Horse on the World

Chapter 159 The Traps in Business
There is still a chapter in the early morning, and I still need to ask the big guys to help me make it to the list!
"Why do we sell the best?" Li Qing asked the two with a smile.Both of them shook their heads to express their puzzlement, and at the same time they still stubbornly expressed their opposition.

"Like Ren Ruyun and the others just created the perverted crossbow that can shoot hundreds of arrows in a row, do you think the Central Plains family can imitate it now?" Li Qing asked back.

Shang Haibo thought for a while, and said: "The structure of the Liannu is extremely complicated, but all major families have very skilled technicians, as long as they are given enough time, they should be able to figure out its principle and structure, but if you want to It's hard to imitate, because they don't have the fine iron to make the strong springs, oh, that's the kind of steel you're talking about."

Li Qing slapped his hands, "That's right! Besides, the fine iron used to make the Liannu is not an ordinary product. Xu Xiaodao divided the steel he produced into grades, and the ordinary ones are used to make weapons such as knives and guns. No matter how good it is." A little bit is used to make armor-piercing arrows and armor-piercing crossbows. Only the best steel with extremely high strength and toughness is used to make this kind of powerful compression spring. So what about the structure of Liannu? Can they make it? Can’t make it. But once they use this kind of thing, they will rely more on these things. What should they do? Buy it, who to buy it from, and buy it from us. We are exclusive Monopoly operation, if the relationship is not good, we will not sell it to him!"

Li Qing smiled proudly: "So, what we want to keep secret is not the Liannu, but this kind of strong steel. As long as the Central Plains family can't research the strong steel, they can only rely on us. Of course, the price must be set high , can’t let them equip them on a large scale! You can’t afford too much, and this kind of crossbow has a service life, so what should we do? It doesn’t matter, we can provide maintenance services, of course, this is also charged, and the charge is a little higher Others can accept it. After all, it is a treasure bought at a big price. How can it be damaged after a few years? Sell it to them once, collect money once, and continue to collect maintenance every year after returning it. Fees, maintenance fees, of course, are not cheap, this is a lucrative business!"

"Is the first-grade bow sold? Of course!" Li Qing spread his hands, "Can they pull out the steel string? If they can't pull it out, they can only buy it from us. It's great not to install the steel string for them. Use a After a year or so, it will collapse, but even so, it will be used more than the leather string. At least you don’t have to worry about rain and humidity, which will make the leather string unusable. If it collapses, you have to buy it from us again. Yipin Although the pulleys of the bow are not worth the money, they will break fast! Oh, they may imitate this thing, but we can declare to them in advance that our pulleys are used with steel strings. If you don’t use our special If the pulley is used, it will speed up the damage of the steel wire string, well, as for how to say and how to publicize it, I believe that the old way has a way."

"Why should we be afraid that they will use these things against us in the future? If we really need to fight against them in the future, will we still sell them? Oh, it's not good, we fought a few battles with us, and the string collapsed , there is no need to change it, the crossbow is broken, there is no need to buy it, they are still playing a fart, wash the neck and wait for us to chop it!"

Li Qing smiled treacherously, with a lewd look on his face, his eyes were shining brightly, yearning wholeheartedly.

Shang Haibo and Lu Yiming were sweating profusely when they heard this, they never expected that the high-level secrets they were afraid of leaking would become things that could make a lot of money and kill people when they came to the commander.

"The power of the core technology!" Li Qing waved his arms, "Why should I separate Xu Xiaodao from Ren Ruyun? His steelmaking workshop is completely under the control of the army, and there are also spies from the Statistics and Investigation Department among the apprentices. Without a special pass, no one can enter the steelmaking workshop. Why did I ask Xu Xiaodao to hand over the steel training methods that he had sorted out to the Marshal's Mansion, and then completely destroy the rest? Why did I ask Xu Xiaodao to divide the workshop into several small ones? block, only teach core apprentices, and these apprentices must be from Dingzhou, and there must be a soldier in the family, and each apprentice can only learn one of them, just to prevent the leakage of secrets."

"The master is brilliant!" The two were sincerely convinced, and at the same time bowed deeply to Li Qing, expressing their sincere admiration.

Li Qing said, "There are many ways to make money! Just like this kind of compression spring, it can also be used to make shock absorbers. Well, I don't understand shock absorbers. Let's put it this way, have you ever ridden in a carriage? That thing can be very bumpy on some roads. The last time Qingfeng and I went back to the capital, it was a big loss. It’s not so bumpy on the road, it’s more comfortable to sit on! Of course, it’s best to make this kind of carriage as gorgeous and rich as possible, so that the people sitting on it feel that it’s a status symbol that ordinary people can’t match. And we can’t make too many at one time, so we sell limited editions! For example, Apocalypse’s 12-year limited edition of 1000 vehicles, except for this [-] vehicles, we will no longer make this model. Think about how rich the Central Plains are. People, how many wealthy families, how many relatives of the emperor, these thousand cars will not let them go crazy, let's set a reserve price, for example, [-] taels of silver, and then everyone bids, whoever bids the highest price, we will give it to whom !"

