Chapter 1573
Chapter 1573
Chapter 1573
For Haihan, the arms trade has been an extremely important part of Haihan's foreign trade over the years. Regardless of the sales method, Haihan has a relatively mature operation plan.Although the preparation time for this bidding meeting was relatively short, the experienced Haihan Ordnance Industry and the Ministry of National Defense prepared the relevant materials and procedures in just a few days.
On the surface, this arrangement is to allow the Netherlands and Mataram to bid for arms and equipment under equal conditions, and the winner will be eligible to purchase, but Haihan has no intention of selling to only one of them at all. , That's why the military purchase content is split into two major items and six small items to bid separately, the purpose is to prevent one of the parties from monopolizing all the arms orders with a one-time bid.And it is stipulated that the time for the next bidding is at least one year later, and there is no specific time schedule. It is also to put pressure on both bidders so that they will not be too conservative in the bidding process. After all, no one knows that this wave of sales will be sold out. Is there any chance to buy again next time?
"Let me explain the content of the first bidding item." Bex read according to the information on the table in front of him: "The first item is firearms, including [-] Type [-] matchlock guns, Type [-] matchlock guns There are [-] guns, [-] [-]-style flintlock guns, [-] flintlock pistols, and [-] rifles can be customized. Each gun is issued with [-] rounds of ammunition. If you need more If you have more ammunition, please apply for purchase in the third bidding."
In terms of quantity alone, the order of more than 4000 guns is considered very large. Except for An Nanguo and Fujian Mingjun, no other customer would buy so many guns in a single order.However, if you look at the content, it is not difficult to find that these weapon models sold by Haihan are actually old equipment from the early years.In terms of weapon performance, there is naturally a huge gap with the guns equipped by Haihan's main force now. Even the troops of Haihan's traditional allies such as Annan have gradually switched to the rifles made by Haihan after that. model.
Of course, even old-style weapons still have certain advantages compared to the existing equipment of the two countries.The proportion of armed personnel of the East India Company equipped with muskets is slightly larger, but it is far from reaching the level of full equipment. Most of them are second-hand goods shipped from Europe, and the quality is uneven.The guns that can be made locally in Batavia will not have the performance of standard weapons like Haihan, and even the bullets cannot be completely universal.
Having said that, if the defenders were able to equip a large number of standard rifles in the Batavia battle, they would not have been so passive in the city defense battle.If there were three or four thousand Musketeers with uniform equipment and sufficient ammunition, the East India Company would have eliminated the opponents on land without even waiting for the sea fleet to return to aid.
The situation in Matalan is even worse. The number of firearms equipped by the army is small, and the sources are heterogeneous. It is difficult to use unified tactics and organize them into the same army to form real combat effectiveness.The Mata blue army suffered a huge loss in weapons in the Battle of Batavia, so in the past two years, they have been constantly trying to purchase new weapons and equipment from various channels to gradually replace the old cold weapons.The performance of Haihan's standard weapons in the war has always been praised, and it is precisely because of this that Matalan is willing to spend a lot of money to buy arms from Haihan.
But even so, buying more than 4000 firearms at one time was still beyond Luo Hong's imagination. He had inquired about the scale of arms sales by Hai Han beforehand, and he already had certain expectations in his heart.Originally, he thought that Haihan would be thankful if he could come up with an order of [-] guns, but he didn't expect it to be several times that number.At this moment, he wondered if his ears had misheard.
The materials that Haihan sent to the participants of both parties before the meeting only introduced the performance parameters of the munitions that can be ordered, but did not indicate the sales quantity of each item.Of course, as long as the parties calm down and analyze, they will know that this arrangement is not entirely a surprise, because it is definitely impossible to discuss the quantity after the price is finalized for such an overall procurement project. The Haihan people clearly stated the number of firearms, which is obviously for buyers. It means packing.And the total price of so many firearms would of course be a very scary amount.
Although there will be Haihan Bank to cover the two arms purchases this time, in theory, they can call the price at will, anyway, any number of Haihan Bank can borrow.But in fact, the two companies also have their own budgets and procurement plans. If the budget is too large, it will not be possible to complete all procurement tasks as planned.
"As for the prices of these types of firearms, I believe you have already seen them in the information provided by us. Please note that this is already our lowest supply price. The wholesale price of the goods is calculated.” Beks continued to introduce the situation of this batch of firearms to both parties: “Everyone can start to calculate the reserve price of this batch of firearms, and prepare your own bids. Please note that both parties have three rounds in each bidding project. Bidding opportunities, the party with the lower bid in each round has to bid again until it is higher than the other party. The final transaction price is based on the highest bid in the three rounds of bidding, and the prices offered by both parties will be announced after the transaction to show fairness.”
