Zhu Yunwen's word "sell" immediately caused the King of Zhu Zi Kingdom to show an excited expression.
He even quickly bowed to Zhu Yunwen and said:
"Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince of the Great Ming Dynasty. We are grateful to Your Highness the Crown Prince of the Great Ming Dynasty. From now on, our Zhu Zi Kingdom will no longer have to worry about the western countries bullying us."
Zhu Yunwen waved his hand again and said:
"But remember, these weapons are only sold to you to help you defend against foreign enemies. If you use these weapons to invade other countries, then the Great Ming will never let it go."
The King of Zhu Zi hurriedly assured him that since the Ming Dynasty had now intervened in the affairs between the western countries, the western countries would naturally need to seek the Ming Dynasty's consent and be mindful of its attitude in whatever they did.
If the Ming Dynasty does not want them to go to war, then they cannot go to war.
If one were to defy the will of the Ming Dynasty, the consequences would certainly not be good.
The King of Zhu Zi Kingdom clearly understood this principle, so he attached great importance to this matter and decided to issue an order afterwards to ensure good relations with all countries and to prevent any conflicts from occurring.
In particular, we must not take the initiative to oppose other countries. We are not afraid of other countries, but we are afraid of the Ming Dynasty.
So, Zhu Yunwen then set the price at one hundred taels for a rifle, but this time he also set a price for the bullets: one tael of silver per bullet.
It has to be said that this price is really expensive, and Zhu Yunwen did this because he wanted to give them weapons but not to make them able to fight.
After all, on the battlefield, if it takes a bullet that costs one or two taels of silver to take a person's life, then the price is indeed quite high.
Besides, each of these firearms costs one hundred taels of silver.
Despite the high price, the King of Zhu Zi Kingdom remained determined to purchase one thousand rifles and one hundred thousand rounds of ammunition.
This directly brought in 200,000 taels of silver for the Ming Dynasty.
Two hundred thousand taels of silver is indeed a lot. Although it may not be much for the economically developed Ming Dynasty, having such an income is always good, as it can be used to do many things in the Ming Dynasty.
Moreover, other countries might also make requests to purchase weapons, so Zhu Yunwen could sell some more to them.
Without going into too much detail, there are about ten countries in the west. If all the other countries except Chechi Kingdom were to buy, it would bring nearly two million taels of silver to the Ming Dynasty in one go.
Looking at it this way, it's not a small amount, and these firearms will wear out after use and are prone to breakage over time.
Bullets are used up and then gone, so other countries will continue to buy these things from the Ming Dynasty.
It's a long-term business, and these countries spend a lot of money. Buying things from the Ming Dynasty will enrich the Ming court.
Once the Ming Dynasty became wealthy, it could then spend money to develop the entire Ming Dynasty.
The construction of the Ming Dynasty will create a large workforce to earn money, and the construction and economy of the Ming Dynasty will continue to thrive.
The people of the Ming Dynasty not only made money, but also built the country better and better.
This virtuous cycle will allow the Ming Dynasty to continue to grow and break through at an even faster pace.
It should be noted that Zhu Yunwen had several policies in place that were being implemented throughout the Ming Dynasty.
That includes road construction across the country, as well as medical and educational services in various parts of the country. These are all areas where the imperial court needs to pay for funding.
Apart from these, most other things are profitable, but these three things require government subsidies and funding, and they themselves are not profitable.
Unlike state-owned assets such as bicycles and toilet water, they can have a huge and profitable market.
Therefore, although the imperial court is very wealthy now, there are still many places to spend money, especially in the future, when more construction will be needed and even more money will be required.
Therefore, Zhu Yunwen had to sell arms, which was an inevitable path. After all, relying solely on trade would not yield much success; only selling arms would truly generate profit.
Moreover, weapons are something that other countries don't have, yet they still need to use.
At present, the main sources of income for the entire Ming Dynasty are commercial taxes paid by ordinary people and a discounted poll tax.
There are also tariffs for trade with other countries.
Finally, there's Zhu Yunwen, who is now slowly beginning to develop arms deals with various countries.
All of these things can enable the Ming Dynasty to have more money, and with money, the Ming Dynasty can carry out construction in various places.
The people could then use the government's wages to do their work, and this money circulated among the people, allowing them to complete their tasks.
The Ming Dynasty would become increasingly prosperous, and the lives of the people would improve. Therefore, Zhu Yunwen was quite clear about how to develop the people's livelihood and economy of the Ming Dynasty.
After the King of Zhu Zi Kingdom signed the agreement with Zhu Yunwen, he immediately sent 200,000 taels of silver with several hundred men to escort it to the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yunwen continued his journey, but this time he chose to take a detour, deliberately passing through some other countries at a leisurely pace.
His purpose was to give those countries an opportunity to come to Zhu Yunwen.
Purchase weapons from Zhu Yunwen.
As it turned out, Zhu Yunwen's actions made those guys think they had found an opportunity, and they couldn't sit still any longer, so they all invited Zhu Yunwen to their palaces.
Therefore, at their request, Zhu Yunwen was in a very difficult position and signed weapons contracts worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
After traveling around like this, approximately eight or nine western countries purchased weapons worth around 200,000 taels of silver from the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yunwen was very clever; he sold a considerable amount of weapons and ammunition to each country.
In other words, although he sold powerful weapons, he kept the arms power of various countries at a relatively low level.
In this way, no one is stronger than the other, and they still cannot take action against other countries.
In this situation, with the Ming Dynasty deterring them and forbidding them from fighting, the west would remain a peaceful place.
Regardless of whether they have weapons or are capable of using them, they are incapable of waging war.
But with weapons, even if the Ming Dynasty doesn't allow them to fight, they will be much more secure.
After all, having weapons but not using them is different from not having weapons but being able to use them.
It took Zhu Yunwen almost a month to travel to all the countries in the west.
The fact that he did not visit Chechi Kingdom angered the King of Chechi Kingdom, who also learned from secret sources that Zhu Yunwen seemed to have signed agreements with various countries to purchase weapons.
The Kingdom of Chechi had already witnessed the power of the Ming Dynasty's military might during the war with the Kingdom of Women.
If, under these circumstances, all countries have weapons except for Chechi, how should Chechi position itself?
So, inside the palace of Chechi King, the King of Chechi slammed his fist angrily onto the table.
"That hateful grandson of the crown prince, he definitely did it on purpose."
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