The rainy season in Central and South America is coming, and the rain seems to be endless, which makes many people feel irritable.

However, the governor of Mexico was in a happy mood, because the merchant fleet of the Ming Dynasty came, and he personally rushed to the port.

"God, the quality of these Oriental muskets is so good." The governor of Mexico took a flintlock pistol in his hand and examined it.

Click!

Pull the trigger, and the flint slap is heard.

The flintlock pistol is a very advanced thing in Europe today, and the flintlock pistol is also very popular. The Thirty Years' War broke out in Europe at this time, and it is still being fought today. However, the second phase was over, and the defeated Denmark had withdrawn from the war. The third phase had already arrived, and the Swedish Gustav Adolf, with the support of France, had already led 13,000 Swedish troops to the European continent to fight against the Holy Roman Empire.

The Thirty Years' War in Europe was a protracted war fought from 1618 to 1648, from a local war to a situation of melee across Europe.

The end result was the defeat of the Holy Roman Empire and the emergence of France as the hegemon of the European continent, which lasted until the outbreak of the modern Franco-Prussian War, which dragged France from the throne of European hegemony.

Spain, on the other hand, was an ally of the Holy Roman Empire, a war between Catholicism and Protestantism, but not entirely because of religion.

France, Great Britain, and Russia all supported the forces against the Holy Roman Empire behind the scenes, and the first stage was to support the Czech princes of the Holy Roman Empire against the Holy Roman Empire. As a result, the Czech princes were defeated. Then he supported Denmark to send troops to PK with the Holy Roman Empire, Denmark was also defeated, and GG was out.

Now they are supporting Sweden against the Holy Roman Empire. Gustav made the Holy Roman Empire suffer as soon as he made a move.

This guy is the one who created the Gustav phalanx, and this tactic has also been plagiarized by Zhu Youxiao, but the current Ming army has developed into a tactical model of a hollow phalanx.

Muskets were used in large quantities during the Thirty Years' War, and the muskets purchased by the Portuguese from the Ming Dynasty were quickly welcomed by both sides of the war and were in short supply.

The cost of producing these flintlock pistols at this time in the Ming Dynasty was getting lower and lower, and the price of flintlock pistols for export was also decreasing.

This flintlock pistol in the hands of the Governor of Mexico. It is the latest new product manufactured by Daming, and the cutting machine tool and steam engine are used in the manufacturing process, and the manufacturing cost is further reduced. The speed of manufacturing has also increased a lot. The export price of a flintlock pistol has dropped to 20 silver dollars, which is 16.6 taels of silver when exchanged for silver, which is simply the price of a cabbage for a robber like Banya.

This is much more cost-effective than buying muskets from other countries. It was also cheaper than buying muskets from the Portuguese. So the 50,000 flintlock pistols that Daming shipped to Central America this time were bought by the Spaniards. I can't use so many muskets myself, so I can sell them to these allies of the Holy Roman Empire!

In addition to the musket, Daming Military Industry also launched an export product, that is, plate armor, which was very popular in Europe.

These plates are about three millimeters thick and look like tin cans on the body.

With such clumsy armor, Zhu Youxiao naturally would not have been equipped for the army, but with the brains and ideas of Europeans. Such armor is the safest and best.

The price of these plate armor is also not expensive, only 50 yuan a piece. Such a price is indeed a little more expensive for the average soldier in Europe. But for those knights with a bit of social status and income, it was a very cheap price, the price of European plate armor.

Moreover, the metallurgical technology of the Ming Dynasty is very advanced, and the forging of these plate armors is directly carried out with a steam engine hammer, the cost is further reduced, and the profit is much higher than that of a flintlock pistol.

This time, there were 10,000 sets of plate armor exported by Daming, and they were also bought by all the plate ducks.

There are also many other steel products, such as iron pots, steel needles, steel nails, etc., which are also shipped to Central America in large quantities.

These are all heavy industrial commodities that Banya needs to import from other countries, and Banya's industrial capacity is extremely poor because of the plundering of precious metals.

Although it was defeated by the British, the British could not reach the point of hegemony at sea this year. At this time, the Thirty Years' War had not yet reached the stage of all-European melee, and Banya's navy had not been annihilated by the Dutch, and Banyashi had enough ships to transport these goods.

To the disappointment of the Mexican governor, however, the first Ming merchant ships did not bring much of raw silk, tea, porcelain, and spices.

Although disappointed, this is only the first fleet, and more will arrive in the future.

After the first fleets loaded their holds with silver and gold in Central America, the ships were not yet full, which was a bit of a concern.

There are not many commodities for Banya, and the only commodities that can be shipped back are cash crop products of Banya, except for precious metals. However, some economic commodities are more expensive, such as raw silk and cane sugar. Mexico has a raw silk industry, but it has been hit by the raw silk industry of the Ming Dynasty.

As an exporter of raw silk, it is naturally impossible for Daming to import the raw silk of the plate duck. The price of cane sugar for the duck is too high, and it is not cost-effective to ship it back.

Eventually, the fleet brought back some fish, as well as some copper ore.

When leaving, the merchant fleet of the Ming Dynasty asked the Spaniards to increase copper mining and fishing, and the Ming needed copper mines, and at the same time were interested in the small fish in the Peruvian fishing grounds, as long as the Spaniards were willing to catch those fish to make fishmeal, the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty were also willing to buy.

This inspired the braincase of Banya, who began to mine copper ore in Chile, which was rich in copper ore, and after the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty transported a large number of goods, the precious metal was too small and needed cargo ballast. As for those Peruvian fisheries, there are a lot of fish, but those small trash fish don't seem to be suitable for consumption, but when used to make fishmeal, the efficiency is quite high. However, there are not enough people in Spain, and these fishmeal cannot be sold at a high price, after the governor of Peru received the news, he thought about it and felt that it was okay, there was nothing to do!

However, copper mining in Chile is very concerned.

Copper ore is worth a little money! It is completely possible to increase the scale of mining to meet the demand for copper ore in Daming.

Two months later, a second trading fleet arrived in Central and South America, making a circle south of Mexico and Spain's ports.

The fleet brought with it porcelain, tea, raw silk and cotton, as well as dyes, spices and perfumes.

Perfume is a product that has just been produced, and Daming actually has a lot of folk recipes in terms of perfume, especially those courtesans in Qinhuai River, a lot of various sachets, and bathing with various plant essences, etc., but there is no perfume made in glass.

The Ming Dynasty obtained a lot of natural fragrances in the South Seas and the Zhongna Peninsula, and later French perfumes were actually made from spices from Vietnam and Laos.

Since he has this advantage, Zhu Youxiao also directly set up this project for the development of the state-owned consortium, so the perfume was made.

Such a commoditized perfume can be packaged as a luxury product and sold, and the profit is very considerable, especially for those overseas natives, including Europeans of this era, who are not very accustomed to bathing, have a heavy body odor, and love perfume very much.

Spaniards, who have a lot of these precious metals, are very welcoming to this easy-to-use perfume, which can mask body odor with just a spray.

At the same time, there are various luxury goods exported to Central America, and the variety of luxury goods of the Ming Dynasty has gradually increased with the continuous expansion overseas. (To be continued.) )