The bidding rules formulated by Haihan are a bit complicated, and it is also to avoid the embarrassing situation where one party bids for a round of bidding. Three rounds of bidding will give both parties ample opportunities to raise prices, and the transaction price should be higher than that given by Haihan Military Industry. Wholesale sales prices are much higher.Calculated according to the price given by Haihan, the total price of this batch of goods has exceeded 20 yuan, which is not a small sum, and this is just an appetizer among the six military purchase projects this time.
The executive committee is basically inclined to Mata Lan Congress to pay a high price to win the first round, because the Netherlands actually has the technology to manufacture firearms by itself, but it cannot form an industrialized production scale like Haihan. When it comes to purchasing firearms To the degree of necessity, it is obvious that the Matalan Kingdom, which mainly uses cold weapons as its main equipment, is more enthusiastic.
After 10 minutes, the quotations of both parties were placed on trays and presented by the staff.Sure enough, in the first round of bidding, Luo Hong proudly offered 25 yuan, a full 22 yuan more than Su Keyi's [-] yuan offer.
"Matalam won the first round of bidding. Next, the Dutch East India Company will make the second round of bidding." After the executive committee members had seen the number of bids from both sides, Beks announced the result of the first round of bidding to everyone .
Su Keyi raised the price by 5000 yuan in the second round of bidding, and quoted a price of 23 yuan, but it was still not as good as Luo Hong's first round of bidding.Therefore, there is only one opportunity left for the East India Company to quote, while the other party has two more chances. If Su Keyi wants to ensure that he can buy these firearms, he must not only exceed the other party's quotation in the final round, but also must You have to quote a high price that the other party can't predict.
Su Keyi added another 26 yuan to the second round of quotations, so the third round of quotations reached [-].This offer was already one-third higher than the reserve price. If it didn't exceed the opponent's first round bid, then he had nothing to fight for.And if the other party surpassed it in the subsequent bids, it must be a price that was taken for granted. Su Keyi believed that Governor Fan Dimen would not be willing to buy so many high-priced muskets from Haihan with public funds.
"The Dutch East India Company won this round of quotations, and the three opportunities for quotations have been used up. Now, Matalam is invited to make a second round of quotations."
Now it is relatively easy for Luo Hong, he still has two chances to overwhelm his opponent with an offer, which is of course an inevitable goal.In the past two years, Mata Languo has been running around to buy arms, and finally won such an opportunity. Even if it costs a little more money, it is worth it in Luo Hong's opinion.
Without the slightest hesitation, Luo Hong gave a figure of 28 in the second round of bidding, which directly crushed Su Keyi's last round of bidding.Matalam won the first battle and won a large order of more than [-] firearms with this amount.The staff showed the price tag of Luo Hong's last bid to Su Keyi, so that he could confirm the advantage of the opponent in the bid.Luo Hong proudly bowed his hands to thank the people in the meeting room, even Su Keyi who was sitting across from him was not spared.
In fact, this result was also expected by Su Keyi. Compared with the armed forces of the East India Company, the Mata Blue Army's desire for long-range lethal weapons is naturally much stronger. The musketeer unit greatly improves the combat capability of its army.Su Keyi had to use the limited budget wisely, and the firearms project was not the main goal he wanted to compete for. It was Su Keyi's greatest effort to raise the price up so that the Matalan people would spend a lot of money.
But it’s not that the money was wasted. In fact, it still depends on whether the person concerned thinks it’s worth it.Mata Languo has such a mentality. As long as you can buy the weapon you want, it doesn't matter if you spend a little more money. I'm afraid there will be nowhere to buy it.Not to mention 28, such a unique business, even if it is 38, you should buy it or you have to buy it.After all, among the objects that Matalam has access to, there is no second company that can sell more than 4000 muskets at one time like Haihan.
In Luo Hong's view, Su Keyi's price hike was nothing more than a pointless struggle.This idea was originally proposed by Luo Hong, and of course he will not relax in any way.Although this is not a battlefield, Luo Hong believes that he has to try his best to defeat the Dutch and fundamentally break their will.As long as the military purchase order can be won this time, what else can the Dutch use to resist the Mata Blues after the change?
The person who was most happy with this result was of course not Luo Hong, but the Haihan Executive Committee who presided over the matter.The base price set by Haihan Ordnance Industry according to the transaction price of the past arms trade, itself has a relatively generous profit guarantee, and the two companies raised their prices under the pressure of competition, and raised the price by as much as [-]%. Huge profits.Taking advantage of Luo Hong's need to sign a series of confirmation documents at this time, the old foxes of the Executive Committee also seized the time to exchange their views.
