Now that the cannon sample has arrived, it's time to think about the market.

Although this thing is good, if no one buys it, it is also fake, which is one of the reasons why Yang Cong called Wang Zhi over.

He carefully checked the quality of the iron cannon, and then said to Wang Zhi on the side: "Wufeng, how do you feel about this iron cannon?" ”

Wang Zhi said with some envy: "This iron cannon is much stronger than the small man-made iron cannon. ”

He also thought that Yang Cong was using these iron cannons to strengthen the city defense of Hirado New Town, so he only had envy for these iron cannons and had no desire to possess them.

Yang Cong then asked: "If you are asked to find a few buyers among the princes of Dongying, can you find them?" ”

Yes!

Wang Zhi couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.

This thing is actually being sold!

He was stunned for a moment, and then said excitedly: "My lord, do you mean that this kind of iron cannon is for sale?" ”

Yang Cong nodded without hesitation and said, "Of course, this kind of iron cannon can't be fired continuously, what's the use of us holding it." ”

If you can't fire continuously, what is there, Wang Zhi has long coveted the artillery made by the imperial court, even if it can't be fired continuously, it is much stronger than the earthen cannon he made!

He couldn't help but excitedly said: "My lord, how much money did you say, the villain has all the money, and there is no need to sell it to those princes in Dongying." ”

When Yang Cong heard this, he wanted to roll his eyes, how much money can your guy have, and it's all inclusive.

He couldn't help but quip: "One thousand taels and one door, do you want it?" ”

One thousand two gates!

This price is really a bit unexpected by Wang Zhi, but when there is a certain amount of money, many people don't care about whether it's money or not.

It's like Wang Zhi, he is not ordinary rich at this time, one thousand taels, in his opinion, it is not unacceptable, what he is thinking about now is not the problem of money, but the safety of his fleet, as long as his fleet does not have an accident, money, it is not as much as you want to earn.

He felt that as long as each ship of his fleet could be equipped with a dozen or so such cannons, then he would be able to walk sideways on the sea in the future, and he would not have to fear any forces at all, except for the Daming Naval Division.

Such a good thing can't be cheaper than those princes of Dongying, he nodded hurriedly and said: "Yes, yes, the villain wants two thousand doors, I don't know if there are so many." ”

, you kid, what's wrong with the water in your brain, this thing only costs a few taels, you still want to sell it for a thousand taels, and if it is two thousand doors, that's two million taels!

Forget it, don't tease him.

Yang Cong shook his head helplessly and said with a wry smile: "One thousand taels, that is the price sold to the princes of Dongying, if you want it, just give one hundred taels and one door, but this ugly thing can be said in front, you can't take this thing to resell, two thousand artillery, I can sell it to you, no more." ”

If Wang Zhi takes this thing to resell, it will be funny, a cannon can earn nine hundred taels, this guy is not desperate, then the Ming Ministry of Industry will be equivalent to working for this kid.

When Wang Zhi heard this, he hurriedly cursed: "How dare the villain take it and resell it, if the villain dares to take this thing to resell, there will be five thunderstorms in the sky, and he will never be able to live forever!" ”

When Yang Cong heard this, he could only continue to shake his head and smile bitterly: "Okay, okay, if you want, I will ask the Ministry of Industry to make two thousand doors for you, however, this thing is not man-made for you, if the Ministry of Industry casts it with all its might, it is not a problem to build thousands of doors a month, you have to find a seller for me, you know?" ”

Isn't this thing easy to sell?

Wang Zhi said without hesitation: "Your Excellency, please rest assured, at this time, all the princes of Dongying are thinking of ways to enhance their strength, if they know that there is such a good iron cannon to buy, they will definitely rush to buy it, and it is estimated that a thousand guns a month are not enough to sell." ”

Sure enough, then it's easy to do, a thousand doors a month, a year is 12,000 doors, just with this, the Ming court can earn tens of millions of taels more a year, selling weapons, it is really the fastest way to get money.

However, this thing can't be sold indefinitely, 1,000 guns a month is already the limit, even if the demand is more, Yang Cong will not let the Ministry of Industry increase production, because no matter how powerful this thing is, it is also artillery, and when the quantity accumulates to a certain extent, it is also quite terrifying.

Yang Cong nodded slightly, then waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's go, let's go to the governor's yamen to have a good discussion." ”

With that, he led the way to the Governor's Yamen in Hirado New Town.

The full name of the Governor's Yamen in this Hirado New Town is "The Yamen of the Governor of the Oriental Kingdoms of the Ming Dynasty", and there is a governor, and there are also the chief soldiers of the naval division, the chief soldier of the foot soldiers, the officials of the city shipping department, and the foreign affairs officials.

The authority of this Oriental governor was not ordinary, he was not only in charge of the Hirado Domain, but also in charge of the trade between the merchants of the Ming Dynasty and the various princes of the Eastern Dynasty, and even the subject country of Korea was under his jurisdiction.

If you look at the tax revenue alone, the authority of the Oriental Governor is even greater than that of the Governor of the Five Provinces, because after Dongying's business is done, the tax revenue of a year may be more than five million taels, which can be offset by the tax income of the Ming Dynasty for the current year.

It is precisely because of this fat and oily fat shortage that Yang Cong will recruit his disciple Yang Jisheng to serve as the governor, because only his own disciple can rest assured, others, he is really afraid that people can't stand this temptation, after all, as long as he casually goes up and down in this position, he can get hundreds of thousands of taels or even millions of taels of income a year, and how many people can stand this temptation?

Of course, Yang Jisheng can't take over all the affairs of Dongying at this time, because Yang Cong is still here, and he hasn't arranged everything in Dongying yet, so he doesn't dare to leave it alone.

Therefore, after entering the lobby of the Governor's Palace, Yang Cong sat on the main seat and gave orders, while the real Governor Yang Jisheng could only stand on the left and respectfully listen to the dispatch.

He sat there and pondered for a while, sorted out his thoughts, and then said aloud: "Hirado New Town has been almost built, and the next thing is to recruit merchants to do business here, which is not very difficult, because when the sea ban is forbidden, there are people who risk killing their heads to do business in Dongying, and now the sea ban is opened, naturally there is no shortage of traders, the only thing we should pay attention to is to manage the collection of commercial taxes, the imperial court stationed here The consumption of the army is very large, since these traders enjoy the protection of the imperial court, they have to pay taxes, this point, Zhongfang, you are responsible." “

Yang Jisheng hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Xiaguan understands." ”

Yang Cong nodded slightly, and continued: "There is another point, that is, the sale of iron cannons, this is the income directly obtained by the imperial court, and it must not be handed over to ordinary merchants to be responsible, and this official intends to hand it over to Wang Zhilai for the time being, do you have any opinions?" ”

What opinions can you have, you have to talk about the relationship with the princes of Dongying, who can compare with Wang Zhi present.

Yang Cong then said: "The sale of this iron cannon should also pay attention to one point, that is, it cannot be sold to one family, the power of the iron cannon supervised by the Ministry of Industry is also quite large, if it is sold to one alone, it will be terrible, once the number of this iron cannon reaches thousands, even if our infantry elite encounters it, it will suffer a big loss." At this point, Zhong Fang, you also have to supervise, in the future, the iron cannons produced by the Ministry of Industry will be sold to which princes, and how much they will be sold, you will have to think carefully. ”

When Yang Jisheng heard this, he hurriedly arched his hand again and said, "Xiaguan understands." ”