Chapter 876

"It seems that Li Chuyuan is finally enlightened."

Xiao Ming laughed after reading Li Chuyuan's fold.

At this time, he was in the cabinet office, and all the nine assistants of the cabinet came together. Seeing that Xiao Ming was so happy, Pang Yukun asked with a smile: "the emperor is so happy. It seems that something good has happened. "

" this is for sure. Li Chuyuan wants to buy more guns, muskets and ammunition from us, and the scale is beyond imagination, because he lifted the firearms ban of the Chu state, and now the aristocrats in the south of the Yangtze river stretch their necks to get firearms to arm their own tribes. " Xiao Ming said.

"The ban on firearms is lifted! "Pang Yukun was also a little surprised." it seems that Li Chuyuan has finally seen through Sima. He thought Sima would help him, but he never thought that Sima had been wrong for a long time. "

Fiji knows Sima best. He said:" the old minister once said that if the king of Chu died, only Sima could win the kingdom of Chu. Now it seems that it will come true soon. "

Xiao Ming nodded slightly," if so, I will have more reason to send troops, but before that, I still want to think about how to make a big profit. "

after hearing the speech, everyone laughed, and Zhan Xingchang said," during the Northern War, we collected a lot of export-oriented guns from the vassal kings, and we could sell them at this opportunity. Moreover, the first batch of guns were produced because of the material problem. If they want better guns, we should sell them those guns that are about to be eliminated. "

"Only the firearms seized from Koryo have been sold to them. Now if they want any more, they can only let the military workshop produce them." Yang Chengye said thoughtfully.

"It doesn't matter. The structure of the torch gun and the flint gun is simple and easy to produce. A group of old workers were selected from the military workshop and asked to bring some workers to restart the obsolete production line, which can fully meet their requirements." Xiao Ming said.

"If so, I immediately ordered to mobilize resources for production, so that we could make a big profit before going south. "Pang Yukun is very excited.

Obviously, the rich South will bring them more war dividends. With these dividends, industrialization and railway construction in the north will speed up again.

They will have enough military expenditure to attack Japan and stabilize the north.

After the decision, the whole cabinet began to work, and the nine people headed by Pang Yukun began to cooperate with the firearms trade in all aspects.

And the military workshop that got the order quickly took out some old workers, and soon the production line of flint guns was fully restored, and each flint gun and fire rope gun came down from the production line.

From June to October, the imperial court was in the frenzy of firearms trade for four months.

What didn't disappoint them is that they really made a lot of money this time.

In addition to the normal purchase of Chu palace, this time the southern aristocracy showed their gallant side. Now Xiao Ming finally understood that the people were rich and the country was poor in the late Ming Dynasty.

These gentry in the south sell firearms just like the coal boss in Shanxi sells houses. Basically, they can digest as much as they produce.

In order not to affect the firearm trade, he even delayed the plan of going south for a month, and the firearm trade was not cool until November.

By this time, the silver, gold, tea, porcelain, silk and ore transported from the South had been equivalent to 60 million taels, about 200 million Golden Dragon coins.

Over the years, Qingzhou has gained all the capital for making weapons, and it has also made huge profits several times.

However, Xiao Ming is not satisfied with this figure, because he knows very well that even so, it is only to extract a small part of the wealth of the rich families in the south, and there is still a lot of money to be pumped by the rich families in the south.

And this last cut will be solved by war.

On November 5, when the weather in Qingzhou was getting colder, two divisions with Falcon rifles took a train from Qingzhou to Dengzhou, and then boarded a boat from Dengzhou to Jinling.

"Although the firearm trade is profitable, it is bound to be difficult to attack the south this time. I hope Falcon rifles can really play an excellent role."

Niu Yu on the train was a little worried.

This time, Xiao Ming is going to Jinling City with his concubines and imperial heirs. Now the cabinet is in stable operation and the government affairs are in good order. He doesn't have to stay in Qingzhou all the time.

So, taking advantage of the opportunity of going south, he also plans to visit Jinling City for a period of time. At the same time, he makes a tour of Jinling mansion. It used to be the kingdom of Wei, leaving many old people of Wei.

Both Pang Yukun and Fiji have a headache here.

"Why worry about the generals? Do you think that's what the rich people in the south of the Yangtze River scold me for being stupid while buying weapons? "Xiao Ming said with a smile.

Niu Zhen's face turned white, "I dare not."

With a smile on his face, Xiao Ming said: "in fact, both the rich and the businessmen know very well that I will go south. That's why they are competing to buy firearms. For them, I know very well that to buy weapons is to arm the enemy. But they don't know that there is no industrial foundation, and their fireguns will soon become firesticks. "

" fire stick? "Niu Zhen is puzzled.Xiao Ming continued: "I have ordered Yue Yun to block the sea routes of Dayu. Neither Britain nor France can supply them with ammunition from the sea. At the same time, I asked Yizhou government to prohibit the sale of saltpeter to the south. In this way, as long as they run out of ammunition, what's the use of artillery and muskets?"

Niu Zhen suddenly realized, "the generals understand that Li Chuyuan deliberately pesters the merchants to fight. In this way, their ammunition consumption is very fast, and when we do, they will have little left. "

" in order to let Li Chuyuan continue to muddle the water, I promised him the glory and wealth for the rest of his life. "Xiao Ming looked to the south. After his officials arrived in Lin'an, Li Chuyuan secretly made the request.

The reason to talk to Qingzhou officials is that he can't believe anyone in Lin'an.

Niu Zhen's face lightened a little, while Luo Quan was full of confidence. For him, the great Chongqing state had been divided for too long, and now they are finally going to complete the great cause of reunification.

Three days later, Xiao Ming arrived in Jinling City.

When he comes back again, Xiao Ming finds that the prosperity here is not only restored, but also better than before. Through the wharf, he even sees the plume of smoke floating in the sky, which is a typical feature of a steam engine factory.

Seeing this, Xiao Ming had to sigh that Jinling City really occupied too many advantages.

However, there are more places in Jiangnan with excellent terrain, such as Songjiang, because this is the contemporary Shanghai, and this is also the first place for this southward attack.

As long as we win here and build a wharf, Qingzhou's materials can be directly transported to Songjiang, and the province's materials can be transported from Jinling.

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