Hirado New Port is very lively.

There are busy figures everywhere around the port, houses rise from the ground, and piers continue to extend to the sea;

The ships on the sea were densely packed and could not be counted clearly. Warships were arranged neatly in the harbor, and countless merchant ships kept coming from the east, and I didn't know how much cargo it was carrying.

Yang Cong took Yu Dayou, Yang Jisheng, Wang Zhi and others to stroll on the newly built Fu Ship Wharf, and he couldn't help feeling a little satisfied.

Who would have thought that he had captured such a large piece of territory in Japan without any effort, and the princes from all over Japan didn't even dare to make a fart, just pretending that they were not here to invade.

At this moment, the situation was very good. The court had agreed to his proposal to open the maritime ban. Vendors from all over the country were actively inquiring about ways to come to Japan to do business, and the city next to Hirado New Port was almost completed. In just ten days, merchants could be accommodated to do business.

The most important thing in doing business is sales, and he is not very clear about how to do the business in Japan, so he directly called Wang Zhi, who is most familiar with Japan.

However, he had not had time to understand the situation with Wang Zhi, because Wang Zhi's fleet had just arrived, and Hong Tiezhu's fleet followed him. Their voyage was to welcome Hong Tiezhu's fleet.

Shortly after everyone entered the dock, a long string of black shadows appeared on the sea in the distance. Although this scale cannot be compared with the Ming Navy fleet, it is even better than the fleet under Wang Zhi.

This is the fleet led by Hong Tiezhu, or the fleet of the Yang family, because the flags hung by the fleet are not the big flags with the characters "Hong" but the big flags with the characters "Yang".

Wang Zhi looked at the fleet approaching quickly and couldn't help but feel a little envious, because Hong Tiezhu was equipped with a large number of new ships, and he was still an old sailboat, so his speed was simply unparalleled with others.

This guy has a very good face. He actually asked Lord Yang to come and wait in person. You know, even when his fleet arrived, Lord Yang did not wait at the dock. He just heard that after his fleet arrived, Lord Yang came over to greet him.

Hong Tiezhu did not expect that Yang Cong would wait for him on the dock personally. You know, he was actually a manager of the Yang family, but he was in charge of the Yang family's fleet, which was relatively large. Logically speaking, Yang Cong, as the head of the family and the important minister of the court, had no need to wait at the dock at all, and he didn't even have to come. He should have gone to pay a visit.

He had already seen Yang Cong in the telescope, so after the fleet's flagship docked, he couldn't wait to run down the ladder, ran to Yang Cong, and bowed excitedly, "Sir, why are you here? This is really a small matter."

Yang Cong patted his shoulder and laughed, "Hahahaha, I'm not here to welcome you. It's just because the goods you brought this time are so important that I can't wait to come and take a look."

goods?

When Hong Tiezhu heard this, he was stunned.

Is the goods he brings important?

This time, although the goods he brought were purchased by the Yang family, most of them were tea, porcelain, cloth, grain, etc., which were common things!

Seeing his dazed look, Yang Cong couldn't help but say in surprise: "Didn't Mr. Wang ask you to bring a batch of goods here?"

Mr. Wang?

The one who can make the adults call the old man must be Wang Xuan, the Minister of Works. The old man asked him to bring the goods to the public. For this reason, he waited specifically in the waters near Shandong for a long time.

However, he didn't know what the goods were, because the goods were sealed with wooden boxes, so he didn't dare to open them and check them at will.

The adults should be talking about this batch of goods. He nodded quickly and said, "Take it, bring it, and it's on the flagship."

When Yang Cong heard this, he said excitedly: "Hurry up, let's take a look."

Hong Tiezhu hurriedly ordered people to get on the boat and soon, twenty strong guards carried down ten three-foot square flat wooden boxes.

The wooden box seemed a bit heavy, and it was a bit difficult for two strong guards to carry a box. What exactly was inside?

Not only Hong Tiezhu was a little curious, but even Yu Dayou, Yang Jisheng, Wang Zhi and others were a little curious.

When Yang Cong saw the wooden box coming, he couldn't wait to say, "Hurry up, open it and take a look."

OK, it’s not easy to open a wooden box.

Upon hearing this, twenty guards pulled out the bayonets from their waists. The two of them worked together to poke the gap between the box cover and the box, and then pried up. The box cover was pried out a gap roughly across the palm. Immediately afterwards, they reached into the gap and lifted it hard, and the box cover was lifted open.

Everyone still couldn't understand what was inside, because there was a thick layer of oil paper under the cover of the box, and the goods were covered tightly.

It is normal to lay oil paper on the cargo, because it is inevitable that there will be strong winds and waves in sea transportation, and many things cannot touch water. Therefore, many people will lay oil paper on the cargo to prevent the cargo from getting damp.

So, what exactly is under the oil paper?

The answer was soon revealed. Yang Cong personally stepped forward and lifted the oil paper, and the goods underneath were presented to everyone.

It turned out to be artillery!

No one doesn't know this thing.

The cylinder with a thick thigh plus two "ears" is not a cannon, what is it?

The cannons in this box are particularly easy to identify because there are ten shells neatly placed on both sides.

No wonder the box is so heavy, and a cannon plus ten shells can be at least 100 pounds.

When Yang Cong saw the neatly arranged shells, he couldn't help but laugh and cry on his face.

This packaging is too formal!

Wang Xuan didn't know if he was bored or something, but he actually nailed wooden squares into the box, blocking the shells and barrels tightly.

This packaging looks really beautiful and generous, quite formal. Question, is it not troublesome to package like this?

There is also this gun barrel, why are you so polished? Isn’t this a waste of time?

Yang Cong squatted down and reached into the cannon barrel to touch it, with a strange look on his face.

The inner wall of the cannon barrel is too smooth, it is even comparable to the imperial court's standard tiger squatting cannon. What do you think of this?

Sir, you are afraid you have misunderstood my meaning!

Why did you make the iron cannon so good?

You know, the smoother the inner wall of the barrel, the more stable the performance of the cannon!

With such a smooth inner wall, it is estimated that the range of the iron cannon is comparable to that of the tiger squat cannon, and the accurate head is probably not much different.

If all the princes of Japan purchase large quantities of such iron cannons, wouldn’t the combat power be rising slowly!

His purpose is not to improve the combat effectiveness of Japanese pirates, he just wants to make money.

This thing is a problem if it is done well.

Fortunately, most of the navy have begun to equip new cannons with three to five hundred kilograms. Their power is not comparable to that of tiger squat cannons. In the next step, he also plans to upgrade the cannons equipped by infantry and replace them with 300 kilograms or 500 kilograms of cannons. Anyway, there are many war horses at this moment, so he is not afraid that the cannons are too heavy and the cannons cannot be pulled.
Chapter completed!