Chapter 866 The opening of trade between the Ming and the French

The prosperity of the business community of Daming has reached an unprecedented height. As the top family in this industry, the Chen family will take people under the microscope to slice and observe. If you don't do this, you can't do it, if you don't follow in the footsteps of the Chen family, you really want to miss a lot of opportunities. At the beginning of the North American development team, many people did not catch up when they were recruited, but they found Jinshan there. Pushing it further, there are many similar things, as long as you follow the footsteps of the Chen family, even if you drink a sip of soup, it is enough to smear your mouth full of oil.

French Imperial Textile Trade Group, what the hell is this? No matter what the hell it is, anyway, when I see Chen Ping next to Mira, what the hell do you care about, this French company with a registered capital of up to 3 million Chinese yuan, even if it is a piece of shit, no one will dislike the smell, pounce on it first and fight for a bite before talking about the taste.

Smart people are very good at seeing the wind and steering, and people in the shopping mall put interests first. Madame Rambouillet was very unjustly defeated, but she quickly reversed her mentality, isn't it cooperation? If you have the opportunity, you should mix in it, and if you don't have the opportunity to create an opportunity, you should also get involved.

After the emergency contact, Madame Rambouillet, who lowered her profile, was given a 10 percent stake in the company, and the members of the delegation were moved by the wind and finally collectively bought 10 percent of the company's shares. That's it, everyone is satisfied. A group of imperial nobles were still very rich, and more than 200 people divided them, and there were a lot of gold coins worth 300,000 yuan.

Soon these aristocrats tasted the benefits of exchanging gold coins for Chinese dollars, and it was really troublesome to take gold coins to buy things on the street, and ordinary small shops refused to accept them, and larger ones had to be discounted for buying and selling for currency. If you take the gold coins directly to the bank and exchange them for Chinese dollars, you can forget it without charge. A passbook, a check, all the net worth with me. This service was too much for the aristocracy, and after attending the opening ceremony of the textile trading group, the political activities of the delegation officially began.

The long-lost court meeting is here again, and the civil and military officials have not stood for a morning for a long time. This time, everyone felt tired enough. After careful comparison, I found that it is still the current model. Everyone goes to work in the office, and they don't have to stand and suffer. Pierre, the representative of the French mission, officially met with the puppet emperor on the dragon chair and followed the ceremony, which was considered the end.

Two hours of activity before and after, break up. The next thing is the General Logistics Department under the General Staff to come forward, aren't you rich? How many munitions do I have in my warehouse, they are all the latest rifled guns. If you want to buy as soon as possible, you will not wait for the expiration date. Compared with the high price that Zhang Guangde sells in Europe, and the past experience of asking him to sell, compared with the current door-to-door service and "conscience" price, Pierre is full of blood and tears. Isn't it that the ratio of rifled guns to smoothbore guns is ten to one? This is completely understandable, buy, buy, buy.

A smoothbore gun costs thirty dollars, and a rifled gun costs fifty dollars, and Pierre saw the price. I have to wake up laughing when I sleep. In one fell swoop, 50,000 flower lying guns and 5,000 rifled guns were ordered. This time the mouth of the general queen smiled crookedly. Five thousand rifled guns were sold like this, otherwise they would have been pulled back to the furnace. If it weren't for the repeated emphasis of the General Staff. Don't sell too many rifled guns, these guys can't wait to throw out all the 100,000 stocks in the warehouse. A soldier who has experienced the baptism of a breech-loading rifle, who wants a breech gun. You can't even reload when you crouch down, let alone reload on your stomach.

The order of 1,750,000 yuan, without ammunition, does not care about transportation. Such a fucking contract. Pierre also signed with a smile. When he reacted, he realized that he seemed to have missed something. However, as a friendly country, the conscience of the Ming Empire is still guaranteed. Isn't it just ammunition? Each rifled gun comes with 50 rounds of ammunition. The ammunition for the smoothbore gun can be done by yourself. None of this is critical, the problem of transportation is easy to deal with. The European fleet of the Imperial Navy rotates once every three years, and you are lucky, it will be rotated at the beginning of spring next year, and it is okay to go back and rent a ship yourself, or to entrust it to the military, to ensure that it arrives safely on a non-force majeure basis. What is "force majeure", I tell you, storms, tsunamis, you don't like these things, right? We don't like it either, but if we do, it's up to God.

