Renard made precise calculations in his mind, and the current price of grain was close to seven copper plates per kilogram, but the price of old grain was slightly discounted.

As the other side said, food will be spoiled, but firearms will not.

Thinking about this, Lei Ye nodded vigorously: "Okay, let's make a deal." ”

Duke Edmund was obviously relieved when he saw this, and it seemed that he was also afraid that this deal would not be negotiated: "Since all the firearms are given to you, it is useless to put the bullets and shells away, so I will give them away for nothing." ”

As the so-called cooperation is beneficial to both sides, and division is two harms, for the possibility of cooperation between the two companies in the future, the two sides each take half a step back.

Subsequently, the two sides discussed the number of transactions again.

Renard asked, "How many firearms do you have, or how many firearms are you going to sell?"

Duke Edmund replied with a smile: "I have a total of eight hundred muskets and fifty cannons, and since all the bullets and shells have been given to you, I will naturally sell them all." ”

He took a deep breath: "When I bought it, it was to strengthen the defense of the territory, but it never came in handy, and now it comes in handy, but it has to be sold, this world is ......"

He didn't go on, but anyone could feel the helplessness.

Renard pondered for a moment and asked, "You don't plan to keep some?"

Duke Edmund smiled treacherously when he heard this: "Why do you want to stay, your grain is sold, don't I worry about selling these firearms?"

Renard looked stunned: "What do you mean?"

Duke Edmund looked stunned and said: "Firearms are out of bullets and cannonballs, it is worse than burning sticks, I have the gunpowder recipe and the drawing of the bullets, but there is not even a saltpeter mine in the south of the entire Arthur Kingdom, and sulfur is even rarer." ”

Renard immediately patted his head, how did he forget this.

Of course, this is all pretended by him, after all, a large number of bullets and shells can be obtained in the system mall, and the price is not expensive at all.

Then he thought of another question: "Why do you buy so many firearms, I mean, even if you want to strengthen the defense of your territory, two or three hundred muskets are enough, why buy eight hundred, and you have to buy artillery." ”

Duke Edmund took a sip of tea and explained, "There is nothing to hide, I bought firearms for the purpose of disarmament. ”

"Disarmament?" Renard's head was slightly clouded.

Duke Edmund went on to explain: "Firearms are powerful, long-range, and accurate, and the most important thing is that ordinary people can use their full power. ”

He looked at Renard and asked, "Do you know how much military pay and consumption it costs to recruit a mid-level martial artist every month?"

Lei Ye thought for a while: "I don't know elsewhere, the salary of the Earldom of Meredith is relatively high, four silver coins per month for middle-level martial artists, and about two silver coins for food." ”

Duke Edmund looked around, and then instructed, "Don't let my people listen to what you say. ”

Renard was speechless for a moment, he wanted to ask how low your treatment is here.

Duke Edmund quickly gave an answer: "My military pay here is lower than yours, two silver coins and eighty copper plates per month, and the food is calculated according to one gold coin per person per month." ”

Renard thought about it, then he really couldn't tell the army treatment of the Earl of Meredith, otherwise Sergeant Duncanburg would run out.

The topic returned to the right track, and Duke Edmund took a sip of tea: "If you can build a firearm unit, you can greatly reduce the military expenditure of the territory, after all, the price of hiring ordinary people to join the army and hiring warriors is different. ”

His eyes flashed: "Moreover, as a long-range combat unit, the firearms unit does not need armor and other defensive equipment, which greatly saves expenses." ”

Hearing this, Renard interrupted a little embarrassedly: "Then have you calculated the maintenance and purchase costs of firearms, as well as the consumption of bullets and shells?" ”

Duke Edmund's face was dejected, and he sighed with a wry smile: "I only thought about this problem later. ”

Renard was speechless, but no one can be a saint or a sage.

He looked at Duke Edmund: "Even at the price you gave, these firearms are only enough to buy more than 25,000 tons of food. ”

The other party shrugged: "I still have a thin family background over the years, and I buy the rest of the grain with gold coins, what do you think of the price of 50,000 gold coins?"

Renard secretly called the old treacherous and cunning, with the advent of the devil, the price of grain in Nanhuang County is rising day by day, which is clearly to take the opportunity to knock on his own bamboo pole.

However, he had to agree, after all, the grain was about to become moldy, and it was better to exchange it for real money than rot in the warehouse.

Although Duke Edmund's territory was short of food, it could last more than half a year, and the food in his warehouse probably couldn't last for two months.

Besides, there is no place to store the new grain, and if the place is not vacated as soon as possible, if there is a heavy rain one day, the new grain will become stale grain.

So Renard gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!"

Duke Edmund had a big smile on his face: "Do you want to take a look at the firearms first?"

Renard thought about it, and finally decided to inspect the goods, after all, it was a transaction of tens of thousands of gold coins, and he couldn't help but be wary.

The two of them then went to the castle's underground storehouse, where it was evident that Duke Edmund still valued firearms, alongside gold, silver and jewelry.

Renard was unmoved by the boxes of treasure, and his eyes were always focused on firearms, which made Duke Edmund look a little high.

Prying open the box containing the musket, Lei Ye's eyes suddenly lit up.

He originally thought that the level of robbery in this world would be very low-level, and at most he would study the flintlock pistol, but he didn't expect that he had already caught up with the late nineteenth century on the earth, and he developed the firing needle robbery.

Looking at the metal casing of this bullet, it is obvious that it has been freed from the constraints of black powder and used smokeless gunpowder.

He picked up one of the guns and found that the shape of this gun resembled 98k, in fact, the rifles were basically in this shape, but Lei Ye only knew 98k.

He fiddled back and forth for a long time, then looked at Duke Edmund and asked, "Can I try it?"

The other party showed an undeniable expression, and then ordered someone to set up a target outside the castle.

Renard tinkered for a long time, and finally it was the bore of the bullet that Duke Edmund installed for him, and he was immediately embarrassed, it seems that he still can't fully believe what he learned on TV.

Aim! Shoot!

After the crunch, the opposite target was pierced, and the bullet slammed into the castle wall, leaving a circular gap of two centimeters in radius on the hard stone wall.

It was so powerful, Renard was slightly surprised, the power and firing distance of this musket were almost the same as his enchanted crossbow, and it had completely surpassed it in accuracy and rate of fire.

The musket costs only six gold coins, while the enchanted crossbow costs twenty gold coins.

Of course, the musket also has the disadvantage that it is not as light and flexible as the enchanted crossbow, and his enchanted crossbow can be used to place a variety of arrows, while the musket can only use bullets.

However, it is undeniable that in terms of cost performance, the musket is many times stronger than the enchanted crossbow.

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