Chapter 183: Selling Weapons
The benefits of salt, how could Dong Zhuo not be moved, the two sides talked about some specific matters at the moment, and the matter was decided.
Although Dong Zhuo has no money, it is very simple to make up the first money.
In this transaction, Ye Chen can make huge profits, and the most important thing is to find a market for the salt, which was only sold to the ethnic minorities in the north and the Ye family for their own use, and the rest can only be piled up in the warehouse, but now there is a big customer, and it will definitely be a huge input in the future.
As long as Dong Zhuo is rich, then he will definitely act as an agent for Du Kang wine, and the Qiang people in the northwest will definitely become the market for Du Kang wine.
After the two sides finished negotiating the deal, Dong Zhuo asked again: "General Ye, I don't know if the armor and weapons worn by your soldiers are sold?" How much? ”
"It turns out that Dong Zhuo's ambition was not bred when he entered Luoyang, he has long had very big ambitions." Ye Chen said secretly in his heart.
"Of course it is sold, as long as there is a reasonable price, it can be sold, our Ye family is a businessman." Ye Chen said with a smile on his face, as if telling others that he was a J businessman.
Dong Zhuocai is not afraid that he is a J businessman, but prefers him to be a businessman, so that both parties can feel more at ease in the transaction.
"Okay, then I don't know how to sell it?" Dong Zhuo's eyes were full of eagerness, this good equipment improved the combat power of the army very much, and it was definitely a good thing for him.
"A set of 30,000 dollars." Ye Chen gave an offer.
This offer is only slightly higher outside, but here in Ye Chen, it is a huge profit. Others do not have a steel filling method, and in order to obtain 100 refined steel, they need to hammer the iron and refine it into steel, which consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, so the price is very high. But Ye Chen can mass produce, so the price is very low.
"Thirty thousand?" Dong Zhuo calculated silently in his heart, he knew that this price was quite reasonable, but he had a large demand, and this price was still unaffordable for him at present.
"I don't know if there are tens of thousands of sets, the Ye family can afford to supply them?" Dong Zhuo asked uncertainly.
Because it is difficult to build 100 refined steel, although the price is high, if you want to buy it on a large scale, even if the price is high, there is no place to buy it, and generally only senior generals have a complete set.
He deliberately thought about it and said: "If you want tens of thousands of sets, plus my Ye family's reserves over the years, it will take half a year to get them together." ”
After Ye Chen finished speaking, Dong Zhuo and Li Ru's faces couldn't help but change, because they knew that it would take several craftsmen a few days to create a pair of armor and weapons that were refined in steel, so the price would be so high. Now the Ye family can gather tens of thousands of sets within half a year.
This answer is a little difficult for Dong Zhuo and Li Ru to accept, but it is reasonable to think about it, because if it weren't for this, then it would be impossible for the Ye family to equip these thousands of soldiers.
In fact, Ye Chen deliberately had reservations, although 10,000 sets were not so easy for Ye Chen to build, but without reserves, they would definitely be able to be built within half a year, and the Ye family had thousands of sets in reserve.
If they were told that they could get it out in three months, they might get into some trouble, which would be too shocking, and it would be trouble if they alarmed the imperial court. The imperial court forbade the casting of iron by the people, although not many people would obey this order, but this was all in private.
Dong Zhuo was still hesitating, because he really couldn't take out the money, at this time, Li Ru leaned close to his ear and said a few words, and after finishing speaking, Dong Zhuo frowned.
"Okay, the Ye family is really one of the four major business families, and I am very willing to cooperate with the Ye family. I decided to order 12,000 sets of weapons and armor. Delivery after half a year. Dong Zhuo said.
Ye Chen was thinking about what Li Ru had told him, so Dong Zhuo made up his mind to buy it. No matter how much Ye Chen can't manage so much, the blacksmith workshop has been losing money all along, and the weapons, armor and various farm tools created for the Ye family are subsidized by the Ye family, and now they can receive this big order and train craftsmen, which is very cost-effective.
The most important thing is this transaction, the Ye family can get at least half of the profits, this is the power of science and technology, the steel filling method can produce a large number of hundreds of steel, and it can also quickly build a batch of sophisticated weapons.
In fact, Li Ru calculated an account with Dong Zhuo, and had 12,000 sets of equipment, 2,000 sets of equipment for his Flying Bear Army, and 10,000 sets of elite iron cavalry for 10,000.
With this equipment, the combat power of the two armies has increased greatly, and they can feed the other armies less, and they can save a lot of money and food, and they don't have to pay now, and after half a year, if the cooperation with the Ye family can go smoothly, they can also make a lot of money, and money will naturally not be a problem at that time.
Even if there is no money at that time, you can directly shirk it, and the Ye family can't do anything about them, and they have nothing to lose, just make an empty promise now, if you have money at that time, you will buy it, and if you don't have money, you will play tricks.
As soon as he told Dong Zhuo like this, Dong Zhuo immediately figured it out, he was good at tricking him, he was not afraid, he couldn't do anything about the Ye family, and at the same time, the Ye family couldn't help him.
The two sides happily decided to come down, although each had their own thoughts, N did not go together, but the pure transaction was no problem, each took what he needed.
After talking about the deal, Ye Chen didn't stay long, got up to say goodbye, and Dong Zhuo didn't keep him longer.
After Ye Chen left, Dong Zhuo took a deep look at Ye Chen's back and said to Li Ru: "This Ye family is really hidden. Dong Zhuo said with a deep sigh.
"Yes, lord, through the news that the Ye family has revealed today, the Ye family is definitely a giant, not only the economic strength is great, but I didn't expect the military strength to be so strong, this army alone is amazing, I don't know how many soldiers and horses the Ye family has."
It is very common for the Eastern Han family to raise private soldiers, it is legal and public, but no one has armed them like the Ye family, it may not have been legal to arm them before, but it has become legal since Liu Hong ordered the rebel army to exterminate the Yellow Turban, and now Ye Chen is still bearing the name of General Jianwei.
Ye Chen went back, and after returning to his barracks, Guo Jia and Guan Yu breathed a sigh of relief.
After Ye Chen came back, he told Guo Jia and Guan Yu what happened, and Guo Jia said after listening:
"This Dong Zhuo must be a thief in a troubled country, he is trying his best to expand his military strength, I am afraid that he wants to split the land and become the king."
"So how do we deal with it, is it wrong to sell him weapons?" In fact, Ye Chen deliberately asked like this, the sale was sold, although it had not been delivered yet, but if Dong Zhuoken paid the money, Ye Chen would definitely sell it, because the profit was too big.
"Lord, it doesn't matter, we are thousands of miles away from Dong Zhuo, and there will be almost no conflict."
Ye Chen talked to a few people about the current situation and some things in this battle, and talked until late, and then they went back to rest.