Chapter 133 General Tie is very short of money

Often the bird gun can be fired with one shot, and the new musket can be put with three shots, and in terms of range, accuracy, and lethality, the flintlock pistol is far stronger than the bird gun, and what is even more rare is that the new musket can also be equipped with a bayonet.

I'm tired of bayonets, and I don't have to worry about being powerless in close combat.

A few days passed, and the new musket had a new and imposing name--- Fenwu Gun.

With the installation of new muskets, the firearms workshop has also made a breakthrough in the first generation of new field artillery due to the addition of Sun Yuanhua.

The new artillery increases flexibility, uses fragmentation firing, and the shells have a conical pattern.

On the 17th day of the lunar month, the new field artillery fired its first shot in the western suburbs of Zhangbei, and the results were very good.

The combat performance of the new field gun fully meets the requirements of Tiemo, but there is one thing that Tiemo can't stand it, that is, it burns too much money.

A field gun costs 10,000 taels, and a shell costs 50 taels.

As soon as he thought of the cost, Tie Mo trembled in his heart.

Although the cost is expensive, Tiemo still resists public opinion and asks for all efforts to build field artillery. The knowledge from later generations made Tiemo understand how important artillery is. One of the reasons why firearms can be used in the field and make cavalry gradually disappear in the long river of history is the emergence of field artillery. Artillery, so to speak, is the natural enemy of cavalry.

Because of the artillery matter, Chang Minyue complained a lot. Now that the cost of the firearms workshop is all controlled by Chang Minyue, how can she stand watching the money thrown into this bottomless pit like flowing water?

No, seizing the opportunity of Tiemo to inspect the workshop, Chang Minyue directly locked him in the house, "Miss Ben just can't understand you, if you move your mouth, I have to prepare hundreds of thousands of taels of silver for you in this hand, do you really think that Miss Ben is a fairy, and you can make money at will?" The artillery project can't start construction until the beginning of spring next year? ”

"What do you know, woman?" Tiemo was immediately a little annoyed, he had used troops everywhere in the past two years, and he needed artillery support at any time. Now, when is the time to save money? If you don't have money, you have to find a way to grab it.

Tiemo's words completely annoyed Chang Minyue. She threw the teacup on the ground, glared at Meimu and said coldly, "The surname is Tie, what do you mean by that?" Miss Ben is guarding this mess for you, trying her best to save money for you, and you still complain about me? Yes, Miss Ben is a woman, and I don't know about your wars, but I know that if the funds are cut off, not to mention the artillery, even your new musket will be affected......"

At this time, Tiemo also felt that what he had just said was a little excessive, so he hurriedly arched his hand and helped Chang Minyue to sit down.

"Min Yue, blame me for this mouth. However, I really don't mean to underestimate you, and I don't have enough money in my hand now, and I know it. But I can't help it. ”

Tie Mo sat next to him and explained with a sad face, "In the face of a large number of cavalry, if there is no artillery, how many more people will we die?" With artillery, there is no need to be afraid of cavalry, and moreover, there is one more siege weapon. It's not that I'm in a hurry, the current situation is that there may be a war at any time, how can this matter be delayed. ”

Chang Minyue had to accept this reality, she knew that what Tiemo said was very reasonable, but she also had difficulties, "But the funds we use in the firearms workshop are only more than 700,000 taels of silver, and we will have to invest a lot of money in the early stage of the musket, and if we go to the artillery project again, the money will not be enough at all." ”

"Of course, we can also borrow some money from the Duofu for urgent use, but recently, you waved your hand and gave more than one million taels of silver to Queen Zhang, and there is not much spare money left in the Duofu. Our Chang family, Cao family, Qiao family and several others, almost all of their net worth have been invested, and we will not be able to take out more money for the time being until the funds are returned in the spring of next year. ”

The more Chang Minyue spoke, the more angry she became, and her beautiful eyes couldn't wait to see a few holes in Tiemo, "You just want to speak, move your mouth, why don't you give so much money to Queen Zhang so generously, Miss Ben is so detached to live?" ”

It's not that Chang Minyue is talking big, but the current Jin merchant alliance composed of Chang, Cao, and Qiao can be said to be rich and rival the country. Chang Minyue, the big housekeeper, has a lot of money in his hand, but no matter how much money he has, he can't bear to have a master who can spend money.

Chang Minyue can make money, but Tiemo can spend money even more.

In just one year, the iron ink is a project of millions of taels, especially the firearms workshop, which has thrown in more than four million taels of silver.

Fortunately, there has been great progress in the research and development of firearms, otherwise Chang Minyue would have vomited blood.

Recruiting, raising, changing, opening up wasteland, developing Zhangbei City, and sending troops to the grassland before and after, spending at least 21 million taels of silver.

Twenty-one million taels of silver, even if the imperial treasury and internal funds can't come up with so much money, only the wealthy Jin merchants can withstand Tiemo so much. But no matter how rich the rich man in Shanxi is, there are times when he can't take out the money.

The Jin merchants controlled many industries, and the money earned from these industries also needed to be returned over a period of time. But now the speed at which General Tie spends money far exceeds the speed at which the funds are returned.

After listening to Chang Minyue, Tiemo was also a little embarrassed. However, the amount of capital invested in the early stage is large, and these people should understand this truth.

Now is to lay the foundation, and when the stall is set up and the foundation is laid, the investment will be sharply reduced in the future, and a lot of benefits will be received every year.

However, Chang Minyue's words also reveal a signal, that is, there is really not much money left in his hand at the moment, and only when he waits for the spring of next year will there be more money to invest in new projects.

No money? It's a big problem, but Tiemo still doesn't want to wait.

"Min Yue, tell me the truth, what are you going to do now? Anyway, artillery has to be built! ”

"Huh?" Chang Minyue glanced at her unkindly, and said bitterly, "If you have to get artillery, you have to get more money, at the moment, there is no other good way, unless you go to be a robber." ”

"Robbers?" Tie Mo's eyes narrowed, and he suddenly raised his eyebrows, and clapped his hands vigorously, "Yes, we have no money, but we can rob it." What is the fastest way to get money? Robbery! ”

"Poof" Chang Minyue just took a sip of tea, but before she had time to moisten her throat, her neck was crooked, and it was all sprayed on Tiemo's face.

"Ahem..... Miss Ben said casually...... Are you serious? ”

"Why not? We don't have money, but the Kang family has money, and besides, those chaotic parties also have money in their hands. ”

The more Tie Mo spoke, the more excited he became, and his eyes showed inexplicable heat. Chang Minyue's heart trembled, and she couldn't help but hold her forehead, "Are you crazy?" ”

"I'm not crazy, you don't care about this, you just wait to get the money! Also, those weapons are ready, and after the New Year, Lao Tzu will pit Dolgon. ”

Leaving these words, Tiemo left in a hurry. Chang Minyue shook her head with a smile, she thought Tiemo was joking, but soon she knew how ridiculous her thoughts were.

It was nearly evening, and Tiemo called several of his cronies together.

Zhou Dingshan, Liu Guoneng, Li Wanqing, Xie Kela, Sha Diao, Shi Hu, several people exchanged heads and ears, and after listening to Tiemo's orders, they dispersed.

Two days later, there was a big event in Zhangjiakou that shocked Shanxi.

Kang Zhenyue, the eldest son of the Kang family, was kidnapped!