Chapter 250 Huge Deal
Soldiers can be trained first, but the problem of equipment must be resolved as soon as possible. Even if the black armored Xuanqi does not have the corresponding equipment, the combat power will drop a lot immediately.
But now looking at the entire Liaodong, the only one who has the ability to help solve this problem is Li Cai and Li Da shopkeeper!
After the meeting was dissolved, Shang Ji immediately summoned Li Cai, the big treasurer of the Zhen family firm in Liaodong County.
"Grassman Li Cai, meet the general!"
As always, Li Cai kept his attitude very low, as humble as his attitude should be, but Shang Ji did not dare to underestimate him at all.
The well-known Zhen family did not rely on Zhen Ji, the current little lolita, to support the scene. Rather than saying that Zhen Ji made the Zhen family, it is better to say that the Zhen family made Zhen Ji.
Zhen Mi was selected by Yuan Shao, the overlord of the north at that time, as his daughter-in-law. Her beauty was only a trivial part, and the support from the Zhen family was the most important reason. Wei Wendi Cao Pi had the same reason.
Although Li Cai is not a member of the Zhen family, he must be a confidant of the Zhen family to be the treasurer of Liaodong County. Shang Ji, the leader of a small warlord who has seized power with troops, has not yet been able to despise him, not to mention that he still has demands from others today.
"Treasurer Li, please get up!" Shang Ji took two quick steps and helped him up himself.
"The prosperity of Xiangping City depends on the full support of shopkeeper Li!" Shang Ji said with a smile after helping Li Cai.
Li Cai bowed his knees and flattered him all over his face: "The general is so majestic, he broke a million bandits in one battle, and he is truly an unborn genius. Congratulations to the general!"
As he spoke, he took out a few pieces of beautifully printed gold paper from his sleeve: "It's a small gift, a little kindness from this humble company, please accept it with a smile!"
Shang Ji took a look and found that there were two large Chinese characters of "one thousand" written in the middle of each ticket, and words such as "Wuji Zhenshi, cash at sight" on both sides.
Shang Ji knew that this was a bank note issued by Zhen's own company. For the time being, its reputation is still quite strong, as long as there is a Zhen's company name, it can pass.
In such a stack, at least Shang Ji had twenty cards. This Li Cai is really generous. The meeting gift starts at 200,000 gold, and the average person must be knocked out!
Shang Ji chuckled, accepted the banknote calmly, clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for your support, on behalf of the soldiers under my command, I have thanked Shopkeeper Li!"
Li Cai's attitude became more and more humble, and his head was almost smashed to the ground. Hearing this, he immediately panicked and said: "The general beat the grassroots, and the mere courtesy is just a little bit of love for the bloody soldiers!"
Li Cai is not afraid of Wang Tong, for Wang Tong who has no relationship and no support, the Zhen family has a hundred ways to kill him!
However, Li Cai was extremely afraid of Shang Ji.
In the past few days, what Shang Ji did and what Li Cai did is vivid in his mind, breaking Xianbei, imprisoning Wang Tong, and seizing military power, one by one, all of which show that Shang Ji is not a person who likes to follow the rules.
As for chaebols like the Zhen family, what they are most afraid of is unreasonable reckless men, so Li Cai keeps his posture extremely low in front of Shang Ji, fearing that he will anger Shang Ji and directly kill him.
At present, the Zhen family in Liaodong is in a situation where a scholar meets a soldier, and they can only pray that this soldier is not an arrogant and unreasonable soldier.
Last time Wang Tong called together various families in the city and Zhen's firm to raise funds to expand the army, Zhen's firm also donated a symbolic 50,000 gold, but this time, it was 200,000 gold as soon as it was sold. One can imagine.
"Shopkeeper Li, I was going to call you here this time, but I still have something to ask for!" Shang Ji said straight to the point.
"General, please tell me, if there are any grassroots who can serve you, the grassroots will definitely die!" Li Cai's expression was firm, and his tone was forceful, as if he was really a man of eagerness and righteousness.
Shang Ji waved his hand and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Li doesn't need to do this, speaking of it, this is also a good thing for Shopkeeper Li!"
Li Cai was silent, who knew what the "good thing" Shang Ji said was good? It's not like he hasn't seen the good thing of asking you to pay millions of gold for military expenses!
"Treasurer Li, do you know how many Xianbei we wiped out in the first battle a few days ago?"
"Haha, the general was so brave, he killed the bandit chieftain, and wiped out 700,000 bandit troops in one fell swoop. All women and children in Liaodong know about such a grand event, and the general's reputation has spread all over the world!" Li Cai smiled all over his face.
He bowed his hands to Shang Ji and said.
"That's right, thanks to the hard work of the soldiers and the bravery of the generals, the Xianbei army was lucky enough to defeat the Xianbei army. Counting the trophies I deposited in your account before, I now have a lot of extra horses in my hands!"
Li Cai was immediately refreshed when he heard the words, he was naturally not a fool to be the big shopkeeper of Liaodong County, and he immediately understood what Shang Ji meant.
"General?" Li Cai asked hesitantly, if it was as he thought, it would be a good thing for Zhen's firm!
"That's right! I really want to sell a batch of surplus horses now. I wonder if your number is interested in taking over?"
Talking about the business, Li Cai immediately lifted his spirits, his whole person seemed to be a different person, his momentum changed in vain, and he asked loudly: "General, how many war horses does the general want to sell? What qualities are they all?"
"There are 400,000 low-grade horses, and 100,000 middle-grade horses!"
"hiss!"
Even with Li Cai's insight, he couldn't help but gasp. He knew that Shang Ji would definitely reap a lot of money, but he didn't expect to reap so much!
"What? Can't you eat enough for your account?" Seeing this, Shang Ji immediately asked.
"I can eat it! I can definitely eat it!" Li Cai's face turned red and he shouted excitedly.
After the transaction is completed, the money given to Shang Ji just now can be earned back dozens of times.
After hesitating for a moment, Li Cai asked a question that he should not have asked in his capacity: "General, with so many war horses, wouldn't the general keep some for his own use?"
Shang Ji smiled lightly when he heard the words, and asked back, "How do you know that I didn't keep a spare?"
"Cough cough cough!"
Li Cai choked when he heard the words, his eyes almost popped out, and he looked at Shang Ji in disbelief.
Shang Ji left behind 40,000 low-grade war horses, 180,000 middle-grade war horses, and 60,000 top-grade war horses, and none of the good horses and above was sold.
In Shangji's plan, the future Xiangping City must have 200,000 regular elite cavalry and 100,000 special cavalry. It's not that Shang Ji doesn't want to build more, the key is that the cavalry costs too much. Even if Shang Ji just received a huge sum of money, he can't afford the huge cost.
"Shopkeeper Li, I'm going to be a vulgar person, and I don't like to beat around the bush, so just tell me, how much can you pay for this batch of goods?" The merchant sat on the top seat and asked Li Cai.
Li Cai lowered his head and thought for a moment, then raised his head and said, "Seven million and a half million! This humble firm offered seven million and a half million to buy! The low-grade war horses are twelve gold each, and the middle-grade war horses are twenty-five gold each. Finally, make up the whole number and give it to the general." Seven and a half million gold!"
"Okay! Shopkeeper Li is really a happy person, let's do what Shopkeeper Li said!"
Shang Ji got up and said.
The price Li Cai gave was higher than what Shangji had expected. Although it was 10% lower than the current market price, Shangji can still understand the difference between wholesale and retail prices. This price is quite favorable!