"Your Majesty, please rest assured. I will write a letter back to the teacher in Daming later. I think it will be okay."
Tong Yuan agreed immediately.
It's a casual thing, and selling arms is also good for Ming Dynasty.
The profits from arms trading are huge. It can bring a steady stream of wealth to the Ming Dynasty. It can also support its own military industry enterprises and cultivate military industry technology and workers. Once these weapons are sold, it can cause troubles around the world. It is really important to the Ming Dynasty.
There are many benefits.
"Thank you so much~"
Kansu II immediately smiled even more happily, then clapped his hands, and soon several beautiful Egyptian girls came up.
"Master Tong, this is a little gift from me, please accept it."
Tong Yuan looked at Kansu II, then at some beautiful Egyptian girls, and suddenly felt a little sore in his waist.
This is not the first time I have received beauties from Kansu II. I have only been here for a few years. Over and over, this Kansu II has already sent more than a dozen Egyptian beauties and even made children.
A bunch came out.
"Thank you, His Majesty the King~"
Tong Yuan smiled and finally accepted it.
"Haha, as long as you like it."
Kansu II was also very happy when he saw Tong Yuan accept it. It was just a few women, as many as he wanted.
Then he thought about it and said: "The amount of arms I purchased this time may be larger. I plan to form an army of 30,000 musketeers. I want to refer to your army of the Ming Dynasty."
"I wonder if your country is willing to sell arms and weapons for a one-time purchase of 30,000 troops?"
Kansu II knew very well that the most powerful army in the world today was the army of the Ming Empire. By reading the newspapers of the Ming Dynasty and adding the news from various countries.
He knew about the Ming Empire's army sweeping across all directions.
In Europe, England, France, and Portugal were beaten and unable to hold their head high, so they could only make peace with the Spanish, cede territory to the Ming Dynasty, and pay indemnities.
In Asia, the Ottoman Empire was beaten hard and the Ottoman Empire signed the "Erzinjan Agreement" which was humiliating and humiliating to the country. Not only did it cede the South Caucasus to the Ming Dynasty, but it also had to bear a huge compensation of hundreds of millions of taels of silver.
Last year, the powerful Kazakh Khanate and Siberian Khanate were wiped out, and the entire vast land east of the Ural Mountains was included in the vast territory of the Ming Empire.
Even the vassals, colonies, and vassal states under the Ming Empire are all more powerful than the others. The entire South Asian subcontinent has been carved up by them. East Africa has also been divided into seven or eighty-eight, and is now expanding to West Africa.
It can be said that the army of the Ming Empire is definitely the most powerful army in the world.
If you can have a powerful army of 30,000 people similar to the Ming Empire's army, let alone the feudal military nobles in the country, you will have no problem sweeping across the surrounding areas.
"An army of thirty thousand musketeers?"
When Tong Yuan heard this, he was slightly surprised.
Thirty thousand musketeers is not a small number. You must know that even the powerful Ottoman Empire only has 30,000 pure musketeers. This little Egypt actually wants to create an army of 30,000 musketeers.
, which shows the appetite of Kansu II.
"Of course there is no problem with the weapons and equipment of an army of 30,000 pure musketeers. My Miyun Arsenal in Ming Dynasty has extremely strong productivity. Not to mention 30,000, even equipment for 300,000 people can be produced for you in one year.
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"However, according to the construction plan of our Ming army, if we follow the example of our Ming Empire's army, just 30,000 muskets will cost at least several million taels of silver."
"In addition, it must be equipped with corresponding artillery, bayonets, helmets, military uniforms, military boots, etc. All in all, it will be difficult to complete without ten million taels of silver."
Tong Yuan also knew a little about Ming Dynasty's foreign arms sales, and to some extent he also learned some of Liu Jin's tricks to deceive people.
Since you said you want to learn from the Ming Dynasty's army, then fine, everything will be arranged for you.
Not only muskets and artillery are needed, but also bayonets, which have no technical content, are made for you. A bayonet is pressed out with a steam stamping machine in the Ming Dynasty, and then extremely polished and polished. The manufacturing cost
It’s less than thirty coins, but I’ll only sell it to you for five taels of silver.
In addition, helmets, military uniforms, and military boots are all indispensable, otherwise they will not have the momentum of the Ming Empire’s army. As for the price, they are all included in the arms and weapons. Naturally, they are not cheap. They can be given to clothing factories and shoe factories in the Ming Dynasty.
Get a wave of orders back.
"Ten million taels of silver!"
When Kansu II heard this, his eyes widened slightly, it was really unbelievable.
Because the price was beyond his imagination. In his opinion, a million taels of silver was as high as the sky. Who knew it would cost tens of millions of taels of silver.
"This is too expensive!"
