Negotiations were stalemate here, and A Ying came over and whispered a few times in Jin Sanduo's ear. Jin Sanduo's expression changed and he said to the special envoy who came to negotiate, "Three thousandths."

Eunuch Li quickly understood what it meant: "Three thousandths per person?"

"Three thousandths in total." Just now A Ying said the word "kickback" in Jin Sanduo's ear, and Jin Sanduo understood everything. The officials of the Ming Dynasty were equivalent to a group of parasites that were attached to the giant of the Ming Dynasty. Although the parasite and the host were symbiotic, the giant of the Ming Dynasty was also weak and dying after nearly three hundred years of blood sucking. The money allocated by the Ministry of Revenue has never been sufficient. Why? Because the Ministry of Revenue has allocated enough funds, what should the officials and officials of the Ministry of Revenue eat? Just like later generations who believed that the Finance Bureau was the fattest position, they would not worry about not paying wages, bonuses and benefits. Anyone with some energy wants to transfer their families in.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, this phenomenon of the Ministry of Revenue was even more serious. As a money bag in the world, there were many tricks to get money in it. For example, when the Qing Dynasty, there were bannermen guarding the warehouses to bring the silver kuan home with their rectum. At that time, the Kubians could only be bannermen, and they were hereditary. These people practiced chrysanthemums and tie eggs since they were young. Although the Kubians were rich for generations, they were also looked down upon by other bannermen - they thought they were professional chrysanthemums.

The Ming Dynasty was not so serious, but everyone understands the principle of relying on the mountains to earn the mountains. In addition to the fact that the Ministry of Revenue had to dig a layer of each bank of silver out of the warehouse, the most common method was to exchange silver ingots with different color quality for silver ingots in the warehouse. These silvers were produced in different places, and the silver content was also different.

This kind of thing gradually disappeared after the two countries were changed to the Yuan Dynasty. Some people minted fake silver coins on the market, but this thing is not only expensive, but also a gun service. The biggest disadvantage is that when the silver coins are blown by the nails, a crisp sound will be produced. Even the illiterate people can easily distinguish the authenticity by using this method. It is still difficult for counterfeit coins to be circulated in the market.

If Ah Ying hadn't mentioned it, Jin Sanduo wouldn't have expected that this group of people would have thought about the crisis in the country. Of course, the recognition of the Ming Dynasty would not have thought so. He was still calculating about silver rebates and other things. Could it be that these people's sage books were read into the dog's belly? Perhaps these masters who came down to earth from Wenquxing really understood the part of Jin Sanduo's sage books that Jin Sanduo would never understand.

Eunuch Li pinched the orchid and said, "It's too few. It's not easy for our family to go there. There are also a group of people in the Ministry of War where Chief Li is in charge of the war."

"These goods are worth tens of thousands of gold, and the court will buy more of the two people and get them. How much can you get in the end depends on how big the business can be done." Jin Sanduo gave three thousandths of the rebates that ordinary salesmen received after selling the goods. Such a proportion is that these two people looked down on them and couldn't help them. It's impossible to really reduce the price. After too many such things, Jin Sanduo can't make the decision. After all, the property of Lushan is the large collective Jin Sanduo only accounts for two thousandths of the money.

Then the focus of the discussion between the two sides shifted from the price to the kickbacks - Originally, Chief Li wanted to get some gray income through bargaining. The Ministry of War is not richer than the Ministry of Revenue, and he is even less able to catch up with the assessment and promoted to the Ministry of Personnel for officials. If he can't get any oil and water from the arms transaction - why should he go this trip?

It was probably because of the psychological effect. Jin Sanduo felt a little disgusted when he saw these officials who read the books of sages and became officials for thousands of miles. The salary of officials customized by the Ming Taizu was a little lower, but it was not insufficient - otherwise Hai Rui would not have been poor but had starved to death long ago. Of course, like the current officials, the salary of the court was definitely not enough for the officials to raise a large family, sedan chair, maid, master, cook, servant, and doorman.

