Chapter 529 Trade Alliance

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"Fifteen gold? The price is very affordable, are you sure you don't need people?" Yanhuang Liren was taken aback when he heard that, and couldn't help teasing.

Shangji's large transactions have never left the word "population", and it is no wonder that Yanhuang Lijian ridiculed.

"I don't want it anymore, it's only fifteen gold a horse, four hundred thousand horses, do you want it?"

"Yes! There is such a good business, why don't you want it? Just at the price offered by the general, we will cover everything!" Yanhuang Liren waved his hand very proudly, and said in a big way.

Yanhuang's forces spread all over the country, but the main base is in Jianwei County. Jianwei County is located in the south of Yizhou, roughly at the junction of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan.

You say that Jianwei County does not produce horses on a large scale, of course you are wrong. The Dian horse has always been one of the important breeds of Chinese horses. It has rough skin, thick flesh and excellent endurance. It is this characteristic of the Dian horse that supports the prosperity of the Ancient Tea Horse Road.

As a freight horse, the Yunnan horse is naturally the most cost-effective in the world, but it is a bit difficult for a strongman to be used as a war horse for charging.

Short stature, slow sprint speed, and low load capacity all limit it from being a cavalry mount.

Therefore, Yanhuang is still in a state of severe shortage of war horses in general. With Yanhuang's body size, let alone a mere 400,000 war horses, even if it is doubled or tripled, it can be eaten in one bite.

And because of the location, the price of war horses in the Yinan area basically fluctuated around 20 gold, and Shang Ji directly offered a price of 15 gold, which was equivalent to a 20% discount, and the discount was quite considerable.

"Mr. Wang, I have a request, I hope Mr. Wang can agree on behalf of Yanhuang!"

Just happy to pick up a cheap Yanhuang sharp blade, he was stunned for a moment, thought to himself, and said with a wry smile on his face: "I knew General Shang's cheap price is not so easy to make, general, please tell me what you want!"

"I want to recruit 50,000 barbarians within your sphere of influence, and I hope to get Yanhuang's permission and assistance!" Shang Ji said in embarrassment.

If it wasn't for the recruitment of barbarians, Shang Ji would never have given Yanhuang such a big discount, a 10% discount.

As early as in Luoyang, Shang Ji exchanged a cheat for a special unit of [Mountain Barbarian Infantry]. This unit is very suitable for mountain warfare. It can ignore the complex terrain of mountains, and is proficient in archery and concealment. It is very powerful in mountain warfare.

However, this arm has a mandatory requirement,

Soldiers must be mountain barbarians!

Originally, Shang Ji didn't care about it. This special unit of mountain barbarian infantry was originally made as a small backup out of a precautionary mentality, and it would not be used in a short time.

However, Gongsun Du directly surrendered the city, which greatly expanded Shang Ji's sphere of influence to the east, and the frontier line also moved eastward by a large margin.

And further east, you will reach the sphere of influence of Goguryeo and Lee's North Korea.

What needs to be explained is that Goguryeo is not a certain country. It is more similar to Nanban and Wuhuan, which are affiliated NPC forces in the Huaxia region. Players who do not have a corresponding country belong to Goguryeo.

The corresponding country of the North and South Double Sticks in the beacon fire is the Joseon Dynasty, also known as Lee Joseon. Yes, that's right, the North and South Bangzi are one country amidst the flames of war.

Goguryeo is sandwiched between the Huaxia District and the Korean District. Anyone can send troops to attack. Those who win can gain the strategic initiative and pose a strategic threat to the other region.

This kind of situation is very common in Beacon, obviously it is intentional by the system.

In the beacon fire, there are no nodules or other things between the various countries and regions. Generally, they are separated by harsh environments such as mountains, jungles, rivers and ice fields, deserts and seas. As long as you have the ability, you can lead troops to fight directly. .

In other words, if Shang Ji has the ability to build a fleet that can cross the Pacific Ocean, he can directly send troops to fight against the US imperialists now. Same goes for other countries!

Back to the topic of North Korea, with the surrender of Gongsun Du, Shang Ji must seriously consider the threat of North and South Korea. In view of the special geographical environment here, Shang Ji also needs to make early preparations to avoid capsizing in the gutter.

There are not many other things in this big place on the Korean Peninsula, but there are many mountains! The large-scale cavalry unit that Shang Ji relies on most has no conditions for it to be used at all. If you want to solve the Korean peninsula, you must have an army that is proficient in mountain warfare.

Zhang He's phantom pawns have the characteristic of ignoring the terrain and geographical advantages. It can be said to be a sharp edge against Li's North Korea.

