Chapter 180 Followers
Han Zhongwei didn't expect this to be done so smoothly, but when he thought about it, he felt relieved. Whether it was Wanyan Xun or Li An, he now asked for him. Now he just asked them to take care of his caravan, which was within their ability, nor was it illegal or criminal act. If he didn't know how to sell such favors to him, he would be really sorry for their identities.
When the other party gave him a pet, Han Zhongwei had to repay him. There was nothing he needed to repay Wanyan Xun. Wanyan Xun was his legitimate disciple. It was natural for his disciples to obey his work. As for Li An's kindness, Han Zhongwei's return was very clear, and he could sell Li An's ten thousand grenades, with the same conditions as this time.
Han Zhongwei thought carefully that even if the Capturing Sheng Army had 20,000 grenades, it would not pose a threat to him. But no matter how many, Han Zhongwei would not be able to guarantee it. After all, compared with the 100,000 people of the Capturing Sheng Army, his guards and conscripts were less than 4,000.
What's more, there is no major war in Xixia now, and the greatest function of the grenades is as a strategic reserve. The 20,000 grenades in the hands of the Crown Sheng Army is enough for Li Renyou to maintain a strategic advantage. However, Han Zhongwei also proposed a new condition this time. Li Anxin must keep the 10,000 grenades added this time. No one except the Crown Sheng Army himself is allowed to penetrate. Otherwise, any transaction with Li Anxin will be stopped in the future.
Although Han Zhongwei was guarding against Dajin. Although Dajin has only purchased five grenades now, when they know the power of the grenade, they will obviously be dissatisfied with the ability of the Capture Army to have 20,000 grenades. Even Xixia can have 20,000 grenades, so Dajin will have at least 100,000 or even 200,000 grenades? But even if Han Zhongwei has such a quantity, he would not be willing to provide it. This is also why Han Zhongwei asked Li Jian to keep it confidential. In Han Zhongwei's view, the Jin Kingdom had about 50,000 grenades, and he could replenish as much as he consumed in the future. However, if he had to buy and hoard it in large quantities from the beginning, Han Zhongwei would not agree to it. If he had to do this, it would be equivalent to putting himself in danger.
As expected by Han Zhongwei, when Heshilie Zhizhong also transported all kinds of materials for exchanging cement to the border within a month, as soon as he made a transfer with Zhang Zhongtong, he immediately rode a fast horse and headed straight for Heicheng. The last time he had a supply agreement with Han Zhongwei, although the price of cement was a bit expensive, cement was a new business, and no one knew its real price. Even if it was expensive, no one would know. However, cement could save the Jin people in dire straits, so when Heshilie Zhizhong returned to Zhongdu, he was treated like a hero.
The role of cement has been well known to the upper class of the Jin Kingdom. He Shilie was able to buy 90% of the cement in Heicheng. Even if the price was high, it was a great achievement. However, the five grenades purchased by Wanyan Xun later brought them even more surprises. Such sharp firearms were the only ones they saw in their lives. If Dajin had such firearms, although it could not guarantee a complete victory with the Mongols on the battlefield, when defending the city, with such firearms, he would no longer have to worry about defense. He could be invincible no matter what!
Therefore, after witnessing the power of the grenade with his own eyes, the Emperor Wanyan Dage of the Jin Dynasty was overjoyed. He ignored the grenade that he bought it from his brother and made all the credits on Heshilie's head, and promoted Heshilie's Zhizhong to another level on the spot. After all, if Heshilie had not been Zhizhong, he would not have obtained the most powerful firearm in the world.
This time, Heshilie came to Heicheng again, and his main task was to buy firearms. Wanyanda Geheshilie's requirements for Heicheng were the same as last time. No matter what the conditions are there for Heicheng Zhongwei, as long as Dajin can meet it, he can agree to him without hesitation. Dajin has only one purpose, and try to buy as many grenades as possible.
So when Han Zhongwei suggested that the price of the grenade had quietly changed to one twenty guan, He Shilie Zhizhong's face was not changed and his heart was not beating, and he agreed in one mouthful. Now even if Han Zhongwei reported a one hundred guan, He Shilie Zhizhong would not frown. His task was not to bargain, but to buy as many grenades as possible regardless of the cost!