These people always think that reading the books of sages should be superior, but no one in the Lushan Casino has received elite education dares to say that the saying is superior. After all, the books they read are summaries of the knowledge of their predecessors, and those who are still doing research in a certain aspect are much richer than them.

Only then did Jin Sanduo understand why his father and his generation spared no effort to promote universal education rather than build more such expensive teaching ships. For elites such as teaching ships, if there is no competition, it is probably not a good thing.

Master Li was very disappointed. In the end, he only talked about one percent and had to give a share to the dead eunuch around him. This concession was already quite large for Lushan. This was a concession made by repeated negotiations because of the large purchase volume of the Ming Dynasty.

There were 40 Red-Art steel cannons, 200 Big Tiger Cannons, and 3,000 Australian fast guns. Although the Ming Dynasty had mastered the manufacturing technology of Australian fast guns, the materials used by both sides were different, so the performance was further apart. In addition, the molds used by the Australian 1628 fast guns were the same, that is, the parts could be exchanged. The imitations of the Ming Dynasty, let alone parts exchanged, and the calibers of the guns were not consistent. In this way, the fixed-loading technology required everyone to make their own lead bullets and medicine bags, which was quite troublesome. Not to mention that after buying this Australian fast gun, even if the fast gun cannot be used, it would be profitable if it was used to remove the molten steel. Since you can be an official to reach a high level, there was no fool, and a person like Hai Rui could only be a local official.

The 230,000 taels of arms business was also the largest arms deal that the Lushan family has done today. It is probably the same for Chongzhen. When Chongzhen first came to power, he still had some money left by his brother and nine thousand years old. By the time of Chongzhen, he even rewarded the gold and silver items in the palace to the soldiers who came to serve the king.

According to the tradition of the arms industry, the Lushan actually paid 42 Red-Yi steel cannons, 205 Big Tiger Zun steel cannons, and 3,200 Australian fast guns - because not every gun has been tested, according to the standards of the military industry, a scrap rate of one-thousandth is acceptable. Of course, if the damage such as bumps and losses on the road are considered, each large-scale transaction will be given more as compensation for the waste.

Finally, there are two of these two people who have one percent rebates, two thousand three hundred taels.

At this moment, the arms manufactured by the Lushan River were almost wiped out. The travelers who had received the money sent immigrants from Tianjin Wei to buy them in Tianjin Wei. It can be said that there is almost nothing except real estate that this big iron ship doesn't like. Of course, their favorites are mules, horses, sheep, oxes, camels, population, and some daily necessities.

In the winter of the first year of Chongzhen, Tianjin Wei had already had a large number of refugees from Shaanxi. The road induced system was almost collapsed in the late Ming Dynasty, especially the Chongzhen Dynasty. Local officials in Shaanxi were killed by Gao Yingxiang and other peasant troops this year, so who would have set the road for others to lead the way?

Chongzhen and the court took out so much money to buy Australian arms this time. First, they found that the arms were of good value, and even if the steel was melted, they would not lose money. Second, they bought the arms and went to Shaanxi to fight the peasant army. Over the past year, the various peasant armies in Shaanxi rebelled and claimed to be a million-strong army. After wandering around, they snatched up all the places clean. The wealthy families either ran into strong cities such as Xi'an or built villages to protect themselves, but in the end the bad luck was the lower-class people.

For these people who are not full, there are only three ways to go. First, join the peasant army and enter this bandit who plunders sanitation and does not cause production. After robbing a few times, no one likes to give birth. This is certain.

Second, stay away from the war-torn Shaanxi and go to other places to escape famine. The term "escape famine" is unique to China, because China is too large, including various terrain, sub-cold temperate tropical areas. Almost every year, some places are affected by disasters. Those who cannot withstand the disaster have to go out to escape famine. On the way, eating wild vegetables, peeling trees bark and begging for food, just to survive, do anything. In the years of disaster, people eat people and don't call it a big deal.

The third is death. There are always some elderly, weak, sick and disabled people who cannot run away, and even peasant soldiers are unwilling to take burdens, so they can only die. There are also those who are unwilling to escape from famine. In this era, it is not that trees are moved to death, but that people are away from their hometowns. Often, they hang themselves after the family eats the last food, or jump into the rolling Yellow River collectively.

