Signing in to Datang: Rebellion at the beginning

Chapter 166 The Dragon Country Is Very Stubborn

The problem with the Department of Salt and Sugar has been solved, but Li Ke still has a lot of tasks to do.

A salt and sugar company alone can't actually make much money. Li Ke's most important thing is the overseas business of steel.

Now the Department of Salt and Sugar has been investigated and dealt with, and the huge amount of embezzlement has been investigated by the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

When such a big matter surfaced, Li Ke believed that Wu Meiniang and the ministers would handle it properly.

So next, Li Ke won't worry too much.

He first handed over his work to the officials of the Salt and Sugar Department, and then left the Salt and Sugar Department directly.

When she returned to the inn where she was temporarily staying, Lan Xin'er saw that Li Ke had come back so early today, and asked in surprise:

"I came back so early today, by the way, can you show me how to make other salt?"

Seeing that the girl finally came to her senses, Li Ke smiled and said:

"I'm no longer in the Salt and Sugar Division, but I'm going to the Iron and Steel Division!"

Hearing Li Ke's words, Lan Xin'er was a little disappointed at first, but her eyes lit up immediately.

"Steel Division?" She said immediately:

"Is it the department that specializes in steel management?"

Li Ke nodded, thinking that this should be what Daughter Country cares most about.

After all, steel represents an important thing for a country, whether it can improve its military strength.

Salt and sugar represent the economy of a country.

Steel represents the weapon of a country!

If you have to compare these two things, it must be that steel is more important.

Daughter Kingdom has always been a short board in terms of force, if you can get the way of making steel.

Then the power of the weapon will also rapidly increase the overall strength of the Daughter Kingdom.

Therefore, Lan Xin'er no longer struggled with the question of salt and sugar, but couldn't wait to ask Li Ke:

"Then when will you go to the Iron and Steel Division?"

She is not afraid that her actions will expose herself.

Of course, although she has already exposed herself.

Li Ke didn't expose her, but was going to continue acting with her, so he said:

"Tomorrow, tomorrow I will go to Yantie Division to be a small master book."

The so-called master book is actually responsible for some books in some departments.

Li Ke felt that if he had direct access to these account books, the information he would get would be more direct, because whether it is corruption or fraudulent accounts, it must go through the accounts.

And the accounts are under the control of the master bookkeeper, so he set himself the identity of the master bookkeeper.

That night, Lan Xin'er was very happy. When she was eating with Li Ke in the inn, she drank a few more glasses. Who knows that this girl can't drink at all. After getting drunk, she kept telling Li Ke that she was in the country of daughter all kinds.

Li Ke was a little speechless when he heard it, thinking that this girl is definitely an undercover agent sent by the daughter country?

Are you sure it's not a joke?

Li Ke never thought that an undercover agent would be so unprofessional.

If you are not careful, you can reveal a lot of lies, and you can honestly explain your background as soon as you drink.

This is the first time Li Ke has seen such a spy.

This daughter country is too child's play, right?
Of course, this is Li Ke's understanding of the daughter's country. Of course, he is not particularly clear about the daughter's country.

However, he also wanted to see what serious business and development a group of feminists could do together!
This is not Li Ke's contempt for them, but a disapproval of their behavior style.

Silent all night!
When Lan Xin'er woke up the next morning, she didn't realize what drunken things she said last night, and she still pretended to be an undercover agent.

This time, Li Ke is going to the Iron and Steel Division, which has stricter management than the Salt and Sugar Division.

Li Ke took out the documents and went into the Iron and Steel Department.

However, the guard at the gate stopped Lan Xin'er and refused to let her in no matter what.

Lan Xin'er had no choice but to return, but Li Ke didn't care.

After entering the Iron and Steel Department, there is a courtyard office in front of it like other departments.

There are many officials working seriously, and many envoys from various countries are also talking about something with these officials.

After all, during this period of time, the surrounding countries have been buying steel from Longguo.

Although the purchases are of poor quality.

But the selling price of Dragon Kingdom is still very high, and steel has even become an important source of income for Dragon Kingdom.

Therefore, these officials of the Iron and Steel Division were also carefully selected by the Ministry of Officials.

The purpose is to avoid any mistakes in their cooperation with other countries.

Worried about causing losses to the Dragon Kingdom.

These worries are very necessary, so the officials selected under such circumstances are actually justified.

Not as casual as salt and sugar.

Therefore, after Li Ke served as the head of the Iron and Steel Department, he discovered that the steel wire was far superior to other departments in terms of overall rules and strict management.

All the officials in the entire Iron and Steel Division were just talking about work.

Didn't hear the slightest bit about anything unrelated to work.

Even after Li Ke submitted the official document of appointment to the leader, he was hurriedly taken away by the leader to discuss the issue of steel prices with an envoy from a neighboring country.

This is a place similar to a conference room, with a long table that is not small, and on both sides are several officials and clerks of the Iron Division.

On the opposite side was the envoy from Che Chiguo.

They want to purchase a large amount of steel, but they have been unable to negotiate the price.

Because the price of steel sold in Longguo is basically set at one hundred yuan per catty.

The price is indeed high.

Because ordinary iron is only about [-] yuan a catty, which is already a very expensive price in this era. After all, iron is a rare thing, and it is still a very important thing.

And steel is so much higher.

But despite the high price, countries are still willing to buy it because steel is always much harder than iron.

It is definitely a treasure to be used on the battlefield or as a weapon.

Also because the price is too high, there will be various bargaining situations.

Just like now, the envoys of the Che Chi Kingdom had already talked with these officials of the Long Kingdom twice, and each time they broke up unhappy.

On Longguo's side, the cost of making steel has been reduced to a very low level with the maturity of technology.

But the reason why the price is set so high is that one does not want to make these surrounding countries so cheap, and it is the most reasonable to exchange their economies for their weapons.

Naturally, you have to make a lot of money.

The other party wanted less money and got more, so there was a situation where the two parties bargained.

This time, Li Ke was also on the table, holding a ledger in his hand, quietly watching the two parties arguing.

He didn't expect that the officials of the iron and steel department would also have a scene of shrews swearing in the street. When discussing prices with the Che Chi country mission, they would swear a few obscenities from time to time.

This made Li Ke somewhat interesting.

At the same time, it also proves a problem from the side. The officials of the Iron and Steel Department are indeed responsible for a lot.

Moreover, Longguo is really tough!

(End of this chapter)