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Chapter 2160, expensive bullets

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    Hong Kong is in the southwest corner of the British Isles in Europe.

    With the arrival of the Ming Dynasty New Year, the whole of Hong Kong is immersed in joy. Countless fireworks continue to bloom in the sky, the sound of firecrackers is endless, red lanterns are hung everywhere, and festive Spring Festival couplets are posted.

    The children were playing in groups wearing brand new clothes, and the adults were constantly sending blessings to each other when they met. It was a joyous and lively scene.

    Here at the Hong Kong Hotel, Pelos, the special minister of King Charles V of Spain, looked at the lively scene in front of him and couldn't help but sigh: "The prosperity of Hong Kong is no less than that of the Ming Dynasty!"

    Pelos is a talented student who went to study in Ming Dynasty. He stayed in Ming Dynasty for several years and saw with his own eyes the lively scene of Ming people celebrating the New Year.

    At this moment, seeing such a lively scene again in Hong Kong made Perlos sigh.

    Compared with Hong Kong, the capital of Spain is simply a small town in the countryside. In terms of size and prosperity, it is only equivalent to the state capital city of the Ming Dynasty.

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    "When will Spain be as powerful and prosperous as the Ming Empire?"

    Pelos sighed and shook his head.

    Only those who have actually been to the Ming Empire will know that the power, prosperity and wealth of the Ming Empire are far more than what can be seen in Hong Kong.

    The Ming Empire was powerful in all aspects. No matter in which field, the Ming Empire was much, much stronger than any other country in the world.

    In terms of technology, military, economy, culture, medical care, education, etc., Ming Dynasty has been at the forefront of the world in every aspect. Other countries and regions can no longer even see how far the people of Ming Dynasty have developed.  .

    "Yes, one day we in Spain will be as powerful as the Ming Empire, and our Europe will become as prosperous as the Ming Empire!"

    The elderly Duke Brand next to Pelos said very firmly: "Under the leadership of the great Emperor Charles V, we will definitely be able to unify the entire Europe and develop Europe into a great empire as powerful as the Ming Empire!"

    "Your Majesty, you are right, we can definitely do it."

    "Now we will soon destroy France. Once France is destroyed, we can sweep across the Holy Roman Empire and basically complete the unification of Europe."

    Pelos also agreed very much when he heard it.

    After nearly a year of war, Spain has launched wars on multiple fronts, attacking France from the north and the south. Now it has occupied most of France. Only a small part of the Paris Basin is still under the control of the French King.

    ¡°But the Paris Basin is almost undefendable, and it will be a matter of time to capture Paris.

    But now the Spanish army has a very urgent situation, that is, they are about to run out of bullets and artillery shells. Because of the lack of ammunition, the army has to temporarily stop its attack on the Paris Basin.

    Charles V also urgently asked Duke Brand and Perros to come to Hong Kong to purchase ammunition with a large amount of wealth seized from the French nobles.

    "Peros, you came back from studying in the Ming Empire. You should know a lot about bullets. Is it true that we in Spain can't make bullets?"

    ¡°Let¡¯s not talk about the extremely expensive problem of Ming Dynasty¡¯s bullets. If we can¡¯t produce our own bullets, we will always be under the control of Ming Dynasty. This won¡¯t work in the long run.¡±

    ¡°We in Spain have a lot of skilled craftsmen, and I don¡¯t believe that we can¡¯t even make such a small bullet.¡±

    Duke Brand had a headache thinking about coming here to buy arms and weapons this time.

    It is clear that the army can take the Paris Basin and completely destroy France, but at this juncture, there is a shortage of ammunition.

    The army had to stop attacking and could only wait eagerly for the ammunition to be delivered.

    "Your Majesty the Duke!"

    "The structure of this Ming Dynasty's bullet is actually very simple. It is a structure of a warhead, gunpowder and primer. We can completely manufacture it."

    ¡°It¡¯s not difficult to buy some machinery and equipment from Daming people to produce bullets, but the real difficulty is the primer!¡±

    Pelos thought for a while and said.

    "Is there anything special about this primer?"

    Duke Brand's Company.

    "What?"

    "A cannonball costs 20 taels of silver?"

    "100 rounds of bullets cost 10 taels of silver. Isn't this too expensive?"

    Hearing Xie Yunshan¡¯s offer, even Duke Brand and Pelos, who were ready to be slaughtered, couldn¡¯t help but stand up and shout.

    This price is too expensive!

    ??Taking artillery shells as an example, Spain purchased hundreds of Miyun cannons. When these hundreds of cannons attacked, the shells flew all over the sky. These were not artillery shells, they were all white money.

    And this bullet, the consumption of bullets on the battlefield is the fastest. Often, after a battle, tens of thousands of rifles, just hundreds of thousands of rounds of bullets are gone.

    Calculated based on this price, this bullet alone can cost tens of thousands of taels of silver.

    When it is difficult to play at this time, you may just hit millions of bullets. Hundreds of thousands of silver are gone, and the speed of burning money is faster.

    You must know that it is easy to spend this money, but it is very, very difficult to earn this money from the people of Ming Dynasty.

    Now we can only rely on selling wool, red wine and ham. That means the colonies in West Africa can also sell some ivory, slaves, diamonds and the like.

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