Chapter 548: Self-Reliance (II)
Guigu pondered for a while before he said, "Since you built yƬ like this, do you have a suitable candidate?" ā
Gao Yuan nodded and said, "Yes, there are indeed two candidates at present, that is, Mr. Chun Yubo and his daughter Miss Chun Yu Zhongxiu, who are living in Daijun. ā
When he was in the Qin Kingdom, Gao Yuan invited Chunyu's father and daughter to come to Daijun as guests, just to discuss with Guiguzi whether he could tell Han Teng's secret to their father and daughter, and strive for the support of their father and daughter. Because on the spot where Jing Ke assassinated Qin Wangzheng, Chun Yubo showed his strong strength to contain Han Teng, at least he was a master of the same level as the five god generals, and Chun Yu Zhongxiu's martial arts, Gao Yuan had also seen it, although it was not yet up to the realm of Chun Yubo, but it was also compared with the ten generals. And most importantly, the father and daughter are both well-known celebrities in the world, so if they can get their support, it will naturally be of great benefit to Daijun.
Because it is now, it is difficult for Guigu Yiito to provide substantial help to the plateau for the time being, so absorbing other powerful personnel to join in order to enhance their own strength has become the best choice for the plateau, after all, there are still many reclusive strange people in this era, such as Chun Yu's father and daughter, such as the dog butcher that Gao Yuan saw in the Qi country, and Jing Ke who assassinated the King of Qin. However, if you want to recruit these people, relying on ordinary financial and power means will not work, and you can only make them sincerely follow, so it is possible to impress them by telling the truth.
Although the essence of the battle between the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou is a battle for hegemony between tribes in ancient times, there is no zĆ i who is the righteous side, but history is written by the victors, after this battle, Chiyou has been characterized as the image of a villain, and the Yellow Emperor has also become the ancestor of the Huaxia clan, in this era there is no later generation of the reversal of the party, so the secret is made public, for the plateau to occupy the orthodox and righteous highland, for attracting talented people to join, to win the hearts of the people, of course, is very beneficial.
Guigu said: "Have you thought about it, if they know this secret, but they don't want to help you, then what will you do?" ā
Gao Yuan smiled: "That has nothing to lose to us, what is the use of keeping this secret, it can neither increase our strength nor weaken the other party, then it is better to disclose it appropriately, and maybe it can have a better effect." ā
Guigu Xiao pondered for a while, and finally nodded, and said, "Okay, it's up to you to do everything, right?" ā
Gao Yuan said: "But this time you still need the teacher to cooperate, only when the teacher personally explains to Chun Yu's father and daughter, it will appear to be weighty, and it is easy for their father and daughter to believe." ā
Guigu smiled and said, "Since it's up to you to decide, of course I will fully cooperate with your actions, and I have also heard of the reputation of their father and daughter for a long time, and I also want to meet with them, so it's up to you to arrange it!" ā
Gao Yuan said: "Okay, then it will be arranged tomorrow, and I will invite their father and daughter to meet." ā
Coming out of Guigu's room, Gao Yuan returned to his inner room, and at this time the other wives and concubines were busy with their own affairs, Li Yinghong went to the barracks to encourage and mobilize her female army, encouraging them to fight hard in the upcoming war and defend their homeland; Yun Yao went to the Bai Ling Clan to arrange the affairs of the Bai Ling Clan; Geng Yanyu and Jian Wuji also went out to run errands; Although Lin Wenqing was still at home, he was also busy checking the account books and calculating profits and losses. Luo Huan and Jiang Mingxia ran away without knowing where they went.
However, seeing Gao Yuan coming back, Lin Wenqing also put down the things in his hand and said, "My husband is back." ā
Gao Yuan nodded and said with a smile: "What is it?" ā
Lin Wenqing said: "Now that the army of the Qin State has approached Yishui, the road of our caravan has been cut off, and now the shops on the side of the Qi State have stopped sending caravans to Daijun, and the paper that should be sent to the Qi State this month has not been sent, I asked them to calculate how many losses, and now they are verifying." After a pause, he said: "Fortunately, the last caravan has already taken a step ahead and walked out of Yan Kingdom, and it will be able to reach Dai County in a few days, if it is a day or two late, I am afraid that it will be trapped in Yan Kingdom, which can be regarded as a great luck in misfortune." ā
Gao Yuan also smiled bitterly, this is also a thing that cannot be helped, because Daijun and Qi do not border, so the trade route may be cut off at any time, this battle is actually a life-and-death war for Daijun, if Qin State destroys Yan State, even if it will not attack Daijun, but cut off the trade route between Daijun and Qi State, Daijun will be difficult to maintain.