"Marty, the price is not a problem. This time I brought two million guan and wanted to buy 100,000 grenades. Of course, if you can use half of the money to barter, it would not be a problem to buy 200,000." Heshi Liezhong was prepared before he came this time. Even if the national treasury of Dajin was tight, he squeezed out two million guan to bring him to Heicheng. However, the 2 million guan was too much and too heavy. He had loaded twenty large cars. At this moment, they were on the way to Heicheng.
"At present, only 50,000 are available. It's not that I don't want to sell them, but that there are only so many goods." Han Zhongwei spread his hands and looked helpless. He had long known that Dajin's enthusiasm for grenades is definitely higher than Li An and the others. The current life-capturing army only gets grenades as a strategic weapon, while Dajin is not. They urgently need grenades to help them defend against the Mongols.
"Fifty thousand?" He Shilie frowned. Although the power of the grenades is huge, 50,000 grenades are only enough to protect a city for about a month. This thing cannot be picked up and reused after use. It is a disposable item. There are more than ten cities that need to be defended between Dajin and Mongolia. Even if the 50,000 grenades are distributed to each city, it is only enough to deal with the Mongols' attack.
"I can only provide so much now, and I can't do anything about it." Han Zhongwei actually had nearly 200,000 in stock, but his guard team had to be more than 10,000, and there were about 150,000 in the warehouse. What he could do now was only 50,000.
"I don't know how much grenades can be produced in a month?" He Shi Lie didn't even know where the grenade was produced, and of course he didn't know the output of He Shi Lie. As for the production of grenades, he had never even heard of it.
"Ten thousand." Han Zhongwei said immediately without even thinking about it. In fact, his output can reach 50,000 yuan per month, but Han Zhongwei didn't want Heshilie Zhizhong to know the details. Otherwise, Heshilie Zhizhong would buy 90% of it. If a war broke out in Heicheng, he might have to buy back his grenades from Dajin.
"So low? Can the output be increased? At least 50,000 per month, our Dajin needs at least 40,000 grenades per month to meet the needs." He Shilie frowned even more. Such a low output was unacceptable. Ten thousand grenades were only enough to deal with a fierce siege. You should know that when soldiers were on the city wall, a volley shot would be hundreds of grenades disappeared. How many volleys could volleys be handled with ten thousand grenades?
"The production of grenades is not like cement. They require superb craftsmen and expensive raw materials. This cannot be solved by simply increasing manpower." As far as Han Zhongwei knows, although the Mongols often disturb the border, they have not posed too many threats to the Jin Dynasty. If the grenades are provided to the Jin Dynasty as much as possible at this time, perhaps the Jin Dynasty will destroy Mongolia as soon as it exerts its power, and then the Song Dynasty will be in danger.
"What if we can provide craftsmen? As for the raw materials, we need to pay for them, you just need to withdraw them. As long as the big gold has, it will be supplied to you without reservation. As long as you can give us grenades." He Shilie Zhizhong is now generous with Wanyan Dage. As long as he can exchange for grenades, as long as the big gold has, Han Zhongwei can take them, and Da Jin will not even frown.
Han Zhongwei dared not use the craftsmen of Dajin. The manufacturing of grenades was not complicated, otherwise the Eighth Route Army of the Anti-Japanese War would not be able to produce them by themselves. The most important one was gunpowder, and when the raw materials for gunpowder were replaced, Dajin had already provided Han Zhongwei with a lot. If Han Zhongwei wanted to increase the production, it was actually not impossible. Just add some people to it.
"If you are worried that craftsmen will get involved in the work, I can let those craftsmen stay in Heicheng in the future and move their families to Heicheng, and they will be your Heicheng people in the future." He Shi Liezhizhong understood Han Zhongwei's concerns. Even if he was replaced by himself, he would not easily let outsiders come to contact this biggest secret.
