The old fox still remembers that Wang Xuan said at the time that these two places can be either north or east. As for the two places, he did not say much, but in the old fox's view, this undoubtedly represents the specialness of the two places. It just so happened that Wang Xuan
I 'forgot' it, so I couldn't help but try to see if I could take advantage.
Now that Wang Xuan emphasized this, Wang Ren immediately understood the specialness of these two counties, so he couldn't help but asked curiously: "These two counties are still separated from the king's rule by the Zhendong Kingdom, why do they want to stay alone.
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"It's okay to tell you that there is a huge iron mine, coal mine and other mineral deposits here. If everything goes well, the annual iron output here can reach 400 times the annual output of Dahan." Wang Xuan said casually.
"How much!" Wang Ren stood up from the chair at a speed that was completely unlike someone who still needed help. His eyes were as big as copper bells and he looked at Wang Xuan with a horrified expression.
"I said, please don't be so excited. You're quite old and you're doing bad things." Wang Xuan was afraid that the old man would pass by if he got excited, so he quickly offered words of comfort.
"Why are there so many?" Wang Ren sat down slowly, the shock on his face still unable to be concealed.
"How much?" Wang Xuan raised his eyebrows. He didn't know the annual output of Anshan Iron and Steel, but it must be far more than one million tons. In other words, small steel plants with an annual output of one million tons are probably among the ranks of being banned.
"Not so much!" Looking at Wang Xuan's indifferent expression, Wang Ren really wanted to punch him, he was too arrogant.
"Okay." Wang Xuan waved his hands indifferently, "Why are you talking about this? The production volume has nothing to do with your Wang family. Don't worry about your idle thoughts and talk about your serious business!"
"Uh..." Wang Ren smacked his lips, and suddenly felt that he was very pitiful. Compared with the heads of the aristocratic families yesterday, he felt that he was superior to others. Unexpectedly, he was hit when he turned around. Alas, the structure is still too small.
"So, Zai Zhi agreed to help." Wang Ren calmed down and continued to ask.
"It doesn't matter, it just depends on how much you can afford." Wang Xuan doesn't care about this. He just does it casually and it can be regarded as generating income. Furthermore, he can't use his full strength to expand the territory by himself alone.
, only by fully mobilizing the power of the elites of this era can we maximize our interests. In any case, we are subordinate to the country, under the jurisdiction of the Han Dynasty, and have a close relationship with each other in terms of luck.
"Please tell me clearly what you need from the Wang family. After all, this is the first time in the world, and I don't understand the key."
"It's nothing more than costs and benefits. The costs are logistics supplies, food and grass, equipment losses, war pensions, and time consumption. The rest is benefits. If these two points are met, it is not a big problem to help without delaying the main business."
Wang Xuan said casually.
"My Wang family can bear all the supplies, food and grass, equipment losses, and war pensions. How to calculate this time consumption? In addition, I don't know what the income is, so just ask for the price. I trust it, and I will give you 30% of the land in Langye County."
It belongs to the Wang family and other counties in Xuzhou to some extent, so it is enough to pay for it." Wang Ren answered very simply, if Liu Beijun could be asked to come out, it would be much less expensive than doing it himself.
Wang Xuan sighed and said "Langye Wang Family". He really couldn't ask for a high price. He talked with Wang Ren in detail and promised to help build cities, main roads, water conservancy facilities, defensive buildings, large industrial and mining plants, etc.
After getting the things, Wang Ren left with his two grandsons contentedly.
Today is a fruitful day for Wang Ren. With Wang Xuan's commitment, it can be said that the founding of the country is almost certain, and he can skip the weakest period and directly enter the stage of rapid development, which will further ignite Wang Ren's ambition.
As for the sacrifice, basically 80% of the property accumulated by the Wang family in the past four hundred years was lost. However, in Wang Ren's opinion, everything was worth it. At least according to Wang Xuan, it was a plain and the developable land area was the Wang family's contribution.
ten times!
That is to say, with such a relationship, if it were other families, let alone ten times, three times would not be possible.
Wang Ren, who received a satisfactory reply from Wang Xuan, was full of confidence. He turned around and started contacting the heads of the big families in Hebei. Not to mention how Wang Ren pretended to be bragging, Wang Xuan also talked to Liu Bei and others.
