Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 84 Cooperation reached

Cigarettes, lighters, and watches, Tangning did not plan to set up a joint factory with these foreigners to conduct research, and planned to trade them directly as high-end commodities.

Because Tang Ning felt that these things seemed simple, but with the current level of craftsmanship, it was very difficult to research and produce them.

He doesn't have so much energy and resources to do these things now, so let those gringos do their own research.

If they really come up with some research results, maybe he, Tangning, can also get some credit, and then figure out a way to get it.

After the two parties finalized the initial cooperation, Tangning, Song Yunshu and Xiaohuan left first, while Cheng Gong stayed and continued to discuss the details of the cooperation with Wannu Bujialao.

The next day, after a preliminary negotiation with Cheng Gong, Wannu Bugarao didn't want to stay for a quarter of an hour, so he immediately went back to Haojing.

He wanted to report the matter as soon as possible, so he had to be ahead of the Dutchman and thoroughly finalize the content of the cooperation, the sooner the better.

On the second day after Wannu Bogarao left Chaozhou, the Dutch from Dayuan arrived, representing Dayuan Chief Maier.

Tangning directly used what he did with the Portuguese yesterday on the Dutch. Cheng Gong, who had already played once, knew how to cooperate, not to mention the Portuguese who became a good example.

When the Dutch knew that the cooperation intention with the Portuguese had been finalized, they were in a hurry, and the following things were much simpler.

The conditions agreed by the Dutch were similar, except that they borrowed 100 million taels more than the Portuguese.

"300 million taels." Song Yunshu, who had always been moody and furious, couldn't help but smile. Before, he thought that 100 million taels was an unimaginable wealth.

Unexpectedly, in just a few days, my future husband-in-law will get 300 million taels of silver.

While happy, I couldn't restrain my pride.

Xiaohuan, who had witnessed the whole process in the past few days, was even more adored.

Miss Song Er, a money fan, can't wait. She wants to see the 300 million taels of silver soon, and wants to sleep on the silver. If she does so, she will wake up from her dream.

Tangning was not so excited. He said to Song Yunwan, "Wan'er, send someone to inform Ye Dacheng again. You must not relax and take precautions."

"Whether it's day or night, there must be people on board, and when there is a suspicious situation, they must enter the combat state as soon as possible."

Song Yunwan was startled, and asked a little confused: "Brother-in-law, is something going to happen? Is there going to be a war?"

Tang Ning said seriously, "You may think that we have taken advantage of these few days, and there are millions of taels waiting to be obtained, but have you ever thought about what kind of people they are?"

Several people were stunned.

Tangning continued, "They are nothing more than a group of bandits who do all kinds of evil. Their interests are paramount, and they do everything they can to oppress the people in the areas they rule."

"How can we easily slack off against such a group of robbers?"

"Tell Ye Dacheng that no matter who it is, even the Heavenly King Lao Tzu, you cannot let other ships approach to a safe distance. Otherwise, you will be shot or killed. I will take responsibility for anything that happens."

Hearing Tangning speak so seriously, the group immediately became serious, not daring to be as relaxed as before.

Song Yunwan went down quickly and arranged for someone to deliver the order.

It was true that Tangning, as a descendant, knew the brutality of the colonists. Song Yunshu, Song Yunwan, Xiaohuan and the others had never even seen foreigners, so how could they know the good and bad of the colonists.

Being kind, they even sympathized with those guys for a while, wondering if Tangning was being too cruel.

If they don't suffer, or if something doesn't happen, they may not really realize it.

A few days later, the Portuguese came again.

On July [-], Wannu Bogarao arrived in Chaozhou with three boats, and then unloaded heavy boxes from the boats, escorted by hundreds of people to the direction of Chaozhou Fucheng.

Tangning learned of the news early in the morning, and sent someone outside the city to meet her in advance.

It was the first time for the people of Chaozhou Prefecture to see so many Folangji people at once, and there were a large number of people watching along the way.

However, the hundreds of armed men could not continue to go deep into the city, and Song Yunwan sent someone to put them in the post house for a while.

Wannu Bugarao didn't say much, because he knew that since he was here, if the other party really wanted to do something, with the advantage of the other party's firearms, his hundreds of people were not opponents, so he didn't insist.

The escort team was replaced by a new army, followed by Wannu Bugarao and the remaining 15 people.

Among the 15 people, apart from the seven who came with him last time, the other eight are also one of the conditions of this transaction.