So Gao Yuan said: "First tell the Qi country, all transactions with the Dai county have been stopped, and the business activities in the Qi country will be managed by the shops themselves for the time being, and on our side, we will not send caravans to the Qi country for the time being, and we will wait for the arrangements after the war is over." ā
Lin Wenqing nodded and said: "That's the only way, but you can't send caravans now, so whether the production of paper and paper books will be temporarily stopped, because this war doesn't know when it will end, no matter how much production there is, it's useless if you can't buy it, it's better to stop production first." Craftsmen who had ceased production could be assigned to other workshops to work, and could even be incorporated into civilian service to transport military supplies to the front. ā
Gao Yuan said: "Let's do it, try to arrange it well, don't cause panic, this group of craftsmen, they are all familiar people, we must try our best to preserve, because after the war is over, we still have to expand production immediately." ā
Lin Wenqing nodded and said, "The concubine body will be arranged as much as possible." ā
Gao Yuan's heart suddenly moved, and said, "How much paper and books are there in stock now?" ā
Lin Wenqing said: "There are about 160,000 large pieces of paper, about 350,000 pieces of small paper, and there are more than 3,000 books in total. ā
Gao Yuan said: "Now that our trade route with Zhao Di is broken?" ā
Lin Wenqing said: "Not yet?" Because the Qin army is still stationed in Jingcheng and has not taken a step forward, I heard from the caravan yesterday that the Qin army has not blocked the border checkpoints, so our trade routes with Zhao Di are still open. ā
Gao Yuan said: "You immediately organize a caravan to transport all the paper and books in stock to Zhao Di, and then arrange a competent person to go over and take responsibility for this matter." ā
Lin Wenqing was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood, because when he heard Gao Yuan talk about the return last night, he knew that Gao Yuan had promised Xue Yuan to help them obtain the right to operate Dai Jun's paper and books, and now that the trade route between Dai Jun and Qi has been interrupted, then while the trade route with Zhao Di is still unblocked, quickly transport the backlog of paper and books to Zhao Di to buy Xue Yuan, not only to clean up the reservoir pressure, but also to buy a good price, which is indeed a good way, so he nodded and said, "Okay, the concubine will arrange it immediately." ā
Gao Yuan handed the jade pendant that Xue Yuan gave him to Lin Wenqing, and said: "After arriving in Handan, take this jade pendant to her shop, and you can discuss it directly with her." ā
Lin Wenqing took the jade pendant and asked again: "Husband, after this batch of papers and books is shipped to Handan, will they all be sold to Miss Xueyuan, or will they also be sold to other merchants?" ā
Gao Yuan said: "This is an extra piece of paper and books, so let's sell them all, don't go through the old channels." This time I can come back safely, they did help a lot, now Mrs. Qing and Miss Xue Yuan are also in a difficult situation in the family, it can be regarded as a help to them, and establish business contacts with such a big businessman, and after the end of this war, it will be beneficial to our future development of the Sanjin region, and even the business operation of the Qin region, we can't just rely on the road of Qi State, we can also make money from Qin State. ā
Lin Wenqing thought for a while and said: "What the husband said makes sense, it is of course good for us to be able to establish business contacts with a big businessman like Mrs. Qing, but this battle will take several months, and after this batch of papers and books is shipped to Handan, I don't know when the next batch will be waited, so the concubine thinks that after this batch of paper is shipped to Handan, don't sell it all to them at once, and only buy them fifty or sixty thousand pieces every month, so how can it support six or seven months, and when the war starts, other paper sales will be cut off. Only Miss Xue Yuan and her family can have a steady supply of goods, at least so that Mrs. Qing can be explained in the family, which can be regarded as a reward for helping their husband return, and we can also maintain trading with Mrs. Qing for a long time, and when the war is over, we can expand the scale. ā
Gao Yuan nodded, he didn't think about it so much, and said with a smile: "Yes, you think more carefully than me, you can just look at the arrangement of these things." ā
Although the Qin army is now pressurized, the soldiers and civilians of Daijun are not very nervous and afraid, because in the past few years, the Daijun army has continued to win victories under the leadership of the plateau, coupled with the intentional propaganda of the Daijun government, which also makes the soldiers and civilians of Daijun have full confidence in the plateau and the Daijun army, but it is only the previous pretending to be sick on the plateau that many people are a little worried. But with Gao Yuan announcing his recovery, there will naturally be no more worries.
However, Lin Wenqing knew the inside story of Gao Yuan's pretending to be sick, so she was even more afraid, and she always believed in her heart that Gao Yuan would definitely be able to defeat the Qin army, so Lin Wenqing was thinking about how to make up for the losses caused by the war after the war. And Gao Yuan didn't say anything, after all, such an atmosphere is conducive to people's peace of mind, and it is better than letting them be scared all the time. Of course, I will do my best to win this battle, and if I really can't win, it's not too late to think of other ways.
At this time, Lin Wenqing said again: "But although I want to report Mrs. Daqing's help to her husband, after this batch of papers and books is shipped to Handan, the price must be doubled and sold to them, because once the war starts, the paper and books of the Qin State are only operated by Mrs. Qing's family, of course they will sell them at a higher price, and this money cannot be made by their family, and we will also share a sum of it." ā
After Gao Yuan heard this, he was also sweating profusely, Lin Wenqing really deserved to be a businessman, and he would not give up any opportunity to make money, but this was also for the benefit of Dai Jun, Gao Yuan didn't say anything, although he let Lin Wenqing operate.