How much do you want? The envoys of various countries looked at each other, for this era, the warship means wealth, the warship is both a powerful symbol and a guarantee of wealth for the king, for the pirates, the battleship is a tool to plunder wealth, for the merchants, the battleship is the power to protect the wealth, the warship is always tied to wealth, these are the weapons that all royals, pirates, and merchants dream of. /First/Launch

"Your Excellency Special Envoy, can you guarantee the quality of the Ming warship?" The French envoy was the first to produce the purchase **, France wants to build a navy, to conquer the sea, it needs hundreds of warships to support, and these warships need to spend a lot of silver coins and decades or even a hundred years, now, the French suddenly found that in fact, they don't need so much silver, and they don't need so much time, they can get a powerful fleet, the mood of the French envoy can be imagined.

"His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty personally guarantees that there is absolutely no problem with the quality." Zhou Mubai said with a smile.

"So, how soon will your country be able to deliver it, if France is willing to buy it?" The French envoy continued to ask.

Zhou Mubai smiled slightly and said, "It naturally depends on how many warships your country needs." ”

The French envoy swallowed his saliva and thought for a while: "You can buy five ships first." ”

Zhou Mubai stretched out three fingers: "It only takes three months." ”

"Three months." The envoys of various countries sighed again, you know, Daming now has dozens of docks, if you go all out to rush the work, there is no problem in building dozens of large warships a year, and once there is demand, the docks can also be expanded and newly built, Zhou Mubai said that how much you want is not a lie, as for the raw materials needed for warships, you can buy them from the countries of Nanyang at the lowest price, coupled with the large-scale production capacity of Daming, the cost price is only 35,000 silver coins, of which there are 2,000 silver coins of profit.

In fact, the reason why the warships built by the Ming Dynasty are much cheaper than those made by Europe is, of course, due to the above two reasons.

"Your Excellency, I believe in the credibility of Da Ming." The French envoy thought for a moment and continued: "I immediately write to His Majesty the King of France, and I am sure that he will agree to this acquisition. ”

Zhou Mubai nodded: "This aspect can be discussed in detail at that time." ”

A wine banquet has now been reduced to a business negotiation. After the French expressed their interest. The United Kingdom, Spain and Belgium have also expressed interest. There are also envoys from the Kingdom of Sardinia, Sweden, and Portugal, who have been watching from the sidelines. They were meant to join in the fun. The anti-Dutch alliance has nothing to do with them. But I heard that there is such a land to be taken advantage of. Where will there be any more willingness to make stakes. Only Austria is a landlocked country. There is no access to the sea, but can only weigh the changes in the situation in Europe after the emergence of the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency the Envoy of the Ming Dynasty." The Swedish minister was extremely polite: "Can Sweden buy warships from Daming?" ”

William, the Spanish envoy, and the French envoy stared at Zhou Mubai with a look of hope. Naturally, they were reluctant to buy warships from foreign countries in the Anti-Dutch Alliance. Zhou Mubai had better refuse. Otherwise, the more European countries will buy warships. Their advantage is better than nothing.

Zhou Mubai pondered for a moment and said, "Yes." It's just that your country did not join the anti-Dutch coalition. There are not so many discounts on the price. Fifty-five thousand taels of silver. ”

"Then I can book three first. But it's just a reservation. This transaction must be approved by His Royal Highness the King. The Swedish envoy said excitedly.

William, the Spanish envoys, and the French envoys, although they were a little dissatisfied, but their prices were five thousand cheaper than the Swedes, and they had nothing to say.

The envoy of the Kingdom of Sardinia located in the waters of Italy was also moved, and everyone with a discerning eye knew that once the Ming Dynasty began to sell warships in Europe, then the entire European maritime 'power' would immediately increase, and the country that originally had thirty large warships might be called a strong country in the past, but after that, because the warships did not need to be built for a long time, only enough silver coins were needed to buy them on a large scale, and thirty large warships were ' I'm afraid that the powerful countries can only be reduced to medium-sized countries, and such an outcome will only make countries continue to rush to buy Ming warships in order to maintain their advantages. For example, France, it only takes three months for him to buy the warships of the Ming Dynasty, even if it is delivered from the South Seas to Europe, it will be able to have five large warships in half a year at most, while it takes two years or even longer for the Netherlands to build five warships, and when you have five warships, the French have formed a huge fleet of twenty warships, and as soon as the naval battle begins, the Netherlands will immediately be beaten to pieces.

