The exercise was over, Lu Xiangsheng and other generals also retreated to reorganize the soldiers and horses, Zhu Cijiong was about to go down to comfort the soldiers injured in the exercise, but Shi Weila couldn't wait to run up and asked earnestly: "Your Majesty, I don't know if the muskets, artillery and armor of the Ming Dynasty are for sale?" ”

Selling arms? Zhu Cijiong became interested when he heard it, he didn't worry about others copying it, you must know that steam machine tools are a technology that is hundreds of years ahead, and it is strange that they can make such a precise gun without a bed. It can be sold, but the price must be in place, so he pretended to hesitate and said: "Well, I haven't thought about this question yet, do you want to buy it?" ”

When Shi Weila saw that there was a play, he was excited, and immediately said excitedly: "Yes, yes, it is Wechen who wants to buy it, and Wechen will only use it for the army of the Portuguese Empire, and will definitely not use it for business." ”

Nima, pretending not to be in place, I want to sell it for a good price, but you think I'm afraid that you will sell it to others, how can I make money if you don't use it to do business?

Zhu Cijiong simply led the topic away from the topic and said, "Are all your weapons bought?" Who did you buy it from, and what is the price? ”

Of course, their weapons are bought, and the overseas colonies do not have the conditions to produce weapons at all, and the mainland is ruled by Spain, if you dare to make weapons privately, the Spaniards will definitely bring you all the equipment with people. Do you want to tell the Ming Emperor the true price of weapons?

Svera hesitated, if he lied, he could naturally take advantage of it, but if he let His Majesty the Emperor know about it in the future, wouldn't it be possible to lose this powerful ally! The strength of the Ming Dynasty has already made Shi Willa a little crazy, he naturally does not want to lose such a powerful ally, so he gritted his teeth and replied honestly: "Our weapons are indeed bought, most of them are bought with the British Empire, as for this price, the weapon system of the Ming Empire and the British Empire is different, Weichen can only say an approximate price, like a cannon with a shooting distance of about 1,000 meters is about 20,000 taels of silver, and the best flintlock pistol is about 200,000 taels of silver." ”

If you tell others about the unit of rice, it is estimated that no one will understand, but fortunately Zhu Cijiong understands, he roughly estimated, one thousand meters is almost 600 steps, that is to say, the price of the 518 howitzer is 20,000 taels and one door, by the way, this profit is simply a money grab!

In later generations, the price of machined parts is generally half of the material, that is to say, how much is the material, the processing fee is generally how much, if the finished product is bought, then doubled, that is to say, the finished product is about four times the original price.

So what is the cost of the 518 howitzer? This iron mine and coal mine are state-owned by the Ming Dynasty, that is to say, the cost of materials is just counting the labor of mining and transportation, the weight of the 518 howitzer is 1,700 catties, and the doubling of iron ore is 3,400 catties. The cost of this transportation is higher, it is counted as ten taels of silver, and then the coal mine is also counted as ten taels of silver, and more than 100 man-made 30 doors are used in seven days, and the processing fee is calculated as 100 taels and one door.

In this way, the cost is only more than 100 taels, but it can be sold for 20,000 taels, which is a profit!

There is also a flintlock pistol material cost can be one or two is good, as for the labor cost, 10,000 people can make 20,000 a month, the highest monthly wage workers are only five or six taels of silver a month, a flintlock pistol labor is at most three taels of silver, so the cost is only four taels, but the selling price is two hundred taels, this profit!

The more Zhu Cijiong calculated, the more excited he became, coupled with the new armor, and then the promotion of grenades and mines, the military industry alone could earn tens of millions of taels a month! As for whether the great powers will buy Da Ming's weapons to fight Da Ming, hehe, he is preparing to upgrade his weapons, and what he sells them is obsolete goods, so what is there to be afraid of.

For example, the flintlock pistol, after trying the revolver, he already has a general upgrade plan, the pistol can use a revolver, the rifle can use a revolver, and when the time comes, it can be made into a revolver rifle, which can be fired in five bursts, isn't it the same as a submachine gun! It can also be made into rifles with a larger caliber and longer range, and even sniper rifles, even if the great powers can crush them with a 24-type flintlock pistol.

Besides, this gun will definitely only be sold to allies and not to enemies, and it will only be sold to Portugal for the time being, if other powers want to buy it, you can, sign a friendship treaty first, otherwise it will not be sold!

Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor was silent for a long time, Shi Weila thought that he didn't want to sell weapons, so he gritted his teeth and took the initiative to increase the price: "Your Majesty, I can buy it from Daming at double the price!" ”

Zhu Cijiong was pleasantly surprised when he heard this, damn it, this guy won't be crazy, he's doubled! He asked in a trembling voice, "Why is that?" ”

Schwila went out and reported truthfully: "In fact, what the British Empire sells us is inferior goods, and it is generally not enough to fire a few shots and put a few shots, and there are a lot of problems, which is a headache." ”

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, his eyes rolled, and he pretended to be indignant: "This British Empire is too unreasonable, the weapons are unqualified, and the pass rate of our flintlock pistols is only about half, and the pass rate of casting cannons is even lower and amazing, a batch of fifty guns, and in the end twenty are qualified, but after the test firing, we have all returned to the furnace and recast, how can we take it out and sell it, isn't that harmful!" ”

When Shi Weila heard that Da Ming had destroyed and redone all the unqualified weapons, wouldn't there be no problem with the quality at all, and he was even more eager to buy Da Ming's weapons. Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor had not let go, he couldn't help but plead: "Your Majesty, for the sake of our allies, you can sell us some points, we don't need a lot, just a hundred artillery pieces and ten thousand muskets." ”

Zhu Cijiong pretended to be embarrassed and said: "That's okay, but I have to wait for three months, I have to step up the production of weapons in these three months, go to clean up the rebels, and I will do it for you in three months, what do you think?" ”

Schvera was overjoyed when he heard this, he was actually not in a hurry, after all, there are only so many people in Portugal, it is very difficult to recruit 10,000 people, and he still has to find a place to practice overseas, which takes time, and three months may not be enough.

The first arms business of the Ming Empire was negotiated, Schvera was very happy, with weapons he could cultivate family arms, an army of 10,000 people in Portugal is definitely a terrible force, his status in the aristocratic circle will be higher, the status is high, the right to speak, with the right to speak is equivalent to having overseas territories, coupled with his monopoly of the Ming Dynasty high-end porcelain, high-grade tea and silk business, Quir Niño's take-off is just around the corner.

Zhu Cijiong was also very happy, he didn't expect the profits of arms to be so high, he had known that he would be crazy about expanding the military factory, the sales of this arms don't have to worry at all, as long as Shi Weila is used, the power, the quality, will definitely attract robbery. The great powers are now all nouveau riche, with a lot of gold and silver in their hands, but they can't buy anything, and they will fight more and more fiercely in order to fight for the colonies, and the profits of the arms will be unimaginable.

Such a huge profit beckoned to him, Zhu Cijiong felt that he couldn't wait for a moment, build a factory, build a factory, and build a factory immediately. After returning to the capital, he immediately took out a map and began to delineate the address of the factory.

The capital is definitely not good, the place is limited, and the transportation is not very convenient. This coal mine and iron ore are non-renewable resources, and it also costs a huge amount of manpower to dig and transport, Daming himself mining is too cost-effective, he plans to import a large number of them, buy from the powers. The great powers must have delivered goods by sea, and this military factory should have been built on the seaside, and the closest coastal city to the capital was Tianjin Wei.

So, Zhu Cijiong directly drew a big circle on the side of Tianjin Wei by the sea, rich people are so capricious, he is ready to build a large port city, set trade, weapons production and shipbuilding as a whole, the Bohai Sea is the training ground of the Ming Navy in the future, and the Ming Dynasty will train an invincible sailor ...... here.

Thinking far, thinking far, Zhu Cijiong hurriedly pulled his thoughts back, I don't know how long it will be in the future, there must be a city first. Building a city is not a very difficult thing for Zhu Cijiong, it just so happens that there are more than 100,000 thieves and prisoners in Zunhua, and Liaodong has not yet thawed, so they can only eat, sleep, sleep and eat for these three months, anyway, they are idle, and they are idle, so let them build the city wall of the new city first.

How big is this city? Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but think of the face projects of later generations, many buildings, whether they are used in function or not, are tall and tall, because they represent face. Just like a boss, whether he likes luxury cars or not, if he has tens of millions, he has to buy a car worth millions, and if he has hundreds of millions, he has to buy a car with millions, otherwise others will look down on you!

This is a face problem, Zhu Cijiong is naturally not too stingy, he directly drew a box more than 20 miles wide, to build the largest in the world at that time, so that the great powers came to see that their feet were weak, their hearts panicked, and they did not dare to raise the idea of being an enemy of the Ming Dynasty.

As a result, one after another decrees were issued, personnel, grain, grass, materials, etc. slowly gathered to Tianjin Wei, and the "Beijing News" also promoted Liaodong at the same time, and began to slowly introduce the world of the Age of Discovery:

Like Portugal, the mainland is only large and the population is small, but how many colonies do they have around the world;

There is also the Netherlands, which is a place the size of sesame mung beans for the Ming Dynasty, but they are competing for supremacy on the sea;

and Spain, which was the size of a province for the Ming Dynasty, but they built a fleet known as invincible;

There is also the United Kingdom, just a few islands, the population is not large, but it is the last, and it has the posture to dominate the world;

And what is the Gold Coast, there is gold everywhere, and many indigenous chiefs are so extravagant that they use gold to build palaces.....

With the continuous report of the "Beijing News", the people of the Ming Dynasty began to be restless, and they gradually plugged in the wings of their dreams and flew to the sea, to the indigenous continent, and to the world.

There is a saying that is slowly spreading: After cleaning up the Jiannu, the emperor will take everyone to pick up gold!

Whether you believe it or not, anyway, the more people say it, the more people who believe it, the more people who believe it.