Unconsciously spent the seventh year of the Apocalypse and came to the eighth year of the Great Apocalypse, which does not exist in history, Zhu Youxiao still changed the course of history and opened a new era, which made Zhu Youxiao obviously feel gratified, and he didn't have to worry too much about the things that happened in the past history, history has been completely changed by him. The Spring Festival has passed plainly, and there is not much difference from previous years, the work of worshiping the heavens and worshipping the earth, and honoring the ancestors is naturally arranged by the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette, Zhu Youxiao can just follow the fixed procedures, and there is no need to say anything.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, everyone began to work normally, and Sun Yuzhi's letter from the Americas had arrived, mentioning the agreement reached with the Kingdom of Portugal, and the Portuguese king Theodosio wanted to make friends with the Ming Dynasty and buy weapons from the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Youxiao agreed to this request without any hesitation, whether it is now or in the future, the arms trade is not only the most profitable business, but also the best means to control a country, of course, with the current technical content of these weapons is not enough to control a country, after all, the technical content is still very low, but with the continuous improvement of metallurgical technology, the quality of steel will be more important to the performance of weapons, even if there is only a difference in range of dozens of zhang, it can also determine the outcome of a war.

It is necessary to export weapons, but the most important thing is to choose which weapons to export so that they do not turn against themselves. Before the ironclad and steelclad warships formed combat capability, the marine cannon could never be sold, which would pose a threat to the naval fleet of the Ming Dynasty, but the mortars could still be sold, even the latest mortars, provided that the production method of the shells could not be leaked. Rifles can be exported, but bullet production lines cannot be exported, and this is the golden rooster that lays eggs.

After studying and negotiating, Zhu Youxiao, Xu Guangqi, Song Yingxing, Bi Maokang, and others decided to sell mortars and rifles, as well as their shells and bullets, to Portugal and Spain, and to store them in large quantities in New Chang'an and Ming Island. So as not to threaten the safety of Daming's soldiers at any time, this is the bottom line of sales.

Now Bi Maokang is the head of the Ministry of Works, and he is responsible for coordinating all weapons production. Bi Maokang arranged for his subordinates to change the parameters of these weapons that need to be exported, the range of the mortar exported is ten zhang less than that used by the Ming army itself, the effective range of the rifle is nearly fifty meters, the firing gun is mainly supplied to the indigenous black tribes in Africa, this thing is relatively simple, you can use it with a little training, even if you are not trained, you can learn it if you look at it smartly, and the Ming soldiers' own rifles are ready to be equipped with the automatic loading system, and all the exports are *.

After a simple test, as well as the modification of equipment, all kinds of exported weapons began to be produced in large quantities, and now the production method is completely different from at the beginning, with the widespread use of steam engines, the use of hydraulic presses, forging presses, the efficiency of the production of these weapons has increased rapidly, and the transformed production line has really made all kinds of weapons like flowing water, and the pass rate of the weapons produced by the assembly line is much higher than that of the previous hand-made, because these things are all out of a mold, Even if the equipment is aging, the problem can be solved by replacing the mold, which is the power of streamlined mechanized production.

A large number of weapons were loaded on the base to go to Ming Island in Africa, and some of the firing guns were left in Xinyingtian, the Daimyo Kingdom is considered a friendly ally of the Ming Dynasty, they enjoy special weapons, and the quality is the same as that of export-oriented weapons, even if they sell them to the outside world, Zhu Youxiao will not care about them, this can be regarded as giving them a chance to make money, in fact, Zhu Youxiao wants them to sell these weapons to the English, French, and Italians in the future, which can be regarded as a semi-open smuggling channel for weapons, In short, you can make as much profit as possible, and you can also avoid the questioning of the Portuguese and Spanish.

Daming's overseas territories and Guidao, Xinyingtian, Fucheng Kingdom, this is the subject country of Daming, their weapons and Daming's native army use the same standard, but they are not allowed to make their own, as for the weapons researched by the craftsmen themselves in the past, even if they are more advanced than the local weapons of Daming, Zhu Youxiao will not interfere with their manufacturing, because after all, they are all independent countries, of course, in a short period of time, this possibility is not very likely, all elites with extraordinary talents, It has long been stared at by the commercial spies of the Daming Royal Trading Company and Tenglong Bank.

Waiting for the Spanish king Philip III in Europe, he has long been looking forward to it, after all, a country needs to weigh the pros and cons of selling weapons to the outside world, Philip III still has this awareness, but seeing that advanced weapons cannot be used, anyone will be anxious, for the former maritime empire, was bullied by the English who had just come out of the barbarian island, and bullied for decades, and no one would be willing. Although he taught the English a hard lesson with the help of the Ming fleet, it was better to fight in person to relieve his anger, and France, a traitor to Catholicism, even stood on the position of the Protestants to support them, if they were killed together, at least there would be no opponent in Europe.

In this urgent mood of anticipation, finally waiting for the Ming transport armed merchant ship, looking at dozens of ships of brand-new mortars, hand-cranked machine guns, rifles, Philip III's happy mouth could not be closed, immediately ordered his naval soldiers to unload the ship for acceptance, after a simple test and acceptance, almost two million taels of silver were loaded onto the armed merchant ship, without any unhappy thoughts, the next thing is to carry out training, and when the naval soldiers are familiar with these weapons, Philip III will conduct an armed parade, Completely destroy the shipyards of England.

The Kingdom of Portugal, far away in South America, waited for the arrival of the armed merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty at almost the same time, and the same dozens of ships of brand-new weapons, loaded into the armed merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty were loaded with as much silver as Spain, and the price was completely the same. Unlike Philip III of the Kingdom of Spain, who was anxious for revenge, Theodosio calmly invited Sun Yuzhi, who had not yet returned to China, to send Ming soldiers to give strict guidance on the use of these weapons, and train in accordance with the training methods and combat formations of the Ming Dynasty, so as to understand exactly the best way to cooperate with these weapons and ships, so as to achieve the best combat results. It must be said that Theodosio's spirit of learning was much higher than that of Philip III, and the Portuguese navy embarked on a new path of rejuvenation, and later became one of the five great navies in the world, while Spain could only swing in the upper echelons of the second-rate fleet.