This kind of material is more and more for Dong Ce, he still uses the stock of lead bullet and gunpowder when he tries to release the Lu Mi gun, and in his vision, sooner or later he will have to form a gun team, and then these things will be of great use-

The reason for the wrought iron and armor leaves is that he has to build the iron armor by himself, and now the wrought iron supplied by Hongzhi Fort is gradually insufficient.

It is naturally an excellent thing to have such a fat and extremely fat force as a backing from the imperial court and the power of the world.

For example, Dong Ce formed a team of family members and recruits, all the cotton armor, iron armor, spears, wolves, big sticks, boring palladium, long knives, waist knives, bows and arrows...... Almost none of these materials were made by themselves, they were all taken from the warehouse in Zhenhebao, and they were all supplied by Hebei Province. Even the food that has always been needed, the military salary.

That's a lot higher than the self-made guys.

Especially in the early stage of development, it is even more precious. Because in the early stage of development, the scale is small, the power is small, the money is small, and the manpower is small, if you want to develop smoothly, every money and every manpower must be used on the blade, so as to play the greatest role and make the speed the fastest. With the support of the imperial court, Dong Ce naturally seems to be much more at ease.

But that doesn't mean it lasts long.

With the gradual expansion of Dong Ce's power, it is inevitable to reduce his dependence on this side, otherwise, in the future, once there is a case, someone here is stuck in the neck, Dong Ce will immediately have to be blind. And with his development speed, after a period of time, I am afraid that he will not be able to cope with the development of the team only by relying on the supply here. Of course, this will be a very long process, and Dong Ce's gradual detachment from the supply here is also a very long process. At least in the next few years, there will still be a considerable amount of materials that will depend on here.

It is necessary to set up your own military industrial base, but you have to do it step by step, and you have to be in such a hurry. And this move can be regarded as a start. In the past, he always produced things that he couldn't get from the imperial court, but this time, he started to produce things that he could get.

Zhao Mancang listened to Dong Ce's large string of materials, he was already completely stupid, he looked at Dong Ce in a daze, and his head shook like a rattle: "No, no, Master Dong, these things you want are really too much." I'll do the math for you, look at it, you have 20 more sets of green cloth iron armor, 20 sets of cotton armor, 100 bows, 100 double inserts, 5,000 large arrows, 500 catties of gunpowder, those big guns, and what lead bullets the more the better, the more iron armor leaves, the better, and the more wrought iron...... My mother, Lord Dong, how do you know how much wrought iron and how many buckshot armor leaves I have here? ”

He was not confused in the calculation of these numbers, he crossed his fingers and told Dong Ce again, but still shook his head: "No, Master Dong, you want too many of these things." If you really do what you said, it will be difficult to do it on the books, and once the official wants to check it, he can find out immediately. And ......"

He glanced at the money bag: "If you want to do such a thing, I can't do it alone, and I have to help the deputy envoy and a cadre of Kuding." Up and down, you have to share the profits. That's not enough money......"

Although his attitude of refusal was quite resolute, the last sentence betrayed the true thoughts in his heart. It's not that these supplies are non-negotiable, but the money you take out is too small.

Dong Ce could naturally see it, and his heart was slightly relieved. As long as it can be operated, as for the price, it is negotiable.

He will never save the money that should be spent.

He also knew that he was a lion who opened his mouth, but as the so-called sky-high price was asked to pay back on the spot, I opened my mouth, and you can naturally bargain on your side.

"Lord Zhao, don't worry!" Dong Ce smiled and said slowly: "If you are not satisfied with the price, can we bargain, right?" ”

Zhao Mancang smiled: "That's right." ”

He stretched out four fingers and said, "Master Dong, my brother is also a cheerful person, just this number, it is not possible to do less." ”

This guy is obviously very much in the atmosphere of the rivers and lakes, and he is already called a brother.

Dong Ce didn't answer his words, and said with a smile: "Come on, come on, Lord Zhao, let's count it with our fingers." A few hundred taels of silver, even if I take it out, it's distressing, let's still have to figure it out, right? ”

Zhao Mancang nodded: "That's done." ”

"Then let's start with the first one." Dong Ce stretched out a finger: "Those few big guns, when I came last time, I saw them piled up in the corner, and they were all dusty, and they were about to bury the guns, and I couldn't see what they were if I didn't look carefully." There are cobwebs on it, I'm afraid it's rusty inside, I'm afraid that no one has moved for decades, right? To tell the truth, it's just a pile of scrap iron, and it also occupies an area of land here, brother, I took it away for you, and you still have to thank me? Embarrassed to ask for silver? ”

If Dong Ce's subordinates outside saw his current appearance, they were afraid that their eyes would pop out. How can Dong Ce be a little plain and majestic now? The smile is very gentle, but it is calculating, is it clearly a profiteer!

