Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 4 Iron and Coal
"Master Jun, I don't know why you came here for me?"

A merchant with a mouse beard, a melon cap and Suzhou silk was invited to Chu Yun's house by several soldiers.When he saw Chu Yun and the blond and blue-eyed Westerners around Chu Yun, his heart pounded.

"Please sit down. It's nothing serious, where are you from?" Chu Yun asked after taking a sip of the tea served by his subordinates.

"My surname is from Wuhu, my surname is Wang, and my first name is Changyuan." The merchant sat down cautiously.

"It turned out to be Wang Yuanwai. I don't know what kind of business Wang Yuanwai came to Liaodong for?"

"Some silk and tea business, as for pig iron and salt, I absolutely dare not do it. The imperial court has a ban, and we businessmen naturally keep our own place. The military master should learn from it!" Wang Changyuan thought that Chu Yun was asked by Chu Yun. To blame him, his tone was a little nervous.

"Mr. Wang, don't worry. I don't want to embarrass him. Instead, I have a business to discuss with him." Chu Yun tapped the table with his index finger, "I don't know if Wang Yuanwai can get refined iron and coal. ..."

"Master Jun, if you sell these things to the post-jin people, it will be a serious crime of beheading! I dare not..." Wang Changyuan jumped up from his seat in a hurry.

"I haven't finished yet! The one who needs refined iron and coal is Mao Wenlong, our Dongjiang town's commander-in-chief. Do you know that? We are fighting with Houjin, and the weapons consume a lot and need to be replenished. As long as you have supplies, we will I am willing to buy at a reasonable price," Chu Yun said.

Hearing that they were not going to be sold to Houjin, Wang Changyuan breathed a sigh of relief: "There are quite a few private workshops in Wuhu, such as refined iron and coal, and the imperial court allows them to produce them."

"How big is it?"

"The large workshop has hundreds of workers and can produce thousands of catties of pig iron every day. I don't know if it can meet the needs of the military master?"

Nissan Jack?Chu Yun did not expect that the folk workshops in the Ming Dynasty had such terrible productivity.This kind of production capacity is more than enough for Chu Yun, but Chu Yun does not have enough money to swallow this huge production capacity.

"Does this gentleman have any samples of refined iron produced there?" Chadley asked Wang Changyuan in half-baked Chinese.

"Sample? I have a dagger for body protection here, which is cast from the iron we produced there." Wang Changyuan took out a dagger from his sleeve.

Chadley took the dagger and held it in his hand to observe.

"Chadry, do you think this iron is of the right quality?"

"Sir, the quality of this iron is quite good in this era! Even in our era, it is relatively high-quality iron. It can be used to make rifles!" Chadley said with satisfaction.

"Since the requirements are met, Wang Yuanwai, I want to order a batch of pig iron, coal, saltpetre, sulfur and other materials from you, as long as the price you give is reasonable." Chu Yun said, "Chadri, look at making [-] pieces. Report all the supplies needed for rifles and [-] rounds of ammunition to Yuanwai Wang. The issue of money will be handed over to me, and when the time comes, I will pay the money and deliver the goods.”

The question of money is really a big one.Although Chu Yun's tone was firm, he was uncertain.Just imagine, Mr. Qian, who has only 500 people under his command, wants materials for [-] advanced rifles in one go.The money is definitely not a fraction.

Fortunately, before Chu Yun crossed over, Mr. Qian of the Ming Dynasty who was originally called "Chu Yun" made a lot of money in private, and he personally had a small 1000 taels of silver.It can be seen that the frontier guards in the Ming Dynasty could not always pay the military salary. Even if the imperial court paid the military salary, many of them fell into the hands of these military masters.

The small 1000 taels is barely enough, but if you want to add an order in the future, you can only find a way to make a ticket.

"Mr. Wang, what do you think?" Chu Yun said to Wang Changyuan.

"It turns out that the military master not only needs iron and coal, but also gunpowder. This makes me a little embarrassed..." Wang Changyuan showed embarrassment.

"As long as this is done well, I can send troops to protect you when you come to Guanglu Island to do business with Houjin merchants. In addition, there will be bigger orders for you in the future. It may even be [-] catties of pig iron." Chu Yun threw out an olive branch.

"Master Jun is serious? If this is the case, then this business will be done!" As a shrewd businessman, Wang Changyuan keenly sensed the business opportunities.

Not to mention Chu Yun's big order of [-] catties of pig iron in the foreseeable future, just sending troops to protect this place is a huge benefit.

The two countries are at war, but it is hard for the middlemen. Guanglu Island and the surrounding sea area are one of the trading places. If there are Chu Yun stationed there to supervise the transaction, then they are not afraid of being hacked by the Houjin caravan. .

"Then let's sign an agreement. If the goods don't arrive on time, I'll take my brothers across the ocean to Wuhu to meet you for tea." Chu Yun smiled.

"Master Jun, you can't take this joke. This old man has a bad heart..." Wang Changyuan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

It was because Chu Yun really wanted to get the raw materials and then produce firearms, so he put down his harsh words.

After signing a memorandum of cooperation with Wang Changyuan, Chu Yun breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Wang Changyuan's fingerprint on the agreement.

But he knew that when Wang Changyuan brought these materials to Guanglu Island a month later, all his silver would be gone!

Equipping the troops with three hundred French 1777 rifles may greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of the troops, but it is far from enough.In the future, it will definitely be ten times the current equipment.It's a pity that Chu Yun couldn't come up with more silver taels.

Alas, if the emperor of the Ming Dynasty gave me even one-tenth of the tens of thousands of taels of military expenditure for the Liaodong border every year, I would be able to train a musketeer team of thousands of people.
Chu Yun muttered in his heart.

The short-lived emperor of the Ming Dynasty could not be relied upon, not to mention Donglin was fighting for power with eunuchs in the court, Chu Yun didn't want to get involved when his wings were not full.

Without the great support of the imperial court, they can only find ways to make money by themselves.There are two paths before Chu Yun.

One is to grab it!On the opposite side of Guanglu Island is the vast post-gold territory, go grab the enemy's money and food to strengthen yourself!

One is to do business!Do business with merchants from other places, and even Houjin!
After careful consideration, Chu Yun himself denied these two options.The first one is currently impossible. If you use 500 people to snatch more than [-] gold from the soldiers, not only will you not get anything, but you will not have to come back.

The second one is doable.It's just that I don't have anything worth trading with others.Moreover, I only have about [-] soldiers in my hands, and they still need to be trained. Do you want them to be production workers?
After thinking about it, Chu Yun suddenly realized that he still has a third way—the industrial revolution system.

Chu Yun clicked on the industrial revolution system that had just been launched.Recently, Chu Yun only pays attention to military technology, but ignores production technology.Chu Yun saw a very familiar icon under the column of textile technology.

"I wipe it, Jenny spinning machine!" How could Chu Yun not understand the weight of these words?
"A little bit!" Chu Yun almost became hysterical.

"Warning, Jenny's textile machine technology needs 50 civilization points. Your civilization point is still 45 points away. Warning, Jenny's textile machine technology needs 50 points..." The cold system voice sounded.

puff!Chu Yun is going crazy!

(End of this chapter)