Yingerdai listened and confirmed again: "Yes, they like all kinds of furs, especially mink furs, which they like the most. They are willing to exchange this self-generating musket for them. They said that as long as we are willing, they can do business with us for a long time."
The Western Barbarians mentioned by the Qing Dynasty were the Russian Far East colonists. Since fur was expensive in Europe, their favorite thing during the process of colonizing the Far East was fur.
Dorgon heard this and said happily: "This is great. All the furs in the hands of the Eight Banners should be presented. When we exchange them for self-propelled muskets, they will be distributed according to the amount of furs presented. In addition, we should send an order to all the tribes on the grassland to pay tribute to them with all kinds of furs."
For them, fur was not a problem. With just one order from Dorgon, they could raise a lot of fur.
At this time, he was happy, but Ying Erdai added: "Master, they didn't know about this in advance, so they can exchange at most 20 of these self-fired muskets with us, which are still used by them. The next exchange will have to wait for them to transport new self-fired muskets from the country, which is estimated to take more than a year."
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