"This is really...an amazing transaction price!" Schneider spread his hands, saying that the price also exceeded his expectations.
"It's better to start bidding in the future. Look at this one who is blushing and thick-necked. There must be a competitive atmosphere to make a good price!" Bex also expressed his admiration for the situation just now.He has presided over quite a few arms trade negotiations, but it is really rare for such buyers to raise their prices on their own initiative. Probably only this kind of limited-purchase activities between enemies can trigger such a surge buying enthusiasm.
"Then you have to find a way to provoke all the people we sell weapons to fight, and then organize all the warring parties together to conduct a bidding auction. The profit of Haihan Military Industry should be doubled again!" Tao Donglai He was also in a good mood, and joked with Bex.
Of course, it is impossible for Haihan to provoke all of his major customers to go to war. For example, heavyweight customers such as Annan and Daming, if the two sides go to war, the income Haihan can get from selling arms will not be able to make up for the losses caused by the war.The demand for arms brought about by the special antagonistic relationship between the Netherlands and Mataram is really something that cannot be met, and Haihan's operation method on this matter is also difficult to simply copy to other places.
"Congratulations to Mata Languo for obtaining the right to purchase the first military procurement project, and then we will move on to the second project." Bex turned the document book in front of him to the next page, and then announced in a deep voice: "Next It's an Army artillery weapon."
The types of artillery that Haihan Ordnance put out for sale this time are no less than firearms. They are divided into two categories: city defense artillery with fixed forts and field artillery with better mobility.Of course, the two types of artillery can also be used interchangeably in some special circumstances, but it is definitely not so convenient to use.For example, if a large-caliber city defense gun is handed over to the attacker, it can be used as a siege cannon, but it will take a lot of work to transport it to the city.Small-caliber field guns can also be erected on city walls, but their range and lethality are not outstanding in urban offensive and defensive warfare.
As a long-range heavy attack weapon, artillery is much more expensive than firearms.Even for the smallest caliber field gun, the price of a gun is dozens of times that of a flintlock rifle.As for a big city like Batavia, whether it is to be attacked or defended, it is not something that can be solved by ten or twenty cannons.Therefore, what Haihan offered on this project was an artillery package covering various calibers and uses, with a total of [-] artillery pieces sold in packages.
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For Haihan, the arms trade has been an extremely important part of Haihan's foreign trade over the years. Regardless of the sales method, Haihan has a relatively mature operation plan.Although the preparation time for this bidding meeting was relatively short, the experienced Haihan Ordnance Industry and the Ministry of National Defense prepared the relevant materials and procedures in just a few days.
On the surface, this arrangement is to allow the Netherlands and Mataram to bid for arms and equipment under equal conditions, and the winner will be eligible to purchase, but Haihan has no intention of selling to only one of them at all. , That's why the military purchase content is split into two major items and six small items to bid separately, the purpose is to prevent one of the parties from monopolizing all the arms orders with a one-time bid.And it is stipulated that the time for the next bidding is at least one year later, and there is no specific time schedule. It is also to put pressure on both bidders so that they will not be too conservative in the bidding process. After all, no one knows that this wave of sales will be sold out. Is there any chance to buy again next time?
"Let me explain the content of the first bidding item." Bex read according to the information on the table in front of him: "The first item is firearms, including [-] Type [-] matchlock guns, Type [-] matchlock guns There are [-] guns, [-] [-]-style flintlock guns, [-] flintlock pistols, and [-] rifles can be customized. Each gun is issued with [-] rounds of ammunition. If you need more If you have more ammunition, please apply for purchase in the third bidding."
In terms of quantity alone, the order of more than 4000 guns is considered very large. Except for An Nanguo and Fujian Mingjun, no other customer would buy so many guns in a single order.However, if you look at the content, it is not difficult to find that these weapon models sold by Haihan are actually old equipment from the early years.In terms of weapon performance, there is naturally a huge gap with the guns equipped by Haihan's main force now. Even the troops of Haihan's traditional allies such as Annan have gradually switched to the rifles made by Haihan after that. model.
Of course, even old-style weapons still have certain advantages compared to the existing equipment of the two countries.The proportion of armed personnel of the East India Company equipped with muskets is slightly larger, but it is far from reaching the level of full equipment. Most of them are second-hand goods shipped from Europe, and the quality is uneven.The guns that can be made locally in Batavia will not have the performance of standard weapons like Haihan, and even the bullets cannot be completely universal.
