Not only these craftsmen, but also Min Yuanqi himself, including Han Sen, who had just returned from Qinshan Island, those military attaches who led troops, and Zhu Wanchun.

Zhu Wanchun already knew that his family had been properly settled, and his heart was more at peace, and he had mastered the foundation of the Zhu family outside Huai'an for the time being, if it weren't for that, there would be no way to bring back these craftsmen and artillery smoothly.

Min Yuanqi has a strong self-confidence in his heart, from his facial expressions, as well as his performance in the past few days of preparation, whether it is the salt pool, the workshop, and the situation when arranging the defense, everyone can see that Min Yuanqi looks as usual and is full of confidence.

Min Yuanqi is indeed quite confident, properly arranged, the enemy's military situation is well understood, the time and place are favorable, and the enemy's situation is deeply observed, and he can calmly analyze and deal with it.

The so-called knowing the other side and then fighting, but that's it?

On the other hand, the Shandong guest soldiers didn't know anything about the situation on the side of Yunti Pass, but they came over with a lot of energy, and took it for granted that this place was just a place of projectiles that could be overturned with a snap of their fingers, and it was crushed by a huge disparity in strength...... Both sides have the will, and they both feel that they can win before the battle breaks out, and there is no doubt that Min Yuanqi, who has done it after knowing the other and analyzing the strength of the enemy and us, has more reason to believe that he will be the winning side.

"I've seen the general."

"Knock on your lordship."

The craftsmen didn't show much cringe, maybe they really saw a lot of big people in Nanjing.

Not to mention anything else, the two places with the most powerful people in the whole world are Jingshi and Nanjing.

There are still many nobles in the city below the Duke of Wei, guarding eunuchs, six officials, and now there is a new emperor and cabinet.

It's not uncommon to throw a brick down on the city wall of Nanjing and knock down a red-robed man.

I have seen a lot, although I am still very respectful, but there are no expressions of fear and fear.

"You are exempt, and you don't have to kneel in the future." Min Yuanqi helped everyone up, and then said: "The wages and benefits here are all good, and you will know that this official is a man of his word after being here for a long time." As long as everyone does what they are doing with peace of mind, they don't have to pay attention to the rest, and no one will dare to bully them for nothing. Even if there is a unique secret skill, as long as you take it out or are willing to take an apprentice, it can indeed improve the efficiency and power of armor making, forging soldiers, and making firearms, and you will have an unimaginable reward. When you settle down here, you will know slowly. ”

"Thank you, sir."

In the midst of the uneven thanks, Min Yuanqi nodded with a smile and strode forward.

These craftsmen are all new to the scene, so there is no need to say too much.

After staying and gradually blending in, you will naturally understand that what you say is true, and it is useless to say more now.

However, the manpower transferred by Han Sen was unloading the ship's goods, which made Min Yuanqi very interested.

Artillery, one by one, was gradually displayed in front of Min Yuanqi's eyes.

Hearing the news, there were many military attaches who rushed over, including Min Yuanzhi, Min Yuanzhong, Min Yuanjin, Yang Zaijin, Gao Cuncheng, Xie Xiang, Shen Liang and others.

Even if most of them are from Jiangmen families, it is the first time for them to see so many artillery pieces at such a close distance.

Even if it is an outdated Franc cannon that is not valued by the Nine Sides and the Imperial Court, not everyone has the opportunity to see the details at close range, or even stroke it with their hands.

This thing is a militaristic heavy weapon, even if there is a Hongyi cannon in this era, this kind of Franc cannon still has a certain status, and its lethality can be regarded as a big killing weapon.

The mother cannon, the sub-gun, and the gun carriage add the gun carriage, and the total weight of each cannon is about 600 to 700 catties.

This weight caused the unloaders to divide the guns, tie them with ropes, and carry them tremblingly off the ship.

After moving down, these Franc cannons were also reset one by one, thirty guns were arranged neatly, and the muzzles of the black holes were aimed at everyone in front of them, even if there were no artillery crew members to operate the guns, it still gave people a strong sense of oppression and threat.

Min Yuanqi walked over to a Franc cannon and squatted down to look at it carefully.

He has seen this cannon in several military museums in later generations, including the old city wall of Nanjing.

At that time, I just looked at it a few times with the psychology of curiosity, after all, the artillery I saw at that time had a history of hundreds of years, compared with the artillery of World War I and World War II, the craftsmanship was primitive and crude, and there was nothing to study except for the long years.

Until now, when these cannons were presented in front of Min Yuanqi's eyes, he still felt the beauty of craftsmanship.

This thing is quite good whether it is used in the mud mold method or the wax method, and the barrel looks new and polished quite smoothly. Gun lugs, barrels, crosshairs and other accessories are readily available.

Even the gun carriage under the barrel is carefully made, and the barrel can be mobilized to calibrate the distance, which is much stronger than the square of the skid's block used by the Ming army's general artillery.

The barrel is more than a meter long, thin in the front and thick in the back, and when viewed from the muzzle, there is a distinctly swirled boring line.

The tail of the body tube is noticeably thick and can be opened.

After Min Yuanqi opened it, a craftsman brought a cannonball-like sub-gun, put it into the mother gun very skillfully, and then closed the tailgate and pressed it as tightly as possible.

Even though the craftsman was very skilled and pressed very tightly, there was still a clear gap in the tail of the barrel that could be seen by the naked eye.

This is the characteristic of the Franc cannon, it can be loaded in advance, and after the gun is ignited, it is the projectile in the gun that is released, so that multiple guns can be preloaded, and the speed of firing on the battlefield will be very fast.

