Chapter 1117 I said this was a coincidence, do you believe it?
Why do people need to read more?
Because the predecessors have written down the principles and insights of life in books.
In other words, you can get the experiences and lessons that the predecessors only gained by taking detours through reading, and you don’t have to go through it yourself again.
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, use more words to gain advantage.
Especially for a true-hearted villain like Qin Bo, Feng Junhou made a big profit and 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.
Matters in the military are not handled by the director of the school affairs office.
If you rashly intervene in military procurement matters, if you are not good at it, not only will you cut off people and money, but something will really go wrong 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 no close friends in the military, and they don't know anything about the affairs in the military. If someone bites you like this, you will really have no excuse.
Therefore, when he came this time, Wu Zhongshu prepared a lot of chips in advance, just to impress Feng Junhou.
I never expected that Feng Junhou would treat people sincerely, 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 formation of a cavalry army, especially the weapons and armor used by the armored cavalry army, could not 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, it has to be fed with countless money and food, 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.
When the time comes, Da Wu only needs to recruit people, train a little, and then be led by people who have learned the art of cavalry warfare, and he will be able to form an army immediately.
Save time, effort, money and food.
For the school affairs office, these armors and weapons were supplied by the Han Dynasty, and the school affairs office just changed hands.
If those military leaders were really capable, they would go to the Han State to hold them accountable.
The second is installment loans.
As Feng Junhou said, the world has been at war for a long time, and every place is suffering. At that time, seven out of ten Wei states were unable to maintain the tiger and leopard cavalry.
How did Wu have enough money and food to form a cavalry army?
But if there is no armored cavalry, how can we fight against Wei's elite cavalry in the plains of Jianghuai, capture Hefei, and fulfill the wishes of Emperor Sun?
Therefore, for the sake of the alliance between the two countries, Feng Junhou was willing to come forward to guarantee that the Xinghan Association would lend a sum of money and food to the school affairs office every year and return it in installments after five years.
Of course, this is to take 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 Sun University.
Most of this money will definitely flow into Emperor Sun's treasury.
As for the small part...that's normal wear and tear.
The combination of these two methods can not only help Wu build a powerful cavalry army in the shortest time, but also reduce Wu's financial burden.
After hearing these two methods, Qin Bo was still immersed in shock even after he came out of the house.
With such great talents as Feng Junhou, it is no wonder that the Han Dynasty prospered greatly.
Then I thought that if the school affairs office could facilitate this matter and help His Majesty go north to eliminate the bandits and capture Hefei, it would really be a great achievement.
Qin Bo's heart couldn't help but beat faster and faster.
The only thing to worry about is that whether it is a lease or a loan, 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 Wu to send a group of shipbuilders to Han.
Jingzhou must meet the Xinghan Hui's jaggery quantity requirements within three years... This seems to be a key point.
But it coincides with the bargaining chip proposed by the school affairs office.
As for the specific quantity of brown sugar, Feng Junhou has always ignored such minutiae, and will discuss it slowly with Xing Hanhui 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.
Especially for the caravan of the Xinghan Hui, 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.
However, it was tacitly understood in the past. If this matter can be facilitated in the future, then the school affairs office can take action openly and honestly.
But this last one is also a good thing for the school administration.
As long as the cooperation with the Xinghan Association can be made clear, His Majesty will pay more and more attention to the school affairs office even for the sake of the cavalry.
According to Feng Junhou, this is to use the Han caravan tax on the territory of Dawu as collateral.
The last one is that within the territory of Dawu, the tickets of the Xinghan Hui must be recognized and allowed to circulate among the people.
This doesn't matter anymore.
Doesn’t the government admit that 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 wants Wu to need things from Han?
As long as the Han Dynasty recognizes these notes, it can be exchanged for good things.
If one day the two countries cut off exchanges, these notes will become waste paper in Dawu. Who will think of using them?
Qin was thinking about school affairs all the way, and suddenly he sighed in his heart:
"It is indeed 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 General Zhendong's Mansion, after he left, two people walked out from behind the screen in the living room.
It was 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 and Feng Junhou went to climb the mountain together.
The two of them were so excited about the sightseeing tour on the couch 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 something 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 respectively. After hearing what Zhang Xiaosi said, they also agreed very much.
If they hadn't been married for ten years and knew Feng Junhou's character well, if they were the violent iceberg beauty they were before, they would have to draw a knife and torture them, asking 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 have known that if these things fell into their hands, there would be no reason to return them?"
"So didn't I offer them a mortgage?"
Zhang Xiaosi still has doubts:
"Even if there is a mortgage, even if the capital can be recovered, 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 need to look at the return on capital? What I want to look at is the dividends that are ten times or a hundred times."
"How can we get tenfold and hundredfold dividends?"
"Controlling Jingzhou, and even controlling the lifeline of Wu State in our hands, isn't it considered a tenfold and a hundredfold bonus?"
Zhang Xiaosi smiled happily when he heard this: "I've been waiting for your words, why don't you tell us quickly?"
It was not that she had no suspicions about Feng Junhou's true purpose. At least she had known about controlling Jingzhou's food supply.
But when she heard that Feng Junhou was no longer satisfied with this, she was really surprised and happy.
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 hometown of Jiuyuan)."
"In the future, the ironware produced in 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 can be found in Bingzhou, the quality of ironware will definitely be greatly improved.
It is not a dream to have a magic weapon in the Han army.
