Chapter 1573 Big Deal

For Haihan, arms trade has been an extremely important part of Haihan's foreign trade over the years. Regardless of the sales method, Haihan has a relatively mature operation plan. Although the preparation time for this bidding meeting was relatively hasty,

However, the experienced Haihan Ordnance Industry and the Ministry of National Defense prepared the relevant information and procedures in just a few days.

On the surface, this arrangement is to allow the Netherlands and Malta to bid for arms equipment under equal conditions, and the winner will be eligible to purchase, but Haihan has no intention of selling to only one of them.

, that’s why the military procurement content is split into two major items and six small items for separate bidding. The purpose is to prevent one party from monopolizing all arms orders with a single bid. The next bidding time is stipulated to be at least one day.

Years later, and there is no specific time schedule, it is also necessary to put pressure on the bidders so that they are not too conservative in the bidding process. After all, no one knows if there will be a chance to buy again after this wave of sales.

"Let me explain the content of the first bidding item." Bai Kesi read the information on the table in front of him: "The first item is firearms, including two thousand type 28 matchlock guns and type 29 matchlocks.

There are 1,200 guns, 800 Type 29 flintlock muskets, 200 flintlock pistols, and a quota of 30 rifles for customization. Each gun is equipped with fifty rounds of ammunition, and if necessary, more

If you have more ammunition, please apply to purchase it in the third bidding."

Judging from the quantity alone, an order of more than 4,000 guns is already considered very large. Except for An Nanguo and Fujian Mingjun, no other customer would purchase so many guns in a single order. But if you look at the content

, it is not difficult to find that the weapon models sold by Haihan are actually old equipment from the early years. In terms of weapon performance, there is naturally a huge gap with the guns currently installed by Haihan's main force. Even Annan

The armies of these traditional allies of Haihan have also been gradually replacing rifle models manufactured by Haihan since then.

Of course, even old-style weapons still have certain advantages compared to the existing equipment of the two countries. The proportion of armed personnel of the East India Company equipped with muskets is slightly larger, but it is far from reaching the point where all personnel are equipped with muskets.

Most of them are old goods shipped from Europe, and the quality varies. The guns that can be manufactured locally in Batavia will not have the performance of standard weapons such as Haihan, and even the projectiles cannot be fully universal.

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Having said that, if in the original Battle of Batavia, the defenders could be equipped with a large number of standard rifles, they would not be so passive in the city defense battle. There would really be three to four thousand soldiers with unified equipment and sufficient ammunition.

The Musketeers and the East India Company did not even need to wait for the sea fleet to return reinforcements, and directly solved their opponents on land.

The situation of Ma Dalan is even worse. The number of firearms equipped by the army is small, and the sources are mixed. The standards of the guns are all kinds of strange, and the performance is naturally inconsistent. Ammunition supply is a big problem. Although there are some scattered musketeers,

It is difficult to use unified tactics and organize them into the same unit to form a real combat effectiveness. The Mata Blue Army suffered a huge loss in weapons in the Battle of Batavia, so they have been constantly trying to purchase them from various channels in the past two years.

New weapons and equipment are gradually replacing the old cold weapons. Haihan's standard weapons have always been praised for their performance in wars. It is precisely because of this that Madalan is willing to spend a lot of money to purchase arms from Haihan.

But even so, purchasing more than 4,000 firearms at one time was still beyond Luo Hong's imagination. He had inquired about the scale of Haihan's previous arms sales beforehand, and already had certain expectations in his mind. He originally thought that Haihan could

He was already thankful for the order for a thousand guns, but he didn't expect it to be several times that number. At this moment, he wondered if his ears had heard it wrong.

The information Haihan sent to participants on both sides before the meeting only introduced the performance parameters of the arms that could be ordered, but did not indicate the quantity of each item for sale. It seemed that he was also trying to surprise both bidding parties at the meeting. Of course.

Well, as long as the parties concerned calm down and analyze, they will know that this arrangement is not completely surprising, because it is impossible to finalize the price and then discuss the quantity for such an overall procurement project. The Haihan people clearly stated the number of firearms, which is obviously to ask the buyer to pack.

That makes sense. And the total price of so many firearms will of course be a very scary amount.

