Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

Hearing Zhao He's surprised voice, Lin Yi smiled lightly again.

"Who said that?" Lin Yi said confidently: "Since I have guessed that there will be such a problem, shouldn't I take precautions in advance?"

"Actually, you and your uncle were all deceived by that Luo Chen."

"Although he told the truth, he deliberately misled you and made you ignore the speed at which the empire makes money."

"Do you think that the trade contracts and matters related to the empire's business that I arranged before were all in vain?"

"Let me put it this way, after the empire's business develops, the agricultural tax will be a small profit."

"In the future, the empire's tax revenue will mainly rely on commercial taxes, foreign trade, and customs duties."

"How many silver dollars does the empire's annual agricultural tax cost? It can only sustain one or two million dollars. But as the empire's business develops, the commercial tax alone will have to be increased at least three or four times."

"And as business activities increase, the empire's tariffs will inevitably rise."

"At the same time, we can also trade with foreign countries and earn money from the Europeans. It's not an exaggeration to make a fortune every day."

"In addition, there are some businesses that we can make a lot of money by doing in private."

Having said this, Lin Yi paused for a moment and waited quietly for Zhao He to ask him.

And Zhao Xi was also very cooperative.

"Brother, tell me what the business is." Zhao He asked curiously.

When Lin Yi heard Zhao Xi ask himself, he didn't hold back and said directly: "Brother Xi, let me ask you, what is the most profitable business between countries?"

"What business is the most profitable?" Zhao Xi shook his head when he heard Lin Yi's words, saying that he didn't know.

"Of course it's arms." Lin Yi smiled slightly.

"Arms?" Zhao He was a little stunned. He couldn't turn a corner for a while.

What arms are available for sale in Daxia now? It's impossible to sell the 98K currently used by Long Xiang's military.

Not to mention that these 98K are all used and second-hand goods. If you just sell them, they won’t be much.

You know, in the past, only the four divisions of the First Army had rifles like the 98K, and only a few divisions had such weapons.

The total number may be less than 10. If you sell these guns, what will your own people use them for?

As for heavy machine guns and light machine guns, Zhao Xi couldn't even think about it.

Seeing the confusion on Zhao Xi's face, Lin Yi smiled and said: "Brother Xi, I know what you are thinking. Are you thinking about what weapons the empire has now that can be sold out, right?"

Hearing Lin Yi's words, Zhao He nodded heavily.

"Let me put it this way, all the weapons in Long Xiang's army are for sale."

"What! Brother, we can't do this! If you sell the weapons of Long Xiang Army, what will happen to Long Xiang Army?"

"We won't let them switch back to the old-fashioned weapons! And if you sell them, our weapon advantage will be gone! Isn't this self-destruction of the Great Wall!"

At this moment, Zhao He was a little anxious. He didn't want Lin Yi to ruin Daxia's rise just for some money.

Looking at the anxious Zhao Xi, Lin Yi smiled very heartlessly.

"Brother Xie, do you think I am such a stupid person? Would I sell all my main weapons?"

"Let me put it this way, the weapons that can be sold are not the current weapons of Longxiang Army, but weapons that have been eliminated by Longxiang Army."

"It's just that, although this kind of weapon was eliminated by the Longxiang Army, it is still an excellent weapon for other troops in Daxia."

"Now my weapons research institute has developed a new semi-automatic rifle. This kind of semi-automatic rifle has a firepower intensity that cannot be compared with a bolt-action rifle."

"Now that there are new weapons, the old weapons need to be cleaned up, otherwise it will easily cause a waste of resources."

"And the replaced weapons cannot be used by other troops. After all, we are all the national defense forces of Daxia. There is not enough production capacity to equip them with semi-automatic rifles, but brand-new bolt-action rifles are still needed."

"Moreover, the technical difficulty of this bolt-action rifle has been fully understood by the people at the Weapons Research Institute, and it only needs to be started to produce it."

"Moreover, in my plan, these weapons are actually just over-the-counter products, and the new bolt-action rifles will not be fully equipped for all the armies of Daxia."

"We are only providing new guns to a small number of troops. When the production capacity of semi-automatic rifles increases, they will be replaced directly."

"Based on this, we can free up 3 bolt-action rifles in a short period of time. The rest can provide [-] bolt-action rifles to the outside world every month."

"This number will grow as the empire's production capacity grows."

"As for the heavy machine guns, I also plan to buy them, but it may take a few months. Because the weapons research institute has already started research on the new machine guns, and the results will be available soon."

"As long as the development is successful, the combat effectiveness of Longxiang Army will be improved again." Lin Yi said slowly.

"Um, brother, do you also sell heavy machine guns? This thing is a big killer on the battlefield." Zhao He looked at Lin Yi, and he couldn't understand why Lin Yi even sold things like machine guns.

"Why not sell it? Do you think that if the empire is not sold, other countries will not have it?"

"Whether it is a heavy machine gun or a light machine gun, there is actually no difficulty at all. With the scientific research strength of John and Gaul, even if they don't have it now, at most one year, they will be equipped with the heavy machine gun they developed themselves. force."

"In that case, why doesn't the empire take advantage of this last moment to make a fortune?"

Lin Yi said helplessly.

There is no way, just in terms of weapons, whether it is the Kingdom of John, the Kingdom of Gaul, or the country of Milicia across the ocean, to be honest, they are all ahead of the Great Xia.

Let’s talk about the heavy machine gun. In fact, this thing was first invented by the Americans, but the Americans at that time did not pay attention to this weapon.

It was not until World War I that the Hans Empire wiped out [-] John soldiers in one day during the Battle of the Somme, making heavy machine guns famous in the world.

Although it is said that in this era, the emergence of Lin Yi has allowed heavy machine guns to show their power in advance, it has also made countries aware of the power of heavy machine guns in war in advance.

This allowed various countries to start developing heavy machine guns in advance.

Therefore, weapons such as heavy machine guns cannot be hidden at all.

In this case, it is better to sell it, make some money, and then invest the money in research to create more powerful weapons.

For example, tanks and airplanes.

With two weapons, the power of the heavy machine gun will be greatly weakened.

Just imagine, when one side deployed a large number of machine guns and trenches in front of its position, thinking that it could block Daxia's attack, Daxia's side took out tanks and aircraft.

From the ground and the sky, the enemy's defense line is torn open. When the enemy's heavy machine gun bullets hit the armor of the tank, they can only shoot out a spark but cannot cause any damage to Daxia. How many enemies will there be at that time? collapse?