Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 451 A Super Big Deal
Taichang originally planned to use force to deter, and then pay a little money to buy the Luzon Islands and Borneo.

But now his mind has changed.

Because he wants to form an alliance with Spain, and let Spain or the "ally" of the Habsburg Dynasty consume the strength of the European countries.

And at this moment, the "ally" of Spain is so poor that he is about to be beaten to the ground.

If he doesn't save him and give him a blood transfusion, then this "ally" will be useless.

Therefore, he decided to make a big deal with Spain, a super big deal, to give blood to this "ally", so that this "ally" can get up and continue to work with European countries!

As for how big this deal is, it depends on how big Spain's hopes are.

In short, they cannot let the European countries put Spain down, nor can Spain put the European countries down.

He must maintain a delicate balance between the two sides, and continue to consume until he dies!
Thinking of this, he pretended to be kind and said: "I can't change what I said, but I can try my best to compensate you and not let you suffer. After all, we are likely to become allies in the future, right?"

Yes!

If he can promote the alliance between the Ming Empire and Spain, then it will be nothing to sell the Luzon Islands and Borneo.

He can even argue that this is the bait he used to lure the Ming Empire into an alliance with Spain!
At that time, His Majesty the King will not only not blame him, but also praise him!

Thinking of this, Carinho carefully confirmed again: "Your Majesty, are you really going to form an alliance with Spain?"

Taichang nodded without hesitation and said: "Of course, the Dutch and the English are too hateful, and I must deal with them. However, their homeland is too far away from Daming, and Daming can't beat them for the time being. Isn't your Spain close to them?" Well, let's unite and clean them up!"

The reason is good and powerful!

When Carinho heard this, he couldn't help but excitedly said: "Okay, let's unite and clean them up."

Taichang nodded slightly, and then pretended to be bold and said: "Tell me, how much is the Luzon Islands and Borneo, just ask, I will try my best to satisfy you."

How can the lion open his mouth at this time, the alliance is the most important thing!

Carinho said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, I didn't expect you to pay much at first. Now that we are forming an alliance, I can't let you spend more money. You can give me whatever you want. I can just go back and do business."

How can that work? With less money, how can you survive gang fights in European countries!

Taichang pretended to be displeased and said, "What are you talking about? Do you think I'm a stingy person? Can Daming let his allies suffer? Tell me, how much will your Majesty the King be satisfied with?"

Uh, talking too much about this money hurts feelings!

If you can give [-] million taels or even a billion taels, His Majesty the king will be satisfied. The question is, can you give so much?
I've said so much, I'm afraid you will be so angry that you will turn against me immediately.

Now, the alliance is the most important thing!

Uh, how do you say this?

The meaning of His Majesty the Ming Emperor should not make people think that he is stingy.

Alas, this is really difficult!
Carinho frowned and pondered for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

He couldn't help asking cautiously: "Your Majesty, I see that your Ming Empire seems to use all its own warships. Are those warships of the Dutch useless to you?"

That means, you want a Dutch battleship?
Those warships are indeed useless to Da Ming, because the Da Ming navy is equipped with ships, and sailing ships have long since been eliminated.

This can be given.

It just so happens that the Dutch and the English also have a lot of warships, so go spend it with them!

Taichang said without hesitation: "You want the battleships we captured, right?"

This breath, really can get it!
Carinho nodded again and again: "Yes, Your Majesty, we don't have the money to build warships at all now, and we can hardly defend them at sea. If those treasure ships are discovered by English pirates, we can't keep them at all! I don't know How many Dutch warships have you captured, if you can give it to us, we can guarantee the safety of the treasure ship."

Well, how many Dutch warships were captured?
Taichang really didn't calculate it carefully.

Because those were for the navy reserve team to practice, he didn't care about them at all.

He thought for a while, and then estimated: "There are probably more than 20 building boats and gunboats. It seems that we have almost beaten ordinary warships, and there are only a dozen left. There are quite a few armed merchant ships. It seems that there are fifty or sixty. boat, do you want it?"

so much!
Carinho couldn't help being pleasantly surprised when he heard the words: "Your Majesty, can you really give us all of these?"

What's the use of these, just twenty Aegis ships can easily overturn them.

Besides, even if all these are given to you, you will not be able to overturn the Dutch and English fleets.

If you want it, take it all!

