Chapter 1092, when the basket is full of vegetables
"Ambassador Challand, Ambassador Rasul~"
"This arms sale includes 30,000 muskets, 30 cannons, 30,000 bayonets, 10,000 sabers, 10,000 sets of armor and helmets, 30,000 pairs of military boots, 30,000 bows, 100,000 arrows, plus
"The total amount is 1,037,800 taels of silver. I will give you some discounts. Forget it, just give me 10 million taels of silver."
In a conference room in South Camp, Liu Jin held a long bill and talked with Challand and Rasul about the arms trade with a smile on his face.
"Ten million silver!"
After Charland and Rasul heard the quotation, they couldn't help but be slightly stunned. Although they had already estimated a similar figure, they still couldn't help being surprised when they heard the astronomical figure of 10 million taels.
As for Zhang Mao, his eyes widened slightly, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
"Liu Jin is still awesome~"
"Originally, the other party only wanted to sell muskets and artillery, but in the end they even sold soap, spoons, toothbrushes, kettles and other items."
"Originally, it only cost less than 7 million taels of silver, but with Liu Jin's promotion, it suddenly reached the figure of 10 million taels of silver."
"You must be more careful when doing business with this brat from now on, otherwise you will have to help him count the money after you are sold."
Zhang Mao sighed inwardly.
If I were to do this business myself, it would probably cost me hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and many things might not be able to be sold.
In Zhang Mao's opinion, these sabers, bows and arrows were considered normal weapons. Liu Jin actually sold these steel kettles, toothbrushes, soaps, etc.
I really don’t know what’s going on in Liu Jin’s head. This is such a deception.
But these stupid Persians still paid the bill, wishing they could learn everything from the Ming army, and they wanted to buy back everything the Ming army had.
Boots, steel pots, and tents must be purchased from Daming. Although the prices of these items are very cheap, far less outrageous than the prices of arms and weapons, the profits are still very considerable.
The ex-factory price of a steel kettle at Miyun Iron Factory is only thirty cents, but Liu Jin sells it to Persians for one hundred cents, which is also three hundred cents.
The military can easily make a fortune with just one move.
"Master Zhang, Master Liu~"
"This amount is too big. To be honest, I only brought three million taels of silver when I came to Daming this time. There is no way to pay the entire amount in one go."
Challand said helplessly.
Everything is good, and everything from Daming is very good.
But the Persian Empire had no silver in its hands, which was a very embarrassing thing. This time, he almost emptied the Persian Empire's treasury, and then he collected three million taels of silver and came to the Ming Dynasty.
Who knew that even half of it was not enough? If you think about it carefully, these three million taels of silver are only enough to buy ten thousand muskets.
"It doesn't matter. Our Ming Dynasty has a very mature credit system. Our Ming Dynasty First Bank can provide you with a loan of only seven million taels of silver."
"For the First Bank of the Ming Dynasty, it is nothing at all. You in the Persian Empire can pay the remaining amount in installments."
When Liu Jin heard this, he thought, no money, no money is better. Daming First Bank can just do another loan business. The installment payment method is definitely Daming First Bank's favorite method.
"Here, could you please help us calculate how much our Persian Empire needs to pay every year if we pay in installments?"
Rasul thought for a moment and said.
He has stayed in the capital of the Ming Dynasty for a long time and is very familiar with installment payments. Charland is a master of the Ming Dynasty and reads newspapers every day, so he also knows this.
This is also the reason why he purchased arms and weapons on a large scale even though he only had three million taels of silver, because he knew that Ming could pay in installments.
"If we use thirty-year installments, we only need to pay less than 500,000 taels of silver each year."
"Of course, as long as your Persian Empire uses the arms and weapons of our Ming Dynasty, your military power will definitely become very powerful. At that time, you will only need to capture some slaves and other slave traders who sold them to our Ming Dynasty."
"A slave can be sold for more than a dozen or twenty taels of silver. If you capture 20,000 to 30,000 slaves a year, it will be enough to pay the installment payment."
Liu Jin asked someone to do the math, and he quickly responded.
Ming Dynasty needs too many slaves, too many.
The plantations in Nanyang are still developing rapidly. Countless plantations are like black holes swallowing up a large number of slaves. Cotton plantations, pastures, etc. in Hezhong, Nanyun, and the Western Regions need a large number of slaves.
In addition, the Ming Dynasty's overseas colonies, vassal states, etc. also needed a large number of slaves, which also led to the continued boom of the Ming Dynasty's slave trade.
The huge slave market in the Ming Dynasty naturally led to the huge slave trade.
