In the evening of that day, the person in charge of the talks in the Chamber of Commerce came to Linwujun's mansion.

Linwu Jun stood outside the court and greeted him without too much etiquette. He said straight: "The people in your caravan are rich and rich, and are the 'suprised' kings. We are the monarchs of real titles, and it is natural that we are polite in court."

The etiquette of both parties is completely different. The Mohist school was charged with "frugality but abolishing etiquette", and has always demanded equality and rejected any etiquette with different identities.

Linwujun deals with many people from the Mo family, so he doesn't care about this. He is not a Confucian gentleman, but just a vassal king.

After entering the inner room and leaving others, Lin Wujun talked about the rice trade.

The caravan in charge of the talks immediately showed an excited expression and said, "If this matter can be accomplished, it will be very beneficial. Tens of thousands of people in Lechang Gorge are built, and the food and grass are transported difficult. If a deal can be reached, it will be beneficial to both parties."

"When Lechang Gorge is formed, Linwu will be the place where trade between Lingnan and Lingbei is the intersection."

Linwujun asked tentatively: "Recently, the barbarians have not been convinced of the transformation of Xia kings. They have rebelled or fled into the mountains and robbed villages from time to time. As a vassal, I have the responsibility to defend the people and I need some weapons. I wonder if these foods can be traded for muskets?"

If the Mo family had the intention to Linwu, Linwu Jun felt that the Mo family would not agree to this transaction.

The largest controlling shareholder of the South China Sea Chamber of Commerce is the Mo family, and the decision-making power is also in the hands of the Mo family, not those who seek profit alone.

If it was a separate businessman seeking profit, let alone muskets, when Zhongshan Kingdom was independent, the merchants of Wei had been continuously lending to Zhongshan Jun, and by the way, they also invested in Zhongshan Kingdom to provide a large amount of weapons and food.

Just look at the merchant's separate attitude, you can't see anything.

Linwujun needs muskets, especially the attitude given by the Mohist school of willingness to continue selling muskets.

With the changes in the war model, the changes in planting technology and the increasing exploitation, the original military system of "country shooting" to select archers was no longer feasible.

The cost of crossbows is too high and the cycle is too long. Lin Wujun needs a large number of muskets to maintain the long-range projection force.

In the past few years, he has purchased nearly two thousand muskets from the Mo family. In addition to using them himself, he has also sold them to the other Fengjun.

Because the musket cannot pass Linwu Pass, the risk of smuggling is too high, and Linwu Jun can make a profit by purchasing and reselling it himself.

Whether it is used by yourself or sold to the other Fengjun, the profit of the musket is the highest.

The people from the chamber of commerce opposite the other party responsible for this negotiation agreed upon hearing this.

He was an official from the Chamber of Commerce on the surface, but in fact he was a spy worker, and was affiliated with the General Staff of Si Shang.

There have been some discussions about the musket trade in Si Shang. Of course, the discussion is no longer the idealistic "will selling muskets cause war to harm the world" as twenty years ago; but the utilitarian nature of "will selling muskets to potential enemies be detrimental to us."

This is a secret discussion, not publicly, and few people know about it.

The secretly Myo-speaker in charge of the negotiations also didn't know.

In fact, during that secret discussion, Shi gave the advice to sell it at will.

One is that the leaf spring quenching method of flint rifle is confidential. Except for the Qin people who took a different approach, other countries do not have the ability to build leaf springs. Without a suitable leaf spring, flint rifle cannot be used. The fire rate is too low, so it is better to use a flint rope.

Now Si Shang is undergoing large-scale dressing changes, and the eliminated cowlin guns are generally used in remote areas or distributed to the public for fun.

But there are still a lot of them, and they can be sold to other countries. Not to mention Chu, or Wei, which has the most tense relationship with the Mo family, can be sold as long as you give money, grain, deer skin, saltpeter, mercury and other things.

The second is to say that war is not won by one or two weapons. The entire military system reform required to be replaced with a clamp, which requires the cooperation of cavalry, artillery and armored spearmen. The chariot soldiers can only have a subordinate position in large-scale battles. It is not easy for private soldiers of various countries to use muskets and formations well.

A square formation without artillery cover is fragile. No matter how disciplined it is, it is in a position of being slaughtered without artillery cover. The well-known bloody battle in the Hunhe River in later generations is that it is destroyed by cannons.

The changes in the entire military system, training, and tactics cannot be mastered by those monarchs for a time, especially under the system of integration of peasants and soldiers, which is not suitable for this kind of combat method.

The third is that all countries are reforming, and the royal power is concentrated. With the elite troops directly under the royal power, those monarchs are the great obstacles to the reforms of various countries. If they are too weak, it will not be conducive to future plans. Therefore, they must not only sell them, but also sell them.

