Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 537 The money giver is here 2
Arms business has always been the most profitable, and the profit is not multiplied, but multiplied ten times.But Yang Menglong refused straight away: "No way! How can such a powerful military weapon be sold!"

Catherine said softly: "Don't worry, Governor, our fleet is far away in Europe, and we will never set foot in China. If you sell the cannon to us, there is no threat to you!"

Yang Menglong said: "If I say no, I won't! This is a sharp weapon related to national security. It is used to sell people? What kind of international joke!"

Catherine looked aggrieved: "Can't we be a little bit more flexible? We Venice is facing a strong threat from the Turks, ah, you don't know how barbaric these guys are, they swept across Europe like a razor, wherever they went, There are almost no living creatures left! Governor, you are a general with a sense of justice, can’t you help us? You don’t need to send troops, just sell us a batch of cannons!”

Yang Menglong was unmoved: "Although your situation is worthy of sympathy, I must abide by the national laws of Ming Dynasty. This kind of military weapon can't be sold out!"

The two started a heated argument, one raised the price again and again, and finally offered a sky-high price of [-] silver coins each, and the other refused to sell it, so they froze.In the end, Catherine had to admit that she had underestimated this baby face. He seemed easy-going, but he would never let go on matters of principle. There was really nothing he could do about it.However, she is also mentally prepared, no mentally handicapped person will easily sell such a military weapon. It is really not an easy task to buy such a powerful naval gun.Seeing that the conversation was about to collapse, Catherine changed the subject very cleverly and started negotiations on deepening the cooperative relationship between the two parties.The thing is obvious. Cement and steel are consumables, and they are consumed very quickly. This also means that such business will definitely be done frequently in the future, and it will not be a one-off deal. Therefore, under Catherine's proposal, The two parties signed a contract, and the Venetians obtained the right to do business, settle down, and study abroad in the Heluo area and Huguang. Similarly, the Chinese also obtained the same rights in Venice.Catherine proposed to open a Venetian bank in Nanyang area, but Yang Menglong flatly refused.Although he knows nothing about finance, he also knows one fact: no developed country allows foreign countries to open banks in their own country!Powers such as issuing currency and lending credit are tightly held in their own hands, and they would rather rot than let foreign countries intervene!
This surprised Catherine again, this kid is quite vigilant!
Generally speaking, doing business with the Venetians has only advantages and no disadvantages for Yang Menglong.Although the Republic of the City of Venice has declined, after all, it has ruled the Mediterranean Sea for hundreds of years, and the accumulated wealth is amazing, and there are also many colonies overseas, which can provide him with a large amount of precious metals, nitrate, phosphate, and manganese. and other strategic resources.Moreover, Venice is a big ocean country. It has been living on the sea for hundreds of years, and its footprints are all over Europe, Asia and Africa. It is very important to China. Although it is not obvious now, but when the territory under his rule becomes larger and the exchanges between the two sides deepen, the benefits will soon be revealed.

Considering that a one-sided deal would not benefit both parties, Yang Menglong also signed a contract with Catherine to order [-] screw impact machines from Venice.He is very impatient with those silver coins that are big and small, and you have to weigh them every time you use them. This thing is super inconvenient to use, and you still have to mint coins yourself.Don't think about copper coins, all kinds of private money are rotten on the street, even if he cuts his head, he can't squeeze in, but he can mint silver coins, just like Spanish pesos, ancient Roman dinars, and French Turgues Like Rus coins.With silver coins of definite denomination, it is much more convenient to use.Of course, if you want to mint coins, you can't do without a screw punching machine, and he hasn't produced this thing yet, so he has to order it from Catherine.

Catherine's eyes lit up: "Does the President also want to mint new currency pairs? We can help!"

Yang Menglong chuckled and said, "No need, we can handle this kind of thing ourselves!"

Catherine loves blows deeply, and snorted: "It's really stingy!"

Yang Menglong shrugged, needless to say.

No matter how generous people are, they cannot tolerate others interfering in the design, casting, and issuance of their own currency, right?

