Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2160, Explosive arms and weapons trading
"Duke Brand, Lord Lopez!"

"The bullets are indeed not cheap, but you get what you pay for. I think your Spanish army was able to sweep across Europe, and our Ming's weapons and weapons are also indispensable."

"The reason why the rifles of our Great Ming Empire can be very accurate, fast-firing, and long-range is entirely because we have carried out a brand-new innovation on bullets, and this has led to the rapid progress and development of rifle technology."

"If you think it's expensive, we also have traditional muskets and gunpowder here, which are much cheaper."

Xie Yunshan also explained with a smile when he heard the two shouting expensive.

"That's true!"

Duke Brand also had to admit one thing after hearing this, that is, the quality of the weapons and weapons of the Ming people is really good. The rifles of the Ming people have completely surpassed the smoothbore guns produced by the Europeans in Europe.

The reason why the Spanish Empire was able to achieve the current results was entirely due to the rifles of the Ming people, especially at the beginning of the war, relying on powerful rifles to fight against the enemy's muskets, the advantages were very obvious, and the effect was also very significant.

Almost beating the armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire, despite the multi-front war, the Spanish Empire still won many major battles.

Not only completed the strategy of attacking France from the north to the south, but also won consecutive victories on the side of the Holy Roman Empire, and also defeated the coalition forces of England and France at sea. Even here in the Mediterranean battlefield, the army of the Spanish Empire will kill the Italian peninsula. went.

"So this is a deal where you get what you pay for. Although things are expensive, they are worth the money."

Xie Yunshan smiled and said.

"Mr. Xie, can this be cheaper? We want more quantity."

Peros thought for a while and asked.

"That depends on how much you want."

"Of course you can get a discount if you pay more. I can also give you some arms and weapons as gifts."

Xie Yunshan said straightforwardly.

"1 rounds of shells, 10 sets of bullets!"

"In addition, we also want to buy some more weapons and weapons, including 5 Type 500 rifles and [-] Miyun cannons!"

"In addition, 2 more sabers, 2 sets of armor, 10 sets of military uniforms, and 30 more ships for food!"

Pelos took out a shopping list, which listed a lot of things, and he simply reported the needs of some of the most important arms and weapons.

Now during the war, Charles V of the Spanish Empire is still recruiting and expanding the army on a large scale. Not only the new army, but also the traditional cavalry and infantry using muskets are constantly expanding.

This requires a lot of things, all aspects, from munitions and weapons to food and grass, to soldiers' clothes and boots, etc., these are all business.

On the one hand, Spain is working hard to produce, and on the other hand, it is buying directly from the Ming Empire, because it is faster and cheaper to buy many things directly from the Ming people.

In terms of military clothes, Ming people’s clothes are very cheap, and they can be designed beautifully for you. After wearing them, you will have more spirit and a sense of military honor. You can also put the label of the Spanish army on them, etc. .

If Spain produced it by itself, not only would the speed be slow, but the cost would be high, and the quality would be far inferior to that produced by Daming people.

In terms of food, the people of Ming Dynasty sell special military supplies, all of which are packaged in bags, and it is very convenient to use, just boil water and boil it.

Not only is the quantity large, the quality is good, and the food is full. The key is to be able to eat well. There are not only dehydrated dried vegetables, but also beef cubes, pork cubes, fried fish cubes, etc., which are very delicious.

Compared with the horse bread that has always been popular in Europe, the black bread is much better. The Spanish soldiers all said that they like to eat this munitions food, and they don't want to eat any more bread.

These military rations made according to the needs of the Ming army are well packaged, convenient to transport, easy to use, good in taste, guaranteed in nutrition, and cheap in price.

It doesn't work if you don't buy it.

“炮弹1万发就是20万两银子，子弹10万组就是100万两银子，5万支二六式步枪就是1500万两银子，500门密云大炮就是1000万两银子，这加起来就是2620万两银子。”

“2万把马刀10万两银子，2万副铠甲100万两银子，10万军服5万两银子，30船粮食300万两银子，加起来就是415万两银子。”

"This is almost 3035 million taels of silver in total. As for the other things, we will give you from our business."

Xie Yunshan took out an abacus, and flicked his calculations on the contents of the list, and calculated the total price of the list in two or three times.

This is really a good start. Just after the first day of the new year, the Spanish Empire sent itself a super big order worth more than 3000 million taels.

