Heading south with the wind made Li Xiao's ship speed up a lot. Because www.biquge.info hijacked Shen Zhixiang's fleet to escort him, Li Xiao's next trip to Shandong went very smoothly, and on the seventh day, he arrived at the seaside of Mazhu Town, Dengzhou.

Along the way, Shen Zhixiang, Wang Tingrui, and Yuan Anbang were all detained by Li Xiao on the No. 2 Fu boat, and with these three heavyweight hostages, Li Xiao was not worried that those Ming army sailors would have different intentions.

Sure enough, when they reached the coast of Dengzhou, the three ships of the Ming Army followed honestly without the slightest movement. After arriving at the coast of Dengzhou, Shen Zhixiang and the others thought that they could finally return to Dongjiang Town, but Li Xiao made a request to them.

That is, sell him some of the guns and guns on their three ships.

"Mr. Li, how does this make it! These cannons and guns are essential to our sailors' ships, and they must be re-sold. The guerrilla Yuan Anbang took the lead in opposition, and his words were quite sad.

"Humph! In Dongjiang Town, you have so many artillery guns, what can you do if you sell some of them to our army? Besides, the court will equip you with firearms every year, and it is very convenient for you to replenish them. Li Xiao glanced at Yuan Anbang coldly.

"That's it, people are under the eaves, and Encore doesn't bow his head." Shen Zhixiang sighed beside him and said slowly: "I'm just a hostage of General Li, and even my life is in the hands of your army, so An Ke will say anything." ”

Seeing that he was so pitiful, Li Xiao sneered: "Vice General Shen doesn't have to say so wronged, I, Li Xiao, have never been a person who takes things by force. Everyone is still a Ming official army, and they should pay attention to etiquette and exchanges. The cannons and guns I have chosen will be returned to you in silk of equal price. These southern silks, if you sell them in the north in the future, I am afraid that there will be more profits. ”

After Li Xiao finished speaking, Shen Zhixiang's eyes lit up.

This Li Xiao is still a reasonable person. If he really exchanged silk with me, he would secretly sell these silk to Houjin in the future, but he could still make a lot of money.

Shen Zhixiang was secretly happy in his heart, he changed his tone and said: "General Li is polite, everyone is working for the Ming Dynasty, and they should be in the same boat, Shen can help your army, but he is also happy." ”

Wang Tingrui, who was next to him, took over and said to Li Xiao in detail: "Li Qianhu, my three ships are equipped with the following weapons, among which on the No. 1 Fu ship, there are 6 Hongyi cannons, 30 jack franc machines, 18 bowls, 50 thunderbolts, 120 spray canisters, 30 Lumi guns, 500 crossbow arrows, 30 gunpowder crossbows, 550 Shenxing rockets, 350 asphalt fire bricks, and swords, guns and shields。。。。。。 ”

"Needless to say, I only pick out what our army really needs, and I don't want to hear your endorsement here." Li Xiao waved his hand to interrupt his words, which made Wang Tingrui quite embarrassed.

In the end, under Li Xiao's personal selection, Li Xiao selected 6 well-made and new-looking Hongyi cannons, 10 Franc machines, 10 Tiger squat cannons, 60 Lumi guns, and a large number of solid iron bullets and gunpowder lead bullets from the three ships of the Ming Army's naval division.

Other firearms, such as thunderbolt guns and bowl-mouth guns, were not used by Li Xiao because of their rough workmanship and outdated appearance. As for those early firearms such as spray canisters and Shenxing big rockets, Li Xiao thought that they were already outdated and not very lethal, so he didn't want them.

Among the firearms Li Xiao chose, the ones that Li Xiao liked the most were the Hongyi cannon and the Lumi gun.

