In fact, the production of weapons requires a complete set of virtuous circles, and only demand can continue to be produced, and the more there is war, the importance and value of weapons can be reflected.

Qin's military production did not depend on the Qin army to feed it. But it takes many armies to provide such business opportunities, not only the Qin army, but also the Zhao army, the Yan army, and the Han army. As well as all kinds of large and small business organizations, individuals, and so on. Only these different needs can make these huge military-industrial enterprises function. Coupled with the hard demand for weapons in war, it is impossible for the country to allow its soldiers to fight with absolutely backward weapons. So, the arms industry is an industry that needs to make money to carry out a virtuous cycle.

Only the strong development of the arms industry can promote the application and further development of science and technology in a country as a whole. Shang Wen's initial thoughts also started from this point, perhaps the high-level of the Qin State fully realized this, especially the understanding of the King of Qin. He believes that Qin's arms industry can only continue to export arms products. in order to maintain a strong military equipment superiority. Because some economic data was placed in front of King Qin.

These data show that, according to the financial situation of Qin, if Qin's national financial capacity and royal income are relied solely on such a large military production, then Qin's military production enterprises are likely to shrink by one-third in less than half a year according to the current scale, and then continue to shrink at a rate of 10 percent. The consequences of this will be severe, and the companies involved will also turn to the civilian market or withdraw from the arms production industry.

The King of Qin was shocked at the time, and when he asked why, he realized that it was impossible for Qin's financial revenues to be used for this huge arms production, and the country could not be in a state of war for a long time. In this way, the demand for war will gradually shrink, and likewise, the production of the Qin state will gradually shrink. So since Qin's financial situation does not allow it, why can Qin's military production continue to grow in recent years?

The answer is that the Qin State allowed the export of weapons in foreign trade. These arms exports have brought a great deal of business opportunity and industry profits. Because it was not very difficult for the factories of the Qin State to process these weapons. Even some of the newly established small processing workshops were able to produce parts for flintlock pistols. These parts can be mass-produced as long as they are carried out according to certain standards. Moreover, some workshops have introduced related small machine tools and equipment, especially after electricity is widely used in industrial production and machine tool production. So that the Qin State in the production of machine tools to do smaller and smaller. As a result, some small workshops in the Qin State also began to introduce machine tools for production.

In this way, Qin's arms industry was exported to other countries on a large scale, and these countries had large-scale orders for their armies. For example, in the state of Chu, although the weapons obtained by the Chu army were all old-style rifles that the Qin army had retreated, these rifles were enough to arm the Chu army. In addition, there is the South Korean army, which is trying to get closer to the Qin army, so in terms of weapons, the South Korean army has always been the fastest to catch up. Although the army of the Zhao State was completed by the Yan State, their weapons were finally upgraded. In addition, there are a large number of various needs. There was a demand for the slave trade. The need to fight against water pirates, and the need for the nobility to carry out under their own protection, etc. All of these brought huge arms orders to Qin's military industry.

And some small businesses, especially small processing workshops, also have their place in demand, and the later maintenance of these weapons, especially the replacement of some parts after wear. It's all offered by these small businesses and small processing workshops. Because the big factories produce things more expensive, and these workshops produce things cheaper.

The benefit is not only that other countries feed the military industrial enterprises of the Qin State, but at the same time stimulate the further development of the small and medium-sized enterprises of the Qin State. Moreover, the technological competition between these enterprises also led to the progress of Qin's military technology. Normally, military technology represents the overall level of science and technology in this country. This is the current situation of the Qin State.

The prosperity brought about by the arms trade increased Qin's fiscal revenue, which was among the overall fiscal revenues of Qin. The military-industrial complex and its associated small enterprises contribute as much as three percent. The prosperity of the military-industrial complex provided a rich source of tax revenue for the Qin state's finances. These taxes were enough for Qin to cover the next year's fiscal expenditures. And the Qin state can also continue to rely on the tremendous contribution brought by these prosperity funds. The continued implementation of the low tax rate of 1 percent and the related tax exemption policy further stimulated the economic development of the Qin State. All these injected strong fresh blood into the economy of Qin.

After profoundly analyzing these things, the King of Qin boldly allowed the weapons of the Qin State to continue to be exported. He also ordered the establishment of a special royal agency to investigate the market share of Qin's weapons in various countries. Special reports on some of the new developments.

In fact, King Qin's worries are very necessary, because, according to the data collected by some commercial newspapers, other countries are moving in the direction of independently developing new weapons.

