Guo Dan is by no means untargeted, in the Ministry of Industry these days, he not only understands the production process of cotton armor, but also understands the process of producing weapons in the Ming Dynasty.

During the period of Taizu and Chengzu, there was actually a very complete set of processes, which were basically in charge of the Ministry of Industry, but after that, these processes gradually became slackened, and they were the same as that Ma Zheng.

There is no other reason than people.

Feudal society is a society governed by man, and people in the law, good or bad, all depend on people, and natural disasters cannot defeat any dynasty, but can only play a role in fueling the flames.

Among them, it is very dark, embezzlement and bribery, enriching one's own pockets, deceiving superiors and subordinates, and combining government and businessmen with each other, and this is ubiquitous in this arms production.

This directly led to the weapons produced by the Ministry of Industry, which were the most expensive and at the same time the worst, and only the imperial court was capable of doing such a domineering business.

Now that the Ministry of Industry is understaffed, it has long been unable to meet the needs of the border army, so the Ministry of Industry is only responsible for the Beijing Division, and the border army has set up its own manufacturing bureau to produce weapons, but the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry allocate money and materials.

Or is it under the control of the central government.

However, these manufacturing bureaus, manpower can not be sufficient, most of them are used to produce firearms, many border troops, even bows and crossbows are handed over to the civilian production, such as cotton armor and other armament materials, not to mention, generally from the private to find businessmen, but unfortunately the combination of government and business, is also very pitiful.

Let's ask if this is already the case, how can Guo Dan say this.

Fang Fengshi asked, "You may not be able to do this?" ”

Li Chengliang also looked at Guo Dan in surprise, this kid has a very big tone!

Guo smiled lightly: "If you go back to Lord Shangshu, this doesn't need to increase the cost...... ”

"No additional costs?"

Li Chengliang exclaimed.

Guo Dan said: "Of course you don't need to, you just need to be careful, if one has been written in our contract, we will continue to send people to the Liaodong region to ask the soldiers who wear the cotton armor we produce, and see where to improve, the key lies in the details." ”

Fang Fengshi wondered: "You only need to be careful, it's so simple, why can't the imperial court do it?" ”

Those officials of the Ministry of Industry looked at Guo Dan at the same time, their eyes were like arrows, and they wanted to shoot through Guo Dan and make him shut up forever.

Guo smiled lightly: "This is all because there are too many things to be managed by the Ministry of Industry, the south, the north, the east, and the west, and we have to be responsible for the upper and lower levels, where can we take care of it, but we are different, we are responsible for the production of cotton nails, and we can go all out." ”

It can be regarded as a fair word.

At the same time, the Ministry of Industry officials breathed a sigh of relief.

But Fang Fengshi knew that this was just Guo Dan's polite words, and the real reason was the management problem, and whether they were attentive, and now most of the officials have coped with things, so they will not think about the soldiers vigorously, because they think about the soldiers, not only will they not get any benefits, but they will also cause a lot of trouble.

But businessmen are different, businessmen have to think about their customers, so that there will be repeat customers.

Li Chengliang said: "Don't keep talking about the Ministry of Industry, you businessmen are not a good thing, isn't the cotton nail case related to you businessmen?" ”

"On this issue, the grass people have discussed it with Lord Shangshu, and the grass people are different from those merchants." Guo Dan smiled slightly.

Li Chengliang was curious: "What's the difference?" ”

"They are poorer, and grass people are richer." Guo Dan shrugged and said.

What a domineering!

Li Chengliang was stunned and snorted: "For the rich businessman, there are too many." ”

Guo smiled lightly: "That's because they lack foresight and the means to make money, so they can only do these shady things." And the grass people care not only about money, but also about reputation, Li Zongbing might as well go and inquire, but all the transactions related to our Kou family, without exception, are all high-quality products, any business as long as it is related to our tooth shop, it will definitely attract people's attention, for a mere set of cotton armor, and ruin their reputation, it is more than worth the loss. ”

He is not afraid of showing his wealth now, anyway, the money in his hand is Wanli's, whoever wants to make money from him, he will go to sue the emperor, and then Wanli will go to copy his home, in the world, who can be ruthless Wanli.

And the main reason why he is so strong in front of Li Chengliang is that he has regarded Li Chengliang as one of his big customers, and when he goes to Liaodong to do business, he can't get around Li Chengliang. Since it is a business, you can't grovel, you must talk on an equal footing, because once you grovel, you will end up with a businessman surnamed Hu. Become a backstabber.

Li Chengliang said with a smile: "Hearing you say this, the old man is really interested in talking to you." ”

Guo Dan arched his hand and said, "My lord will not be disappointed." ”

They did not look elsewhere, but sat down in this room and began to talk. Don't talk about it, I don't know, when I talk about it, Li Chengliang suddenly felt a little tired of meeting late, and even a little ashamed, he never thought that the original cotton armor could be designed like this.

Guo Dan is from the color of the cotton armor to the soldiers' eating, drinking, and Lazar, as long as it is related to the cotton armor, he takes it all into account.

