A railway opening ceremony did not conform to Hongmen's Taoguang Yanghui's strategy before, but after Li Tianyang was inspired to prepare to enter the world, he began to slowly change Hongmendu's strategy.

The opening of the railway, technically speaking, the steam locomotive has not yet reached a formal commercial use, and there are still many defects in terms of its carrying capacity and its speed performance.

However, Li Tianyang rushed this immature creation to work, and invited representatives of many groups to participate, the reason for which was nothing more than to show their Hongmen muscles to the outside world.

Not only the train, but also Hongmen also pulled out its own steel cannon of the previous generation, and displayed it for the first time to outsiders, including Westerners.

The advantage of the steel cannon is the sophistication of its material, and the weight and toughness of the cannon cast by this excellent alloy steel alone can already offset the advantages of the Westerners in the casting technology.

The placement of large-caliber artillery with the smell of war on that side was more intimidating than a train, and the Westerners, Portuguese, British, and other Europeans who thought they were ahead in this respect, were even more struck hard and were stupidly knocked on the spot by the big stick of the Hongmen.

There is a reason for the shock and frustration of the Westerners, and the reason why they have been able to be invincible in this Age of Discovery is nothing more than because of their two sharp weapons that are ahead of the civilizations of other continents: one is a sturdy and large-capacity sea ship that is conducive to sailing in the deep sea; There is another one, naturally, they have been improving and developing, infinitely powerful guns and other hot weapons.

Otherwise, how can small countries like Portugal, Spain, and the Netherlands enslave and conquer civilized countries that far exceed their territory and population, and plunder and colonize the country's resources for their own use.

And now these two kinds of Westerners value the most, and at the same time, they are also the most relied on sharp weapons, but in front of the thriving Hongmen, they can no longer occupy any advantage.

The "Yang Fan type", "Jiaolong type", and even the "Xuanwu type" warships that have just been installed in the Hongtang fleet, no matter which series of warships, can match the warships of the same specifications of the Westerners, and may be inferior, but the gap is extremely short.

As long as they don't want to go west to India and Africa, compete with Europeans in distant Africa, India and other countries, but just protect the interests of Nanyang's generation, Hongmen has no problem now.

And now that Hongmen has exposed their long-hidden artillery and musket casting technology, it has made their Hongmen's self-made warships like fish in water, and with these guns with lighter weight and larger mouths, even if they are not clear about the actual combat effectiveness of these artillery, but the Western representatives who are familiar with the relationship between the caliber and power of artillery, who are not secretly breathing a sigh of relief.

"General, did you make all these cannons?"

There are also Westerners who do not give up asking questions.

"Naturally, this batch of artillery is a large-caliber artillery cast by my Hongmen independently, and the caliber of this artillery, according to you Westerners, should be regarded as a sixty-four-pound gun, and if one shot hits the weak point of a 400-material warship, it can almost make this sea ship fall apart on the spot!"

Li Tianyang replied proudly, patted the dark cannon beside him, which was more than a foot in size, and explained to him.

"By the way, I can say hello to you first, from now on, our Qixintang will start selling artillery, and we also support the reservation of large-caliber artillery, as long as everyone here has a need, I will welcome all of them."

It seemed that in order to verify the Westerners, Li Tianyang turned his head to the representatives of the Ryukyus, the Eastern Wa, and North Korea, and told them a piece of news that made him quite excited.

Westerners were accustomed to cherishing their brooms, and the artillery sold to the countries of the Far East was either obsolete and old, or it required a long waiting time to be transported from the distant European continent.

This makes the Oriental countries of this era, even if they want to purchase high-power artillery to consolidate their national defense, and have a lot of money in their hands, they need to look at the faces of Westerners and ask them if they are willing to sell to themselves; He even simply filled the number indiscriminately, giving himself and others some weak and bulky pig iron cannons and so on.

And now that Hongmen sells this standard of artillery to the outside world, for these groups and kingdoms with armament needs, this also means that they no longer need to look at the faces of Westerners and slap in with each other.

