The Weapon Tycoon Who Traveled to Great Qin

"What kind of meeting is this? It's so noisy." Yingyu asked Shangwen to take her out of here before the meeting was over.

"Haha, I guess you heard it too." Shang Wen said.

"Qin State is developing the Western Regions, a large country in the Western Regions. There may be a large amount of coal, gold, copper, manganese, and chromium in this country." Shang Wen said to Yingyu.

"There is another thing, cotton, but this kind of cash crop still needs a long time to mature, and whether the industry can accept this kind of cash crop also takes time. Because of the time factor." Shang Wen at this time. Speaking of Yingyu.

"This meeting did not go smoothly." Shang Wen said to Ying Yu.

"Yeah. I understand." Yingyu actually understood what the meeting meant. But she wanted to know Shangwen's thoughts clearly.

"I want to ask." Yingyu asked at this moment looking at Shang Wen.

"What?" Shang Wen asked.

"How can you be sure that there will be coal, gold, copper, manganese, and chromium in Dawan. I know that chromium ore is the metal for guns in the manufacturing area, and selling these metals alone is enough for us to earn. "Ying Yu asked.

"Well. This place must have abundant resources. As for where it is, I don't know, but I have one thing for sure." Shang Wen said.

"What?" Ying Yu asked.

"Coal is absolutely indispensable. There is more open coal there than in the north," Shang Wen said.

"If the steel industry is developed there, I think it is very sufficient. Qin's demand for the Western Regions will definitely not be less." Shang Wen said at this time.

"Yeah. I see. Which areas do you want our bank to enter? While making loans and investing at the same time, it will have an absolute advantage if it is developed as soon as possible." Yingyu said.

"Right." Shang Wen nodded.

"That’s what I mean. You are just going to do steel business. Therefore, I suggest that you better enter Dawan in advance, or follow the railway directly into Dawan. The development of resources there is far There are more than six countries’ development opportunities.” Shang Wen said.

"Well. I will pay attention to this aspect, but I still hope you can solve the steel problem for me as soon as possible." Yingyu smiled and said to Shangwen.

"Yeah." Shang Wen nodded.

"Okay, I will solve this problem as soon as possible." Shang Wen nodded and said. Then Yingyu smiled and left. And Shang Wen wants to solve this problem.

Zhao Country, Handan, thirty miles west of the city.

"These are all stamping equipment just introduced from the State of Qin. With these equipment, when our factory re-manufactures grenades, it will be much simpler." Zhao De, director of the Handan Arms Factory of Zhao State, introduced.

"Yeah." Li Mu just nodded.

"Qin people’s machinery and equipment must be thoroughly understood. This time, it is the equipment provided by Qin’s Wenyang arsenal, although we have very few shares in our hands. Most of them are processed by Qin people, and the management is ours, but you You must learn well. Master the processing technology of the people of Qin." Li Mu asked.

"Yes, Prime Minister." Zhao De said with a nod.

This Zhao State's Handan arsenal is a joint venture of Qin State Wenyang arsenal. Wenyang Arsenal occupies most of the shares. Among them, the arms purchase order signed with Yan State is also handled by this arsenal, because it is relatively close to Yan State, and there are a lot of iron ingots for them to use, and cheap labor costs are also important. Consider factors. This allows the cost of grenades and landmines produced by Wenyang Arsenal to be greatly reduced.

Since Zhao Guo dealt with the tempered glass infringement incident, Zhao Guo has obtained a series of technical patents. For example, Zhao Guo Handan became a new cement processing plant and glass processing plants. Zhao Guo also produced glass. It can meet some special needs. For example, Zhao Guo can produce cheap glass lenses, which can produce cheap telescopes on a large scale. A lot of sales have been generated.

In addition, some glass factories have also begun to produce glass jars. These glass jars were transported to nearby mountainous areas, where Qin and Zhao established some canning factories together. These are the huge concessions made by Zhao Guo in patented technology.

If Zhao Guo insisted on his glass technology patents, the people of Qin Guo would see that their technology patents could not be guaranteed, so they would hesitate and make it difficult to make large-scale new investment and construction. Similarly, the technology would not be able to come to Zhao Guo. But after dealing with the technology patents, the people of Qin Guoren saw Zhao Guoren's determination to protect the technology patents. Such determination attracted more Qin technology manufacturers to set up joint ventures in Qin. The number of factories has also increased.

