『PS: After thinking for a long time, I decided to temporarily change "Yu" to "Wang", that is, "Wang Yong Merchant". Occasionally, I might write "Wang Zhishi Ren" or "Wang Si Zhi Jia", which means shop, and Jia is businessman. I feel that this is more appropriate. If you think of better words in the future, you may change them."

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"Wang Yong Merchant..."

Looking at Wen Shao Bo intently, Zhao Hongrun muttered a few words, a look of interest appeared on his face and said, "Let me tell me specifically, your so-called "Wang Yong Merchant".

"Yes." Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Wen Shaobo bowed to Zhao Hongrun, then stood up, and said excitedly: "The king's merchant proposed to His Highness, the only one whom is to obey His Highness. If His Highness needs artifacts, I will give artifacts; if His Highness needs labor, I will give labor; if His Highness needs money and grain, I will give money and grain. No matter what His Highness proposes, I will try my best to satisfy it... But accordingly, I beg Your Highness to give His Highness the highest authorization so that he can interfere with some ordinary merchants who cannot access them. For example, the arms and equipment eliminated by His Highness's army are allowed to be sold to the Gentiles, such as the iron ore required by the Metallurgical Bureau..."

Listening to Wen Shaobo's endless talk, the chief of the clan guard Wei opened his eyes wide in shock. Even Jie Ziyu looked at Wen Shaobo with incredible eyes, as if he had only really known this righteous brother today.

There is nothing else, just because the request made by Wen Shaobo is really shocking - military weapon smuggling!

The reason why it is "military weapons smuggling" rather than "military weapons trading" is because the conservative thinking of the Wei court would never allow domestic arms to be sold abroad. They would rather eliminate the arms smuggled in piles in warehouses than sell these backward weapons to other countries.

Therefore, since Wen Shaobo wanted to buy and sell military weapons, he had no choice but to "smuggle" - to sell the equipment eliminated by King Su's army to those who needed this batch of military weapons at a premium.

The object of this may be the Chu people, the Han people, the Qin people, or even the remnant of the Xiao family, the mortal enemy of the royal family in Wei State, as long as the other party pays the land for several times the premium.

For example, the Metallurgical Bureau spent 200 taels of silver to create a set of infantry equipment and distributed it to the soldiers of the Suwang Army. When the soldiers of the Suwang Army wore this set of equipment for two or three years and were about to replace it with better weapons and equipment, the old equipment could still be smuggled abroad at an excess premium of 200 taels of silver, or even 300 taels or 500 taels.

You should know that there are still many forces that want the old equipment of the King of Su, and there are many within the territory of Wei alone, such as the surrendered general of the Song Dynasty, Nangong Yao, the "Song County Rebels", the "Xiao Family Remnants", not to mention the unofficially allowed forces in other countries, such as the "Mi Qu Family", which has a grudge against the Mi Xiong Family of the Chu Royal Family, the Dongou Army of Dongyue, etc.

It is undeniable that this may become an act of capitalizing for the enemy, but on the other hand, it is also a brilliant strategy that can recover R&D funds, regain the cost of building, and even make profits. But it is impossible to guarantee whether this batch of arms will eventually fall into the hands of the enemy of Wei and become a weapon to kill the soldiers of Wei.

This is a double-edged sword.

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Zhao Hongrun tapped the table with his right index finger, thinking about something.

Suddenly, he turned to look at Jie Zizhe and said with a smile: "Jie Zi, you decide this on behalf of me."

When he heard Zhao Hongrun call him "Jiezi" instead of "Mr. Jiezi", Jieziyun understood and immediately adjusted his mentality to the aide of His Highness Su in front of him. He turned around and bowed to Wen Shaobo with a serious expression, probably like "I'm going to talk to you now."

Seeing this, Wen Shaobo's expression was really strange. After all, Jie Zizun was his righteous brother.

However, it was not the only one who felt awkward. In fact, Jie Ziyun also felt awkward. Although he was determined to serve the King Su, he did not expect that the opportunity to show his talents would come so quickly and so caught off guard.

What's even more embarrassing is that his partner was Wen Shaobo, who had been with him for several years and had a close relationship.

"Brother Shao, what do you want?" After looking at Mr. Wen deeply, Jie Zizhang asked calmly, his tone as if he and Mr. Wen were not loyal brothers who had been close to each other for many years: "If you said just now, your profits can be devoted to Your Highness, then what do you want?"

After hearing Jie Zizhang's question, Zhao Hongrun nodded secretly. He had to admit that Jie Zizhang grasped the key point of this matter - what exactly did Wen Shaobo want?

You should know that if it is as Wen Shaobo said, it is like Wen Shaobo gave all his wealth to work for him Zhao Hongrun. Zhao Hongrun did not believe that Wen Shaobo had nothing to ask for, otherwise, this person would be the number one fool in the world.

It was like a pie falling from the sky. A Jie Zizhe took the initiative to make Zhao Hongrun laugh secretly, so that there would be no more Wen Shaobo who was willing to offer all his property to work as a white-handed worker for him.

Picking up a cup of tea that had already been cold from the desk, Zhao Hongrun took a sip, staring at Wen Shaobo intently, waiting for the latter's reply.

