Chapter VIII Trade Competition
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Time is passing day by day, although there are many village chiefs who come to Jijia Village every day to buy weapons, but under Zhang Han's strict order, the weapons sold every day can only meet the requirements of a very small number of people, and the village chief who did not buy weapons simply lives in Jijia Village, waiting for the arrival of the latest batch of goods at any time.
It's not that Zhang Han deliberately made things difficult for them, the reason why he limited the number of weapons sold was because he really didn't want to make too much of a move. Although there are not many people in charge of this matter, it is not easy to put it on the table after all, so he is in line with the attitude of a long stream, and eats away at the villages in Guanzhong little by little.
After such a long time, Zhang Han can be regarded as having figured out the mind of the Chu camp. You must know that he sold weapons in private to collect the militia, although he did it very hidden, but there was no impermeable wall in the world, and he believed that Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng had already noticed it.
But they didn't mean to stop it, but they sat back and watched Zhang Han continue to operate step by step. Such a move of turning a blind eye to others may not be understood, but Zhang Han has long known about this, and this is exactly the opportunity for Xiang Yu's camp to weaken Liu Bang.
At the beginning, the righteous emperor Chu Huai Wang made a promise that whoever took the lead in breaking Xianyang would be crowned the king of Qin. Xiang Yu was entangled with Zhang Han in Zhaodi, but Pei Gong rushed into Xianyang before him, Xiang Yu was furious and wanted to attack Liu Bang, which led to the story of the Hongmen Banquet.
Although Liu Bang escaped at the Hongmen banquet, Xiang Yu was still wary of him and was unwilling to give up Qin Land to Liu Bang. Now Zhang Han, Sima Xin and others are bribing the people, but they are weakening Liu Bang, so Xiang Yu and Fan Zengle will definitely not stop it when they see such a situation.
The only one who may feel unhappy is Liu Bang, but with Xiang Yu supporting Zhang Han behind him, this dumb man has to swallow Liu Bang in his stomach.
If things continue like this, Zhang Han is sure that he will establish a militia system in the area near Xianyang before the princes take over the country in April, and once Xiang Yu leaves, he can rely on them to stabilize his rule.
But it's a pity that the plan can never catch up with the changes, and just in the past few days, two batches of weapons of unknown origin have entered the market. Different from the long stream of Jijia Village, these two sources are full-powered output weapons, which suddenly squeezed Jijia Village's business aside.
In King Yong's mansion, an emergency meeting was underway, and in addition to Zhang Han and Zhang Ping, Shi Cheng, who was in Jijia Village to coordinate the weapons business, also rushed back. At this moment, the situation is extremely grim, there are not many villages in Jijia Village who come to buy, if this continues, Zhang Han's overall plan will be ruined.
Zhang Ping took out a bamboo slip from his sleeve, unfolded the bamboo slip and took the lead in speaking: "Everyone knows the current situation, so I won't repeat it." This is the latest information I have investigated - some of the weapons that have recently entered the market have been shipped from warehouses in Liyang County, and some of them have been shipped from Shangjun. The ordnance in Liyang County was all spare equipment for the Xianyang garrison, while the ordnance in Shangjun was most likely from the Great Wall Corps. ”
Zhang Ping closed his mouth after introducing the information, although he did not specify the source, but Zhang Han and Shi Cheng already understood what he meant.
Liyang County has always been occupied by Sima Xin, and the weapons in the inventory flowed out, presumably because he was the one who made trouble. And Dong Fei has been active in Gaonu recently, and without his acquiescence, who can move the equipment of the Great Wall Corps.
Although Zhang Han had imagined that his encroachment would be resisted, he didn't expect that it was his two old subordinates who took the lead. He, the initiator of the exchange of weapons for militia, was in a very embarrassing position under the competition between Sima Xin and Dong Peng.