Li Mu personally visited the hand grenade manufacturing workshop in Handan Arms Factory. At present, there are two workshops in the grenade manufacturing workshop. One is under construction and a small part of the workshop is under construction. They use Qin Guo's stamping machine tools and cutting machine tools to manufacture some simple grenade parts. There is also an iron ball and iron wire production line. Such a production line meets some simple military needs.

In the other workshop, the number of people produced and the processing equipment are relatively simple. The original hand craftsmen of Zhao Guo produce here. They are grenades produced by hammers in their hands and other simple tools, and the grenades produced are obviously replicated. The quality of the produced is very irregular. The good ones can surpass the hand grenades produced by Qin Guoren's machines, but the quantity is small, and the poor ones can be seen at a glance, because some grenades are only picked up, revealing the black powder inside.

"This kind of quality is too bad." Li Mu said to Zhao De, holding a very crude grenade with some displeasure.

"This." Zhao De didn't know how to explain.

"You have to change this quality. Our soldiers cannot fight the enemy with such weapons." Li Mu said solemnly.

"This. There is no way." Zhao De said with some embarrassment at this time.

"There is no way, oh, let me ask you, why can the people of Qin make such a good grenades, why can't you make them?" Li Mu asked solemnly.

"This." Zhao De swallowed a mouthful of water.

"The prime minister, this is the case. Our personnel are all untrained, and we are also trying to rush to work. So." Zhao De can only find reasons that are not reasons.

"These are not reasons. In fact, I think they are all your reasons." Li Mu said angrily.

"Who is the factory manager here, get out of me. Who is the factory manager, get out. Hurry up and get out of me." At this moment, the soldier appeared in the workshop.

"Which one of you is the factory director, stand up for Lao Tzu. Don't let Lao Tzu kill him." The soldier shouted annoyedly, waving the pistol in his hand.

Hearing the yelling of the soldier, the factory next to him stopped and looked at the soldier. And Director Zhao De was so scared that he didn't know what to do.

"Prime Minister, this is a heavy munitions site. Once the fire goes out, it will cause a very hidden safety hazard." Li Zuoche looked at Li Mu worriedly, and motioned to the guard next to him to drop the opponent's gun.

"Stop it for me." Li Mu shouted at this moment.

"You." Hear the shout. The officer stopped subconsciously, then looked at Li Mu. But when he saw that it was his chief. He was so scared that he saluted.

"Hello, sir." The officer stood still and said.

"Scared me with his gun." Li Mu ordered angrily.

"It's the sir." The guard next to him quickly stepped forward and took the officer's gun.

"What's your name? What job is it?" Li Mu asked.

"Reporter chief. My name is Li Bing. It is the commander of the second company of the first battalion of the 29th regiment." Li Bing replied.

"I ask you, do you know where this is?" Li Mu asked solemnly at this time.

"Report sir, this is the arsenal." Li Bing replied.

"Okay. Knowing that this is an arsenal, why dare you to walk around with a gun. Do you know if you fire a shot, if that bullet hits the ammunition, what kind of consequences will it cause, do you know? "Li Mu asked angrily.

"This. I know." Li Bing also knew what the consequences were, and replied helplessly.

"Okay. Just know it, go back to the Military Law Department to collect the punishment." Li Mu ordered.

"Yes. Sir." Li Bing shouted at this time.

Immediately, Li Bing turned around and left here.

"Wait." At this moment Li Mu stopped Li Bing.

"Sir, is there anything else?" Li Bing has lost his arrogance.

"What are you looking for in the arsenal here?" Li Mu asked curiously.

"That's it, sir. I also feel very wronged." Li Bing heard Li Mu's question and reported it all at once.

"Speak slowly, and talk about the reason you are here." Li Mu said.

"Report chief. I came here to shoot the **** director. The grenades they produce are of poor quality." Li Bing reported. Hearing this, Zhao De bowed his head in fright and said nothing.

"How bad is it?" Li Mu asked.

"Sir, these grenades are so bad. We threw them out. We didn't explode. They exploded before they threw them. What's more, a good box of grenades became landmines. We are going to get mines, and we will explode them for nothing For this reason, a company of mine, several brothers died, in order to avenge these brothers, so I came here." Li Bing very simply reported.

