Cavalry, that's a thing, any force wants to gain a firm foothold, without a strong cavalry, it is very difficult, especially like Zheng Zhilong, who is far away in the southeast, lacks good horses, lacks cavalry, and it is too difficult to compete for the world, if you take this opportunity to ask Manchuria for a large number of war horses, and then train your own cavalry, it is definitely a good deal for Zheng Zhilong.

As for Sony, now Sony has begun to hesitate, now Manchuria has horses, there are war horses, and there are a lot of them, when Zhang Xianzhong was united to send troops against the Ming, Zhang Xianzhong also asked the Qing Dynasty to give a batch of war horses to the Great Western Kingdom, the number is as high as 6,000, but Manchuria has just gathered 6,000 war horses, and before they can be sent to Sichuan, the unlucky Zhang Xianzhong hung up first, and Dolgon naturally will not send these war horses to Sichuan again, and they were robbed back halfway.

It is also feasible to use war horses to return artillery, although now Manchurian horses are nervous, but after all, they are not so nervous that they can't even get six thousand war horses, no matter how bad they are, you can ask the Mongols for help, they have war horses, but Zheng Zhibao's conditions are too harsh, one artillery for two hundred war horses, dream!

A red-coated artillery, although the cost is expensive, but it will come down after hundreds of taels of silver, even if the Qing Dynasty now produces red-coated artillery, a cannon is only more than five hundred taels of silver, this is still because the technology is not too hard, often scrapped and converted into costs, and it is difficult to manufacture, even if it is transported from the West to the South Seas for sale, the price has quadrupled, and the price of Europeans' artillery will not exceed 1,500 taels of silver, which is already sky-high, but what about the war horse, the price of the war horse is also not cheap.

You must know that now the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty have been fighting for many years, the cavalry damage is particularly bad, the war horse is in short supply everywhere, when the four seas are leveled, the price of a war horse is only more than 20 taels of silver, but now there is smoke everywhere, the war horse is also priceless, a war horse has been fried by the Mongols to fifty or sixty taels of silver, or even more expensive, this may not be able to buy it, two hundred war horses, that means at least tens of thousands of taels of silver, buying artillery is enough to buy several, even if artillery is a strategic resource, the same, War horses are still strategic resources and important weapons of the country! If you want to exchange a cannon for our two hundred war horses, you are dreaming!

"General Zheng, are you taking it under the shabu? One artillery and two hundred war horses, you really dare to speak......"

Sony dissatisfied.

Zheng Zhibao grinned and sneered: "Mr. Sony, how much is a thing worth, it is not measured by silver, but by function, even if you take a million taels of silver to smash, the Huai'an Mansion that Azig is besieging now will not collapse, but with these dozens of artillery, it will be easy for you to capture Huai'an Mansion, and no matter how strong the city wall is, it will definitely not be able to withstand the continuous bombardment of dozens or hundreds of artillery!" Isn't it? No matter how powerful the war horses are, it is impossible to directly cross the wall of Huai'an Mansion as high as three or four zhang, unless they have wings, even if they have wings, they may not be able to fly in! Which one, you say, is the best deal? ”

Sonny smiled coldly and replied: "General Zheng, you are too open-mouthed, and you can still find a set of arguments, it is indeed not easy, however, an artillery cannon, if it is killed, it is only a thousand taels of silver, this is still the price of three thousand catties of heavy artillery, even if the red-haired devil asks for the sky, it will not exceed or exceed two thousand taels, but now in Mongolia, in Mobei, and Moxi, the price of a war horse has been sold to sixty taels of silver, two hundred war horses, that is more than ten thousand taels of silver, you still don't make money?" In a word, if you provide an artillery piece to the Qing Dynasty, we can provide you with thirty war horses; Fifty shells, we are providing you with one war horse, fifty artillery, 10,000 shells, we provide you with 2,000 war horses, enough for you to prepare for two elite cavalry battalions, in order to show our sincerity in the Qing Dynasty, on the basis of another basis, we will give you another 200 war horses, is it okay? ”

Tut-tut......

Zheng Zhi leopard toothache is like a toothache, this deal, this way, the Zheng family is not at a loss, but, two thousand war horses, although it can also form a cavalry with good combat power, but these alone are not enough to resist the army of the imperial court, specially, the Manchurian Tartars are too picky......

Zheng Zhilong on the side frowned even more, brother's proposal is really good, but this Sony is too picky, and he wants to work hard for the Qing Kingdom by himself, and he doesn't even give a little benefit, where is there such a cheap thing?

"Mr. Sony!"

Zheng Zhilong said in a deep voice: "Now is the time when your Great Qing Kingdom is competing with the Ming Dynasty again, and you need the help of others, once the Ming Empire falls, there is no doubt that your Great Qing Kingdom will get the greatest benefit, but now you want to refuse us for such a trivial matter?" I, Zheng Zhilong, am not in a hurry, there is no cavalry, I still have hundreds of large and small warships, plus more than 2,000 merchant ships, Fujian can't stay, then retreat to the sea, Taiwan Island, Qiongzhou Island, and even Fusang, Nanyang have my territory, anyway, the Ming Dynasty whip is beyond reach, but if you Manchurians can't stand it, then it will not be able to end it by withdrawing from Shanhaiguan, Zhu Jie, I know him, that is a character with clear grievances, I am afraid that when the time comes, it is inevitable that you will rush to the far north, and even the extinction of the Manchurian clan is possibleWhether to agree to our request or not, you can consider it yourself! Fortunately, we can lower the price code, one artillery can be exchanged for one hundred and fifty war horses, and there can be no less, otherwise, this batch of munitions, Ben Ke will equip Fuzhou Town under his command, with this batch of munitions, even if there is no cavalry, we can still be invincible! ”

Sony is constantly calculating in his heart, he is one of the few think tanks in Manchuria, with a splendid mind and a lot of opportunities, the price of the Zheng brothers is impossible to satisfy, but how can we get the greatest benefits, and at the same time be able to make the Zheng brothers accept?

"General Zheng, we don't have to compete like this......"

Sonny said slowly, "How about we mark a suitable price for the war horse, artillery, and musket, and trade at the same time?" A war horse, we price sixty taels of silver, eight thousand war horses, worth four hundred and eighty thousand taels of silver, one artillery, worth one thousand and five taels of silver, one tael of silver and two shells, fifty cannons, ten thousand shells, worth eighty thousand taels of silver, and you can make up the difference with silver or muskets. You and I take what we need, and the strength of both sides will be improved, but the unlucky one is the Ming court, which is always good, right? ”

Well, yes, killing three birds with one stone, it's a good idea, Zheng Zhilong was moved.

(End of chapter)