The rejoicing Europeans came back to the taste and said what about good technology? What about the good business? At this time, hurry up and talk, the face of the capitalists has finally been exposed. The state has regulations, steel companies can't go abroad, we want to go, you can convince the Congress. Introducing equipment and technology? Hehehe, the weather is nice today.

Pierre's efforts were in vain, and just when he was desperate, good news came. The textile trading group reached an agreement with the Ming merchants to open a joint venture of two woolen mills in France. Pierre quickly changed his direction and went directly to Mira to ask for more Ming companies to set up factories in France. It's really desperate, these Ming capitalists don't spit out bones when they eat people. After the small two-million-dollar business was thrown away, no one was willing to transfer technology at the beckon.

All kinds of lawsuits have been fought for a whole month without results, and it is in vain to beg grandpa to sue grandma, and the goods shipped to France have been loaded with ten full ships, and the capitalists of the Ming Dynasty have not relented. Finally, looking at the check in his hand, Pierre angrily approached the General Logistics Department and asked for the purchase of arms. If you don't sell technology, you won't sell technology, first arm the army, and then go and grab it.

This time, Pierre ordered 200 cannons directly, and he wanted to buy the latest cannons, but they didn't sell them. Tell him very clearly that there are only smoothbore guns, do you want it? Yes, why not? 2,000 yuan for a six-pounder gun, 3,000 yuan for a 12-pounder cannon, such a low price, why not? But this time he learned to be obedient, he had to deliver to his door, and he wanted enough spare ammunition. Two hundred six-pounder guns, one hundred twelve-pounder guns, only 700,000 were spent. The state loan is five million, and less than half of it is spent. What should I do? The black-hearted businessman came to the door again, bringing "military" cloth.

"See, this is a special tweed for the Ming Army, wearing this in winter is much stronger than wrapping in animal skins. And it's much better. The price? It's very cheap, everyone is so familiar, give you a 20% discount, and a horse is five yuan. "The conscience of heaven and earth, the ex-factory price of Liaodong tweed cloth is definitely not more than one dollar per horse, even if it is two metric. One dollar is also equal to fifty grams of silver.

Pierre has also learned to be shrewd, so he is not in a hurry to nod his head, he can see it, he has money in his hand, and he is not afraid that he will not be able to buy things. This is Daming. If you want to buy, you can buy something that can be used, and the price is also watery. Pierre made an excuse to send the merchant from Liaodong and went out to Mira's house. What his own people say is still more credible. Upon inquiry, I learned that Mira and Madame Rambouillet, through their respective concubines, had purchased a large number of tweeds and delivered them to Europe for only three and a half horses.

"Your Excellency, it seems that you do not know. The largest production base of tweed in the Ming Dynasty is in Liaodong Province. If you haven't been there, you don't know that the north is full of woolen mills. I would advise you not to do this business and there are more important things to do. Mira quietly dug a pit, this is what Chen Ping explained to her, so she naturally has to do it carefully. As for the national interest? His Majesty's Majesty the Emperor's interests? Hehe, naturally it is to make way for the interests of the family.

Morality? The woollen mill equipment of the Duke of Casdeyi's family is already floating on the sea. The key degreasing technology, the lover also promised to help solve. As soon as the joint venture was opened, the steam engine rang out. The whole European market has to kneel. There is also cotton cloth, the matter of setting up a factory in India has already been moved, there are many cotton cloth companies in India, and they can purchase it directly, and the cotton output in Europe cannot be compared with India, cheap Indian cotton cloth. Now even the Ming Dynasty is using it. As for the lack of food caused by the extensive cultivation of cotton by the Indian people, that is something that the Ming Empire should worry about.

"Oh, what's your idea?" Pierre really took it seriously and immediately expressed great interest. In the final analysis, this matter is indeed beneficial to the French Empire. Mira will accept Chen Ping's arrangement.