Thinking of the wanton operation of these two forces, Shi Cheng couldn't help but worry and asked: "They sell weapons with such fanfare, aren't they afraid that King Xiang will be held accountable?" ”
Zhang Han shook his head and explained to Shi Cheng: "King Xiang will leave sooner or later, he doesn't want to abide by the agreement at all, and make Duke Pei the King of Qin." The Chu people wish that a few of our Qin generals would grow stronger and use this to fight against Pei Gong, and he will definitely not care about this matter. ”
Seeing that Sima Xin and Dong Peng dared to sell weapons so with all their might, Zhang Han couldn't help but admire the two of them. The reason why he dared to sell weapons under Xiang Yu's nose was because he knew the development of history, so he could figure out Xiang Yu's thoughts at the moment.
But Sima Xin and Dong Peng are different, the two of them cannot know how history evolves, and they dare to do this completely out of their sense of the political wind.
Sima Xin has been a prisoner in Liyang County for decades, what kind of person has not been seen; And Dong Fei climbed up step by step from the army, and he also has a set of human feelings. When it comes to cunning and cunning, Zhang Han is really not as good as the two of them.
Both of these people are old fritters and can infer a lot of information from a little trace. Since they were not afraid, Zhang Han was bound to not admit it.
Thinking of this, Zhang Han slapped the table and stood up, and said loudly: "This king deliberately lowered the daily supply for the sake of safety, but now it seems that it is time to change, since they want to play big, I will play with them!" ”
Zhang Ping showed an excited look in his eyes, and loudly supported: "I have long wanted to teach these two traitors a lesson, big brother, you say, what do you want us to do?" ”
"Zhang Ping listens to the order, and you immediately take someone to monitor Sima Xin and Dong Fei, and report their every move in time."
"Yes!"
"From today onwards, there will be no restrictions on the supply of ordnance to the market, and as much as there is demand, it will be sold. Also, don't stay in Jijia Village and wait for the buyer to come to the door, you have to take the initiative and let your merchants go to various villages to sell by themselves. ”
"Yes!"
Zhang Han came up with a way to deal with it in a moment, even if Sima Xin and Dong Peng joined forces, he was not afraid at all. When it comes to marketing, where are the people of this era who are their opponents, this is the method they came up with, if Sima Xin and Dong Peng get more benefits, then he might as well not get it.
After the arrangement was completed, Shi Cheng and Zhang Ping hurriedly went down to implement it. Sure enough, as soon as Jijia Village opened its mouth, it immediately attracted more nearby villages, and the previously lost customers were instantly replenished. Coupled with the active promotion of the merchants, the speed of Zhang Han's annexation of the village was significantly accelerated, nearly twice as fast as that of Sima Xin and Dong Peng.
Just like Zhang Han has been monitoring the two, Sima Xin and Dong Fei are also paying attention to Zhang Han's movements at all times, and when they saw Zhang Han anxious and let go of the weapon output restrictions, the two of them suddenly couldn't sit still. For a time, many mysterious merchants appeared in Guanzhong and even Shangjun and Hanzhong, and the trade war between the three Qins reached an unprecedented scale......
"Lower the price of weapons and sell them at a 20% discount as before!" Seeing that the opponent's sales were catching up again, Zhang Han took the lead in offering the magic weapon of the price war in order to open up the gap.
In less than two days, the news came that the prices of Sima Xin and Dong Peng's weapons had also been reduced, and they had been directly reduced to half.
Thirty percent, two percent, one percent, and in the end it becomes a free gift!
In order to strengthen their competitiveness, Sanqin has gone crazy, this is no longer selling weapons, but a naked competition for the source of turf.
With such a large-scale sale of weapons, it is no longer possible to hide it from others, and the three forces simply no longer conceal it, and directly pick out the sale. The means of controlling the villages have also become more direct, completely skipping the procedure of the three old sifu and directly negotiating with the village chief of each village.
At this time, even the sluggish princes knew Zhang Han's intentions. Liu Bang has already looked for Xiang Yu several times for this matter, after all, according to the agreement, he entered Xianyang first, so the king of Qin should be in charge of him. Now seeing that Sanqin is crazy to buy the people, how can he sit still.
But Xiang Yu was bound not to stand up for him, but announced that this matter was a matter between the three Qin and the people of Qin, and the kings did not have to ask.
In this way, the three forces no longer have any scruples, and they completely tore their faces and began to grab territory.