Trading with the Ming Dynasty is what Li Zhe thought!

In fact, the impact of Manila on the situation in this era is second to the impact of its foreign trade. Li Zhe has been looking forward to for a long time!

This era is completely different from the time and space of the Three Kingdoms. This is an era when the rule of feudal society has developed to its peak and is fully mature. The germination of capitalism is constantly emerging in the body of feudal society covering the world! The market is developed and industrial progress is a great era of navigation, and trade is the theme of this era!

The southern market of the Ming Dynasty in this era actually had a considerable consumption capacity. In the 17th century, the Ming Dynasty was a typical rich man and poor country. A large amount of silver was deposited in private money houses and cellars and did not participate in circulation. It was conservatively estimated that it would reach 200 million taels of silver. There were many dignitaries in society, and the rising businessman class among the people also had huge consumption demand. In this era, the market of the Ming Dynasty undoubtedly had the greatest market potential in the world!

However, to open this market, it requires enough tempting commodities. Ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty had traditional habits of thrift and thrift. The mainland market in China has always been a headache for Westerners from modern times to modern times. Without enough bewitching commodities like opium, it is difficult to succeed.

At present, Manila lacks everything, so of course there will be no novelty. Of course, Li Zhe also needs to solve this problem. His method is to carry space! From reselling industrial products in the Three Kingdoms time and space to time and space in the late Ming Dynasty, this is Li Zhe's long-planned move! But he soon encountered the first obstacle!

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"I heard that you want to sell the cannons in the port? Why do you want to sell them?" Li Huamei ran over and asked.

When Li Zhe was preparing for the first large-scale trade in the merchant fleet, Li Huamei was naturally very happy. Unfortunately, she came to Li Zhe and heard a news that surprised her. Li Zhe was actually preparing to sell a batch of cannons!

"Not bad!" Li Zhe looked back at Li Huamei with a very determined look. "I am indeed preparing to sell cannons!" His tone was light and seemed to be selling fruits!

"I can get these things anytime and anywhere. Cannons with quality exceeds Red Mauyi are absolutely in short supply in the market. No matter how high we sell, people probably buy them, why can't they be sold? Aren't our own warships already equipped?"

During this period, Li Zhe smuggled a lot of bronze cannons and flintlock guns made by the Three Kingdoms time and space, equipped with Manila's navy and army. Li Huamei's three warships have been repaired and modified, and are equipped with nearly 100 cannons provided by Li Zhe. The muskets and cannons are finely made, reliable in quality, and have significantly better performance. They are much better than the shoddy things made by the Red-Mao Yi Portugal common on the market, resulting in the officers and soldiers of Manila, both the navy and the fort, becoming loyal users of the Ming Dynasty made by the Three Kingdoms time and space!

Li Huamei is also optimistic about these things, but only in this way, she becomes more and more unacceptable. Li Zhe actually remembers to sell these things to outsiders!

"But how can these things be sold?" Li Huamei didn't understand Li Zhe's idea at all. How can the country's important weapons be entrusted to others? Isn't this digging a grave for himself?

Li Zhe smiled, as if he was a little surprised.

"Why can't you sell it? These things can make money and can get what we want! They lack it, and we have it, why can't you sell it!"

"But, but this is a musket and cannon!" After hearing Li Zheyi's serious defense, Li Huamei held it in for a long time and said this sentence. "And you still want to sell it to Zheng Yiguan. Don't you know that we are officials and bandits? Once his ship is equipped with the most musket and cannons, he will definitely come to steal us. Zheng Yiguan is not a good guy. He dreams of dominating Nanyang. Wouldn't you make him feel like a tiger?"

Li Huamei gasped and said so many things in one go. In her opinion, Li Zhe was crazy about making money, but he actually had the idea of ​​arms. Now, in a country like the Netherlands and Portugal, the arms business is strictly restricted on the surface. No one wants to sell things to others, which increases the enemy's strength and threatens himself in turn!

Hahahaha! Li Zhe laughed loudly and pointed at Li Huamei and said with a smile.

"Don't worry! I'm not so stupid. Since I'm selling arms, I'll naturally take action after thinking about it. The deal with Zheng Yiguan will bring us unimaginable benefits and help us cross this threshold in front of us! As for the threat Zheng Yiguan will threaten us in the future - let me tell you carefully..."

