The fat guy returned to the C position he was familiar with, and Zhu Yaoyao sat opposite him with Guo Dan.

"Guo Dan, how do you think she is doing just now?" Wanli pointed to Zhu Yao's mother and asked Guo Dan again.

Zhu Yaoyao also looked at Guo Dan with a slanted look, with a hint of expectation and anxiety in his eyes.

Guo Dan said seriously: "Manager Li's performance just now is actually very good. As for a manager, it is already impeccable."

Wanli nodded and asked again, "What's wrong with her compared to you?"

Guo Dan pondered for a little, saying, "In fact, it cannot be said that it is insufficient, but it involves a risk control. Manager Li will not think about it in North Korea. In fact, it is correct, because such a thing has to face great risks. If the operation is not properly done, the consequences will be very serious. This requires rich experience and a thorough plan. If Manager Li acts rashly and puts Yinuo Food and Drug Administration in danger, she has not given you any advice on this aspect, which is right."

Zhu Yaoyi suddenly spoke, "But now I think it is very difficult to purchase grain from North Korea."

Even if she broke her head, she would never have thought that she could still buy food from North Korea. You are really...

Not to mention that North Korea is not rich, and the court bought food in order to support North Korea, but you went to North Korea to smuggle food. Isn’t this a mess?

She felt that this was very contradictory!

Guo Dan shook his head with a smile and said, "On the contrary, it is actually very simple. It is much easier than purchasing grain in my Ming Dynasty. We have purchased a large amount of grain in North Korea."

"ah?"

Zhu Yaoma looked at Guo Dan in amazement.

Wanli said, "I want to hear what the simple method is."

"It's the human heart."

Guo Dan said: "From the Japanese letter to North Korea, we have purchased 800,000 stones of grain from North Korea in just two or three months. This is probably very difficult if it is normal. After all, North Korea's grain production is very limited, and grain is a very important resource. But it is precisely because the powerful and powerful in North Korea who know that it may be about to fight. When this war begins, they may face two very painful results. First, the court forcibly requisition their grain for war. Second, their grain was stolen by the Japanese. In this case, selling the grain in the granary is a very safe choice for them."

Zhu Yaotai asked, "Why don't they donate their food to the court to resist foreign enemies?"

Guo Dan was stunned for a moment and smiled, "If they all understood the principle of losing their lips and cold teeth, they would not have stored a lot of food in their hands. The characteristic of these people is that they are very selfish. In any case, the first thing they think of is their own interests."

Wanli heard this and said, "Guo Dan, if our Ming Dynasty encounters a strong enemy in the future, will it be like North Korea?"

"It will definitely."

Guo Dan nodded.

Wanli didn't expect Guo Dan to answer so simply. He looked at Guo Dan with a look of surprise, because it was impossible for any minister to say that, because they were referring to the powerful and powerful people of the Ming Dynasty, who would say it themselves?

Guo Dan said: "In fact, there is no difference between colluding with the White Lotus Sect and colluding with foreign enemies in essence. When the powerful and wealthy businessmen in Jiangxi do not hesitate to collude with the White Lotus Sect in order to protect their rights and interests, so there will definitely be such people at that time, and there is no need to doubt this."

In fact, North Korea is just a small Ming Dynasty, and its internal situation is similar to that of the Ming Dynasty. It is rampant of corruption. The powerful and bureaucrats control a large amount of resources.

There was no 800,000 stone of grain in their national granaries, but Guo Dan easily smuggled out 800,000 stone of grain from it, which was about to buy North Korea.

Having said that, how much better could the Ming Dynasty be in a few years ago, even more corrupt than North Korea.

Wanli asked again: "Will you do this?"

Guo Dan shook his head and said, "Of course I won't. Even if I put aside my loyalty to Your Majesty, just in terms of interests, if Your Majesty is hurt and the Ming Dynasty is hurt, then I will be doubled. Therefore, I will protect the interests of Your Majesty and the Ming Dynasty at all costs."

In fact, the Ningxia battle has already explained this point. In order to protect the interests of Wanli and the Ming Dynasty, Guo Dan did not hesitate to take risks.

Wanli also trusted Guo Dan very much and sighed: "It's a pity that not everyone is like you. In this case, how should we be careful?"

"kill."

Guo Dan said: "I don't think it can influence them because I can help them, so let them know that they must not let the court discover it, otherwise, their whole family will have to pay the price.

In other words, countries with strict and strong laws will rarely happen, while countries with absolute and corrupt laws will often happen. To reduce this situation, they can only be strong enough."

