"This Li Chuyuan seems to have finally opened his mind. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Xiao Ming burst into laughter after reading Li Chuyuan's excerpts.

At this time, he was in the cabinet office, and the nine assistants of the cabinet were all there, seeing Xiao Ming smiling so happily, Pang Yukun asked with a smile: "The emperor is so happy, it seems that there is something good again." “

"That's for sure, Li Chuyuan wants to buy more artillery, muskets and ammunition from us, and the scale is beyond imagination, because he lifted the ban on firearms in the Chu State, and now the wealthy clans in Jiangnan are stretching their necks one by one to get firearms to arm their troops." Xiao Ming said.

"The ban on firearms has been lifted!" Pang Yukun was also a little surprised, "It seems that Li Chuyuan finally saw through the Sima family, he thought that the Sima family would help him, but he never thought that the Sima family had a bad heart for a long time." “

Fiji knows Sima best, and he said: "Lao Chen once said that if the king of Chu died, only Sima could take the country of Chu, and now it seems that it will be fulfilled soon." “

Xiao Ming nodded slightly, "If that's the case, I will have even more reason to send troops, but before that, I still have to think about how to make a lot of money." “

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and Zhan Xingchang said: "During the Northern War, we collected a lot of export-oriented artillery from the vassal kings, and we could sell them at this opportunity, and the first batch of artillery was also blown up because of material problems, since they want better artillery, then sell these artillery that are about to be eliminated to them." ”

"It's just that the firearms seized from Goryeo have already been sold to them, and now they can only let the military factory produce them if they still want them." Yang Chengye said with a deep groan.

"It doesn't matter, the structure of arquebuses and flintlock pistols is simple and easy to produce, and a group of old workers from the military workshop can be transferred from the military workshop and let them bring some workers to reopen the obsolete production line, which can fully meet their requirements." Xiao Ming said.

"If this is the case, the lower official will immediately order the mobilization of resources for production, and we will make a big profit before we go south." Pang Yukun was excited.

It is clear that the rich South will bring them more war dividends, with which industrialization and railway construction in the North will pick up again.

They will have sufficient military funds to attack the Wa Kingdom and stabilize the north.

With this matter decided, the entire cabinet began to operate, and the nine people led by Pang Yukun began to cooperate with the firearms trade in all aspects.

The military workshop that received the order quickly pulled out a part of the old workers, and soon the flintlock pistol production line was fully restored, and one by one flintlock pistols and arquebuses came down from the production line.

For four months, from June to October, the imperial court was in a frenzy of the firearms trade.

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

In addition to the normal procurement of the Chu Palace, this time the southern wealthy families showed their heroic side, and now Xiao Ming finally understood the rich people and the poor country at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

These southern gentry and wealthy families are as arrogant as the contemporary Shanxi coal bosses selling houses, and basically they can digest as much as they produce.

In order not to affect the firearms trade, he even postponed his plan to go south for a month, and it was not until November that the firearms trade cooled down.

At this time, the silver taels, gold, tea, porcelain, silk, and ore transported from the south were equivalent to 60 million taels, which was equivalent to about 200 million gold dragon coins.

In these years, all the capital of Qingzhou to make weapons has been recovered, and it has also earned several times the windfall profits.

However, Xiao Ming was not satisfied with this figure, because he knew very well that even this was just squeezing a small part of the wealth of the wealthy family, and the wealthy southern wealthy family still had a lot of oil and water to pump.

And this final sword will have to be solved by war.

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

"Although the firearms trade is lucrative, it will inevitably be more difficult to attack the south this time, and I hope that the Falcon rifle can really play an excellent role."

Niu Ben on the train was a little worried.

This time, Xiao Ming and his concubines and imperial heirs are also preparing to go to Jinling City, and now that the cabinet is running stably and the government affairs are handled in an orderly manner, there is no need for him to stay in Qingzhou all the time.

Therefore, taking the opportunity to go south, he also planned to play in Jinling City for a while, and at the same time inspect Jinling Mansion, which used to be the feudal state of the King of Wei, leaving a lot of relics of the Wei State.

Whether it is Pang Yukun or Fiji, it is a headache here.

"Why should the general worry, the wealthy people in Jiangnan are scolding me for being stupid while buying weapons, do you think so?" Xiao Ming said with a smile.

Niu Ben's face turned pale, "The old minister will never dare." ”

Xiao Ming smiled, he said: "Actually, both the wealthy clan and the merchant council know very well that I will go south, which is why they are competing to buy firearms, for them I know that to buy weapons is to arm the enemy, but they don't understand that there is no industrial base, and the muskets in their hands will soon become burning sticks." “

"Burning sticks?" Niu Ben was a little puzzled.

Xiao Ming continued: "I have ordered Yue Yun to block the sea routes of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, neither Britain nor France can now supply them with ammunition from the sea, and at the same time, I have asked the Yizhou Mansion to prohibit the sale of saltpeter to the south, so as long as they run out of ammunition, what is the use of artillery and muskets?" ”

Niu Ben suddenly realized, "The last general understands, Li Chuyuan deliberately pestered the merchant council to fight, so that their ammunition was consumed quickly, and when we made a move, they didn't have much left." “

"Exactly, in order to let Li Chuyuan continue to muddy the waters, I promised him the glory and wealth of the rest of his life." Xiao Ming looked to the south, and after the officials he sent arrived in Lin'an, Li Chuyuan secretly made this request.

The reason why he wanted to say it to the officials in Qingzhou was because he couldn't trust anyone in Lin'an.

Niu Ben's face was a little lighter, while Luo Quan was full of confidence, for him, the Great Yu Kingdom had been divided for too long, and now they were finally about to complete the great cause of reunification.

Three days later, Xiao Ming arrived at Jinling City.

Returning again, Xiao Ming found that the place was not only prosperous again, but also better than before, and through the dock he even saw a column of smoke floating in the sky, which is typical of a steam engine factory.

Seeing this, Xiao Ming had to sigh, this Jinling City did occupy too many advantages.

However, there are many more places in Jiangnan that occupy excellent positions, such as Songjiang, because this is the modern Shanghai, and this is the first place to attack the south.

As long as this place is taken and a wharf is established, the materials from Qingzhou can be directly transported to Songjiang, and the provincial ones can be poured from Jinling.