Zhu Youxiao and Sun Chengzong were both very satisfied with Li Zong's statement. They didn't want to continue talking, so they took Li Zong to dinner together and sent him away after dinner.
It doesn’t matter what Li Zong thinks.
After Li Zong left, Sun Chengzong and Zhu Youxiao drank tea and chatted together.
This matter needs to be discussed, and Sun Chengzong feels that he should talk to His Majesty.
"Your Majesty, isn't it inappropriate to sell weapons to them?" Sun Chengzong asked hesitantly.
What made Sun Chengzong hesitate was not the sale of weapons, but Zhu Youxiao's attitude.
The emperor had many things to consider and acted decisively, so persuading him was not easy. This made Sun Chengzong cautious, fearing that he would anger the emperor and cause him to rebel.
After taking a look at Sun Chengzong, Zhu Youxiao laughed and said, "What do you think I'm going to sell them?"
"There are so many weapons in the warehouses in the capital. If we don't sell them out, they'll all be wasted. It's not bad to sell some to them. At least we can make some money."
When Sun Chengzong heard that the weapons were from the warehouse in the capital, he breathed a sigh of relief.
He was the chief of staff of the General Staff Department, so of course he knew what weapons were in the warehouses in the capital. Most of them were eliminated.
In addition to flintlock rifles, there are also some matchlock rifles and quite a few cannons, but they are not the later steel cannons. Many of them are early bronze cannons and tiger squat cannons.
There are also many items from the Jiajing period. Not to mention using them, it costs a lot of money to maintain them every year.
The Ministry of War had already said that these items were no longer necessary and were to be melted down and reforged. The recovered ironware would be used to forge kitchen utensils or farm tools.
As for the recovered bronze, we can make some ornaments or see if we can turn it into copper plates. If we can, that would be great.
And judging from His Majesty's intention, he intends to sell these things to the Koreans.
"Will they agree to this?" Sun Chengzong was really hesitant this time.
He said with some uncertainty: "These things are different from what they see. What if they don't want them?"
"Why wouldn't they want it?" Zhu Youxiao said matter-of-factly. "These things are much worse than what we use, but much better than their own, even better than Japan's. Why don't they buy them?"
"It's better to buy it than not to buy it. You want our most advanced products? We don't even have enough for ourselves."
Sun Chengzong nodded.
However, his protective nature came back, and he said hesitantly, "If we give these things to them, can they research and develop them on their own? Or even develop them on their own? If they do, we'll be in big trouble."
"Why not give these things to the border troops, or to the local garrisons? There are still many people who can't use this kind of equipment, and we in the Ming Dynasty are also in short supply right now. Although it's not the best and a bit outdated, it's still better than what we have now, right?"
Zhu Youxiao glanced at Sun Chengzong and sighed, "It would be great if our things could be copied so easily."
Zhu Youxiao's words were truly heartfelt.
How many years and how much money did the Ming Dynasty spend to achieve the current results?
Even if others wanted to copy Ming Dynasty's R&D, it would be impossible. The industrial base is here. If they want to copy, they also need the capital.
Let alone this time, even World War II was not possible. If the Qing Dynasty wanted to produce rifles, and Chiang Kai-shek wanted to produce rifles, they would have to introduce production lines.
Want to copy it yourself?
This is simply a foolish dream! The steelmaking and steelmaking are not up to standard, and all the processes are also not up to standard. What is going on?
Matchlock guns and flintlock guns are both muzzle-loading guns, which are completely different from the breech-loading guns we use today.
Just a piece of metal fixed ammunition, how much effort did it take? How could it be so easy to make?
Zhu Youxiao was very confident about this. By the time North Korea was developed, the Ming Dynasty would have already been upgraded.
Zhu Youxiao said, "I have considered giving it to our own people. But you have to understand that if the imperial guards are not given to the local troops, it will probably cause dissatisfaction among them. If the border troops and the imperial guards become antagonistic, that would be bad."
Zhu Youxiao's considerations were simply simple considerations, not reasons at all. Trying to use this to convince Sun Chengzong was hopeless.
Because maintaining the generation gap between the equipment of the central army and the local army is something that has been done more than once, and it is not only done by the Ming Dynasty, but by all dynasties.
The most ruthless ones were the imperial guards and the wing troops of the Song Dynasty, who were completely two different things.
No matter how unwilling you are to accept it, what conflicts have you caused?
That simply doesn't exist. As long as we draw people from the local areas to join the imperial army every year and maintain this kind of mobility, there won't be any problems at all.
Sun Chengzong also roughly understood that His Majesty looked down on those things and did not want to equip his country's army.
But he also understood that if these old things could be sold, it would definitely not be a cheap price.
Wouldn't it be better to use that money to buy new equipment? Why keep using this old equipment?
The new equipment will definitely be liked by more people.
"Then everything is up to your Majesty." Sun Chengzong nodded and said, "I will come up with a charter after I return and look at the specific prices. When we get to the capital, we'll first take inventory of the inventory and see how much we can sell to them."
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