"You ask me to think about it for a few days." It has to be said that the conditions proposed by Heshilie Zhizhong were very tempting. Even Han Zhongwei began to be moved. He knew that the Great Jin Dynasty was much stronger in terms of economy and technology than the Western Xia. Although it was not comparable to the Great Song Dynasty, because the Great Jin occupied the Central Plains region, the Great Jin craftsmen were still very good. Now Han Zhongwei lacked nothing here, and the only thing he lacked was talents. For example, various craftsmen, managers and strategists. According to Han Zhongwei, Heicheng can now lack anything, but talents cannot be lacked.
"Okay, my 2 million guan will probably be able to reach Heicheng the next day. Then I will let them hand over to the warehouse directly." He Shi Liezhizhong seemed to be worried that Han Zhongwei would be sloppy, so he directly gave him the payment for the 100,000 grenades first.
"This is not right. You can pay one million guan first. I will give you 50,000 grenades within one month. As for the other 50,000 grenades, what if you wait three months before paying them?" Han Zhongwei thought for a while. If he really handed over the two million guan to his home, his family would be lively. Even if he was reluctant, he could only give at least a part of the remaining 50,000 grenades to He Shilie. This made him feel very bad. He Shilie was like a change of direction and forced to the palace, and he didn't agree.
"This is no problem. The Heicheng Hotel must be the largest hotel in the entire Heicheng. The equipment here is advanced and the chef's craftsmanship is the best in the entire Heicheng. I will wait for you in the Heicheng Hotel." He Shilie was in a state of pride and refused to give up. For this purpose, he could throw out a million pride of money without blinking.
"It doesn't matter if I wait for three months, but there is one thing I don't understand. Since the monthly production of grenades is only 10,000, or 200,000 guan, how can you increase the production to 15,600 guan within three months?" He Shilie asked in the middle.
"Of course, it's increasing the output. I dare not say that it doubles. It's absolutely fine to increase 50%." Han Zhongwei also had his face and his heart was not beating. He lies and wouldn't even blink his eyes.
"Okay, I'll wait here for three months. If I can create 50,000 grenades in three months, I can provide 50,000 grenades to the ZTE Coordination Association every month." He Shilie Zhizhong thought about it and it was really like this. Although he believed that Han Zhongwei was looking for words for himself, buying grenades now is like asking someone else for accounts. He Shilie Zhizhong decided to rely on Han Zhongwei. As long as he was in Heicheng, he would not dare not win 50,000 grenades in three months.
Han Zhongwei didn't expect that Heshilie Zhizhong had sued him. He waited in Heicheng with money. If he had no grenades to transport them back within three months, Heshilie Zhizhong would have no face to go back to Dajin to meet people. So he simply waited in Heicheng. As long as he had time, he would stay with Han Zhongwei. At that time, Han Zhongwei would have to let him stick. Han Zhongwei was unwilling to see such a result, but he thought, wouldn't he just go back to Lin'an? There must be a way before the car arrived at the mountain, so let's talk about it later.
"Yes, let's talk about it in three months." Han Zhongwei could only smile bitterly in his heart. He Shi Lie could use this move even in the middle of the Zhizhong. It seemed that he was sure to win the grenade. But Han Zhongwei bought himself three months. He hoped to think of countermeasures within three months, or within three months, Mongolia violated Dajin several times, so that their grenades would consume more, and he could sell the grenades to Dajin without any scruples.
"Okay, I will come to the Marquis' Mansion every day to pay your respects." He Shilie Zhizhong really showed his spirit of being lazy and visited Han Zhongwei once a day. As long as he was annoyed enough, his problems could be solved faster and better.
"Then there is no need. I will go out for a long trip in the past three months and will not live in the Marquis' Mansion." Han Zhongwei said with a smile.
"You want to go far? If possible, can I follow you?" He Shilie Zhizhong is now like a debt collector. As long as Han Zhongwei goes, he will follow him wherever he goes.
"I'm doing private matters, and it's inappropriate for Lord Zhizhong to follow him." Han Zhongwei said that he was going back to the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty were enemies. If they knew that they had brought a Tartar back, they might not even go in.
