Chen Mu knows very well that this oil cannot be consumed in Tianjin and Beijing alone, at least in a short period of time, but along the canal, no matter how large the output is, it can be eaten.

What's more, in his heart, there is a better dumping ground - Lee's North Korea.

It can't go far, it doesn't matter if it's meat oil or vegetable oil, it's higher than the price of Daming, and the oil is rarer, and selling kerosene over there is a really good deal.

His soldiers had long since had enough of the greasy early flint fires, which were often mishandled, and with kerosene, the firers went even further.

However, he was not the first person to use kerosene in the Ming Dynasty, the first person to use kerosene was in the northwest, and even this method of roasting fire oil was learned from farmers there.

Distillation in this era is sometimes called baking, and the wise people of that era found that the clear oil that flowed from the roasting of the oil was more flammable, and the wick was not made of vinegar in the past, but directly used fire cloth, that is, asbestos, which was extremely durable to burn, but this method of wisdom was not widely circulated.

Now, with the implementation of economic factories in the Beiyang region, large-scale production and large-scale circulation in the market, with the price advantage, there should be good prospects.

However, kerosene is a trickle of water for the time being, after all, it is hard money, and the majority of Beiyang's future income is still weapons and manufacturing, which is what can bring huge profits to any productivity improvement.

"After doing arms trading, it was already difficult to get into the side business, and then I saw the unfunded business at sea - this cannon is good!"

On the Beiyang Military Mansion School Field, Chen Mu, who was dressed in crimson satin, was chatting with Zhao Shizhen beside him, and suddenly there was a burst of artillery sound in the infantry school field, which made him applaud loudly for the sergeant who practiced infantry artillery to cooperate in combat, and then turned his head to Zhao Shizhen and said: "Beiyang's oil, pottery, porcelain, bricks, and tiles, all of which are calculated as the best in a year, only 100,000 taels?" ”

Buying and selling without capital?

Zhao Shizhen was like a frightened rabbit, and whispered to Chen Mu closer: "Dashuai, my subordinates think that with the dignity of the handsome man, it is not appropriate to do more things to plunder at sea, which is against the reputation of the handsome man." ”

"Where do you want to go?"

Chen Mu's gaze was withdrawn from the trained soldiers, he rolled his eyes and looked at Zhao Shizhen, and said angrily: "The business without capital I am talking about is overseas customs defense and taxation, what kind of sea plundering, Chen has killed people and set fire to countless times, when did he plunder others?" ”

Zhao Shizhen was really stunned for a moment when he heard this, he thought about it carefully, and said that the plagiarism did not seem to be very rigorous, and then shook his head and looked at Chen Mu with a small look...... Anyone who can be bullied at sea, you haven't bullied anyone!

"Students check the accounts of the past year, in fact, the majority of overseas profits start with military weapons, and then it has been silk and cotton, and it has increased year by year, and the most profitable transaction is Chen Shuai himself, with three boats of cotton cloth and a few beads in exchange for Malacca." Zhao Shizhen seemed to want to refute Chen Mu's idea of not paying attention to industry with facts, and said: "Tariffs only account for less than one percent of profits. ”

"Do you really think cotton cloth can sell for such a high price? It's not okay to buy and sell with a ledger. ”

Chen Mu chuckled, still looking at the Beiyang Army training on the school field in the distance, and said: "Silk and cotton cloth are available in overseas countries, and silk can still be used by high-ranking officials and nobles to support the scene, but all countries are poor compared to the Ming Dynasty, and there are not many rich people, so they can't be sold; Cotton cloth can be sold in huge quantities, but all countries have a price, sometimes in addition to the foot money, you can make the slightest profit, sometimes there is no profit, only in silver selling price, or even loss. ”

"In trade, cotton cloth plays the role of equivalent, our ships passed, and exchanged cotton cloth for local specialties, in exchange for Sulu pearls, Lion country gems, Borneo spices, Javanese Champa rice, Burmese iron ore, Indian cotton, and occasionally in exchange for relics, these things were shipped back to the Ming Dynasty to really make money, and silver did not flow out in the trade."

"The biggest advantage of producing cotton cloth is that even if the Ming Dynasty loses 10 million or even 15 million cotton cloths in the next three years, it will not lose the slightest loss to our national strength, but it will exchange the Tibetan silver of the rich merchants and nobles in the country with overseas luxury goods, and return the wealth to the people through the Nanyang Military Government's disaster relief, helping the people, running schools, and research and development."

"In addition, we have obtained good wood and metal materials from other countries."

"In a country like ours, not counting the new Ming, the land is already three times the size of the Ottomans, and the people are much more numerous, and no matter how much trade is rich, it is just the icing on the cake, but trade can make us stronger, and in today's world, steel, timber, grain, and population represent power, which is the meaning of mastering sea power."

"It's not that other people can go to Haojing to Guangzhou to buy whatever they want at any port along the coast, but our ships go to their ports, and they can sell whatever they want, and they can buy whatever they want, and we will go to others to rob America, but this is not enough."

In the roar of artillery, solid iron bullets smashed into a pit on the school yard and turned the turf soil up half a man high, and then several ups and downs smashed a human-shaped target, and the infantry under the parabola of the cannonballs waved small flags forward, a row of bird guns sounded, followed by cavalry horses that were not afraid of the sound of cannons protruding from the wings.

Amid the neighing of horses, Chen Mu at the edge of the school field muttered, "This is not enough. ”

"It's not enough for us to make progress, only if we have complete control over the seas, control the maritime trade, and then master their customs, abolish their shipyards, and tell them that no one needs warships and merchant ships, and force them back to land."

It was not until this time that Zhao Shizhen realized that the customs tax that Chen Mu said was not the tax of Malacca, Haojing, and Dagu as he imagined, and obviously eating in the bowl did not affect Chen Shuai's eyes and looked at the pot, the customs tax he said was the tax of other countries, and at this moment, it seemed to refer to the two countries of Spain and Portugal galloping on the sea.

"Dashuai wants to go to war with Xiyi again?"

Chen Mu quickly turned his head and said in surprise: "How can you think so, I am sincerely allied with Spain, as long as they do not betray the alliance and are willing to accept the changes from us, I am willing to give them full support in any war." ”

Zhao Shizhen's eyes wandered, and he found that if he wanted to keep up with Chen Mu's thinking, he had to throw away his mind and not follow Chen Mu's words, so he just passively accepted it, so he asked: "What if they don't want to, they don't want to go back to land." ”

"Huh, don't you want to?"

Chen Mu pursed the tip of his tongue and smiled, raised his hand to the Beiyang Army, which was practicing multi-arms joint operations on the school ground, and asked, "Have you seen them?" ”

"I have always believed that in any country, in any race, there are many respectable and resolute people, and there will be many people who dare to loudly refuse my proposal, so I am training here in order that one day, someone will say to me that I don't want to."

Chen Mu easily pointed his finger on the breastplate.

"Chen can correct him with more confidence and courage, saying: No, you are willing."