The [-] sets of screw punching machines also made Catherine a small profit. The foreign girl was quite satisfied with this, so she picked up the contract and left happily.

Seeing off the foreign girl, Yang Menglong stretched his waist and muttered: "It's really tiring to talk about business, no, I have to play two rounds of billiards to relax!" Standing up, he was about to leave, but Zaji rushed to Weng in time. Appearing, killing all possibility of his laziness.

"My lord, shopkeeper Fan Da please see me!"

Yang Menglong took a look at the poster, and his expression was a little strange: "Taiyuan Fan, Fan Jian? Damn, what is his name? It's not good, it's called Guijian? Is it that cheap?"

Zhaji held back his smile and said to Weng: "This name is quite interesting... My lord, see?"

Yang Menglong sat down helplessly and said, "Invite him in."

Zhaji rushed down and walked in with a wealthy businessman in his fifties.This big rich businessman is unattractive, short and fat, wearing a staff cap, with a thin beard, and a pair of eyes that are very active, always giving people a sense of savvy and shrewd.He saluted Yang Menglong respectfully, and shouted loudly: "Craftsman Fan Jian, see the champion!"

Yang Menglong twisted his face, so he couldn't laugh out loud, and said: "Well, shopkeeper Fan, you don't need to be polite, just sit down."

Fan Jian said with a smile: "In front of Champion Hou, how can there be a grassroots seat?"

Yang Menglong said: "I let you sit and you sit, stop talking nonsense!"

Fan Jian quickly thanked him, sat down, and looked Yang Menglong up and down. Seeing that he was so young, he couldn't help saying: "Hou Ye fought Daling River to make the slave chief Hong Tai's liver and gallbladder torn. In Lushun, Lushun beheaded [-] people in the third battle. His military exploits are outstanding and his reputation is far-reaching. The grassroots admire him! The most rare thing is that Lord Hou is still so young. Shoulder to shoulder!"

Yang Menglong said cheerfully: "You are very good at talking. Although I know you are flattering, I still enjoy listening to it! Tell me, what can you do with me?"

Fan Jian arched his hands, and said: "The grass people have admired Lord Hou for a long time. Today I can see Lord Hou. It is a real comfort in my life. It's a small thing to show my respect. I hope Lord Hou will not be disgusted!" He took out a gift slip and handed it come over.

Yang Menglong took it over and took a look, good guy, all these miscellaneous things add up to at least 2 taels of silver, what a generous move!He accepted it unceremoniously, and said in his mouth: "Such an important gift is really frightening... Tell me, what can I do for you?"

This kid is really not polite at all, it is probably the first time for Fan Jian to meet this kind of bastard, and he makes him feel at a loss-according to the script, shouldn't your old man be furious and scold me After a while, I finally accepted this gift with all my flattery and flattery, and then I opened my mouth to ask you to do something, this rhythm is completely wrong!He was terrified, always felt that there was a pit in front of him, but the arrow was on the string, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "To tell you the truth, Caomin is in the mining business, and the mine is full of strange rocks, and you can't mine unless you blow them up! The stubborn stone is so hard that it can't be blown up even after being blown up several times. I heard that Champion Hou has a kind of explosive that is invincible and can be used for mining. Can you agree?"

Yang Menglong secretly smiled.Good boy, what you say is better than what you sing, who doesn't know that you and Jianu wear the same pair of pants?The armor and swords in Jiannu's hands that are more sophisticated than those of the Ming army are all made of iron materials smuggled by these bastards. When there was a drought and the crops were not harvested, it was these bastards who secretly smuggled a large amount of grain to Jiannu, so that Jiannu survived the famine!During the Battle of Lushun, Hou Jin Ke let his cannon blow up badly. These bastards may have grasped some secrets, and they couldn't wait to jump out to share their master's worries!

Xiao Mian, I won't kill you and I and your surname are Fan!

After making up his mind, Yang Menglong took Fan Jian to the wild and asked Zaji to bring a handful of yellow dynamite: "Treasurer Fan, is this what you're talking about?"

