I'll take the military industry you are most familiar with, for example, the crossbow with open arms." Now Daqin can also produce, although the quality is not as good as our Han's, but in Daqin, it is the official craftsman battalion that produces the crossbow, no matter how good or bad, no matter the cost, it is the industry of the imperial court anyway, right, but in our Dahan, now these weapons have been privatized, and the bosses are thinking about how to reduce costs under the premise of ensuring quality. Because the reason is very simple, you only have good quality, the military will want it, if all the people involved are of similar quality, then it will naturally depend on whose price is lower. In the words of our king, there is competition to make progress, so our military workshop of Dahan is not only to ensure quality and reduce costs. You also have to find a way to come up with some new products to attract the attention of the military, otherwise, you will wait to go out of business! ”

Lu Chao gritted his teeth and frowned. The reason is very simple, and it can be explained thoroughly, but in the Qin State, there is no way to do this. Even in the area under their own control, it is impossible to open up the ordnance to civilian production. Isn't that a big mess in the world?

"The same amount of Tao is promoted, in Dahan, in every field, there are many people doing this thing, so who has new technology, who can naturally make a fortune, who can reduce costs, and naturally can occupy the market, if everyone is similar, then it depends on whose products can be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so that when everyone wants to buy this kind of thing, what naturally comes to mind is your product, so this advertising is naturally essential." Guo Yun said with a smile: "Like Cangzhou Shipping Company, the inland states and counties were not very familiar with what they did before, but now he has spent a lot of money to buy the naming rights of the celebration, and the name will resound all over the country in an instant, this is the reason." ”

"This shipping company is profitable?" Lu Chao asked.

"Naturally, overseas is full of gold, and once our fleet goes, it's not just a casual pick-up!" Guo Yun replied smoothly, and as soon as the words came out, he suddenly realized something, and immediately closed his mouth tightly.

Lu Chao smiled, and didn't say anything more about this issue, now he doesn't have the strength to think about the problem of the water master, even if he pokes something out of this guy's mouth, it's useless.

"I need gunpowder. You need to produce grenades. Lu Chao threw away the newspaper in his hand and said to Guo Yun.

Guo Yun shook his head: "General Lu, I'm afraid I can't solve this request of you, to be honest, smuggling these ordinary ordnance to you, our National Security Bureau has been under a lot of pressure, especially from the military, Commander Xu opposite you has written to the king many times, strongly asking to stop this kind of tiger breeding action, so the two types of weapons you are asking for now, we can't meet your requirements at all, even if our National Security Bureau dares to do it, we can't pass the military level." You must be well aware that without the covert cooperation of the military leadership, we would not have been able to transport even a single crossbow arrow. ”

"I need them." Lu Chao insisted: "Although I have used some methods to pry a few mature technicians from Mao Wei, the amount produced is insufficient, and if I want to take Xianyang City, I must need a large number of these weapons, otherwise my army will be bleeding under Xianyang City without an inch." All I need is what I need to conquer a battle in Xianyang, and I think you should have a way. ”

"This, I can only go back and report to the boss first, as for the result, I don't have hope, General Lu, on such a weapon, I advise you to plan early, it is better to ask for others than for yourself, I don't think the boss will agree to sell you such a weapon." Guo Yundao.

"It may not be approved, but I'm sure you'll have a way." Lu Chao made a look, and Gou Yi on the side immediately walked over and put a deposit certificate of the Central People's Bank of Dahan with a huge denomination in front of Guo Yun.

"This is an anonymous certificate of deposit, and anyone who holds this certificate of deposit can withdraw money from any bank of your lord." Gou Yi said: "Mr. Guo." This amount of money is enough for you to live a life that most people can't think of for the rest of your life. ”

Guo Yun smiled and gently pushed the deposit slip back, "General Lu, you didn't buy these things with this money, you came to buy my Guo Yun's head." My salary is good enough for me and my family to live a well-fed life, and I will report back to you on what to do, as for how to do it, that's not for me to decide. ”

"Whether it works out or not, this order is yours." Lu Chao said with a smile: "Even if I thank you for bringing me so much food and ordnance in the past two years." ”

"You don't need to thank me, in fact, you know very well that I just did what I was told, and in my heart, I wish Daqin was finished sooner." Guo Yun stood up, "General, in our Han Dynasty, this set will not work. Leave. ”

Dropping this sentence, Guo Yun brushed his sleeves away.

Gou Yi was furious, and his hand clenched the hilt of the knife heavily. "This bastard is really hateful, he really doesn't know what to do."

Lu Chao took a deep breath, "Is this the official of the Han Kingdom?" Gouyi, haven't you always wondered why I like to chat with him? ”

"yes, it's just a character, after all." Gou Yi nodded.

"It's true that it's a small role, but from his mouth, from these most ordinary things, I can get the most real situation of the Han and the reasons for some things that we can't imagine, such as the celebration of the Han Kingdom. From our point of view, this is just the reason why Gao Yuan once looted the wealth of the people, but from the mouth of this person, we get a completely different version. ”

"What a great joy, poverty and luxury, a harbinger of the death of the country!" Gou Yi is vicious.

Lu Chao couldn't help laughing, "Han businessmen, they are really rich." Tens of millions of silver were taken out, and their eyes were still blinking. There was also a message published on this weekly newspaper that a complete set of weapons used by Gao Yuan was sold for more than one million taels of silver, and it was also bought by the boss of this Cangzhou shipping company. ”

"General, what shipping? When these maritime merchants go out, they are robbed! Gou Yi said in a low voice: "I got some news from Cangzhou, after these shipping companies went to sea, they went to the land of those Fanyi barbarian states, burned, killed and looted, did everything they could, and then transported the looted things back to China. ”

"It can't be said that there is no business, and those sea ships still have to invest a lot of money into it. Robbery is also risky, let alone being so far away from one's own country? Some time ago, the newspaper also published that the Han Dynasty had obtained a territory called Fusang overseas, and Gao Yuan divided it into four counties. 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, a little timid?" Lu Chao Road.

"Yes!" Gou Yi nodded.

"Can you not be afraid? Han Kingdom, my enemy, is getting stronger and stronger, but I'm afraid it doesn't mean that I don't dare to do it, think about what Gao Yuan has, more than ten years, he can get to this point today, this person is I grew up, how much talent he has I still know? What he can do, I can do, not to mention, my starting point is much higher than he was at the beginning. 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 five or six points similar to the appearance of the eldest prince, and the woman was indeed dismissed from the king's womb back then. I've got it all arranged, and the woman knows what to do. ”

"Very well, I'm going to go out next, and this woman and child will go with me."

"Is the general going to see someone?"

"Of course, if you want to meet a very important person, you should also follow me to meet him." Lu Chao laughed. (To be continued......)