Chapter 167: Smuggling Iron
Because of Wang Fu, a subordinate who has been working hard in the business field all the year round, within three days, he chose dozens of trustworthy businesses for Sun Yang, most of which are businesses for the people's clothing, food, housing and transportation, but there is only one, which makes Sun Yang pay a lot of attention, because they have channels to get iron!
You must know that this is something that the imperial court prohibits a large number of transactions, but now the form is too chaotic, and the imperial court can't take care of these things now, as long as there is money, not to mention iron, these merchants can get a large number of things, even if it is a finished weapon armor, they can also get it!
This made Sun Yang a little excited, although the court is now in decline, but if someone catches him secretly hiding weapons or making weapons privately, Sun Yang believes that what awaits him may be characterized as a rebellion, and at that time, not only will his father who serves in the court be in danger, but even they are likely to be attacked as anti-thieves. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
But it is too difficult for Sun Yang to give up this passage to obtain iron, there is no iron mine in Wu County, this Sun Yang knows very well that the nearest iron mine is still in Huiji next door, although he has long set it as the place where he must fight for in the future, but unfortunately he is still out of reach of it now.
Recently, so many troops have been added, and the manufacture of weapons and armor consumes a lot of iron, so Wu County is now very short of iron, and their current channel for obtaining iron can only be to purchase official iron ore, and it is impossible to expect the imperial court to support the subways. In addition to local taxes, probably the largest source of income is salt and iron.
Since it is an official iron mine, before it is handed over to the imperial court, the officials who manage these will naturally get some benefits from it, which is not a secret, but not only do they want to get some benefits, but some people in Luoyang City also have to deduct a part, so that the price of iron sold by the official is naturally rising, which is a great expense for Sun Yang, who is now in dire need of money!
What's more, Wu Jun's army will definitely be more than this in the future, it will also need more iron, and it will also need to manufacture a large number of weapons, and the money is good to say, the key is that these purchase records will be registered, and if the emperor sees it at that time, what explanation should Sun Yang take? If there are traitors in Wu County, it is okay, and a large number of troops are needed to exterminate them, but there are no rebels around Wu County at all, and it is peaceful, so much iron will never be needed!
Although the Han family has been jumping for a few years, but before the true purpose is revealed, Sun Yang's most correct choice is to secretly develop as well, after all, his starting point, although it is not as high as Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and the like, but he has a lot more time to prepare than them, and it is not yet known who will die at that time!
Thinking of this, Sun Yang would never give up this merchant who could get iron, and immediately asked Wang Fu to secretly arrange for him to contact the person in charge of that family, he wanted to find out how much iron they could provide them with every year, if the amount was considerable, he would take them even at the risk of exposure, this is the most important strategic resource!
Wu County, "Aftertaste".
After several years of training, Wang Fu is extremely good in terms of management and interpersonal relationships, and in less than a day, he invited the head of the family to Wu County to discuss these things with them.
"The contemptible Xu Zhuang has seen Sun Gongzi!" Under the guidance of Wang Fu, a man who looked unusually strong walked into the private room, with a chilling aura on his body, and he made Sun Yang feel like a sergeant on the battlefield! Sun Yang knew that this person was by no means as simple as a businessman who was a family head.
"Well, the head of the Xu family doesn't have to pay attention, please sit down!" Sun Yang didn't put on a shelf as the lord of a county, but as usual, he was approachable, giving face to the head of this small family who couldn't even enter the family in Wu County.
Xu Zhuang nodded quietly, this young man is really as polite as the legend, from his body, Xu Zhuang did not see the arrogance of those ordinary children of the great family, but gave him a very comfortable feeling.
"I'm sorry, Master Xu, Yang invited you from Yuhang to Wu County in such a hurry, it must have been a tiring journey along the way, come, drink a glass of wine first, it can be regarded as quenching your thirst." Sun Yang picked up the wine glass in front of him and said to Xu Zhuang with a smile.
"Please! Sun Gongzi! It can be seen that Xu Zhuang is also a cheerful person, and he raised his glass directly without saying much.
After saluting each other, the two also drank the wine in one gulp.
Putting down the wine glass, from Xu Zhuang's performance, Sun Yang knew that he was a cheerful person, so he didn't go around the bend with him, and directly stated his purpose.
"Master Xu, presumably Yang's purpose for inviting you here today, you are also very clear, our sincerity must be made clear to you by the shopkeeper Wang, so what I want to know is, how much can you provide us?"
Xu Zhuang didn't expect to enter the topic like this, his face showed a stunned expression, he was stunned for a moment, and then he returned to normal, hugged his fist at Sun Yang and said: "Sun Gongzi's policy is very clear, as for the amount of iron, as much as you want, I can get you as much as you want!" ”
What the? Sun Yang was also taken aback in his heart, he didn't expect this Xu Zhuang to answer like this at all, and he didn't know if it was really the case, or if he was talking big, he was also stunned for a while, and he didn't know how to answer him.
After only being stunned for a few seconds, Sun Yang also reacted, no matter whether he was talking big or not, and no matter where he could get so much iron, as long as he could meet his needs.
"Oh? Master Xu, I don't know how your price is calculated, can the quality of iron be guaranteed? ”
"This son, don't worry, our price can be at least two percent lower than the official's iron ore! And the quality is definitely much better than the official iron ore! Xu Zhuang replied to Sun Yang quite confidently, he knew that this price was not lower than theirs, and even if Sun Yang's demand was more, he could reduce the price to thirty percent!
To be honest, Sun Yang was really shocked by Xu Zhuang's words, his courage was really big enough, Sun Yang can be very sure now, he must have privately developed an iron ore with considerable reserves! Otherwise, he couldn't have such a big confidence, if this is really the case, Sun Yang had a thought in his heart, kill Xu Zhuang and find this iron mine, then wouldn't he have a complete iron mine?
But this thought was fleeting in Sun Yang's heart, this did not meet his standards for being a man, and he didn't know anything about the Xu family at all.
"Master Xu, if the price can be lower, I think our cooperation will be more pleasant." Sun Yang decided not to do anything to him, but wanted to suppress the price again, which was more suitable for them.
Xu Zhuang did not hesitate, and after determining that Sun Yang needed a large amount of iron, he happily lowered the price to 30%, Sun Yang also knew that this was his bottom line, so he did not continue, and he also happily reached a verbal agreement with him, waiting for the next day to sign a specific agreement.
After sending Xu Zhuang away, Sun Yang recruited secret guards and asked them to find out the details of the Xu family within three days, Sun Yang didn't want to be so passive!