Daming One Piece

Chapter 78 (Second update, please subscribe)
In an instant, He Guoli was dumbfounded and stared at him dumbfounded.

Him, how could he know?

In He Guoli's view, this matter is a secret, and it is absolutely impossible for outsiders to know.

This cannon was indeed salvaged by him from the sea. When the Dutch left Penghu to occupy this place last year, one of their ships hit a rock and sank into the sea.

Because the sea was not that deep, He Guoli found a few people who were good at water, and fished up the cannons and other supplies from the boat.

Originally, He Guoli was thinking about finding a suitable opportunity to sell these cannons to the government or maritime merchants, but he never found a suitable opportunity. Now that he finally came across it, he was immediately recognized as something that was fished out of the sea. Not surprised?

He Guoli, who was exposed by a single word, didn't feel embarrassed, but laughed loudly.

"Mr. Shi, you are really knowledgeable. The cannon was indeed fished out of the sea by the servants, but it is indeed a new cannon. Even the boat was newly built in Batavia. Although it was fished out of the sea, it can be It’s not too late, is it?”

"But it's still an old cannon!"

He Guoli was a little bit aggrieved by saying it casually, so he tried to say.

"How much do you think these cannons can do?"

"How much can it be worth..."

After thinking about it, Shi Yiwen asked.

"Are there any shells?"

"Have."

"Is there any gunpowder?"

"Of course there are, and they're all from the Hongmao Fan. At least it's enough for them to put fifty."

Before He Guoli could be proud, Shi Yiwen held back his next sentence, making him speechless.

"I guess it was picked up from the sea too!"

I'm not angry, I'm not angry, he, he just wants to take the opportunity to lower the price, this kid is so ruthless!
But in the next moment, he almost lost his breath.

"In that case, then... 5000 taels!"

Shi Yiwen made some calculations in his mind and offered a relatively suitable price.

"What? 5000 taels!"

He Guoli opened his eyes wide and shook his head again and again.

"This is impossible!"

It is indeed impossible, let alone He Guoli, even Guo Huaiyi shook his head in his heart.

Young master, you are too old to be able to lower the price. If you can buy cannons at such a price, then the cannons are not scrap metal, so they can be so cheap.

"Master Guo, you, you tell Mr. Shi, how much is an eighteen-pound Hongyi cannon in our place!"

He Guoli said loudly.

"It's worth 1000 taels at least! If..."

Before Guo Huai could finish speaking, He Guoli hurriedly interrupted him and said,
"1000 taels, it was sold to the government, and it was sold to a sea merchant. The price of twelve pounds is more than that!"

After all, He Guoli looked at Shi Yiwen and said proudly.

"Half of the guns I have here are eighteen-pound guns, which are worth at least 3 taels of silver at the market price!"

That's it……

Staring at the pile of scrap copper and rotten iron on the ground, Shi Yiwen couldn't believe his eyes, such a pile of junk was worth so much money!
What more salt is needed, and it will be prosperous if you directly set up a gun factory.

It's just a few thousand catties of iron!

Staring at those cannons, Shi Yiwen asked after thinking about it.

"Are there 24 pounds?"

"There are 4 doors!"

His answer made Shi Yiwen nodded, and then said.

"You are old guns, I can only pay [-] at most."

2 taels, is it worthwhile to buy these cannons?

In terms of the usual prices of sea merchants, this is a great deal, but in terms of actual value, it is definitely a high price.

The reason why Shi Yiwen charged such a high price is that, to put it bluntly, he needs these real cannons to imitate them. After hundreds of years of development, European cannon casting has long been a science. No matter how long the gun body is, they all have their reasons.

Pig iron casting is not difficult, what is difficult?
It's the design of the gun body. Shi Yiwen is definitely a layman in this regard.

But it doesn't matter if you are a layman, just "copycat" it.

2 taels...

Shi Yiwen looked at the matchlock guns thrown in the bamboo basket beside him. Those matchlock guns should also be fished out from the sunken ship.

"In addition to these 28 cannons, there are also those firecrackers, which are also included in the price."

Good guy!
This person chopped off 1 taels all at once, and even asked for some help.

Guo Huaiyi looked at them in surprise, he must not be able to buy such a "reserve price".

"Oh, Mr. Shi, you bargained for this price. Hey, who told me to hit it off as soon as we met! It's your price!"

2 taels of silver is an acceptable price for He Guoli. Although he is more inclined to sell it at a high price, he still has no way to sell it to the government. As for selling it to a pirate, there is a pirate who can Buy these cannons at once.

Besides, there is that snowflake salt!
As for those firecrackers, looking at those firecrackers weighing more than a dozen kilograms, he straightened his mouth. Those big firecrackers that need to be placed on the shelf to fire, except for Hong Maofan, put them on Daming's side, and even pirates despise them.

Then everything was simple, after paying 5000 taels of silver. 28 cannons and nearly [-] firecrackers were loaded onto the ship, and a bag of snowflake salt was lifted off the ship.What He Guoli saw were bags of white money.

"Mr. Shi, if you still have snowflake salt in the future, you must consider it first. My business routes in Guangzhou and Fuzhou are all clear, and there will never be any problems."

After the money and goods were cleared, He Guoli was not in a hurry to leave, but wanted to stabilize this way of getting rich. He told the truth, as a translator, he would naturally be able to contact businessmen from all over the world, and he didn't even need his own Sea ships can directly distribute the salt to those sea merchants, and they will take it to various places for sale.

In other words, as long as he changed hands, he could earn tens of thousands of taels of silver.

"Mr. He is a straightforward person. As long as we come here in the future, we will definitely bring salt. At that time, we will definitely give priority to Mr. He."

As soon as he heard He Guoli's heart, he was overjoyed. With this sentence, the way of making money in the future will be considered finalized.

And Shi Yiwen's heart is of course relaxed.

The snowflake salt business is not a one-day business, but a long-term purchase. It would be great if someone underwrites it for him. More importantly, with 5000 taels of silver, oh, yes, there are dozens of them. With the cannon, he can win over the minds of most people in the village.

After all, they only saw snowflake salt before that, and when snowflake salt became snowflake money, people's hearts naturally came to their side.

"Okay, gentleman."

When He Guoli heard this, he also smiled.

"It's hard to chase a horse!"

Shi Yiwen nodded and said.

It's just looking for a distributor. If you change places in the future, you will naturally have to change people.

(End of this chapter)