Lu Yiming and Shang Haibo took a deep breath together, no matter how good the current carriage is, it only costs a few tens of taels of silver, even if it is equipped with this so-called shock absorber, it would be considered extortion for selling it for 100 taels , but the commander-in-chief actually said that it was 1000 taels, and he still felt that it was too low.

"Well, in the 13th year of Tianqi, let's get the 13th year of Tianqi Collector's Edition again. Hahaha, those who didn't get it last year are not reconciled, and those who got it last year still want it. Think about it, you can afford to buy one for a thousand taels of silver. Would people who own a limited-edition carriage be distressed to spend a few thousand taels to buy a collector’s edition? Then bid again! Anyway, we only sell expensive ones, not the right ones, so that those who buy our things will feel It’s worth it, let them show off, show off, and give us free advertisements, oh, you don’t understand what advertisements are, it’s a kind of propaganda, you know it! It’s just to let more people know about it The value is definitely not something that can be measured by silver. By the way, we can also make the most special kind. You can’t buy people who are below a certain level even if you have money. Let’s set it above the Marquis, there are many Marquis in Dachu Ah!" Li Qing smiled wickedly.

Listening to Li Qing's eloquent speech, the eyes of Shang Lu and the two of them stared straight. If this is really done, the money will not flow to Dingzhou like running water.

"Marshal, if you are not a marshal but go into business, you will definitely be rich!" Lu Yiming admired him. Although the two of them have read a lot of books, they must learn from books. less than.I really don't know how this marshal who was born in a wealthy family and has been homeless since he was a child came up with it.

"Of course!" Li Qing said boldly, "Even if I don't want to be this handsome man, no matter what I do, I'm destined to be famous all over the world. In short, there are too many ways to make money, it depends on whether you have this vision. Do you have the courage to do it, Lao Lu, you just follow this line of thinking, but try to make money."

"Don't worry, Commander. Talking with Commander today is really better than studying for ten years. After Commander's words, I am suddenly enlightened. I really want to start doing these things now. I have made a lot of money in Dingzhou." Money." Lu Yiming's previous depression has turned into a radiant glow, dancing with hands and feet, as if a sky full of silver is flying towards him.

Li Qing chuckled, "This battle between us and the barbarians is not only about weapons and equipment, but also about the quality of our soldiers, as well as our economic strength. We will smash them with money. Old Lu, if you earn me a lot of money, I will give you a lot of money." Use these silver to arm soldiers to the teeth, I form hoplites, I form armored cavalry, oh, what is armored cavalry? It’s a humanoid tank, oops, bah, you don’t know what a tank is, In short, if I have the money to make armored cavalry, it will be a collision, and I also smashed the prairie barbarians into meatloaf, and I don’t even bother to stab them with a gun.” Li Qing started flying the plane with his mouth full again, and let his two The ministers looked at each other in blank dismay.

But Shang Haibo was thinking about another thing in his heart. If the commander-in-chief said that these troops are so powerful, wouldn't they be able to march to the Central Plains in the future? The state army can easily defeat the barbarians, so what is the Central Plains army!
Great things can be expected!As soon as I thought about it, the idea of ​​making money immediately became stronger than Li Qing, "Old Road, you go ahead and do it. If you need my help, just give me a shout. If the big thing is successful, you will be the first!"

Lu Yiming said with a smile: "If a big event is accomplished, how dare I take the lead, this is the commander's idea!" The deep meaning in the two of them's words, Li Qing, who was beaming at this time, didn't hear it, but turned to Lu Yiming said: "Old Road, after this limited-edition carriage is produced, give me one first. I'm going to give one to Qingfeng. She is very fragile. With a carriage like this, it will be much easier. Don't worry about it." Hard."

Lu Yiming nodded again and again, "Don't worry, Marshal, after the carriages are built, I will definitely give you the first one. I will number these carriages, from one to one thousand, and the more expensive the number, the more expensive it is. Number one is of course yours."

However, Shang Haibo frowned. There are some problems with this matter. If Princess Qingcheng passes through the door in the future, and the No. [-] car is given to Qingfeng by the commander again, what should Princess Qingcheng want to do?This is not a small problem. It seems that after the fact, I have to quietly tell Lao Lu not to number the ones given to Qingfeng, and to keep the number one and number two for the Marshal and Princess Qingcheng.

Of course, Li Qing didn't know about Shang Haibo's little thoughts at this time, but Qingfeng, who was worried about him, had sneaked into Hailing, Fuzhou without anyone noticing, accompanied only by his personal guard Zhong Jing and a few confidant guards.

(End of this chapter)