The disadvantage is that the air closure is insufficient, and compared with the Hongyi cannon, which can shoot a range of more than 1,000 meters, the disadvantage is quite obvious.

The effective firing range is two or three hundred paces, which is much farther than the firecracker, and much worse than the Hongyi cannon.

However, Min Yuanqi was still extremely satisfied, with the firearms of this era, don't count on the scene of a hundred artillery bombardments, when Duoduo went south, the artillery of the Qing army was still halfway there, and the daylily was cold when the artillery rushed over.

It was still in Gustav's hands to really use the artillery well, and to reduce the scale, to integrate the artillery with the gun mount, and to act together with the ammunition vehicle, which greatly increased the mobility and was used on a large scale in field battles.

The use of concentrating massive artillery before the positions and covering the enemy with concentrated fire will have to wait for the Napoleonic era.

In this era, mobility, gunpowder performance, and the casting process of the artillery itself are not up to par, and there are still nearly two hundred years before the era of Napoleon's bronze cannons.

There is also an inscription above the barrel, and these Franc cannons in front of me are all cast in about the forty-first year of Wanli, and for these guns that have not yet been fired, it is not impossible to regard them as new guns.

Min Yuanjin's eyes were hot, he took a step forward and said, "Do you want to try it?" ”

Yang Zhijin, Gao Cuncheng and others all looked at it with a blank eye, and everyone was quite concerned and enthusiastic about this artillery.

Min Yuanqi looked at everyone and said with a smile: "Try it once, but there is a word in advance, these artillery pieces are to be used centrally, and they will not go down to the divisions and the general bureaus of each hundred, at most they will be used by the headquarters of Qianqian." ”

Two thousand headquarters, one is led by Min Yuanjin, and the other is Gao Cuncheng, but everyone is not in a hurry, and the first military attachés of the small banner who followed will each receive a thousand generals sooner or later.

Some people even have a vague feeling that they will be able to lead a battalion in the future.

With these thousands of elite soldiers as the foundation, Min Yuanqi's money and food are enough, if Liu Zeqing's method of expanding the army is used, the internal Qu can swell to 30,000 people in half a year, not to mention a thousand headquarters, even if they lead one or two battalions, it is not impossible.

"I'll do it." Shen Liang took it as a deed, strode forward, and hugged his fists at Min Yuanqi and said, "Please let me try." ”

"Of course it's you." Min Yuanqi said to Shen Liang: "Choose some clever ones from the guns, then match some bold ones, and finally match some powerful ones, use six people for each cannon, what do you think?" ”

"That's more than six, right?" Shen Liang said: "When I was in Dengzhou, two people were needed for the Zhankou cannon, three people for the tiger squat cannon, and when it was needed, two people could carry the cannon and run, and the other person carried the medicine to follow. The Franc machine uses four people, three horses or three mules, one mule pulls the medicine, the other mule pulls the barrel, and a mule pulls the gun carriage, and some bits and pieces are carried by people. This is still the gun crew of the Franc machine gun that Lord Sun made after listening to the words of the Franc machine man, in fact, this cannon is placed at the head of the city in my Ming Dynasty, and it is the same as the Hongyi cannon. Francophone said that artillery should still be used on the battlefield, so we followed suit, but it was useless in the end. It was those Francophone people, who were also dead, and those who were not dead either fled or were coerced to Liaodong. ”

Shen Liang's face was also a little gloomy, Sun Yuanhua's training of pure firearms troops in Dengzhou was also impressive, there were more than 300 Portuguese mercenaries alone, and many Portuguese were instructors in the Dengzhou army.

Queues, shooting, guns and artillery, these were all trained according to the Portuguese rules.

At that time, the high-level Ming army and the Ming Dynasty felt that these Yi people were sharper in using firearms, and after Liaodong suffered repeated losses, some courtiers suggested that the imperial court spend a lot of money to hire a large number of Xiyi to fight in Liaodong.

The Portuguese and Spaniards, including the Dutch, were interested in serving as mercenaries, but it was the Portuguese who were most trusted by the court.

Preliminary contacts had been made at that time, and the imperial court was planning to hire a few thousand Portuguese, but this did not happen.

The Portuguese were also very interested, and in their eyes, the Ming Dynasty was still a civilized country and should not be trapped by those barbarians who used bows and arrows.

It is a pity that it was not successful later due to various reasons, but judging from various signs, whether it was the court or the army at the end of the Ming Dynasty, they were still relatively friendly and trusting to the Portuguese.

It may be that the Portuguese first settled in Macao during the Jiajing period, and later created a lot of miracles in Shuangyu and Jiangsu, Zhejiang and maritime merchants.

If it weren't for Meng Lang's killing during the Jiajing period, maybe the maritime trade situation of the Ming Dynasty would be much more prosperous than it is now.

Originally, a large number of maritime merchants gathered on many ports and islands from Shuangyu to Fujian, and in order to maintain order at sea, Wang Zhi and other maritime merchants would also take the initiative to exterminate those unruly small groups of pirates and real Japanese ronin.

As a result, Jiajing insisted on strict prohibition, and sent officers and soldiers to exterminate Shuangyu, where a large number of maritime merchants had gathered, and the Portuguese alone died a lot, and the maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty suffered heavy casualties.

After this battle, a large number of maritime merchants turned into pirates, began to harass along the coast, and even summoned the Japanese ronin to go deep into the Ming Dynasty to burn and loot.

A catastrophe for many years, relying on Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou and other good generals only to wipe out the surface, if it is not for the opening of the Moon Port first, and the expansion of the scale of maritime trade after Longqing Wanli, this so-called Japanese plague will not be completely quelled.