17 merchant Lao Jia
"It's called **, and the recipe is, roughly proportional, 75 percent saltpeter, 10 percent sulfur, and 15 percent charcoal." Shang Wu explained to Xiao Douzi.
"It's the right proportion, remember. I taught you. Shang Wu said to Little Douzi.
"This, sir, how can this be?" Little Beanzi asked worriedly.
"You have a good brain, you learn fast, you naturally have to learn something, this is just the beginning, you will have to learn a lot in the future." Shang Wu said to the other party with a smile.
"Mr. Xie. Sir so virtuous. "Little Beans are about to cry. Because no one has ever taught anything like this. Shang Wu treated him like a father treats his son.
"Alright. Don't cry. I got my ** wet when I was crying. This stuff needs a dry environment. Shang Wu hurriedly dissuaded the other party. Who knows, I have touched a sensitive nerve.
According to a certain proportion, Shangwu quickly got the ** out, and it didn't make much, about twenty kilograms. This is the most saltpeter they have ever received. Just waiting for this emptiness, Kuroko and they came back quickly.
"Sir, sir, we're back." Kuroko smiled and returned with his team. Everyone was carrying a lot of cloth on their backs, and it looked like they were getting a lot of gains. Because he saw that the other party's face was smiling.
"Where did you get the cloth?" Shang Wu asked the other party.
"Sir, we will follow your method and set up an ambush on a nearby road, at first, all the people who passed by, there was no oil and water, we waited, and then, we saw a group of people, carrying cloth, and we robbed." Kuroko said excitedly. Shang Wu, on the other hand, frowned, he felt that Kuroko seemed to be hiding something on purpose.
"Are these cloths from the government?" Shangwu asked Kuroko.
"This. This. Kuroko touched the back of his head and smirked but didn't explain.
"It's a merchant's, and there's silk in it. You robbed merchants? Shang Wu asked Kuroko.
"This, sir, sir, you're too powerful. You know this, sir, you don't know, these businessmen are the most hateful. They will make several times the profit. We rob them, too. Kuroko didn't know how to explain it.
"Is it right to rob them? Merchants are also people, merchants are also civilians, you rob them, you rob their funds, we are targeting the government, the perpetrators of injustice, but you are robbing businessmen, what is the difference between us and those Yellow Turban Army
? Shang Wen asked. 、
"Get out of here, get out of here, why are you here again?" At this moment, a soldier in the back scolded vigilantly. The two guards had quietly stepped forward to arrest each other.
"My lord, my lord, help. Help me. A middle-aged man shouted loudly, he looked a little thin, definitely not the kind of businessman you can make a lot of money, to Shang Wu felt that this was a desperate businessman, and he might have been unlucky.
"Your Excellency, General, General." As he spoke, the two soldiers grabbed each other, but before they arrived, the other party fell to the ground at once, and then crawled to Shangwu's feet.
"Hurry up. We don't bow down here. If you have something to say, say it. Shang Wu grabbed the other party. The other party's body seems to be very light, and it seems that this is a down-and-out businessman. These fabrics may be the capital of this last business. If that's the case, the other party's experience may not be really good.
"General, give me back the cloth, that's my last life. If I don't pay it back, I, I won't live. The other party was still kneeling.
"Get up. Those things are back to you. Shang Wu grabbed the other party again.
"Ahh Kuroko looked at Shang Wu in surprise, he felt that this, this is not what they should do.
"This." The merchants were amazed. He didn't expect that Shangwu would be so happy.
"Get up and speak. I'll give it back to you, but I have some things to ask you, like, is this okay? Of course. We may need your solution as well. "Shangwu suddenly had an idea, that is, merchants, Shangwu needs these merchants. Since this is a down-and-out merchant, he will inevitably do business, and Shangwu also needs a lot of materials, such as grain, sulfur, saltpeter, iron, bronze, if you want to make weapons, you can't do it without these raw materials, and the only people who can collect these things are merchants, without these merchants, the situation will be very difficult. Suddenly, Shang Wu thought of a special doctrine, mercantilism.
In this era, the status of merchants is still relatively low, although they are wealthy, but they have no political status, if they can unite, or attract businessmen to participate, the situation may change a lot, after all, they have many, many advantages, in terms of capital, resources, personnel, these are Shang Wu currently incomparable. So, Shang Wu needs merchants.
After some reassurance, the businessman's mood finally stabilized.
"My name is Jagu, and my words are clear." The middle-aged man introduced.
"I am their chief, my name is Xu Shangwu. My army has no intention of offending you. On their behalf, I apologize to you. Shang Wu said.
"This." At first, the middle-aged man thought that as long as he could get his things back, it was already good. He didn't expect that the other party's chief would apologize to himself, this, this is different.
"Actually, we need a lot of help from my husband. At the same time, there are some problems with our army itself, and we still need to improve, we are definitely not the kind of army that kills people indiscriminately and robs other people's property indiscriminately, we are the Red Turban Army. Maybe I didn't manage them, they did it. Don't be offended. Shang Wu said sincerely.
"No, no, no. Sir, sir, unlike other armies, it's me who is too careful. Jagu hurriedly said.
"That's it, I call you Lao Jia, you call me Lao Xu, our relationship is on a higher level, I want to have some business with you. I don't know how you feel, Lao Jia? Shang Wen said directly.
"This." Lao Jia was a little confused. Unexpectedly, there were still people who specifically asked him to do business. He realized that he might be dreaming.
"We may not have some business for you to do at the moment, but I hope you can move with us, and when we settle down, we have some business to hand over to you, and you just need to collect more raw materials for us, and that's it. As for the intermediate profit, we proceed according to the fifty-fifty split. May I? Shang Wu asked.