"I'm riding along with Cao Wending. I've met General Wang and General Huang." The person who came was a young man with fine features and good looks. He looked to be only in his twenties, but when facing Wang Jian and Huang Xiaozhi, he actually He was neither humble nor arrogant, and he didn't feel uneasy at all. When he saw the two of them, he just bowed his hands as a courtesy. "Mr. Cao, you are so polite." Compared to Huang Xiao's angry glare, Wang Jian was much more at ease, and returned the gift with his hand: "I'm sorry that Wang is ignorant and has never heard of Hitchhiking, but I can find it sir." Wang's coming here is of course of extraordinary origin, and I would like to ask Mr. Cao to make it clear. " Cao Wending chuckled, "It's really too presumptuous for me to come here, and it's hard to blame the general for being suspicious. Hitchhiker is the largest company in the transportation industry in Han Dynasty. My name is unknown, so the general has certainly not heard of it, but the general of my boss must have heard of it. " "I was about to ask Mr. Cao for advice," Wang Jian said with a smile. "Bidong's family name is Cao, and his given name is Tiancheng." Cao Wending said. "It turns out to be Mr. Cao!" Wang Jian was shocked. Cao Tiancheng was a well-known person in the Han Dynasty. He had served as Gao Yuan's chief steward of the Eastern Expedition Army for many years. He had made great contributions to the Eastern Expedition Army and Gao Yuan. Later, Gao Yuan also served for Gao Yuan within the system. In order to maintain the balance of power, Cao Tiancheng resolutely withdrew from politics and turned to business. However, Gao Yuan had always trusted this person no matter what. Although Cao Tiancheng retreated, the power of the Cao family did not decrease slightly. His son Cao Tianci was the police minister of the Han Dynasty and held great power, and his son-in-law Sun Xiao was the protector of the Eastern Capital Prefecture, which was once the most powerful of the Han Dynasty. These two people. This time, I have seen them all. This ride-hailing company has such a strong background. It is no wonder that they know their specific whereabouts in Dayan County. "My boss has stopped being involved in political affairs for a long time. Now he is just an out-and-out businessman!" Cao Wending said with a smile. "Mr. Cao, please sit down." The identity of Cao Wending was confirmed. Wang Jian didn't dare to neglect him. Although the other party was just a businessman, his background was too terrifying. "I wonder why Mr. Cao came to see Wang late at night?" "I heard that the general is in trouble now, so I wanted to come and help." Cao Wending said straight to the point. "Sir, are you listening to what Sun Duhu said?" Wang Jian asked with a smile. Cao Wending smiled, but did not directly answer Wang Jian's question: "Although the general has obtained permission from the King of Han to purchase advanced weapons, he seems to have insufficient financial resources?" Huang Xiao face on one side With a sarcastic look, he said, "Yes. This batch of weapons is worth a total of five million taels of silver. I wonder what Mr. Cao thinks of this number?" Wang Jian's command controls thousands of miles of land, millions of soldiers and civilians, and the cash in the warehouse now It's just a few million taels saved. How much financial resources can a mere carriage and horse shop have? It actually clamored to help. It's really not afraid of the wind. Cao Wending didn't seem to see Huang Xiao's sarcastic expression. He just nodded: "Five million taels of silver, that's five million yuan in Han coins. It's indeed a lot. General Wang purchased so many weapons at one time, which is enough to equip 40,000 to 50,000 people." Hearing Cao Wending's unintentional words, Huang Xiao was surprised. He calculated the military purchase based on this figure. How could Cao Wending calculate the specific number of people after hearing the amount. "How did you know?" he asked in a voiceless voice. Cao Wending turned to look at Huang Xiao, "I'm afraid General Huang doesn't know something. Our company, Shunfeng Chariot, is the leader in the Han Dynasty's transportation industry. Eighty percent of the escort of Han Dynasty's ordnance is undertaken by our bank, so how many weapons are there?" We are indeed familiar with the number of troops and horses." "That's it." Huang Xiao looked at him in surprise: "Is it okay for the King of Han to entrust you with such an ordnance escort?" "It's not just weapons. Including food and other military supplies, in our Han Dynasty, private carriages and horses are responsible for it. The court only pays the transportation fee. "Cao Wending said with a smile: "If we do it, it will not only be more efficient, but also save the court a lot. The king is naturally happy to see the two sides benefit from the pen. "I wonder what you meant when you said you were willing to help us," Wang Jian on the other side interjected. Cao Wending nodded, "This is the main purpose of why I came to see the general today. As far as I know, the general seems to have insufficient financial resources, and General Huang is unwilling to borrow money from the Han Central Bank because he thinks their interest rates are too high. ?