Chapter 403: Return (5)
She didn't know how many times she was intimidated by Hong Simei, and she was determined that as long as Xianggong was not around, she would be sold by the eldest woman, and seeing her past sister Zhang Ruolan was like seeing a ghost, which made Zhang Ruolan a little helpless. ≧. But seeing the happy smile on her face, Zhang Ruolan couldn't help but make fun of her.
The day after Li Yanqing returned to Xiangshan, he moved all his team to the office of the city yamen, and returned the county yamen to Bai Siwen for use, which can be regarded as saving Bai Qingtian from the encirclement of those white bone spirits in Chunfeng Building.
Even after knocking on so many exclusive secret medicines from Wulin Haojie, Bai Siwen still had a pale face, and kept scolding: "Those bastards actually dare to sell fake medicines to Lao Tzu, and they will clean them up sooner or later." Lao Tzu was originally a hundred women at night, and the iron gun did not fall. As a result, this time I can only stay at night for thirty women, and I have backache, fake medicine, absolutely fake medicine. ”
The cow flew in the sky, but Li Yanqing was not in the mood to listen to his boasting, and he was not ready to teach him his stunts. He just asked, "How did you do what I said?" If it can't be done, Brother Bai, I'm afraid I'll have to learn Zhuge Liang. Please go to Guangzhou Mansion and go to Xiangshan County. ”
Bai Siwen was confident, "Brother Liu, don't worry, when did my brother and I smash the errand office?" Who am I? When I was an official in Yunnan, the children didn't even dare to cry when they heard my name. Your father-in-law is really interesting, and he started a joint village meeting in Xiangshan Shidu. As long as the gong sounds, thousands of Ding Zhuang can be mobilized. As you commanded, they have begun your plan for the camp. As long as the follow-up master follows. Guarantee to build our Xiangshan into an iron and copper wall. ”
The foreigners are also diligent, and Bu Jialao has bet the treasure on Li Yanqing this time. The artillery factory worked overtime to manufacture cannons day and night, without stopping work.
Press the number he provides. Now more than 100 large and small artillery pieces have been manufactured, and after receiving the order from Li Yanqing's Qianzi Thunder Cannon, he immediately said: These nine-headed birds and Qianzi Thunder Cannons, please hand them over to my Bugarao Artillery Factory to complete them independently, so as to ensure that the quality is better than that of the East India Company's Gun Factory.
At no time can the military industry rely on outsourcing. Even though Bu Jialao has the dual advantages of price and quality, Li Yanqing still wants to establish his own military industrial system. Even if the quality is poor and the cost is high, this kind of lifeblood cannot be in the hands of outsiders. The so-called competition brings about exhibition. However, if the military industry is also marketized and the arms are corporatized, the results may not be satisfactory.
In another time and space, as soon as the great powers imposed an arms embargo on China, those ruthless warlords became soft-footed crabs. A warlord surnamed Sun who stole Tanglin and had money in his hand but couldn't buy ordnance, and as a result, he was beaten up and fell into the water. Together, the armament must be self-controlled, so that it can not be controlled by others.
The craftsmen brought by Zhang Jingxiu before and the local military craftsmen in Guangdong. Many have been pulled to Yizhou and established the Hongji Ordnance Factory. All the guns produced were used by the East India Company, which was another model of government-run equipment factory.
Its quality and cost are not as good as the Bugarao Artillery Factory. But it's better to rest assured, and you don't have to worry about being cut off from the supply line. And after Christine's surrender, there were a few people in her command who knew how to make guns. It has also joined this equipment factory, which has greatly improved the manufacturing capacity of this factory. It is already close to the level of the Bugarao Artillery Factory.
In terms of resource allocation, Hong Kee can also get more supplies. This made Bugarao jealous. In order to bring down the company, he can be said to have worked hard, and now on the one hand, he is fighting a price war, and on the other hand, he is also playing the emotional card.
"Your Excellency, we are old friends, on the contrary, according to the people of the Hongji Machinery Factory, they are not your old friends. You see, in order to thwart the Spanish bandits' plan to attack, I have advanced a huge amount of money, which is only spent for the sake of our friendship. ”
Bugarao did come up with a huge amount of money to create a huge political storm in Spain. "In Spain I have my connections, I have my friends. Among them were the Chancellor of the Exchequer, close friends of the King, military chiefs, including advisers to His Majesty. In fact, I think this plan was a complete hoax, a hoax devised by the governor of Luzon in his delusional desire to defraud the empire of its precious wealth. ”
Through the guò hibiscus trade, he established a deep network in Spain, most of whom were Spanish nobles with strong active energy. And these people are also Bugarao's business partners, who have invested a lot of money in him and taken a lot of benefits from him. If the war broke out, these benefits would have to be lost, so these people naturally joined in the attack on the governor of Luzon.
"In fact, on the Spanish side, there are many people who have proposed to dismiss him from his post and let him return to China for a more suitable job, such as a company commander in the 6th Army. We are working hard to delay the implementation of this plan. Every day we fight, we can build more guns and more ships. I have spent a lot of money to buy your precious time, and you should know who your friends are and who are your enemies. ”
"Of course I know, but Mr. Bugarao, the Hung Kee Gun Factory will not be closed for these reasons. You should know how important a homemade armory factory is to me. But in order to repay you for your kindness, I will offer you something else in return, such as a large sum of money. ”
He offered him a high price for the guns he made, and of course, he offered him a generous enough kickback. Since these guns were purchased by Guangzhou in order to prevent Foyi from entering the Kou, it was natural for the Ming court to pay for them. As for the method of payment, it includes several years of land rent in Macau, a batch of tribute satin, and white stripes.
Due to the large number of artillery and muskets manufactured by Bugarao, the amount of this purchase is staggering, and the Ming officials do not have so much funds, at least the Guangdong side said that they cannot come up with so much money to settle the bill. I had to set up an IOU in the name of the Ming official, which was the far-reaching Longqing loan later.
In fact, the loan of this money has nothing to do with Gao Gong, but when later historians study the history of this period, they are using this large loan to attack Gao Gong and lose power and humiliate the country.
For example, the famous historian Wang Wusheng pointed out in his book "Economic Research in the Feudal Era" that during Gao Gong's auxiliary period, the Ming Dynasty hindered the progress of cultural integration and science and technology and blocked the pace of world harmony. The feudal anti-cave Ming Dynasty, on the one hand, was extremely poor and luxurious, drunk and dreamed of death. On the other hand, they did not hesitate to be the enemy of the people, borrowed money from the Portuguese colonialists, and ruthlessly slaughtered those peaceful pioneers and the leaders of the world with guns purchased from selling the country's land. (To be continued!)
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