Shangji's strategic plan is very simple. Go west and Lu Bu to kill Xianbei; go east to annex Goguryeo, follow what Gongsun Du did in history, set up Daifang County, eliminate all threats around you, and create an absolutely safe rear. Afterwards, he cultivated his internal strength hard, watched the general situation of the world quietly, competed in the Central Plains if he had the opportunity, and continued to cultivate his health and rest if he had no opportunity.

If possible, lead the troops to destroy Lee's North Korea, capture the Korean peninsula, and completely stabilize the rear.

Of course, this is slightly more difficult and may require distributed solutions.

The strength of Lee's North Korea is not worth mentioning. It is not as good as a state in Han Dynasty. The capital of North Korea, Seoul, is only a king-level city under the addition of the national capital. There are only Kaesong, Pyongyang, and Hamhung in the territory. , Quanzhou and other four giant city-level cities. There are five giant cities in Pingzhou!

In addition, although it is also a historical area, the number of famous historical generals in Lee's Korea is pitifully small, not even one-tenth of the Huaxia District. The top s-level generals can even be counted with two hands. Excluding the influence of players, Pingzhou's strength is higher than Lee's North Korea!

But North and South Korea combined have nearly 20 million active players, which is not easy to handle.

The Korean peninsula is not a big place, but the total population is as high as 76 million. Moreover, North Korea is in a special situation, and its mobilization ability is second only to China. There are more than one million active troops and eight million reserve troops. South Korea is slightly worse, with only 750,000 active and 4.5 million in the reserve, but all people are forced to serve in the military, and there are 3.5 million Civil Defense Forces (Baidu data), the two sides add up to only five points An army is stationed in Fenghuo, and it is really difficult to deal with it desperately!

In addition, if the beacon fire can directly determine the rise and fall of a country as Yanhuang Sharp Blade said, it is really urgent that the two sides of the Northern and Southern Dynasties can forcibly mobilize an army of more than 10 million players. No chance!

Although the internal conflict between North and South Korea is serious, Shang Ji can't guarantee whether they will reconcile under external pressure after he leads the troops to fight.

Of course, it's still too early to think about this. The most urgent task now is to recruit at least 50,000 mountain barbarian infantry with Yanhuang's assistance. Take the Shanman infantry and the phantom pawns as the core, supplemented by a small amount of elite cavalry, plus other elite infantry, to solve Goguryeo!

However, because of Wuhuan Jingqi's incident before, Shang Ji tricked Yanhuang a little bit. Now that he is talking about reincarnation today, the retribution will come too fast, so of course he has to put his attitude first.

Giving a preferential price for the war horse is an implicit expression of sincerity!

"Hahaha, General Shang, you want to recruit mountain barbarians? Am I also asking that every mountain barbarian recruited give back three civilians?" Yanhuang Liren burst into laughter when he heard this, with a sense of elation rising leisurely.

Shang Ji's face froze immediately, and he stayed there in embarrassment.

"Hahaha, don't get me wrong, General, I'm just joking." Seeing Shang Ji's complexion was a bit ugly, Yanhuang Liren suppressed his smile and quickly waved his hands to explain.

"We also understand the general's situation here. We have always wanted to immigrate to the border. Of course we won't embarrass the general. Let's do this. On the basis of 400,000 yuan, we will assist the general in recruiting each horse he sells to us. What does the general think of a mountain barbarian as a soldier?"

"Huh!" Shang Ji let out a long breath, Yanhuang's heart is still very good, he didn't care about the little heartache before.

"Okay! What Yanhuang has done makes Ji feel ashamed. How about this? I will sell an additional 100,000 war horses. You can help me recruit 50,000 mountain barbarians first, and the remaining 50,000 places will be used when I need them. This is fine." ?"

"Of course! Why don't we take this opportunity to build a trade alliance?" Yanhuang Liren first agreed decisively, and then suddenly suggested.

"Trade alliance? How do you say it?" Shang Ji suddenly became interested and asked intently.

"Look, General Shang, your Pingzhou is rich in horses, cattle and sheep, and a large amount of animal fur. At the same time, there are many high-grade wood, stone, iron ore, medicinal materials, etc. Our main base in Yinan is rich in tea, jade, Silk, fine wine, etc. Pingzhou and Yanhuang just happen to be mutually beneficial and complement each other's strengths."

"By the way, once the trade alliance is established, we can sell our unique rattan armor, bamboo armor and other equipment that are very suitable for use in the mountain environment to General Shang. If the general allows it, we implore the general to release pearl rice and raw materials to us. There are restrictions on the sale of high-yielding fine varieties such as rice, and the two sides complement each other's strengths and work together!"

When Yanhuang Sharpen said this, Shang Ji found that Yanhuang and Pingzhou, which are southeast and northwest, are really complementary.

