Shang Wen met with Li You in a small clerk's office. There is no way. Shangwen's office space is rented. Moreover, there is no budget in government expenditure to set aside a special fund for government offices. Even the rent is paid by Shang Wen himself, and whoever lets the prime minister open the mansion must work in his own house. Helpless. Shang Wencai rented such a farmhouse.

With the expansion of government agency intelligence. There are more and more office workers. The space in the house is fully utilized. Even the yard has a tent to deal with some things. I can arrange such a small space. It's not easy.

After a few words of greeting. Let's get to the point. By talking. Shang Wen learned the purpose of Li Yuan's visit. It turned out to be with the government's massive cuts in defense spending. Military orders for many of the armies were cancelled altogether. Almost a lot of military factories are in a state of half-operation. The same situation happened to Li You's arsenal. Although his repeating guns and repeating revolvers sold well. But after all, it is the military order that accounts for the lion's share. Like what. He undertook more than half of the military's six-pipe Vulcan order. It was from this revolver that inspired the development of this revolver.

But now the military has canceled orders on a large scale. This left these arsenals in a difficult situation all at once. Their order was cancelled. The product doesn't sell. And their products are very special. It's a weapon.

Compared to general products. They are so special.

At one time, the directors of several arsenals wanted to smuggle weapons. They believe that there is definitely a market for their products. But Li You thinks. This matter should be resolved with the prime minister. Because. If these weapons could be sold, the prime minister would have ordered them a long time ago. Instead of smuggling in the sneaky way. In light of this. He just offered it. Look for Shangwen to solve this puzzle.

"To the production questions you raised. The fault lies with me. I'm sorry for that. Shang Wen believes that this is another mistake of his own. There was no timely adjustment of the coming direction.

"That's the question. Here's how I solved it. Military factories cannot survive on military orders alone. In that case. You have a lot of competitive pressure. Government spending is also significant. Both sides couldn't bear it. Especially now. The state of Qin needed money in every way. It is impossible to get the military to order large quantities of arms. Li You nodded in approval.

"So. We cancel a large number of military orders. It needs to be taken into account your interests. We've added some policies. Even we have to legislate to create a series of security and trading companies. These security trading companies have legal certificates of possession of firearms. They could take any military action outside the actual occupied area of the Qin army. That is, they need more advanced weapons. They are more organized and their personnel are well trained. Well-armed. Shang Wen waved his hand. Li You obviously sees a huge market. My eyes lit up a lot.

"That's it. The military will be able to reduce the number of military personnel. Further cuts in spending. These veterans can have many options. Of course. Getting into a security company is also a good option. Shang Wen changed the subject slightly.

"These people are there for safety. They must need a kind of reliability. And a powerful weapon. For example, the revolver you developed is pretty good. Cavalry used words. It's powerful. Shang Wen said.

"Your Excellency. I understand. Thank you for the reminder. Li You stood up and said. At the time when Shang Wen said these words. Li You's mind has broadened a lot. Before. Li You's arsenal has received orders from the people. But these lists are very small. It was not until the war was in full swing that the number of orders began to rise rapidly. But compared to the huge military order. The number of private orders is still very small. They don't make up a lot of them. This point was quickly ignored by Li You. But now. Accompanied by the end of military operations. As well as the establishment of a large number of security companies. Li You saw a business opportunity. He decided to develop the civilian market.

"That's right. Do you manufacture artillery in your factory? Shang Wen asked.

"Artillery. This is also produced. But is this open to the public? Li You asked.

"Of course. Artillery is allowed by the security company. Still, there is one more place that needs to be needed. It's the Navy. We cut defense spending. But I didn't think that all the services would be cut. This time it was mainly the Army. Some of the reduced spending will go to the Navy. The Navy needs a lot of artillery. And the requirements are very strict. I hope you'll pay attention. Shang Wen said.

"Thank you, sir, for the reminder." Li You saluted.

"Oh. No, no, no. It's nothing. I just wanted to tell you. The market is a very important subject. His preferences. It's up to you to figure it out for yourselves. There is only so much the government can do to help. Shanvin explains everything that is happening now from a liberal point of view.

Li You nodded in understanding. The conversation between the two ended. And the meaning of these conversations will be conveyed by Li You to the other arsenals. Other arsenals will begin to divert attention. Military orders are sought. But also to rely on the civilian market to feed itself. Meantime. Some of them began to pay attention to other industries. After all, they have a huge processing technology.

They aimed at the railways. Train locomotives.

Shang Wen went to the printing house. The issuance of banknotes requires strong anti-counterfeiting technology.

Just when the Qin State was busy. The dynamics of the six Kwantung countries are very uncertain.

The first is South Korea's attitude. Zhao Qi and the two countries joined forces to defeat the Yan State to Liaoxi in a short period of time. The two countries divided up a large amount of land. This made Han Wangan inclined to the Zhao-Qi alliance. wanted to use the Zhao-Qi alliance to suppress the Qin State. After all, the strength of the Qin State is too strong now. Especially the last exercise. Scare South Korea. I thought that the Qin State was going to destroy Korea. With the lesson of the last time. Han Wang'an was more inclined to find a suitable ally to deal with the Qin state. But this idea was opposed by all the ministers. But Han Wangan insisted on doing so. and sent envoys to Zhao to discuss the alliance between the three countries.

But all this was known to Princess Liuyi. She knew that this would not dissuade Han Wang'an's stupid behavior at all. If South Korea once aligned. The Qin State would definitely not interfere. It is possible to even destroy South Korea. Then a paper agreement in your own hands will become waste paper. Han Shu felt that this matter was very tricky. But in order to thwart Han Wangan's actions. Han Shu decided to assassinate the Korean envoy. Let this not happen. Meantime. She herself began to "emancipate the serfs", and she mobilized all the 20,000 civilians in her fiefdom. Give them a lot of money to enlist in the army. Go to the Qin State to receive secret training. Those women and children were mobilized on a large scale to seek a way out of the Qin State. This is labor output. These are not enough. She also had to actively develop trade with the Qin state. In the Qin state, she established a large trading house. Where is it. She imported a large number of goods that the Qin State could buy. From munitions to perfumes. She bought everything that the six countries didn't have. Then it was transported to Wei, Zhao, Qi, and Chu. She needs money. Money is very much needed. For money. She had to.