The method he uses is also commonly used by profiteers -- to belittle the other party's things vigorously, saying that the less valuable the better, as if you have taken a great advantage when I deal with it for you -- similar to when you go to a pawnshop to make things, it is obviously a good fur fur, but it is said that the adult worm eats the rat bite, the bare board is hairless, and the skin is torn and tattered.

But this trick actually works.

Although Zhao Mancang felt that those few big guns were not as unbearable as Dong Ce said, they were indeed piled up in the corner all year round and no one paid attention to them. He didn't think this was a rare thing, so he waved his hand and said, "Cheng, this is not much, ten taels of silver, when scrap iron is sold to Master Dong." ”

Dong Ce was secretly happy in his heart when he heard this, these big guns were actually an important purpose of his trip, even more important than the double insertion of bows and arrows. It's just that there is a board on his face: "Lord Zhao, this also costs ten taels of silver?" It's too picky, isn't it? ”

Zhao Mancang was not to be outdone, and said: "There is still some price for selling scrap iron, not to mention that the big gun is as unbearable as you say?" I also looked at it a few days ago, there is no rust in it, that is, it looks old, these big guns should be made in the Wanli period, and the supervision and inspection are also very strict, and the things made are of high quality! ”

"That's too expensive...... Dong Ce said, "......"

The two of them argued for a while, and finally settled down, these big guns are still counted as ten taels of silver, but Zhao Mancang is responsible for finding out the large lead bullets and gunpowder that match the big guns, and give them to Dong Ce together.

In this way, the big gun is over.

Dong Ce said again: "The second one is gunpowder ......."

……

Dong Ce took out the materials he wanted one by one and analyzed them, belittled their value, and exaggerated the benefits that Zhao Mancang could get, which can be described as painstaking and painstaking. Zhao Mancang also did not show weakness, he was very good at playing tricks, and he was also talking nonsense, asking for a price.

The two argued for more than half an hour, their mouths were dry, their throats were smoking, and they didn't know how many times they added tea, and finally they reached an agreement.

Dong Ce paid Zhao Mancang two hundred taels of snowflake silver on the warehouse at one time, and Zhao Mancang had to load all the materials that Dong Ce needed into the car within an hour, and was responsible for transporting them to Panshi Fort.

In addition to the above-mentioned materials, there were 1,000 catties of wrought iron, 1,500 buckshots, and an additional 100 catties of gunpowder.

And the two made an agreement, and every month after that, Dong Ce bought wrought iron from Zhao Mancang at a price of five cents per catty.

In the Ming Dynasty, the price of iron was not low, a pound of iron and silver was two or three cents, and the price that Dong Ce needed to pay was only less than half of the market price, which was extremely cheap. But this is because Zhao Mancang has the means to get a large amount of wrought iron, and he doesn't spend money on these irons, so it is equivalent to doing a business without capital.

He was so worried that he just couldn't sell it. First, he has no way to do it himself, and secondly, Dong Ce purchases a huge amount, how much he wants, and it is all cash trading, and Zhao Mancang is also willing to sell it to him cheaper. On Dong Ce's side, the amount of iron that needs to be consumed is also very large, and a Lumi gun will consume 90 catties of iron, which can be used no matter how much it is.

After the two reached this agreement, they also looked at each other and smiled, and suddenly felt a lot closer. Carrying guns together, going to the countryside together, and prostituting together, these are the three major irons. But Dong Ce and Zhao Mancang's corruption of the assets of the imperial court is also a very good way to enhance their relationship.

After the agreement was completed, Zhao Mancang immediately recruited people in, used several carts owned by the arsenal, drove into the courtyard, opened the door of the arsenal, and under an order, the kudin was diligent in carrying it.

Driven by the silver coin, the efficiency is really quite high, but it takes more than half an hour to complete the loading. It just so happened that this time Dong Ce was ordered by Liu Ruozai to transport the military materials he needed, saving the two of them from secretly transporting them, anyway, they were all transported to Panshi Fort, three cars or one car, and it is estimated that no one cares. And Liu Ruozai will not be idle to ask others how many big cars Dong Ce has taken out of the city, even if he asks, who can say clearly? With Liu Ruozai's warrant, the huge convoy went out of Zhenhe Fort smoothly, in order to get the silver as soon as possible, Zhao Mancang even found a reason and personally followed and escorted these materials to Panshi Fort. Seeing his pale face sitting in the carriage, Dong Ce couldn't help but sigh, this guy is really not afraid of hardship and death for money. ……

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