The threat of Westerners is actually a much more threatening group for the sea kingdom than the behemoth of the Ming Dynasty, and the Edo shogunate of the Wa Kingdom began to implement the attitude of closing the country a few years ago, which is also due to the threat from the Westerners on the ocean.

The Wa Kingdom is considered to have some strength among the sea kingdoms, and the Warring States Period, which has just ended, has made its kingdom army extremely strong in combat, which also makes the policy of closing the country to them unswervingly carried out.

However, even so, most of the members of the Shimabara Rebellion that began the year before last were Westerners who believed in the Jesuits, and although the root cause was the hardship of the people's lives, there was no trace of Westerners behind the turmoil, and the purpose was only to reopen the door to the rich kingdom of Towa.

Even the powerful kingdoms on the sea, such as the Wa Kingdom, were threatened by Westerners, not to mention weaker dynasties such as the Sulu Kingdom and the Joseon Kingdom, and the weaker the dynasty, the more they could understand the importance of armament to a kingdom.

"Is this true?"

The envoys of the Korean Kingdom, who had just experienced the insult of the Qing people and were forced to submit to the Qing Emperor, came with another mission in addition to attending the grand event of Hongmen.

Earlier, Hongmen sent a fleet of Wu Jie's whale troops to trouble the Qing people who invaded the Korean Kingdom, firstly to test the combat effectiveness of Hongmen's ordinary army, and secondly, to make the Great Qing people lose more and weaken their strength.

However, the Koreans may not understand Hongmen's intentions, whether it is the siege of Ganghwa Island or the sudden attack on Kaesong, the trouble caused by Hongmen to the Qing people is a real help to the Koreans.

Therefore, when the Qing people finally withdrew from the Korean kingdom, Choi Myung-gil, the newly appointed Korean consul, naturally set his sights on Hongmen, a strong neighbor, in order to find a stronger ally for his kingdom.

The Ming Dynasty fought on both sides, and the situation was more troublesome than that of the Koreans, and it was impossible for this suzerainty to protect itself; Moreover, the excuse for the Qing people to attack North Korea before was also because their kingdom was too close to the Ming Dynasty, but this time, the newly appointed leader Cui Mingji will never make the mistake of his predecessor Jin Jin again.

Therefore, this time the DPRK envoy was sent with the purpose of thanking Hongmen and seeking an alliance. Now the intention of the alliance has not yet been seen, but this unexpected joy is also an excellent start, isn't it?

Compared with other groups, the Joseon Kingdom is probably the most important member of the Korean kingdom after the Westerners and the Hongmen people.

The year before was able to cause a lot of losses to the Qing people, so that the Qing Emperor Huang Taiji finally had to agree to negotiate peace with the Koreans, among which the Korean king's attention to firearms was not small.

If it were not for the Korean Kingdom's attention to arquebuses and their important equipment and weapons for the national army, the Koreans would not have been able to cause the death of more than a dozen Jurchen generals and the loss of tens of thousands of Qing soldiers under the nearly invincible and powerful Jurchen iron cavalry in the field.

"I, Li Tianyang, admit that my words still have some weight, does Master Cui think that I will lie to you?"

Li Tianyang smiled lightly and glanced at the North Korean envoy who spoke.

"It's a gaffe! Lapsus linguae! ”

The North Korean envoy knew that he was excited for a moment and said the wrong thing, so he hurriedly bowed his head and apologized.

"If you are interested, you can talk to Dong Haoran of Qixintang, and they will give you an offer!"

"I don't know if the steam train technology is sold?"

The representatives of the Westerners, most of whom were born in office, may attach great importance to the self-defense ability of firearms, but they are not too concerned about the Hongmen in front of these artillery, perhaps these artillery have many advantages, but the Westerners' own cannon casting technology is not bad, as the pride of the Westerners, they are not willing to go far and far to find the Hongmen people to purchase artillery and other firearms.

On the contrary, they are more interested in the steam train made by the Hongmen lock, and the steam engine as the power source of the train is what they urgently need.