"It seems that Charles V also searched out all the nobles in France. Otherwise, how could he get more than 3000 million taels of silver?"

In his heart, Xie Yunshan was also guessing wildly.

Now that Charles V owed a huge debt to the Ming Empire, he had no money at all. Now that he could get money, it was obvious that after entering France last year, he was desperately searching for the French nobles in France.

"Mr. Xie, we bought more than 3000 million taels of goods at one time, so how can we give you a discount? How can this work?"

When Brand heard this, he also hurriedly said.

"Then let's do this, touch zero, and give 3000 million taels of silver. Besides, we are old friends. The Spanish Empire is also a good friend of our Ming Empire. We also want to support you. Our firm will send you five large trucks to facilitate transportation. goods."

Xie Yunshan smiled and said very generously.

For a super big order of 3000 million taels, this discount of hundreds of thousands of taels is nothing but a trifle, and he can still make the decision with a discount of about 1%.

"Give 3000 million taels, and send five large trucks to transport the goods?"

When Pelos and Brand heard this, they immediately nodded slightly, and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were wiped out at once. This shows how profitable this arms and weapons business is, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a profit.

The large truck produced by Daming is also a good thing. Whether it is used to transport troops or transport goods, it is very convenient and fast. The only disadvantage is that it is expensive.

"Mr. Xie, send some more bullets or shells."

Duke Brand thought for a while and said, bullets and shells are the key, they are consumed quickly.

"This, our discount is already very big."

"If it is more favorable, I may need to report to the head office before I can decide."

"But we are all old friends. Since you have spoken, we can't just give you some face."

Xie Yunshan looked distressed, frowned, thought for a while and said: "Well, I will send you another 100 shells, 100 sets of bullets, this is already my maximum authority."

"That line, it's still the old rule, the goods will be transported by your firm."

Pelos and Brand looked at each other before finalizing the decision.

There is no way, even though they know that the Ming people are very profitable, the money is still earned by the Ming people, and there is no other place to buy these arms and weapons.

I heard that the South African colony of Ming Dynasty can also produce high-quality arms and weapons, but they cannot sell arms and weapons in Europe without permission.

But in the final analysis, he is also from Daming. Even if it can be sold, it is probably the goods in a kiln.

"No problem, as long as you agree on the place and time to come, we will definitely deliver the goods."

Xie Yunshan readily agreed.

After this transaction, Daming will definitely make a lot of money.

The profit of buying and selling arms and weapons is astonishing. In terms of rifles, the cost price of the Hongzhi 3-type rifle can be reduced to less than 30 taels of silver at the Daming Military Factory. Two silver coins, doubled ten times.

The selling price of Tianjin Ocean Trading Co., Ltd. is between 300 and 500 taels, and it is sold to big customers such as Spain. Regular customers usually pay 300 taels, which is also ten times higher.

Calculated to sell a rifle, the cost is not even a fraction of the selling price, and all of it is profit.

There are also bullets, 100 taels of silver for 10 rounds of bullets, which is definitely a sky-high price.

In fact, with the development of Daming's chemical industry and the rapid advancement of mechanical processing, the manufacturing cost of bullets has been greatly reduced, and the cost price of a bullet is only a few pennies.

The price that the military factory sells to the Tianjin Ocean Trading Company is tens of pennies, and a set of 100 rounds of ammunition only costs a few taels of silver. It's just that this is a consumable, and the earning is not particularly excessive.

This super big order of 3000 million taels not only supported the Tianjin Ocean Trading Company, but also fully supported the Daming Military Factory, and the profit was too great.

As for those military uniforms, military rations, sabers, armors and so on, these things are cheaper, and the profits in them are relatively limited. After all, the Spaniards can make them themselves.

These things are sold cheaper, not only can absorb their own production capacity, but also can discourage the enthusiasm of Europeans to produce by themselves, and gradually become dependent on Daming’s products, becoming an important dumping place for Daming’s products, and solving the problem of the increasing production capacity of Daming. Expansion, the problem of unsalable appeared.

"readily!"

Seeing that Xie Yunshan readily agreed, Pelos and Brand also waved their hands happily, and soon some officials and soldiers came in carrying large boxes, inside which were neat boxes of silver dollars and bank notes , All of them only understand how to change in Daming First Bank.

These silvers are filled with the blood of countless French nobles.

(End of this chapter)