Iron Dynasty

This Li Chuyuan seems to have finally enlightened.

Xiao Ming burst into laughter after reading Li Chuyuan's excerpts.

At this time, he was in the Cabinet Office, and all the nine auxiliaries in the cabinet were present. Seeing Xiao Ming smiling so happily, Pang Yukun asked with a smile: The emperor is so happy, it seems that there is something good.

That's for sure, Li Chuyuan wants to buy more artillery, muskets and ammunition from us, and the scale is beyond imagination, because he lifted the ban on firearms in the state of Chu, and now the nobles in Jiangnan are stretching their necks one by one I want to get firearms to arm myself. Xiao Ming said.

The ban on firearms has been lifted! Pang Yukun was also a little surprised. It seems that Li Chuyuan finally saw through the Sima Clan. He thought that the Sima Clan would help him, but he never thought that the Sima Clan would have been wicked long ago.

Fiji knows Sima Clan best, he said: The old minister once said that if the King of Chu dies, only the Sima Clan can seize the kingdom of Chu, and now it seems that it will soon be fulfilled.

Xiao Ming nodded slightly, If this is the case, then I have even more reason to send troops, but before that, I still think about how to make a lot of money.

Everyone laughed when they heard the words, and Zhan Xingchang said: During the Northern War, we seized a lot of export-type artillery from the vassal kings, and we could sell them to them at this opportunity, and the first batch of artillery was also produced due to material problems. Since they want better artillery, they will sell them the artillery that is about to be eliminated.”

It's just that the firearms seized from Goryeo have already been sold to them. If they still want them, they can only make them in the military workshop. Yang Chengye said in a deep voice.

It doesn't matter. The structure of arquebus and flintlock gun is simple and easy to produce. A group of old workers are recruited from the military workshop and asked to bring some workers to restart the obsolete production line, which can fully meet their requirements. Xiao Ming said.

If this is the case, the lower official will immediately order the mobilization of resources for production, so that we can make a lot of money before we go south. Pang Yukun was very excited.

Obviously, the rich South will bring them more war dividends, and with these dividends, the industrialization and railway construction of the North will speed up again.

They will have enough military spending to attack the Japanese and settle the north.

After this matter was settled, the entire cabinet began to operate, and the nine people headed by Pang Yukun began to cooperate with the firearms trade in all aspects.

The military workshop that received the order quickly pulled out some old workers, and soon the production line of flintlock guns was fully restored. One flintlock gun and arquebus came down from the production line.

From June to October, the court was in a frenzy of firearms trade for four months.

What didn't disappoint them was that they really made a lot of money this time.

In addition to the normal purchases of the Chu Palace, this time the southern rich people showed their rich side, and now Xiao Ming finally understands the rich people and poor countries in the late Ming Dynasty.

These southern gentry tycoons sell firearms as arrogantly as contemporary Shanxi coal bosses sell houses. Basically, they can digest as much as they produce.

In order not to affect the firearms trade, he even postponed the plan to go south for a month, and the firearms trade did not cool down until November.

At this time, the silver taels, gold, tea, porcelain, silk, and ore brought from the south were equivalent to 60 million taels, which is about 200 million gold dragon coins.

All the capital of these young states to manufacture weapons has been recovered, and they have also earned several times the huge profits.

However, Xiao Ming is not satisfied with this number, because he is very clear that even this is only to extract a small part of the wealth of the wealthy family, and the wealthy southern wealthy family still have a lot of oil and water to pump.

And this last knife will be resolved by war.

On November 5th, when the weather in Qingzhou gradually turned cold, the two divisions equipped with Falcon rifles took a train from Qingzhou to Dengzhou, and then boarded the ship from Dengzhou to Jinling.

Although the firearms trade is lucrative, it is bound to be a little more difficult to attack the south this time. I hope that the Falcon Rifle can really play an outstanding role.

Niuben was a little worried on the train.

This time, Xiao Ming brought his concubines and his heirs to Jinling City. Now that the cabinet is in stable operation and government affairs are handled in an orderly manner, there is no need for him to stay in Qingzhou all the time.

Therefore, taking advantage of the opportunity to go south, he also plans to spend some time in Jinling City, and at the same time inspect Jinling Mansion, which used to be the feudal state of King Wei, leaving behind a lot of Wei's elders.

Both Pang Yukun and Fiji have a headache here.

Why should you worry, General, the nobles in Jiangnan scolded me for being stupid while buying weapons. Do you think so too? Xiao Ming said with a smile.

Niu Ben's face turned pale, Old minister must never dare.

Xiao Ming smiled and said, Actually, both the wealthy family and the merchant council are very clear that I will go south, which is why they are vying to buy firearms. For them, I know it well, but I still want to buy weapons. Arm the enemy, but they don't understand that without an industrial base, the muskets in their hands will soon become flaming sticks.

Fire sticks? Niu Ben was a little puzzled.

Xiao Ming continued: I have ordered Yue Yun to block the sea routes of the Great Yu Kingdom, neither Britain nor France can supply them with ammunition from the sea now, and at the same time I have ordered the Yizhou government to prohibit the sale of saltpeter to the south, so that , as long as they run out of ammunition, what use are the artillery and muskets?

Niu Ben suddenly realized, I understand at the end, Li Chuyuan deliberately pestered the Merchant Council to fight, so that their ammunition was consumed very quickly, and when we took action, they would not have much left.

Exactly, in order to let Li Chuyuan continue to muddy the water, I promised him the prosperity and wealth for the rest of his life. Xiao Ming looked to the south. After the officials he sent arrived in Lin'an, Li Chuyuan secretly made this request .

The reason why he had to talk to the Qingzhou officials was because he couldn't trust anyone in Lin'an.

Niu Ben's face relaxed a bit, while Luo Quan was full of confidence. For him, the Great Yu Kingdom had been divided for too long, and now they were finally about to complete the great cause of reunification.

Three days later, Xiao Ming arrived at Jinling City.

When he came back again, Xiao Ming found that not only the prosperity had been restored, but it was also better than before. Through the pier, he even saw the plumes of smoke floating in the sky, which was the typical feature of a steam engine factory.

Upon seeing this, Xiao Ming could not help but sigh that Jinling City indeed had too many advantages.

However, there are more places in Jiangnan that occupy excellent terrain, such as Songjiang, because this is the contemporary Shanghai, and this is also the first place for this southward attack.

As long as you take this place and build a wharf, the materials from Qingzhou can be directly transported to Songjiang, and the provincial ones can be transported from Jinling.