Daming Military Empire

Chapter 135
The exercise was over, and Lu Xiangsheng and other generals also retreated to rectify their troops. Zhu Cijiong was about to go down to condolences to the soldiers injured in the exercise, but Shi Weila couldn't wait to run up and asked earnestly: "Your Majesty, do you know what happened to Daming?" Are muskets, cannons and armor for sale?"

Do you sell arms?Zhu Cijiong became interested as soon as he heard it. He was not worried about others imitating it. You must know that steam machine tools are hundreds of years ahead of technology. It is no wonder they can make such precise guns without a bed.It can be sold, but the price must be in place, so he pretended to hesitate and said: "Well, I haven't thought about this question yet, are you going to buy it?"

Seeing the show, Shivela was very excited, and immediately said excitedly: "Yes, that's right, it's Wei Chen who wants to buy it. Wei Chen will only use it for the army of our Portuguese Empire, and will definitely not use it for business."

Nima, the pretense is not in place, I want to sell it for a good price, but you think I am afraid that you will sell it to others, how can I make money if you don't use it for business?
Zhu Cijiong directly changed the subject and said, "Did you buy all your weapons? Who did you buy them from? What's the price?"

Of course they bought their weapons. The overseas colonies did not have the conditions to produce weapons at all, and the mainland was ruled by Spain. If you dare to make weapons privately, the Spaniards will definitely give you all the equipment and equipment.Do you want to tell Emperor Ming the real price of the weapon?

Shivira hesitated, if he lied, he could take advantage of it, but if His Majesty the Emperor found out in the future, wouldn't it be possible to lose this powerful ally!The strength of Daming has already made Shivela a little crazy. He naturally didn't want to lose such a powerful ally, so he gritted his teeth and replied honestly: "It is true that we bought all our weapons, and most of them are from Daying. The empire bought it. As for the price, the weapons of the Ming Empire and the British Empire are different. I can only give an approximate price. For example, a cannon with a range of about 1000 meters is about 2 taels of silver, and the best flintlock gun About 200 taels of silver."

If you tell others about the unit of meter, no one will understand it. Fortunately, Zhu Cijiong understands it. He roughly estimated that 1000 meters is almost 2 steps, which means that the price of the May [-] howitzer is [-] taels a piece. Damn, this profit is simply stealing money!
In later generations, the price of machined parts is generally halved, that is to say, how much the material is, and the processing fee is generally how much. If it is made into a finished product and sold, it will be doubled again, that is to say The finished product is about four times the original price.

So how much does the May 100 howitzer cost?Both the iron mine and the coal mine are state-owned by the Ming Dynasty. That is to say, the cost of materials can only be calculated by labor for mining and transportation. The weight of the 100-type howitzer is [-] catties, and double the iron ore is [-] catties. For a hundred catties, it may take a few days for one person to dig. Let him count as a month, and the wages are one tael of silver.The transportation cost is a bit higher, counting ten taels of silver, and coal mines are also counting ten taels of silver. More than [-] man-made [-] gates are used in seven days, and the processing fee is calculated as [-] taels per gate.

In this way, the cost is only more than 100 taels, but it can be sold for 2 taels, which is a profit!

There is also a flintlock material cost of one or two taels, which is not bad. As for the labor cost, 1 people can make 200 a month, and the workers with the highest monthly salary are only five or six taels of silver a month. At most, it is only three taels of silver, so the cost is only four taels, but the selling price is [-] taels, which is a profit!

Zhu Cijiong became more and more excited. With the addition of new armor, and selling grenades and landmines, the military industry alone can earn tens of millions of taels a month!As for whether the big powers will buy Da Ming's weapons to fight against Da Ming, hehe, he is preparing to upgrade his weapons, and the ones he sells to them are all obsolete products, so there is nothing to be afraid of.

For example, the flintlock, after trying the revolver, he already has a rough upgrade plan. The pistol can use a revolver, and the rifle can also use a revolver. When it is made into a revolver rifle, it can be fired in five bursts. Like a submachine gun!It can also be used as a rifle with a larger caliber and a longer range, or even a sniper rifle. Even if the great powers hold Type [-] or [-] flintlock guns, they can still crush them.

Besides, this gun must only be sold to allies and not to enemies. For the time being, it will only be sold to Portugal. If other powers want to buy it, that's fine. Sign a treaty of friendship first, or they won't sell it!

Seeing that His Majesty remained silent for a long time, Shivira thought that he didn't want to sell weapons. He gritted his teeth and took the initiative to increase the price: "Your Majesty, I can buy it from Daming at double the price!"

Zhu Cijiong was pleasantly surprised when he heard the words. Damn, this guy is not crazy, he doubled it!He asked tremblingly, "Why?"

Shivela went all out and reported truthfully: "In fact, the British Empire sold us all inferior goods. Usually, a few shots and a few shots will not work. There are a lot of problems, which make people headache."