Having said that, if the defenders were able to equip a large number of standard rifles in the Batavia battle, they would not have been so passive in the city defense battle.If there were three or four thousand Musketeers with uniform equipment and sufficient ammunition, the East India Company would have eliminated the opponents on land without even waiting for the sea fleet to return to aid.
The situation in Matalan is even worse. The number of firearms equipped by the army is small, and the sources are heterogeneous. It is difficult to use unified tactics and organize them into the same army to form real combat effectiveness.The Mata blue army suffered a huge loss in weapons in the Battle of Batavia, so in the past two years, they have been constantly trying to purchase new weapons and equipment from various channels to gradually replace the old cold weapons.The performance of Haihan's standard weapons in the war has always been praised, and it is precisely because of this that Matalan is willing to spend a lot of money to buy arms from Haihan.
But even so, buying more than 4000 firearms at one time was still beyond Luo Hong's imagination. He had inquired about the scale of arms sales by Hai Han beforehand, and he already had certain expectations in his heart.Originally, he thought that Haihan would be thankful if he could come up with an order of [-] guns, but he didn't expect it to be several times that number.At this moment, he wondered if his ears had misheard.
The materials that Haihan sent to the participants of both parties before the meeting only introduced the performance parameters of the munitions that can be ordered, but did not indicate the sales quantity of each item.Of course, as long as the parties calm down and analyze, they will know that this arrangement is not entirely a surprise, because it is definitely impossible to discuss the quantity after the price is finalized for such an overall procurement project. The Haihan people clearly stated the number of firearms, which is obviously for buyers. It means packing.And the total price of so many firearms would of course be a very scary amount.
Although there will be Haihan Bank to cover the two arms purchases this time, in theory, they can call the price at will, anyway, any number of Haihan Bank can borrow.But in fact, the two companies also have their own budgets and procurement plans. If the budget is too large, it will not be possible to complete all procurement tasks as planned.
"As for the prices of these types of firearms, I believe you have already seen them in the information provided by us. Please note that this is already our lowest supply price. The wholesale price of the goods is calculated.” Beks continued to introduce the situation of this batch of firearms to both parties: “Everyone can start to calculate the reserve price of this batch of firearms, and prepare your own bids. Please note that both parties have three rounds in each bidding project. Bidding opportunities, the party with the lower bid in each round has to bid again until it is higher than the other party. The final transaction price is based on the highest bid in the three rounds of bidding, and the prices offered by both parties will be announced after the transaction to show fairness.”
The bidding rules formulated by Haihan are a bit complicated, and it is also to avoid the embarrassing situation where one party bids for a round of bidding. Three rounds of bidding will give both parties ample opportunities to raise prices, and the transaction price should be higher than that given by Haihan Military Industry. Wholesale sales prices are much higher.Calculated according to the price given by Haihan, the total price of this batch of goods has exceeded 20 yuan, which is not a small sum, and this is just an appetizer among the six military purchase projects this time.
The executive committee is basically inclined to Mata Lan Congress to pay a high price to win the first round, because the Netherlands actually has the technology to manufacture firearms by itself, but it cannot form an industrialized production scale like Haihan. When it comes to purchasing firearms To the degree of necessity, it is obvious that the Matalan Kingdom, which mainly uses cold weapons as its main equipment, is more enthusiastic.
After 10 minutes, the quotations of both parties were placed on trays and presented by the staff.Sure enough, in the first round of bidding, Luo Hong proudly offered 25 yuan, a full 22 yuan more than Su Keyi's [-] yuan offer.
"Matalam won the first round of bidding. Next, the Dutch East India Company will make the second round of bidding." After the executive committee members had seen the number of bids from both sides, Beks announced the result of the first round of bidding to everyone .
Su Keyi raised the price by 5000 yuan in the second round of bidding, and quoted a price of 23 yuan, but it was still not as good as Luo Hong's first round of bidding.Therefore, there is only one opportunity left for the East India Company to quote, while the other party has two more chances. If Su Keyi wants to ensure that he can buy these firearms, he must not only exceed the other party's quotation in the final round, but also must You have to quote a high price that the other party can't predict.
Su Keyi added another 26 yuan to the second round of quotations, so the third round of quotations reached [-].This offer was already one-third higher than the reserve price. If it didn't exceed the opponent's first round bid, then he had nothing to fight for.And if the other party surpassed it in the subsequent bids, it must be a price that was taken for granted. Su Keyi believed that Governor Fan Dimen would not be willing to buy so many high-priced muskets from Haihan with public funds.
"The Dutch East India Company won this round of quotations, and the three opportunities for quotations have been used up. Now, Matalam is invited to make a second round of quotations."
