After chatting with Mi Zhu about the cooperation framework between the improvement of sea ships and the sea route horse trafficking, Li Su finally took out his silver mirror, wanting to give Mi Zhu a little more hope, and squeeze another sum of money out when he left.

"Mi Gong, since we have cooperated so happily, there is still a treasure for your Excellency to see." Li Su said, handing out a silver mirror wrapped in a dense and heavy silk fabric similar to corduroy.

"Oh? I don't know what it is, Mr. is so solemn, I think it is extraordinary. Mi Zhu also solemnly took it and carefully untied it with full face.

He only glanced at it, and his eyes immediately straightened a little.

That scene is like a person who is used to seeing 300,000 pixel front-camera selfies in 06 and suddenly gives him a selfie of 8 million pixels ten years later.

How many times higher is this resolution?

"How can the silver mirror be so clear? I just don't know how much it lasts when it is ground so clearly, what kind of process is used, and how much can it last? Mi Zhu first lost his mind and sighed for a while, and then immediately thought of the problems of cost and durability.

Li Su watched from the sidelines, and had to sigh that "businessmen are calm".

If this is shown to a noble lady or a concubine and princess, who will think of paying attention to the cost so quickly, and must care about the effect of use first.

"I know a little about the method of grinding this thing, and if Mi Gong is interested, he can cooperate for a long time in the future. As for durability, there is no need to worry about it, after this mirror is polished, as long as it is preserved properly, it can last for at least three months before it will be slightly blackened.

That is, it is at least three times more durable than ordinary silver mirrors. And the amount that needs to be worn off each time is much less when it is re-grinded, and a thick silver surface can be ground at least five times. This mirror can be sharpened 30 times for 10 years. ”

Mi Zhu knew in his heart that the normal silver mirror would be sharpened ten times at most, and it would be used for about a year. If what Li Su said is true, then this new silver mirror is definitely very popular among the high-ranking officials and nobles.

It's just that he still can't believe Li Su's commitment to durability, and he has to observe it for at least ten days and half a month - because the ordinary silver mirror, no matter how well it is protected, it will be completely dark in more than a month, and a certain degree of gray can be seen in half a month.

Therefore, if half a month later, this silver mirror does not see an obvious gray trend, then it will most likely prove that Li Su's commitment to durability is true.

And only Li Su himself knows in his heart that the reason why his silver mirror is durable and delicate grinding is only one aspect, and the key is that it is smeared with a layer of completely transparent antioxidant phytic acid oil.

Grinding more finely does not inherently resist oxidation. However, after applying oil, the smoother the mirror surface area, the smaller the surface area, and the more it can reduce the volatilization rate of lubricating oil, the key to anti-oxidation is this layer of oil.

Mi Zhu is also a very flexible person with business acumen, he also felt that the mirror was slightly slippery to the touch, and he also keenly leaned on his nose and sniffed, smelling a faint fragrance of flowers, so he didn't go to his heart, and thought that Li Su just added the fragrance to cooperate with the noble lady and Miss Gui.

In fact, this spice is, of course, Li Su's smoke bomb, and the spice itself has no effect, just to cover up the composition and purpose of the anti-rust oil.

The secrecy work is so solid that even if Mi Zhu investigates, he won't be able to find out anything for a while.

With Mi Zhu's proportion, knowing that the risks are large and the benefits are small, and the rash investigation may ruin the relationship that has been made with great difficulty, most of them will give up temporarily.

What's more, Li Su has one last resort insurance: he didn't buy quicklime at all this time, so it is impossible to find out the core competitiveness.

"How does Mr. want to cooperate with this silver mirror?" After weighing it again and again, Mi Zhu decided to put away his covetousness first and let the profits wait and see for the time being.

Why bother to look too ugly at the beginning, as long as Li Su can get good goods, even if all the profits of the first and second batches go to Li Su, it is not a big deal.

The Mizhu family has a big business, and they can afford to wait and see, so they only want to stabilize their hands first.

Li Su didn't go around in circles with Mi Zhu: "Mi Gong thinks that such a mirror can be sold for a certain price?" ”

Mi Zhu thought for a while: "The traditional silver mirror, but more than 20 times, counting the expenses such as repeatedly finding silversmiths for polishing and labor expenses in a year, it costs 30 times a year." If the durability of this mirror can really be as Mr. said, it will be sold for 100 pieces, and it can be sold.

It's just that after the unit price is high, ordinary officials and businessmen can't afford it. In my opinion, even if the goods can be sold all over the world, they can only be afforded by more than ten rich households in each county, and there are only thousands of dollars in the whole world. Although the gentleman has treasures, he has no connections, and I am afraid that he will not sell much. Unless it is a place where the world's wealthy families gather, such as Jingshi, it can be sold for hundreds in one city. ”

That is to say, because it is too high-end, although the unit price of each piece can earn tens of thousands of dollars, and the single profit is higher than that of selling horses, the total market capacity is too small.

The world's high-end silver mirror market is a cake worth hundreds of millions, and you can't do it without channels.

Even if Mizhu has a sufficient supply of goods and is open, he will earn 100 million yuan by eating and wiping it up.

Li Su knew that this business was a trickle, and he was not in a hurry at the moment, so he proposed a compromise: "In this case, I have a suggestion." This silver mirror, for the time being, will stay in Mi Gong's hands to play for a month, and ask Mi Gong to lend me 10 million more, this time I will go to Danyang, the more money, the better.

After a month, I returned from Danyang, if Mi Gong decided to cooperate with me, I will supply Mi Gong, a silver mirror I draw 20,000 yuan, and then slowly deduct from the 10 million I borrowed in advance, how about it? ”

Mi Zhu thought for a while: "It's okay, then we'll talk about it in detail then." ”

An extra month buffer period is just right to observe the quality of the new mirror before deciding.

