Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1428, cheat you, you still have to say thank you
"Your Majesty, please rest assured, I will write a letter back to Daming to the teacher later, it must be possible."

Tong Yuan readily agreed.

It's a casual thing, and selling arms is also beneficial to Daming.

The arms trade is very profitable, it can bring a steady stream of wealth to Daming, and it can also support its own military industry enterprises, train military technology and workers, this weapon is sold, and it can cause troubles all over the world, which is true for Daming. What's more, there are many benefits.

"Thank you so much~"

Kansu II immediately smiled happier, then clapped his hands, and soon several beautiful Egyptian girls came up.

"Master Tong, this is a little gift from me, please accept it."

Tong Yuan looked at Kansu II, then at a few beautiful Egyptian girls, and suddenly felt a little sore in his waist.

This is not the first time that Kansu II has sent beauties here. It has only been a few years since Kansu II sent more than a dozen Egyptian beauties here, and even made children Come out in a bunch.

"Thank you, Your Majesty the King~"

Tong Yuan smiled, and finally accepted it.

"Haha, as long as you like it."

Kansu II was also very happy to see Tong Yuan accepting it. Isn't it just a few women, as many as you want.

Then he thought for a while and said, "The amount of ammunition I purchased this time may be relatively large. I plan to form an army of [-] musketeers, and I want to refer to your Ming army."

"I don't know if your country is willing to sell the arms and weapons for the [-]-strong army at one time?"

Kansu II knew very well that the most powerful army in the world today is the army of the Ming Empire, by reading the newspapers on the Ming side and adding news from various countries.

He knew about the fact that the troops of the Ming Empire swept across all directions.

In Europe, England, France, and Portugal fought against each other and could not hold their heads up. They could only make peace with the Spaniards, and they had to cede territory and pay compensation to Ming Dynasty.

In Asia, the Ottoman Empire, which was in full swing, was beaten heavily. The Ottoman Empire signed the humiliating and humiliating "Erzincan City Agreement", which not only ceded the South Caucasus region to Ming Dynasty, but also had to bear a huge compensation of hundreds of millions of taels of silver.

Last year, the powerful Kazakh Khanate and the Siberia Khanate were wiped out, and the entire vast land east of the Ural Mountains was included in the vast territory of the Ming Empire.

Even the vassal states, colonies, and vassal states under the Ming Empire are better than each other. The entire South Asian subcontinent has been divided up by them, and East Africa has been divided up in sevens and eighties, and it is now expanding to West Africa.

It can be said that the army of the Ming Empire is definitely the most powerful army in the world.

If he could have a powerful army of [-] people similar to the Ming Empire's army, let alone these feudal military nobles in the country, there would be no problem in sweeping all directions around him.

"An army of [-] Musketeers?"

When Tong Yuan heard it, he was slightly surprised.

Thirty thousand Musketeers is not a small number. You must know that even the mighty Ottoman Empire has only [-] pure Musketeers. This little Egypt wants to have an army of [-] Musketeers. , which shows Kansu II's appetite.

"Of course there is no problem with the weapons and equipment of an army of [-] pure musketeers. My Miyun Arsenal in Daming has extremely strong productivity. Not to mention [-], even [-] equipment can be produced for you within a year. .”

"However, according to the construction plan of our Ming army, if we follow the example of our Ming Empire's army, it will cost at least several million taels of silver just for [-] muskets."

"In addition, corresponding cannons, bayonets, helmets, military uniforms, military boots, etc. must be equipped. If the whole set is calculated, it will be difficult to manage without ten million taels of silver."

Tong Yuan also knew a little about Daming's foreign arms sales, and he also learned some of Liu Jin's tricks.

Since you said you want to learn from the Ming army, that's good, then everything will be neatly arranged for you.

Not only muskets and cannons, but even bayonets, which have no technical content, are also prepared for you. A bayonet is pressed by a steam stamping machine in Daming, and then polished and polished with extreme cost. It's less than thirty cash, but you only need to sell it for five taels of silver.

In addition, helmets, military uniforms, and military boots are indispensable, otherwise they will not have the aura of the Ming Empire army. As for the price, they are all equipped with arms and weapons. Naturally, they are not cheap, and they can be given to the clothing factories and shoe factories in Daming. Get a wave of orders and come back.

"Ten million taels of silver!"

When Kansu II heard this, his eyes widened slightly, which was really unbelievable.

Because the price was really beyond his imagination, in his opinion, a million taels of silver would be the best, but who knew it would cost tens of millions of taels of silver.

"This is too expensive!"

Kansu II sighed and shook his head.

