"Yes, it must be!" Master Niu shouted loudly: "Master Ma has already told me, if the firearms factory has good steel and craftsmen, the Xiyi cannon cast will only be better than what we want to buy!" ”

"Hah!" Gao Han couldn't help laughing: "Is that really what Master Ma said?" ”

"It really can't be true, in fact, he also said, even if we use our craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty, we don't need craftsmen, as long as there is good steel, a few good cannons can't be cast, the guys in the bureau, and they want the horses to run, and they want the horses to not eat grass, where is there such a good thing in the world, I am reluctant to spend money, where will there be good things!"

"Fanren's skills are still very important!" Gao Han waved his hand, ignoring this technically blind self-talk.

This kind of words, he doesn't believe it, at the moment the largest artillery on the Portuguese Far East Fleet, reached 50 pounds, the Ming himself cast a little bigger, he doesn't believe that good materials can make up for the lack of technology, even if all the steel casting, the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty may not be able to make such a big cannon at once.

Even if there is a good enough material, the gradual increase of this caliber is not an overnight time, it takes many experiments, failures, and finally can slowly improve the casting process.

"In short, it is possible for this firearms factory in Haojing Ao to cast Xiyi cannons, right?" The cow master looked at him with expectation.

Gao Han thought about it for a long time and nodded slowly.

"Then I'm relieved!" Director Niu breathed a long sigh of relief, "It's a big deal, it's all purchased in this firearms factory, there is the control of the horse director, and there is the witness of the tall man, which is not much different from the Xiyi cannon that is directly purchased!" ”

"That's right!" He said to himself: "My lord, this firearms factory belongs to Fanren, and we can be regarded as buying it in the hands of Fanren, aren't we?" ”

"Hehehe!" Gao Hancai didn't believe that he didn't know who the real owner of this firearms factory was, but if the other party said so, he wouldn't take the initiative to pierce it, anyway, according to the normal way now, the household department would definitely not be able to buy the original number of cannons.

"How much silver are you going to spend and how many Xiyi cannons are you going to buy this time?" Gao Han did not answer his words, but asked the question.

"The household department has approved a total of 600,000 taels of silver, according to the meaning of the adults, at least sixteen Xiyi cannons at the level of the general cannon must be purchased, of course, if you can buy more, it will be the credit of the lower officials, and it will definitely be of great benefit to the future of the lower officials!" Master Niu didn't hide it from him, and directly told Gao Han his bottom line.

"Didn't drift?" Gao Han is very strange, according to the practice of officialdom, no matter what kind of silver is in hand, it will always be lost in the officials who handle it, how can there be a whole amount of 600,000 to buy 16 cannons?

"It's already gone!" Master Niu sneered and said with a smile, in this matter, he just went to Gao Han's house a few years ago and gave a little gift, but at this moment, it seems that it is a little unkind.

"Oh!" Gao Han silently calculated, this is about the same, according to the standard of the household department, it is about fifty or sixty thousand taels of silver and a cannon, and the silver allocated should be about 800,000 yuan.

"My lord, there will be a heart to send when I turn around!" Seeing that Gao Han didn't speak, Master Niu thought that he was not very happy, so he hurriedly added.

"Don't talk about this!" Gao Han waved his hand: "These days, you still have to try to contact Fanren to see if there is a way to buy authentic Xiyi cannons, Fanren countries are different, the types and powers of these Xiyi cannons are different, and the purchase price is naturally different, as for the firearms factory in Haojingao, it is just a candidate who can't complete the errand in the end, don't hope too much here!" ”

"My lord, this is a steady and honest statement, and the lower official remembers it!"

After the head of the cow said goodbye, Gao Han paced in the room several times before he calmed down, just at the beginning, he really didn't have the idea of making money from this purchase, but at this moment, when he heard that the household department actually planned to buy a Xiyi cannon at the price of fifty or sixty thousand taels, even if he was calm, he couldn't hold back in his heart.

What is the concept of fifty or sixty thousand taels of silver, like in the capital, an ordinary house, but about two thousand taels can be bought, like the salt merchant's house he bought, a full fifty or sixty acres, plus the cost of buying servants, repairs, etc., it does not exceed 10,000 taels of silver, no wonder it is said that the most profitable business in the world is arms and drugs, and there are obviously no drugs in the world now, so arms are the most profitable.

Wan Ziliang hurriedly walked in, Lord Gao hadn't summoned him for a few days, and he didn't know what Lord Gao had summoned him at this moment.

"You said last time, from South Vietnam or Zhenla, you can get a few Xiyi cannons back, what is the price of those cannons?"

"Huh?" Wan Ziliang was stunned for a moment, he really didn't pay attention to this question, he answered casually last time, but he didn't expect the tall man in front of him to take it seriously.

"You don't know?" Gao Han glanced at him, his heart sank, and he secretly calculated: "At least 20,000 taels of silver for one door, but you don't have to work hard, at this price, you can send them directly to Haojingao!" ”

"Twenty thousand taels?" Gao Han muttered and repeated, Wan Ziliang thought that he thought the price was outrageous, and hurriedly explained: "It's okay to be cheaper, but this road is too far, and the energy and manpower spent is not as good as the money saved, this is a precedent, and it will definitely not exceed 20,000 taels of silver per door!" ”

"How old?" Gao Han nodded, "Is it directly removed from the city?" ”

"Anyway, it won't be smaller than our general's cannon, no matter how small it is, it's not worth so much silver, my lord, don't you say!" Wan Ziliang thought for a moment and replied.

"I want two!" Gao Han raised two fingers, "Can you do this?" ”。

"This ......" Wan Ziliang was a little embarrassed, the two cannons were transported over, and the people and things involved in them were also silver, which was not a trivial matter, especially if he might have to use the shadow son that Jinyiwei had planted in Fanguo, it was not his responsibility.

"If you can do it, I will transfer you back to Beijing, if you don't want to go back to Beijing, I will guarantee you a hereditary hundred households!" Gao Han knew that the emperor was not bad for hungry soldiers, and threw out his own conditions: "In terms of silver, you don't have to worry, I only have one request, if you want to be fast, you can do it as quickly as you can!" ”

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