"Okay, then I won't follow you, but pretend to be unfamiliar with each other. This will not affect the marquis." He Shilie said in the middle.
"If you want to follow, then let it go." Han Zhongwei knew that He Shilie could not tear off the dog skin plaster he had been following.
"I don't know where the marquis is going?" He Shilie Zhizhong was very interesting to see Han Zhongwei frowning. It seems that he can't do anything with Han Zhongwei with Mingdao and Mingqi. Only by forcing him can he get what he wants.
In fact, He Shilie Zhizhong is not stupid. Not everyone is willing to sell firearms with huge power like grenades. Although the price of 20 jin per piece is ridiculously high, once the grenade is exerted on the battlefield, everyone will think it is worth the money. So now, try to buy as much as you can. As for the money, isn’t it actually a bunch of copper? As long as you find a copper mine at that time, you can mine as much as you want. However, only Han Zhongwei has firearms. Except for him, it is impossible to buy them in other places.
However, He Shilie's sect was not sure that Han Zhongwei would go to Lin'an. He is now the governor of the army. If he came to Xixia with his identity, it would be no problem at all. After all, Xixia is a vassal state of the Great Jin, and the Heicheng borders the Great Jin. As long as he does not disclose his identity, Xixia will not do anything even if he knows that he is coming.
The Song Dynasty was not the case. Although the Great Jin and the Song Dynasty were also the country of Shubo, the wars between the Jin and the Song Dynasty continued, and the Song people hated the Jin people to the core. It was inappropriate for Heshilie to follow Han Zhongwei to Lin'an in the name of public or private. If he went to the Song Dynasty in an open identity, then as his Jiedushi, the Song Dynasty would of course send corresponding officials to receive him as a Jiedushi. Then there was no way to talk about him following Han Zhongwei. Han Zhongwei would not wait in front to deal with the officials of the Song Dynasty before following. If he was a private identity and the hatred of the Song Dynasty against the Jin Dynasty, no one could guarantee whether he could be safe and sound in the Song Dynasty.
It seems that he can only wait for Han Zhongwei in Heicheng, and He Shilie's pride is regrettable. But if Han Zhongwei is not in Heicheng, but he is waiting for him here for three months, then it would be better to go back first and negotiate with him when Han Zhongwei returns to Heicheng again.
But if this is the case, He Shilie Zhizhong was very unwilling to accept it. He believed that Han Zhongwei's March period should be perfunctory and put it in his heart. If he had a magic weapon like a grenade, he would not want others to have too much. However, now the Great Jin Dynasty is in trouble, so buying more grenades is not to deal with the Western Xia or the Song Dynasty, but mainly to defend against the Mongols. But this cannot be said publicly. Even if everyone in the world knows that the Great Jin Dynasty has lost to the Mongols, He Shilie Zhizhong will not actively admit it. Mongolia was originally just a vassal state of the Great Jin Dynasty, but now it occasionally invades the Great Jin border, making the Great Jin Dynasty suffocate and should be in a hurry.
But just as he cannot admit that Dajin cannot defeat Mongolia, Han Zhongwei cannot admit that the reason why he did not want to sell the grenades to Dajin was because he was worried that Dajin would deal with him one day. In this way, he could not be said on the table, and he could only guess secretly.
As Zhang Zhongtong purchased more and more goods, Han Zhongwei's two caravans will also set off from Heicheng. One of these two caravans entered the Song Dynasty from the Western Xia, and the other returned to the Song Dynasty from the Great Jin Dynasty. The caravans returned from the Great Jin Dynasty will purchase various intimidating goods in the territory of the Great Jin Dynasty, so that people will not suspect that the main purpose of Han Zhongwei's huge caravan is to sell horses.
When he learned that Han Zhongwei would return to Lin'an with his caravan, He Shilie, who had not given up, came to his mind and could neither go to Lin'an in public or private status. Can he hide his identity and return to Lin'an with him as Han Zhongwei's entourage? You must know that He Shilie is also an excellent cavalryman, and controlling five cavalry by one person is not a problem at all.
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