Although Haihan Bank will be the backstop for this arms purchase, the two companies can theoretically bid at whatever price they want, and Haihan Bank can borrow whatever amount they want. But in fact, the two companies also have their own budgets and procurement plans. If the budget exceeds the scope,

, then it will be impossible to complete all procurement tasks as planned.

"As for the prices of these types of firearms, I believe you have also seen them in the information we provided. Please note that this is already our lowest supply price. Even for models with less than a thousand pieces, we will supply them based on a thousand pieces."

The wholesale price of the goods is calculated." Baikes continued to introduce the situation of this batch of firearms to both parties: "You can start to calculate the minimum price of this batch of firearms and prepare your own bids. Please note that both parties have three rounds of bidding in each bidding project.

For bidding opportunities, the party with the lowest bid in each round needs to bid again until it is higher than the other party. The final transaction price is based on the highest bid in the three rounds of bidding. After the transaction is completed, the prices offered by both parties will be announced to show fairness."

The bidding rules formulated by Haihan are a bit complicated. They are also designed to avoid the embarrassing situation of one party bidding in one round. Three rounds of bidding give both parties ample opportunities to raise prices. The transaction price should be higher than that given by Haihan Ordnance.

The wholesale sales price is much higher. Based on the price given by Haihan, the total price of this batch of goods has exceeded 200,000 yuan, which is not a small amount, and this is only the six military purchases this time.

Just an appetizer in the project.

The executive committee is basically leaning towards Malaysia to pay a high price to win the first round, because the Netherlands actually has the technology to manufacture firearms on its own, but it just cannot form an industrialized production scale like Haihan. When it comes to purchasing firearms,

To the degree of necessity, it is obvious that the Ma Dalan country, which mainly uses cold weapons as its equipment, is more enthusiastic.

Twenty minutes later, the quotations from both parties were placed on trays and presented by the staff. As expected, in the first round of bidding, Luo Hong proudly gave a quotation of 250,000, which was easier than Su Ke.

The quoted price of 220,000 yuan was a full 30,000 yuan more.

"In the first round of bidding, the Malta Blue Country won. Then the Dutch East India Company made a second round of bidding." After the executive committee members had seen the number of bids from both sides, Baix announced the results of the first round of bidding to everyone.

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Su Keyi increased his bid by 15,000 yuan in the second round of bidding and quoted a price of 235,000 yuan, but it was still not as good as Luo Hong's first-round bid. So the only opportunity left for the East India Company to bid was

Once, but the other party has two more chances. If Su Keyi wants to ensure that he can buy this batch of firearms, he must not only exceed the other party's offer in the final round, but also have to quote an offer that the other party cannot expect.

Just a high price.

Su Keyi added another 30,000 yuan to the second-round quotation, so the third-round quotation reached 265,000. This quotation is already one-third higher than the base price. If it is not more than

The other party's first-round bid meant that he had nothing to fight for. And if the other party exceeded it in subsequent bids, it would definitely be a very unfair price. Su Keyi believed that Governor Van Diemen would not be happy to use it.

Public funds were used to buy so many high-priced muskets from Haihan.

"The Dutch East India Company won this round of quotations. The three quotation opportunities have been used up. Now we invite Matalan to make a second round of quotations."

Now it is relatively easy for Luo Hong. He still has two quotation opportunities to beat his opponents. This is of course an inevitable goal. Ma Dalan has been running around to buy arms in the past two years, and it was not easy to win such an offer.

An opportunity, even if it means spending a little more money, it is worth it in Luo Hong's opinion.

Luo Hong did not hesitate at all, and gave a figure of 280,000 in the second round of quotations, directly crushing Su Keyi's bid in the last round. Ma Dalan won the first battle, grabbing four with this amount.

A large order of more than a thousand firearms. The staff showed Luo Hong’s final price tag to Su Keyi to confirm his opponent’s advantage in the bid. Luo Hong proudly handed it over to the people in the conference room.

Even Su Keyi, who was sitting opposite, didn't let go of his thanks.