Kansu II sighed and shook his head.
"Your Majesty the King, this is indeed expensive~"
"And this is just the equipment. According to our Ming Dynasty's army, in addition to these, a soldier must at least be equipped with a war horse, a saber, a bow and arrow, a full body of armor, and a month's worth of food.
The standard is one tael of silver, and the average salary is 5 taels of silver, plus other items."
"After all, raising a soldier in the Ming Dynasty costs more than two hundred taels of silver a year!"
"This is an important reason why our army of the Ming Empire can sweep across all directions, because we have always given our soldiers the best and the best treatment."
Tong Yuan nodded solemnly. If you want to imitate me, the Ming Dynasty, let alone an army of 30,000. With the national strength of Egypt, even 10,000 will be very difficult.
Of course, Tong Yuan's words are obviously a bit exaggerated. All kinds of equipment are calculated according to the price of foreign military sales. In fact, if purchased by the Ming army, they are all very cheap.
A musket costs one or two hundred taels of silver when sold to foreign armies, but only a dozen taels of silver when sold internally to the Ming army. At this price, the arsenal still makes a huge profit.
There are also horses, etc. These are all calculated at market prices. In fact, the horses of the imperial army are free of charge. They are all collected from the nomadic tribes in the Ming Empire through taxes.
Farmers paid taxes on grain for farming, while herdsmen paid taxes on horses for grazing, which was called the horse tax. The horses collected from the horse tax were given priority to the military, and any surplus was paid to the Ming Dynasty treasury.
In addition, the Ming army also had a large number of excellent pastures belonging to the army, which were specially used to breed and graze war horses.
From the Hulunbuir Prairie in the east to the Beihai Lakeside, to the Altai Mountains in the west, the high-quality pastures of the Tianshan Mountains, or the rivers of Central Asia, Yuzi and Yuzi, or the pastures of the Caucasus region of Nanyun Province.
The army has a large number of pastures with vast areas and fertile playgrounds, and they raise a large number of horses. This not only meets the needs of the military, but there are even a large number of horses that can be sold to foreign countries.
Of course, although they are all at cost price, supporting a Ming soldier is still a huge expense. The Ming royal family needs to spend tens of millions of taels of silver on it every year.
"A soldier spends more than two hundred taels of silver a year?"
When Kansu II heard this, he was dumbfounded again. He calculated and said: "I heard that your Ming Dynasty has more than one million troops. Doesn't this mean that your Ming Dynasty spends 200 million taels of silver on military expenses a year?"
It’s not that I don’t know, it’s just that I was shocked.
Two hundred million taels of silver, which sold the whole of Egypt, may not be worth much silver, but this is only the military expenditure of the Ming Empire for one year.
"Haha, almost~"
Tong Yuan smiled and nodded.
"No wonder your Ming Empire is said to be the richest in the world. It is truly well-deserved."
"It costs tens of millions of taels to form 30,000 pure musketeers. This is really too expensive. I'm afraid I won't be able to afford that much money."
Kansu II frowned. Thousands of taels of silver were definitely a huge sum. Even if he was the king of the Mamluk Kingdom of Egypt, he would not be able to come up with such huge wealth at once.
"Haha, it doesn't matter. With our relationship, I can help you contact Daming First Bank to provide you with a loan and purchase it in installments."
"In addition, if you want to imitate our Ming army, it is best to hire some retired soldiers of our Ming army to train your army."
"I can also help you introduce some people in this regard. Of course, you can't give me too low a salary."
Tong Yuan looked at Kansu II and showed a hint of a profiteer's smile.
It’s better if you don’t have money. If you don’t have money, you can take out a loan and earn some interest.
This kind of loan to the country is the favorite of the First Bank of the Ming Dynasty. It is a loan of several million taels of silver at once. If you pay it in installments, the interest will be almost equal to the principal. You can just sit back and make money.
"installment?"
"Is it what your newspaper said about buying a house with an installment loan?"
When Kansu II heard this, he immediately remembered the news he had read in the newspaper.
"Yes, it's that kind of payment. You have to pay a certain amount of money every month and pay it off in as many months as possible. The First Bank of the Ming Dynasty has a special installment plan for arms sales. The Persian Empire and the Ottoman Empire adopted this method.
This way, we can form a strong army in advance."
"The First Bank of the Ming Dynasty is also one of the industries under my teacher's command. I can write to the teacher to get preferential loan interest and conditions for you."
Tong Yuan's voice became much softer when he said this. For some things, it is better to keep silent and make a fortune.
"Okay, help me contact you."
When Kansu II heard this, he thought about it carefully and gritted his teeth and agreed. It would be best if he could use other people's money to do his own things. As for the interest, he knew that the interest of the First Bank of the Ming Dynasty was the same as for all loans.
