This revolver is said to be rare, but that is also rare.
There is no blast furnace and we don’t know the proportion of steel. Han Du can guarantee that except for Ming Dynasty, no one in this world can build this revolver.
But to say that it is not rare, it is not rare either. Now, with the Ordnance Bureau's manufacturing capabilities, it can still produce hundreds of them a day with all its efforts. The main parts of this revolver are cast in molds, and then hand-polished by craftsmen to the exact same size. How fast is mold casting? Thousands of them can be cast in one day, mainly because polishing them takes a lot of time.
There is no way, there are no machine tools now, everything has to be polished slowly by the hands of craftsmen, that's all.
But even at this price, Han Du was still not prepared to sell it to Zhao Xian and others.
Just when Han Du was about to shake his head and refuse, Wen Yuan on the side suddenly interjected: "Since I can't talk about the money problem, why don't I tell you what kind of difficulties the common people and others can help with? If there is any use for the common people and others, Please forgive me, uncle."
Wen Yuan's words were also based on the attitude of treating a dead horse as a live horse. After all, in his opinion, what problems in the great Ming Dynasty could not be solved by Jing Haibo, but they could solve it?
But what surprised a few people was that Han Du fell into deep thought after listening to Wen Yuan's words.
Is it possible that there will be a twist in the meeting?
Han Duwen asked this question before he recalled another purpose of going to sea. There are two purposes for going to sea this time, one of which is to wipe out Japanese pirates. The second is, if possible, see if you can find some food.
Whether it's grabbing or buying. It would be best if we could get some food back. Originally, Handu’s destination was already in mind, and that was Jiaozhi.
Jiaozhi is famous for its food. The famous Champa rice can be harvested three times a year. Han Du originally planned to enter Changnan in the name of wiping out Japanese pirates, and planned to get a batch of food back. But now it seems that it is impossible. The warship can only carry so much weight. Since it contains gold and silver, it naturally cannot carry food.
Besides, even with the carrying capacity of three warships, they couldn't carry much food back.
And this Luzon, in fact, in terms of climate
It’s similar to Jiaozhi, and maybe it can be harvested three times a year.
"Uncle, there is indeed a problem. If you can solve it, it is not impossible to have a revolver." Han Du said thoughtfully.
Zhao Xian and others were overjoyed and asked quickly: "Please tell me, uncle, if there is any use for the grassroots and others, the grassroots and others will not hesitate to die."
"It's not that complicated." Han Du stretched out his hand to stop Zhao Xian and others from expressing their loyalty, and asked gently: "I want food, do you have it?"
food? It's that simple.
Zhao Xian and others couldn't believe their ears. There was so much food here. Why did the ancestors of Zhao Xian and others settle here after arriving here and did not want to leave?
Isn't it because the richness of the products here far exceeds their imagination, and they think there is no better place in the world than here?
If it is an ordinary amount of food, these people can provide it. But since these words came from Han Du's mouth, the quantity required would probably not be small.
Zhao Xian pondered for a while, then raised his hands and asked, "Back to uncle, the grain farmers and others have saved a lot. I don't know how much uncle wants."
When he heard that there was food, Han Du didn't look happy at all.
He said in a calm tone: "Five million dan."
Sure enough, when Zhao Xian and others heard this, their expressions suddenly changed and their eyes widened.
After a while, Zhao Xian smiled bitterly and said: "If it is one million dan, the common people can barely make up for it even if they live frugally. But with five million dan, there is really nothing they can do."
Han Du was still overjoyed when he heard that he could raise one million dans of food. But he still said calmly, "It's just five million loads of grain. If you can do it, I will make the decision and give you a hundred revolvers and ten thousand rounds of ammunition. In addition, you will not need any money to buy native people and waist knives." paid."
Since there is hope, Han Du will try his best to seize it. At this time, it is undoubtedly a wise move to abandon gold and silver and choose food. And even if Zhao Xian and others gave the gold and silver to Han Du, Han Du would not be able to transport it away now.
Wen Yuan saw that Han Du needed food so urgently, so he stepped forward and said, "Uncle
Master, if the grassroots and others have so much food, they will naturally take it out without saying a word. However, the grassroots people do not have so much food. If they want food, they need to go to Java and other places to buy it. And this is not something that happens overnight, it takes time to collect slowly. Five million dan is too much. I am afraid that even if the common people scrape the ground of Java and other places, they will not be able to get it together. "
What you have and what you need to buy are different.
Wen Yuan and others would not feel bad if they took out the food they had. As for food, just plant it in large quantities when needed. Anyway, as long as you keep enough food for a few months, you can harvest a lot of food in a few months.
Therefore, Han Du's announcement of five million dan did not scare Zhao Xian and others. What makes them embarrassed is that they had no intention of storing food before, and they never thought that they would need to store so much food.
But it's different when you go shopping. Even if the food here is not valuable, you still need to spend real money to buy it. Coupled with the round-trip transportation, the cost is not low.
Therefore, even if Handu has favorable conditions, they still have to bargain. After all, purchasing food requires them to spend real money, so naturally they can spend less, just a little less.
"How much can you put together?" Han Du asked seriously.
Zhao Xian and others looked at each other, and finally Zhao Xian raised three fingers.
"The common people and others can raise up to three million dan."
"Okay, just three million dan." Han Du left the decision and was too lazy to bargain with them.
"But you must prepare one million loads first. After I return to Beijing, I will send the navy to transport it away. You must also collect the rest quickly, and I will have people transport it away one after another."
"I obey your uncle's instructions." Zhao Xian and others were overjoyed.
I originally thought that Jing Haibo wanted to ask for three million dan at once, but he didn't expect that he could prepare it in batches. This way it will be much simpler. Now the second crop of food is about to mature, and it will be quite a lot if harvested. By the time of the third planting, if we increase the planting, we might be able to collect three million dan without having to purchase it from Java at all.
If they could get the food together by themselves, they would be at a huge advantage.
