Chapter 1108 I said this was a coincidence. Do you believe it?
Why do people need to read more?
Because the predecessors all wrote down the principles and insights of life in books.
In other words, you can get the experiences and lessons that the predecessors can only get by taking detours through reading, without having to go through it yourself.
For example, Confucius said: A gentleman is likened to righteousness, and a villain is likened to benefit.
It seems to be talking about the difference between a gentleman and a villain, but in fact it is also teaching future generations how to behave in the world.
When getting along with a gentleman, you should talk more about righteousness.
When talking to villains, talk more about benefits.
Especially for a true-hearted villain like Qin Bo, when Feng Junhou made a big profit, he was hit on the spot without distinction between east, west, north and south.
When he walked out of Zhendong General's Mansion, Qin Bo was still a little dizzy.
Before coming here, the school administration was actually quite worried about this trip.
the reason is simple.
Military affairs are not handled by the director of the school affairs office.
If you rashly get involved in military procurement matters, if you are not good at it, not only will you cut off people and money, but you will also make mistakes in the future.
For example, if someone loses a battle, those military leaders, in order to shirk responsibility, will blame the school affairs office for whatever reason.
The school affairs office has few close friends in the military, and he doesn’t know anything about the affairs of the military. If he is bitten by someone like this, he will really be unable to defend himself.
So when he came this time, Wu Zhongshu prepared a lot of chips in advance, just to impress Feng Junhou.
Unexpectedly, Feng Junhou was sincere towards others, but after hearing what the school affairs office wanted, he gave two solutions on the spot.
The first is the leasing method.
Da Wu sent people to learn how to fight on horseback, which certainly solved the problem of leading the army.
However, the weapons and armor used to form a cavalry army, especially the armored cavalry, cannot be produced overnight.
The war horses in the army cannot be cultivated in a year and a half.
It has to be piled up with real money and silver, and it has to be fed with countless money and grain, and it has to be piled up and fed continuously for a long time.
It takes time, effort, money and food.
Feng Junhou felt this and was willing to rent horses, armor and weapons in order to help Wu form an army as soon as possible and join the Han in attacking the Wei thieves.
At that time, Da Wu only needs to recruit people, train them a little, and then be led by people who have learned how to fight on horseback, and they will be able to form an army immediately.
Save time, effort, money and food.
For the school affairs office, these armors and weapons were all supplied by the Han Dynasty, and the school affairs office just changed hands.
If those military leaders are really capable, they should go to the Han State to hold them accountable - the Han State has repeatedly defeated the Wei thieves, but you are defeated with the same weapons. Is there any reason to blame the weapons?
The second is installment loans.
As Feng Junhou said, the world has been in chaos for a long time, and every place is suffering. At that time, seven out of ten Wei states in the world could not maintain the tiger and leopard cavalry.
How did the state of Wu have enough money and food to form an armored cavalry army?
But if there is no armored cavalry, how can we fight against Wei's elite cavalry in the plains of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, capture Hefei, and fulfill Emperor Sun's wish?
Therefore, for the sake of the alliance between the two countries, Feng Junhou was willing to guarantee that the Xinghan Association would lend money and food to the school office every year and return it in installments after five years.
Of course, this is a way of taking care of Emperor Sun’s face.
After all, one of the most important responsibilities of the school affairs office now is to make money for Emperor Sun.
The Xinghan Hui just happened to have some spare money.
Most of this money will definitely flow into Emperor Sun's treasury.
As for the small part...that's normal wear and tear.
These two methods combined can not only help Wu State build a powerful cavalry army in the shortest time, but also reduce Wu State's financial burden.
After hearing these two methods, Qin Bo was still immersed in shock even after he left the house.
The Han Dynasty has such great talents as Feng Junhou, no wonder it has prospered greatly.
Think again that if the school affairs office can facilitate this matter and help His Majesty go north to eliminate the bandits and capture Hefei, it will be a great achievement.
Qin Bo's heart could not help but beat faster and faster.
The only thing to worry about is that whether it is renting or borrowing, Dawu must have a mortgage.
After all, is there any free benefit in the world?
And it’s such a huge benefit.
The art of shipbuilding is only one of them.
It was only a trivial matter for Da Wu to send a group of shipbuilders to Han.
Jingzhou must meet the crude sugar quantity requirements of the Xinghan Hui within three years... This seems to be a key point.
But it coincides with the bargaining chip in the hands of the school government.
As for the specific quantity of jaggery, Feng Junhou has always paid no attention to such minutiae, and will discuss it slowly with Xinghan Hui later.