Wang Xuan is no longer involved in the specific administrative work. On the one hand, he is taking charge this time to act as a mediator, but on the other hand, he also has other plans.
In the small conference room, Wang Xuan said to a group of people responsible for the copywriting work of this Northern Expedition: "All the logistics work of this Northern Expedition will be contracted to your group of wealthy families. We only need to specify the time, location, quantity and type of materials.
That’s it. If you send it, you’ll be given money. If you don’t send it, you’ll be punished three times.”
⊙▽⊙, everyone looked at Wang Xuan dumbfounded, what the hell kind of operation is this?
Logistics work is always the most important in a battle. After all, if there is a problem with some food and fodder, the defeat of the front line is certain. In a battle, the most terrifying tactic is never water attack or fire attack.
But it cuts off the food road.
In this regard, the food-crazed wife Cao has a strong say.
And Wang Xuan's decision is tantamount to turning the safety of the army into a child's play. If he fails to do so, the army will be destroyed.
"I don't agree. How can the military, a major national issue, be entrusted to a group of businessmen?" Tian Feng jumped up without thinking, shaking his head like a rattle. Although the others here were not as fierce as Tian Feng
, but they all nodded in agreement.
Wang Xuan rolled his eyes fiercely. He knew that Tian Feng was going to jump out and said, "Yuan Hao, please be more careful!"
"How the hell can I say something like this for no reason!"
Tian Feng looked at Wang Xuan solemnly, then nodded heavily, "You can!"
"F*ck!" Tian Feng choked up and Wang Xuan felt heartbroken. No wonder this guy with such ability would die in prison in history. This character is so unpleasant.
"Shut up." Wang Xuan also got angry and glared at Tian Feng fiercely before continuing: "In this Northern Expedition, the logistics requirements are either within our control, or they require maritime transportation, which is basically non-existent.
Any possibility of threatening the food route, so I decided to contract it out, which can effectively reduce the consumption of our army, and at the same time mobilize the enthusiasm of the participants, taking this as an opportunity to transport less dangerous materials within the scope of our army's influence in the future.
Entrust more to merchants to reduce logistics consumption, and only transport it yourself when fighting outside and the danger is great."
After Wang Xuan finished explaining, everyone breathed a long sigh of relief. In this way, the problem is not big. Indeed, it is better to leave the transportation of materials within the country to those aristocratic families. As local snakes, they simply do not need to transport many materials.
You can just exchange it with other aristocratic families directly. This kind of convenience is not something that the government can do.
Seeing everyone quiet down, Wang Xuancai continued: "In addition, it is good to have businessmen following you. Businessmen have a natural advantage in cleaning the battlefield and handling seized materials. This northern expedition to the grassland will inevitably capture a large number of cattle, horses, sheep and other livestock, as well as all kinds of other wild animals."
People's daily necessities are countless, and our army is simply unable to deal with these trophies during combat. Most of the time, they are directly slaughtered and disposed of in order to prevent them from being used again by the enemy, which causes countless waste."
"If there are businessmen following behind, we can directly hand it over to them. Our army only needs to take the money directly from those businessmen after the war. This can not only greatly reduce the workload of the army fighting abroad, but also greatly reduce the workload of the army.
War losses, if everything goes well, it is very likely that not only will the Northern Expedition not cost a penny, but there will also be a lot of revenue to fill the national treasury."
"This Northern Expedition will be an exploration to explore a new path of military-civilian cooperation. In the future, the grassland will not be a border threat, but a farmland used to maintain the combat effectiveness of our army and harvest regularly. Well, it needs to be taken good care of!" said
After finishing, Wang Xuan spread his hands to everyone.
There was a strange silence in the hall. Everyone, including Liu Bei, didn't know how to express their mood at the moment. Excited? Happy? Not exactly... Although the grassland is not susceptible to scabies, this thing is
It is as disgusting as a toad, and its bite from time to time is very annoying.
But Wang Xuan's idea, strangely enough, felt that it might not be impossible to achieve.
After all, after so many years, the fighting power of the grassland people is still far behind that of the big men. The key to border troubles has never been that they cannot be defeated, but that it is worth sending troops. Fighting is a thing, and the money and food consumed at any time is terrifying and makes the rulers feel distressed.