These people who were brought back by Australia are lucky because they have been here twice. Since the Australian iron ship is very far behind in Tianjin Port, many people here know that the ship takes people to overseas for land reclamation and farming. Once the reputation is made, it will be impossible to stop it. Every household begins to board the Australian iron ship from the small boat.

Australia now has a corresponding management method for these immigrants - that is, bringing new ones. Every time they return to the voyage, they bring a few immigrants from all over the country, using fellow villagers - this is one of the four most particular brothers in the Ming Dynasty. They come to receive these new people, tell them the rules on the ship and the prospects for the new life - to divide the land for Australians after three years.

In their mouths, Australia is a place with no less land than the Ming Dynasty, but its population is not as large as Tianjin Wei - hundreds of thousands of indigenous people were accidentally ignored. The land there is a wasteland full of weeds, and as long as you are willing to spend some effort to clear the land, you can plant things.

The most important thing is that Australians are divided into land by population, so it is best for the whole family to go together. Moreover, the Australian government does not charge rent. The agricultural tax is no longer a concept for Chinese people in the 1960s. Just how much is the output? It is better to make some steel, glass, and cement to make some scissors. Besides, the Republic does not charge agricultural tax but still collects personal income tax and commercial tax - the landlords can't escape.

Yabui Wei gently wiped his cold steel knife with an oily cotton swab in the room. Now the warrior iron cannon team is no longer the iron cannon team equipped with Australian iron cannons. Except for the artillery, all warriors who think they are very skilled have obtained a cold steel knife made of alloy by the Australians.

In fact, there is no need to maintain this knife like a Japanese knife - but Mibei, who is known as a swordsman, still carefully maintains it every day. Since these daimyos who have won the world have issued the "Bao Sword Order" again and again, wandering samurai has no sense of security when going out. If you don't bring a knife, you may suffer a loss. When you see a single wandering samurai in rural Japan, you often attack them in groups, grab clothes and armor and sell them to the city for money. This is a traditional defeated soldier activity in rural Japan. When you go out, the chance of farmers attacking them in groups is small, but the government also needs to catch them - in fact, the strength is not as great as the farmers in rural areas - if you encounter a few swordsman and sword saints, the force you pursue is not enough - the more mature samurai, you will know that you can't afford to offend them as long as you look at them.

Because Mibingwei has practiced the swordless snatch of Xinyinliu, it is not very different to go out with a sword or not. He is sure to take the sword from the enemy's hand at any time, but Wubingwei has also suffered from the defeat in Kyushu. Since ancient times, it has been said that two fists cannot beat four hands, not to mention being surrounded by dozens of iron cannons. If you are forced to take the sword before you get close, you will be helpless to have a sword. As a swordsman, Mibingwei can only be on the ship honestly.

"What a good knife." Yaebei, who had been maintained, admired the pattern of the blade under the light. This pattern was only seen on those precious swords and the sharp village of Seiju Masaru, who was known for his sharpness. However, after the Tokugawa family took over the world, he believed that there were too many people in the Tokugawa family who killed this village. He characterized this village as a demon sword and a son. Tokugawa Ieyasu's grandfather and father died under Muramasa. Ieyasu himself had also been injured by Muramasa. Because Muramasa's swords and guns are known for their sharpness, there are many Miramasa's Samurai's proportions of Miramasa's Sankawa samurai, who is famous for his bravery, is not surprising. Tokugawa Ieyasu's sword was also Muramasa's.

Now that Mibingwei has become the deputy company commander in Australia, Mibingwei didn't know how old the deputy company commander was at first. After getting familiar with it, he found that he was helping the company commander train the team and implementing the company commander's orders - this one with two hundred people in the company is probably equivalent to a Japanese football general.

This time, Mibingwei asked someone to send a message to pick up his wife and children, and he was also a good general. It is said that the monthly salary of the lieutenant deputy company commander has reached 30 taels of silver, which is 60 taels of Australian dollars that have not yet been launched. In addition, there are some miscellaneous training subsidies for cold prevention and heat prevention expenses, etc. Maybe you can get more than 40 taels a month - the expenses are very small, and the family has food, food, drink, clothing and housing in Australia for the time being.

