Everything is going in the direction that Jiang Wan expected. For him, it is time to retire after success.
At the same time, it was time for Franji to fulfill his promise to him.
According to Fo Langji people, only dozens of short-fire muskets flowed into the Ming Dynasty from Hao Jing'ao every year, and most of them were bought by military generals. The Ming Dynasty's control over firearms was too strict, so that their firearms were
There is basically no private market.
This is also the main reason why Jose pretended to think about it before agreeing to Jiang Wan's request. Compared with this transaction of Franco machine guns, the annual sale of dozens of short-fire muskets is a drop in the bucket.
It doesn't even count, even if it is for free, he can afford it.
If nothing else happens, a small trading company will appear in Haojingao, and the main task of the trading company is to purchase the short-fire muskets produced by the Victor Chamber of Commerce and transport them to Beijing. Catherine is very
She took the initiative to express that if there was any need at Haojingao, she would be very willing to provide all conveniences to Jiang Wan's small business.
Regarding all this, Jiang Wan told Zhu Youjian without reservation, and took out the records of the whereabouts of the short-fire muskets given or sold by the Francois during their stay in Beijing. Of course, as for whether the records contained any
If there is water, then it is a matter of heaven and earth and river and night.
"What are you buying these firecrackers for?" Zhu Youjian didn't particularly understand Jiang Wan's approach. In his current view, these firecrackers flowing into the capital were the source of trouble, and it was considered a mercy of him not to completely kill them all.
Already.
"The quality of the weapons does not matter, what matters is who uses them!" Jiang Wan once said a similar point of view to Zhu Youjian, and when he said it again now, he was even more skillful: "Moreover, we have blocked these from the source.
The origin of the fire blunderbuss, even if someone has other intentions in the future, they will not be able to hide it from our eyes!"
Zhu Youjian's eyes lit up. He really didn't expect this. He was thinking about what these firecrackers were used for, but he didn't expect that if someone wanted to use these firecrackers to do some dark deeds, it would be wrong.
You know, all these firecrackers are coming from his Tenth Prince's Palace.
"If that's the case, then the trading firm you set up in Folangjiren's place cannot have the background of our palace, let alone use people from our palace!" He thought for a while: "Just treat it as bait and fish for it.
Those who have ulterior motives spend a little money every year, but it is worth it!"
"Tingyulou has recruited some people now. It should be possible to select a few of them to go to Folangjiren to run the shop!" Jiang Wan nodded and said, "Except for the shopkeeper, anyone like the clerk can come from
Hiring locally should not reveal the background of this shop!"
"As for Folang Jiren, they don't know our true intention of acquiring the franchise of this fire gun. Even if they leak the information, they will only be able to trace it to me in the end. For the huge Ten Princes' Palace, it is very important to
It is absolutely normal for an official to make money privately by taking advantage of the royal palace's errands!"
Jiang Wan smiled slightly: "I'm just waiting for those people to come to me!"
"If this is fishing, then you are just like Jiang Shang who waits for the fish that he takes the bait himself!" Zhu Youjian laughed.
"I don't dare!" Jiang Wan also laughed. These words came from Zhu Youjian's mouth, which was a very high praise, although the other person may have just said it casually.
"The Ministry of Rites proposed that you participate in the follow-up of this matter. Do you want to go?" Zhu Youjian changed the topic: "Shilang Peng speaks highly of you, and I feel proud of myself!"
"This, I don't want to get involved!" Jiang Wan said seriously: "Since the prince ordered me to study and practice, if I still have to fight for power after studying and practicing, I'm afraid someone will think too much about it, especially this time.
The transaction involves hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and my subordinates don’t want to have anything to do with it!”
"You are someone who knows how to advance and retreat!" Zhu Youjian nodded with satisfaction. If Jiang Wan really decided to continue to participate in this matter, then it would undoubtedly be deviated from his original intention of sending Jiang Wan there. At this moment
Jiang Wan's refusal was quite satisfactory, just what he wanted.
"Now that you've made your decision, let's settle it down a bit. Your building is more or less interested in it. I look forward to you being able to train a group of people who can be used by me!"
"Jiang Wan understands what the prince means!"
Jiang Wan smiled slightly and left.
In the next few months, Jiang Wan almost stayed in Zhouzhuang. If he hadn't occasionally visited the palace to show his face, almost even those who listened to Yuxuan would have forgotten that they had such a deacon.
Already.
Li Fuyao may have guessed something about his whereabouts, but she has never asked him. However, Xiao Jiu knew that he was managing a village for the prince in a village outside the city, and he asked several times to go to the village to check it out.
But Jiang Wan found reasons to reject them all.
The four "uneducated" people got along well with Xiaojiu, and occasionally talked about things in Zhuangzi. However, due to Jiang Wan's instructions, they didn't dare to say a word. Anyway, in Xiaojiu's heart
, now Jiang Wan is almost the head of Jiang Village. Being able to manage hundreds of people in a large village is naturally more interesting than sitting idle in the palace. No wonder Mr. Jiang went to that village and took a long time to come back.
There is another interesting thing. After Catherine left the capital with Franji's mission, she wrote several letters to Jiang Wan. In addition to talking about her recent situation, the letters mainly talked about Jiang Wan's stay in Haojing'ao.
Regarding the small business, I also told Jiang Wan about the progress of the delivery of the Fo Lang robot for sex.
Therefore, even if Jiang Wan didn't ask specifically, he had a relatively clear understanding of when the purchased Franco machine cannons started to be shipped, when they arrived there, and when they started to be placed.
I did some math on my fingers and found that it is now the summer of the fifth year of Apocalypse. According to the progress Catherine said, these cannons will be placed where they should be placed according to the historical trajectory, and at some time in the first month of next year, whether it is
Zhu Youjian, Wei Zhongxian, and even the officials from the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household who had contributed to this cannon sale would all feel that the hard work of the court and their own hard work were not in vain.
At the same time, a middle-aged man named Renlao appeared outside a small shop in Haojingao after a journey of more than a month. Behind him, Zhao Huchen and Wang Jinsong stared with wide eyes.
Looking at the shop in front of him, and looking at the foreign barbarians opposite the shop who seemed to be dancing like a group of demons, he swallowed hard.
"Boss, is this our shop?"
Renlao raised his head and looked at the gray plaque above the small shop. The four dull characters "Sihai Trading Company" on the plaque were also looking at their group of people.
"Yes, this is our shop. This shabby place is worse than I imagined..."