Chapter 280 The Ming Dynasty arms dealer
Spanish merchants have also offered this kind of flintlock pistol.
However, this kind of musket is extremely difficult to pull the trigger than a coercion gun, and its range is shorter than a coercion gun. Therefore, Nguyen Phuket did not take it seriously, but just collected this musket as a treasure of the royal palace.
Nguyen Phuc’s lack of recognition does not mean that others have not seen the value of this thing.
Ruan Youjing, who was beside him, widened his eyes and carefully observed the flintlock musket in Ruan Phuket's hand.
In Dongpu, the reason why thousands of Zhenla Guangnan coalition forces were defeated by the Ming army was that in addition to the Ming army defending the city, the night battles made the Zhenla Fan army exhausted, and the sharp firearms used by the Ming army even defeated the will of the Zhenla Fan army.
In this regard, Ruan Youjing also specifically inquired about the use of Ming munitions and found that the Ming army was equipped with a large number of flintlock muskets.
Therefore, compared to Nguyen Phuc's contempt, Nguyen Youjing treats this object more cautiously.
"Since I like it, I'll give it to you."
Never minded that Ruan Youjing was uneasy and gave the gun to Ruan Youjing with a smile.
"Thank you, King." Ruan Youjing was happy and quickly took over the musket.
Seeing this, Su Langqing also smiled faintly.
Instruct the businessman beside him to open another wooden box.
"This is the latest deer gun developed by my Da Ping Fireworks Department. Please ask Wang Yiguan." Two soldiers carefully carried a rather heavy musket onto the desk.
"This gun is a deer gun, four feet and two inches long, five feet and six inches long, two liang of medicine can be filled with two liang and four cents of lead seeds. The sound is like thunder, and after firing, it is like flying sand and stones. When it encounters an enemy's thirty steps, its lead seeds penetrate gold and gravel, and it will be invincible." Su Langqing said.
Nguyen Phuket had just become interested at this time and looked at the deer gun in front of him carefully.
In fact, it is better to say that it is a small cannon than to say that it is a musket.
If we talk about the most popular firearms of the Ming army in Luzon, besides those heavy artillery, they are the turtledove-legged guns and the Hundred-Secret guns.
Needless to say, the Baizi Gun can be filled with dozens or hundreds of leads. With one shot, you can sweep the enemy's troops.
The turtledove-legged gun is a heavy convex gun, which can even penetrate heavy armor, and its lethality is far greater than that of the self-generated musket, so it is quite popular among Ming soldiers.
On Luzon Island, because Luzon is mountainous and densely forested, Ming army officers and soldiers often like to hunt in the mountains and forests.
First, we will play wild game to improve the food.
The second is to remove some small wild animals that threaten the crops of arable land, such as wild boars, etc.
However, during the hunting process, Ming soldiers discovered that light muskets such as self-produced muskets could not kill some small livestock, and even the huge sound of the gun could easily frighten wild animals.
As a last resort, the Ming army had to mount a heavy turtle dove-legged gun.
Although it is very inconvenient to use this heavy musket that requires support in the dense forest, its power is still quite amazing, and its killing effect is far beyond the self-generated muskets and other combroach guns commonly equipped by the Ming army.
In response to this, the Firearms Department also specially improved a batch of turtledove-legged guns in response to the requests of Ming soldiers.
The barrel was developed with exquisite cooked iron, the amount of medicine was added and the weight of the bullet was increased, thus a heavy musket was developed specifically for hunting wild beasts in the mountains.
The most important thing is that the firing method of this gun was changed from the original fuse rope to the flintlock.
As soon as this gun was released, it was widely loved by the Ming army's musketeers. Many wild beasts in the mountains and forests of Luzon died.
Of course, the deer gun sold to Guangnan by the Ming court was naturally a castrated version, and its gun barrel was sawed a little shorter, which greatly shortened its range.
At the same time, the Ming army was also equipped with a three-barrel deer gun that could fire three lead bullets.
The recoil was also quite amazing, and the Ming army had to develop a triangular iron bracket for this purpose.
This also greatly increases the weight of the musket, making the gun unable to be carried by individual soldiers.
Therefore, the musket was used by the Ming army in the infantry phalanx that blocked the charge of enemy cavalry, and the Ming army infantry was not generally equipped.
"This thing is very good. I heard that the Ming army is good at firearms. I wonder how much silver it will cost if the Ming army is sold to Guangnan?" Nguyen Phuc asked on the verge of asking.
Seeing this, Su Langqing couldn't help but smile on his face.
"Wang, a long pole has a self-produced musket of 30 taels of silver, a short pole has a self-produced musket of 20 taels of silver, and a deer gun has a 70 taels of silver." Su Langqing said.
Nguyen Phuc frowned on the verge of frowning, the price was far higher than his expectations.
"Of course, these silver can be deducted from the Chinese merchant taxes in Hoi An and Hue City." Su Langqing said hurriedly when he saw Ruan Phuc frowned on the verge of frowning.
"It's so good, it's not in vain that I, Guangnan, and your Ming court are engaged in trade." Ruan Phuc nodded and smiled.
Nguyen Phuc naturally had his own plans. Although the price of these firearms is indeed quite high, these firearms can be reduced by taxes from Chinese merchants in Guangnan.
At that time, just signal officials in Hoi'an and other places to raise the taxes of Chinese merchants.
"King, there is something to give to the king." Su Langqing naturally did not notice Ruan Phuket's thoughts, but just asked the soldiers beside him to open a wooden box.
Several soldiers carefully took out the things from the wooden box.
When several Guangnan soldiers carefully took out the objects, the Guangnan people present were stunned.
The object in front of him was a model of a warship.
"King, this is the model of my Ming Tiger Warship. Today I offer you the king." Su Langqing looked at Ruan Phuket in front of him and showed a look of surprise, with a stronger smile on his face.
"This is the warship of the Ming Navy." Ruan Phuc looked at the ship model in front of him with disbelief.
He hurried over and carefully looked at the model of the warship carried by the soldiers.
"Sir, please see, this ship has two layers of artillery decks, which can carry twenty-four artillery doors, and the hull is wrapped in copper skin, which can prevent the enemy's fire ship from attacking." Su Langqing smiled and explained to Nguyen Phuc's Neijing Tiger Warship.
"This thing is really a divine thing." Nguyen Phu sighed.
It has to be said that the financial resources, material resources and even firearms displayed by the Ming court made Nguyen Phuc at the verge of surprise.
This Tiger Warship shocked Nguyen Phuc even more.
Although Nguyen Phuc has been in the court for a long time, he is also a veteran who has been through the battlefield.
When Zheng Lord sent troops south several times, it was he who led the Guangnan army to resist the Zheng army in the north and thus saved Guangnan.
Therefore, Nguyen Phuc is quite familiar with military equipment such as firearms and warships.
The model of the warship presented by Chinese merchants today. If the Ming Navy really had such a warship, then only three of them could sweep all the warships of the Guangnan Navy.
"This thing is a sea weapon for our Ming Dynasty to open up the territory and protect Chinese merchants. It can carry four 12-pound long cannons and six ten-and-a-half-pound long cannons. Its speed is like a bird rushing on the sea, and its hull is invincible." Su Langqing explained to the Guangnan officials present with a smile.
This is actually a deterrent from the Ming court to Guangnan.
It’s nothing more than telling Guangnan’s monarch and ministers that I can engage in trade with you today and send troops to attack you tomorrow.
If you know each other, then you will honestly do business with the Ming Dynasty.
If you are not honest, then the Ming Dynasty's naval warships can bombard port cities such as Hoi'an.
Chapter completed!