There are also checkpoints between Han and Wu. In the future, vehicle and ship taxes will not be levied on Han caravans traveling between the two countries.
According to Feng Junhou, this is to use the vehicle and ship tax paid by the Han caravan in Dawu as collateral.
Especially for the Xinghan Hui caravan, if someone is in trouble within the territory of Wu State, the school affairs office must come to help - this is a simple matter for the school affairs office.
It was tacitly understood in the past. If this matter can be facilitated in the future, then the school affairs office will be able to stand up openly.
Feng Junhou seems to attach great importance to the mortgage business tax, but it is also a good thing for the school government.
As long as the cooperation with the Xinghan Association can be made clear, His Majesty will only value the school affairs office more and more.
The last one is that within the territory of Dawu, the votes of the Xinghan Hui must be recognized and allowed to circulate among the people.
This is even less important.
Doesn't it mean that if the government doesn't recognize it, then those wealthy families will not use the bills circulated from Shu?
In fact, as long as there is still material exchange between Han and Wu, banknotes are the best choice - who makes Wu need things from Han?
As long as the Han State recognizes these notes, good things can be exchanged for them.
If one day the two countries cut off exchanges, these notes will become waste paper in Dawu. Who will think of using them?
As Qin was thinking about school affairs, he suddenly sighed in his heart:
“It is really a blessing for the school office to get to know such a generous person as Feng Junhou!”
“Feng Junhou has been helping me, Da Wu, for so many years. He is really an old friend of Da Wu!”
Not to mention the fact that Qin was sighing all the way, in the Zhendong General's Mansion, after he left, two people walked out from behind the screen in the living room.
It is General Guan and Zhang Xiaosi.
“Alang is really generous. Not only does he want to send money and food to Wu, but he also sends horses and weapons to others!”
Zhang Xiaosi, who had discussed this topic with Feng Junhou yesterday, had only finished speaking halfway when he went to climb the mountain with Feng Junhou.
The two of them were enjoying the sightseeing tour on the couch, and they were so excited that they finally forgot to continue talking about this topic.
Today I heard that Feng Junhou made his own decision and promised the people of Wu such huge benefits.
No matter how hard Zhang Xiaosi behaves, how can she see through the vicious means of economic and financial warfare in later generations due to the limitations of the times?
"It's a lease, not a gift." Old God Feng Junhou sat on the ground and emphasized to the two wives, "There is a difference between renting and giving away for free."
"What's the difference? With so many horses, weapons, armor, money and food in the hands of the Wu people, could it be that Alang still expects them to return them?"
General Guan and Zhang Xiaosi were sitting on the left and right sides of Feng Junhou. They heard what Zhang Xiaosi said and agreed very much.
If they hadn't been married for many years and knew Feng Junhou's character well, if he were the violent iceberg beauty he used to be, he would have to draw his sword and torture him if he had no choice but to ask if this person was a traitor sent by Wu State.
Feng Junhou heard Zhang Xiaosi’s words and smiled:
"I'm not a fool. How could I not know that if these things fall into their hands, there is absolutely no reason to return them?"
“So didn’t I also offer them a mortgage?”
Zhang Xiaosi still has doubts:
“Even if there is a mortgage, the capital can be repaid in the future, but in the end it will help the Wu people grow stronger.”
Feng Junhou couldn’t help laughing anymore:
“When I do business, when do I want to see the return on my capital? What I want to see is the dividends that are ten times or a hundred times.”
“How can we get dividends that are ten times or a hundred times?”
"Controlling Jingzhou, and even controlling the lifeline of Wu State in our hands, isn't it considered a tenfold and a hundredfold dividend?"
Hearing this, Zhang Xiaosi smiled happily: "I've been waiting for your words, why don't you tell us quickly?"
She had some guesses about Feng Junhou’s real purpose. At least she had known about it for a long time, to control Jingzhou’s food supply.
But at this time, she was surprised and happy to hear that Feng Junhou was no longer satisfied with this.
Feng Junhou looked at the two good wives sitting on his left and right, and then pointed to the north triumphantly:
“Bingzhou was conquered by Sanniang, and the right to smelt iron in Bingzhou was conquered by Siniang with the help of Siniang (Note: Bingzhou also includes the original land of Jiuyuan).”
“In the future, the ironware produced by Bingzhou will definitely be much stronger than that produced by Hanzhongye.”
Even if the quality does not improve much, the standards will be more unified and the output will be a leap forward.
