Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

After the first Enke examination was decentralized to various regions, Ming's various production capacities have begun to increase dramatically.

The successful cultivation of tens of thousands of "specialist" talents has brought about a terrifying increase in social change.

It can be said that if Zhu Youjian needs it, he can reach the monthly production level of [-] flintlock guns at any time.

And - half of them are flash cap guns! ! !

In other words, if Zhu Youjian ignored the basics and followed Mongolia's example, focusing on fighting but not governing, he would have conquered the world long ago.

When the new gun was put into production, Zhu Youjian naturally had to replace the weapons for all his brothers.

After all, Ming Dynasty had already started playing with flash caps, and then let others play with matchlock guns——

It doesn't make sense!

The first generation is placed in the research room and the second generation is used by the army. These peripheral ones...

Not to mention the B version, there is always the monkey version...

This is called "generation difference"...

Therefore, Lao Li's side is replacing the flintlock gun.

In order to ensure that weapons are not leaked out, the obsolete items must be brought back.

This also caused the Ming Dynasty's treasury to be filled with matchlock guns.

Zhu Youjian smiled softly, looking like a good monarch who planned for Abney:

“The Qing family also knows the cost of Daming firearms.

When Xu Guangqi and the others were in court, I paid more than ten taels of silver for a matchlock gun!

Mr. Xu is a ‘good minister’ of the loyal and loyal country~~~”

Zhu Youjian insisted on the words "good minister".

The frost in my eyes was so rich it could almost freeze watermelons.

"This is a talent that the Zhu family specially recommended to me because the government and the public alike said that Zhao Shizhen and Ye Mengxiong were not good!

Since it was elected by you, how can I not believe in the loyalty of the "Xu Guangqi Xifa Party"?

This price is so fair!

I can assist Abna with a hundred muskets, which is my reward. "

The corners of Zhu Youjian's mouth curled up:

"But no matter how much...

I don’t have any money either!

It takes more than a dozen taels of silver to make a matchlock gun.

I have always been poor and cannot afford much private subsidies. "

The great emperor spread his hands, his face full of helplessness:

"Moreover--

The craftsmen below also need supplies to build it.

If you send a message to A Bu Nai, I will charge you a friendly price for a gun - 15 taels.

This is the cost!

Abu Nai is a good vassal of my Ming Dynasty, so naturally I will not make money from him. "

"Of course, if you don't have money...

The Ming Dynasty has its own mutual trading system between vassals, so we can use cattle, horses, and minerals to offset the debt. "

I…………

Cao Huachun couldn't help but want to cover his eyes.

I really can’t watch it!

This prince is getting more and more sinister...

Your Majesty!

Don’t you really know why Xu Guangqi and his group of Westernizers raised the price of weapons to more than ten taels of silver?

In the previous period of Zhao Shizhen and Ye Mengxiong, our Ming Dynasty had a most advanced Lumi gun and musket——

The cost is only a little over one tael of silver!

Today, brothers Bi Maokang, Song Yingxing, and master and apprentice Wang Zheng gathered around His Majesty.

The cost of Ming weapons is even cheaper.

Not to mention the matchlock gun, even the most advanced Yongsheng No. 4, with a scope, costs less than [-] taels!

This is because the output is too small and the production mold needs to be replaced.

If mass production is carried out, the price can be reduced by at least half!

In other words, the mass production price of Ming Dynasty's most advanced Yongsheng No. 2 will never exceed [-] taels of silver.

As for the matchlock gun...

This thing is junk that no one wants, and it would be too troublesome to melt it!

It takes up too much space in a warehouse!

You actually charged me 15 taels of silver?

What’s given to people is junk goods that no one wants in the warehouse!

Cao Huachun could no longer look directly at the emperor.

It's really too dark...

[Note: The above prices are not nonsense and are recorded in historical records.

Even if I don’t explain my style, my brothers will believe it, right? 】

I'd better post the historical data to save someone from calling me nonsense again.

Fan Lai (1560--1610), a Jinshi during the Wanli period, compiled the Continuation of the Coastal Defense Examination of Two Zhejiang Provinces.

In other words, this person was a minister at the same time as Zhao Shizhen and Ye Mengxiong.

In the 30th year of Wanli, Fan Lai served as the chief envoy of Zhejiang. This year was 1603.

It can be seen from this that Fan Lai will take charge of Liangzhe Defense in three years at the earliest.

——(With outstanding political achievements, he was promoted directly. If he had to go through seniority, it would take 6 years at the earliest).

The compilation date of this book must not be earlier than 1606!

In this book, the actual cost of various weapons during the Wanli period (Dao Book) and the prices reported to the court (Si Book) are recorded in detail.

Of course, according to common sense, the actual cost itself has been "falsely reported".