For example, when South Korea established the base of light industry, it began to imitate some rifle parts of Qin, and like Qi, they were the first to imitate Qin's simple flintlock pistol, although the performance of the imitation flintlock pistol is not as good as the rifle produced by Qin in some fields, mainly in terms of barrel material, but in other performance, the accuracy and range of the bullet after firing are not lagging behind the old flintlock pistol produced by Qin.

Later, because of the emergence of new rifles, trap rifles, the old flintlock pistol was seriously eliminated, especially in the regular army, South Korea originally planned to equip its own army with flintlock pistols on a large scale, but the appearance of the trap rifle stifled this plan, and South Korea had to stop the production of flintlock pistols on its own. Instead, the limited funds were transferred to the purchase of new rifles and machine guns. But South Korea has not completely abandoned its plans to develop its own weapons.

Instead, they began to buy a large number of new weapons from the Qin state, imitated some of the parts of the weapons, and then installed them on their own weapons for experiments. It can be said that South Korea's weapon road first came from imitation.

Unlike South Korea, Zhao also had his own plans to build his own arsenal, which Li Mu mentioned in a secret document to the country.

"Our country is rich in coal and iron ore resources. These resources are all important resources for the manufacture of steel. With these resources, we can build our own cannons and rifles, machine guns. But because we don't have the same large machine tools and equipment as Qin, we need to introduce these equipment from Qin in the next step, only in this way can we embark on the road of independent supply of weapons, otherwise, our weapons and ammunition are all from Qin, and Qin can strangle our necks as long as they control the output of weapons all the way. Li Mu has instructed the relevant personnel of the army to carry out specific implementation.

In fact, what Li Mu didn't expect was that the bankers and investors of the Qin State had already established such factories and equipment in the Zhao State.

"Bang, bang." On the edge of a large mountain in the Taihang Mountains in the east of Handan, Zhao State. Guo Kai, the prime minister of Zhao State, and some of Qin's big bankers and venture capitalists are holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the inauguration of a coal mine and iron-smelting plant.

The sound of gun salutes and orchestras resounded throughout the mountains. And Zhao Min is also very much looking forward to this, because setting up a factory here means that their work has been settled, and their land has been sold to Guo Kai, the prime minister of Zhao State, and this has become a new industry for Guo Kai. In exchange, they could work in factories as workers and get paid for their labor.

"I said that if I, Guo Kai, am elected prime minister of Zhao State, I will let Zhao Min have a decent job. Get paid for your labor and start your life better. Guo Kai painstakingly prepared a lot of speeches that were not marginal to Zhao Min.

In fact, behind these factories, there is the shadow of Qin State Capital. For example, in this coal mining and iron-smelting plant, the bankers of the Qin State lent a large part of the funds to Guo Kai for the construction of the railway, the purchase of land containing coal mines, and the mountains, while the venture capitalists of the Qin State provided some capital, equipment, and technical support with more than 40% of the shares. For example, there are abundant coal mines there. It can be said that all this is a manifestation of the external expansion of Qin's capital.

Guo Kai was unwary of this, because so far, there was no argument or view of the economy as a kind of strategic security in the Warring States Period. The reason for this is that the scholars of the Qin State are thinking about how to seize more markets in other countries and use all the resources they can use to earn money from each country, while other countries are trying to catch up with Qin by all means, or they are trying to sort out and observe what is going on around them in order to classify something from it.

For example, Confucianism was very disdainful of Qin's merchant style, believing that Qin's governance of the country would quickly exhaust Qin's calculations, and Qin's decline would soon follow. Because, the Qin State is just a utilitarian one, and this utilitarian heart is likely to make the Qin State lose major strategic decisions, and Confucianism has its own views. But Qin doesn't need that argument at the moment. They just have to complete their capital tasks.

Just like the coal mining point and iron smelting plant established by Guo Kai. Zhao built Zhao's industrial base at the expense of most of his shares, equity, and borrowing a lot of bank debt, and the establishment of these things was very risky from the beginning. Because the state of Qin controlled most of the control from it. And the state of Zhao occupies very little.

And there are also some unequal clauses in these provisions. For example, taking Guo Kai's iron-smelting plant as an example, Qin investors know how to invest very well. Moreover, Zhao Guo's management was unwilling to lose his management rights, so investors put forward some harsh requirements.

They demanded that the ironworks complete the listing requirements within two years. If they can't, they will receive a 60 percent increase in the amount of shares they will receive. So. The state of Qin had reason to control the entire factory. It's a risk. It's also an opportunity.