Chapter 836: The Function of Used Goods

Chapter 836: The Function of Used Goods

"Also, in order to prevent the worst case scenario from happening, we must be prepared from now on and let the arsenal go all out to imitate muskets and, of course, steamships." Ashley thought for a while and added.

William and Nohan looked at each other, and William smiled and said: "Your Majesty, although the situation this time is very bad, we in Britain will win the final victory just like before, so there is no need to be so nervous."

"Yes, according to Bolt, this King of Yan should have been lucky enough to get the help of a Western genius. The steam industry established in just a few years is far inferior to ours. What's more, the entire Western world is not as good as ours. We will like the rise of a powerful country in the East, and they will definitely follow us," said Nohan.

Then, he shrugged, "Even if some countries are unwilling, we can unite other countries to put pressure on them to make the entire Western and Turkish world consistent on this issue."

"I'm not nervous. These decisions are just fulfilling my obligations as a queen." Ashley shook her head.

Although Britain is now a constitutional monarchy and the Queen's rights are subject to some restrictions, the constitution still allows her to make many major decisions.

For example, dissolve parliament, dissolve the cabinet, appoint a cabinet, implement a state of emergency, urgently mobilize the army, and declare a state of war.

Therefore, the Queen is actually still the head of Britain.

Even every prime minister rushes to be her personal secretary.

After discussing the matter, Eisley asked William to go to the parliament to announce his decision.

Nohan returned to his office, took a steamship to Frankland, and began his own visit.

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Great praise.

At the same time that the world of Xitu was in turmoil, Zhao Xu's orders were also heading to Zhongling Pass and Jianguan Pass.

After receiving the order, Chang Wei left Lu Chang's tribe behind and went south with the Qinshan and Guantong tribes to Jinling.

Ma Han, on the other hand, led his soldiers to join Lu Chang at Zhongling Pass.

According to the order, they will wait at Zhongling Pass for a while until the people transporting grain and grass from Jingzhou arrive before setting off.

In this way, once they capture Jiameng Pass, they can store grain and grass in Jiameng Pass, and then they can live in Jiameng Pass and overlook Yizhou, and then take the next step according to the order.

"Have the Japanese slaves and Koreans set off?"

In the study room of the palace, Zhao Xu's eyes were focused on Yizhou.

After deciding to fight on two fronts, he has been thinking about how to capture Yizhou in the most economical way.

Obviously, with the in-depth intervention of the British and Russians, it is becoming more and more difficult for the powerful tribes to deal with.

In the Battle of Jinling, they were able to seize a large amount of food, grass and wealth due to accidents, but they were not so lucky at Zhongling Pass and Jianguan Pass.

Both Ashur and Xiao Cheng did the same thing, which was to burn the food and grass.

There is no doubt that this is to clear the country with a strong wall to prevent him from obtaining supplies during the war.

In this way, as long as the powerful clan can persist long enough, they will lose money every time they fight. The bigger the loss, the greater the loss. In the end, the war will become a burden to Jiangbei and even affect the development of Jiangbei.

I have to say that the idea that the Westerners came up with for the powerful tribesmen was really cruel.

At the moment, if it weren't for the unification of Dasong, he really wouldn't want to fight this bad war.

But he had to fight.

In this case, we can only choose the lesser of the two and fight the war in the most economical way.

Therefore, after careful consideration, he decided to send captured Japanese slaves and conscripted Koreans to Jingzhou to transport grain and grass.

This time the Qin army plus Lu Chang's army totaled 80,000, and they could just transfer 80,000 to them. This would not have much impact on railway laying and mines.

The most important thing is that there is no need to trouble the people of Jingzhou. At most, some food is consumed by Japanese slaves and Koreans.

"Back to Your Highness, we have already set off. Since the Yanjing Line is open to traffic, the Koreans and Japanese slaves who built the railway can be mobilized." Yang Feng said.

Chang Wei is in charge of fighting, and he is in charge of logistics.

Regarding the matter of food and grass, Zhao Xu naturally turned to Yang Feng.

"Well, in addition to the food and grass matters, don't forget to equip the Qin-style rifles. Half of the royal army and Qin-style rifles have been equipped. The rest will be provided to the Ning Jin Army and the Marine Corps first. Otherwise, Yang Zhen and Zhou Yi will We are going to make trouble here," Zhao Xu said.

"Yang Zhen, if he dares, the general will skin him." Yang Feng's eyes widened.

Then he thought of something again and said: "Your Highness, it is a pity to replace the muzzle-loading rifle. Is it just left in the warehouse to rust?"

"Of course not." Zhao Xu said.

The production of Qin-style rifles and the ammunition consumed in the war are all silver.

How could he let a muzzle-loading rifle gather dust in a warehouse?

Although for the army in Jiangbei, front-loaded rifled guns are already a thing of the past.

But take it out, these muskets are top-notch muskets, and it is not a problem to exchange them for money, food and other things.

So he said: "Go to Dong An and go to the Ryukyu Hall, Korea Hall and Japan Hall with him. They should be able to eat these eliminated muskets."

The guild halls he mentioned are equivalent to the envoys of Korea, Japan and Ryukyu in Daesong.

Among them, the Koryo guild hall was the envoy sent by the King of Korea. The Japanese guild hall was no longer the former Japanese guild hall, but the guild halls of the four northern lords such as the Hojo family and the Ono family. There were four in total.

The Ryukyu Hall is the residence of the Ryukyu Kingdom’s envoys.

The existence of these guild halls is to facilitate communication with the palace.

"I finally understand what His Highness means. It's just that I thought it would be inappropriate to sell this muzzleloader to Ryukyu. I'm afraid it would be inappropriate to sell it to the Koreans and Japanese." Yang Feng frowned when he heard this.

Zhao Xu smiled and said: "I know what you are worried about, but your worries are unnecessary."

After a pause, he continued: "First of all, the great power of this muzzleloader in our hands is inseparable from the yellow gunpowder, and it is impossible for them to make this yellow gunpowder. We only sell muskets, not yellow gunpowder. That’s it. Furthermore, hand-polishing tapered bullets is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and they may not be able to mass-produce them.”

Yang Feng thought for a while and nodded slowly.

Zhao Xu added: "Remember to sell each musket for eighty taels of silver."

"This is necessary." Yang Feng suddenly became happy.

The cost of these muzzle-loading guns is only about fifteen taels of silver. Selling them for eighty taels is definitely a huge profit.

After saying this, Yang Feng turned and left.

After Yang Feng's figure disappeared, Zhao Xu made some calculations.

The number of muskets eliminated this time was large.

Even if countries like Goryeo couldn't give out money, he could still make a lot of money by exchanging things for things.

In this way, the losses in the war going south can be somewhat compensated.

Just as he was thinking about it, Tsui Hark was informed.

"Your Highness, I bring you good news." As soon as he entered the study, Xu Hark immediately had a smile on his face.

Due to the urgency of the situation during this period, his face has always been sad.

Seeing this, Zhao Xu was slightly hopeful.