Ming Zuo

Chapter 812 Seller's Market
"My business in Shandong is based on business. Anyone who wants to do business is welcome. I wonder what Mr. Wu wants to buy?"

Zheng Jiada was very happy about Wu Xinyu's intention to come.

It's just a little slander deep in my heart.

He is obviously a member of the intelligence department, but he wants to sell things for the equipment department.

Looking back, we must ask the equipment department to give more benefits.

Seeing that Shandong was willing to talk, Wu Xinyu was really relieved.

"I don't know if the firearms used by your army can be sold to us?"

Hearing this, Zheng Jiada shook his head on the spot.

"I'm really sorry, our army's military weapons are not sold outside."

Wu Xinyu was a little anxious when he learned that the terrible weapons of the new army were not for sale.

"Why did you sell it to the northwestern bandits?"

Zheng Jiada chuckled.

"Mr. Wu should know that the firearms used by the Northwest bandits are far inferior to those used by our army. The difference cannot be counted. If you need such firearms, you can find them all."

Wu Xinyu was very depressed.

"In this way, the firearms used by our side and the northwestern bandits are equivalent, how can we tell the winner?"

But Zheng Jiada's response made him want to vomit blood.

"This has nothing to do with us in Shandong. We will sell to whoever does business with us. We don't ask about the rest."

Wu Xin and closed his eyes in pain, speechless for a long time.

He somewhat understood Shandong's approach.

This is obviously eating at both ends, forcing the imperial court and the northwest rogues to engage in an arms race, constantly consuming firearms on the battlefield.

Now that the northwestern rogues have these weapons in their hands, the officers and soldiers are unable to fight back.

If there are no officers and soldiers, they can only let the Northwest bandits wreak havoc and completely disrupt the Daming country.

In such a situation, Hong Chengchou had to buy the same weapons from Shandong, otherwise the battle would be lost.

Say a thousand words and ten thousand, who told Shandong's weapons to be too powerful?
Even the weapons that Shandong doesn't like and don't use are ten times better than those of the imperial court.

Before coming here, Hong Chengchou had inquired about craftsmen.

They couldn't make the firearms used by the Northwest bandits at all, so one can imagine how difficult it was.

Wu Xinyu couldn't make up his mind for a while, but Zheng Jiada wouldn't wait for him.

A subordinate came in and whispered something in Zheng Jiada's ear.

Zheng Jiada said: "This is a big matter, Mr. Wu can think about it slowly. I still have important matters, so I will not accompany you."

Seeing that Zheng Jiada had left alone, Wu Xinyu was quite astonished.

What could make Zheng Jiada abandon himself?

His eyeballs kept rolling, and he always felt that something bad was about to happen.

"Send two people to investigate carefully."

Wu Xin and his subordinates took orders to leave.

It's just that no one is sure what can be found out.

After all, this is a place in Shandong, and their whereabouts are too obtrusive, making things very troublesome.

However, what they didn't expect was that it was very easy to inquire this time.

There is only one reason.

That's what Zheng Jiada showed them on purpose.

Why did Zheng Jiada leave?

Li Zicheng's representative Gu Junen came.

Compared to before, Gu Junen was much happier this time.

As soon as they met, let the people below open the boxes one by one.

It is full of white silver, which is worth hundreds of thousands of taels.

"Director Zheng, we still need to buy muskets, cannons, and ammunition. The specific quantity is [-]% more than last time."

In the Battle of Hong'an, Li Zicheng defeated the official army with weak forces, creating a miracle that the Northwest Rebel Army could not achieve.

Li Zicheng couldn't understand why he won.

So far, he no longer has any doubts about the firearms made in Shandong. At the same time, he thought that the weapons in the hands of the new Shandong army were more powerful, so he no longer dared to look eastward for half a minute.

But the business with Shandong is really good.

After repelling Hong Chengchou, Li Zicheng quickly handed over his accumulated wealth to Gu Junen, asking him to come to Huai'an to continue buying weapons.

Li Zicheng is confident that as long as he has enough weapons, he will never be chased and beaten by the army again.

Maybe he can occupy a piece of land, take a good rest and develop, and achieve some hegemony.

How could Zheng Jiada not welcome someone who came to give money?

"Please wait for two more days, and all the ammunition will be ready."

Gu Junen can still afford to wait for two days.

But this time, Wu Xin and his subordinates took a serious look at the meeting.

Even the conversation between the two was clearly heard by Wu Xinhe's subordinates next door.

When the news got back to Wu Xinhe, he was shocked.

It was completely unexpected that the damn northwestern rogues were not satisfied.

If the northwestern rogues get more firearms, how can they be wiped out?

wrong!

At that time, it will not be a question of whether we can wipe out the Northwest bandits...

It is a question of whether the court can stop the northwestern bandits from attacking the city.

Wu Xinhe felt cold all over his body and couldn't sit still any longer, so he hurriedly made an appointment with Zheng Jiada again.

"Director Zheng, you and I are negotiating, how can we sell firearms to Northwest rogues?"

Zheng Jiada spread his hands.

"Let's talk about ours, does it have anything to do with who we sell our weapons to?"

Wu Xinhe's face was quite green.

"Northwest bandits are the imperial court's great enemy."

Zheng Jiada still spoke the same words.

"It has nothing to do with Shandong."

The attitude is clear.

If you don’t buy weapons, the Northwest bandits are still buying them, and you can’t blame anyone if you can’t beat them.

Wu Xinyu was cornered and had no choice but to retreat.

"Okay! Three thousand muskets, fifty cannons, three times the gunpowder, when will they be delivered?"

Zheng Jiada immediately made an offer.

"A total of two hundred thousand taels of silver. Mr. Wu pays the money now and can pick up the goods immediately."

Hearing the price, Wu Xinyu's heart was bleeding.

The two hundred thousand taels of silver was obtained by Hong Chengchou's patchwork and frugality, and it was about to be delivered to Shandong in the blink of an eye.

But there is no other way. If you lose the battle, you can't keep your head. What's the use of money?

He asked the people below to pay on the spot, and at the same time made a request.

"The silver is here, and it's not a lot. But you can no longer sell firearms to the Northwest rogues."

Hearing this request, Zheng Jiada blinked.

"Well...you need to pay more."

Wu Xinyu's heart convulsed, panting like a cow.

"What's the point of this?"

Zheng Jiada told the truth.

"Northwest rogues spent a full [-] taels of silver to buy weapons from us. Mr. Wu told us not to sell them, so how can we make up for the loss of [-] taels of silver? If Mr. Wu is willing to pay the money, We can't sell it."

Wu Xinyu's eyes turned black.

He heard two meanings in this passage.

One is that if Shandong is not allowed to sell weapons to the Northwest bandits, they need to pay to make up for it.

The second is that the northwestern rogues bought a large amount of weapons from Shandong.

No matter which one, it is not good news for the officers and soldiers.

Looking at Zheng Jiada in front of him, he is absolutely hateful.

Wu Xinyu was helpless, and couldn't afford so much money, so he could only hold back one sentence.

"People... can't be so shameless!"

(End of this chapter)