"Your Majesty, this is indeed expensive~"

"And this is just the equipment. According to our Ming army, apart from these, a soldier must be equipped with at least one horse, a saber, a bow and arrow, and full-body armor. One month's food The standard is one tael of silver, and the average salary is five taels of silver, plus other seven or eighty-eight."

"After all, it costs me more than two hundred taels a year to raise a soldier in Daming!"

"This is also an important reason why our Ming Empire's army can sweep all directions, because we have always used the best and treated our soldiers the best."

Tong Yuan nodded solemnly, and wanted to learn from me, Daming, let alone [-] troops, with your Egyptian national strength, even [-] troops would be very difficult.

Of course, Tong Yuan's words are obviously a bit exaggerated. All kinds of equipment are calculated according to the price of foreign military sales. In fact, if it is purchased by the Ming army, it is very cheap.

A musket costs one or two hundred taels of silver for foreign military sales, but only a dozen taels of silver is enough for domestic sales to the Ming army. At this price, the arsenal still makes a lot of profit.

There are also horses and so on. These are calculated at the market price. In fact, the horses of the imperial army are free, and all of them are collected from the nomadic tribes in the Ming Empire through taxation.

Farmers paid grain and tax for farming, while herdsmen paid horse tax for grazing, which was called horse tax. The horses collected from the horse tax were given priority to the military, and the surplus was paid to the Ming treasury.

In addition, the Ming army also had a large number of excellent pastures belonging to the army, which were specially used to breed and graze war horses.

From the Hulun Buir Grassland in the east to the shores of Beihai Lake, and then to the high-quality pastures in the Altai Mountains and Tianshan Mountains in the western regions, or the rivers in Central Asia, Yuzi, and the pastures in the Caucasus region of Nanyun Province.

The army has a large number of pastures, a vast area, a fertile playground, and a large number of horses, which not only meet the needs of the military, but also have a large number of horses that can be sold to the outside world.

Of course, even though they are all at cost price, supporting a Ming soldier is still a huge expense, and the Ming royal family needs to spend tens of millions of taels of silver on it every year.

"A soldier spends more than two hundred taels of silver a year?"

When Kansu II heard this, he was dumbfounded again, calculated and said: "I heard that your Ming Dynasty has more than one million troops. Doesn't this mean that your Ming Dynasty spends [-] million taels of silver on military expenditures a year?"

I don't know, I was taken aback.

Two hundred million taels of silver, which sold the whole of Egypt, may not be worth much money, but this is only the military expenditure of the Ming Empire for one year.

"Haha, almost~"

Tong Yuan smiled and nodded.

"It's no wonder that your Ming Empire is said to be the most wealthy in the world. It's a well-deserved reputation."

"It costs tens of millions of taels of silver to form [-] pure musketeers. This is really too expensive. I'm afraid I can't afford that much silver."

Kansu II frowned, thousands of taels of silver, this is definitely a huge sum, even if he is the king of the Mamluk Kingdom of Egypt, he cannot come up with such a huge amount of wealth all at once.

"Haha, it doesn't matter. Based on our relationship, I can help you contact Daming First Bank to provide you with a loan, and you can purchase it in installments."

"Also, if you want to imitate our Ming army, it's best to hire some veterans of our Ming army to train your army."

"In this regard, I can also help you introduce some people. Of course, in terms of remuneration, you must not give too low."

Tong Yuan looked at Kansu II, showing a smile of a profiteer.

It’s good if you don’t have money, you can take out a loan if you don’t have money, and you can earn a sum of interest money in this way.

This kind of loan to the country is the favorite of the First Bank of Ming Dynasty. It is a loan of several million taels at once, and when it is paid in installments, the interest will be almost the same as the principal, and it is enough to make money lying down.

"installment?"

"That's what your newspaper said about taking a loan in installments like buying a house?"

When Kansu II heard it, he immediately remembered the news he had read in the newspaper.

"Yes, that's the kind~ Pay a certain amount of money every month, and pay it off in how many months. The First Bank of Ming Dynasty has a special installment payment for arms sales. The Persian Empire and the Ottoman Empire adopted this method. Way to form a strong army ahead of time."

"The First Bank of Ming Dynasty is also one of my teacher's properties. I can ask you to write a letter to the teacher and ask for preferential loan interest and terms from your side."

When Tong Yuan said this, his voice was much lower. For some things, it is better to make a fortune in silence.

"Okay then, help me get in touch."

When Kansu II heard this, he thought about it carefully, gritted his teeth and agreed. It is naturally the best to be able to use other people's money to do his own business. As for the interest, he knew that the interest of the Daming First Bank was the sum of all loans. The lowest of them all.

(End of this chapter)