Volume 11 Chapter 6 Calculation of the Continued Smoke of the Great Powers
At this time, the European continent was at a critical moment in the Thirty Years' War, and the Protestant League and the Catholic League were accumulating strength to prepare for the last stand, and these envoys naturally hoped that the weapons could be delivered as soon as possible, and they all hoped that the Ming Empire would deliver to the door like last time!
As for the payment problem, it is simple, the money of those small princes of the Holy Roman Empire has been brought over with the fleet of the Ming Dynasty, as for the Spanish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire, they are all very rich, as long as you are willing to sell, they will immediately find a way to send the silver.
After listening to Shi Weila's relay, Zhu Cijiong thought about it for a while, and then asked Bi Maokang: "Meng Hou, is there a stock of 24 flintlock pistols in Wang Gongchang's factory now?" How long does it take to make 160,000 out? “
Bi Maokang thought about it, and said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it won't be done a year ago, and now Wang Gong's factory is making every effort to produce the supporting equipment of the Wuwei Army, and it would be good to work overtime a year ago to make the Wuwei Army's 100,000 two-four flintlock pistols, and their order is afraid to wait until the next year." “
Zhu Cijiong nodded and said to Svera: "You ask them what the chances of the combined forces of the Spanish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire attacking the French mainland this time are, let them boldly say that I must listen to the truth." “
When Shi Weila heard this, he hesitated slightly, he didn't even ask Ke Bian and the others, and replied directly: "Your Majesty, if you ask them, I'm afraid you won't hear the truth." “
The meaning of this was that the combined forces of the Spanish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire would be defeated, and Zhu Cijiong asked with interest, "Oh, why? “
Schvera learned the tone of those ministers and said: "Please forgive Weichen for daring to guess, this time the coalition of the Spanish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire is afraid that there is no chance of winning at all, the French Army is originally slightly stronger than the Army of the Spanish Empire, and the Holy Roman Empire is contained by Sweden and Denmark and cannot send too many troops to support at all, both sides have a slightly higher chance of winning in other countries to fight France, this time it is the combined forces of the Spanish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire to attack the French mainland, do you say they have a chance of winning?" “
Zhu Cijiong really doesn't know if Spain and the Holy Roman Empire have a chance to win this time, but he knows that in the end, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire will definitely lose, because it is the Netherlands and Britain and France that will dominate the world behind, and Spain seems to have been unknown since then, as for the Holy Roman Empire, it seems that there is no country behind it!
Of course, Zhu Cijiong didn't want Spain and the Holy Roman Empire to be defeated, if they were defeated, the Netherlands and Britain and France would rise, and the Ming Dynasty would have to directly face these maritime powers, so it was better to let Spain and the Holy Roman Empire hold on and fight them to the end!
Let's fight, let's fight, it's better to fight for another thirty years, and at that time the Ming Dynasty will be invincible in the world.
Thinking of this, he decisively said to Bi Maokang: "The equipment of the Wuwei Army is temporarily slowed down, first go all out to complete the orders of the European continent, it is really not possible to let them work overtime for the New Year, just take two days off on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month, and calculate five times their wages according to the number of days." “
Bi Maokang heard this, his face changed obviously, Wang Gong factory does not rest, then the entire Ministry of Industry basically can not rest, because Wang Gong Factory is too huge, many internal and external management are responsible for the Ministry of Industry officials, if the Ministry of Industry does not work, then Wang Gong Factory will definitely not be able to operate.
He thought for a while and replied cautiously: "Your Majesty, please forgive Weichen for his courage, if Wang Gong's factory wants to start work during the New Year, then the Ministry of Industry can't rest during the New Year, because many things in Wang Gong's factory are managed by officials of the Ministry of Industry, such as the management of the outside workshop, the purchase of various materials and even the food and accommodation of workers, etc., are all managed by the Ministry of Industry, so Weichen dares to ask the emperor to pay five times the monthly salary to the officials who work overtime in the Ministry of Industry for the New Year." “
Of course, this is no problem, the profit from arms trading is tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of taels of silver, and their little monthly salary is nothing at all, Zhu Cijiong said generously: "You can call the shots about this, in short, you can't let them complain, it doesn't matter if you spend more silver." “
Bi Maokang naturally smiled and thanked him, but this is not the time to make sycophants, Zhu Cijiong waved his hand and asked seriously: "If you work overtime during the Chinese New Year, can you make this batch of flintlock pistols before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month?" “
Bi Maokang nodded affirmatively: "No problem." “
When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he turned his head to Shi Vera and said, "You tell them that these flintlock pistols, including the 10,000 revolvers and 10,000 revolvers that the Spanish Empire wants, I can send a fleet to send them over on the 16th day of the first lunar month next year." “
As soon as Svera translated, all the envoys were happy, most of their tasks were completed, only Ke Quian was nervous and talked to Svera in a low voice, Zhu Cijiong knew that the real point was coming, these guns were just appetizers.
Sure enough, Schvera listened to Coquean's words, and said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, Coquaan asks you, can you also sell artillery and warships to them?" “
Of course, Zhu Cijiong thought about this question, he hoped that Spain and the Holy Roman Empire would withstand the Protestant Alliance, not that the Habsburgs would overwhelmingly defeat the Protestant Alliance and dominate the European continent, so he pretended to be embarrassed and replied: "They want too much artillery, all kinds of howitzers Spain and the Holy Roman Empire need a thousand, adding up to 8,000, my army is not equipped with so many artillery, so let's give them the same 200 first, a total of 1,600 guns, On the 16th day of the first month of the first month of next year, I sent it to them. As for the warships, it's not that they can't be sold, but I still have 300,000 navies still rowing small boats, so let's talk about it when I have all the navies equipped. “
When Ke Kuian heard this, he was obviously relieved, this result is already good, their king and the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire are not fools, they all understand that it is impossible for the Ming Empire to sell so many artillery pieces to them at one time, and it is nonsense to ask for a thousand guns each, in fact, their bottom line is one hundred guns each, you must know that one artillery is 20,000 taels of silver, and 8,000 guns is 160 million taels, and they need to tighten their belts and save for a few years before they may be able to save so much silver.
As for the warships, they only have intentions, not anything else, just counting the artillery above, it is at least two million taels, and a fleet needs at least fifty taels, which is also hundreds of millions of taels, where can they rob so much money!
Now there is only one last question left, Corquian pulled Svera's sleeve and said something with a flushed face, Svera was stunned for a moment, and it took a while to come back to his senses, and said in a tone of disbelief: "Your Majesty, the King of Spain and the Holy Roman Emperor all want to buy a super ship like the one that His Royal Highness the Lord Regent rides as a car. “
Unexpectedly, Zhu Cijiong's next answer made his eyes fall out in shock.
Our Chongzheng Emperor didn't blink his eyes, and said lightly: "You're talking about the treasure ship, no problem, but you don't need them to give money, I will give one to each of them, and I will make it for them next year, and it will be Princess Anna's dowry!" “
When Shi Weira stammered and translated Zhu Cijiong's words to the European envoys, all the envoys' eyes changed when they looked at Zhu Cijiong, Shenhao, a super giant ship worth tens of millions of taels as a dowry, without even blinking his eyes!