¡± ¡°You have inquired clearly, yes, according to the interest rate of your Dahan Central Bank loan, we will not be able to pay it back in our lifetime,¡± Huang Xiao said dissatisfied. "I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. Our shortfall is four million. We originally planned to owe it first, but your military industry director Gao Quan told me that the producers of these weapons are all private manufacturers, and it is impossible to accept such a large sum. I owe money.?If you want to buy, you can only borrow money and pay cash to these manufacturers. " "Director Gao is right. If these manufacturers lend such a large amount of money, they will not be able to turn around, and the only thing waiting for them is bankruptcy. "Cao Wending said with certainty. "Isn't this just a freeze? We can't come up with so much money, but we're not willing to take out a loan either. "Huang Xiao said with some frustration. "We can help with this. "Cao Wending stared at Wang Jian and said. "What? You are willing to lend us four million taels of silver. This is four million taels of silver, not a small amount! "Wang Jian was surprised. Does Shunfeng Maxing have such strong power? He can easily take out four million taels of silver, which is as rich as a country. "Four million yuan is indeed a large amount. , it is not easy for us to come up with it in a short period of time, but we have our own methods. "Cao Wending smiled. "We are willing to provide this help. " "How much is the interest? "Of course there is no free lunch in this world. If the other party is willing to help, there will naturally be conditions. "We don't want interest. "Cao Wending looked at Wang Jian, and what he said casually was earth-shattering, "We provide interest-free loans. This loan can be paid off in ten years, and the annual repayment is only 400,000 yuan. I think the general is very relaxed. " Huang Xiao was stunned. Is it really possible for this pie-in-the-sky thing to happen? Wang Jian was not as surprised and happy as Huang Xiao, but looked at Cao Wending, "You have provided us with such favorable conditions. Don't know what you want from me? " Cao Wending clapped his hands together and said with a smile: "The general is indeed an extraordinary person. He hit the nail on the head. We are businessmen, not good people. Businessmen pursue profit. We are paying these things now because we naturally want to get more from the general. I despise it. My boss has two ideas. The first one is that all the traffic arteries in the area under your control must be handed over to our bank for construction. The second one is that our bank will be responsible for your future military logistics. " "The second one is easy to understand. You want to take over all the military transportation in our country like a big man to earn transportation fees. But please forgive me for the first one. Building roads for us will be of great benefit to our country. thing, why do you put it forward as a condition? "Wang Jian said. "The general still has some things that he doesn't understand. In fact, this is a very common thing among us Han people. Although our king has built two main traffic lines, east-west and north-south, the rest of the branch line projects, The big man really didn't have the extra financial resources to solve the problem, so some businessmen contributed money to build the road. Of course, after the road was built, they could set up a card to collect money. There are special laws in the Han Dynasty. Generally speaking, if a businessman wants to repair a certain type of construction, he needs to get approval from the Ministry of Construction first. After getting the approval, he can start the construction, and he can charge fees from the date of completion. This period is usually fifty years. Year. This is what we want. All the roads in your territory will be invested and built by us, and then we will set up card toll collection. The toll collection period will also be fifty years. After fifty years, these roads will be owned by you. How about it? " Wang Jian was silent. He needed to carefully consider the advantages and disadvantages here. Either of the two proposed by Cao Wending was not just civil, but closely related to the military. The tolls for building all the roads in the country are secondary. The most important thing is that from now on, the domestic transportation network will no longer be a secret to the big man. Wang Jian can be sure that as soon as the other party completes the construction, a complete domestic transportation network map will appear. At Gao Yuan's desk, he entrusted all the army's transportation supplies to the private sector. If something went wrong, it would be a big deal. "General, our king once said a famous saying, if you want to be rich, you must first repair. roads, and the development of our Han Dynasty in the past few years has fully proved this far-sightedness. I am afraid that you do not have the financial resources to complete domestic transportation construction now. In this case, why not leave it to us? We can indeed profit from it, but for the general, it is not a good thing. You have also seen the traffic conditions in our country. Don¡¯t you want your territory to be like the Han Dynasty, with convenient travel and no rain? The pain of snow and the fatigue of mud? " "As for us, we have been responsible for military transportation for many years and have rich experience. Needless to say, you only have tens of thousands of horses now, even if the Han Dynasty needs hundreds of thousands of horses, we have always done it properly without any mistakes. Besides, Yes, when we do these things, although we are civilians, we are also governed by military law. If we miss the deadline, we will lose our heads. " Seeing Wang Jian's hesitation, Cao Wen Dingchunchun was good at tempting. " It's a big trouble, we need to think about it carefully. "Wang Jian said. "Of course, of course, we also know this, but we need you to make a decision as soon as possible. General, in order to show your sincerity, if we both reach an agreementAfter signing this agreement, we will transport this batch of goods to your territory for free. To be honest, if you want to transport this batch of goods, the cost will probably not be less than 100,000 yuan. "(To be continued.)