"PS: After thinking about it for a long time, I decided to temporarily change "Yu" to "Wang", that is, "King Merchant". Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Occasionally, in written writing, it may be written as "Wang Zhi Shi Ren" or "Wang Shi Zhi Jia", which means shop and Jia is businessman, which feels more appropriate. If you think of a better word later, you may change it.'"

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"The king's merchant ......"

Looking at Wen Shaobo intently, Zhao Hongrun muttered a few words, and after muttering a few words, his face showed a little interest, and said, "Specifically, listen to it, your so-called 'Wang Yong Merchant'." ”

"Yes." Holding back the excitement in his heart, Wen Shaobo arched his hand towards Zhao Hongrun, then stood up, and said in an excited tone: "The king's merchant proposed to His Royal Highness King Su is only obeyed by His Royal Highness, and His Highness needs utensils, so I will give them utensils; Your Highness needs labor, and I will give it; Your Highness needs money and food, and I will give you money and food. No matter what kind of needs His Highness puts forward, His Highness will do his best to meet them...... But correspondingly, I beg His Highness to give His Highness the highest authorization to let His Majesty intervene in some of the weapons and equipment that ordinary merchants can't touch, such as the armaments and equipment eliminated by His Highness's army, which are allowed to be sold to foreign countries, and then the iron ore needed by the Smelting Bureau......"

Listening to Wen Shaobo's endless narration, Zongwei Changwei's eyes widened in surprise, and even Jie Ziyu looked at Wen Shaobo with incredible eyes, as if he really knew this righteous brother today.

Without him, just because Wen Shaobo's request was too shocking - arms smuggling!

The reason why it is "arms smuggling" rather than "arms trading" is because the conservative thinking of the Wei court will never allow domestic armaments to be sold abroad, and they would rather put the eliminated armaments in piles and rot in warehouses than sell these backward weapons to other countries.

Therefore, since Wen Shaobo wants to buy and sell weapons, there is only one way to 'smuggle' - to sell the equipment eliminated by the Su Wang Army to those who need these weapons at a premium.

This object may be a Chu person, a Han person, a Qin person, or even the remnants of the Xiao family, the rival of the royal family in the Wei State, as long as the other party pays several times the premium.

For example, the Smelting Bureau spent two hundred taels of silver to build a set of infantry equipment and distribute it to the soldiers of the Su Wang Army, and when the Su Wang soldiers wore this set of equipment for two or three years and were about to replace it with better weapons and equipment, the old equipment could still be smuggled abroad at the value of two hundred taels of silver, or even an excess premium of three hundred taels or five hundred taels.

You must know that there are still a lot of forces that want to suppress the old equipment of the Wang Army, and there are many in Wei alone, such as Nangong Yao, the general of the Song State, such as the "Song County Rebels", such as the "Xiao Remnants", not to mention the unofficially allowed forces of other countries, such as the "Mi Qu Clan" who has a grudge against the Chu royal family, the Dongou Army in Dongyue, and so on.

Admittedly, this may become an enemy of the capital, but on the other hand, it is also a clever way to recoup R&D funds, recoup construction costs, and even make a profit. However, there is no guarantee that this batch of armaments will eventually fall into the hands of Wei's enemies and become weapons to kill Wei's soldiers.

It's a double-edged sword.

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Zhao Hongrun's right index finger tapped the table, thoughtful.

Suddenly, he turned his head to look at Jie Zi Ou, and said with a smile: "Jie Zi, you decide this matter on behalf of the king." ”

Hearing Zhao Hongrun refer to himself as "Jie Zi" instead of "Mr. Jie Zi", Jie Zi Yu understood in his heart, and immediately adjusted his mentality to the staff of His Royal Highness King Su in front of him, turned around and arched his hand towards Wen Shaobo with a serious face, probably meaning something like "Now I will talk to you".

Seeing this, Wen Shaobo's expression was really a little strange, after all, Jie Ziyu was his brother-in-law.

However, it was not only Wen Shaobo who felt awkward, in fact, Jie Ziyu also felt awkward, although he hoped to serve His Royal Highness King Su, but he didn't expect that the opportunity to show his talent would come so quickly and so unexpectedly.

What's even more embarrassing is that the object is still his brother-in-law Wen Shaobo, who has been with him for several years and is in love.

"Young uncle, what do you want?" After glancing deeply at Wen Shaobo, Jie Ziyu asked calmly, his tone was calm, as if he and Wen Shaobo were not righteous brothers who had been friends for many years: "If, as you just said, your profits can be dedicated to Your Highness, then, what do you want?" ”

After listening to Jie Ziyu's question, Zhao Hongrun nodded secretly on the side, he had to admit that Jie Ziyu had grasped the key point of this matter - what did Wen Shaobo want?

You know, if it is according to what Wen Shaobo said, it is like Wen Shaobo gave all his family wealth to Zhao Hongrun to work for him, Zhao Hongrun does not believe that Wen Shaobo has nothing else to ask for, otherwise, this person is the number one fool in the world.

It seems that there is a pie in the sky, and having a meson owl take the initiative to take the initiative is enough to make Zhao Hongrun smile secretly, and there will not be another Wen Shaobo who is willing to give all his family property to him Zhao Hongrun to do day work.

