The exercise was over, and Lu Xiangsheng and other generals also retreated to rectify the troops. Zhu Cijing was about to go down to express condolences to the injured soldiers during the exercise, but Shivera couldn't wait to run up and asked earnestly: "Your Majesty, do you know if the Ming Dynasty's muskets, artillery and armor are for sale?"

Are you selling arms? Zhu Cijing became interested when he heard this. He was not worried about others imitating it. You should know that steam machine tools are hundreds of years ahead of their technology. It would be strange if they can make such sophisticated guns without beds. You can sell them, but the price must be enough. So he pretended to hesitate and said: "Well, I haven't thought about this question yet. Are you going to buy it?"

When Schvira saw that there was a show, she was very excited and immediately said excitedly: "Yes, I want to buy it. I will only use it for our Portuguese army and will never use it for business."

Damn, I am not pretending to be good. I want to sell it at a good price, but you think I am afraid that you will sell it to others, so how can I make money if you don’t use it for business?

Zhu Cijing simply pulled the topic out and said, "Do you buy all your weapons? Who did you buy them? 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 local area was ruled by Spain. If you dare to make weapons privately, the Spanish would definitely bring you all the people and equipment. Should you tell the Ming Emperor the real price of weapons?

Schvira hesitated. If we lie, we would naturally gain some advantage. But if the emperor knew about it in the future, wouldn’t it be possible to lose this powerful ally? The power of the Ming Dynasty has made Schvira a little crazy. He naturally didn’t want to lose such a powerful ally. So he gritted his teeth and replied honestly: “Our weapons are indeed bought, most of them are bought from the British Empire. As for this price, the weapons standards of the Ming Empire and the British Empire are different. I can only say the approximate price, such as the cannon with a shooting distance of about a thousand meters is about 20,000 taels of silver per gate, and the best flintlock gun is about 200 taels of silver per gate."

If you tell others about the Mi unit, no one will understand it. Fortunately, Zhu Cijiu understands it. He estimated that one thousand meters is about 600 steps, which means that the price of the Type 518 howitzer is 20,000 taels per unit. Damn, this profit is simply a robbery of money!

In later generations, the price of machining parts was generally half the work and material, which means how much the material is, and the processing fee was generally how much. If you buy it into a finished product, it would double it, which means that the finished product was about four times the original price.

So how much is the cost of the Type 518 howitzer? This iron ore and coal mine are both state-owned in the Ming Dynasty. In other words, the material cost is enough to calculate the labor of mining and transportation. The Type 518 howitzer weighs 1,700 kilograms, and doubles the iron ore to 3,400 kilograms. If you dig a person, you may have to dig a few days. It will be a month for him to make one tael of silver. The transportation cost is higher, and it is calculated as ten taels of silver. Then the coal mine is also calculated as ten taels of silver. More than one hundred people are used to make thirty doors in seven days, and the processing fee is calculated as one hundred taels of one.

This way, the cost is only more than 100 taels, but it can be sold for 20,000 taels, which is the profit!

Also, it would be good if the material cost of a flintlock rifle can cost one or two taels. As for the labor cost, 10,000 people can make 20,000 yuan a month. The workers with the highest monthly salary are only five or six taels of silver per month. The labor cost of a flintlock rifle is only three taels of silver. In this way, the cost is only four taels, but the selling price is two hundred taels, which is the profit!

Zhu Cijiu became more and more excited. With the new armor, he also promoted grenades and landmines. Military industry could make tens of millions of taels a month! As for whether the great powers would buy the weapons from the Ming Dynasty to fight the Ming Dynasty, hehe, he was preparing to upgrade the weapons. The ones sold to them were eliminated goods, so what should I be afraid of?

For example, the flintlock rifle. After trying the revolver, he already has a rough upgrade plan. The pistol can be used with a revolver, and the rifle can also be used with a revolver. At that time, it can be made into a revolver and can be shot for five consecutive times. Wouldn't that be the same as a submachine gun? It can also be made into a rifle with a larger caliber and a longer range, or even a sniper rifle. Even the great powers can still crush them with a Type 24 flintlock rifle.

Besides, the guns will definitely only be sold to allies but not enemies. For the time being, they will only be sold to Portugal. If other great powers come to buy it, you can sign a friendly treaty first, otherwise you won’t sell it!

Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor didn't say anything for a long time, Schvira thought 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 twice the price!"

Zhu Cijing was surprised again when he heard this. Damn, this guy wasn't crazy, he doubled! He asked in a trembling voice: "Why is this?"

Schvira took the initiative and reported truthfully: "In fact, what the British Empire sold to us is inferior goods. Generally, it would be impossible to fire a few shots and fire a few shots. There are a lot of problems and it makes people feel troublesome."