Under this premise, if you reach the Chamber of Commerce, you will sell it at will, and you will not be afraid of it. The people who use weapons will not change under the system of monarchy. Those who use weapons will also become a support for the same world in the future.

The chamber of commerce received only two orders before the negotiations came: buying grain and selling guns.

Now that Lin Wujun proposed it himself, the ink master said without hesitation: "That's certainly OK. The price is not much or less at the previous price. As for gunpowder, it is still necessary to follow the previous price. In addition to gold, silver, copper and various goods, a certain amount of saltpeter is needed."

When Lin Wujun heard this, he felt relieved and knew that if the Mo family continued to sell muskets to him, it seemed that he did not mean to use force in the direction of Lin Wu.

Thinking about it again, five years ago, although the Central Plains War was the most profitable and the least damaged, it probably could not support a large-scale war in just four years.

I think it is necessary to control the war within the territory of Song State. I am afraid that the Mo family in Si Shang also has the intention to resolve the affairs of Song State.

Since the Chamber of Commerce chose to sell it openly, Lin Wujun said: "This time, I want to buy three thousand pieces and twenty thousand kilograms of gunpowder."

The number of two thousand pieces is not too large or too small. Last year, it sold 15,000 pieces at one time to Song State; it also sold 10,000 pieces at one time to Zhongshan State. In recent years, the coal-iron and iron military-industrial consortium in Si Shang has made a fortune.

A large number of herbs, copper, gold, silver, mercury, and grain continued to run from the treasury of various countries to Si. With the increase of goods, there were even rumors that the Zhou emperor had minted all the nine tripods and minted them, but they didn't know whether it was true or false.

Under the shortage of money, the precious metal smelting industries in various countries have made rapid progress, and looking for gold and silver has become a dream for many people. Some even went to Juli to cross the sea and look south.

A large amount of precious metals concentrated on Si also made the banknotes on Si strong. In addition to small currencies, large currencies are replaced by paper money, and even became a listing currency that can be called pearls and jade in the eyes of nobles from various countries.

Lin Wujun has some large amounts of paper money in his hand, but the quantity cannot be too large.

If you want to buy so many muskets, it is definitely not possible to rely solely on food.

The Chamber of Commerce asked: "Mustguns and gunpowder are not a problem. If you want to trade..."

Linwu Jun smiled and said, "Of course, you don't have to pass Linwu Pass. I'll send someone to get it, it's okay."

"One part of it trades with grain, and the other part I conquer the barbarians in the poor and withered places, and captured a lot of people. Isn't the South China Sea shortage of people? You can sell these people to compensate for one thousand muskets."

At the current price, about two strong and young people can change to a musket. There are no slaves in the Mo family, only long-term workers with nominal equal personality. After the localization of the South China Sea, local people have issued identity cards, given them national identity and completed land reform, liberated a large number of slaves and village serfs, and enriched the population of self-cultivated farmers.

However, there are government support from top to top and new people working hard for themselves. In many places, there is a shortage of employment and the cost of employment has increased greatly.

In this case, the sinful trade unfolds naturally.

The vassals in some remote areas of the Chu State attacked those small settlements and captured the population; in the more remote areas south of the South China Sea, the city-states fought each other and captured the other's people for sale; and even people took a boat to some islands further south of the South China Sea to catch people.

Relying on natural development, the development of the Lingnan region will not be completed until hundreds of years later when the Chinese migrate southward and lead to the Tang and Song dynasties.

The result of forced development is that people are short of people everywhere. Si Shang needs a large population to enrich these areas with development potential, so that they can quickly transform into Xia and Si Shang.

There is a special department in Si Shang that specializes in this kind of trade. Once transported, a long contract is signed. The work you are engaged in is different from the contract period for several years. After the contract is over, the identity card is issued and a small piece of land is distributed.

This evil development method of evil by means of means has enabled the opening of a large number of farmland farms in the South China Sea region in just a few years.

One thousand muskets, if you count Linwu Jun would need to pay about 2,000 to 3,000 young people, all of which were captured by Linwu Jun outside his jurisdiction.

Shortly after the Chu State conquered Cangwu, many cities were spread like stars in the river area, and only had effective rule within a hundred miles outside the city.

The rest of the places were where the defeated Cangwu and other people hid and migrated. Linwu Jun had his own army, which was specifically for this.

Linwu is in an awkward position, and there is no big profit to open up more land. He also needs special supervision and fleeing at any time. Under the feudal system, the little manpower that Linwu can control is not enough to implement effective jurisdiction, and selling is undoubtedly the best way to gain profit.

When the people of the Chamber of Commerce heard this, they did not refuse. The most important thing in trade between the South China Sea and the surrounding areas is to obtain raw materials, gold, silver, precious metals, and population.

Every time a person is trafficked, it can be converted into a soldier and labor force after several years.

Linwujun arrested people locally, and people were prone to escape, and his management methods were too low, so it was better to sell them for money.
Chapter completed!