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Volume Three: Spreading Wings Chapter 205: Selling Arms

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    Chapter 205: Arms Trafficking

    The courtyard covers an area of ??about ten acres and has more than 20 rooms. There are ponds and pavilions in the backyard, all in pure Chinese architectural style.  If not, I would have thought I had arrived in Suzhou.

    "Zhao Hu, what do you think of today's scene?"

    Wen Shen and Zhao Hu were sitting in the pavilion, eating various Nanyang fruits on the table while talking about the next action.

    "These people are still very respectful to us, but deep down they don't think so." Zhao Hu picked up a banana and said as he ate it.

    "Well, what do you plan to do?"

    Wen Shen suddenly remembered Xiaoqiang, the mastermind, and wondered whether he should call him out to ask. After thinking deeply for a moment, he felt that it was better to let Zhao Hu handle it. It was impossible to do everything by himself.

    "Actually, in addition to searching for some gold and silver, I also have another purpose. Most of the merchant ships from China passing through Western countries now use the Xingzhou Strait. Now the northern part of the strait is controlled by us, while the southern part is controlled by Sriwijaya.  This Sriwijaya often harasses passing merchant ships and collects tolls, which has a very bad impact on our trade. I plan to occupy the big island where this Sriwijaya is located and completely control the Xingzhou Strait in our hands."

    ¡°You¡¯re telling the truth that you plan to occupy this big island?¡±

    "I also did some investigation and research on various kingdoms during my stay in Nanyang. There are four relatively large kingdoms around Xingzhou, the Srivijaya Kingdom in the south, the Khmer Kingdom in the north, and the Chongnan Kingdom in the west.  In the past, our Xingzhou belonged to the Srivijaya Kingdom, and was later occupied by the Zhu Nian Kingdom. Later, the Zhu Nian Kingdom weakened and lost control of this place, and it slowly became a paradise for pirates."

    "Haha, Nanyang is not big, but there are quite a few small kingdoms."

    Wen Shenzhen has not devoted much effort to study the history of Nanyang, but now he hears about Zhao Hu¡¯s future and finds it quite interesting.

    "I think it is possible to provoke Srivijaya and the country to fight each other. Of course, we can sell weapons at high prices and make huge profits. Now Yizhou can produce single-shot rifles, and we will completely sell them to Srivijaya  Partly." Zhao Hu smiled sinisterly.

    Wen Shen chuckled and said, "I don't see that you still have this hand, okay? Just follow this plan."

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    In the early morning of the next day, Leather Socks led a group of people to the other courtyard. After saying hello, he smiled and said, Sir, did you have a comfortable rest yesterday?  There are not many words¡±

    "Well, it doesn't seem like you are paying attention." Wen Shen said lightly with a smile on his face.

    Hearing this, Leather Socks said excitedly: Your Majesty, the palace is now in the palace. Do you want to go and have a look?  "

    Wen Shen is too lazy to meet the bullshit king now, saying that there are not so many officials.  "Then he pointed to Zhao Hu on the side, "If you have something, just tell General Zhao."

    Leather socks hurriedly saluted Zhao Hu, "See General Zhao"

    "If you have something to say, just say it. No need to beat around the bush."

    Zhao Hu said with dignity.  When Wen Shen saw this, he couldn't help but nodded, thinking that after two years of being outside, he has matured a lot and is worthy of a big responsibility."

    "General Zhao" said, Lehsou burst into tears, sobbed and said that it has been twenty years since he went to pay tribute to the country again.  Do you know why we have not paid tribute in the past twenty years?  "

    "Why?" Zhao Hu asked calmly.  Let others not see what he is thinking.

    "Not long after that, we were attacked by the Western Kingdom of Zunian, and our capital city fell for many years. We have not recovered our previous national strength, so we have never paid tribute. We hope that the country will forgive us." Leather socks said intermittently.  road.

    Zhao Hu chuckled in his heart. He really thought about it, so he showed an angry look and said loudly: This is unreasonable. The small country of Zunan dares to bully me. The big country of Song Dynasty is really desperate.  "

    When Leather Socks heard this, he thought it was a good idea and said anxiously, General Zhao, "You have to make the decision for us."

    Zhao Hu was reserved for a moment, and then said, do you want us to make the decision?  "

    "Well" Leather Socks thought for a while, "I hope that the country will sell us a giant ship. With this giant ship, we will be able to sweep across the Zhongnan Country and avenge our previous shame."

    Zhao Hu said coldly: Don¡¯t even think about it. Even if it is sold, you can¡¯t afford it.  "

    Hearing this, Leather Socks smiled awkwardly, "It's just a small act of underestimating oneself. I hope General Zhao will forgive me."

    "Giant ships are out of the question, but we can sell you some new weapons. With these weapons, you will definitely be able to defeat the country of Zhunan."

    "real?"

    Leather Socks felt like he had survived a desperate situation, and he immediately shouted loudly.

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    Everyone came to a spacious place, and Zhao Hu received the rifle handed over by the soldier.  WowWith a sound, Zhao Hu pulled the bolt of the gun and looked at the leather socks. "This is our latest firearm in the Song Dynasty. It can effectively hit targets three hundred steps away." After saying that, he raised the gun and aimed at the three hundred steps.  A monkey in the distance pulled the trigger without even thinking.

