Pretending to be unable to be forced, Ji Qingwen, who had just been slapped in the face, looked embarrassed, glanced at Tang Ruowang, and reprimanded: "I said Lao Tang, there is a saying called 'follow the customs of the country', since you have come to China, you should use Chinese characters when you speak and write, what foreign language do you have nothing to write?" ”

Tang Ruowang's face was full of innocence, and he replied: "Lord Ji, don't blame me for this. I can speak Chinese, but I can't write Chinese characters. If you really want to check the accounts, then I will translate them one by one. ”

"No need." Ji Qingwen waved his hand, thought about it and asked, "Old Tang, you are temporarily managing the dock, and I don't care about the decline in income, why do you spend so much?" It cost 150,000 taels in two months? ”

Tang Ruowang's face immediately showed a shy expression, and he hurriedly explained: "It's such an adult. Two months ago, you had just walked on the front foot, and a merchant ship came on the back foot. This ship came from Germany, and it was also the first sea ship sent by Germany to Daming to do business. The captain of the ship was in Xiafa, so he used the money on the dock to buy all his goods, which can be regarded as giving him a fortune market......"

When Ji Qingwen heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Okay, you old soup, you came to the Ming Dynasty to preach, and you didn't learn anything else, and we have learned a lot from China...... Hahaha, you're just following the locals. Okay, I know about this matter, just don't take it as an example. ”

When John Tang heard this, he was overjoyed at first, and then he became sad again, and said: "My lord, I'm not afraid of your jokes, although our Germany claims to be the Holy Roman Empire, but now it is divided, and it is not easy for various kingdoms, principalities, and princes to come to the Ming Dynasty to do a trade together, and I hope that your Excellency will take care ......of you in the future."

Ji Qingwen thought to himself: If you don't take care of it, there is actually no standard, so you just agree to it, and it's good to be a favor for nothing.

So he smiled and said, "What does your old soup have to do with me?" If you open your mouth, I'll take care of it. ”

After all, Tang Ruowang is a sincere person, and after listening to Ji Qingwen's promise of clear soup and little water, he was happy again, and suddenly said: "My lord, I heard that you have been fighting for the past two months, and I helped you collect two good things, just to show you!" ”

After that, Tang Ruowang turned around and ran into a small room in the church, rummaged through it a little, then took out two boxes, put them on the table next to Ji Qingwen, and personally opened the lids of the boxes one by one, and said, "My lord, you are an expert, what is this, you always recognize it, right?" ”

Ji Qingwen looked into the box, his two eyes suddenly glowed, and he almost exclaimed: "Pistol!" It's a pistol! Or two...... How do you have such a thing? He said as he picked up a pistol and played with it.

John Tang said proudly: "The captain's friend is a man who likes to fiddle with guns, and he made these two short guns. Originally, he was only willing to sell one to it

I had to talk about it so that he gave up both guns to him. My lord, have you ever seen these two things? ”

I saw that the pistol in Ji Qingwen's hand was extremely well-made, the handle and barrel of the gun were engraved with patterns and painted with gold, and the materials were also very solid, and it was heavy in his hand - this is not so much a murderous weapon, but an ingenious handicraft!

Therefore, Ji Qingwen answered after Tang Ruowang's question: "Good things, really good things......

Li Yan reminded on the side: "These two guns are indeed beautiful, but I don't know what the accuracy, power, and range are." ”

He, Li Yan, was a powerless scholar, and followed Ji Qingwen in Qiu Badui, and he became half an expert.

Ji Qingwen listened to his words, and also felt that there was some reason, so he walked outside the church with two pistols, and asked Xiao Duozi to pass on the sharpshooter Meng Hong, and asked him to come over to test the gun.

When Meng Hong heard that it was rumored that he had tried a new Western musket in the past, he rushed over, but what he saw was two short guns more than half a foot long, but he couldn't help but be a little discouraged: "Lord Ji, you just let the villain try these two guns?" That's too small......"

Meng Hong made military exploits in the "Change of Self", and he was also a small officer in terms of meritorious deeds, and he could be regarded as being able to shout at ordinary people when he ran in front of ordinary people.

