"What? Let me send someone to train your newly recruited 50,000 soldiers? ”

Zhao Hongyu looked at Eunuch Xue standing in front of him with a somewhat shocked expression, he never imagined that Zhu Shangwu would actually come up with such an idea.

To be honest, the Ming Dynasty is full of talents, so it can't be his turn to train those 50,000 soldiers and horses.

And for Da Ming, he is still an outsider after all.

If you really accept this will, what do you think of the officials of the six departments of the Ming Dynasty?

When the time comes, these people will think in their hearts, is it possible that we people are not even comparable to Gentiles in the emperor's heart.

Even, there will be the cautious guy who hates himself.

"This is indeed what the emperor meant, and the emperor said, if you are willing to send someone to train these 50,000 soldiers and horses, then our dynasty will order 50,000 firearms."

Yo!

That's a big deal.

When Zhao Hongyu heard Eunuch Xue say this, he suddenly came to his senses.

Fifty thousand muskets, this is not a small deal.

Once it is done, then the subsequent profits will be endless.

Repairs, ammunition, and replacement parts and so on, all need to be purchased from his own side by the Ming envoys.

Moreover, after this business is completed, it is equivalent to being more closely tied to the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, with the firearms, wouldn't the more expensive guns also be sold?

Therefore, Zhao Hongyu suddenly became energetic.

However, nothing was revealed on his face, and he still looked so indifferent.

"Old Xue, your emperor already owes me a lot of silver. If I had agreed to this, wouldn't I still owe the money for the musket? You do the math yourself, and now you owe me a lot, so it's ...... to say this." When Zhao Hongyu said this, he paused in a deep voice.

It didn't matter if Zhao Hongyu did this, it suddenly made Eunuch Xue nervous.

To know Lu Dao, Zhu Shangwu is very concerned about this matter.

This little fat man was disappointed in the generals of the Ming Dynasty, so he was desperate to be able to control a strong army by himself, and at the same time be able to solve the crisis of the Beijing division with his own strength.

At that time, the other vassal kings of the province made excuses, saying that they were not virtuous and caused this crisis or something.

Eunuch Xue, who understood his master's thoughts very well, also took this situation into account, so he was so nervous when Zhao Hongyu paused.

Before coming to Zhao Hongyu, because Eunuch Xue had mentioned the Song people's tactics to Zhu Shangwu. So this aroused Zhu Shangwu's interest.

Originally, Zhu Shangwu's interest was in grenades, after all, the power displayed by grenades made Zhu Shangwu very interested.

But when Zhu Shangwu heard from Eunuch Xue that the Song people's muskets were also very sharp, and the tactics were very powerful, he felt that maybe he could learn it himself.

It's just that Eunuch Xue reminded Zhu Shangwu that it was very simple to learn the Song people's musket battle array, but Da Ming didn't have so many muskets.

Meantime. The muskets of the Song people were more sophisticated than those of the Ming Dynasty.

If there were no muskets of the Song people, even if they learned the fire fighting methods of the Song people, they would not be able to exert all their power.

Therefore, Zhu Shangwu came up with an idea. That is, in order to be able to learn the musket combat techniques of the Song Empire, so that a powerful army that can be controlled under his command can appear, the little fat man asked Eunuch Xue to tell Zhao Hongyu that as long as he camped his own requirements. Then he can sign a musket trade contract with Zhao Hongyu.

Thinking about it, the little fat man is not very stupid, and he also saw that Zhao Hongyu, a native of the American Song Dynasty, also has a strong thirst for silver. That's why this is a condition.

It's just that the little fat man Zhu Shangwu ignored one point, that is, he now owes Zhao Hongyu a lot of silver.

Not to mention the previous loan of five million taels of silver, and the payment for seven million taels of silver for 100,000 grenades has not been paid.

That's good, he now wants to buy 50,000 muskets, I really don't know where he got such a big bang.

Only after listening to Zhao Hongyu's words, only Eunuch Xue secretly complained in his heart.

The emperor only let himself buy the musket, but he forgot that he still owed a lot of money.

Now that there is no money for others, how can they sell their muskets?

Eunuch Xue was a little worried now.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, can this matter be discussed?"

After gritting his teeth, Eunuch Xue decided to let go of his old face.

After all, he is doing things for the emperor, if this matter can't be done, he Eunuch Xue will also be in trouble.

Compared with these, what is the face?

Fortunately, Zhao Hongyu did not continue to embarrass Eunuch Xue, and Zhao Hongyu felt that it was no good to embarrass an old eunuch.

