In the past year, Zhao Song has been very hard

Not to mention the small place he occupies in Yonggu County, and it is also poor, there is no agriculture, no industry, no iron ore and coal mines, etc., occupying such a place and raising nearly 20,000 troops, it is conceivable how hard it is to live this life.

He has been worrying about weapons, ammunition and salary almost every day for the past year!

Otherwise, Zhao Song would not have been thinking about entering the hinterland of Guang'an all day long.

It's a pity that his several plans failed before they could start, for example, this time Guang'an did not have the changes he expected at all, not only did the first army of Guang'an not go south, but even the third army of Guang'an ran back.

Now the first army and the third army of Guang'an are fighting lively, I heard that the third army led by Du Zhikuan has defeated the first army and retreated, it is estimated that after a while, Guang'an County, north of Chongguang City, will have to usher in a new master.

In this case, he still dared to look through the Nanzi Mountains to attack the hinterland of Guang'an.

It's not called a surprise attack, it's a death.

Guang'an can't go, Pingdan County and Lingchang County in the east are also dangerous places, I didn't see Li Kun and Feng Haozhong and Jian Minggang fighting in these two counties, this place is very dangerous.

As for Hexi County in the west, don't count on it, it's not bad if Hexi County doesn't send troops to fight him.

So, he could only continue to nest in Yonggu County, because he didn't have any money in his hand, he could only grieve himself when he ate, and there were only eighteen dishes per meal.

Not to mention how bad it is.

But even if you are poor, the army still has to be raised, weapons must be purchased, and ammunition must be stored!

It's not that he doesn't know the power of the new artillery, but the Nanzhou Bank is too black-hearted, and it sells it very expensively, and a shell is even more expensive than the price of his food per meal.

Although Zhao Song gritted his teeth, he sold six new nine-pound field guns and more than 1,000 shells.

If there are more, he can only eat eight dishes at a meal, if he really wants to be like that, what kind of domain town will he be, and he will directly disband the army and go to the wilderness.

Zhao Song's financial situation is much worse than Lin Ziran's, because Lin Ziran has the income of an oil company, and at the same time he has a batch of loans from Nanzhou Bank.

Therefore, the artillery unit under his command, except for the more than 10 guns purchased in the early days, which are old artillery, are all new artillery, and the new guns of five catties and nine catties add up to more than 50 guns, and each new artillery is equipped with a sufficient number of new grenades and maroon gunpowder.

And Zhao Song doesn't have so much money, Yonggu County is very poor, and even Nanzhou Bank doesn't look down on him, but it doesn't provide him with any loans.

But although he was poor, he couldn't skip the meal, and he couldn't stop fighting, so Zhao Song sent someone to find Lin Ziran, and sent a message saying: "Brother Lin, do you still have a stock of old-style ammunition on hand, give me a batch of evenly!" ”

For Zhao Song's request, Lin Ziran naturally welcomed it very much, on the one hand, he could use this to get closer to Zhao Song and reach an offensive and defensive alliance as soon as possible, which could be used to deal with Jian Minggang, and by the way, he could also deal with Li Kun or Feng Haozhong.

On the other hand, it can also bring a large number of orders to Tsingshan Machinery Factory!

When Lin Ziran was engaged in Qingshan Machinery Factory before, he always thought that it would cost a lot, but now he thinks that although this thing costs a lot, it can also make money.

Whether it's Li Kun or Zhao Song, or even other feudal towns can become customers!

Li Kun's previous batch of orders was quite profitable, and now it is estimated that he can also make a profit from Zhao Song's side.

Therefore, Lin Ziran replied: "It's not easy to get ammunition these days, and I don't have much inventory here, but since Brother Zhao, you have spoken, even if I clean up the warehouse, I have to get you a batch!" ”

"Don't worry, brother, I won't cheat you, this price will definitely be low!"

took Zhao Song and replied: "It's still Brother Lin, you are righteous!" ”

Then he said seriously how difficult it was for him, his funds were tight, and finally he said, can you barter the goods, I still have some other specialties in Yonggu County. ”

Looking at the specialties that Zhao Song said, they were all agricultural products or low-level handmade products, Lin Ziran replied directly: "Although Brother Zhao, you are very difficult, but I am also very difficult, little brother!" ”

Then hinted to Lao Tzu in a feudal town, what do you want to do with this large pile of wood, wooden furniture, and handicrafts?

If it's a brother, just take the money directly, and we will pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other.

It's okay to barter, but it has to be coal, iron ore, or whatever, so that the oil companies and machinery factories under my command can use it.

Zhao Song was also very speechless about this, if Lao Tzu had an iron mine or coal mine, he would still need to ask you to purchase those backward ammunition, Lao Tzu would have already asked Nanzhou Bank to purchase new artillery and ammunition.

Zhao Song, who was not a coal boss, not an iron boss, or even a farmer, could only scrape together a sum of cash to buy a batch of old ammunition.

After all, Lin Ziran's old ammunition is indeed cheaper, at least much cheaper than that of Nanzhou Bank.

Now, in order to promote the new artillery ammunition, those people in the Nanzhou Bank do not even bring the old ammunition to Luo'an County to sell, and it is very expensive to sell.

However, even if Zhao Song made up a sum of money, but in the end, the money was still not enough, and in the end, Zhao Song directly played a scoundrel and took out a lot of house deeds, land deeds, calligraphy, paintings, antiques and other things as payment.

Lin Ziran was speechless about this, but in the end, he still let people take away those calligraphy, paintings, antiques or something, as for the title deed, it is naturally impossible to ask for it, those real estate properties are all in Yonggu County, if it can be discounted, Zhao Song would have already discounted it, and it will be left for him to Lin Ziran now.

In fact, if it weren't for the maintenance of the relationship between the two sides, Lin Ziran wouldn't even want these calligraphy, paintings, antiques or anything, this is a troubled time, and it is a mess that has lasted for decades.

These calligraphy, paintings, and antiques are not as valuable as scrap copper and rotten iron.

A landscape painting by a famous painter of the previous dynasty, fifty or sixty years ago, when Daheng was still at its peak, could be auctioned for hundreds or even thousands of Heng Yuan.

But now that Zhao Song took it out and gave it to Lin Ziran at a discount, he could only exchange it for a nine-catty old grenade!

The most important thing is that Lin Ziran didn't deliberately lower the price, but this thing is so worthless.

Later, Lin Ziran asked people to take this painting to Luohai City to sell, and if he was lucky, he would probably be able to sell it for tens of Hengyuan, but if he was unlucky, he would probably smash it directly.

But to put it mildly, the two sides finally reached a batch of ammunition deals, counting the deal with Li Kun, Lin Ziran personally pulled two orders for Qingshan Machinery Factory.

According to the amount, there are more than 100,000 Hengyuan, which is a relatively good order for the current Qingshan Machinery Factory, and the profit is also very good.

However, this is not the key, the key is that Lin Ziran has successfully eased the relationship with the two of them.

laid the foundation for the follow-up joint efforts against the county guard.

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