"We signed an agreement to ensure the safety of the other party's caravan within our own forces and protect the corresponding legal rights and interests. We can reduce and exempt some taxes, provide convenient trading conditions, and even carry out a certain degree of information sharing to jointly maintain the balance and stability of the Huaxia District. Seeing that Shang Ji seemed very interested, Yanhuang Liren said while the iron was hot.

"Wait, wait, I agree with what you said in principle, but you can discuss the details with Deng Yan in Pingzhou."

Seeing Yanhuang Liren talking more and more, Shang Ji cut him off decisively. Businessmen are good at leading the war, but if this kind of trade agreement is negotiated by Shangji himself, he will definitely lose all his pants.

There is a specialization in the art industry, and Shang Ji directly acts as the shopkeeper, leaving these series of troublesome matters to Deng Yan to deal with.

Yanhuang Sharpen also seemed to know that Shang Ji was in charge of the army and not politics, so he was not surprised by this. In fact, when discussing the detailed trade alliance treaty, Yanhuang Liren would not appear in person, but would hand it over to the professionals who came with him.

For the next three days, Deng Yan put down his government affairs and formed a joint negotiating team with Yang Yi, Xun Yu, and Yan Xie. Deng Yan did not know what tricks he used to recruit Xi Zhicai, who had accompanied Rong Luoluo to the wedding and had not yet returned. Joined the negotiating team and repeatedly discussed the relevant trade details with five experts from Yanhuang.

And Yanhuang obviously came prepared, having already prepared the negotiation outline and detailed provisions, and at the same time brought a list of goods that Yanhuang can provide, acting as a salesman.

The professional quality of Yanhuang's people naturally need not be questioned, but Shangji's party has three top s-level scribes who are not vegetarians. At the beginning, you may seem a little flustered because you are not familiar with the rules and you were caught off guard.

But after understanding the essence of the trade, the five of them showed great power and pushed Yanhuang's negotiators back step by step. The fierce fighting between the negotiating table is abnormal.

On the other hand, Yanhuang Liren and Shang Ji became spectators, wandering around, listening to the general progress of the negotiation, and waiting for the final result.

After a period of intense discussion (tearing) and discussion (forced), the detailed trade regulations were finally finalized. Including the specific responsibilities, obligations, and rights of the two parties. In the end, Chen Guan came forward to discuss the details of information sharing with Yanhuang's intelligence personnel.

In the end, the two sides also reached a super large trade order with a total value of 180 million gold, including timber, elixir, medicinal materials, silk, books, tea, jade, minerals, grain, fine wine, fur, horses, fine breeds, weapons Armor, ships, large siege equipment and other aspects of people's livelihood and military affairs.

Of course, this is still a trade order for the time being. Even if everything goes well, it would be a blessing if the related trade can be completed before the end of the year!

According to Deng Yan's rough estimate, if the trade can be successfully completed, including taxes, Pingzhou will gain more than 60 million gold!

The profit is so high because many of the goods provided by Pingzhou are at zero cost, such as war horses, cattle and sheep, etc. are all robbed by merchants; the main cost of ore and wood lies in manpower, and Pingzhou has nearly a million high-quality free prisoners of war .

In addition, there are four kinds of rice seeds that Yanhuang has repeatedly emphasized. Even in the real world, the high-yield varieties are proper high-tech products, let alone in the flames of war.

The price of seeds is quite high, but the actual cost is very low.

More importantly, this kind of seed can only be planted once, and then it will quickly degenerate. In other words, Yanhuang has to buy new seeds every year!

Breeding and selling of fine seeds will be a cash cow in Pingzhou, and the value of Baicao Garden and farm children has just begun to be reflected!

The same is true for large-scale conventional siege equipment. Among the current princes in various places, only Shangji has a complete production capacity.

Technology is the primary productive force, and this is also applicable in Fenghuo!

"General Shang, happy cooperation!"

"Happy cooperation!"

Shang Ji and Yanhuang Sharpen signed the trade alliance documents respectively, representing the formal establishment of the business alliance between the two parties, and the relationship between the two parties has also gone further, and has gained basic mutual trust.

"By the way, general, you have already advanced to the top general, please pay more attention to that hole skill!"

Before leaving, Yanhuang Liren suddenly smiled mysteriously and said to Shang Ji.

Shang Ji was startled, Dongxu was the exclusive skill of top generals who were rewarded when he advanced to top generals, how could Yanhuang know? Could it be that there are also top general players in Yanhuang?

"No, the system clearly stated that he is the first player to be promoted to the top general!" Shang Ji immediately ruled out this possibility, deliberately stopping Yanhuang Liren to ask, but he saw that Yanhuang Liren had already led him away.

With a long sigh, he temporarily put the messy thoughts in his mind behind him, turned and returned to the City Lord's Mansion.