In fact, this is also his specialty, when he acquires other companies, he will also ask product problems, read a lot of evaluation reports, he knows how to think about these problems, put forward improvement plans, and then hand them over to technical personnel to solve.

Fang Fengshi, as the secretary of the Ministry of War, didn't make a mess this time, and discussed with them, the surrounding officials were all red-faced, and Guo Dan was slapping them in the face frantically every request.

It didn't end until the evening, but Li Chengliang was still a little unsatisfied, and asked to talk about it again tomorrow, and he also had to think about the questions raised by Guo Dan.

His experience and Guo Dan's professionalism are a match made in heaven!

Out of the Ministry of Engineering, Li Chengliang asked Fang Fengshi: "Fang Shangshu, what is the origin of this kid's father?" ”

Fang Fengshi said: "He was just born in a very ordinary Xiucai family in Jiangnan. ”

"It's really unusual." Li Chengliang said: "I have never thought about many of the issues he considered, and I thought that someone in his ancestors had led troops to fight. ”

Fang Fengshi smiled: "I don't know much about this, maybe as he himself said, he just thinks about the guests wholeheartedly." ”

Li Chengliang shook his head and said: "This is easy to say, but it is really not easy to do, I have seen many businessmen, but like him, it is really the first time I have seen it, and it is naturally easy to save trouble, how good it is, how can it be like him, and deliberately increase the difficulty for himself." ”

"Maybe that's where his success lies." After a pause, Fang Fengshi sighed with emotion: "But all people who are successful must have this kind of quality of striving for perfection and pursuing perfection, such as Mr. Yangming." ”

"How can this kid be compared to Mr. Yang Ming." Li Chengliang shook his head with a smile, thinking to himself, what Shen Shoufu said is good, this son is really unique, and cooperating with him is not a bad thing for me.

And Guo Dan was not as leisurely and elegant as them at this time, and as soon as he got out of the Ministry of Works, he was dragged to the Qianqing Palace by Li Gui.

"I guess you've already seen Uncle Ning Yuan."

After Guo Dan finished saluting, Wanli asked.

Guo Dan suddenly felt creepy, damn it, I just finished seeing it, you know. replied honestly: "Back to Your Majesty, I just finished talking to Uncle Ning Yuan. ”

Wanli sighed: "What do you have to talk about, and you have been talking for so long?" ”

I didn't talk about it for long! Guo Dan muttered in his heart, he didn't dare to hide this, and told Wanli what he had just talked about.

After hearing this, Wanli smiled and said: "You are really daring, you dare to make an axe in front of Ning Yuanbo, and make a lot of nonsense." ”

Guo Dan said: "This is all dependent on Your Majesty's residual prestige, if you are not behind Your Majesty, how can you have the courage to be lowly." ”

"You can't say that, such as Ning Yuanbo and Fang Shangshu are the pillars of my Ming Dynasty, they are very sensible, although you are disrespectful in your words, but you are also thinking about my Ming soldiers, how can they blame you."

Wanli waved his hand and said, "But then again, if you do a good job this time and get their approval, I will have the confidence to contract more armaments and materials to you in the future." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the favor." Guo Dan hugged his fists.

"Don't be too busy thanking for the reward just yet."

Wanli pointed his hand and said: "What I can help you is actually very limited, after all, I can't let too many people know, these transactions are mine, and many things have to be done by yourself, and I can only support you behind the scenes." ”

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "With Your Majesty's support, your humble position is like divine help, and you will definitely live up to your mission." ”

"Don't talk too much about that."

Wanli advised: "Don't say that I didn't tell you, do business in Liaodong, if you don't have the support of Uncle Ning Yuan, you can't do this business, and their family has also run a lot of business over there, you have to be cautious in everything!" ”

Guo Dan said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, if you go over there to do business, you will try to seek cooperation with Ning Yuanbo, not against him." ”

"Hmm... So I can rest assured. ”

Wanli nodded, and said with a smile: "But don't worry too much, boldly let it go, although it is inconvenient for me to come forward to help you with anything, but I will also support you secretly, as long as you don't poke out any big things, I will definitely protect you." ”

Guo Danzhi nodded and said, "I understand." ”

After Guo Dan retired, Li Gui whispered: "Your Majesty, this Guo Dan is still young after all, and he is not deeply involved in the world, how can he be Ning Yuanbo's opponent." ”

Wanli said with a smile: "Guo Dan is only going to do business, not to fight against Li Chengliang, but if he can control the trade in Liaodong by means of buying and selling, it will really help me a lot." ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly sighed: "You also know, in the past two years, there have been officials in Liaodong who have been secretly playing to impeach Li Chengliang for his prestige and luxury in Liaodong, but I can only treat it as if I didn't see it, not to mention that there are many people in the cabinet who support Li Chengliang, then Liaodong can't do without Li Chengliang, and I have been troubled about this for a long time." Until Guo Dan put forward the Liaodong plan, if Guo Dan's means can be used to control Liaodong's armaments and materials, and even Liaodong's trade, then this problem will also be solved. ”