"There is a number of equipment, although it is hydraulically operated, but the efficiency is much higher than the overall level in Europe. With this batch of equipment, spring steel can be imported from Daming, and the barrel is directly made of local steel, which can mass-produce smoothbore guns. The words made Pierre's eyes round when he listened, why is Daming strong? Isn't that their steel production and industrial output?

"Wait a minute, can you get steelmaking equipment? Even if it's a little behind, it's fine. Pierre was so good at drawing inferences that he immediately found a loophole in those words. That's right, Daming's industrial level is very high, but the latest technology will not be taken out. What about backward technology? Can't do it, and can't do it in other small European countries?

"Well, I'm going to test it." Mira hesitated, after all, Chen Ping didn't say anything about it. Daming's current steel production is going on, and she doesn't know anything. What is advanced technology and what is backward technology? There's no concept at all, so why talk nonsense?

Chen Ping's attitude towards this European woman is actually to take advantage of. Mira knows this. The more you come into contact, the more you can understand this guy's hard-heartedness. What Mira wanted most was a cotton textile mill, and this thing was the one that sold the most. But Chen Ping resolutely refused, what are you kidding? Cotton cloth was the backbone industry of India and contributed greatly to the stability of the colony. Although the current India has been divided into hundreds of local kings and nobles, large and small, and there is a group of imperial veterans and Japanese ruling combinations, it cannot cause economic turmoil in India for a small profit.

Liaodong Heavy Industry's proposal to directly set up a steel plant in India was ruthlessly rejected by Chen Xie. Even if India discovers high-quality iron ore, it can only produce pig iron locally, not steel. As a direct result of this decision, India and Australia, which discovered high-quality iron ore, can only produce pig iron for the time being, and then ship it back to Liaodong. To be honest, the cost has increased a lot, but this is Chen Xie's insistence and written into the corporate rules of Liaodong Heavy Industry. In other words, the advanced steel technology of the Ming Dynasty cannot be dispersed overseas for any reason.

Mila just raised her mouth, and Chen Ping's face became gloomy. As a result, Mira spent a night trying her best to curry favor, and Chen Ping eased his face a little. said to her seriously: "Don't mention this matter in the future." If that Pierre wants to buy steel, you can ask me for a lower price, but don't worry about steelmaking technology. ”

This incident taught Mira a a profound lesson, and the next morning, while still rubbing her swollen buttocks that had been beaten by Chen Ping, Pierre came to visit and eagerly inquired about the news. As a result, he was naturally disappointed, and he had to recognize a reality, whether it was the government of the Ming Dynasty or the capitalists, it was impossible to treat the French Empire sincerely.

In any case, the curtain of Ming-French trade has officially opened. When the French delegation purchased goods from the Ming Dynasty and shipped them to Europe one by one, the election of the Ming Empire began. Although this is an election without any suspense, all parties still do their best to promote themselves, desperately brushing their faces and making their sense of existence.

Why is this happening? In fact, the reason is very simple, this new cabinet election system has opened a new era. Theoretically, anyone can become prime minister, as long as your party can get a majority in the general election. This means that you don't have to kill all the way from the county test to the Jinshi as in the past, you still have to become a member of the Hanlin Academy to have a chance to become a member of the Ming Cabinet. What's more important is that you don't need the emperor to make a decision, you can form a cabinet if the election is successful.

This system was actually opposed by many people in the Ming Dynasty, especially those who had the reputation of being a Jinshi. Originally, this was a scholar's patent, okay, is it really appropriate for you to do it now? However, Chen Xie's popularity is too high, and no one can stop him from reforming the electoral system. In addition, for many people who are interested in politics, this system is really a game for you who dares to break it. Chen Xie will not live forever, which means that after his death, others will have the opportunity to pass the election, become the prime minister of the cabinet, and become the de facto speaker of the Ming Empire. And there is no need to buy the emperor's account, who wants to miss this opportunity?

It is precisely because of this that some Ming literati will not try their best to oppose this system, even if they have a few sour words, because they themselves have the opportunity. Just like during the Republic of China, theoretically anyone had the opportunity to be the president, Yuan Shikai suddenly became the emperor, which cut off the opportunity for others to reach the top, and naturally everyone rebelled and left. Several of his hardcore thugs eventually betrayed him. (To be continued......)