The merchant's sense of smell is always the most sensitive, and the steam engine can be used as a power source for other industries in addition to the power source of the train, such as mineral mining, ocean transportation, and so on!

Even the steam train itself, also contains strong business opportunities, European countries are naturally much smaller than the Ming Dynasty, but that is also a comparison between countries, put in the actual geography, which country is not hundreds of miles between cities, if this train can transport hundreds of tons of goods on land at a time, without the assistance of other manpower and animal power, then the profit is not small.

"I'm sorry, the physical and technical aspects of this steam train are not ready to be sold in Hongmen, the investment in this steam train is not only huge, but there are also many problems that have not been solved, we Hongmen as inventors naturally know how to solve these problems, but you as purchasers, do not know the principle, if something goes wrong, even if our workers in Qixintang want to help you repair, it can only be a sigh of hope!"

Li Tianyang said righteously, but his subtext was also naturally revealed in the words, that is, this thing is the treasure of our Hongmen, sorry we don't sell it!!

"That's a shame!"

Excuses like this were often used by them Westerners to fool the indigenous people of the Far East, but I didn't expect that one day, they Westerners themselves would be prevaricated by such excuses.

The passage celebration brought an unparalleled shock to the surrounding groups in China, and at the same time, it also made everyone look at Hongmen, a team that lived in a remote corner and was originally just a pirate starter.

Westerners are afraid of Hongmen's ability to innovate, as well as their attention to all kinds of novel science, at this time they these businessmen faintly regret in their hearts, these Western representatives have not contributed less to the demand for Western books in Hongmen over the years, almost from ancient times to the present Western doctrine books, can be found in Hongmen.

Even a new book published by the Western scientist Galileo Galilei last year -- "Conversations and Mathematical Proofs of Two New Sciences" was introduced to Hongmen's territory at the beginning of this year, and was included in their huge library by Bengang School, becoming another book with learning value for Hongmen's disciples.

What the countries of the East cared about was the Hongmen that could independently manufacture powerful artillery, flintlock muskets that did not need to be ignited, and the powerful shipbuilding technology that had long been exposed.

Such a group that not only knows how to innovate and develop, but also has strong military strength, as long as they are on the sea around the Ming Dynasty for a day, these groups facing the sea or relying on the sea for their livelihood have to grovel to Hongmen and recognize their dominance.

And Li Tianyang's current fanfare is actually preparing for Hongmen to send you inland to the Ming Dynasty in the future.

If the Hongmen want to set foot in the future world competition, first of all, they must ensure that there will be no turmoil in their rear or be coveted by others.

Compared with the Ming Dynasty on both sides of the enemy, the Qing Dynasty's land territory is mostly cold and bitter land, Hong'en is blessed with a unique foundation, although the geographical division is obvious, but most of them are undeveloped land with pleasant climate and fertile land, and there is an endless ocean as a natural barrier, but it is much easier to protect.

With Hongmen's current strength, they need to worry that there are not many opponents, and among the representatives invited here, only Dongwei and Westerners make Hongmen pay a little attention, and the strength of other groups is not enough to oppose Hongmen on the sea.

However, Hongmen also has shortcomings, that is, its foundation is very shallow, and the required material industry needs to rely on marine trade to obtain, and the group representatives here may be very different from Hongmen in strength, but commercial trade is also a battlefield without gunpowder, if the other party has unfavorable ideas about Hongmen, then Hongmen is likely to be blocked by it in commerce and suffer heavy losses.

Without the strong impetus brought by trade, just relying on the population of Dayuan Island, which has just entered the million mark, to support the Hongtang soldiers, who now have nearly 70,000 people, the pressure is so great that I am afraid that it will only take a year or less to crush the finances of Hongmen.

Now they all have muscles in the Hongmen exhibition hall, so that these people can see the connotation contained in Hongmen, which will make the other party understand a truth: if you want to go against Hongmen, then you have to be prepared to be swallowed by Hongmen!!

(End of chapter)