Therefore, Zhao Hongyu smiled and said: "This matter is not without discussion, but your emperor does owe too much, and I have to go back to confess." This is not a little bit of money, it is already tens of millions of taels. ”

As Zhao Hongyu spoke, Eunuch Xue couldn't help but nod in agreement.

"Yes, yes, yes, you're right."

"In this case, you go back to the palace and reply, and say that you can take a mortgage of something. As long as there is a mortgage, then I can continue to talk about the arms and sell them to you in arrears. As for the mortgage can make the land, or something else, in any case, as long as the value can be offset by the debt. ”

Yo ho!

It's okay like this.

Eunuch Xue was stunned when he heard this.

However, Eunuch Xue was relieved immediately.

Yes, what this emperor Taiji of the Americas said is right.

People's silver is not blown by the wind, and it is also accumulated by others little by little.

Why should they owe you credit?

Besides, even if the people of the people borrow money from each other, or if they really don't have some credit in hand, they still need to have some collateral.

Now that the emperor owes more than 10 million taels of silver, it is not okay for people to put forward such a condition.

In all fairness, Eunuch Xue didn't think that Zhao Hongyu was deliberately making things difficult or anything.

More than 10 million taels of silver is not a small number.

You must know that the Ming Dynasty of Zhu Shangwu now collects only a lot of silver in taxes throughout the year.

It's just more than three million taels of silver.

The more than 3 million taels of silver are only on paper, and it is estimated that only half of them can be transported to the household.

But it's only half of the tax money. As long as it is transported to the household and handed over, the silver will be taken by the officials in a short period of time under various names.

Of course, a small amount of the money will also be used for business.

For example, the arrears of military salaries, and the use of disaster-stricken areas for disaster relief.

It can be said that Zhu Shangwu's Ming Dynasty had no surplus grain at all.

Now that he owes so much silver, he knows how many years it will take to pay it back.

On the surface, it only takes four or five years to pay it back.

But that's just a reference.

There are simply too many to do.

The real situation, Zhu Shangwu didn't know anything about it.

No one dared to tell him about this.

After all, the boss is an empire. It's actually an empty shelf now, what do you make Zhu Shangwu think?

Of course, the main thing is that the officials are too corrupt, otherwise the Ming court would not be poor like this.

Come to think of it, the crown prince of the Americas may have heard something from the outside.

In order to prevent these silver from being wasted and becoming a bun for meat buns and dogs, it is reasonable for people to ask for some collateral now.

And some of the things that people put forward will not be impossible at that time.

Use land as collateral. When the time comes, isn't it still the Ming court's to pay back the silver?

Moreover, these Song people are in the Americas, and they are far away from the Ming Dynasty.

There's no way they're going to send troops or really take control of the land.

It's not the management of the Ming Dynasty.

Hey!

Don't really say it, there's a way to do this.

Eunuch Xue quickly went through Zhao Hongyu's proposal in his mind, and immediately thought of a lot.

"Done. As for the crown prince's words, my old Xue was also relieved. I'm still worried that the crown prince will refuse, after all, our family also knows that this matter is really difficult to speak. ”

Zhao Hongyu responded with a smile: "Brother Xue is also on an errand. It's not for myself, why should I embarrass you? So don't worry about anything, just rest assured. ”

Private small talk. Zhao Hongyu spoke a little casually, which was very much to Eunuch Xue's appetite.

No matter who you meet in the palace, you have to speak in a decent manner, and you have to think twice about what you say.

Because if you say something wrong, you will be doomed.

You must know that the people and things in the palace are very, very complicated.

Only when Zhao Hongyu talks to him here, he doesn't have to have so many thoughts, which makes people very relaxed.

It's very rare to be relaxed like this.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince......", Eunuch Xue arched his hand, but before he could speak, Zhao Hongyu snatched the conversation: "Brother Xue is too outward, if you don't dislike it, just call me brother." Don't care about my identity, let's just talk about equality in our relationship, without those red tape, I still feel more relaxed. ”

"That's not good, is it?"

Eunuch Xue muttered.

"It's nothing, that's how it is on our Da Song side." , Zhao Hongyu waved his hand absently.

Seeing Zhao Hongyu say this, Eunuch Xue had no choice but to nod.

"Just now, His Highness said that it is okay to use land as a mortgage, I wonder if this matter can be done?"

Eunuch Xue decided to confirm the matter.

Because he felt that if he wanted the collateral, only the land could be obtained.

Otherwise, what else would be worth more than 10 million taels of silver?

But before that, he needs to make sure if it's really possible.

As long as this is confirmed, then it will be easy for him to say it to Zhu Shangwu when he returns to the palace...... (To be continued......)