At the same time as Sun Chuanting's defeat, there was also a military competition taking place in the Far East, and the cause of this competition was entirely because of the Australians, and the Far East parties, which were originally balanced in power, underwent earth-shaking changes after Australia came. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Spaniards, who had been pressed and beaten by the Dutch, suddenly turned over, and after obtaining Australian weapons, the Dutch they fought actually handed over half of the management of Dayuan Island, which had to make the Zheng family worried.

Zheng Zhilong and Spain also had a dispute, and the two sides had many naval battles, at this time even the Dutch were defeated by them, whether they would come to find themselves is difficult to say, but one thing is for sure, they have changed a lot after having Australian weapons.

In order to change the current situation, Zheng Zhilong decided to import some military weapons from Australia, such as artillery and muskets, the introduction of these things is very important, but he didn't expect that the people sent to negotiate did not come back, and the Portuguese obtained the right to trade with Japan, and by the way, the Australians also had it.

This made him feel very depressed, this was originally the biggest bargaining chip he used to negotiate with the Australians, but now it seems that it will not work, people have this independent trade right, and they don't need to go through him.

If it was just like this, he didn't feel much of a threat, but Shen Youlong, the governor of Liangguang, was said to be going to form a new army, and the threat to him was relatively direct.

He is a local warlord, and Shen Youlong's influence in Liangguang has not been weak in recent years, and now that the world is in turmoil, if he has any ideas, then he will bear the brunt.

Therefore, it is necessary to introduce weapons from the Australians, and it is necessary to have such a new army before Liangguang, and he told several of his subordinates and younger brothers, especially Zheng Hongkui, to start negotiations with the Australians.

Australians can actually agree as long as the conditions are not so harsh, this is Zheng Zhilong's original words.

Zheng Hongkui came to Hong Kong with such a purpose, every time he came to bring some souvenirs to Zhou Yang, this money is actually not wanted, if it is souvenirs and some calligraphy and painting or something, Australians still like it very much.

What's the matter, Lord Zheng, also wants to train a new army.

Zhou Yang asked knowingly, knowing what the other party meant, but still asking him.

It is no secret that Zheng Zhilong wants to buy weapons, the last time they went to Australia for this matter, now it seems that the old Zheng family is also panicking, after all, Shen Youlong is thinking about forming a new army, and at this time he has already felt the huge pressure of competition, of course, the most important thing is that they are afraid that if there is a change in the sky, then Shen Youlong will wave his army north and directly take Fujian.

This is not impossible, after all, history has such a precedent, so he is thinking about how to ensure his strength, not how to save Daming.

The warlords who hold military power in the world will naturally have some ideas, maybe in their minds, this is an opportunity for themselves, so they will pay great attention to what is happening around them.

Zheng Zhilong and Shen Youlong have both put forward requests to purchase weapons, and in addition, the Netherlands and Spain are also conducting a certain competition, which makes Zhou Yang feel that this is an arms race, which is a good thing for Australia.

At the same time as the people's livelihood products are frustrated, if the orders for the export of military commodities increase sharply, it can also pull the domestic economy up, and there is also a problem that Australia is a big exporter, and if there is no east-west export economy, it will be greatly affected.

Lord Zheng, I won't hide it from you, there are strict requirements for customers who buy weapons in China, whether you can form an Australian regularized army, you will only decide to export after a judgment, if you don't feel that you have this ability, then he will not export weapons.

So I can tell you this, if you want to buy weapons, you must first go through a judgment, if you really want to, there will be an inspection group coming to Guangzhou in the near future, and then I can tell them whether they have the ability to go to Fuzhou for an inspection.

The delegation is just a formality, in fact, the main purpose of their inspection is to see what the other party can exchange, as for the money, in fact, it doesn't need a lot, why does Australia want so much money to transport back, or to exchange for goods to transport back.

For example, raw materials can be exchanged to create new weapons and sell them so that a cycle can be carried out.

There is a fantasy in the economy, money is useful, otherwise so much money will be shipped back, the Australian local market is already small, what can be consumed, so there is still a need for foreign markets.

Zheng Hongkui attached great importance to hearing this news, there is an inspection group from Australia, so he must be well entertained, naturally he can't make people think that the Zheng family has no etiquette, whether he can buy weapons or not is related to these people, in fact, he is also ready to buy these people with that money, so that they can write something good when writing a report.

In fact, Zheng Zhilong's domestic people are still not worried that they can't give money, after all, they know how big the profits of maritime trade are, and the profits in this are very large, Zheng Zhilong has always monopolized trade with Japan.

There is certainly no problem with a little money, but the key is that Australia is interested in some local products such as tea and silk, which can be shipped back to China to be processed into more advanced finished products, such as tea leaves can be squeezed into tea oil.

When these things are sold, it is invisibly equivalent to stimulating the economy, so the delegation may focus on this aspect to consider, and others may not think too much.

As for the investigation of Liangguang, it will also be in this direction, after all, Liangguang has no money, so it can only come up with some materials for exchange, such as minerals and the like, or customs taxes, and it is still very possible for these things to be exchanged.

After all, for them, these things are worthless when they are placed there, and it is better to take them out and exchange them, and only after exchanging them can they have money.

The delegation was formed by the government and the military, and each came for different purposes, but there was one of them, in order to maximize Australia's interests, in short, it could not be a loss-making business.

It's not easy to do a loss-making business, Australia's economy is in a recession now, and there is not so much money to subsidize the Ming Dynasty, so they can only rely on them to come up with some resources to exchange.

After all, with the rise of private capital in Australia, the Executive Committee can no longer fully have the final say as it did in the first place.

From the point of view of time, the domestic delegation should be almost there. (To be continued.) )