Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1633, Arms and Weapons Center

On the southern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, Port Said in the northern section of the Egyptian Canal.

Since the opening of the Egyptian Canal, Port Said has rapidly prospered and developed.

As the entrance to the northern section of the Egyptian canal, it has a huge natural advantage. Once the canal was opened, it quickly replaced many ports in Egypt and became the only place for passing business travelers and merchant ships. One of the most important trade points.

Spain, Portugal, France, and even ships from Northern Europe from the northwest of the Mediterranean; Italy and Venice from the north of the Mediterranean; merchant ships of the Ottoman Empire from the east of the Mediterranean, Eastern European merchant ships from the Black Sea, and Ming Empire merchant ships;
All of them converge here, because there is a steady stream of goods from the East from the Red Sea, and merchant ships from many colonies and vassal states of the Ming Empire in Tianzhu and East Africa also gather here, bringing all kinds of goods. Commodities make Port Said's business extremely prosperous.

In addition, Egypt is now at war with Spain to compete for Alexandria; the French and the Spaniards are constantly fighting in the Mediterranean, which has had a huge impact on the trade in the Mediterranean.

However, Port Said is closely connected with the Egyptian Canal, and half of it is owned by the Ming people, so it is protected by the Ming Empire. No one dares to act wild here, which makes the business of Port Said even more prosperous.

In Port Said, a large number of merchant ships berthed here. The Venetians and Ottomans brought boatloads of slaves. This is the most popular commodity now. No amount of slaves can satisfy the huge appetite of the Ming people.

The Italians brought their cheese and wine; the Spaniards brought their ham and olives; the French brought their perfume, cheese and wine.

Selling their goods here only needs to pay extremely low taxes and a small amount of mooring fees. If they pass through the Egyptian Canal, they will have to pay a considerable amount of navigation fees.

This is also an important reason why Port Said can quickly prosper. After all, the business can be done here, so there is no need to pay an extra navigation fee.

The prosperity of commerce and trade also allowed many commercial firms, escort agencies, vassal states, colonies, etc. of the Ming Dynasty to set up offices here, and even the First Bank of the Ming Dynasty opened a Port Said branch in Port Said, specializing in various related matters. Business.

Tianjin Ocean Trading Co., Ltd., as the largest and most powerful trading firm in Daming, naturally also set up an office here in Port Said.

A five-storey building was constructed entirely of reinforced concrete, and all the decorations were in the Ming style. Under the sunlight, the glass of the windows of the building shone brightly.

The gold signboard of Tianjin Ocean Trading Co., Ltd. is even more obvious at a glance, and people know who this magnificent building belongs to.

Zhang Wenyun is the person in charge of Tianjin Ocean Trading Company in Port Said. At this time, he is meeting Parker, a businessman from France, in the living room.

"Mr. Zhang, do you have everything we need here?"

Parker took a sip of tea and tasted this magical oriental leaf carefully. Drinking tea has long been popular in the French upper class. As an important minister of the French King Louis XII, Parker has naturally developed the habit of drinking tea.

"Well, this good tea is indeed in the hands of the Daming people themselves. What kind of tea is exported to Europe?"

Parker also sighed in his heart, every time he came to Port Said, the tea he drank here was better than the tea at his home.

"Mr. Parker, I have everything you want here."

Zhang Wenyun carefully looked at the list that Parker handed over.

Guns, cannons, swords, armor, bows, arrows, gunpowder, medicines, etc., are in huge quantities and are a big list.

Obviously, now the French are really going to have sex with the Spaniards.

Louis XII, who felt that he had been greatly humiliated, was ready to take out his underpants and press them on. He would never give up until he had a few good fights with the Spaniards.

"Great!"

"I've heard for a long time that your Tianjin Ocean Trading Company has the strongest strength, and at the same time is the arms dealer of the Ming government. It really lives up to its reputation."

When Parker heard this, he immediately laughed.

The quantity required this time is very large, 200 muskets alone, plus [-] Miyun cannons, the others will be even larger.

He was originally worried that Tianjin Ocean Trading Co. did not have enough goods, but now it seems that he still underestimated the strength of the Daming people.

The Tianjin Ocean Trading Company in front of me is known as the No. [-] trading company in Ming Dynasty, and it is also the official arms exporter of Ming Dynasty. Its business scale is very large, and it often deals directly with countries.

"As long as five million taels of silver, our firm can deliver these goods to any port in France!"

Zhang Wenyun looked at Parker's appearance, smiled and reported a number.

"Five million taels of silver?"

"Is it too expensive?"