Nowadays, Yabuiwei no longer hates the people who captured him on the boat. If it weren't for them who were wandering somewhere and waiting for the opportunity to become an official - it would be very difficult to find an official in this era when a large number of samurai were laid off. If it were a family member of the genealogy, only the eldest son could inherit the position of his father, and the other descendants could only work for the elder brother or go out to find other opportunities to become an official.

On this Australian iron ship, Yabukie opened his eyes. He could illuminate a room with a very bright light without lamp oil, and the extremely strong iron ship. At first, everyone thought it was a large ship with a layer of iron sheet like Nobunaga's iron armored ship, but after actually moving in, he found that even the houses, walls and floors inside were made of steel. With such magical power, it would not be surprising that these Australians came up with more and better iron cannons.

Of course, there are rumors. Some people say that the Australians' big iron ship is driven by ghost power. You see, they recruited so many immigrants on board to kill and perform evil sacrifices on the sea to drive the big iron ship with their souls - who made the ship lose sails? This kind of rumor has recently been a little market in Guangdong.

Yabei sneered at this because he had seen the Australian city construction from scratch, as well as the large area of ​​farmland that began to open up and the free-range cattle and sheep. If Yabei was not a professional samurai, he was recognized by the head of the family as soon as he got on the boat, he was probably going to carry a hoe to open up the land or work on the work - if possible, people still like to do their own business.

Not only Mibingwei sent this cold steel knife, but it was only because Mibingwei had a high military rank and good martial arts skills that he got the first batch of cold steel knife made by the Australians. It is said that everyone will have a share in the future. After all, this iron cannon is not conducive to melee combat. After the enemy approaches, the warriors will have to use the melee ability of the cold steel knife.

Another use of this three-foot-long cold steel knife is to be inserted under the barrel of the Australian Type 1628 fast gun and lock it as a long weapon - this can be used to deal with cavalry. The gun body is six feet long and it is more than one person tall, just wait for the cavalry to hit it and die. As for infantry, there are no need to be such trouble. Among these warriors, there are swordsmen or quasi-sword tyrants like Yabuiwei. They just need to go up and kill the remaining infantry after being attacked by platoons and artillery.

In fact, after seeing the power of Australian guns and cannons, even Yabuiwei didn't know how the infantry would rush over alive. Even the elite Tokugawa family's Takumamoto dared to rush forward under the attack of this firepower.

Seeing his father trance, Yabuki's eldest daughter Yinzi held a piece of Australian candy and said, "Dad, you eat candy too."

Looking at his daughter Mibinge's warm face, he put away his knife: "You eat silver, Dad doesn't like eating candy. If you eat too much candy, people's hearts will become weak and you can't go to battle for the lord to kill the enemy."

Yinzi gave his mother the candy: "Mom eats candy. After Mom eats candy, there is also candy in the milk, so that my brother can eat candy."

Once upon a time, sugar could be said to be a high-priced drug for this family or a luxury that can be enjoyed by the high-level samurai merchants and monks. Japan does not produce sugar cane, but it does not produce sugar. Brown sugar and white sugar can only be imported from the Ming Dynasty. Where can unemployed samurai eat high-priced imported candy.

However, after Australians imported a large amount of brown sugar from Guangdong, they made various candies. The reason why they did not make sugar was because the nutrients of sugar were not as high as those of brown sugar. Everyone’s opinion was surprisingly consistent, that is, sugar could be used as a commodity in the future, but those who were used by their own family must eat brown sugar. In this era, women in the Ming Dynasty also ate brown sugar and eggs during confinement periods, and many places still had such traditions hundreds of years later.

Many diseases in this era are caused by malnutrition. There was a saying in the traditional Chinese medicine industry that medicine is worse than food supplements - meaning that you can avoid tonics with a balanced diet or that is the best tonic. However, for many families, this must be affordable or affordable.
Chapter completed!