In the Zhao Palace, the lively dinner stopped for a moment. Wen Xiaowei's question was very insightful, and this was what the king and his ministers wanted to know. In the current situation, if we can first strengthen the domestic military power and then develop technology, it can be said to be a perfect solution.
What is the situation now? The drought is getting worse and worse, and even Zhao, a powerful country with a prosperous fortune, has been affected. The country's fortune has begun to fluctuate and decline.
Everyone has a guess that after this year's autumn harvest and before next year's spring plowing, there will inevitably be a war! At this time, there is no time, financial resources, or manpower to develop technology. At this time, the army should be armed at all costs.
Therefore, the first priority for Zhao, Western Chu, and even all countries is to strengthen the army! Don't worry about anything else, and you can't worry about it.
How did Xu Ren react to Wen Xiaowei's sudden question? It can be described in two words - overjoyed!
It was indeed a great joy. This was exactly what Xu Ren had dreamed of. The Shang Kingdom had gone to great lengths to build the so-called artery. What was it for? Two words—trade!
At this sensitive moment, if the Shang Kingdom can demonstrate the "power of industry", will it still worry about the sales of goods in the future? Wen Xiaowei's question was tailor-made for Xu Ren.
But was this question asked casually, deliberately difficult, carefully considered, or a gesture of goodwill? Xu Ren glanced at Wen Xiaowei, but found that Wen Xiaowei's face was relatively calm, but there was a bit of pride in the depths of his eyes.
Xu Ren immediately made a judgment - it was not the four reasons above, but just someone's sudden inspiration. So someone was proud of it.
Anyway, this question helped a lot. After all, compared with asking it yourself, there are many advantages to asking it by a third party.
Xu Ren organized his words a little and said, "This method is very good and is also a relatively feasible plan. In fact, we already have a certain template for such a military construction plan. This template is investment. Before talking about investment, let's first talk about the problem of purchasing machinery directly from the Shang Kingdom. Although this can quickly form production capacity, it lacks the corresponding talents. The investment model can solve this problem. The so-called investment is that the Shang Kingdom provides talents, technology, products, and even funds, and the countries that need investment and attract investment provide land and policies. In this way, it can quickly help the countries that attract investment to establish an industrial base as soon as possible, and even in this process, it can cultivate a large number of excellent talents for various countries."
"Oh..." The Emperor of Zhao State immediately became interested. "Mr. Xu, according to what you said, if the Kingdom of Shang comes to invest in our Kingdom of Zhao, we can get funds, technology, products, talent training and knowledge, etc. But I don't know what kind of return the Kingdom of Shang wants for such an investment?"
"No, no, no, Your Majesty, you asked the wrong question!" Xu Ren directly denied the Emperor of Zhao's statement, "It should be said that investment has so many benefits. The groups, businesses, and enterprises of the Shang Kingdom need to pay so much, and the Shang Kingdom itself also needs to pay a lot. So, what conditions can Zhao offer to attract investment? To be honest, the merchants in the Shang Kingdom have been spoiled by the wise king, and the wise king encourages free competition. Therefore, if your country wants to attract investors, it needs to offer generous conditions and negotiate with these merchants in person. What the Shang Kingdom can do at the national level is to build arteries, build friendly relations between the two countries, and build banks. As for specific commercial cooperation, we are not responsible."