As for the current loan of 10 million more to Li Su, Mi Zhu feels that the risk is not big, the scale of cooperation between the two sides is to this extent, and the previous horse dealers have negotiated well, and the other party is not guilty of tearing up the skin and destroying the long-term relationship for this loan.

"Then it is decided, a month later, I will return from Danyang, and at that time I will ask Mi Gong to prepare enough sand boats and sailors, at least enough to transport 5,000 people. When the time comes, I will set off from Guangling Port, take the sea route north to transport the Danyang soldiers to Zhuo County, and then transport the war horses captured from the Youzhou battlefield on the return journey - I hope that Mi Gong can personally escort the fleet. ”

"Certainly, definitely, such a big business, Zhu naturally has to personally supervise it." Mi Zhu agreed, thinking that this was normal.

Li Su was also completely relieved at this moment.

Li Su's social eloquence and scheming, and talent are all focused on diplomatic fraud. In terms of emotional intelligence and skill in winning over people, after all, it is still inferior to Liu Bei.

Therefore, Li Su could only be the first to know and reason, fool Mi Zhu into a business partner, and pull him to the north.

I really want to turn Mi Zhu into a subordinate, can I become a subordinate this year, I saw that Liu Bei personally exerted his personality charm.

also includes Lu Su and some other talents pulled on the road, and in the end, Liu Bei needs to be personally encircled, so that loyalty can be more reliable.

There is a specialization in the art industry, which is something that cannot be helped.

……

Talking about all the business, Mi Zhu was very enthusiastic to leave Li Su and his entourage at the mansion for two days, and seeing that it was almost the end of April, he personally sent someone to escort them to Guangling.

Li Su went on the road with a huge amount of money accumulated as high as 30 million (Liu Bei had a balance of 10 million principal, and 20 million for Mi Zhu's business cooperation).

The deadline for the rendezvous discussed with Wuqiu Yi was the fifth day of the fifth month of May, and it was not far from the East China Sea to Guangling, and Li Su and his party arrived on the second day of the fifth month.

Unexpectedly, Wu Qiu Yi was also very powerful, and he also arrived on the third day of the second day, and everyone just started work ahead of schedule.

At the same time, Lu Su, who went to Danyang to inquire about the news after dividing the labor with Li Su a while ago, also came back with a few friends and news, and everyone met in Guangling.

Wu Qiu Yi asked about the situation along the way, and planned to start recruiting troops according to the normal process.

It was also at this time that Li Su decisively showed the responsibility that a gold medal staff officer should have, and took the initiative to suggest following the ideas provided by Lu Su:

"Captain! We arrived a few days first, and we have already found out that if we buy and sell Danyang soldiers directly, I am afraid that each person will be worth no less than tens of thousands of dollars, which is too expensive. Even if the imperial court allocates 100 million dollars, it will only buy a few thousand elite soldiers.

It's better that we still act expediently in the name of the righteousness of the imperial court, instigating the new local homeless clan marshal and crusading against the Shanyue marshal who has always had the heart of separation, first, to show the prestige of the imperial court, and secondly, we can also buy prisoners cheaply. ”

Wu Qiu Yi didn't understand the situation, and was first shocked when he heard this: "Every Danyang soldier has to pay tens of thousands of dollars directly?" This is too expensive, and it is not that there is no need to pay military salaries in the future, this is just equivalent to a settlement fee. Where did you get this information? ”

Li Su wanted to answer by himself, but he knew that he had no credibility when he said it, so he gave Lu Su who had just come with him a look, and then helped to introduce: "Du Wei, this Lu Su Lu Zijing, is a local traveling wealthy family, has a wide range of contacts, is quite knowledgeable, and is also willing to serve the imperial court." Sure Lieutenant listened to his introduction. ”

Wu Qiu Yi looked up and down, looked at Li Su's face and said, "Yes, and see if what you say is reasonable." ”

Lu Su arched his hand without being humble or arrogant: "The good teaching captain learned that since the Yellow Turban was pacified, the value of the Danyang soldiers in Guangling has fallen, and in the second and third years of Zhongping, it basically fluctuates around twenty or thirty thousand yuan per person.

But at the end of last year, the Rebellion of the District Star broke out, and before Sun Jian of Wujun took office as the Taishou of Changsha, he recruited a considerable number of Danyang soldiers. Sun Jian's recruitment has been less than three months ago, so there is a relative shortage of soldiers at present, and the seller is handsome and handsome, and the price is raised, and the elite warriors are sold for 50,000 yuan each. ”

Wu Qiu Yi is also a little blinded, it turns out that the drastic change in the relationship between supply and demand has led to an increase in human prices.

He didn't know about this when he left Luoyang, and the budget given to him by the imperial court was also given according to the military price in the peacetime last year.

If Lu Su's method was not used, maybe Qiu Yi would not even be able to complete the tasks and objectives set by the imperial court.

Liu Yu only gave him a budget of 50 million, at least 3,000 Danyang elite soldiers should be recruited, and said that if he could recruit more people with less settlement fee, he would be given a meritorious promotion, and the rest could be paid slowly after arriving in Youzhou, which should be counted in the military salary.

Wu Qiu Yi originally looked down on Lu Su, who he had just met, but he was forced by the "impossible task" of the imperial court, so he had to give Lu Su a way up and a chance to perform.

"Lu Su, you can talk about it, and now the grievances between the heroes and handsomes of all walks of life in Danyang, how should we start. If it is really meritorious, I will also play the Ming envoy, and at least give you a bookkeeper. ”

The officials of the book Cao are all in charge of money and food, if Lu Su can help the state and pastoral province to raise 10 million soldiers, why not give him a money and grain officer?