Picking up a cup of tea that had already been cold from the desk, Zhao Hongrun took a sip and looked at Wen Shaobo intently, waiting for the latter's reply.

Not to mention, Wen Shaobo really didn't disappoint Zhao Hongrun, I saw him staring at Jie Zilu intently, and said with a sonorous and powerful color: "I want to become the biggest businessman in the world, and leave my name in history as a businessman, and ask the historian to open another article for my Wen Shaobo, so that it is not in vain for my Wen Shaobo to come to this world." ”

Hearing this, not to mention Jie Ziyu's mouth opened wide in shock, even Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but be a little moved.

As a businessman, leave a name in history?!

You also want to ask the historian to write another article for him Wen Shaobo?!

What a shocking statement!

You must know that the greatest hope of the world is only to leave a name in history, even if it is only a passing pass, and this young uncle Wen is so ambitious that he wants the historian to write a narrative specifically for him - this is a privilege that a monarch of a country may not enjoy.

Businessmen, can they really leave a name in history and create another space?

Jie Zilu couldn't help but lose his mind a little, after all, this was an unprecedented thing.

Of course, it is not that there is no possibility at all, if Wen Shaobo really fully supports His Royal Highness King Su as he promised, making the Wei State stronger and stronger, and even swallowing all the countries in the end and dominating the world, then Wen Shaobo may really be able to become the 'giant of the world', a mountain that future generations of businessmen will never be able to overcome.

Thinking of this, Jie Ziyu couldn't help but feel excited.

There are two reasons: one is for Wen Shaobo, after all, Wen Shaobo is his brother-in-law, out of the feelings of the brother-in-law, Jie Ziyu very much hopes that this brother-in-law can achieve his ...... Ambitions that are too big to be true; And the second is for the reason why he decided to be loyal to His Royal Highness King Su, if he still wants to assist His Royal Highness to become the king of Wei, and assist him to win the world, then it is bound to require a lot of money during the period, which is likely to be a huge amount of money that the world cannot imagine, and this batch of funds, Wen Shaobo can earn for this Highness.

The question is, how does he speak? Uncle Wen is his brother-in-law.

Jie Ziyu secretly glanced at Zhao Hongrun, but regretfully found that His Royal Highness King Su was sipping tea by himself, and he didn't mean to speak.

The intelligent Jie Ziyu immediately guessed: This is a test for him by His Royal Highness King Su.

After hesitating for a long time, Jie Ziyu secretly gritted his teeth and said to Zhao Hongrun: "Your Highness, your subordinates think that Your Highness needs a royal merchant like my brother-in-law, but for the arms smuggling mentioned by the young uncle, the subordinates dare not agree, and this matter still needs to be considered in the long run." ”

In the end, Jie Ziyu did not shy away from his brotherly relationship with Wen Shaobo, and truthfully said what he thought in his heart.

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun took a deep look at Jie Zi Ou, and nodded with satisfaction in his heart: Being able to say such impartial words shows that Jie Zi Yu is indeed putting his mentality in the position of 'Su Wangfu Minister', which is very good.

Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun said with a smile: "This king has already said that this matter is up to you, since you nod your head in approval, then ......" Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at Wen Shaobo, and said with a smile: "It is not an easy task to support this king's various actions, even including supporting foreign wars, this king's king is a businessman." ”

Of course, this is just a kind word, after all, such a big matter, Zhao Hongrun can't really leave it to Jie Zilu to decide, he can only say that his thoughts are similar to Jie Ziyu.

The concept of "kings and merchants" proposed by Wen Shaobo is different from the nature of officials and merchants.

Official businessmen refer to businessmen with a certain official background, such as some business officials under the banner of the household department, which can be called official businessmen, and the advantage lies in the ability to use the channels of official background.

The concept of "king-used merchants" proposed by Wen Shaobo refers to businessmen who are only responsible for Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, who does not belong to the state or the imperial court, so he does not have the advantages of officials and businessmen, and even in some sensitive transactions and smuggling, Wen Shaobo cannot openly play the banner of Su Wang.

But even so, Wen Shaobo, as the royal merchant of King Su Zhao Hongrun, still has a certain amount of authorization.

For example, in normal trade, with the help of the momentum of Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, or the recruitment of retired soldiers of the Su Wang's army to expand the caravan guard, or even ask the green crows and black crows to deal with some dark things for him - but any power of the Su king's lineage, Wen Shaobo can use it to a certain extent.

I have to say that this right is very terrifying.

Some people may wonder, doesn't Zhao Hongrun already have a 'Su Chamber of Commerce', why did he still recruit Wen Shaobo as a king's businessman.

The reason is very simple, because the "Su Chamber of Commerce" has gradually become a tool used by Zhao Hongrun to encircle some of the aristocratic forces close to him in the country, although there is a stable profit every year, but Zhao Hongrun cannot really control the resources of the entire Chamber of Commerce.

For example, if Zhao Hongrun decides to go to war against any country and asks the "Su Chamber of Commerce" to provide money and food for free, I believe that most of the nobles in the "Su Chamber of Commerce" will scold their mothers after suffering heavy losses.

Therefore, Zhao Hongrun really needs a Wang Yong businessman who only obeys his orders, and can fully support him to carry out various big actions.