In fact, if anthracite coal can be found in Bingzhou, the quality of ironware will definitely be greatly improved.
“So after the Battle of Guanzhong, the Han army’s military equipment will probably have to be replaced again.”
If we say that before the Prime Minister's Northern Expedition to Longyou, the mainstream weapons in the Han army were no different from those of Wei and Wu, and they were considered the first generation.
So after acquiring Longyou, the team headed by Amei used the Hanyang manufacturing standards set by the Hanyang Manufacturing Bureau and then delivered the armor and weapons mass-produced by Hanzhong Metallurgical Industry. This can be considered the second generation.
The second-generation weapons, due to the use of advanced technologies such as large blowers, coking coal, and hydraulic forging, are much better in quality than the weapons of Wei and Wu.
But it also has shortcomings.
That is, although the standard was formulated early, this standard was designed on the basis of the first generation and had the limitations of the first generation.
The most critical thing is that various adjustments need to be made continuously through actual combat.
Taking the current Modao Camp as an example, the weapon configuration is more rational than during the Battle of Jieting.
The earliest second-generation weapons are quite different from the second-generation weapons that have been updated in recent years.
The repeated battles over the years have accumulated a thick stack of experience summaries for the team led by Amei.
The conditions for formulating standards for third-generation weapons are now gradually mature.
Obviously, after replacing the third-generation weapons, they went to compete with Wei for the Central Plains and Hebei.
“Can’t all the obsolete weapons in the army be used to make farm tools?”
Farming tools do not require that much iron, so it would be a waste to use all of them to make weapons.
It certainly cannot flow into the hands of the barbarians on a large scale like the first-generation weapons were eliminated.
The most is the most, that is, adding some more to Yi Cong and Hu Qi.
“So it’s better to lend it to the state of Wu to lure Sun Quan and prevent him from falling to the state of Wei as much as possible.”
Still, even if Sun Quan is thinking about his backbone now, did he really dare to "hit the Yongan" **** -level copy?
Then it is better to open the two difficult level dungeons in Hefei and Xiangyang.
Especially after having the pseudo-armored cavalry, how could Emperor Sun, who believed that he was strong enough to fight against Wei's fine cavalry, be willing to fulfill his dream of Hefei if he didn't try to realize it?
Anyway, if it were Feng Junhou, he would definitely not be willing to do so.
To save others by oneself, Feng Junhou believed that Emperor Sun, who was obsessed with Hefei, would only be more unwilling to do so.
This is the human heart and human nature.
Luring Emperor Sun and the State of Wei to continue bloodletting under the city of Hefei—whether it was the blood of the State of Wu or the State of Wei—would only be good for the Han, and would have no harm.
"As for the second thing," Feng Junhou chuckled, "As the saying goes, it is better to buy than to build, and it is better to rent than to buy. Most people in the world think that it is easy to take refuge."
"How can it be so easy to build armored cavalry? Wu needs to start from scratch, and it is even more difficult."
It took Feng Junhou more than ten years to establish the Han Dynasty's workshop industry, which was not even the weakest industrial base.
Wu Guo wants to start from scratch, how easy is it?
“If you can buy it, it will definitely be more convenient, saving worry, effort and time.”
“If you don’t even have the money to buy, but you still want it, then you can only rent.”
This is also the human heart and human nature.
“Whether it’s renting or buying, on the surface, it does seem like you’re getting temporary convenience and taking advantage.”
“But as time goes by, you will become more and more dependent on others, and eventually others will control your supply.”
"One day, the two countries will fall out and the Han will no longer provide these things to Wu. How can Wu build them in a hurry?"
You can't say to a big man, "Wait a minute, give me a few more years, let me first find a way to build a batch of weapons that have never been built before, right?"
The initial price reduction, or even loss-making and profit-making, was all to cultivate users' consumption habits, only to gain a monopoly position in the future, and even control the lifeblood.
After explaining all this, Feng Junhou looked at General Guan on his left and Secretary Zhang on his right, and said with a smile:
"How is it? Is my strategy for the country considered appropriate?"
Even if there are loopholes, it doesn't matter, anyway, he is not the one who makes the final decision.
There is another emperor in Hanzhong.
At that time, Adou hummed a few words to indicate that something was not right here. Let’s discuss it again. Isn’t that okay?
How do you say that?
Send you to death, and I will take the blame?
Now Feng Junhou said: I have finished all the work, as my brother-in-law, what's wrong with you taking the blame?
After listening to Feng Junhou’s plan, the two head wives of the Feng family remained silent for a long time.
