"The Spanish envoy successfully purchased the first batch of muskets. After the auction is completed, the silver will be delivered within two days and the muskets will be delivered within five days."

The officials of the Lifan Court next to him quickly completed various procedures.

Two million taels of silver sold for 1,000 muskets.

Hou Fangyu did not show it on the surface at this time, but he was so happy that he was about to jump up. The price his prince gave him was 180 taels of silver. It seemed that the prince did not know much about these red-haired ghosts.

"The second batch of firewalls began to auction the lowest price of 2544,000 taels of silver."

Hou Fangyu waved his hand and the second round of auction began soon, without giving these people time to consider.

"Two,600,000."

Still a Spanish.

The Spanish envoy immediately shouted out before everyone came to his senses.

The people around were all looking at this guy with some angrily. If they had relied on money to win, none of the people present would be their opponents.

"Please wait a moment, will there be a second batch of muskets this year?"

The French envoy's words shocked everyone, especially the Spanish who had just purchased the first batch of goods. How did they forget to ask this question at the beginning? If there were several batches of goods this year, the price would be amazing.

"This matter is hard to say, but I can tell you one thing. If the next batch of goods is to be auctioned, the price will definitely be the transaction price of the last batch of goods."

Hou Fangyu didn't know if there was any goods in the future, but he said this first so that they could throw money into it.

If they don’t give them a foundation, I’m afraid these people will want to wait for the next batch of goods. How can this battle be fierce? If you are not fierce, where can you find a place to wait for money in China?

After listening to Hou Fangyu's words, these people knew what to do. They saw that they would become more and more expensive in the future. Moreover, based on their previous experience in doing business, the Ming Dynasty is no longer as simple as sucking blood, and it is basically like cramps and skinning.

But they have no other way. Who can let others control the seller's market? There are no sales in other places around the world except here, and you can only be slaughtered honestly.

"Then we France will pay 2.8 million taels..."

France in this era was definitely a European power. Of course, they had not yet opened colonies all over the world, but they had a lot of money because of their large territory and their money. The French did not have much demand for this auction, they only needed to get a batch of them.

There are not many countries that can compete with France, so some small countries simply stop talking.

Even if they offer a higher price, the French can quickly surpass them. It would be better to wait until the French buy it and there will be a powerful opponent missing. Perhaps they can get a gap.

The second batch of muskets allowed the French to take down 2.8 million taels of silver. Hou Fangyu nodded, and the average musket of 280 taels of silver was higher than before.

In fact, during the arms auction, many people in the court opposed it. What if these people imitate it? Hou Fangyu also reported this issue to His Royal Highness, but His Royal Highness didn't care at all.

At least the last twenty years will not be possible.

These broken-haired guns were only able to come out in 1980s and 90 years later. Even if Zhu Cixuan's appearance made the technology development in various places a little faster, it would be impossible for such a thing to happen. This material alone cannot solve the problem for the time being.

The third batch of goods was taken down by Spain for 3.05 million silver.

The fourth batch of goods was taken down by England for 3.7 million silver.

The fourth batch of goods is obvious. The Spanish are doing it. At such prices, they are basically sold at a fixed price. However, after the Englishman asked for the price, the Spanish also asked for the fixed price, which made the Englishman spend hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

The fifth batch of goods was taken down by Dutch merchants for five million taels of silver.

This last batch of goods was also the most competitive. Merchants from all over the world almost took out all the money they had in their box, but in the end they were not as brave as those of Henan merchants.

Hou Fangyu was very satisfied with this result. We may fight with the Netherlands Kingdom in the near future. We can get all the advantages of these muskets at such a price.

Of course, they cannot suppress us on the battlefield. You can see it just by the range of the two guns.

In total, nearly 17 million taels of silver were obtained, and Hou Fangyu had another full meal.

It's strange that the Ming Dynasty was extremely short of silver. Even if it tried hard to attack the common people, it would not be able to produce much silver in the end.

But His Royal Highness had some solutions. He had done several transactions with these foreigners, and most of the income from the imperial court came from these foreigners, which was something that no one else had expected.

Hou Fangyu wrote the memorial at the fastest speed and quickly informed His Royal Highness of the Crown Prince about the matter.

According to Hou Fangyu's estimate, it is better not to conduct arms auctions in the past few months. We must wait for them to transport these things back. It is best to fight the war in Europe, which is a good time for us to sell arms.

Zhu Cixuan naturally agreed with Hou Fangyu's idea that if the war is not started, arms are just a threat. If both sides fight and our muskets can show their magical powers, that's probably another matter.

"This Hou Fangyu is really capable, and he suddenly received more than 10 million taels of silver."

In the regent's mansion in the capital, Zhu Cilang also highly praised Hou Fangyu.

According to the original plan, Zhu Cilang should have settled in Zijin City, but because there are many places inside that have not been sorted out, it will take a certain amount of time.

Dorgon's Regent's Mansion is very good. Although the place is not as big as Zijin City, it only needs a little tidying up inside and you can live in immediately. Therefore, Zhu Cilang's temporary residence is also a temporary choice.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince knows talents with keen eyes. I didn't see that Lord Hou has such ability at the beginning."

The Minister of Rites Zhang Shenyan and a group of civil servants arrived in the capital today. From today on, they will enter the major yamen in the capital, and the Ming Dynasty has returned to normal.
Chapter completed!