Chapter 234

The artillery training ground is filled with the smell of gunpowder, and the mud pits from the shells can be seen everywhere.

Zhao Yuanliang looked at the gun which he could not see clearly 400 steps away, and then at the clay sculpture which fell to the ground. He was very shocked.

He can already imagine how this powerful gun killed dozens of charging cavalry in the battle of Cangzhou.

"Yuanliang, you've seen the effect. It's worth twenty thousand taels of silver. You should know better than me. It's not that my king jokes about Xuanjia cavalry. The 400 cavalry are not as good as my gun." Xiao Ming deliberately stimulates Zhao Yuanliang.

Zhao Yuanliang was silent for a long time, and said: "Your Highness, this gun is really powerful for no reason, but the price of this gun is too high. Can it be less?"

"I can't help it." Xiao Ming shook his head and said firmly, "I can't do business at a loss. Besides, even the imperial court didn't want to give me this gun, let alone other vassal kings. Don't think that I don't know about your blocking your father's sending troops to support Qingzhou. Today, I'm willing to sell you this gun

In doing business, it's natural to raise the price first and then lower the price slowly. As the saying goes, it's better to buy than to sell. The truth is that buyers never know where the bottom line of the seller's profit is.

Xiao Ming suddenly changed his face, which made Zhao Yuanliang feel embarrassed. He coughed and said, "Your Highness misunderstood. We have nothing to do with this matter. It's all those courtiers who obstruct us."

The purpose of mentioning the old account is to raise the price. Xiao Ming hates the king of Zhao again, but he doesn't want to get along with the silver at this time.

He said: "then Wang has the right to believe in Yuanliang. The low price is OK. I don't know how much you want to buy this time?"

Zhao Yuanliang then looked at Zhao Kuan and saw that Zhao Kuan secretly stretched out two fingers.

"Twenty guns," he said

"So little?"

Xiao Ming frowns. He looks at Zhao Yuanliang and Zhao Kuan. They look different.

In his heart, he sneered. He understood that the king of Zhao might have the idea of imitating guns, otherwise he would not have purchased only 20 guns. For the front line of Liangzhou, at least 300 guns were needed.

"Originally, if the quantity was enough, I could sell it to you for 1521. Since it's 20, it's not cost-effective. 20000 can't be less."

After that, Xiao Ming turned and left.

Nowadays, he is the only one who wants to buy love.

When Xiao Ming walked away, Zhao Yuanliang said to Zhao Kuan, "you really have confidence that you can imitate this gun."

"Your Highness, originally I was not sure, but now I have a certain grasp of the shape of the gun. We have mastered the technology of producing the fire tube. The gun is just thickening and lengthening. When the first batch of guns arrive, we will let the craftsmen produce it in this way." Zhao Kuan said.

"Well, well, what about the armor?" Zhao Yuanliang asked.

The reason why he brought Zhao Kuan here this time is that Zhao Kuan has an excellent memory and can remember things very quickly.

"Don't worry, my son. It's all right." Zhao Kuan said.

After nodding, Zhao Yuanliang and Zhao Kuan followed Xiao Ming back to the palace and agreed to buy 20 guns at the price of 221.

"Let's pick up the goods in Qingzhou two months later." Xiao Ming said.

No matter how small a mosquito is, it's meat. Twenty guns are worth 400000 taels of silver. He net earned more than 300000 taels of silver, which is the income of the chamber of Commerce in one month.

With this money, we can build two more galleons.

During this period of time, the construction of the Galen ship seems quiet, but in fact, the Galen ship is the real big spender.

"Yes, your highness." Zhao Yuanliang said, "in this case, we will not harass your highness."

After that, Zhao Yuanliang and Zhao Kuan turned and left the main hall.

Looking at their backs, Xiao Ming looks thoughtful. Then he sends someone to call Li San over.

"Li San, you should send someone to keep an eye on Zhao Yuanliang and Zhao Kuan. I suspect that they have bad intentions. In particular, the equipment department and the military workshop must keep an eye on them. In addition, he should report to me in detail who he contacted in Qingzhou City."

"Yes, your highness." Li San solemnly said: "during this period, the number of businessmen who come and go to Qingzhou has increased sharply. I have made the secret guards keep on guard and found that some people are only spying in the name of business. It seems that many people are paying attention to the artillery technology."

"It's strange that these people don't use some tricks behind their backs. If they can get the gun technology in vain, why do they have to spend money to buy guns from Wang?" Xiao Ming said.

After the artillery became famous in Chang'an, he knew that there would be many more spies in Qingzhou City.

One of the purposes of these spies is for artillery technology, and the other is to monitor him. Among them, those who send out detailed work are not without other vassal kings, princes, and even his cheap father Xiao Wenxuan.

Xiao Wenxuan is really happy about the Cangzhou war, but as a decisive emperor, he will be afraid of Xiao Ming at this time.Li San nodded, "Your Highness, if so, it's better to arrest all the sneaky people."

"No Xiao Ming said, "these spies come to Qingzhou in the name of businessmen. If they act so rashly, I'm afraid someone will take the opportunity to spread rumors. At that time, it will affect the business of Qingzhou. You must not do it casually without practical evidence."

"Yes." Li three nodded.

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In the Wei's restaurant in Qingzhou City, Zhao Yuanliang and Zhao Kuan asked for two rooms and then went upstairs. The bodyguard who followed them was at the door of the room.

Entering the room, Zhao Yuanliang suddenly slapped the table hard. "The king of Qi is deceiving people too much. His aunt came the news that the emperor accidentally let slip. The gun was sold to the imperial army only 821, but he sold it to us in case of two. Do you think we are fools?"

"Your Highness, calm down. This is the territory of the king of Qi. It's said that there must be no ears or eyes of the king of Qi in this inn." Zhao Kuan said.

Zhao Yuanliang snorted coldly, "this time my father told us to do everything possible to get artillery technology. What do you say to do?"

"Don't worry, your highness. There are many merchants in Qingzhou. Some of them are your father's confidants. Do you remember that I asked your highness to enter Qingzhou two days later before entering Qingzhou?"

"Of course I do."

"Haha, I have contacted them in the past two days. Outside the city, they will prepare a workshop for us. At that time, Zhao Di's craftsmen will come and secretly imitate artillery in Qingzhou. At the same time, our people will try to buy off the craftsmen of Qingzhou equipment department. If they succeed, they will try to produce in the workshop. If they succeed, these craftsmen will return to Zhao Di's palace Next, what do you think? "

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