Taichang nodded without hesitation and said: "Yes, it's all for you. Aren't we allies? How can I be stingy with this little thing?"

Oops, this is great.

Carinho danced excitedly and said: "Your Majesty, as long as you can give me these warships and armed merchant ships, I can go back to pay a job."

How can this work? Not only do you lack warships, but you also lack military expenses!
Taichang pretended to be rich and said: "To Da Ming, these captured things are no different from those picked up for nothing. We didn't spend a tael of silver at all. That's it, it's not appropriate to exchange two of your colonies with such a big size? Say, you still What do you want, I can't let others say that I take advantage of my allies!"

Are these not enough?

These can be sold for at least 4000 to [-] million taels in Europe!
His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire is too polite.

How could I have the nerve to ask for more money?
Carinho thought for a while, and then said cautiously: "Your Majesty, can we expand the trade volume a little bit?
To be honest, there are a lot of rubber and copper mines in the Americas, and there is no problem in doubling our supply.

If you can buy twice as much rubber and pure copper, we can increase our military expenditure by another 200 million taels a year.

After all, this military expenditure has to be spent every year, and we also do this business every year.

If we can maintain long-term and stable trade, it will be very beneficial to ease the pressure on our military expenditure. "

This is easy to handle, there is not too much rubber and pure copper, especially copper, the more the better.

The question is, how much do you spend on military affairs?

I can make your military expenditure just right, no more and no less!

In this way, you can continue to work with European countries.

Thinking of this, Taichang asked solemnly: "How big is your Spanish military spending gap, tell the truth."

Uh, this gap is really not that big.

Honestly nothing.

Anyway, all countries in continental Europe know that Spain is unable to make ends meet, borrowing money everywhere, and owes money everywhere!
Carinho thought about it, and then estimated: "I don't know the exact amount, but I estimate that the annual gap is at least 2000 million taels."

Fuck, how much do you pay your soldiers in Spain?
2000 taels!

Well, anyway, it's for buying things, not for free, and what's more, what they buy are very important strategic resources, so Daming is not at a loss.

However, the price of this rubber is a bit expensive.

At this moment, Daming is almost capable of producing rubber by himself. Naturally, there is no need to pay 100 taels of silver for this rubber. He must take this opportunity to lower the price of rubber, otherwise he will be taken advantage of.

Thinking of this, Taichang said bluntly: "The price of your rubber is a bit expensive. We have already planted the rubber tree, and we know the cost of the rubber. The rubber is just to cut a hole in the rubber tree and pick it up in a bucket. , and rubber trees can produce glue every year, so there is no cost at all, 100 taels a barrel is too expensive."

Uh, didn't we have an alliance before, so naturally we can sell as much as we can.

Of course Carinho knows how rubber is produced, this thing is really cheap, just separate the rubber tree bark, make a drainage, and let the rubber tree sap flow directly into the bucket, no need to worry about it!

To be honest, the cost of harvesting rubber is not as high as that of the wooden barrel!
It doesn't matter how low the price is, as long as the Ming Empire is willing to pay for it.

Thinking of this, Carinho asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, how much do you think a barrel is suitable for?"

Taichang reckoned: "We have already weighed it. Your bucket is less than a thousand catties. I won't let you suffer. Ten taels of silver per bucket. What do you think?"

Well, the wooden barrel is not worth a tael of silver no matter what, the others are basically earned, and a barrel of ten taels of silver is already very good.

Carinho nodded without hesitation and said, "No problem, His Majesty the Emperor, as long as you agree to expand trade volume."

Then it will be fine.

Taichang said without hesitation: "Well, you supply us with 100 million catties of pure copper and [-] million barrels of rubber every year, and I will solve the problem of military expenditure for you!"

Ah!
Carinho was stunned when he heard this.

This business is simply beyond his imagination!
They may be able to prepare 100 million catties of pure copper and [-] million barrels of rubber. Anyway, the Portuguese colony also has copper mines and rubber trees, and they just need to squeeze them desperately.

The problem is, they don't have so many ships!

100 million catties of pure copper and [-] million barrels of rubber would require at least two hundred armed merchant ships to hold them.

It may not be enough for them to transfer all armed merchant ships to the west coast of the Americas. What's more, the shipping on the east coast of the Americas is their foundation. They must ensure the supply of local resources!
(End of this chapter)