"So after the Battle of Guanzhong, the Han army's military equipment may need 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 delivered the armor and weapons mass-produced by Hanzhong Metallurgical Industry, which can be regarded as the second generation.
The second-generation weapons were forged using advanced technologies such as large blowers, coking coal, and water power, and their quality was much better 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 important thing is that various adjustments need to be made continuously through actual combat.
Take the current Mo Dao 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.
And the many 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.
"When the time comes, all the weapons that have been eliminated from the army can't be used to make farm tools, right?"
The requirements for iron tools for farm tools are not that high, so it would be a waste to use them all 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, the most, is to add some more to Yi Cong and Hu Qi.
"So it is better to lend it to Wu State to lure Sun Quan and prevent him from falling to Wei State as much as possible."
Again, even if Sun Quan is thinking about backstabbing, does he really dare to open the hell-level copy of "Down with Yong'an"?
It would be 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 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.
Using oneself to save others, Feng Junhou believed that Emperor Sun, who was obsessed with Hefei, would only become more unwilling.
This is the human heart and human nature.
Tempting Emperor Sun and the State of Wei to continue bleeding under Hefei City - whether it is the blood of the State of Wu or the blood of the State of Wei - will only benefit the Han Dynasty, and will not cause any 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 more than ten years for Feng Junhou to establish a Han workshop industry that did not even have the weakest industrial foundation.
Wu Guo wants to start from scratch, how easy is it?
"If you can buy it, it will definitely be more convenient to buy, saving worry, effort and time."
"If you don't even have the money to buy it, but you still want it, then you can only rent it."
This is also the human heart and human nature.
"Whether it's renting or buying, on the surface, it does seem like it's a temporary convenience and an advantage."
"But if time goes by, you will become more and more dependent on others, and eventually others will control the 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 of money, 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 were loopholes, it didn't matter, he wasn't the one who made the final decision anyway.
Isn't there another emperor in Hanzhong?
When the time comes, Adou will hum and say that something is wrong here, and we can discuss it again. Isn’t that okay?
How do you say that?
I'll send you to death and I'll take the blame?
Now Feng Junhou said: I have done all the work, as my brother-in-law, why are you taking the blame?
After listening to Feng Junhou's plan, the two principal 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, only Dao was considered a rare poisonous scheme.
She never thought that hearing about the plans for Wu State would refresh her knowledge once again.
But seeing General Guan, he couldn't help but blurt out:
"I also told Youzhou Ma Yuan that it was a long-term plan. I didn't expect that not long ago, Alang would come up with such a vicious plan again!"
"I still underestimate Alang. Compared with this plan, the people who moved to Hanzhong are no longer the best..."
Feng Junhou, who was waiting for his two wives to praise him, suddenly turned dark when he heard this!
Zhang Xiaosi pondered for a long time, and then suddenly clapped his hands:
"Sister, you are right! I think back then, Alang got a lot of benefits from his plan of moving barbarians to Hanzhong. In my opinion, this time, I am afraid that he will try his old plan again."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Feng Junhou categorically denied, "I am making suggestions for the country, and you two can't have nice words in your mouth!"
Zhang Xiaosi imitated Feng Junhou and raised his head and laughed:
"Your Majesty, there is something in your plan that you haven't fully explained yet. Do you think I don't know about it?"
Feng Junhou squinted his eyes, unhappy.
Zhang Xiaosi did not show any weakness at all, gritted his teeth and said bitterly:
"The Xinghan Hui has obtained the iron smelting rights in Bingzhou and has just found a lot of coal in Bingzhou. You immediately proposed this plan."
"Nowadays, 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 we really want you to find iron ore in Bingzhou, who else can the court buy from besides Xinghanhui?"
The more Zhang Xiaosi talked, the more he realized that this person had probably been planning this day for a long time!
If the Han Dynasty wants to eliminate the old weapons in the army and sell a batch of armor weapons to the Wu Kingdom for the armored cavalry, how much iron will be used?
How long will it take to build it just by relying on Han MCC?
Counting from the Battle of Longyou, it may not be accurate to say that it took only ten years to replace the weapons in the Han army, but it should be six or seven years.
Even if Dahan himself doesn’t have to replace so many this time, what about Wu Guo?
If we start plotting against Wu State now, how can we wait so long?
How much iron is needed?
This link is intertwined with each other, and it is watertight. If someone didn't plan it in advance, you won't believe it!
"No, you must know that there is an iron mine 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 accuse someone of innocence out of thin air?!"
"You're so innocent!" Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiaosi understood the man's expression completely.
She couldn't hold back her anger, and in front of General Guan, she rushed forward and scratched him:
"You even lied to me! What a shame, I felt guilty for so long when I saw Xinghan would let him out of the pass! I lied! You should lie well!"
"You actually asked me to help you ask the palace for the iron smelting rights in Bingzhou! Do you have any conscience? Do you have any conscience? You are so lucky to do this! I hate you so much!"
"The King of Ghosts! He really is the King of Ghosts! He talks nonsense and you can't believe a word of it!"
The more he talked, the more angry he got, so he just bit 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 stand 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 knows the savior at the critical moment.
"Come in and talk!"
Amei, who was full of joy, pushed open the door and entered. Before she could see the situation inside the house clearly, she couldn't wait to say:
"Alang, there is good news from Taiyuan. An 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?"
Madam 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!"
Feng Junhou's extremely tragic screams rang out from the Zhendong General's Mansion.