On the third day of the sixth year of Wanli, negotiations still encountered a juncture, or at this time the real negotiations had just begun.

"In terms of commercial negotiations, the negotiations seem to be very harmonious, but this is complementary to each other's advantages. We have a strong and prosperous handicraft industry that can provide a variety of goods such as military equipment, aristocratic enjoyment, and daily necessities of the people. The Spanish just need luxury."

"Their cast iron cannons, shells, gunpowder, and armor used to rely heavily on the Netherlands. Now, except for armor, 70% of them are out of stock. The armor can still be purchased from Milan and other places, but the price is high."

"There are many local people who enjoy the daily needs of the people, and some things are not available in themselves and can be used as rare goods. Therefore, there is no doubt that negotiations in this regard are relatively easy."

A pair of thick cowhide-bottomed military boots were squinted on the table. Chen Mu leaned back half-lying on the chair with no image, and commented on the trade goods submitted by Zhao Shizhen. As he said, he turned to the next page and said to himself: "Let me see the price, it's all pretty good! General Zhenshuo, who was 20 jin of land and general Zhenshuo, who used cast iron for ships, has 27 times profit?"

"good!"

It’s not that Chen Mu is insatiable.

The artillery is not expensive, but the labor cost is very high, and the defective rate is extremely high. In the Nanyang Guard Weapon Bureau, which has the best gun casting skills in the country, experienced cannonmakers supervise the casting iron cannons with ten kilograms of ammunition. If they can use three guns together, they are masters.

Of course, you can choose three or four more leftovers to make do with it, but these problems of trachoma will reduce the lifespan of the artillery.

Just like the batch of cannons cast by Chen Mu in his early years that were blown under the gate of Guangzhou Fucheng, it was difficult to improve in a short time. Before the modern smelting system achieved a leap, the casting capacity of the Ming Dynasty had reached its peak.

The selling price of a 20-pound ship's cast iron General Zhenshuo cannon is twenty-seven times the cost, but if the defective rate is added, it is actually only about four times the profit. The reason for this pricing is because this price is much cheaper than Spain's own copper cannon of the same caliber.

The bigger the cannon, the more difficult it is to build, the more expensive it is. Just like a small spliced ​​circumferential cannon, which is commonly known as the small Francophone in the Ming Dynasty, it was mass-produced by Spanish craftsmen with iron hammers. In the Ming Dynasty, the two kilograms of cast iron, the cost of the industrial material of General Zhenshuo was only two taels, and even if the iron core and copper shell were used, it was only six taels.

Now the iron core copper shell process used in artillery held by the Ming army can significantly reduce the defective rate, increase the quality and life of the artillery, and generally reach five times the life of cast iron cannons.

But Chen Mu has always had a qualified businessman with a cast iron cannon that the Spaniards need, and they want to buy iron cannons.

We must not sell things that others don’t need with good orders. The copper core, iron shell, Zhenshuo, does not need them, so we cannot force them to them.

Moreover, at the Military Arts Research Institute in Guangzhou Military Academy, the iron core copper shell technology does not belong to metallurgy, but to materials science. Strictly speaking, Zhao Shizhen did not deceive people in publicity. He told Acosta that cast iron cannons were the representative work of the highest achievement in metallurgy of the Ming Empire. Yes, it was not deceived, it was very rigorous.

Chen Mu sat upright, held a teacup from the table, thinking about the future division of defense zones of the Ming army in Asia, raised his eyes and asked Zhao Shizhen: "It seems that the negotiations are progressing very well. What makes the negotiations deadlock?"

Zhao Shizhen smiled bitterly: "Just business."

Three days of discussion on a package of commercial cooperation, from military supplies to daily trade supplies, made the messengers in the process think that their negotiations were completely off-limited and they sat at the negotiating table. No one thought that the other party was very hostile to their side, and were surprised by the other party's reaction.

"We did not intend to fight with the Westerners. This was what the Grand Marshal had expected long ago, and the Westerners did not intend to fight with us. The trade orders set by both sides first passed Chen Shuai's inspection, and then the Westerners will be sent back to Mexico, divided into daily and military batches. After the Governor confirmed that it was correct, daily trade could begin. Military and coins still need to be returned to Madrid, and the approval of its king."

"I have no problem here. Except for removing cotton silk from the order, the others will be upgraded according to the price and quantity you agreed upon, and we will not sell raw materials to others. What are their problems? Sit down and say."

Zhao Shizhen nodded and sat opposite Chen Mu, opening the laptop he carried with him. Chen Mu's habit has influenced a large number of people in the South and Beiyang over the years. Basically, from lower-level officers, everyone will carry laptops and charcoal pens with them, and remember what they think of.

"Mainly in land and minerals, the Westerners made great concessions on the land. They said that the guerrillas pushed the boundary marker two thousand miles south of the Zhuangyuan Bridge. According to their words, it was called 360 liters. It was originally in the desert of Baja California, New Spain."

"They want to divide Asia equally with the Ming Dynasty, and plan to draw a line from west to east on the map based on boundary markers. The north of the line belongs to the Ming Dynasty and the south of the line belongs to New Spain."

Chen Mu sneered and thought to himself, why did Spain have the same virtue as the Portuguese, and smiled and said, "Do you remember the Lion Kingdom? The Portuguese were as generous as they were, and used the land they could not occupy to make favors for Chen."

"The north is either a big desert or a mountain. Only the coastal area can cut some good materials and catch some seafood. Even if it can leave the desert, it is almost time to fight with others, right?"

Zhao Shizhen was a little surprised and said, "How did the Grand Marshal know that there is a desert? This is the second concession for the Westerners. They have been exploring this land for forty years. Although they have no intention of operating it, they have accumulated a lot of information. They can also give these things completely to the Ming Dynasty, but there is a condition."

Chen Mu just raised his eyebrows. To be honest, he did think that the Spaniards made a lot of concessions, but he could only put this in the scope of sincerity in his heart.

He was not very interested in these intelligences. He said that Wang Po must have sold melons for 40 years of exploration, but he had more or less sent many expedition teams. But if these intelligences were really useful, how could the Spaniards be willing to give this land to themselves?

It's impossible. At most, it's just waste paper that can save people some effort. It might be of great use if someone else is involved, but for him, wouldn't it be better to directly assign the owner of the Minerson Mountain to San Francisco to explore the mine?

“What conditions?”

"European French pirates rampant in the Caribbean. New Spain hopes that the Ming army can dispatch a fleet to bypass South Asia and help them clear the route. In the information given to us by the Westerners, these people also set foot north of the Ming border with Asia, and they are on the east."

"It seems that the Spaniards want us to treat the French whom we have never met as enemies."

Chen Mu grinded his chin without commenting. Zhao Shizhen followed and said: "In this condition, the Westerners did not intend to hand over the coast south of the boundary mark to the Ming Dynasty. They refused like this: the Governor believed that the Ming army used to fish, and the northern coast was enough."

"But they have a second plan."
Chapter completed!