Because these people were all Jesuits, Tangning specifically proposed that the Portuguese send Jesuits to teach at Chaozhou College.

In return, Tangning allowed them to preach in the area controlled by the new army.

In fact, this is not a condition, but mutual benefit. They are missionaries, and missionary work is their main purpose.

By allowing them to preach, Tang Ning promised benefits.

As for Tang Ning himself, what he needed was to spread western learning to the east, attracting some western learning worthy of Daming's learning, because he knew that Western learning was already ahead of Daming in some aspects.

In fact, this is not the first group of Jesuits to enter Daming. There were Jesuits as early as nearly a hundred years ago.

Tang Ning is not No. 1 in supporting the spread of Western learning to the East. He has pioneered before and has done a great job.

This person is Xu Guangqi, a scholar of Wenyuan University in the Chongzhen Dynasty and the second assistant of the cabinet.

He had a good relationship with many Jesuits, the most famous of which was Matteo Ricci, but after his death in Chongzhen six years later, this friendly exchange was greatly affected.

The Jesuits were founded by Western aristocrats, and you don’t have to believe in Catholicism to join. Most of the Jesuits are very knowledgeable. For example, Matteo Ricci and Tang Ruowang, who had a great influence on later generations, are all Jesuits.

Tang Ruowang is still alive now, and should be in the capital, serving the Qing army.

Among all the Jesuits, the Portuguese are the most, and when these Jesuits enter Daming, they will transfer through the Oyster Mirror, so it is very appropriate to discuss this matter with the Portuguese.

The Portuguese are also very supportive, so there will be batches of Jesuits coming over in the future. With such a good policy, Daming has a large population, and it is a paradise for their missionaries.

Under the leadership of the soldiers of the new army, a group of people entered the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce directly. Those Jesuits were brought into the chamber of commerce to settle down first, and someone would take them to the academy for resettlement later.

And Wannu Bugarao, Cheng Gong and others were in the courtyard of the chamber of commerce.

The wooden boxes have been opened, and they are full of neatly placed silver.

In the guild hall at this time, there were some members who had joined, and when they saw the boxes of silver, their eyes were straightened.

Wannu Bujialao drew a circle with his finger, pointed to those boxes and said, "These are 100 million taels of silver. Master Tang can send someone to check."

"The rest of the silver is what we use to build the new foundry."

After all, Wannu Bugarao handed another list to Cheng Gong and said, "Chairman Cheng, this is the first batch of goods and quantities we need to order, please provide us with a suitable one as soon as possible." price."

Cheng Gong took it, glanced at it hastily, and immediately smiled, and said, "No problem."

Wannu Bugarao said eagerly: "President Cheng, you have also seen our sincerity, and I hope you will fulfill your promise as soon as possible."

Cheng Gong straightened his expression, and said seriously: "Don't worry, Mr. Bugarao, we are doing long-term business, so we will keep our promise."

"Our Master Tang said that there is a large house in the west of the city that is temporarily vacant. First, we will briefly renovate it as a temporary artillery factory. You can study it. We will move there after the new factory is built."

Wannu Bugarao's eyes lit up when he heard it. The reason he was in such a hurry was to speed up the speed. The sooner he could study those artillery pieces, the better.

Since Tangning was so sincere, Wannu Bugarao felt that he had made a mistake in blaming the young man. Although he was shameless in doing business, he was still very honest.

Cheng Gong quickly arranged for someone to count all the money, a total of 150 million taels.

100 million taels was lent to Master Tang Ning, and the other 50 taels were to be used to build a new factory.

For the safety of the money, Wannu Bugarao planned to hand over all the 150 million silver to Tang Ning. He needed to allocate funds for the construction of the factory, and he would send someone to supervise it.

Regarding this point, Tang Ning naturally had no objection.

After the handover was completed, Wannu Bugarao and his party were arranged by Cheng Gong to rest.

Members of the chamber of commerce rushed over like a tide, asking what was going on.

Cheng Gong stood on the steps, raised the list in his hand high, and said in a vibrating voice: "Our Chaozhou Ocean Trading Company has reached a cooperation with the Fran robot of Haojing. In the future, our goods will continue to flow through Haojing sold to Nanyang."

Everyone was surprised when they heard that they have reached a cooperation with Franji so soon?

Seeing that those Francbots brought so much money at one time, and escorted by hundreds of people, it must not be a small cooperation.

Thinking of this, everyone cheered unceasingly, ecstatically, as if they saw a lot of money pouring towards them.

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