Fan Jian said with a smile: "I hope that the champion will open the grass people's eyes and see how powerful it is."

Yang Menglong said: "Easy to say, easy to say. Zaji, Tianbao, use it to blow up that big rock for me!"

The second general Henha took the order, took the guys over there, punched two deep holes in the boulder designated by Yang Menglong, put in explosives, inserted a detonator, then pulled a long fuse, ignited it, and ran away.After running for a while, boom!A huge explosion made the ground vibrate violently. Under Fan Jian's dumbfounded gaze, the gigantic boulder instantly shattered and turned into countless fragments that flew around, some even flying hundreds of meters away. , The power is so great, it is really incredible!He kept saying, "That's it, that's it!"

Yang Menglong nodded and said, "This kind of explosive is indeed very useful for mining. I wonder how much Shopkeeper Fan plans to ask for?"

Fan Jian said: "Thirty thousand catties, at least thirty thousand catties!"

Yang Menglong cursed inwardly: "Thirty thousand catties? Take [-] catties of high explosives to mine, the ghosts will believe you!" But he smiled like a flower on his face: "Thirty thousand catties... I'm afraid it's a bit difficult. The preparation of this kind of explosives is quite difficult and the cost is high, I'm afraid shopkeeper Fan can't buy so many..."

Fan Jian smiled proudly, and said: "Champion Hou just ask how much money you need, I'm afraid there are not many things in this world that Fan can't buy." He said arrogantly, but he did have the capital of a cow.You must know that Shanxi merchants and Huizhou merchants are the two most powerful consortiums in China in this era. The eight surnames in Shanxi are all wealthy, especially the Fan family, with assets of tens of millions. What else can they afford?

Yang Menglong said in his heart: "You laugh, you laugh, now just laugh, I will make you cry your eyes out before long!" He squeezed out a smile and slapped him: "Five taels of silver per pound!"

Five taels of silver is one catty, and thirty thousand catties is 15 taels of silver.Although the Fan family is rich, it still hurts to be slaughtered like this. Fan Jian frowned: "Isn't this too expensive?"

Yang Menglong said: "Oh, it's not expensive. I've already given you a [-]% discount for the fact that you ordered a lot, Shopkeeper Fan!"

Fan Jian gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, five taels of silver per catty, five taels of silver per catty, delivery within half a year, okay?"

Yang Menglong said: "Within three months, the one-time delivery will be completed!"

Fan Jian said: "Okay, refreshing!"

Since Yang Menglong was so forthright, he couldn't be stingy, and immediately signed a contract with Yang Menglong, and then took out seven 1 taels of silver bills as the down payment, and the balance was paid in one lump sum when the goods arrived.In just one day, 9 taels of silver came into the account. It is not difficult to imagine how happy Yang Menglong was. He quickly counted the silver bills and laughed so hard that he couldn't close his mouth.Seeing his greedy look, Fan Jian was rather disdainful: "I thought that this person who could defeat the tens of thousands of Daikin's army is so divine, but he is just an ordinary person! I really don't know what Yuetuo and the others did to lose For such a brat... But that's okay, without this disastrous defeat, how could I have a bright future?" Thinking of successfully completing the mission and being praised by Huang Taiji, his mood was so good that he was about to fly.

Fan Jian, who was in a good mood, never dreamed that what Yang Menglong showed him was a yellow explosive made of nitroglycerin mixed with flour. This explosive was not as powerful as nitroglycerin, but it was better in safety.How safe is it?Throwing a box from a height of more than ten meters will not explode, even if you burn it with a torch, it will still not explode!If you want to detonate it, you must use a detonator, otherwise you can only stare blankly.

And although Yang Menglong sold him [-] catties of explosives in one go, he didn't sell him even a single detonator...

In other words, what this unlucky guy bought for 15 taels of silver was just a pile of yellow powder that couldn't be detonated... Who is to blame?The only thing to blame is that you don’t understand science!
(End of this chapter)