Only the next day, Li Zhen learned the news delivered by Liu Jianye.
He knew that Xun Shifei was telling him this secret on purpose. Taiping Regiment.
"It's really yours, senior. You even hid it from me."
Li Zhen touched it for a long time, and suddenly realized a problem in his heart. Has Xun Shifei never had a heart-to-heart relationship with him? He actually didn't know about the Taiping Regiment, which is such a secretive organization, until now.
He should have already had thoughts of rebellion. Because... Xun Jiayuan is in good health. Although he occasionally coughs, he is healthy. If Xun Shifei wants to ascend to power, I'm afraid he will have to wait another twenty years. There are several twenty years in a person's life. And these two decades have been full of changes.
This Taiping Regiment should be his back-up, second-hand preparation. If I guess correctly, the predecessor of this Taiping Regiment should be the princelings.
"Am I not considered to be a true princeling?"
"Oh, these revolutionary things are indeed full of endless intrigues. I am really no match for others when it comes to tactical tricks. Xun Shifei almost turned me around."
Li Zhen laughed with emotion. There was a look of pride in his eyes. In a small tactical situation, he would not be anyone else's opponent. But in terms of the overall strategic layout, he didn't believe that anyone could outsmart him.
The layout of the Ten Thousand Years Consortium has almost taken shape. When the Ten Thousand Years Consortium rises, it will be truly terrifying.
Now that they are fighting, let them fight.
A week later, Li Zhen received the news: "Wang Sandao's troops attacked Jiahe County, and the princess Wang Jixiang of Jiahe County was beheaded in public."
When Li Zhen saw this letter, he slapped his forehead and remembered that he seemed to have had a lot of trouble with Wang Jixiang. As the days went by, I almost forgot about this person.
Unexpectedly, Wang Sandao actually beheaded his old enemy in public.
Originally, according to Li Zhen's current status, he actually no longer wanted to embarrass Wang Jixiang. The situation is different. If Li Zhen punishes him, it will not be revenge, but it will give him too much face.
After defeating Yanziji, he had actually avenged his bloody revenge.
It was just the reincarnation of Feng Shui, and Wang Jixiang was eventually beheaded. The newspaper said that Wang Sandao beheaded Wang Jixiang in Yanziji...
"Are you trying to show your favor to me?"
Li Zhen squinted his eyes and secretly pondered the intention behind it. The current situation in Kyushu is quite chaotic, and we can no longer look at the problem simply. Every incident that occurs may have a lot of meaning behind it.
On this day, Li Zhen found a man named Jin Geming.
This Jin Geming is one of the members of the consortium. He has invested in factories all over Dongzhou, mainly in the foundry industry and foundry industry.
Li Zhen threw a few drawings to him: "Mr. Jin. This is what you will do in the future."
Jin Geming looked at the drawings and exclaimed: "This... is this a firearm?"
On top of the drawing, there is a structural diagram of the new rifle. Structural diagrams of cannons and even the structure of cannonballs.
Li Zhen nodded: "Yes, this is a weapon used in war."
Jin Geming took a breath of air: "You are seeking death. The court strictly controls the casting of gunpowder, firearms, and firearms. Once discovered, it will be a dead end and you will be beheaded."
Li Zhen sneered: "In the current court... who will pay attention to him?"
Jin Geming was sure that this was the case when he thought about it. Who still pays attention to the imperial court's orders now? The emperor's imperial edict could not even leave Zhongzhou.
"But, isn't this a bit too risky?"
"Wealth is found in danger. Xun Shifei even dared to make a revolution, why don't you dare to put your head in your waistband to make money? You set up a separate subsidiary, mainly in the military casting industry. In the future, this company will give you bring huge benefits.”
Jin Geming was silent for a while, and he could think of the huge chain of interests hidden behind this. Being an arms dealer, no need to think about it, this is definitely a very profitable industry. But if something goes wrong, it won't be easy.
Li Zhen added: "Your role is to contain them. You can sell the weapons to the Kyushu court, the Xinyuan Kingdom in Beizhou, or to Wang Sandao."
"Sell them all?"
"Well, sell them all. Whoever pays you will sell it. Not only do you have to sell, you also have to monopolize the entire market."
A fierce look flashed in Li Zhen's eyes.
Jin Geming asked curiously: "Market? How can this be a monopoly?"
"The drawing I drew is not any firearm in Kyushu. It used to be a firecracker, but now it is called a gun. The firecrackers in the past used steel sand, but this rifle fired bullets. When this gun is promoted to all The army strictly hid the manufacturing process of bullets. You completely used arms to contain the three parties. From now on, everyone will be led by your nose. Because only you can make this kind of weapon."
Jin Geming looked at the drawings carefully and recognized in his heart that he was indeed Dean Li. Throwing out a drawing would shake the world.
This gun has a similar shape to a firecracker, but its internal structure is completely different. The interior is rifled, while the bullet is metallic and individually separated. The bullet is divided into a cartridge case and a slug, with gunpowder inside. When the firing pin of the firearm hits the saltpeter behind the cartridge case, it explodes and the shot is fired.
This is much more efficient than a firecracker. It takes half a day to refill the gunpowder once a shot is fired. And this rifle can load five bullets at a time, and after one shot, it only needs to be loaded again to continue shooting. The interval only takes one second.
From a purely business perspective, this is profitable.
He still has not broken away from the inherent thinking of a businessman. In fact, without a deep understanding of himself, he is no longer a businessman, he is a capitalist!
Li Zhen added: "Also, this arsenal must be set up in a secret place. It is best to be on an overseas island, and it must have its own armed forces for defense. Warehouses must be laid throughout Kyushu. Weapons are produced in factories. , and then transport it to warehouses across the country. Don’t be too troublesome, because some people will rob if they are in a hurry.”
Jin Geming nodded: "Of course I understand this. Since this is a head-turning job, I must be careful."
"Also, remember what I said, it is a monopoly industry. Kyushu will not allow the emergence of a second businessman who can manufacture these firearms."
Jin Geming looked deeply at Li Zhen: "The imperial court has a special organization like this..."
"Then promise huge profits and recruit all such talents from the imperial court. Why not? Also, they can imitate firearms, but bullets... Haha, forgive me in my humble opinion, without industrial support, no one can make bullets .”
Jin Geming's eyes widened, he was so crazy, poaching people from the imperial court.
But if you think about it carefully, what Li Zhen said makes sense. The gun is actually not difficult, the difficult part is the bullet.
Bullets... Jin Geming knew just by looking at the drawings that the craftsmanship was more complicated than that of a gun. Of course, the organizational structure is not as complicated as firearms, but mass production is complicated.
He understood Li Zhen's intention to control the production of bullets and shells. Industry is in one's own hands. From now on, no one dares to think about themselves. Because he can sell arms to his enemies at any time.
This move goes far.
Jin Geming was suddenly startled and broke into a cold sweat. Looking at the three pillars and chaos in Kyushu, he thought of what would happen when his military factory was built.
He couldn't help but murmur: "Then they are fighting back and forth, who are they fighting for?"
Among the three pillars, the bookmakers began to appear behind the scenes.
(End of chapter)