The Hongyi Cannon, also known as the Red Cannon, was a front-loading smoothbore cannon that was transmitted from Europe to the Ming Dynasty in the early 16th century. Cheng Ziyi of the Ming Dynasty once described this cannon in detail: "The cannon of the Western Hongyi is made by the Xiangshan Ao Xiyi." Its system is ingenious, and the copper and iron are extremely refined, the size is commensurate, the thickness is appropriate, the eyes are square, all of them are good, and the method of making gunpowder is extremely workmanlike, and the people who discharge the cannon are accustomed to it. There are three cannons: the first one is one zhang long, the muzzle is slightly high, and it can reach sixteen miles; The second one is eight feet long, the muzzle is slightly high, and it can reach twelve miles; The number three is six feet long, and the muzzle of the gun is slightly high, and it can reach eight miles. This number can be used in the array, all can kill many lives, thieves are all frightened, since ancient times there has never been this supreme weapon, those who are interested in the field should be familiar with it. ”

It can be seen from the above literature that the Hongyi cannon can be roughly divided into three types according to the specifications, according to the calculation of 554 meters in the Ming Dynasty, the largest Hongyi cannon can attack 8 kilometers away, and the smallest Hongyi cannon can also attack 4 kilometers away. In fact, this is an exaggeration, according to the research of firearms experts of later generations. According to repeated research to prove the Hongyi cannon left over from the dynasty, the historians now generally believe that the Hongyi cannon of the Ming Dynasty can reach a maximum of 2.5 kilometers. But the actual controllable effective range is within 1600 meters.

At the moment when the Hongyi cannon became famous, the 12 Hongyi cannons placed at the head of Ningyuan City in the past beat Nurhachi to serious injuries.

In fact, at that time, this batch of a total of 26 Hongyi cannons was salvaged by Guangdong official Deng Shiliang from the British East India Company's "unicorn" shipwreck, and among the 26 Hongyi cannons, 12 of the best quality were transported thousands of miles to Liaodong and placed at the head of Ningyuan City, and finally Nuerhachi was seriously injured, which made the Ming court impressed and excited. In fact, this Hongyi cannon is still an early product, the effective range is only 500 meters, the farthest can only hit 1.5 kilometers, the Ming army can kill the old slave, there is really an element of luck.

The monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty, who tasted the sweetness, began to order such cannons from Westerners in large quantities. However, the purchase price of this Hongyi cannon is extremely expensive. During the Apocalypse, Xu Guangqi had ordered a large number of shells weighing 10 catties from Westerners, and each Hongyi cannon was quoted at 2,000 taels of silver, including a copper-core Hongyi cannon weighing 7,000 catties, and the solid cannonballs used weighed 23 catties, and the price was 8,000 taels!

The Hongyi cannons that Li Xiao has selected now are all the new 3,000-kilogram Hongyi cannons that weigh more than 3,000 catties, are about 3 meters long, and have a caliber of 110-130 mm. This kind of Hongyi cannon was cast in Dengzhou in large quantities when Sun Yuanhua, a firearms expert, was appointed governor of Denglai that day, and it was equipped with both the Dengzhou Army and Dongjiang Town. And because of the use of telescopes, moments, gauges and other measurement and calculation tools, the shooting object can be accurately positioned to ensure that it can be shot accurately and ruthlessly. Precise strikes can be carried out against targets within 1.5 km.

Li Xiao suddenly thought that on that day, the court spent countless silver dollars and invited the Portuguese to be trained as a new firearms unit, but under the coercion of Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others, first caused a rebellion in Shandong, and then rebelled to the Qing Dynasty, which became a huge nightmare that the Ming Dynasty itself could not get rid of. Countless loyal and brave officials and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty died at the hands of the elite rebels who had spent countless silver and painstaking training in this imperial court. After the rebels surrendered, they brought the latest artillery-making and operation technology to Houjin, which made Houjin, which was already powerful, even more powerful. The decline of luck at the end of the Ming Dynasty is enough to make people sigh!

Compared with the famous Hongyi cannon, Lu Mi Gong is much less famous, and the reason why Li Xiao chose to keep this kind of fire gun is to consider the development of the army.

