"What? Let me come out to train your newly recruited 50,000 troops?"

Zhao Hongyu looked at Eunuch Xue standing in front of him with a little shocked expression. He never expected that Zhu Shangwu would have such an idea.

To be honest, the Ming Dynasty was full of talents, so it was not my turn to train the 50,000 troops.

And to the Ming Dynasty, I am still an outsider.

If you really accept this order, what do you think of the officials of the six ministries of the Ming Dynasty?

At that time, these people will think in their hearts, may we, in the emperor's heart, not even the Gentiles can compare with us?

Even there are those stingy guys who hate them.

"This is indeed what the emperor means, and the emperor said that if you are willing to send someone to train these 50,000 troops, then our court will order 50,000 muskets."

Yo!

This is a big deal.

When Zhao Hongyu heard Eunuch Xue say this, he suddenly felt enlightened.

Fifty thousand muskets, this is not a small deal.

Once done, subsequent profits will be endless.

Maintenance, ammunition, replacement of parts, etc., all require the Ming Dynasty to buy silver from itself.

Moreover, after this business is completed, it means that I will be tied closer to the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, with muskets, wouldn’t more expensive cannons be sold?

That's why Zhao Hongyu suddenly became energetic.

However, nothing was revealed on his face, and he still looked so calm.

"Old Xue, your emperor has already owed me a lot of money. I think if I agree to this matter, then wouldn't this musket money still be owed? You can calculate it yourself. How much do you owe me now, so this matter..." Zhao Hongyu paused when he said this.

It doesn't matter if Zhao Hongyu did this, and Eunuch Xue suddenly became nervous.

You know, Zhu Shangwu is very concerned about this matter.

Because this little fat man was disappointed with the generals of the Ming Dynasty, he was extremely eager to control a powerful army by himself and to solve the crisis in the capital with his own strength.

Then, other vassal kings made excuses and said that their lack of virtue had caused this crisis or something.

Eunuch Xue, who was very clear about his master's mind, was considering this situation and became so nervous when Zhao Hongyu paused his verbal conversation.

Before coming to Zhao Hongyu, because Eunuch Xue had proposed the Song people's tactics to Zhu Shangwu, this aroused Zhu Shangwu's interest.

Originally, Zhu Shangwu's interest was on the grenades. After all, the power displayed by the grenades made Zhu Shangwu very interested.

But when Zhu Shangwu heard from Eunuch Xue that the Song people's muskets were also very sharp and their tactics were very powerful, he felt that he might be able to learn it.

However, Eunuch Xue reminded Zhu Shangwu that it was very simple to learn from the Song people’s musket battle formation, but the Ming Dynasty did not have so many muskets.

At the same time, the muskets of the Song people were more sophisticated than those of the Ming Dynasty.

If there were no Song people's muskets, I think even if I learn the Song people's musket tactics, I would not be able to exert all the power.

Therefore, Zhu Shangwu came up with an idea. In order to learn the musket tactics of the Song Empire and allow a powerful army to appear under his command. The fat man asked Eunuch Xue to tell Zhao Hongyu that as long as he built his own requirements, he could sign a musket trade contract with Zhao Hongyu.

I think the little fat man is not very stupid. He also saw that American Song people like Zhao Hongyu also had a strong desire for money. That's why he took this out as a condition.

But the little fat Zhu Shangwu ignored one thing, that is, he already owes Zhao Hongyu a lot of money.

The previous loan of 5 million taels of silver was not paid, and the payment for 7 million taels of silver was not paid for 100,000 grenades.

That's good. He is going to buy another 50,000 muskets now. I really don't know where he got such a boldness.

Only Eunuch Xue, after hearing what Zhao Hongyu said, complained secretly in his heart.

The emperor only asked himself to buy muskets, but he forgot that he still owed him a lot of money.

Now that the money has not been given to others, how can they sell it to their own muskets?

Eunuch Xue is a little worried now.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, can you discuss this matter?"

Finally, he gritted his teeth and Eunuch Xue decided to give up his old face.

After all, it is for the emperor to do things. If this matter cannot be done, Eunuch Xue will be in trouble.

Compared with these, what is face?

Fortunately, Zhao Hongyu did not continue to make things difficult for Eunuch Xue, and Zhao Hongyu felt that it would be of no benefit to make things difficult for an old eunuch.

So, Zhao Hongyu smiled and said, "This matter is not unannounced, but your emperor does owe too much, so I have to go back and explain it. This is not a little bit of money, it has already tens of millions of taels."

As Zhao Hongyu spoke, Eunuch Xue kept nodding and echoing.

"Yes, yes, yes, you're right."

"Let's do this, you go back to the palace to reply and say if you can get a mortgage. As long as you have a mortgage, I can continue to talk about the arms debts and sell them to you. As for this mortgage, it can make the land or other things. In short, as long as the value can be offset from the debts."

Yoho!

It's OK like this.

Eunuch Xue was stunned after hearing this.

However, Eunuch Xue was relieved immediately.

Yes, Huang Taiji from America is right.

The money they have is not blown by the strong wind, but it is also what they have accumulated bit by bit.

Why do people have to pay you credit?

Besides, even if the people borrow money from each other or do not take some things on hand, they still need to have some mortgage.

Now the emperor has owed them more than 10 million taels of silver, so it is not okay for them to propose such a condition.

To be fair, Eunuch Xue did not think that Zhao Hongyu was deliberately making things difficult for him.

More than 10 million taels of silver are not a decimal.

You know, how much silver is the tax collected by Zhu Shangwu's Ming Dynasty all year round.

It's just over three million taels of silver.

The more than three million taels of silver are only on paper, and it is estimated that half of the amount that can be transported to the Ministry of Revenue.

But it is only half of the taxable silver. As long as it is transported into the Ministry of Revenue and paid, the silver will be taken away by officials in a short period of time under various names.

Of course, a small portion of the money will also be used for business.

For example, military pay arrears and disaster-affected areas are used for disaster relief.

It can be said that Zhu Shangwu's Ming Dynasty had no surplus food at all.

Now that I owe so much money, I don’t know how many years it will take to pay back.

On the surface, it only takes four or five years to pay it back.

But that's just a reference.

It's impossible to count at all.

Zhu Shangwu didn't know the truth at all.

No one dared to tell him about this.

After all, the boss is an empire now, but now he is an empty air. What do you think about Zhu Shangwu?

Of course, the main reason is that the officials are too corrupt, otherwise the Ming Dynasty would not have been so poor.

I think this American prince might have heard some noise from outside.

In order to avoid the waste of money and become a bun for meat buns to beat dogs, it is reasonable for them to ask for some mortgage now.

And some of the things people have proposed will not work at that time.

Use land as collateral. Will the money be paid back then? Will it still belong to the Ming Dynasty court?

Moreover, these Song people were far away from the Ming Dynasty in America.

It is impossible for them to send troops or really take charge of these lands.

Isn't it still the management of the Ming Dynasty?

hey-hey!

You really don't want to say that there is a way to do this.

Eunuch Xue quickly passed Zhao Hongyu's proposal in his mind, and immediately thought of many things.

"Success. As long as the Crown Prince's words, I, Lao Xue, feel relieved. I am still worried that the Crown Prince will refuse. After all, our family knows that it is really difficult to talk about this."

Zhao Hongyu responded with a smile: "Brother Xue is also doing the trick. It's not for himself, why should I make things difficult for you? So you don't have to worry about anything, just don't worry."

Private chat. Zhao Hongyu spoke a little casually, which was very much for Eunuch Xue's appetite.

No matter who you meet in the palace, you speak in a proper way, and you have to think about everything you say.
To be continued...