General Guan subconsciously thought of his Alang's plan for Youzhou when he was in Bingzhou.
At that time, just Dao was already considered a rare poisonous trick.
I never wanted to hear the planning of Wu Guo now, letting her refresh her cognition again.
Seeing General Guan, he couldn’t help but blurt out:
“I’ve already made a long-term plan to destroy Youzhou Ma Yuan, but I didn’t expect that not long after that, Alang actually came up with an even worse plan!”
"I still underestimate Alang. Compared with this plan, the people who moved to Hanzhong are not the best in Hanzhong..."
Feng Junhou, who was waiting for his two wives to praise him, his face suddenly darkened when he heard this!
Zhang Xiaosi pondered for a long time, and then suddenly clapped his hands:
“My sister is right! I think back then, Alang got a lot of benefits from his plan to relocate to Hanzhong. In my opinion, this time, I’m afraid he will try his old trick again.”
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Feng Junhou categorically denied, "I am making suggestions for the country, and you two can't have good words in your mouth!"
Zhang Xiaosi imitated Feng Junhou and raised his head and laughed:
"Your Majesty, there are still some things in your plan that you haven't fully explained yet. Do you think I don't know about them?"
Feng Junhou squinted his eyes and was displeased.
Zhang Xiaosi did not show any weakness at all, gritted his teeth and said bitterly:
“The Xinghan Hui has obtained the right to smelt iron in Bingzhou and has just found a lot of coal in Bingzhou. You immediately proposed this plan.”
"Now that Guanzhong is exhausted, even if the emperor moves the capital, it will take at least two or three years for the court to restore production in Guanzhong. How can there be extra time to build so many iron tools?"
“If you really find iron ore in Bingzhou, who else can the imperial court buy iron from except Xinghanhui?”
The more Zhang Xiaosi talked, the more he felt that this person had been planning this day for a long time!
How much iron will the Han Dynasty need to use to eliminate the old weapons in the army and sell a batch of armor and weapons to Wu for the armored cavalry?
How long will it take to build the company just by relying on Han MCC?
Counting from the Battle of Longyou, it may not be accurate to say that it took ten years just to replace the weapons in the Han army, but it should be six or seven years.
If you want to start plotting against Wu State now, how can you wait so long?
Not to mention taking Bingzhou and Guanzhong, the Han Dynasty will definitely expand its army. How much iron will be needed to build new weapons? Plus Wu Guo... I can't even imagine it!
This link is intertwined with the other, watertight. If someone didn't plan it in advance, you won't believe it!
"No, you must know that there is iron ore in Bingzhou, maybe you have found it, but you have been hiding it from me, right?"
Feng Junhou suddenly blushed and argued:
“Nonsense! How can you taint someone’s innocence out of thin air?!”
"You are so innocent!" Zhang Xiaosi heard this and looked at the man's face, and he understood completely.
She couldn't restrain her anger, and in front of General Guan, she directly jumped on him and scratched him:
“You even lied to me! It’s a pity that I felt guilty for so long when I saw Xinghan would leave the land in Guanzhong! I lied! You should lie well!”
“You actually asked my concubine to help you ask the palace for the iron smelting power of Bingzhou! Do you have any conscience? Do you have any conscience? You are so lucky to do it! I hate you so much!”
“King of ghosts! Really king of ghosts! You talk nonsense and you can’t believe a word of it!”
The more you talk about it, the more angry you get, so you just bite it.
“No, no, really no, how can there be any iron ore, it’s nothing!”
Feng Junhou screamed and begged for mercy.
Just when General Guan couldn't see it anymore and was about to stop him, there was a sudden knock on the door.
"who?"
Amei's voice came: "Mr., it's me."
Feng Junhou is worthy of being my good concubine, who understands the savior at the critical moment.
“Come in quickly and talk!”
Amei, who was full of joy, pushed open the door and walked in. Before she could see the situation in the room clearly, she couldn’t wait to say:
“Alang, there’s good news from Taiyuan. Iron ore has been found! It’s a big iron ore! It was made with explosives...”
Before she finished speaking, she swallowed her words.
Because she seemed to have seen something inappropriate.
The male gentleman’s face had turned pale. He lowered his head and said to Mrs. Zhang:
“Siniang, if I say this is a coincidence, would you believe it?”
Mrs. Zhang, who was lying in her husband's arms, raised her head and heard what she said. She suddenly opened her mouth again, lowered her head and bit down hard!
"ah!"
The extremely tragic screams of Feng Junhou rang out from General Zhendong’s Mansion.
(End of this chapter)