office.
Steward Wang walked in with a stack of bills in his hand, came to Su Yu and said, "Sir, this is the number of orders we have received from the 19 new arms companies we opened."
"Oh, there's an order so soon!"
Su Yu knew that these 19 foreign banks had not been open for long, but he did not expect that there would be orders.
"Master, you really underestimated the arms trade," Wang Zhong said with a smile, "We hired 300 foreigners to manage these 19 foreign banks, and the results we achieved are remarkable."
"That's not the case."
Su Yu sighed and said, "Foreigners are in power now."
"Tell me about it," Su Yu said with great anticipation, "I also want to know what the market for arms is like in Daxia."
"Master, don't be scared."
Wang Zhong picked up the bill in his hand with a smile and read, "The order is for 1,000 Continental pistols, 15,000 98K Mauser rifles, 400 Czech light machine guns, 600,000 rounds of various types of bullets, and 20,000 grenades." pieces."
"so much?"
Su Yu swallowed when he heard this data. This was equivalent to the equipment of two infantry divisions.
"Master, this is not much."
Wang Zhong dipped his fingers in saliva and turned over the bill in his hand and said, "According to the market situation, the price of a Horse brand gun without bullets is 40 yuan, and the price of a 98K Mauser rifle is one day, and now it has risen to 200 silver dollars. One piece, and the Czech style one has also increased to 1,250 yuan, our grenades are 10 yuan each, and 10 rounds of bullets are one yuan."
"The price is set so high?"
Su Yu was a little surprised. The price of arms increased too fast. It almost doubled! No wonder people say arms are huge profits. Isn’t this huge profits?
"Not high, not high."
Wang Zhong squinted and smiled, "We sell it a little cheaper than other foreign companies, which is why we were able to get so many orders in such a short period of time."
"How much did we sell it for in total?"
"3.8 million."
"My dear!"
Su Yu stood up in surprise when he heard this figure. According to the price given by World Nuclear Power, it was half the market price, which meant that his net profit was 1.9 million silver dollars.
1.9 million silver dollars is not a small amount. You must know that Shanglu's tax revenue last year was only 9.35 million silver dollars.
This includes a series of taxes including customs duties, sea taxes, salt taxes, commercial taxes, etc., which only amount to 9.35 million. However, Su Yu's income in less than one month has reached one-fifth of the taxes paid by the 3 million people in Shanglu.
"It seems that the market for arms in our country of Great Xia is surprisingly good."
Su Yu was very happy and said to Wang Zhong, "By increasing the order quantity, we can also contact the governors of various places or the imperial court as foreigners. If they need arms, we can also sell them.
Moreover, we also need to go to overseas markets, go to some weak countries, and break out our arms trading channels. No matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat. "
"I think so too."
Wang Zhong agreed and said, "My son Wang Hai just returned from the black country in the south and said that the market there should be very good."
"very good."
Su Yu said excitedly, "Then enter the black market and sell our arms. No matter how much we want, I have no problem. Even if the price is a little lower than other arms dealers, it doesn't matter."
"Understood, sir."
Wang Zhong nodded and said, "I have set up a branch under the group to manage the sale of arms. I plan to manage this department personally. As for overseas business, I will leave it to Wang Hai. This guy is a business material."
"no problem."
Su Yu said with a smile, "When the father and son soldiers go into battle, I can rest assured that you two are in charge."
Because arms have brought another income to Su Yu, his income this month is now about 3.5 million, and he plans to expand the terminal business next. Therefore, in terms of income, Su Yu's goal this year is set at 3.5 million yuan. Income of 5 million.
He has three regular divisions and two reserve divisions to support. The total number of soldiers is 60,000. These 60,000 soldiers will cost him 4 million silver dollars every year in military salary alone. If he does not make more money, how will he support these 60,000 soldiers? Thousands of soldiers.
Shanglu is now in a state of tranquility. That's because all forces are gathering strength.
In fact, not only Shanglu, but also the entire Great Xia Kingdom fell into a state of tranquility. The major warlords stayed on their own terms and did not disobey the imperial court's orders. The imperial court did not embarrass the warlords from all sides. It was as if everyone was on the same page and everyone was fine.
In fact, it was not the case. I learned from Zhu Hong that the imperial court was training a new army and had no time to deal with the governors from various places. When the new army of the imperial court was formed, it would be time to settle the general accounts.
And his father controls the two provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which are extremely rich. Taking Lu, the little golden chicken, will definitely become one of the top targets of the imperial court.
Jiangnan Province is known for its economic prosperity. Last year, the province's fiscal revenue reached 75.5 million silver dollars, mainly led by the four major taxes of wine, salt, Guanhai, and land taxes. There were a total of 38 types of tax payments, with a total tax revenue of 75.5 million silver dollars.
Yuhang, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces are famous for their light industry, among which the silk and linen weaving industry is the most prosperous. Last year’s tax revenue also reached 50 million yuan.
Therefore, his father received hundreds of millions of silver dollars from taxes alone last year. Although he claimed it was 20 million in taxes, he concealed almost five-sixths of it.
The imperial court was certainly not a fool and knew that this data was false.
Now that the imperial court has begun to train the new army, this also means that there must be a battle between the major governors and the imperial court. Once the war starts, it also symbolizes the beginning of the civil war. If you want to stop at that time, I am afraid that you will have to fight until the final victory. who appears.
In order to survive in this world, Su Yu did not dare to stop.
For him now, the most important thing is to train and expand his troops, make money, and gain reputation points.
He had already thought of a way to gain reputation points, but he could not start implementing it until the three infantry divisions in his hands were trained into elite troops, otherwise he would not be able to control the situation at all.
Having finally stabilized the Great Eagle Empire, the Eastern Kingdom, and the imperial court, he would not easily stir up trouble again. He had to wait until the power in his hands was strong enough.
"Open up our arms channels as soon as possible."
Su Yu said to Wang Zhong, "I will leave the group's affairs to you for the time being. I will stay in the military camp to see the training situation of the troops during this period, but if there is anything urgent, you can come to me."
"Yes, sir."
Wang Zhong left the headquarters with his pants in one hand and the bill in the other.
During this period of time, he had to find a way to get rid of the channels for foreign arms companies, and he had to let customers come to him instead of him looking for customers on the street.
