" A hundred taels!"
Hearing this price, all the chieftains present could not help but gasp.
During the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, the rice in Jiangnan was 7 wen per liter. In remote southern Yunnan, it was about 19 to 20 wen. One stone of rice was equivalent to 10 buckets, and one bucket was equivalent to 10 liters. Therefore, one stone of rice was equivalent to 100 liters of rice.
One liter of rice weighed 1.25 jin, and one stone was equivalent to 125 jin in the future. In other words, even if a person ate about 20 jin of grain every month, each person would have to spend at least 200 wen a month, and at least two taels and four taels of silver a year.
It was not like in the future. Even the best farmland could only produce less than 300 catties of grain per mu per year. It was even more so for the barren farmland in southern Yunnan. It would be a blessing if it could produce 200 catties of grain per mu.
The price of 100 taels of silver meant that a crouching tiger cannon was close to the income of a farmer who had been farming for decades.
Although the chieftains who came to Zhu Bomu's place were all rich and powerful chieftains, and the worst of them had tens of thousands of natives, their annual income was only a few thousand taels to tens of thousands of taels.
Zhu Bomu had suddenly raised the price of the crouching tiger cannon to such a high level, which made them somewhat hesitant. After all, the crouching tiger cannon was easy to deal with, but the consumption behind the crouching tiger cannon was a problem...
Perhaps seeing the Tusi's worry, Zhu Bomu smiled and said,""I know what everyone is thinking. Please rest assured that anyone who buys a cannon from me will be given 100 catties of gunpowder, 10 cluster bombs, and 10 solid bombs each!”
"Really?" The chieftains were shocked by Zhu Bomu's magnanimity. After all, gunpowder was not cheap, and although solid bullets were stone bullets, they also needed to be polished by hand.
"Of course ~" Zhu Bomu smiled very proudly, because in the system's exchange, the price of the crouching tiger cannon was only 20 taels, the gunpowder was 100 jin per tael, and the solid bullets and cluster bombs were also 100 per tael.
These things were the same as the arrows, they were the real money making goods for Zhu Bomu.
The chieftains, who did not know the truth, were moved, and not just any other way.
"Our Dingfan Division wants fifty cannons! I wonder how much you're selling the handgun for!" As the largest chieftain in Guizhou, the Ding Fan Wei was indeed a chieftain family that had been passed down for hundreds of years. The words 'rich and imposing' were almost written on their faces.
"20 taels for a handgun, one jin of gunpowder and one jin of marbles!”Zhu Bomu could be said to be selling at a loss, which made people wonder if he was confused. After all, one catty of marbles could be played for a long time.
However, Zhu Bomu knew what he was doing.
He wanted to help the chieftains up and then attract the attention of the Qing army. He would go south to attack Jiaozhi and Nanzhang, so that the Qing army would have no time to care about the rebellion in Jiaozhi and Nanzhang.
Thinking of this, Zhu Bomu said,"But there is a condition for buying things from me!"”
"Condition?" The chieftain of Puxiong Company frowned, apparently afraid that Zhu Bomu would say something unfavorable to them.
"That's right, conditions." As he spoke, Zhu Bomu walked in front of all the chieftains and said loudly,""I, Li Yuan, have always believed that everyone is one with the Han people and that Da Qing is the outsider.”
"Therefore, there are three rules for doing business with me. First, after the army starts, you can't massacre the city.”
"Second, if you catch any Han captives on the battlefield, you can send them to me. Ten Han captives can be exchanged for a Crouching Tiger Cannon!”
"Third, I will need to attack Jiaozhi in the south soon. I hope that when you return, you can send troops to support me. Of course, you won't send people for nothing. If you support my friends, support 100 people. I, Li Yuan, will give you 100 handguns from my own pocket. If you support 1,000 people, you will give me 100 Tiger Cannons."
"This reinforcement will not benefit everyone for nothing. Moreover, there are not many people under you who are proficient in the use of firearms and cannons. Why don't you send someone to attack Jiaozhi with me and learn firearms along the way?”
“……”
After Zhu Bomu finished speaking, the Drill Ground became extremely quiet for a moment. This was because Zhu Bomu's actions gave some chieftains who could not afford cannons a way out.
Didn't you want the cannon without paying? Yes ~ as long as someone came out.
Just as Zhu Bomu was thinking about it, the chieftain of the Dingfan Guards said,""We Dingfan Guards are willing to send 3,000 soldiers, 1,000 for handguns and 2,000 for cannons.”
"The Puxiong Guards will send two thousand people to exchange for cannons. We will buy our own handguns.”The chieftain of the Puxiong Guards was also rich and imposing. After he finished speaking, many people began to speak.
Zhu Bomu's action made Yang Mubo the most moved. He opened his mouth and wanted to support Zhu Bomu with 10,000 soldiers, but he was stopped by Zhu Bomu's gaze.
What a joke, Yang Mubo was the bait he used to attract the main force of the Qing army. If he stuffed him with him, how could he go to Jiaozhi with peace of mind?
Thinking of this, Zhu Bomu cupped his hands towards the chieftains and said,""Since everyone thinks so highly of me, then I'll make a decision here. When the person arrives, the money arrives, and the goods arrive, the horse arrives!”
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