But Ji Qingwen single-handedly promoted him from a peasant, so naturally there was nothing polite to be polite, and shouted: "You know a fart, this thing is called a pistol, look at it, it's used like this." ”

As he spoke, he learned from the appearance of "Little Brother" in the TV movie, demonstrated the appearance of the pistol when aiming, and said: "This thing can be used when the two armies are fighting, and it can also be used for self-defense, which is different from the spear you usually use." What, no nonsense, give me a test of the performance of these two guns first. ”

Meng Hong hurriedly agreed, took the two pistols, carefully examined them inside and out, and immediately found that these two guns could not be described as "short and simple", but should be said to be "compact and lean", but in terms of workmanship, they were indeed more sophisticated than those imported Western spears that he usually used.

So Meng Hong put away his contempt, carefully took out the gunpowder projectile, estimated the amount and strength, loaded the musket, and followed Ji Qingwen's talent, chose the trunk of a small tree twenty steps away as a target, and pulled the trigger.

Meng Hong is really a sharpshooter, although this pistol is the first time he has used it, it is a hundred steps through Yang and a single shot.

Immediately afterwards, he tested another pistol, and then said to Ji Qingwen: "My lord, although these two guns are well-made, they are not as powerful and accurate as spears. But fortunately, it is easy to carry, if it is loaded in advance, once you encounter a critical situation, you can shoot it casually

Defeated the enemy and won ......"

Speaking of this, Meng Hong's face suddenly covered with a layer of melancholy, and said: "My lord, if there are two such muskets in the capital that day, and the villain can raise his hand and shoot to death the dark arrow that hurts people, how can General Chen Wenzhao ......?"

Ji Qingwen also sighed: "Yes...... It's a pity that people can't be resurrected after death......"

John Tang, who was watching the musket test on the side, was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "It turns out that General Chen was actually killed, is it really ...... Alas...... Stay back and pray to him that he will ascend to heaven......"

Ji Qingwen didn't pay attention to him, and said to Meng Hong: "Meng Hong, then try to use Sun Yuanhua's 'paper bullets', can these two muskets be used?" ”

When Meng Hong heard this, he quickly freed himself from his pathos, and loaded the muzzle with the "paper bullet" he was carrying, and after taking a slight aim, he pulled the trigger and fired it - Sun Yuanhua's "paper bullet" can be used on a pistol.

Moreover, because the pistol has a short range, the paper bullet has far less impact on the shooting accuracy of the pistol than on the long gun, and it is a perfect match for the pistol.

So Ji Qingwen put away the two pistols, straddled one left and one right on his waist, and was extremely proud in his heart, and asked Tang Ruowang: "Old Tang, how much did these two pistols cost me?" ”

Tang Ruowang said: "My lord, one is 5,000 taels of silver, and the two are exactly 10,000 taels, and this is what I sold to me after I begged the captain for a discount!" ”

Ji Qingwen couldn't help but gasp when he heard this, and secretly calculated in his heart:

A pistol is 5,000 taels, and he has nearly 500 brothers under his command, and one person is 500 taels, which requires 2.5 million taels of silver, and his current annual income is only about 1.7 million taels, how can he afford this huge amount of money? However, an ordinary elite flintlock spear is only a few dozen taels of silver, no matter how sophisticated the pistol is, the price will not exceed one hundred taels, how can it be sold for five thousand taels so expensive? Could it be that John Tang can't make me?

But he thought about it again: John Tong is a missionary, a firm believer in God, and he can't do things that can be deceived and deceived for thousands of taels of silver...... It is thought that although the actual combat effectiveness of these two muskets is not bad, they are still new inventions and crafts made by hand, which leads to their high added value, which incidentally increases the price.

Therefore, as long as the pistol enters industrial production, it will naturally reduce the cost and become a standard weapon that can be equipped by every soldier.

Thinking of this, Ji Qingwen had already secretly made up his mind: he wanted to expand the "Qi Family Army", that is, the "Ming Wu Army" named by Emperor Chongzhen himself, and it was not enough to import muskets from Europe and swords from Japan......

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