After all, the official’s account book is a defense account book made public, how could it be real numbers!

One socket costs thousands of oceans!

Oh!

There are also ones worth tens of thousands...

Very normal.

If you don't get a few Fang Kong brothers, what kind of official position will you have?

I excerpted part of "The Continuation of the Coastal Defense Examination of Two Zhejiang Provinces":

artillery--

Bronze cannon: 36 taels and 1 coin.

Large copper franc machine (after-installed, self-developed by Jiajing): 14 taels, 6 coins and 1 cent.

(Here are the prices for "Dao books", "Si books" are a bit more expensive.

The book says that it is a large copper Buddha machine, and the reported price is 15 taels and 2 cents. That is to say, he stole 4 pieces of silver. )

Small copper Buddha Langji: 6 taels and 1 cent, and the official register is 8 taels and 2 cents. (Greedy for [-] taels)

铁佛郎机（嘉靖年间发明的武器）：2两8钱9分；子铳每座3个银3钱3分；木架每座银2钱2分（奸商啊，木头架子报这么高）

Pai Shan Cannon: 5 taels, 6 coins, 2 cents and 4 cents.

The No. 7 Weiyuan Cannon (Ye Mengxiong Cannon), including the frame, costs a total of 7 taels, 3 coins, 5 cents and [-] cents in silver each.

No. 5 Weiyuan Cannon (Ye Mengxiong): Each frame costs 5 taels, 3 cents, 7 cents and [-] centimeters.

Musket——

Copper gun: 4 coins and 5 cents.

Iron bowl mouth gun: 3 cents and 9 cents.

Bird gun (invented by Zhao Shizhen): 9 coins.

Baizi gun (developed during the Jiajing period, the one I sent you in the picture before, a big cylinder with many holes in it): 1 tael, 3 cents, and 4 cents, and 1 tael, 7 cents, and 7 cents. (I was greedy for less than 4 dollars)

Hook sickle gun (improved model by Zhao Shizhen): 9 points, 1 coin in the official register. (1 point for greed)

Milu gun (invented by Zhao Shizhen): 1 tael, 1 cent, and 8 cents.

Cold weapon--

Waist knife: 1 cents for 7 coin, 3 cents for official registration. (Half greedy)

gunpowder--

Gunpowder raw materials: 0.325 taels of saltpeter per catty. Sulfur is 0.5 taels per catty.

A pound of gunpowder costs 11 taels of saltpeter for 8 qian, 2 taels of yellow for 1 qian, and charcoal ash for 2 taels of 1 qian. Together with utensils and labor, it is equivalent to 1 cent and four cents of silver (0.14 taels).

Cannonballs, bullets——

大铅子每斛银3分3厘，中铅子3分3厘，小铅子3分6厘。

armor--

The total number of purple cloth masks and helmets is 4.4 taels.

……

In the late Wanli period, Zhao Shizhen and Ye Mengxiong were excluded one after another during the Demon Book Case.

Then, according to historical records, both of them fell ill and died.

As for whether I am really sick or fake, I don’t know...

Anyway...

Five years after Zhao Shizhen died - 1616.

Xu Guangqi's party elected Xu Guangqi to take over the weapons procurement.

The price of armaments began to skyrocket.

In the fourth year of Chongzhen (1630), according to Xu Guangqi's memorial, the musket, which originally cost less than 1 tael of silver -

In his own words, the musket became - "it must cost 4 taels of silver"...

In just 20 years!

The price has quadrupled!

This is still an estimate!

This is the estimated quotation in the memorial, not the cost, nor the price at which the emperor received the goods!

The quotation was for the emperor to approve the payment, and when the emperor received it, the actual money paid...

Ha ha!

Ah San got the Maozi aircraft carrier for one dollar, but what was the result?

Billions of dollars have been spent, and it’s still floating around!

You know, according to the practice of civil servants, this "must be four taels". If he doesn't turn it over three times, Chongzhen will never get it!

Did the price of firearms alone quadruple?

Do not!

Everything else is the same!

According to Fan Lai's records, it only takes 4.4 taels of silver to purchase a "purple cloth mask + helmet".

When Xu Guangqi got it, the "Purple Flower Cloth Mask" suit already cost 12 taels of silver!

Ha ha!

This is the estimated price of Shangzou!

It doesn’t even count as a quote!

The earliest is 1606, the latest is 1610 - the accurate record is 1630, which is just 20 years!

The estimated reported price of weapons has increased by more than four times!

This is not the actual price you get!

This can only be said - "I, Mr. Xu" work so hard for the country...

No wonder Zhao Shizhen and Ye Mengxiong resigned from office because of the demon book case and successfully "died" of illness!

How can you not die if you block people's way of making money?

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