In addition to purchasing a large number of artillery, the mission also bought 3,000 mushkert arquebuses (called turtledoves in China) for 25 taels of silver, 20,000 guns for 12 taels of silver and the corresponding gunpowder, and lead was not counted, totaling about 320,000 taels of silver. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Artillery and muskets, a whole hundred transport ships were loaded.

With so many sophisticated firearms, Zhu Youhua was in a great mood, and after the banquet, Zhu Youhua asked Pang Tianshou to take him to see the Francophone people and the artillery and guns that were transported.

"Quick, come forward and salute the emperor!"

When Zhu Youhua met with those red-haired fans in the square outside the palace, Bi Fangji, a Western missionary who had been Sinicized, was teaching them Chinese etiquette.

Under Bi Francis's demonstration, everyone bowed down and bowed as if they were rituals.

Seeing a group of red-haired and blue-eyed Westerners kneeling at his feet in a clumsy posture, Zhu Youhua couldn't help but want to laugh.

Today's Westerners are still very respectful of China, believing that China is a civilized country, so they do not reject China's kneeling etiquette, and they are far less arrogant than two hundred years later.

"Knock on His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!"

Under the leadership of Bi Francis, the crowd prostrated in a variety of different languages.

The scene was a bit chaotic for a while.

When saluting, Zhu Youhua saw that there were many yellow-skinned Chinese in the crowd, one of them was quite eye-catching, his face was delicate, his hair was short and black, but he was not tall, and when Zhu Youhua walked to him, he was busy bowing his head.

"What's your name?"

Hearing the emperor's question, the young man's face was stunned, and Bi Fangji hurriedly said: "Jesse, His Majesty the Emperor asked you!" ”

"My name is Jesse, and my real name is Jiang Rong."

"Is it a man?"

"Yes, but I've emigrated overseas since the time of the Mongolian Yuan."

"Where do you come from?"

"Nanning, Guangxi."

"Good."

Zhu Youhua smiled and nodded, he didn't expect that there were Chinese soldiers among the Portuguese mercenaries, seeing that when he was standing, his legs were close together, and his military posture was straight, it was obvious that he was a soldier who had been trained in systematic military training, not a halfway pull.

At this time, Western Europe already had a systematic military discipline, from military uniforms, queues, to appearances with regulations and strict standards.

In the next two hundred years, because of the gradual popularization of flintlock pistols, a new method of warfare was born - lining up to shoot, since then the entire Western European army has very strict requirements for the queue of soldiers, under the constraints of military discipline and military sticks, soldiers braved the rain of bullets, ignored the dead and wounded, and still marched forward in a strict formation, and the power of firearms was used to the maximum.

Being praised by the emperor, Jiang Rong was a little flattered, and subconsciously rubbed his trousers with his hands.

Zhu Youhua chuckled and said, "You're a musketeer, right?" ”

"Of course!" Hearing the emperor ask about his special skills, Jiang Rong replied proudly with both feet together.

"Okay, then let's go to the shooting range and show it to me!"

When everyone entered the imperial barracks, the barracks were divided into several thousand troops and were practicing with all their might, fighting desperately, the sergeants followed the golden drum banner, the drum marched, the low flag tended, the gold was retreated, the military order flag waved to the left, then the whole army marched to the left, waved to the right, marched to the right, the golden drum struck together, then the spear stopped.

On the horse path outside the field, hundreds of knights rode war horses to practice riding, they suddenly hid in the pedal, disappeared, suddenly leaned forward and backward, or flew on the horse from the left and right, or jumped from the horse to change horses, in the blink of an eye, the rabbit fell and fell, dazzling.

On the northwest side of the school grounds, there are still hundreds of musketeers practicing gunning with firearms such as bird guns and three-eyed guns, and the targets dozens of paces away are about to be smashed by arrows and lead bullets.

The Portuguese mercenaries were surprised to see the training scene of tens of thousands of new troops on the school ground, but they didn't expect that the Ming Emperor had only half of the country left, and there were so many loyal soldiers to escort them.

Zhu Youhua watched and walked, nodded frequently, his expression was quite satisfied, and when he arrived at the northwest shooting range of the school field, with the emperor's order, Jiang Rong hugged a very large and extremely long firecracker.

This kind of firecracker, in terms of length, is much longer than the bird gun currently used by the Ming army, and the caliber of the gun is more than twice as large as the bird gun. After the target position was fixed, Jiang Rong began to load the medicine.

Zhu Youhua watched with interest.

"This gun is big and long, it's a bit like a turtledove, and it depends on how accurate this gun is."

He said silently in his heart.

After the medicine was loaded, Jiang Rong lit the fire rope, and after a snorting sound, an orange-red flame burst out from the muzzle, followed by a loud bang.

"Hit the target!"

The gunfire rang out again.

"Hit the target!"

"Hit the target!"

"Back to the saint, the wooden target has been shattered."

After the military attache who checked the results trotted over to report, there was an uproar in the shooting range, Zhu Youhua glanced at Jiang Rong in surprise, the arquebus thirty paces away has never been accurate, I didn't expect him to hit the target again and again, this marksmanship can be regarded as powerful.

"The gun is good, I'm rewarded." Zhu Youhua smiled and said, "Come on, enjoy ten taels of gold and ten horses of colored satin." Tian Cheng, who was waiting on the side, heard the emperor's order and hurriedly agreed.

After receiving the emperor's praise and reward, Jiang Rong was very happy in his heart, and even the other Portuguese soldiers were also envious, and they all shouted to perform for His Majesty the Emperor, until they were stopped by Pang Tianshou and Bi Fangji.

After appreciating Jiang Rong, Zhu Youhua suddenly had an idea, he said with a smile: "Since you have returned to your homeland, stay and serve the Ming Dynasty well, I will not treat you badly, you will be the head of those musketeers in the future, I will seal you a six-grade thousand households, belong to the imperial camp, and listen directly to me." ”

Jiang Rong didn't expect that just by demonstrating the marksmanship, he would be rewarded by the emperor and be granted a six-grade official position, so he couldn't help but be surprised.

"The minister will definitely do his best to live up to His Majesty the Emperor's appreciation."

After speaking, he bowed and bowed, the posture was very non-standard, and the Chinese was not very smooth, but the tone was sincere and the feelings were sincere.

After arranging those foreign soldiers, Zhu Youhua went to the arsenal of the Imperial Battalion Division to see the artillery and muskets transported from the dock, all of which were brand new and shiny, and were still wrapped in oiled paper. Each heavy gun was accompanied by a special gunner, all from Portuguese mercenaries; There are two types of muskets, light and heavy, and the number is very considerable, enough to equip the imperial battalion and the Yangtze River naval division troops, and they are also equipped with fire ropes, medicine tubes, lead bags, gun sleeves, gunpowder, and a number of leads.

In order to encompass those Portuguese artillerymen who were proficient in artillery, Zhu Youhua decided to give them the treatment of seven products and one hundred households, with an annual salary of one hundred and fifty taels, which is very considerable, in order to teach the imperial artillerymen to use the unified rules to measure the distance as soon as possible, and accurately operate all kinds of light and heavy Hongyi artillery and Furlong machine artillery, instead of relying solely on experience and visual inspection.