Zhu Cijiong rolled his eyes when he heard this, and pretended to be indignant: "The British Empire is too disgraceful. There are some unqualified weapons. The pass rate of our flintlock guns is only about half, and the pass rate of casting guns is even lower. It’s astonishing, a batch of [-] weapons was cast, and it would be good if [-] of them were qualified in the end, but after the test firing, we recast all the unqualified weapons, how can we sell them, isn’t that harmful! "

When Shivira heard what Da Ming said, he actually destroyed all the unqualified weapons and remade them. Wouldn't there be no problem with the quality at all? He was even more eager to buy Da Ming's weapons.Seeing that His Majesty did not let go, he couldn't help pleading: "Your Majesty, for the sake of your allies, you can sell us some. We don't need a lot. We only need a hundred cannons and ten thousand muskets first."

Zhu Cijiong pretended to be embarrassed and said: "That's fine, but we have to wait for three months. I will speed up the production of weapons in these three months to deal with the rebels. I will do it for you in three months. What do you think?"

Shivela was overjoyed when he heard the words. He was actually not in a hurry. After all, there are only so many people in Portugal. It would be very difficult to recruit 1 people. He also needs to find a place overseas to practice. Not enough.

The first arms deal of the Ming Empire was negotiated in this way. Shivela was very happy. With weapons, he could cultivate the family's armed forces. An army of 1 people is definitely a terrifying force in Portugal. The status will definitely be higher, and the higher the status, the right to speak, and the right to speak means having overseas territories. In addition, he monopolizes the business of high-end Ming Dynasty porcelain, high-end tea and silk, and Kilnino's take-off Just around the corner.

Zhu Cijiong was also very happy. He didn't expect the profit of arms to be so high. If he had known about it, he would have expanded the arms factory crazily. There is no need to worry about the sales of this arms. As long as Shivela uses them, the power and quality will definitely attract Come loot.The great powers are all upstarts now, holding a lot of gold and silver in their hands, but they can't buy anything, and they will fight more and more fiercely in order to compete for the colonies. At that time, the profit of the arms is unimaginable.

With such a huge profit beckoning to him, Zhu Cijiong felt that he couldn't wait for a moment, build a factory, build a factory, and build a factory right away.After returning to the capital, he immediately took out the map and began to delineate the address of the factory.

The capital city is definitely not going to work, the space is limited, and the transportation is not very convenient.These coal mines and iron mines are non-renewable resources, and it takes a lot of manpower to dig and transport them. It is not cost-effective for Daming to mine the mines himself. He plans to import large quantities and buy them from the big powers.The big powers must transport goods by sea. It is best for this military factory to be built on the seashore, and the coastal city closest to the capital is Tianjin Wei.

Therefore, Zhu Cijiong directly drew a large circle on the side of Tianjin Wei near the sea. The rich and those who are so self-willed, he plans to build a large port city, integrating trade, weapon production and shipbuilding. From now on, the Bohai Sea will be the drill of the Ming Navy. On the field, Da Ming will train an invincible navy here.

Thinking far away, thinking far away, Zhu Cijiong hurriedly pulled back his thoughts, who didn't know how long it was, and first of all, there must be a city.Building a city is not a very difficult task for Zhu Cijiong. It just so happens that Zunhua still has more than [-] captives from bandits. The Liaodong side has not yet thawed out. They can only eat and sleep for the past three months. It is also idle, let them build the city wall of the new city first.

How big is this city?Zhu Cijiong couldn't help thinking of the face project of later generations. Many buildings, no matter whether they are functional or not, must be tall because they represent face.Just like a boss, whether he likes luxury cars or not, if he has tens of millions, he should buy a car worth millions, and if he has hundreds of millions, he should buy a car worth several million, otherwise others will look down on you!

This is a matter of face, Zhu Cijiong is naturally not too stingy, he directly drew a square frame more than 20 miles wide, and built the largest in the world at that time. He did not dare to think of becoming an enemy of Daming.

As a result, a series of orders were sent out, and personnel, food, materials, etc. slowly gathered in Tianjin Wei. The "Beijing News" also began to slowly introduce the world of the era of great navigation while promoting Liaodong:
Like Portugal, the land area and population are only large, but how many colonies do they have around the world;
There is also the Netherlands, which is a place as big as sesame seeds and mung beans to Ming Dynasty, but they are fighting for supremacy in the sea;
There is also Spain, which is the size of a province to Ming, but they have built an invincible fleet;
There is also the United Kingdom, which is only a few islands and has a small population, but it is catching up from behind and has the potential to dominate the world;

What else is the Gold Coast, gold is everywhere, and many indigenous leaders are so extravagant that they use gold to build palaces.
With the continuous reports of the "Beijing News", the people of Ming Dynasty began to be restless. They gradually put on the wings of their dreams and flew to the sea, to the indigenous continent, and to the whole world.

There is a saying that slowly spread: After cleaning up the slaves, the emperor will take everyone to pick up gold!

Believe it or not, the more people say it, the more people believe it.

(End of this chapter)