"Your words are much more impressive than Wang Jiaping and others, and they can also wake me up all the time." Wanli nodded thoughtfully and asked again: "How is the current food preparation?"

It is said that before the troops move, food and grass will come first. Unlike before, Wanli is reluctant to solve the problem of logistics through the court, because whether it is the Battle of Bozhou or the Battle of Dongwu, Guo Dan is responsible for the logistics, which is not only more stable, but also twice the cost.

It’s a very terrifying thing to reduce military pay by one!

The difference between the two is that the court will only follow the procedures and is very rigid. It means transporting grain from granaries in various places. If there is insufficient food, everyone will levy the people and will never use their brains to force the people's food. Because there is no need to do so, it will be levied if it is not enough. This is actually doubled for the loss of the country, because forcing the people's food is tantamount to fishing out of the pond. Then the amount of the food is levied, so the amount of the food is lost, let alone the corruption in it.

Guo Dan uses capital more, and capital is to make profits. Then there is a prerequisite, which is how much profit can be obtained in this battle. He will first calculate this clearly and then decide how to invest. For example, in the Battle of Ningxia, he felt that if he sent troops to fight, it would be a loss of blood, because the enemy there was also very strong, so he chose to take risks.

But like the war with Dongwu, he felt that it was profitable. This battle would definitely be won. He just paid for it and bought it on the spot. The market price was also given, which was purely a transaction, which led to the people of Yunnan becoming richer and reclaiming a lot of new fields, but Guo Dan was not losing money. He added a large market and a lot of resources.

The country is actually not losing money. Although the food provided by Guo Dan is tax-deductible, there is a deadline for tax deduction. When the Yunnan region develops, the court will add another generous tax.

Wanli's main purpose today is to ask about the food and grass, but he also wanted to meet Zhu Yaotai by the way, so he did not ask Guo Tan to enter the palace to discuss.

Guo Dan said: "In addition to purchasing 800,000 shi of grain from North Korea, we also purchased 200,000 shi of grain from Japan, a total of one million shi of grain."

Zhu Yaotai exclaimed: "Japan?"

Can you still play like this?

Guo Dan nodded and said, "But the situation in Japan is different from that of North Korea. Japan sells grain to prepare for war, because they lack iron tools. It happened that our Yinuo Grain Store was purchasing grain overseas, so they took out the grain to trade our iron pot. They thought that the 200,000 stone of grain would not be of much help to us. My Ming Dynasty was not short of this grain, but our iron pot was of great help to them. This transaction was very beneficial to them."

Zhu Yaoma asked, "Since that's the case, why do we still have to deal with him?"

Guo Tan smiled and said, "Because this is actually a win-win deal, for them, iron pots are even more scarce, but for me, the Ming Dynasty, those little iron pots do not pose much threat to me, the Ming Dynasty. How to control the cost of war is also the key to victory or defeat. This is just the difference between the two sides.

In addition, there are 500,000 stones of grain in Liaodong, totaling 1.5 million stones of grain. Then it is not a problem to transport 150 stones of grain from the south during this period. We have not used the food from the Central Plains yet."

This last half of the sentence made Wanli feel extremely comfortable, which means that the war of three million stones of food has not damaged its vitality. This logistics is really comfortable!

Anyone who hears this is full of confidence!

He asked again, "What about food?"

Guo Dan said: "We can also call for 20,000 latest bird guns, 500 cannons, 100 warships, 5000 pairs of cotton armor, 2,000 craftsmen, 500 doctors, 10,000 kilograms of medicinal materials, countless ammunition, and some daily necessities."

Wanli exclaimed: "So many?"

Guo Dan hesitated for a moment and said, "Actually...we have not yet fully produced, and we still have half of the fleet in the South China Sea, because we still have to worry about domestic production. If the whole nation mobilizes, I...I don't know much about how many arms can be produced."

Wanli couldn't help but ask: "What does the court need to do?"

"Military pay."

Guo Dan said: "The court is responsible for allocating military pay and rewarding silver. This is mainly to let the treasury spend coins. If there is a large amount of coins in the treasury and not need to be used, it will be detrimental to the development of the country. As long as it is a reasonable expense, no matter how much or how much, or even borrowing debts, it is actually beneficial to the development of the country. As long as the market is prosperous, the more tax the country collects."

Wanli was puzzled and said, "In the past, everyone advised me to spend less money and save more money, but you did the opposite, but it made sense."

Guo Dan said: "It actually has to be done within one's ability. It doesn't matter whether it's right or wrong. If you don't know how to make money, you will naturally have to spend less money."
Chapter completed!