Chapter 2100 If you want weapons, use wool in exchange
"My friend, believe me, you have made a wise move!"
When he heard that Henry was also planning to raise sheep and grow cotton on his own land, Ding Shiji immediately said with a smile.
"I hope so, but I need a lot of sheep here. Where can I buy these sheep?"
Henry smiled and said.
"Don't worry, our Ming Empire has the best sheep, and we can also sign a contract. The sheep can be used by you for free first, and you can repay the payment for these sheep with wool."
"Of course, we prefer to accept cash transactions."
Ding Shiji said with a smile.
The Ming Empire owned three major ranches in Golden Continent and Australia, the Great Plains Ranch of North Golden Continent, the Pampas Grassland of Southern Golden Continent, and the Ranch of Southeastern Australia.
After decades of development and grazing in the three major pastures, the number of cattle and sheep has become very large, and the herdsmen are worried about how to sell these cattle and sheep.
You must know that the Ming Dynasty also had a large number of pastures in Asia, including northern grasslands, Qinghai pastures, Western Tianshan Mountains, Altai Mountain pastures, Central Asian pastures, Hezhong pastures, Nanyun pastures, grasslands in Black Earth Province, etc.
There are many high-quality pastures, and the people of the Ming Dynasty graze a large number of cattle and sheep. The prices of cattle and sheep are extremely cheap, so cheap that the entire Ming Dynasty can eat cheap and high-quality beef and mutton.
In the past, the price of a cow was still very expensive, especially if it could be used as a farm cow. The government even had a special yellow book registration, and the killing of cows was not allowed.
But now, there are so many cattle and sheep in the Ming Dynasty that even in some provinces in the north of the Ming Dynasty, many gentry and landlords are raising cattle and sheep on their own land instead of growing food because of economic interests.
Of course, the most important thing is that it has vast land and a large number of high-quality grasslands and pastures, so the Ming Empire has a large number of cattle, sheep and horses, which also caused the prices of cattle, sheep and horses to plummet, and gradually became the Ming Dynasty people's dining table
The most common meat.
"That's great. It's comfortable to do business with you Ming people."
When Henry heard this, he immediately became happier. This relationship was good, and he could also use credit to repay the goods with wool. He didn't know if there was something wrong with the minds of these Ming people, so they actually operated like this.
If I cheat in the end, won't these Ming people lose their money?
But thinking about these Ming people, this thought also disappeared in a flash. If they cheated with the Ming people, the Ming people might directly sail the battleship to Paris and directly ask the big-nosed king for money.
I still don’t know how I’m going to die.
Henry and Ding Shiji happily discussed raising sheep and growing cotton. It must be said that the service provided by the Ming Dynasty people was really excellent and they provided Henry with a comprehensive plan.
All he needs to do is let the farmers in his territory raise sheep and grow cotton, and then just sit back and wait to receive the money.
"Sir, I brought my daughter here."
After the two people finished their discussion, Marcel also brought his daughter to the castle and met Henry and Ding Shiji.
Next to Marcel, a sixteen-year-old French girl stood nervously. Although her clothes were shabby, thin, and dirty, she could still see the youthfulness and beauty of a sixteen-year-old girl.
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Ding Shiji looked at it carefully and said with satisfaction: "How much are you going to sell it for?"
Ming people here in Hong Kong would more or less keep a few European maids or concubines in their homes, which were not expensive anyway.
"Um, 10 yuan, not 20 Ming Dynasty silver coins."
Marcel looked at his daughter and was reluctant to part with her, but in the end he gritted his teeth and made an offer. Finally, he quoted a price of 20 Ming Dynasty silver dollars, which he thought was a very high price.
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"Can!"
When Ding Shiji heard this, he nodded directly and agreed. He immediately had someone prepare the purchase and sale documents and the slave deed, and asked Marcel and his daughter Catherine to sign and sign them.
After the signature and painting were completed, Ding Shiji happily took out 20 Ming Dynasty silver coins and gave them to Marcel.
Marcel took 20 Ming Dynasty silver coins and looked at his daughter. Finally, he could only leave Henry's castle amidst his daughter's cries.
As for Catherine, although she was reluctant to leave her parents, she also knew that from now on, she was a slave, and her master was the Ming man with black eyes and black hair in front of her.
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In an ancient noble manor in the Holy Roman Empire, some of the most important dukes and counts who made up the Holy Roman Empire gathered together to discuss how to deal with the invasion of Charles V.
Although the Holy Roman Empire is known as an empire, it is not actually a country in the true sense, because compared to Spain and France, the Holy Roman Empire has the weakest royal power, and all its political power is controlled by the United Kingdom.
There are hundreds of principalities, principalities, counties, autonomous cities, episcopal states, church territories, etc. in various sizes.