Now it is relatively easy for Luo Hong, he still has two chances to overwhelm his opponent with an offer, which is of course an inevitable goal.In the past two years, Mata Languo has been running around to buy arms, and finally won such an opportunity. Even if it costs a little more money, it is worth it in Luo Hong's opinion.
Without the slightest hesitation, Luo Hong gave a figure of 28 in the second round of bidding, which directly crushed Su Keyi's last round of bidding.Matalam won the first battle and won a large order of more than [-] firearms with this amount.The staff showed the price tag of Luo Hong's last bid to Su Keyi, so that he could confirm the advantage of the opponent in the bid.Luo Hong proudly bowed his hands to thank the people in the meeting room, even Su Keyi who was sitting across from him was not spared.
In fact, this result was also expected by Su Keyi. Compared with the armed forces of the East India Company, the Mata Blue Army's desire for long-range lethal weapons is naturally much stronger. The musketeer unit greatly improves the combat capability of its army.Su Keyi had to use the limited budget wisely, and the firearms project was not the main goal he wanted to compete for. It was Su Keyi's greatest effort to raise the price up so that the Matalan people would spend a lot of money.
But it’s not that the money was wasted. In fact, it still depends on whether the person concerned thinks it’s worth it.Mata Languo has such a mentality. As long as you can buy the weapon you want, it doesn't matter if you spend a little more money. I'm afraid there will be nowhere to buy it.Not to mention 28, such a unique business, even if it is 38, you should buy it or you have to buy it.After all, among the objects that Matalam has access to, there is no second company that can sell more than 4000 muskets at one time like Haihan.
In Luo Hong's view, Su Keyi's price hike was nothing more than a pointless struggle.This idea was originally proposed by Luo Hong, and of course he will not relax in any way.Although this is not a battlefield, Luo Hong believes that he has to try his best to defeat the Dutch and fundamentally break their will.As long as the military purchase order can be won this time, what else can the Dutch use to resist the Mata Blues after the change?
The person who was most happy with this result was of course not Luo Hong, but the Haihan Executive Committee who presided over the matter.The base price set by Haihan Ordnance Industry according to the transaction price of the past arms trade, itself has a relatively generous profit guarantee, and the two companies raised their prices under the pressure of competition, and raised the price by as much as [-]%. Huge profits.Taking advantage of Luo Hong's need to sign a series of confirmation documents at this time, the old foxes of the Executive Committee also seized the time to exchange their views.
"This is really...an amazing transaction price!" Schneider spread his hands, saying that the price also exceeded his expectations.
"It's better to start bidding in the future. Look at this one who is blushing and thick-necked. There must be a competitive atmosphere to make a good price!" Bex also expressed his admiration for the situation just now.He has presided over quite a few arms trade negotiations, but it is really rare for such buyers to raise their prices on their own initiative. Probably only this kind of limited-purchase activities between enemies can trigger such a surge buying enthusiasm.
"Then you have to find a way to provoke all the people we sell weapons to fight, and then organize all the warring parties together to conduct a bidding auction. The profit of Haihan Military Industry should be doubled again!" Tao Donglai He was also in a good mood, and joked with Bex.
Of course, it is impossible for Haihan to provoke all of his major customers to go to war. For example, heavyweight customers such as Annan and Daming, if the two sides go to war, the income Haihan can get from selling arms will not be able to make up for the losses caused by the war.The demand for arms brought about by the special antagonistic relationship between the Netherlands and Mataram is really something that cannot be met, and Haihan's operation method on this matter is also difficult to simply copy to other places.
"Congratulations to Mata Languo for obtaining the right to purchase the first military procurement project, and then we will move on to the second project." Bex turned the document book in front of him to the next page, and then announced in a deep voice: "Next It's an Army artillery weapon."
The types of artillery that Haihan Ordnance put out for sale this time are no less than firearms. They are divided into two categories: city defense artillery with fixed forts and field artillery with better mobility.Of course, the two types of artillery can also be used interchangeably in some special circumstances, but it is definitely not so convenient to use.For example, if a large-caliber city defense gun is handed over to the attacker, it can be used as a siege cannon, but it will take a lot of work to transport it to the city.Small-caliber field guns can also be erected on city walls, but their range and lethality are not outstanding in urban offensive and defensive warfare.
As a long-range heavy attack weapon, artillery is much more expensive than firearms.Even for the smallest caliber field gun, the price of a gun is dozens of times that of a flintlock rifle.As for a big city like Batavia, whether it is to be attacked or defended, it is not something that can be solved by ten or twenty cannons.Therefore, what Haihan offered on this project was an artillery package covering various calibers and uses, with a total of [-] artillery pieces sold in packages.
(End of this chapter)