"Of course, if the old man has many muskets, I can also buy them and send them to North Korea and other places to sell them to the North Korean army to make profits …"

When I heard that Zhou Lao didn’t think about it, I knew that this middle-aged man who claimed to be a businessman must have come from Houjin and was entrusted by Houjin Guo to buy muskets for himself.
If it is someone else, the late Jin Dynasty Tatar is a sworn enemy of the Great Dynasty, he will definitely refuse, but it is surprising that Zhou Lao still does not hesitate to give a positive answer when he knows that the middle-aged man is buying muskets for the late Jin Dynasty to arm the Tatar army.
Isn’t Zhou Lao going to support the enemy to defect and betray the country? Silver will not hesitate to increase the military strength of its great rival and lead the Tiger and Leopard Army to a point of no return reviled by all Han Chinese …
Actually, otherwise … it comes down to the quality of muskets for specific reasons.
The quality of muskets sold by the Tiger and Leopard Army to the local officials and gentry in the imperial court and the Great Dynasty is far lower than that of muskets equipped by the Tiger and Leopard Army cavalry. The quality of muskets sold by Zhou Lao to the late Jin Dynasty is even worse than that sold to the imperial court …
There will be a danger of explosion after fifty rounds of lead bullets are fired continuously.
The Tiger and Leopard Army is going to sell the Tatar muskets. On the surface, there is no difference, but there is a very big hidden danger …
Maybe when you really get to the battlefield, it will not only bring no help to Tatar, but also bring huge losses to Tatar. After all, this kind of thing is no joke …
One of the reasons for this result is the problem of building raw materials for producing muskets.
We all know that the carbon content of steel has a great influence on the strength and toughness of steel. Tiger and Leopard Army is equipped with two kinds of muskets, with the exception of a series of complicated processes, such as frying steel, which are made of steel with the best strength and toughness.
The carbon content in the barrel of muskets sold to the imperial court is much higher.
High carbon content means that the toughness of raw materials will be much less. Without toughness, the barrel will be much shorter …
The gun bases to be sold to Tatars are made of pig iron without processing. On the surface, there is not much difference, but the toughness of the whole barrel is almost no …
Under such circumstances, how can a barrel made of pure pig iron last too long?
Zhou Lao, a middle-aged man whose face was quickly covered with laughter because of his affirmation, suddenly turned around and continued: "But the price of this musket is not cheap …"
"In order to create a qualified musket, we will scrap ten barrels … so we will set the auction price for this musket today, that is, two hundred and fifty-two silver for one musket. At the same time, we will also give twenty butch and leopard soldiers specially designed lead bullets for each musket …"
Although I knew this price for a long time, when the price of 252 silver was really quoted by Zhou Lao, the middle-aged man sitting in front of Zhou Lao still gasped.
Then, with a full face of shock, he asked, "Is the price of 252 silver for the old gentleman too expensive … I wonder if you can make it cheaper … because we will buy 10,000 muskets as soon as we buy it …"
"No … one or two silver can’t be less …" A very important reason why Zhou Lao agreed to reduce the price when facing the court was that the first thing the court had to face after buying these muskets was tartar.
In order to resist foreign enemies, the people will no longer be burned and looted by the late Jin dynasty, and it is absolutely no problem for the tiger and leopard army to earn less money.
But at present, Tatar is different …
Since knowing the identity of the middle-aged man in front of him, an idea has emerged in Zhou Lao’s heart.
Not only that, but also we must find ways to further weaken the potential of the post-Jin war through this arms trade.
When the middle-aged man was quickly lost in thought because of his categorical answer, Zhou Lao suddenly flashed a strange smile at his mouth.
Because of this blink of an eye, an idea of killing Jin Dalai has emerged in Zhou Lao’s mind.
Face middle-aged people more and more dignified facial expression Zhou Lao directly said …
"I don’t have this benefit or this opportunity to directly reduce the price … but here are two ideas for you to refer to and see if it is feasible …"
The eyes of middle-aged people who are ready to be slaughtered are as bright as if they suddenly saw a glimmer of light in the dark and asked, "What can I do?"
"If you buy ten thousand muskets, the old man just said that there is no way to reduce the price … but if you can buy twenty thousand muskets at one time, the old man can make decisions without authorization to reduce the price to two hundred and forty-two silver … so that twenty thousand muskets can save two hundred and two thousand silver …"
"Of course, if you buy more than 30,000 muskets, the price will be lower by 12 silvers and 30,000 muskets, which will save a full 602,000 silvers …"
"By analogy, if you buy 40,000 muskets, each musket can be cheaper by 32 ounces of silver, saving a total of 1.22 million ounces of silver …"
"If you calculate this way, if you directly buy 60,000 muskets, the purchase price will become 220 silver, and the price of 220 is also the lowest price for you to buy muskets from our Tiger and Leopard Army, otherwise our Tiger and Leopard Army will not even earn money to build muskets in Chengdu."
If you are a little sensible, you will know that Zhou Lao will make such a rule before you, and you must want to buy more muskets at one time.
But even if I knew there was a trap waiting for me, I had to jump.
Because it is too big for Zhou Lao to prescribe this bait for himself …
If you buy 40,000 muskets yourself, you can save 1.22 million silver, and 50,000 muskets can save almost 2 million silver …
Middle-aged Han quickly lost in thought with a complex expression when Zhou Lao said again
"I just said that there are two ways that are very beneficial to you. Just now or one of them? Let me talk about your other idea?"
"You just said that you often walk in the late Jin Mongolia than in North Korea … so these places are rich in all kinds of precious medicinal materials and hides, and you must buy them …"
"In order to reduce your burden, the old man decided to buy the silver you need for muskets without authorization, but these precious medicinal materials and hides can offset the price by 60% of the market price."
When I heard this, I just looked hesitant with all kinds of complicated expressions. After hearing this sentence, the middle-aged man was moved directly.
Nowadays, the post-Jin state treasury is still full by looting and killing, but no matter how full it is, it can’t stand the consumption of ten million taels of silver at a time.
However, medicinal materials and hides are not the same. After Xu Jin is willing to launch an "encirclement and suppression" campaign in the vast Changbai Mountain area, there will be as many precious medicinal materials and hides as the Tiger and Leopard Army wants.
After the old saying was finished, middle-aged people recognized this idea from the bottom of their hearts.
However, Beijing is not the real boss. After all, he didn’t think about it. He replied, "I understand your idea very well, but it’s obviously not my decision to make such a big deal. I have to go back to the owner immediately and ask for instructions."
Zhou Lao nodded affirmatively without hesitation: "But … but I have to say it’s to avoid complications. I can stay here for another day at most. You must hurry up and report to me immediately after you leave …"
In the end, I didn’t know whether it was a musket or a digested musket. After almost a year, all kinds of precious medicinal materials and hides were hidden in Beijing, and Lord Baylor directly decided to buy 60,000 muskets.
Of the total price of twelve million taels of silver, nine million taels of medicinal materials and hides are left to offset except two million taels of silver for direct payment.
Chapter five hundred and eleven There is no queen and princess
Two consecutive big orders came to Tiger and Leopard Army Equipment Division Workshop, and Ma pushed his limited production capacity to the extreme …