Therefore, the Sardinian envoy realized that in the future European shipbuilding is no longer suitable for the development needs of various countries, it is the wisest to want the Ming to buy ships, unless you want to be beaten up: "Your Excellency, the Kingdom of Sardinia can sign a long-term trade partnership with the Ming, Sardinia will buy a large number of Ming warships in the future, and the King of Sardinia also wants to join the anti-Dutch alliance, I wonder if we can get the same low-price treatment from the British?" ”

Zhou Mubai nodded: "This is natural, the enemy of the enemy is also a friend of the Ming Dynasty, and any of the countries present only need to break with the Netherlands."

We will give you the same treatment. ”

"Thank you very much.

The Sardinian envoy saluted Zhou Mubai and went to kiss Zhou Mubai's toes.

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Zhu Jun was restless and looked at the book on the imperial case, but his heart had already drifted to London, which was thousands of miles away, and he couldn't help but mutter: "I don't know what Zhou Mubai said?" He slowly got up and walked out of the Cold Winter Pavilion, at this time, spring had just passed, and the weather was just lukewarm, Zhu Jun remembered his plan again, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a hint of a smile.

Selling ships is fake, striking at Europe's shipbuilding industry is Zhu Jun's real purpose, the reason why Europe rises, the fundamental reason is the conquest of the sea, and in this process, the shipbuilding industry is also booming, Zhu Jun has two means to contain Europe, one is to destroy the shipbuilding industry in Europe, so that they can no longer become the pioneers of the sea, and the second is to take advantage of the contradictions between countries to plunge them into the quagmire of war. And selling the ship is Zhu Jun's way of realizing the two means.

Once the Ming steady stream of warships sold to European countries, countries are not allowed to buy warships from the Ming Dynasty for short-term interests, the advantage of the Ming Dynasty is that because there are enough funds and craftsmen, the battleships can be built in the shortest possible time, and the supply of raw materials is also sufficient, each Nanyang is his raw material supply base, the shipbuilding industry of the Ming Dynasty has formed a huge industrial chain, and the European countries with a small population are different, they do not have sufficient raw materials, there are not a large number of craftsmen, There is no time required for shipbuilding, as long as a country buys the Ming warships in a short period of time, then its advantage of being able to buy five warships in three months is enough for it to run rampant in Europe, and then other countries have to give up their shipbuilding industry in order to ensure their own security, and instead buy warships from the Ming Dynasty.

What would such a result lead to? Arms race, there is nothing wrong, a vigorous arms race, France bought five, Britain in order to ensure superiority, must buy eight, and the Portuguese will buy ten, and so the French look back and find that other countries have purchased more warships, so they will add orders, and buy five more, Britain in order to ensure superiority, also increased orders, to buy ten from the Ming Dynasty, in the end, a steady stream of warships will be shipped to Europe, each country will leave no room to buy warships with the income of the treasury.

Then, the question arises, when a country uses all its income to buy warships, it is impossible to be willing to moor warships in ports and let them become moldy, they spend such a huge amount of money, so they naturally need to use warships to make up for these shortfalls, what is the fastest way to earn capital? Not far away South America, let alone Africa, they can't wait, because this method is not only slow to return funds, but also has too many uncertainties, and the time of sailing back and forth for half a year or more will only make them unbearable.

So, a new goal emerged, the target was their immediate neighbor, wealth was in sight, why ask for South America and Africa, far away? So, the war broke out, once a large-scale naval war broke out, all countries must flock to intervene, this is the common nature of European countries, in modern history, there has never been a European country and another European country when fighting will not look around to seek their allies, Europe has never been a war between one country and another, it will always be a game between one military bloc and another military bloc.

Will the war end? Perhaps, but before that, due to the participation of countries in the war, there was an increasing need for warships. By that time, the shipbuilding industry in Europe had already shrunk, and the Ming Dynasty had become the largest monopoly arms dealer in Europe, but the time had come to raise the price, and 40,000 silver coins wanted to buy the Ming Dynasty's warships? Dream about it, a fixed price, 100,000 silver coins a piece, there is no second price, don't you buy it? Well, I heard that your enemy country is very interested in the new warships of the Ming Dynasty, so I'll talk to him. What? You're going to build your own battleship? Haha, interesting, may I ask your Excellency, is there a dock in your country? Well, even if there are a few small ones, they will grow one day, but the current war will allow you to slowly expand the scale? Can you slowly pick up the hammer again? Can you build a warship as fast as you can to go to war? No kidding, everyone is an adult, and when your first battleship sails out of the dock, I'm afraid your country will be in ruins, your palace will have become the enemy's combat headquarters, and the first battleship you built will also become the enemy's trophy.

Fight and keep fighting, it doesn't matter if you fail, the destruction of a fleet can continue to buy, since a huge amount of bets have been invested, if you want to recover the capital, there is only victory, otherwise the huge cost of warships, huge war losses, and will also face a huge war reparations, which no country can afford, so you must fight until the last drop of blood is shed and the last silver coin is consumed. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to diancomm, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )