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Chapter 497 Manipulating Firearms

"Mr. Chen is still talking nonsense at this age." Da Yu'er carefully lifted the purple clay pot and poured tea for Mr. Chen, her pretty face flushed slightly, probably because Mr. Chen's words hit the girl's heart.

"There is no nonsense, can the three cardinal guides and five constant rules allow everyone to have enough to eat? If it weren't for the military leader who did not destroy but did not stand up and advocated new learning, how could the current peaceful and prosperous world come about. So many times it is just that the world is bound by meaningless dogma. The three cardinal guides and five constant rules What, it’s not as practical as making tea.” Chen Ting took another sip of the tea.

"Freedom in love...it's a good thing. At least people have the right to pursue what they love, and they don't have to marry someone they don't like...but the other party...sometimes it's really hard to tell..." Da Yuer rubbed her fingers Drawing circles on the wooden table, it took a while to realize that Mr. Chen was still there, and then Da Yuer fled the scene with blushing cheeks.

"This little girl." Seeing that Da Yuer was so shy, Chen Ting couldn't help smiling.But when he thought of the project of building a nationwide telegraph system and the huge expense, he felt inexplicably irritable.

"Silver, oh silver, why can't you reproduce your own offspring, and money begets money. In this way, the old man will not have to worry about money in the future, and the military leader can do whatever he wants." Chen Ting sighed, and gently stroked This ledger.

"Mr. Chen is not well!" An official from the household department hurried in.

"Why are you panicking?" Chen Ting, who was upset, asked angrily.

"The military leader has issued a new order, asking our household department to allocate a huge sum of money to Guangdong, Fujian, Guangxi, Yunnan and other provincial capitals." The household department official said.

"..." Chen Ting straightened his face immediately, like a big bitter gourd, "Just approve it as the military leader said."

At this time, Chu Yun summoned a group of military staff to Dingguo Duke's Mansion, which was also Chu Yun's temporary mansion.He was busy with the arrangements for the construction of the telegraph network before he received letters from the Guangzhou government, the Chief Secretary of Guangxi, and the Chief Secretary of Yunnan.The reports of the officials in the three places all point to An Nanguo.

"People from the Ruan family of Annan Kingdom came to Guangzhou Mansion with our Huaxia merchant's ship, and wanted to buy a batch of firearms from us to defend against Lord Zheng of Annan Kingdom. Deng Qianlong said in his letter that they were willing to pay [-]% more than the Zheng family The price." Chu Yun passed Deng Qianlong's letter to everyone for reading.

"In the past, our official arms business has already been carried out with Lord Zheng of Annan Kingdom. If we agree to Lord Ruan's trade request, it seems a bit unkind to Lord Zheng." A staff officer said.

But all the senior officials of the Kyushu Army knew about the Far East Trading Company's firearms trade, and An Nanguo's financial backer was the Zheng family of An Nanguo.

"It is precisely because we sold too many firearms to the Zheng family in Annan that we broke the balance of Annan. Originally, according to my idea, Master Ruan would seek help from Western countries such as France, Spain, and the Netherlands. , bought a large amount of Western artillery and fought to the death with the Zheng family. But the Western countries were busy with the disputes over the Western side and were unable to support Lord Ruan. As a result, the Zheng family became dominant. Look, this is the gatekeeper of Zhennan Gate in Guangxi The military report that will be delivered, as well as the documents submitted by the Xuanzheng Envoy of the Guangnan Prefecture here." Chu Yun also sent letters from the Chief Secretary of Yunnan and the Chief Secretary of Guangxi to everyone.

Everyone solemnly circulated these two letters from the front line.

"What? The court of the Li family in An Nanguo was wiped out by the Zheng family, and the Li family went into exile in Guangnan Prefecture? And the Zheng family's army was found outside the Zhennan Pass?" The staff officers who hadn't paid much attention to An Nanguo before were very surprised. They didn't expect to agree to sell it back then. The matter of giving arms to the Zheng family made them bigger and stronger.

Everyone gradually realized the seriousness of the situation, and the Guangxi area seemed to be in danger if it continued like this.In fact, it cannot be said that the Zheng family will pose a great threat to the Kyushu Army, but it will make things very difficult if this continues.

"Come and introduce to the officials the current situation in An Nanguo." Chu Yun said to the messenger Deng Qianlong sent.

"The military lord and all the adults, Nan'an was originally controlled by the Zheng family, the Ruan family, and the Li family. Among them, the Li family is the weakest and can be ignored. However, Zheng lord has hit the main force of the Ruan family in recent months, which almost made the The Ruan family was destroyed. Later, they led [-] troops and went to Gaoping in the Northern Expedition to annex the territory of the Mo family. The head of the Mo family had to flee to the border of our Guangxi Chief Secretary for temporary refuge. Now only the Ruan family is fighting against the Zheng family, but it is estimated that the Ruan family will be alone. , I'm afraid it won't last long," said the confidant sent by Deng Qianlong.

"Since this is the case, we might as well support Lord Ruan, so as to strengthen Lord Ruan's power, and let the Ruan family and the Zheng family fight to the death. It is best that neither side can defeat the other, but it is in our interest." A staff officer said.

"Mr. Commander, do we want to do more? I heard that the Commander is short of silver because he is planning to build a telegraph network. Why not take this opportunity to fish in troubled waters to fund the treasury." Another counselor said slyly.

"How do you fish in troubled waters?" Chu Yun asked.

"First, we sold the firearms sold to the Zheng family to the Ruan family at a high price, and let the Ruan and Zheng families fight desperately. When they were evenly matched, we secretly resold the firearms to the Zheng family, and let the Zheng family continue to occupy In this way, the Ruan family will lack firearms and continue to buy firearms from us. Second, we deliberately shorten the service life of firearms, which can not only reduce the cost of making firearms, but also allow the Zheng family and the Ruan family to consume firearms The speed is accelerating. I believe that day after day, we will be able to make a lot of money. In the future, when the two forces of An Nanguo have exhausted the treasury, we can take advantage of the situation and let Annan Kingdom return to our territory. "

"You guys really have a bad stomach, but I like it, so let's do it this way." As soon as Chu Yun heard the news of the Ruan family and the Zheng family's conflict, he roughly thought of this method of supporting both parties at the same time.

Just cutting corners on firearms is indeed a bit broken...but it's still doable!

In Chu Yun's eyes, only silver and technology are the most important things, and its own strength is king. The backward kingdom can only be like the Ruan family, asking for help everywhere, and giving away the silver and silver to powerful countries in exchange for weapons to protect themselves.But they have no choice. If they don’t get sold, they will be destroyed by the Zheng family sooner or later. This is the tragedy of a weak country, but no strong country will show mercy. The law of survival in this era - the law of the jungle.

"In addition to tampering with firearms, we also need to make some other preparations." Chu Yun said, "We need to have a strong army in the Nanyang region."

(End of this chapter)