"These bullets are indeed not cheap, but you get what you pay for. I think your Spanish army can sweep across Europe, and our Ming Dynasty's arms and weapons are also indispensable."
"The reason why our Ming Empire's rifles are so accurate, fast-firing, and long-range is entirely because we have made new innovations in bullets, which has led to the rapid progress and development of rifle technology."
"If you think it's expensive, we also have traditional muskets and gunpowder here, and that one is much cheaper."
Xie Yunshan listened to the two shouting "gui" and explained with a smile.
"That's true!"
After hearing this, Duke Brand had to admit one thing, that is, the quality of the arms and weapons of the Ming Dynasty was truly outstanding. The rifles of the Ming Dynasty had completely surpassed the muskets produced by the Europeans in Europe.
The Spanish Empire was able to achieve its current results entirely because of the rifles of the Ming Dynasty. Especially at the beginning of the war, it relied on powerful rifles to fight against the enemy's muskets. The advantages were very obvious and the effect was also very significant.
Almost defeating the armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire, and despite fighting on multiple fronts, the Spanish Empire still won many major battles.
Not only did it complete the strategy of attacking France from the north to the south, but it also won successive victories on the side of the Holy Roman Empire. It also defeated the maritime coalition of England and France at sea. Even in the Mediterranean battlefield, the Spanish Empire's army was about to reach the Italian peninsula.
went.
"So this is a deal where you get what you pay for. Although things are expensive, they are worth every penny."
Xie Yunshan smiled and said.
"Mr. Xie, can this be cheaper? We want a larger quantity."
Perlos thought for a moment and asked.
"It depends on how much you want."
"Of course you can get discounts if you want more. I can also give you some arms and weapons as gifts."
Xie Yunshan said cheerfully.
"There are 10,000 shells and 100,000 bullets!"
"In addition, we also want to purchase some more arms and weapons, including 50,000 Type 26 rifles and 500 Miyun cannons!"
"In addition, there will be 20,000 sabers, 20,000 pairs of armor, 100,000 sets of military uniforms, and 30 ships of food!"
Pelos took out a shopping list with a lot of things listed on it. He simply reported the most important needs for arms and weapons.
Now during the war, Charles V of the Spanish Empire is still conscripting and expanding the army on a large scale. Not only the new army, but also the traditional cavalry and infantry using muskets are also constantly expanding.
This requires a lot of things, from arms and weapons to food and grass, to soldiers' clothes and boots, etc., these are all businesses.
On the one hand, Spain is working hard to produce, and on the other hand, it is buying directly from the Ming Empire, because it is faster and cheaper to buy many things directly from the Ming people.
In terms of military clothing, Daming people's clothing is very cheap, and they can also design it beautifully for you. After wearing it, you will feel more energetic and have a sense of military honor. They can also put a Spanish army label on it, etc.
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If Spain were to produce it themselves, not only would it be slow and costly, but the quality would also be far inferior to what was produced by the Ming Dynasty. How would it be done if everyone else was there?
As for food, the people of Ming Dynasty sell special military rations. They are all packed in bags. It is also very convenient to use. Just boil water and put it in to cook.
Not only is it large in quantity, good in quality, and filling, but the key is that you can eat well. It contains not only dehydrated dried vegetables, but also beef cubes, pork cubes, fried fish cubes, etc., which are very delicious.
Compared with horse bread, which has always been popular in Europe, black bread and the like are much better. Spanish soldiers reported that they like to eat this military food instead of eating other bread.
These military rations, made according to the needs of the Ming Dynasty's army, are well packaged, easy to transport, easy to use and taste good.
The nutrition is guaranteed and the price is cheap.
It doesn't work if you don't buy it.
"10,000 shells are worth 200,000 taels of silver, 100,000 bullets are worth 1 million taels of silver, 50,000 Type 26 rifles are worth 15 million taels of silver, 500 Miyun cannons are worth 10 million taels of silver, which adds up to 26.2 million
Two pieces of silver."
"Twenty thousand sabers cost 100,000 taels of silver, 20,000 pairs of armor cost 1 million taels of silver, 100,000 uniforms cost 50,000 taels of silver, and 30 ships of grain cost 3 million taels of silver. The total is 4.15 million taels of silver."
"This total is almost 30.35 million taels of silver. As for the other things, we will treat them as gifts from our firm to you."
Xie Yunshan took out an abacus, counted the contents on the list, and calculated the total price of the list in a few clicks.
This is really a good start. Just after the first day of the new year, the Spanish Empire sent itself a huge order worth more than 30 million taels of silver.