Tianzhu Continent, the Middle East, Persia, Eastern Europe, and Africa were all sources of slaves for the Ming Dynasty, so much so that specialized slave-catching and slave-trading industries appeared in many places.
Of course, under normal circumstances, slaves are not easy to obtain, because each region and country will protect its own people, except for one situation, and that is war.
When war comes, anything is possible.
"Then we will choose to pay in installments~"
Upon hearing Liu Jin's words, Charland and Rasul looked at each other, nodded to each other, and readily agreed.
There is no reason not to accept such conditions.
During the war with the Persian Empire, the Ottoman Empire often sold Persians as slaves to various places. The captured Persian soldiers and ordinary people were sold.
There were a large number of Persian slaves in the Nanyang region of the Ming Dynasty. They also knew about this, but they had no way to do anything about it because Persia did not dare to offend the Ming Dynasty at all.
The best way now is to buy weapons from the Ming Dynasty and defeat the Ottoman Empire. Then the people of the Ottoman Empire can be sold as slaves to the Ming Dynasty people.
Not only can you take revenge on the Ottoman Empire, but you can also gain a lot of wealth.
The contract was officially signed soon. The three million taels of silver brought by Charland were also paid to the Ming Dynasty military as a down payment. The remaining seven million taels of silver were paid in one go by the First Bank of the Ming Dynasty.
The rest is paid in installments.
According to the contract and agreement, the Persian Empire needed to pay five hundred thousand taels of silver to the First Bank of the Ming Dynasty every year for a total of thirty years.
After the agreement and contract were signed, Challand and Rasul happily prepared to return to Persia. Daming will transport the goods to the Persian city of Tabriz for free.
They decided to return to Persia together with the purchased arms and weapons. Well, they were mainly worried that this batch of arms and weapons, after all, involved tens of millions of taels of silver, was related to whether Persia could defeat the Ottoman Empire.
"Smelly boy~"
"you are great!"
"Even steel kettles, spoons, boots, tents, soaps and other things are sold to you."
Zhang Mao couldn't help but give Liu Jin a thumbs up.
"Haha, Mr. Zhang~"
"That's how business is done. As long as you can pick up anything in the basket, it's all vegetables."
"Although the business of arms and weapons is profitable, you won't encounter such a big deal a few times in five to ten years, so the price is expensive and you can make a huge profit. If you don't open it for three years, you will have to suffer for three years if you open it."
"As for boots, toothbrushes, steel kettles, spoons, tents, etc., they are all very common things. The Persians can also produce them, but if we can sell them, we can sell them."
"These things are worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. If they are bought and sold for hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, we can transfer them to the Ming Dynasty's boot factory, toothbrush factory, steel factory, textile factory, etc., which in turn can drive a large number of factories and workshops.
survival and development, creating employment for many people.”
"The military eats the bulk here, and the factories and workshops below also share some meat. The people at the bottom who have jobs and things to do can also share some soup."
"Everyone can get a piece of their own meat from this deal. What do you think of this deal?"
Liu Jin smiled and analyzed with Zhang Mao.
Capitalism in the Ming Dynasty was developing, and the market was a very important thing.
The market in Ming Dynasty itself is very huge, but this is not enough. We must make full use of foreign markets, so as to better stimulate the development of capitalism in Ming Dynasty.
This is also the reason why Liu Jin continues to sell various things to the Persians. Even if many things do not make money, they can still be sold because they can create employment and promote the development of factories and workshops.
The Ming army does not need to make money from the Persians. The factories and workshops below can always make money, as long as there is an order. Anyway, we can pick it up in the basket first. As for how to eat it, we can slowly think about it.
"What you said makes sense~"
"If I were to negotiate this deal, I'm afraid it would cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver."
"Alas, you are still very good at cheating people!"
Zhang Mao smiled and nodded solemnly, then sighed again.
"...Mr. Zhang, I am doing this for the Ming Dynasty~"
Liu Jin was speechless and said, "Can you not say that I am cheating people? This is all Zhou Yu's fight. One is willing to be beaten and the other is willing to suffer. There is nothing to say."
Didn’t you see that those Persians are very happy now, and they are all looking forward to transporting weapons and equipment back as soon as possible to defeat the Ottoman Empire?
"I know you are doing it for the Ming Dynasty, but it is an indisputable fact that you deceived people and encouraged them to start wars, plunder people, and sell them as slaves."
Zhang Mao said while shaking his head.
"...Mr. Zhang, are there no shortage of slaves in your plantations in Nanyang, Hezhong, and Nanyun provinces?"
"Or is there no shortage of slaves in the South African colonies?"
Liu Jin was speechless again, I am doing this all for Ming Dynasty!