When Parker heard this, he immediately frowned. He already knew that the arms and weapons of the Ming people were very expensive. If he bought arms and weapons from the Ming people, he had to be prepared to be slaughtered.

Originally, he was prepared in his heart, but when he heard five million taels of silver, he still felt that it was too expensive.

This time, Louis XII handed over all his worth, even the gold and silver artifacts in the palace, just to fight the Spaniards and get back his dignity.

Putting things together, coupled with severely squeezing the Jews in France, it was hard to get together several million taels of silver, and it was basically spent all at once.

"Mr. Parker, our Ming's weapons and weapons are relatively expensive, but I think you French should also know the quality of our Ming's weapons and weapons."

"Not to mention anything else, the musket and cannon alone are absolutely the best and worth the money!"

"Two days ago, the Duke of Almeida of Spain came to my place specially and placed an order of ten million taels of silver with me, ordering tens of thousands of muskets and hundreds of cannons."

"They don't think it's expensive at all, I think they should know that our Ming's weapons must be the best!"

Zhang Wenyun looked at Parker's appearance, and did not discuss the price with the other party, but directly mentioned the Spanish order.

"what?"

"Spain asked you to buy 1000 million taels of arms and weapons?"

When Parker heard this, he immediately became anxious.

The Spaniards already have the advantages in weapons and equipment, and now they are buying arms and weapons wantonly. What do they want?
There is no doubt that this batch of arms and weapons must be used against the French. God knows how many brave French knights will die when these arms and weapons are in the hands of the Spaniards.

"Now there are many people looking for us to buy arms and weapons, not only Spain, but also the Ottomans, Egyptians, Persians, and even Venice and Italians are also looking for us to buy arms and weapons."

"We don't have a lot of goods. First come, first served. If they are sold out, it will take at least a few months if they are shipped from our mainland of Daming."

Zhang Wenyun smiled and nodded, "If you don't put pressure on you, how are you willing to pay for it?"

"Buy~ Please send it to Marseille Port for us as soon as possible."

Upon hearing this, Parker didn't hesitate any longer, gritted his teeth and bought it.

Half of the army in the hands of Louis XII has no weapons and equipment. This is also the main reason why he came here this time. The Spaniards cannot be defeated by fists.

"Haha, don't worry, our Tianjin Ocean Trading Company will definitely deliver it to your Marseille port as soon as possible."

When Zhang Wenyun heard this, he immediately laughed happily.

If you think it is too expensive, you don’t have to buy it, because someone will force you anyway.

"I heard that your Daming has a new type of cracker and a new type of back-boring rifle. I wonder if you can sell me a batch?"

Parker thought for a while and asked again.

"No, no, those are just rumors. The weapons and weapons we sell to the outside world are all the most advanced weapons and weapons of our Ming Dynasty, and they are also the weapons and weapons that our Ming army is currently deploying."

When Zhang Wenyun heard this, he immediately shook his head.

Just kidding, that kind of weaponry can't be sold at all, and I don't know who leaked the news, even the French know about it, so you must check it out later.

"Really?"

Parker had a look of disbelief. Even though the Ming Empire hadn't used force in the past few years, everyone didn't know whether the army of the Ming Empire was as invincible as before.

But the whole world is in full swing, but no one dares to provoke the people of Ming Dynasty to see it. This person of Ming Dynasty must still have a lot of good things hidden.

"Of course it's true~"

Zhang Wenyun turned back with a smile, and quickly sent Parker away.

As soon as Parker was sent off, Zhang Wenyun came to the warehouse of Tianjin Ocean Trading Co., Ltd. in Port Said.

There are dozens of warehouses, large and small, all of which are arms and weapons, guns and ammunition, muskets, cannons, swords, armor, bows, arrows, military uniforms, military boots, etc., everything is available.

And the quantity is very large, there are thousands of cannons alone, and more than [-] muskets, all of which are uniform and have just been produced not too long ago, and the wrapped oil paper is still new.

"Spanish and French goods will be delivered as soon as possible~"

"And the goods from the Ottoman Empire are also sent as soon as possible~"

"After the goods from these three major customers have been delivered, the remaining goods here are not too big. Send a telegram to the domestic side and ask them to make another batch of goods."

"The fight is in full swing now, and we still need a lot of arms and weapons in the future. We must fill up these warehouses. Take advantage of this opportunity to make a good profit. When they finish fighting, our arms and weapons will have no market. gone."

Zhang Wenyun carefully checked the condition of various goods, and the sales were booming, and Port Said has become a center for arms and weapons.

(End of this chapter)