Hearing this, Li Mu couldn't help looking at the arsenal director Zhao De next to him. And Li Bing also noticed Zhao De. If his chief was not here, he would have rushed to beat the opponent.

"This is the Zhao Guo grenade we made." Li Mu said coldly.

"I didn't blow up the enemy, but killed his own people." Li Mu said coldly.

"This. Prime Minister, there is no other way. Our Zhao country's processing level is like this. We can't surpass Qin country." Zhao De said with excuses.

"Excuses." Li Mu said fiercely.

"This matter, let the Ministry of Justice take care of it. Let's go and see elsewhere." Li Mu said at this time.

"Come here." Li Mu said to Li Bing.

"Come here and tell me about your use of these weapons in the army." Li Mu said to Li Bing. The arsenal has a great relationship with Zhao's weapons and equipment. Li Mu must understand some details. Only in this way can he understand the situation on the front line.

Inside the mine workshop.

"Sir. Actually, I think Qin's man-made weapons are very useful and powerful. I heard that the explosives in them are different. Our engineers have disassembled them and looked at them. Our explosives are all Black gunpowder, people use yellow explosives. The power is very powerful. Such explosives are very easy to use. The hand grenade is also made by Qin Guo, which can be seen at a glance, and the one made by Zhao Guo is very special. Rough. You can tell at a glance." Li Bing said to Li Mu.

"Well. Are Qin's mines and grenades so easy to use?" Li Mu asked.

"Yes, sir. It's very easy to use. Brothers can't wait to encounter such grenades during the test. Our grenades, especially the ones made by Zhao Guo, are reluctant in their hearts. Some simply don't pull the fire. Throwing it out, saying that it is a fire and then explode, there is no delay at all." Li Bing said angrily.

Hear here. Li Mu didn't dare to keep asking. Because Li Mu had already got the answer he wanted.

In Handan city, in Li Mu's prime minister's mansion.

"This is made by our Zhao Guo. The quality is amazing." Li Muxin said unwillingly. What I saw today hit him too much. Originally, he thought that the quality of the production in Zhao State's arsenal would not be worse if it was checked again, but he did not expect that it would be so much worse.

"Prime Minister, I think that the current problem should be solved." Li Zuoche proposed.

"Why is there such a big gap between what we made in Zhao Guo and Qin Guo? I heard that South Korea's Xinzheng and Wei Guo Daliang can imitate something better than Qin Guo." Li Zuoche said of Austria. .

"Well. We need to find out the specific reasons, but the most urgent task is to solve and improve the current situation in the Zhao State Handan Arms Factory. In terms of management, I think we still need to learn from the people of Qin State. And our management should also follow. Zhao. The country should organize a group of people to study hard and improve the quality of Zhao country." Li Mu said solemnly.

"It's the prime minister." Li Zuoche nodded and said.

In the palace of the prime minister of Qin State Xianyang.

"What?" Meng Yi stood up and shouted at this moment.

"I think we should sell these four main steel-producing places and sell them to the bankers so that they can expand steel production." Shang Wen said again.

"No. Resolutely no. These steel production areas are handled by the Qin government. If you do this, it is equivalent to giving Qin's official factories to the bankers. If you do so, it will harm Qin's interests. You are like this. It is very dangerous to do so, and I firmly disagree." Meng Yi immediately objected to Shangwen's reorganization method.

Seeing Meng Yi's resolute opposition, Shangwen couldn't continue, but Shangwen believed that his approach was right. The reorganization, in fact, was to weaken the government's influence and then use market methods to expand steel production.

"I know that doing so, you think it is losing the interests of Qin State, but doing so can expand the production of steel for Qin State." Shang Wen said to Meng Yi.

"The Qin government has lost the ability to produce steel, how much profit can it bring?" Meng Yi asked puzzled.

"This chrome, let me explain it to you slowly," Shang Wen said to Meng Yi.

"If the princess does not come to me to solve the chromium problem today, then Qin will also face this problem in the future." Shang Wen said.

"At the beginning, steel was the main demand. Other civilian commercial steel plants seemed to be called steel plants. In fact, they should be called iron plants. The real steel is in the hands of our government, because the first demand of steel is to satisfy the military. Need. At that time, it did meet our military needs." Shang Wen said.