    With a "pop" sound, the monkey, which had been jumping around just now, immediately fell to the ground and twitched all over. It looked like it would not survive.

    "Thisthis firearm is too powerful"

    "If a thousand people are all holding this kind of firearm, even a thousand troops will die a hundred steps away." Zhao Hu boasted, "You have this kind of firearm, and it will not be a problem for the country."

    Although Leather Socks was jealous, this firearm must be expensive, so he asked a little worriedly, ¡°How much does this firearm cost?¡±  "

    "It doesn't cost more than a thousand taels of gold per shot, and comes with three samples of bombs, which is quite affordable."

    Leather socks said in shock that thisit's not expensive."

    "You want one price for one product. Didn't you know that there is a Kingdom of Jerusalem in the West? They purchased a thousand firearms and captured a kingdom easily. Not many people were killed. More importantly, a large amount of gold was seized. In addition to purchasing firearms,  There is still a lot of gold left.¡±

    Since Zhao Hu often exchanges telegrams with the three Dynasties, he still has some knowledge of Middle East affairs. At this time, he can use it to bluff Leather Socks and others.

    Leather socks thought to himself, this is the truth.  If you have firearms, you can defeat the country of Zhongnan, and you will definitely capture a lot of gold.  In this case, you might still be able to make money.

    Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "General Zhao, this firearm seems to be quite complicated to operate. I hope the general can send someone to train it."  "

    Seeing that the business was done, Zhao Hu was in a good mood, "It's easy to say that you can just give me some food money. It's not more than one or two gold per person per day."

    Hearing this, cold sweat broke out on the forehead of Leather Socks, thinking to himself that the style of doing things in the Song Dynasty had changed. It used to be quite generous.  At that time, you could get a lot of exquisite porcelain and silk by just picking up some rubbish.  It's different now.  "

    "Don't you want to?" Zhao Hu said coldly when he saw that he was silent.

    "How dare you agree to it?" Leather Socks hurriedly replied, "By the way, when will General Zhao be able to transport this firearm?"

    Zhao Hu looked at the committee and wanted to ask for his opinion.  Unexpectedly, Wen Shen was playing happily and ignored him.  I thought to myself that the committee was planning to see if they could solve this matter perfectly.  "

    ¡°Now steel-hulled ships have ready-made firearms. If you can prepare gold, we can trade today.¡±

    Zhao Hu remembered that there were more than a thousand rifles used by soldiers on the ship, and decided to sell these rifles.  Then use the gold received to buy new rifles for the soldiers.

    Most of the soldiers on the ship were the imperial guards expanded by the dynasty in the capital, and the weapons they used were basically rifles produced in Yizhou.  After they escorted the prisoners to Xingzhou, Wen Shen assigned them to Zhao Hu for deployment.

    "That's great. I'm going to raise gold right away." Leather Socks finally thought for a moment and asked, "General Zhao, I wonder if you will accept the silver? If you only want gold, I'm afraid it won't be enough."

    "Silver is also fine, ten taels of silver is worth one tael of gold."

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    After Leather Socks and others left, Zhao Hu came to Wen Shen and asked with a smile, what do you think of the gold and silver for selling rifles?  "

    "Pay half to the bank. You can't handle the rest. I suggest you buy more weapons and ships so that you can do more and more in Nanyang." Wen Shen put it down, thought for a while, and replied.

    "Um" Zhao Hu said with some confusion, "Do you mean to let me develop and arm Xingzhou's army?"

    "Well, you can say that"

    Wen Shen decided to relax restrictions and let the ministry develop on its own.  If someone else did this, it would definitely be dangerous, but for Wen Shen, there is basically no danger.

    "That's great. With this batch of gold and the new prisoners of war, I can expand the army to 10,000 people. If I buy two more steel-hulled ships, I will definitely be able to sweep across Southeast Asia and expand my territory." I felt very happy.  The powerful Zhao Hu seemed a little excited at this time.

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    Three days later, Leather Stocking came to the other courtyard with a hundred large wooden boxes.

    "General Zhao, we took out all the gold and silver in the country, and we didn't buy a thousand firearms. Can it be cheaper?" Leather Stocking asked a little depressed.

    "How much gold and silver is there?"

    ¡°Three hundred thousand taels of gold and four hundred thousand taels of silver,¡± Leatherstocking replied nonchalantly.

    "Well, it's less than half." Leather Stockings didn't want to push them too hard, "But we can sign an agreement. If you occupy the country of Zhongnan and grab the gold, you can give it to us."

    "This is great"??

    Of course I was willing to buy and sell leather socks without any capital, so I hurriedly replied.

    "But" Zhao Hu thought for a while, "If you have to provide a mortgage, we don't know if you can grab enough gold?"

    "Mortgage? Our little kingdom doesn't have anything valuable to use as a mortgage?" Hearing this, Leather Socks sighed secretly, thinking that there was no such thing as a good thing.

    "I see that you have a lot of unoccupied land that can be used for mortgage. In fact, this mortgage is just a process, so I can explain it to you."

    Leather socks thought it was reasonable and replied, "Thank you so much, General Zhao. But I believe that the country owns a lot of gold. They must have much more gold than we do."

    Finally, the two signed an agreement to mortgage all the land north of Jambi for 600,000 taels of gold, and agreed that within three months, Srivijaya would use 700,000 taels of gold to terminate the agreement.

    Chapter 205: Arms Trafficking
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