Daming Military Empire

Chapter 314

For the past few days, Zhu Cijiong has been thinking about how to euphemistically raise the issue of weapons and warship assistance without hurting the face of Philip IV. It seems absurd to give someone something based on their face. However, as a modern person This kind of thing happens a lot, you have to be extremely careful when giving things to many people, otherwise, it will backfire.

Of course, Philip IV may also happily accept it without saying anything, but this possibility is very small. If a person receives a gift from someone else, he does not think about why the other person gave you the gift, nor does he accept it himself. If you want to do something or even pay for the gift, then it is estimated that this person may have a problem with IQ. Philip IV’s IQ is naturally not a problem. If Zhu Cijiong rashly raised it, he would definitely think a lot. Will turn my face!
How long the war in Europe can last will be related to the development of Ming Dynasty in the next few years or even decades. Zhu Cijiong must be careful, careful, and careful, consider, consider, and consider again. There is no perfect plan. There is a danger of people turning their backs and talking nonsense.

The appearance of Gaston allowed Zhu Cijiong to find a breakthrough. Before cleaning up this thing, Zhu Cijiong thought about it. First of all, he wanted to pretend to be irritated by this thing. Once people get angry, they will lose their minds, so even if it is nonsense, ordinary people will not How to take it to heart, now that Zhu Cijiong is pretending to be angry, Philip IV really didn't care much, he was mainly thinking about how to appease the anger of His Majesty the emperor of a powerful ally.

Now His Majesty's anger seems to have shifted to the peace talks, and he had to explain: "Your Majesty, I actually don't want peace talks, but the Spanish navy is still a little bit worse than the navies of all the powerful countries combined. For many years, the national treasury has been emptied. In the past few years, I really have no money to replenish warships. If I can’t replenish warships, I will lose sooner or later. It’s better to negotiate peace earlier to reduce losses.”

Zhu Cijiong was waiting for this sentence. Now that Philip IV finally said it, he hurriedly said: "It doesn't matter if you don't have money, you can mortgage things. As long as you mortgage enough things, I will sell as many battleships as possible!"

Philip IV really never thought about mortgaging something instead of payment for goods. He asked with great interest, "What mortgage does His Majesty want?"

Zhu Cijiong pretended to think about it and said, "That depends on how many warships you need."

Hearing this, Philip IV gritted his teeth, and the lion opened his mouth and said: "At least a hundred super battleships are needed to reorganize the Armada and defeat their combined fleet!"

Damn, one hundred super battleships, Ming now has a total of two hundred super battleships, okay, half of them will be sent to Spain, plus their navy, which is not weak, can crush the Ming navy!
But if it can be divided into several years, it is not impossible. Daming can build a hundred super battleships a year now, but I don’t know how long Spain can carry it. Thinking of this, he pretended to be awesome and coaxed: "One hundred There is no problem with the ship, but it will take time to build, how long can you wait."

Philip IV thought for a while, and replied: "One or two years is no problem. It will take time for them to prepare, but it won't work any longer."

Zhu Cijiong made some calculations, gritted his teeth and made a decision: "That line, I will sell it to you in two years, fifty ships a year."

Philip IV asked again: "Then, what kind of mortgage is appropriate?"

In fact, Zhu Cijiong has already planned. What he wants is the colony of Luzon. It seems that Luzon was sold to the United States by Spain in history. At that time, it was because Spain lost the Spanish-American War and had to sell it. Now Spain also lost. If he didn't sell it, he would pay for more territories, and he would pay the European powers in vain, and he would not get a penny of benefits.

Zhu Cijiong had already thought about it. When Philip IV asked how many battleships he needed, he said that Luzon was worth about that much. He pretended to think for a while, and then hesitated: "A super battleship needs at least 400 million taels. [-] ships are worth [-] million taels, so let’s use the colony in Luzon as a mortgage. After two years, if you are willing to pay, you can pay, and if you don’t want to pay, you can give Luzon to Daming. what do you think?"

The colony of Luzon was a piece of shit to Spain. Not to mention tens of thousands of miles away from the mainland of Spain, there were no resources. Not only could Spain not make money from it, but it had to subsidize military expenses every year, if it wasn't for Face, Philip IV has already ordered the withdrawal of troops from there!
Now that he heard that such a tasteless colony was worth [-] million taels of silver, he was so happy. If he paid the money, where would he get so much money to pay? When he threw away this tasteless piece of Luzon, he would be able to withdraw tens of thousands of troops. , he couldn't help but excitedly said: "Okay, I will mortgage the Luzon colony to you, and you will sell me [-] super battleships within two years, that's it!"

Zhu Cijiong was also happy in his heart. You know, even if it was free, he had to give it away. If the European powers really succeeded in the peace talks, and then went out to snatch colonies with Da Ming all over the world, then Da Ming paid more than a hundred super ships. It's a battleship, and I don't know if it will be besieged by the big powers after being robbed. If it is really going to be besieged by the big powers, then it is estimated that the benefits lost by Daming are worth at least a thousand super battleships!
Well now, a hundred battleships have been exchanged for a colony. Although Luzon is not worth 2 million taels of silver, those 2 super battleships are not worth 4 million taels of silver. Wood is worth [-] to [-] taels, labor is only [-] taels, and the cost of a super battleship is at most [-] taels of silver. It just takes time and skilled craftsmen to do it.

400 million taels of silver to buy a colony, although it will take two years, it is worth it, Zhu Cijiong also couldn't help but excitedly said: "Okay, that's it, sign the contract immediately!"

So the two recruited the writers respectively, drafted the contract, and then recruited a few cronies to discuss the details of the contract, and a fresh arms procurement contract was released. The contract is as follows:
Article 400: Spain buys [-] super battleships from the Ming Empire, each for [-] million taels of silver, with a total price of [-] million taels of silver, and payment is made upon delivery;
The second article, the Ming Empire agreed with Spain to take the Luzon colony as collateral, worth [-] million taels of silver;
Article [-]: The Ming Empire will deliver [-] super battleships in two years, [-] ships per year;
Article [-]: After the Spanish Empire receives all [-] super battleships, it must pay the full amount within one year. If it does not pay, the Luzon Colony will be transferred to the Ming Empire.

Soon, the two sides signed the contract happily. Since then, Daming finally has its first real colony. Of course, it will take two years, but Zhu Cijiong is not worried at all, let alone two years. With the speed of spending money in this world, he will not be able to collect 20 million taels of silver in another [-] years, so this Luzon will definitely belong to Daming!

(End of this chapter)