"It seems that Charles V also plundered all the French nobles, otherwise how could he have obtained more than 30 million taels of silver."
In his heart, Xie Yunshan was also making wild guesses.
Charles V now owes a lot of debt to the Ming Empire and has no money at all. Now he can get money. Apparently after entering France last year, he was desperately searching for French nobles in France.
“Mr.
When Brand heard this, he quickly said.
"Well, let's give you 30 million taels of silver for a small change. Besides, we are also old friends. The Spanish Empire is also a good friend of our Ming Empire. We also want to support you a little. Our trading company will make the decision and send you five large trucks to facilitate transportation.
goods."
Xie Yunshan smiled and said very generously.
It's a super big order of 30 million taels. This discount of hundreds of thousands of taels is nothing. He can still make the decision with a discount of about 1%.
"Give me 30 million taels and send five large trucks to transport the goods?"
When Peros and Brand heard this, they immediately nodded slightly, and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were wiped out in one fell swoop. This shows how profitable this arms and weapons trade is, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a huge profit.
The big trucks produced by the Ming Dynasty are also good things. Whether they are used to transport troops or goods, they are very convenient and fast. The only disadvantage is that they are expensive...
"Mr. Xie, please send me some more bullets or shells."
Duke Brand thought for a while and said, bullets and cannonballs are the key, as they are consumed very quickly.
"Here, our discount is already huge."
"If the offer is any better, I may need to report it to the head office before I can make a decision."
"But we are all old friends. Now that you have spoken, I can't deny you this little bit of face."
Xie Yunshan looked embarrassed, frowned, thought for a moment and said, "Let's do this. I'll give you another 100 rounds of artillery shells and 100 sets of bullets. This is already my maximum authority."
"Okay, as per the old rules, your firm will be responsible for transporting the goods."
Peros and Brand looked at each other and finally made the decision.
There is no way, even though they know that the Ming Dynasty people are very profitable, they still have to make the money. Otherwise, there is no place to buy these arms and weapons.
I heard that the Ming Dynasty's South African colony can also produce high-quality arms and weapons, but they cannot sell arms and weapons in Europe without permission.
But after all, they are from the Ming Dynasty. Even if they can be sold, they are probably only the goods in a kiln, and they are only half a pound.
"No problem, as long as you agree on the place and time to come, we will definitely deliver the goods."
Xie Yunshan agreed immediately.
After this transaction, Daming will definitely make a lot of money.
Purchase of arms and weapons
The profit from selling is very astonishing. For rifles, the cost price of the Hongzhi Type 26 rifle at the Daming Military Factory has been reduced to less than 3 taels of silver. When sold to Tianjin Ocean Trading Company, it costs 30 taels of silver.
Turn it ten times.
The external selling price of Tianjin Ocean Trading Company is between 300-500 taels of silver. When sold to large and old customers like Spain, the price is usually 300 taels of silver, and the price will be ten times higher.
After calculating this, the cost of selling a rifle is not even a fraction of the selling price, and all of it is profit.
There are also bullets, 100 bullets are 10 taels of silver, which is absolutely sky-high.
In fact, with the development of Ming Dynasty's chemical industry and the rapid progress in the field of mechanical processing, the manufacturing cost of bullets has been greatly reduced, and the cost price of a bullet is only a few cents.
The arms factory sold it to Tianjin Ocean Trading Company for tens of cents, and a set of 100 rounds of ammunition only cost a few taels of silver. Tianjin Ocean Trading Company then sold a set of 10 taels of silver, doubling the profit again.
It's just that this is a consumable item, and the profit is not particularly excessive.
This huge order of 30 million taels of silver not only crippled the Tianjin Ocean Trading Company, but also stretched the Ming Dynasty Military Factory to its full capacity. The profits were too huge.
As for military uniforms, military rations, sabers, armors, etc., they are cheap, and the profits therein are relatively limited. After all, the Spaniards can also make them themselves.
Selling these things cheaper can not only absorb their own production capacity, but also dampen the enthusiasm of Europeans to produce by themselves. They gradually become dependent on Ming's products and become an important dumping ground for Ming's products, solving the problem of Ming's increasing production capacity.
Expansion leads to the problem of slow sales.
"readily!"
Seeing Xie Yunshan readily agreed, Pelos and Brand also waved their hands happily. Soon, officials and soldiers came in carrying large boxes, which contained neat boxes of silver dollars and banknotes.
, all of them understand that they can be exchanged in the First Bank of Ming Dynasty.
This silver contains the blood of countless French nobles.