When Zhu Cijing heard this, his eyes turned and pretended to be indignant, "This British Empire is too unreasonable. The weapons are unqualified. The pass rate of our flintlock rifle is only about half, and the pass rate of casting cannons is even more surprisingly low. A batch of 50 pieces is cast, and it would be good to have twenty pieces passed in the end. However, after the test shooting, we have all returned the unqualified weapons and recast them. How can we sell them? Isn't that harmful?"

When Schvira heard that the Ming Dynasty had destroyed all the unqualified weapons and remade them. Isn’t that the quality was not a problem at all? He was even more eager to buy the Ming Dynasty’s weapons. Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor had not let go, he couldn’t help but beg: “Your Majesty, for the sake of the allies, you can sell us some points. We don’t need a lot. Just have a hundred cannons and ten thousand muskets first.”

Zhu Cijiong pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Okay, but I have to wait three months. I will step up the production of weapons in these three months and deal with the rebels. I will do it for you in three months. What do you think?"

Schvira was overjoyed when he heard this. He was not very anxious. After all, he only had so many people in Portugal, so it was very difficult to recruit 10,000 people. He also had to find a place to practice overseas. These all took time, and three months might not be enough.

The first arms business of the Ming Empire was negotiated like this. Schvira was very happy. With weapons, he could cultivate family armed forces. An army of ten thousand people was definitely a terrible force in Portugal. His status in the aristocratic circle will definitely be higher. With a high status, he will have the right to speak. Having the right to speak is equivalent to having overseas territory. In addition, he monopolized the high-end porcelain, high-end tea and silk business of the Ming Dynasty. Kilnino's takeoff is just around the corner.

Zhu Cijing was also very happy. He didn't expect that the profit of arms was so high. He would have expanded the military factory crazily if he had known it. There was no need to worry about the sales of arms. As long as Schweila was used, the power and quality would definitely attract robbery. Now the great powers are nouveau riche, holding lots of gold and silver in their hands, but they can't buy things. Moreover, they will fight more and more fiercely in order to compete for the colony. At that time, the profit of arms is simply unimaginable.

Such a huge profit was waving to him, and Zhu Cijing felt that he could not wait for a moment. He built a factory and immediately built a factory. After returning to the capital, he immediately took out the map and began to circle the factory address.

The capital city is definitely not good, the place is limited, and transportation is not very convenient. The coal mine and iron ore are both non-renewable resources, and it also requires huge manpower to dig and transport. It is not cost-effective to mine by Ming Dynasty. He plans to import a large amount of money and buy it from the great powers. The great powers must deliver goods through sea transportation. It is best if this military factory can be built on the beach, and the nearest coastal city to the capital is Tianjin Wei.

So, Zhu Cijiu directly drew a big circle on the side of Tianjin Wei near the sea. Some people with money are so willful. He planned to build a large port city, integrating trade, weapon production and shipbuilding. From now on, the Bohai Sea will be the training ground for the Ming Navy, where the Ming Dynasty will train an invincible navy...

Thinking about it far away, Zhu Cijiu quickly pulled his thoughts back. Those things that didn't know how long it would take, first of all, there must be a city. Building a city is not a very difficult thing for Zhu Cijiu. There are more than 100,000 prisoners of the bandits in Zunhua. Before the Liaodong area was thawed, they had to eat, sleep and eat in the past three months. Anyway, they were idle, so they could build the walls of the new city first.

How big is this city? Zhu Cijiu couldn't help but think of the face-saving projects in later generations. Many buildings, whether they are functional or not, are necessary to be taller, because they represent face. Just like a boss, no matter whether he likes luxury cars or not, he has to buy a car worth tens of millions of dollars, and has to buy a car worth hundreds of millions of dollars, otherwise others will look down on you!

This is a face issue, so Zhu Cijiu naturally would not be too stingy. He directly drew a frame of more than 20 miles wide. If he wanted to build it, he would build the largest in the world at that time. When the great powers came, they would become weak and panic. They would not dare to have the idea of ​​being an enemy of the Ming Dynasty.

So, decrees were sent out one by one, and personnel, food, materials, etc. slowly gathered to Tianjin. The Beijing News also began to slowly introduce the world of the Age of Discovery while promoting Liaodong:

Like Portugal, the country is only about a large area and a large population, but how many colonies do they have around the world;

There is also the Netherlands, which is a place as big as sesame and green beans for the Ming Dynasty, but they are competing for hegemony at sea;

There is also Spain, which is a province-sized area for the Ming Dynasty, but they established a fleet that was known as invincible;

There are also Britain, which has only a few islands and is not very large in population, but it comes from behind and is in a position to dominate the world;

What else is the Gold Coast? It is full of gold. 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 get restless. They gradually put on the wings of their dreams, flew to the sea, to the indigenous continents, and to the whole world.

There is a saying that gradually spread: after finishing the Jiannu, the emperor will take everyone to pick up gold!
Chapter completed!