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"In your opinion, is Zheng Yiguan developing fast or our development fast!" Li Zhe asked Li Huamei.

"Of course we will be faster!" Li Huamei said with some hesitation and lack of confidence: "Just a month ago, we were just pirates on the South China Sea?"

Li Zhe smiled:

"Hahaha! Huamei! What's there to hesitate! Of course, we are developing rapidly. Zheng Yiguan has thousands of ships on the sea and tens of thousands of people serve under his command, but until now he does not have a few enough land that truly belongs to his own. This is his fatal weakness! His power has expanded through alliances of interests. Since then, it has actually expanded to its limits. There will be no further development in the future.

His allies and subordinates are maintained by interests, but they are just a group of mobs. Once he has no money, he will no longer have the foundation to maintain his subordinates. If a war really starts, his combat power will definitely not be comparable to those foreigners! Therefore, he never dares to truly tear apart the foreigners and start a large-scale war!"

"But we are different!" Li Zhe paused and continued:

"We have territory, government, and established troops. Everything we have is built according to a real country. This ensures that even if the failure of one or two naval battles is a failure, we will still not be hurt and have enough recovery ability to continue the war! This is the difference between the country and the pirates! Forces like Zheng Zhilong do not pose a threat to us at all, and we don't need to be afraid at all!"

"And another reason why we are not afraid of them is that things like muskets and cannons are the secret of the fact that our things are better than others lies in the word "standard". They are not standard ammunition that we exclusively provide, and it is difficult for the enemy to imitate them! Selling such muskets and cannons to others, as long as they adapt to this kind of battle, they will not be able to get rid of our ammunition supply. Over time, it is actually equivalent to controlling other people's combat effectiveness!

Therefore, in the future, as long as we control this supply to a level that is acceptable to the development speed of our own military capabilities, we will not be afraid of the enemy's backlash, and then slowly infiltrate and control them, turning them into dogs tied to our ropes, and have to obey our orders. This is the strategy we will adopt against Chinese maritime tycoons like Zheng Zhilong. What can we be afraid of?"

After hearing what Li Zhe said, Li Huamei looked at Li Zhe in horror, as if she had never known Li Zhe. He would never have thought that there was such a vicious trick in this world that she could actually control and infiltrate other people's forces through arms smuggling. This... this is simply too sinister!

"But...will something really happen if you do this?" Li Huamei thought about it for a while, and asked with some confidence.

"Haha! Then I'm going to ask you this, my general! Our shipyard is restoring production with all its might, and soon our big ships will be built one after another. Can you still be afraid of the attack of those small boats in the countryside after having new warships and countless more and larger artillery pieces? My Phoenix General?" Under the temptation of the beautiful general, Li Zhe's eyes suddenly became evil, and he began to patrol Li Huamei's whole body without restraint.

Li Huamei couldn't stand this guy immediately, so she covered her face and retreated!

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Li Zhe looked at Li Huamei's back, meaningful!

Li Huamei’s worries are actually easy to understand. Just as Li Huamei did not say it clearly, her behavior firmly grasps the military power. This shows the strong sense of crisis of Li Huamei, a female pirate.

Li Huamei, who survived in a place like Nanyang and survived in a group of pirates who are respected by power, must attach importance to force over everything in the world. Therefore, even at this moment when she has put down her guard against Li Zhe to the lowest point, she still cannot change this vigilance mentality!

To put it bluntly, if Li Huamei didn't marry Li Zhe for a day, she wouldn't give up her military power, or even if she really married Li Zhe, Li Huamei might not let it go completely. This is the forbidden area in her heart! In her heart, this is probably the last way to protect everything she cherishes in this world! Even if Li Zhe's feelings for her, she might suspect that it is related to the military strength in her hands!

All thinking is at work, and the combination of interests seems reliable than all involvement in this world! This is the thinking of people in this world! Li Huamei can be said to act instinctively according to this logic, and it can be said that this is also the fundamental reason why Li Huamei can survive in the present among pirates!

That's why she was frightened by Li Zhe's bold approach. When could such a peerless weapon like a musket and cannon be traded, and it was not only traded, but she was trying to control others with such things. How confident is Li Zhe to dare to play with fire like this? This idea, like Mr. Dongguo, who sacrificed his life to feed the tiger, is completely incomprehensible to people of this era!
Chapter completed!