It is a loose collection of hundreds of various countries, and all power is in the hands of local dukes, marquises and the like.
Even the only administrative institution of the entire empire is the Imperial Parliament, where many noble lords gather for meetings. The monarch has more of a symbolic meaning and has no substantive power.
Of course, this is the current state. In the early days of the Holy Roman Empire, the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire still held real power, but later it became more and more divided, and the divisions became smaller and smaller, and finally it became what it is now.
This is also the reason why although Charles V was the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, he was in Spain, because he did not have any substantive power in the Holy Roman Empire, not even his own troops.
All power is in the hands of the nobles and lords of these countries. The emperor has no say in the power of conscription, taxation, coinage, appointment and dismissal, etc., and he does not have any power to obtain any tax revenue from the nobles.
Military strength, etc.
Under such circumstances, Charles V would definitely choose to go to the Spanish Empire. Here, at least he could still control a lot of power, and he would also use this to hold all the power of the Spanish Empire in his own hands.
reform.
"Charles V is a tyrant and a butcher!"
"He brutally killed the three Dukes of Spain and confiscated all their lands and properties."
"If he does this in the Holy Roman Empire, everyone, we will all be guillotined by him, and all our land and property will be confiscated by him."
Duke Baal said angrily.
"We will never agree. He is no longer our emperor."
The Duke of Bavaria roared angrily.
"But he will not give up attacking our Holy Roman Empire. There is news that he is training a large number of new-style troops and is preparing to attack us from all aspects. He threatens to turn the Holy Roman Empire into a second Spain."
Duke Baal said again, and his words ignited the emotions of the meeting. Many dukes and earls were extremely angry.
Everyone has been living a very comfortable life, but now Charles V actually says that he wants to learn from the Ming Dynasty, carry out reforms, abolish everyone's principalities, princes, etc., and transfer many powers to the king.
in hand.
This was definitely something that everyone could not tolerate. Everyone decisively abolished the title of Holy Roman Emperor of Charles V and elected a new emperor who was in everyone's interest.
But Charles V was not reconciled. He was ambitious and was building and training a powerful army to prepare to unify the Holy Roman Empire by force.
"Everyone, we must unite and form a strong army. Only in this way can we protect our interests."
The Duke of Burgundy stood up and suggested.
"I heard that the army in the hands of Charles V all uses advanced weapons from the Ming Empire. We can also purchase arms and weapons from the Ming people and train the army."
The Duke of Bavaria said: "I have contacted the people of Ming Dynasty. The people of Ming Dynasty expressed their willingness to sell arms and weapons to us. As long as we can come up with enough silver, we can sell them to us as much as we want."
"Very good!"
"As long as we have the weapons and weapons of the Ming Dynasty, it will be very easy to defeat Charles V."
"The weapons of the Ming Dynasty were very powerful. The Ottoman Empire was defeated twice by the Ming Dynasty. Under the powerful Ming Dynasty muskets, no matter how powerful the cavalry was, they would be torn to pieces."
"But I heard that the weapons of the Ming Dynasty are very expensive, and we can't afford many of them!"
When many nobles heard this, they immediately started talking.
"Everyone, I know what everyone is worried about. The weapons of the Ming people are the best, but they are also the most expensive."
Seeing everyone talking about it, the Duke of Bavaria also stood up and said: "The Ming Dynasty has said that you can use silver and gold to buy the weapons of the Ming Dynasty. You can also use cotton and wool to exchange for the arms and weapons of the Ming Dynasty."
"The people of the Ming Dynasty are in great need of cotton and wool now, and they are willing to purchase wool and cotton at high prices. Everyone can raise more sheep and shear wool in their respective territories, and use a variety of cotton, and use cotton and wool in exchange for the arms and weapons of the Ming Dynasty."
"Of course, if you have money, you can directly go to the people of Ming Dynasty to buy arms and weapons."
"According to the news, Charles V now has more than 100,000 new-style troops in his hands, and is also arming an army of 100,000 people. All of them use Ming Dynasty muskets, which are powerful, long-range, and high-precision. If we use
The muskets produced by oneself have no chance of winning at all."
"We all unite together, at least we need to arm the same 200,000 new-style troops, otherwise we will not be the opponent of Charles V at all, and we will all be guillotined like the three Dukes of Spain.
All land and property were confiscated."
After hearing his words, everyone couldn't help but gasp, and at the same time, everyone knew the urgency at hand.
If they cannot form a strong army, what will they do to resist Charles V?
Once the army of Charles V comes over, these nobles and lords will definitely not end well, especially these big nobles and grand dukes, all of them look solemn.
Everyone is thinking about how to spend as much money as possible to buy arms and weapons.