Not to mention, Mr. Wen did not disappoint Zhao Hongrun. He only saw him staring at Jie Zizhang intently and said with a strong and serious look: "I want to become the largest merchant in the world, and leave my name in history as a merchant, so that the historian would like to make another article for me Mr. Wen. In this way, I will not be in vain for my Mr. Wen to come to this world for a while."

After hearing this, even Zhao Hongrun could not help but feel moved.

As a merchant, he left his name in history?!

Is there another article to ask the historian to specifically publish for him, Wen Shaobo?!

What a shocking bold statement!

You should know that the greatest hope of the world is just to leave a name in history, even if it is just a brief introduction. However, this young master of Wen is so ambitious that he wants the historian to write a narrative for him - this is an honor that even a king of a country can enjoy.

Can businessmen really leave their names in history and make additional space?

Jie Ziyu couldn't help but lose his mind, after all, this is an unprecedented event.

Of course, it is not to say that there is no possibility at all. If Wen Shaobo really supported His Highness Su as he promised, making Wei more and more powerful, and even ended up swallowing up all the countries and unifying the world, then Wen Shaobo might really become a "giant in the world" and a mountain that junior merchants can never cross.

Thinking of this, Jie Zizhu couldn't help but feel excited.

There are two reasons: one is for Wen Shaobo. After all, Wen Shaobo is his righteous brother. Out of the feelings of his righteous brother, Jie Ziqin really hopes that this righteous brother can achieve his incredible ambitions; the other is for His Highness, King Su who he decided to be loyal to. If Jie Ziqin still hopes to assist His Highness to become the king of Wei and assist him in winning the world, then a lot of money will be needed during this period, which is likely to be a huge amount of funds that people cannot imagine. However, Wen Shaobo can earn this batch of funds for His Highness.

The question is, how did he speak? Wen Shaobo is his righteous brother.

Jie Ziqin secretly glanced at Zhao Hongrun, but regretfully found that His Highness Su was siping tea on his own and had no intention of opening his mouth.

The intelligent Jie Zizhe immediately guessed: This is the test of His Highness Su.

After hesitating for a long time, Jie Zizhang gritted his teeth and bowed to Zhao Hongrun and said, "Your Highness, your disciple thinks, your noble, you need a businessman like my righteous brother. However, your disciples do not agree with the military smuggling mentioned by Shao Bo, and this matter still needs to be discussed for a long time."

In the end, Jie Zizhang did not avoid his righteous brotherhood relationship with Wen Shaobo, and truthfully expressed his thoughts.

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun looked at Jie Ziqiu deeply and nodded in his heart with satisfaction: Being able to say such impartial words means that Jie Ziqiu has indeed placed his mentality as a "resident of the Prince Su Mansion", which is very good.

Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun said with a smile: "I have said that this matter is up to you. Since you nodded in agreement, then..." Speaking of this, he turned to look at Wen Shaobo and said with a smile: "It is not an easy task to support my king's various actions, even support foreign wars. My king uses a merchant."

Of course, this is just a kind of polite statement. After all, Zhao Hongrun could not really leave such a big deal to Jie Zizhang to decide. It can only be said that his idea is similar to Jie Zizhang.

The concept of "Wang Yong Merchant" proposed by Wen Shaobo is different from the nature of officials and businessmen.

Officials and businessmen refer to businessmen with certain official backgrounds. For example, some business officials under the Ministry of Revenue under the banner of the Ministry of Revenue can be called official and businessmen. The advantage lies in the ability to use channels with official backgrounds.

The concept of "Wang Yong Merchant" proposed by Wen Shaobo refers to a businessman who is only responsible for him, King Su Zhao Hongrun, who is not the country or the court. Therefore, he does not have the advantages of officials and businessmen. Even in some sensitive transactions and smuggling, Wen Shaobo cannot openly slap the banner of King Su.

But even so, Wen Shaobo, as the Wang Yong merchant of King Su Zhao Hongrun, still had certain authorization.

For example, in normal trade, he took advantage of the power of King Su Zhao Hongrun, or recruited retired soldiers from King Su's army to expand the caravan guards, and even asked the Qing Crows and the Black Crows to deal with some dark side matters for him - any power of King Su can be used to a certain extent.

I have to say that this right is very terrifying.

Perhaps some people may wonder, didn’t Zhao Hongrun already have a “Su Chamber of Commerce”, why did he recruit Wen Shaobo as Wang Yong’s merchant?

The reason is very simple, because the "Su Chamber of Commerce" has gradually become a tool used by Zhao Hongrun to win over some of the aristocratic forces in China that were close to him. Although he has stable profits every year, Zhao Hongrun cannot truly control the resources of the entire Chamber of Commerce.

For example, if Zhao Hongrun decides to start a war against which country, it is called the "Su Chamber of Commerce" to provide free money and food, I believe that the nobles in the "Su Chamber of Commerce" will probably be cursing their mothers even though they have suffered heavy losses.

Therefore, Zhao Hongrun really needs a Wang Yong merchant who only obeys him, and can fully support him in carrying out various major actions.
Chapter completed!