Chapter 70 Slave Traders
Of course, since Li Zhe dares to play such a brain, he must have a certain idea in his heart, as a member of the ruling class of the Emperor and Song Dynasty nobles, Li Zhe said that the nobles who can't fight the idea of the court are not good nobles.
Where exactly does this money come from, hey! Of course, it is going to come out of the Great Song Dynasty.
The flintlock pistol in his small manor, the flintlock pistol tailored for the officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty today, was not made for nothing, just for exercises.
This flintlock pistol was also made by him personally leading his subordinates to appear in the big colonel parade, which can be called a surprise to the audience, and shocked how many veteran generals in the army. It is said that His Royal Highness King An was personally present to watch the martial arts exercise, can they see the value of this flintlock pistol that Li Zhe took out?
As the so-called Jiang Taigong fishing, those who wish to take the bait, Li Zhe's participation in this big competition, in fact, has another function, that is, this competition, to a certain extent, is a large-scale advertisement with amazing effect that he played for the flintlock pistol produced in his workshop!
Now who doesn't know that the self-generated firearm that he Li Zhe took out is easy to use, and who doesn't know that his Li Zhe's soldiers are holding this firearm to break the Japanese army's Xiaocai battalion, and only a hundred ordinary firecrackers can even defeat the elite Xiaocai battalion in the army, which has been through a hundred battles.
Those officers who personally watched the Wudu Dabi saw it and knew that the credit for defeating the Xiao cavalry battalion was certainly the role of the new flintlock pistol, but it was more dependent on Li Zhe, who gave full play to the merit of the formation of the new flintlock pistol.
But those laymen, where do they understand this truth, they must still think that it is because Wudu used the new gun, and the ordinary infantry who lost this new gun can actually defeat the Xiao Cavalry Battalion.
The gun factory of the Internal Affairs Department in the palace of King An may be very unhappy to see the birth of this firecracker, but those active duty officers, as well as the retired officers of the Senate, saw the performance of the officers and soldiers of Wudu holding this firearm in the big competition, and I am afraid that they are also holding back their strength and are anxious to promote the purchase of Li Zhe's self-made firearms in the army.
Even King An's own family can't stop this force.
Moreover, even if the official army reacts slowly and it is too late to promote the military's large-scale purchases for a while, none of those bigwigs who have private armies overseas and colonization projects are eager to want Li Zhe to buy guns here.
Our big Song Dynasty doesn't have a ban on guns.
Those volunteer soldiers and colonization regiments who have been fighting overseas all the year round may not be as good as the officers and soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty in terms of actual combat effectiveness, but they are never stingy in buying guns and improving their own combat effectiveness. It has always been in front of the official army of the Great Song Dynasty.
Don't even think about it, I'm afraid it won't be long before Li Zhe's baron's mansion will be crowded with people who come to buy guns.
Li Zhe spent so much money at the beginning and used various means to increase the production capacity of his small workshop, but it was not for this time to prepare.
That night, Li Zhe tossed and turned in his own bed, and ruthlessly set a series of "tricks" to make money with his own musket, to sharpen his own butcher knife, and to say that he had to slaughter these private lords who came to buy guns, this opportunity is rare in a century, he Li Zhe carefully recalled his business methods from the fragmentary memories of later generations, what business wars, what marketing psychology or something, hehe! This is a state procurement! The purchased goods are still arms! In this world, only the arms business can be prosperous.
In his previous life, he Li Zhe had never had the opportunity to play such a lofty game, and this time, he crossed over, and he had to live such an addiction no matter what.
The next day, sure enough, before Li Zhe got up early and had time to finish breakfast, someone came to the door first, and when he saw it, it turned out to be an acquaintance, Fang Jueyuan of Mengzhou Daily.
This visitor made Li Zhe a little puzzled, and he was wondering what happened when Lao Fang suddenly came to the door, but when he saw it in the living room, he immediately understood, it turned out that Lao Fang Jue was not alone, but with someone.
As soon as Fang Jueyuan saw Li Zhe, he preemptively congratulated Li Zhe on his attack, and now he has officially become the lord of the Great Song Dynasty, hehe! The two of them were stunned for a while, and when it was Fang Jueyuan's turn to introduce the companions around him, Fang Jueyuan's face was embarrassed, and he said:
"This is the shareholder of our daily newspaper, the major shareholder," Fang Jueyuan's face was sneering, he didn't know what to say, but the major shareholder stood up and said:
"Your surname is Huang, Huang Lixing, I've seen the lord!"
This person surnamed Huang has a smile on his face, a big belly, and looks like a businessman.
"Oh, it turned out to be Huang Yuanwai, look up for a long time!"
Li Zhe cupped his fists perfunctorily,
But Huang Lixing came up upside down, and when he asked, it turned out that this Huang member was also here to buy a gun.
Li Zhe was taken aback, turned around and looked at Fang Jueyuan in surprise.
But in exchange for Fang Jueyuan's helpless face, he spread his hands and explained carefully to Li Zhe.
It turned out that Huang Yuan, the backstage gold owner of this Mengzhou Daily, was a member of the maritime businessman, and his footsteps involved Tianfang, Egypt, Ethiopia, Falklands and other places, and even as far as South Africa, where the military had just set foot, and the business was mainly done with local products, the most important of which was the slave trade, that is, the legendary Kunlun slave.
These Kunlun slaves from Yanzhou are strong and strong, and they are born with a simple character, which is much easier to domesticate than the natives from all over the country, and is very popular with the lords of the manors in the three feudatories.
Huang Yuanwai's slave trade business is easy to make, I heard that he can make a lot of money, but he does this, and it is not so easy to mix when he returns to Mengzhou City, and the impression of the Great Song Dynasty and the opposition on this business is not good, all kinds of suppression openly and secretly, who is willing to get close to a slave trader, and he has an indescribable reputation.
That's why this Huang Yuanwai wants to invest in a newspaper like Mengzhou Daily, so as to have a good reputation among the government and the opposition.
In order to gain a foothold in the people, these maritime merchants have really worked hard.
And Fang Jueyuan also wanted his money, and promised in advance that he would never interfere with the specific management and operation of the daily newspaper, and the two hit it off, so that the now famous Mengzhou Daily was created.
No wonder Fang Jueyuan's expression was always a little unwilling when he came into the door today, and there was always a feeling on his face that he was not so embarrassed to see people, as if he had lost a lot of people in front of Li Zhe.
He didn't know that Li Zhe didn't care about the reputation of a slave trader outside Huang Yuan, what did it matter if he sold Kunlun slaves, maybe he Li Zhe would have an intersection with this industry in the future.
This time, Huang Yuanwai heard about the reputation of Lee's fire gun, and rushed to come to the door to purchase. It is precisely because of the relationship with Li Zhe that there is Mengzhou Daily, and with this relationship, Li Zhe is naturally really embarrassed not to agree, so he has to agree, but the promise is a promise, and Li Zheke also slaughtered the knife in the price of the firecracker.
Twenty pounds of money! It is equipped with a matching bayonet, some projectile gunpowder, etc.
Li Zhe thought that this price was already a lion's mouth, but who knew that the yellow man didn't blink his eyes, but immediately agreed as if he had picked up a big bargain, which made Li Zhe puzzled, and said in his heart, could it be that this price is still a little low?