In 1598 (the twenty-sixth year of Wanli) Zhao Shizhen Zhao Shizhen was a new type of firearm developed by the Ming Dynasty firearms master, and its prototype was the Turkish Rumi country (Ottoman Empire) tribute Mistek heavy arquebus, in 1598 (the twenty-sixth year of Wanli) Zhao Shizhen asked the envoy of the Lumi country Duo Sima, asking the arquebus structure and production method of the Lumi country, and made "Lumi gun" after improvement.

Of course, Li Xiao is not an expert in firearms, and his knowledge of Lu Mi Gong is limited to this. The reason why he decided not to do with those rough ordinary guns and transport all the Lu Mi guns equipped on these three boats back to the shore was because he remembered that there was a comment on this kind of gun in the "Wu Bei Zhi": "Bird guns, only Lu Mi guns are the farthest and most poisonous." ”

Li Xiao saw that the Lumi guns were all forged from the finest wrought iron, with double-layer guns and tubes, and the pipe body was integrated, the body was heavier, the caliber was smaller, the appearance was slender, and the black and shiny were held in the hand, which made people love it.

According to the research of firearms experts in modern society, this well-made Ming Dynasty Lumi gun has a range of 150 paces, and the muzzle velocity of the projectile is extremely high, which is basically similar to that of the rifles of later generations. At this time, the ordinary firearms could only hit a distance of sixty paces, and they were the firearms used by the Qing army in the Opium War in later generations, and their performance was not necessarily stronger than that of the Lumi guns.

Li Xiao believes that this kind of Lumi gun, which can shoot and kill the enemy from a long distance, should be the key development direction of Li Xiao's army in the future.

Li Xiao, who got the firearm, was in a good mood, which made the next price negotiation much smoother.

6 Hongyi cannons, calculated at 2,500 taels of silver each, a total of 15,000 taels.

10 Franc machines, 10 tiger squat guns, each according to 450 taels, a total of 9,000 taels.

60 Lumi guns, calculated at 25 taels each, a total of 1500 taels.

The rest of the large pile of black powder, hundreds of solid 10-kilogram bullets, more than 2,000 ordinary 3 to 6-kilogram iron bullets, more than 3,000 Lumi lead bullets, the total price is 1,300 taels.

Well, the total price is 26800 taels.

"Mr. Li, this price is already a loss, but Mr. Li should not be too expensive." After Yuan Anbang saw the price, Li Xiao was silent, and hurriedly whispered.

He made up his mind in his heart that if Li Xiao insisted on lowering the price, he would sell 25,000 taels or even 20,000 taels to Li Xiao, who would let his life be held in the hands of others.

"Haha, Yuan Guerrilla thinks too much, Li is not the one who detains the rope. In this way, Li will add a little more to you, and it will be 27,000 taels of silver. Our army exchanged 10 taels of silk for each horse, a total of 2,700 horses for Er, etc. It's just that you have to leave a firearms expert for our army. Li Xiao had a smile on his face, but there was irrefutable pressure in his words.

"Okay! Li is happy to do things, and Shen should be a friend. Shen Zhixiang saw that Li Xiao was so generous, and he was willing to exchange 2,700 pieces of silk for it, and his heart was full of joy at the moment.

He knew that if he secretly sold these 2,700 pieces of silk to Houjin, each horse could at least double the earnings, and in this way, it would be equivalent to more than 50,000 taels of silver with white flowers, which would be easily sent to his pocket.

Moreover, the firearms that Li Xiao took did not need to be bought with additional money. Shen Zhixiang secretly thought that he only needed to report to the top, saying that these firearms were damaged in battle with the enemy, it should be fine, after all, he resold firearms this time, and he did it occasionally, so naturally it would not be too eye-catching, and his uncle, Shen Chengkui, the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, could say it anyway. At that time, I can just sit back and wait for the court to pull it down again.

This is simply the business of the white wolf with empty gloves.

Damn, it seems that I will have a good relationship with Li Xiao who has entered this dog in the future, this guy is simply his own God of Wealth.

