Chapter 1174: Guarding and Stealing
Do a vote, and then go to the second son?
Deng Yu and Lou Bo were completely moved, both of them are old men of Fujian sailors, they followed Zheng Zhilong to fight the world more than ten years ago, and even when Zheng Zhilong hibernated Dongying, he followed Zheng Zhilong's side, it can be said that he grew up watching Tagawa Nanazaemon grow up and is very familiar with Tian Chuan, although Tian Chuan is domineering, but he still treats the old people around him very well, not to mention that there are seven masters and Zheng Cai over there.
"Actually, you have to know that this time I came to Nanjing, not for the East India Company, but specifically for your second son, this batch of arms is purchased for your second son, if you are really willing to help, the future will be a great achievement in front of your second son, fame and fortune are ......"
Van der Vaart said.
"That's right, send so many muskets and ammunition to the second son, why don't he reuse us more?"
The eyes of the two men lit up immediately, but then their eyes dimmed.
Deng Yu said astringently: "Mr. Van der Vaart, not to mention, how many musket ammunition can we get out, even if we get it, Nanjing City is so well defended, how can we transport the muskets out?" Don't say that it is not so easy to transport out of Daming, even if it is shipped out of Nanjing City......"
"You don't have to worry about this, when the time comes, I will naturally arrange for the ships to be shipped out directly, the ships of the East India Company, the checkpoints on the Yangtze River are very loosely checked, I will take care of the people at each checkpoint before, smoothly transport the arms out, out of the mouth of the Yangtze River, there will be our East India Company's warships to protect, even if the Ming sailors go to sea to intercept, it is not so easy, they dare not start a war against us, there is no conclusive evidence, That is to set off a direct all-out war between the Ming Dynasty and the Kingdom of the Netherlands! ”
Van der Vaart sneered, I have to say that this Van der Vaart really used a lot of brains in order to make a big profit this time, and almost all the problems have been dealt with in advance.
"How? Two generals, can you get the arms out? If it doesn't work, then I'll have to find someone else......"
Van der Vaart looked very indifferent, but his heart was already nervous, after all, it was easy to find others, if these two people refused to help, then it was useless to find anyone, one of the two yamen, most of them were Zhu Jie's cronies left in Nanjing, I was afraid that I would have my life to find it, and I would not have my life to go out; Second, he doesn't know others, even through some connections, people don't recognize him as a commercial consul......
Deng Yu and Lou Bo glanced at each other and did a vote!
Deng Yu said in a deep voice: "Now Lao Lou and I control the key points of the Firearms Bureau and the Ordnance Department, and we are all officials in charge, and if we want to get a batch of arms, the problem is not too big, but the number is ......."
"How many can you make?"
Vantfat's heart was secretly happy, and he hurriedly asked.
Deng Yu pondered for a moment and replied: "The arquebuses purchased by the imperial court from the East India Company were almost two or three thousand damaged, and the rest have been withdrawn and placed in the Ordnance Department. As for the flintlock muskets, now the inspectors are in a hurry to equip the navy, and there is not much in stock, so we can only start from both sides of the Firearms Bureau and the Ordnance Division, once the Firearms Bureau produces them in batches and delivers them to the Ordnance Division, then we can directly drag them out for a few days in the name of inspection, and then use these few days to ship all the muskets out, but we can only get this batch, but it can't be repeated, it won't take long for the Ordnance Department to find out the situation, and it is impossible to make another batch of them. Now the Ordnance Department and the Firearms Bureau are very strictly guarded......"
"How many are in one batch?"
Lou Bo said in a deep voice: "The Firearms Bureau delivers a batch every month, each batch of three thousand, and there are still two thousand spare flintlock muskets in the treasury of the Ordnance Division, which means that we can take out five thousand at most, but, for the sake of secrecy, it is still the same sentence, take out half of it, add it up, three thousand arquebuses, three thousand flintlock muskets, as for the ammunition, this Ordnance Division still has a lot, and it is not a problem to remove three or five hundred boxes......"
Fantfat sneered: "What is hidden and not hidden, you still plan to stay in Nanjing?" For this transaction, take all the musket ammunition and leave nothing, and when the time comes, I will order someone to cooperate with you, and overnight, the Ordnance Division will be turned into an empty warehouse, and only the rats will be left inside! Don't worry, your family members, I will transport them to Dongying in advance, not one of them will be left, all of them will be sent over in advance, and when the time comes, you can reunite with your family in Dongying, stay in Nanjing, do you still want to continue to be angry little daughters-in-law in Nanjing? ”
Deng Yu and Lou Bo's faces were cloudy, they hesitated for a long time, and finally gritted their teeth and agreed, do it, or don't do it, if you want to do it, then make a big pen, this is a lot of silver! Five thousand arquebuses are worth forty thousand taels, five thousand flintlock muskets are seventy or eighty thousand taels, plus a few hundred boxes of ammunition, then it is tens of thousands of taels, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and it is so easy to get it! ”
"Alright, we've agreed!"
Deng Yu said, "However, we have said first, before this batch of arms is on the ship, you must settle all the silver taels for us!" Not a penny of silver can be less, as for how much silver you want from our second son, that's your business, and it has nothing to do with us! ”
"Haha, it's easy!"
Van der Vaart was very generous, took out a dozen silver tickets directly from his arms, and said with a smile: "Two generals, this is a silver ticket of 30,000 taels of silver as my deposit, once all the arms are transported to the ship, I will immediately pay all the rest of your payments, all of them are silver tickets, Yongxing Bank silver tickets, you can directly withdraw the silver in any branch, you are not unfamiliar with this silver ticket, right?" ”
Deng Yu and Lou Bo took the silver ticket and carefully identified it, yes, it is really the silver ticket of Yongxing Bank, in Yongxing Bank, the most convenient thing is that as long as you hold the silver ticket, no matter who it is, even if it is a child to take it, you can take out the silver smoothly, only recognize the silver ticket and do not recognize people.
"Mr. Van der Vaart, there is another half a month, half a month later, it is the date when the Firearms Bureau will deliver the flintlock muskets, when the time comes, you will drive the ship to the Qinhuai River in advance, we will work overnight, all the munitions, all the cargo ships, directly along the Yangtze River to the sea, as long as out of the mouth of the Yangtze River, that is our world, no one can help us!"
(End of chapter)