In fact, this result was also expected by Su Keyi. Compared with the East India Company's armed forces, the Matalan Army's desire for long-range anti-personnel weapons is naturally much stronger. Four thousand muskets are enough for the Matalan Army to develop a specialized

The musketeer unit has greatly improved the combat capabilities of his army. Su Keyi must use the limited budget wisely, and the firearms project is not the main target he wants to compete for. It would be an injustice to raise the price to make the Matalan people spend an extra sum.

Money is already Su Keyi's greatest effort.

But it doesn’t mean that the money was spent unjustly. In fact, it still depends on whether the person concerned thinks it is worth it. As long as he thinks it is worth it, it doesn’t matter. This is the mentality of Ma Dalan Country. As long as you can buy the weapons you want, you can spend a little more.

I don’t have much money, and I’m afraid I won’t have anywhere to buy it if I spend it. Let alone 280,000 yuan. For a one-person business like this, even if it costs 380,000 yuan, I still have to buy it. After all, you can get access to all the people in Matalan Country.

Among the targets, there is no other company that can sell more than 4,000 muskets at one time like Haihan.

In Luo Hong's view, Su Keyi's price increase was just a pointless struggle. This idea originally came from Luo Hong, and of course he would not relax at all. Although this is not a battlefield, Luo Hong believes that he must try his best to defeat Holland.

People, fundamentally destroying their will. As long as they can win this arms purchase order, what else can the Dutch do in the future to resist the horse and blue army after the change?

The person who is most happy about this result is of course not Luo Hong, but the Haihan Executive Committee who presided over the matter. The base price set by Haihan Ordnance Industry based on the transaction prices of past arms trade itself has a relatively generous profit guarantee, and

Under the pressure of competition, these two companies raised each other's prices, and raised the price by as much as 40%, which was a huge profit. At this time, Luo Hong had to sign a series of confirmation documents, and these old foxes on the executive committee

Also take the time to exchange your views.

"This is really...a surprising transaction price!" Schneider spread his hands and said that the price was beyond his expectation.

"We might as well just engage in bidding from now on. You see, for those who are so embarrassed, they still have to have a competitive atmosphere to be able to afford the price!" Bai Kesi also lamented the situation just now. He has presided over many arms trade negotiations.

, but it is really rare for a buyer to take the initiative to raise the price on his own. Probably only this kind of limited purchase activity among enemies can trigger such a high enthusiasm for buying.

"Then you have to find a way to provoke everyone to whom we sell weapons to fight, and then organize the warring parties together to hold a bidding auction. The profits of Haihan Ordnance should be doubled!" Tao Donglai

He was in a good mood and started joking along with Bai Kesi.

Of course, it is impossible for Haihan to provoke all his big customers to go to war, such as heavyweight customers like Annan and Daming. If the two sides go to war, the income Haihan can get from selling arms cannot make up for the losses caused by the war. Like

The arms demand brought about by the special antagonistic relationship between the Netherlands and Maltalan is really something that can only be met but cannot be obtained. Haihan's method of operation in this matter is difficult to simply copy elsewhere.

"Congratulations to Matalan Country for obtaining the ordering rights for the first military procurement project, then we will proceed with the second one." Baikes turned the document book in front of him to the next page, and then announced in a deep voice: "Next

It’s an army artillery type weapon.”

The types of artillery launched by Haihan Ordnance Industry this time are no less than firearms. They are divided into two categories: urban defense artillery with fixed forts and field artillery with light mobility. Of course, these two types of artillery are used in certain

The functions can also be interchanged in some special circumstances, but it is definitely not that convenient to use. For example, if a large-caliber city defense cannon is given to the attacker, it can be used as a siege cannon, but how to transport it to the city is a matter of

It takes a lot of effort. Small-caliber field guns can also be set up on city walls, but their range and lethality are not outstanding in urban offensive and defensive battles.

As a long-range heavy attack weapon, the price of artillery is much higher than that of firearms. Even the smallest caliber field gun costs dozens of times that of a flintlock rifle. And like Badawi

In a big city like Asia, whether it is to attack or defend, it cannot be solved by just ten or twenty cannons. Therefore, Haihan provided an artillery package covering various calibers and uses for this project.

, a total of two hundred artillery pieces were packaged and sold.
Chapter completed!