Shen Zhixiang's face showed the most comfortable and joyful smile in many days. He immediately pulled out a person with a thin face and a very bright look in his eyes from a group of soldiers, and then said to Li Xiao: "Mr. Li, this person's name is Zhao Jie, and he has a lot of research on firearms. ”

After Shen Zhixiang finished speaking, he shouted to Zhao Jie again: "What are you still doing in a daze, haven't you seen Master Li soon!" ”

Zhao Jie hurriedly approached and was supported by Li Xiao.

"Zhao Zaozuo doesn't want to be like this, I hope that I will do my best for our army in the future." Li Xiao smiled gently.

Li Xiao's kind words made Zhao Jie's heart warm for a while, and he said anxiously: "Lord Li attaches so much importance to him, and he is determined to let our army do their best." ”

After Li Xiao ordered all the required firearms and ammunition to be loaded and unloaded to the shore, Shen Zhixiang and others took the 2,700 horses of silk sent by Li Xiao and led their three ships off the shore.

Li Xiao looked at the No. 1 lucky boat that Shen Zhixiang was riding on, and his eyes were full of envy.

This No. 1 Fu ship was the most core and main warship of the Ming army at this time. Its length is 25 zhang, 6 zhang 6 feet wide, the draft depth is 2 zhang 1 foot, it is divided into 33 cabins, the head is raised and the tail is warped, the ship surface is set up as high as the city, the front and rear erect five masts, the big mast is 9 zhang 8 feet long, the secondary mast is 7 zhang 5 feet long, and the small mast is 5 zhang 3 feet long. According to the calculation that each zhang in the Ming Dynasty was equal to about 3.3 meters, the reader can imagine how huge this No. 1 Fuchuan battleship was.

It is precisely because of its huge size that it can carry a large number of soldiers and weapons, which is the most ideal sailor battleship in Li Xiao's heart.

Along the way, Li Xiao didn't have the idea of seizing Shen Zhixiang's No. 1 lucky ship, but after careful consideration, he didn't do so.

After all, if he eats so ugly and swallows this No. 1 lucky ship, which can be called a giant ship, then Dongjiang Town is afraid that he will regard himself as a mortal enemy. If Dongjiang Town sends troops to crusade, its own strength is too weak now, and it will definitely be difficult to fight. Then my own series of grand undertakings, I am afraid that they will die before they start.

This is also the reason why Li Xiao did not remove all the guns on Shen Zhixiang's three ships in one go, and was willing to exchange silk for firearms, all in order to dispel the hostility of the other party as much as possible.

Li Xiao has always believed that when his own strength is weak, unless he has no choice, he should try not to provoke opponents who are stronger than himself. After all, it's better to look at the scenery for a long time.

Multiple opponents are not as good as multiple friends, this rule is especially useful when you are weak.

To Li Xiao's surprise, after Shen Zhixiang and the others left, Wu Liang came to the beach with a large group of people pulling a big carriage to assist Li Xiao's whole army in carrying goods.

It turned out that Wu Liang and the others arrived at Longkou Pier a day earlier than themselves, because they saw that the pier was extremely dilapidated and uninhabitable, Wu Liang immediately recruited craftsmen from Mazhu Town and other places to transport the grass board group to equip the grass shed, so that everyone could have a place to live first.

At the same time, Wu Liang sent some light horsemen, who had been patrolling the coast for the past two days, and Wu Liang asked them to report if a boat came.

Wu Liang only waited for a day before Li Xiao's ship arrived. He was very happy in his heart, and immediately sent those people to help transport Li Xiaojun's goods.

Li Xiao exchanged pleasantries with Wu Liang and others for a while, and immediately ordered, leaving only silk, cloth, fur, Dongzhu, musk, ginseng and other things on the ship, ready to be transported to Dengzhou, Laizhou and other places for sale. The rest of the gold and silver goods were all loaded and transported to Longkoudun.

When Li Xiao and the others came to Longkoudun, he was deeply shocked by the dilapidated appearance of Longkoudun.