Zhu Youjian: Taizu has an order! kill!

"you..."

"I think you really think the Qing Dynasty is too slow to die!"

"It's really unreasonable!"

what?

ten times? !

hiss...

Fan Wencheng took a breath of air and wanted to kick this guy out.

He finally understands what it means to corrupt the country by corrupt Confucianism.

Simply outrageous!

"I call it observation. How can you understand this level of vision?"

"Your Majesty, that Chongzhen boy obviously wants war horses."

"As long as we get stuck on this point, we will definitely be able to figure it out."

"The wool is just a cover-up."

Kong Yanzhi, however, raised his head and added two more sentences with great confidence.

Above, Huang Taiji, who had listened silently, frowned.

In fact, he still believed in Fan Wencheng more.

As a leader who has been able to break up with Daming for so long, he also smelled something wrong from Daming's unusual behavior.

But after smelling it, he thought about it for a long time and really couldn't figure out what Ming Manzi was trying to do.

If it were just war horses, three thousand a year would be completely within his affordability.

If there were other plots...he couldn't tell what they were.

This is so fucking embarrassing.

Sometimes Huang Taiji wonders if he is thinking too much.

After thinking silently for a while, Huang Taiji shook his head and spoke.

"My dear friends, please stop arguing. No matter what, this deal will still have to be done."

"After all, it can bring huge profits to our Qing country."

"Furthermore, even if we disagree with this matter, Mongolia will never listen. Instead, they will blame me for delaying their money making."

"So let's do this for now."

"Fan Aiqing, help me keep an eye on it. If this barbarian really dares to sell weapons and armor, he can buy it directly as long as the price is right."

"It doesn't matter if you use it for yourself or sell it to the Japanese country to earn the price difference."

"As for wool...he knows that Manzi is rich and can buy whatever he likes."

"As long as the Qing Dynasty remains strong, no matter how much favor the barbarians exert, they will not be able to make Mongolia switch to them."

That’s all, if you can’t figure it out, just don’t think about it.

Huang Taiji rubbed his forehead and made the final decision.

In a word, remain unchanged in response to all changes.

As long as the Qing Dynasty's national power is still there, there will be nothing to fear!

"Yes, this slave accepts the order."

Seeing that Huang Taiji had said so, Fan Wencheng could only agree.

I hope I'm overthinking it...

If it's just a favor, there's really nothing to be afraid of.

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In a blink of an eye, it’s May.

As the weather gets hotter and hotter, the flow of people in Datong Exchange is also crazy.

As the Ming Dynasty officially relaxed trade restrictions, businessmen from all over the world poured into Datong like crazy.

The most conspicuous among them is the arms deal led by the Ministry of Revenue.

A large number of weapons and armors are clearly displayed on the stalls, and you can take them away as long as you pay money.

Although the price is a little high, the quality is okay.

Even if it is not as good as the weapons used by the Ming army, it can be regarded as high-end goods compared to those outside the Great Wall.

Almost as soon as it was put out, it was swept away by the wealthy Mongolians.

Sales reached nearly one million in just one week.

The high profits made Guo Yunhou, who had been suffering from lack of money in the household department, so excited that he couldn't sleep for several nights.

Your Majesty said that all the money from the arms trade was put into the Ministry of Household Affairs. Although it was a drop in the bucket compared to the current Ming Dynasty's expenses, it was an income after all!

But before Guo Yunhou could be happy for a few more days, Xu Guangqi formally submitted a list in front of him during the meeting.

"Your Majesty, I have two things to report."

"The first thing is the laying of this rail."

"After more than a year of construction, the railway to Datong has been fully laid."

"After testing, its efficiency is more than three times higher than ordinary transportation, and the loss is also much reduced."

"According to His Majesty's arrangement, the railway will set up a small station every 100 miles and a large station every 300 miles. The station is equipped with 20 to 50 horses to complete the relay quickly."

"I have calculated that the food and grass that originally took five days to be delivered can now be delivered in only one and a half days."

"The railway to Liaodong has been built 80% and is expected to be completed in July."

"The second thing is about the Mohist divine fire gun."

"After research, it has been determined that the cost of the divine fire gun is about 5 taels of silver, which is the same as that of the bird gun. However, due to the unique bullet design of the divine fire gun, a new bullet factory needs to be built to supply it."

"I estimate that if we want to supply the entire Four Elephants Army, the scale of this factory must be large."

"It is estimated that the initial investment will be conservatively five million taels."

"In addition, once the sacred fire gun is installed on a large scale, there may be a shortage of gunpowder raw materials, and it is necessary to increase the mining of saltpeter and sulfur."

"The minimum guarantee needs to be quadrupled to supply the consumption of the Four Elephant Legion."

"There is also the cost of this bullet. Although the cost of a paper-cased fixed-loading bullet is only twenty cents, due to the excellent rate of fire of the divine fire gun, an average of two hundred bullets need to be distributed to each soldier to guarantee the minimum."

"Once this amount goes up, it's not a small amount of money."

"Your Majesty will decide how to operate it specifically."

Xu Guangqi said the two things again, and then waited quietly.

Next to him, Guo Yunhou, who was still smiling, turned a lot darker.

He just did a little calculation and realized that this was another huge expense.

Damn, this Ministry of Industry is a bottomless pit!

"Emmm...How much money does Hubu have?"

Above, Zhu Youjian couldn't help but frown a little after listening.

He looked at Guo Yunhou and asked.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Household Affairs still has 3.27 million taels of silver. When the tax comes in June, there will probably be around 10 million taels of silver..."

"The Ministry of Revenue will certainly not be able to support Mr. Xu's expenses."

"Your Majesty, please think again."

What to ask!

I just have no money!

Guo Yunhou shook his head unceremoniously with an old face.

Who owns all the money in the Ministry of Accounts? Doesn’t someone have some idea?

This can cost tens of millions of dollars. How can the Ministry of Accounts afford it?

"Tsk..."

"Let me do the math."

"A sacred fire gun costs five taels of silver, and for 200,000 people, it's one million taels."

"A gun needs bullets to be effective. A soldier needs two hundred rounds of bullets..."

"One tael of silver and fifty bullets, that's four taels of silver per person... In this way, each soldier can add fifty rounds of bullets to make up fifty taels."

"This is another million..."

"In addition, the battle is all about consumption. Domestic minimum guarantee needs to reserve five bases of ammunition to ensure that there will be no shortage of bullets, that is... 10 million is gone."

"Coupled with the construction of mines and factories, it will probably cost 20 million."

"It's a little expensive to add up..."

Zhu Youjian quickly calculated and couldn't help but clicked his tongue.

Good guy, this firearm is really not something that ordinary people can play with.

Too damn expensive!