"But now, military demand has been greatly reduced, but civilian demand has increased a lot. From the current civilian demand, the demand for steel in the future will greatly increase to an astonishing level. Not only railways, but also Qin's construction industry needs not only Qin, but also the six countries, the Western Regions, and other undeveloped regions. They all need a lot of steel. However, as far as Qin’s current steel output is concerned, it is far from enough. At this time, Zhao Guo also had an iron plant. I believe that it will not be long before there will be more iron plants with the discovery of iron smelting technology and other iron ore and coal mines. In that case, they will enter the field of steel sooner or later. Say, if our Qin State does not make progress, will they be overtaken by them?" Shang Wen asked.

"Yes, definitely." Meng Yi nodded and said.

"That's right. Since you know that you will catch up, why don't you want to solve the problem of steel production? I know that you think that the reorganization of such a steel company is not good for the Qin government. I don't think so." Shang Wen said.

"Steel companies need a new development, an era of large-scale production. Now the demand for steel far exceeds our imagination, but the output of steel cannot be satisfied. Our only way is to let more people produce steel. I understand Yes. We have more steel production technologies in our hands, as well as some alloy steel technologies. Such technical limitations limit our steel development. We need to reorganize and let them produce more steel and more varieties of alloys. Steel, only in this way can we Qin maintain our leading position in technology, instead of using blockades to meet our own needs." Shang Wen said to Meng Yi.

"Okay. You are right, but if we reorganize, our interests will suffer a great loss. What should we do?" Meng Yi asked.

"This is what the government wanted. The government will move to the construction of some cities in the next step. The government can do it on this. The rest is left alone. The reorganization, in fact, is to give way to those commercial groups in the Qin State. Let them produce." Shang Wen said.

"Well. What we have to do now is to change the king's mind." Meng Yi said to Shang Wen. Although I don't understand Shangwen's reorganization. Shangwen's explanation is also rather vague, because Meng Yi can't understand what Shangwen means by doing this. But Meng Yi still supports Shang Wen.

"This, I'll find a way." Shang Wen said.

"What we need to do now is to increase the output of steel. If Qin does not mention the output, there will be great danger." Shang Wen said seriously. Meng Yi nodded when he heard this, he agreed with what Shang Wen said.

Xinzheng, South Korea.

"This plan is very good. If we spend a lot of money on the Qi State project, it will be very unfavorable for us." Han Shu nodded and said.

"Yes, the prince and the minister also saw this point and thought it was feasible. However, we should be aware of one point. The people of Qin said that they would invest in a very large project. We don’t know what kind of project the other party wants to invest in. It takes up a lot of funds. We need to pay attention to this." Zhang Liang said with some worry.

"Yeah." Han Shu nodded.

"According to the truth, this railway project is big enough. After all, it needs a lot of funds and materials. But what I didn't expect is that Qin has a bigger project than this. This is really hard to guess "Han Shu thought for a while and said.

"What do you think this project is?" Han Shu asked at this time.

"This, the minister can't guess it, but the minister thinks that it may be something from the Western Regions. After all, the people of Qin are all over there." Zhang Liang said.

"Well. In this way, the people of Qin will continue to expand in the Western Regions." Han Shu said.

"This is a very important opportunity for us in South Korea. Qin people will not notice us if they expand westward. We should step up maritime expansion. After all, maritime expansion is very beneficial to us." Han Shu said.

"It's just that the current main passages are still not opened. Not only these, the Chu State has no intention to cease the war. We occupied Jimo City, but the main passages were not opened. There is no sign of the Chu army retreating. We continue to increase troops. , Still wait for the situation to become more clear." Zhang Liang said.

"Well, the people of Chu Kingdom don't know how to stop the war, so we will step up our assistance to let them come to power as soon as possible. At the same time, we must unite with other countries to make an increase in troops. If it doesn't work, we Just open up the channel." Han Shu said decisively.

"My lord, if you do this, you are a little too impulsive. Our burden will increase a lot, and the situation will further intensify, and there will be a tendency to lose control. This is very unfavorable to us. The minister thinks that we should let it go, wait and see. Make a decision after the situation becomes clear," Zhang Liang persuaded.

"We waited passively like this. What if the situation develops suddenly to our disadvantage?" Han Shu said.

"Since the Chu people don't care, we force them to make a choice and let them deal with emergencies here." Han Shu said.

Hearing this, Zhang Liang could only nod his head. He knew that Han Shu wanted to quickly solve the channel problem, and Zhang Liang was a little worried about the impact of the next step.