Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 546 Black Market Merchant
On the wharf of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, the port machinery purchased from Daming began to load and unload the cargo on the huge freighter.

Although the status of the sea coachman has been pushed down, and the Netherlands is no longer able to compete with Daming's sea power, it still has a certain foundation after all.The Netherlands has absorbed Daming's shipbuilding technology, or directly purchased new ships from Daming, and is still firmly seated as the number one shipping company in Europe.

A few years ago, under the coordination of Daming, several European countries began to build interconnected railways. Among them, the Netherlands built two main railways leading to France and Germany, transferring sea goods to land and expanding its own Business opportunity.

The port dock also learned from the port of Ming Dynasty, and built a similar service area, with coffee shops, restaurants, and even duty-free retail stores.A very ordinary Chinese man was sitting at a table on the balcony, lighting a cigar and enjoying the time.

"Tsk tsk, the best quality Cuban cigars, Mr. Li's taste is good. Can you taste one?" A fat Dutchman came to his table and sat down.

The middle-aged man who looked like an ordinary person did not look at the Dutchman, and said: "If you want to smoke cigars and buy them yourself, my work attitude is that one yard is one yard, and no one should take my cigars." Cheap."

The Dutchman shrugged his shoulders, feeling very helpless for Li Shiyin, who was so penny-pinching.He said: "Mr. Li, I hope you have serious business to do when you come to the Netherlands, instead of coming to the Netherlands to smoke."

Although Daming is the world's largest tobacco producer (it seems to be the world's largest in everything), smoking is banned in public places in China, and this is not the case in Europe. European countries use the tax drawn from tobacco manufacturers as a Important income, these 20 years are also the 20 years when European smokers have skyrocketed, almost from the upper class to the lower class, cigarettes are very popular.

Li Shiyin always has a slightly irritable appearance, as anyone who knows him well knows.He said to the Dutchman in front of him: "If I have no business, why do I come to you to buy sex? Mr. Hemingke, keep some respect for your suppliers, even if it's not because of my identity as a Daming person, It’s also about the money.”

Dutch businessman Hemingke was noncommittal, he said: "Everyone in Europe is about to know that Prussia is going to war, which shows that Prussia has made their preparations, even if they temporarily purchase a batch of new equipment now, they still need time. to adapt and train."

Li Shiyin said: "But if the war expands, Prussia will definitely need more weapons. And not only Prussia needs it, but the whole of Europe needs it."

Hei Mingke was keenly aware of something and asked, "Mr. Li, do you have any inside information?"

Naturally, Li Shiyin would not say to He Mingke: "No comment, I only have one question, do you have any guests?"

Hei Minke showed his teeth that were not white, and said, "Of course there are."

Li Shiyin is an arms dealer. In fact, to be precise, he is a black market arms dealer.The Dutchman Heiminke is a black market weapons broker who specializes in introducing customers to Li Shiyin.

Li Shiyin is not behind the Ming government. He once worked in a military factory in Daming, and later ran to Morocco, where he set up a small black workshop for making weapons almost from scratch.Weapons are very profitable, especially selling Ming weapons to European countries can make a lot of money.Li Shiyin has the conditions and his own connections. He can get some weapons that are restricted by Ming Dynasty, and then he sells these things to Europeans.

What he's doing is clearly illegal, but this guy is willing to take the risk for the money.

Hei Minke took out a list from his Min Ace leather bag and handed it to Li Shiyin.

Li Shiyin took a look, and the pupils of his eyes immediately shrank.

"Such a large quantity, and so many categories?"

Hei Mingke said: "There is no doubt, my guest has such strength."

"Prussia?"

Hei Mingke scholar Li Shiyin said: "No comment."

Li Shiyin rolled his eyes, suddenly slapped the list on the table, and shouted, "This is an order from Xiqing!"

The total value of the items on this order is very high, several million taels have not gone away.The weapons in the order include the previous generation of automatic weapons produced by Ming Dynasty, light machine guns, heavy machine guns, rocket launchers, light mortars, and even serious howitzers.

The weapons that Li Shiyin can get are basically light weapons.However, European countries are now basically lightly equipped modern troops, only the Ming and Xi Qing are equipped with some kind of armored troops in batches.Most European countries, including Xiqing, now have the ability to produce their own basic weapons. They can produce bolt-action rifles, heavy machine guns, cannons, and even military trucks, armored vehicles, etc., but these The quality of things is definitely not as good as Daming's weapons.

Especially Ming's automatic weapons are quite popular in European countries, but every time Daming's arms sales are like squeezing toothpaste, selling a little at a time is not enough.

Hei Mingke smiled at Li Shiyin and said, "Is there anything surprising? You have also supplied goods for my customers before. What you did was not in compliance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty. There was no formal trade between the Ming and Qing Dynasties. But the business keeps going on in private, since you have already broken the law, why bother to break the law a little more.”

Li Shiyin's face was gloomy. In fact, he didn't know that he had supplied supplies to Xiqing before, and he was in the business of beheading.When he left the Ming Dynasty's military factory and chose to work on his own, he was dissatisfied with the country occupying a large amount of resources. He also wanted to get rich suddenly, and he also wanted to live a life like a master.

"The limelight is tight now, and Daming's internal control is also strict. I'm taking a huge risk. I ask your customers to increase my price, and I don't have some things on this list, so your customers shouldn't even think about it."

Hei Mingke said: "As long as you can bring the goods, then I can guarantee that you will definitely make a lot of money."

Li Shiyin didn't talk much with Hei Mingke, but simply agreed on the time, place and method of supply. To be on the safe side, they would communicate many times and do things in a way similar to underground party joints.

When Li Shiyin left, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and there was a faint sound of thunder, as if a heavy rain was coming.Li Shiyin looked at the sky silently, and he found that he seemed to have lost sight of the future.

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