Chapter 267: Shen Wansan (Middle)

"Bold." Without waiting for everyone to react, Yangzhou Governor Robben had already taken the case, "The surname is Shen, you are a trader, what do you do when you buy artillery, and tell me honestly, who are you going to resell it to?" ”

It's no wonder that he can't hold his breath, the six-pound heavy gun on the battleship of the Huai'an Navy Division is an extended and enlarged version of the four-pound gun, although the weight has increased by more than three times, but the firing range is also as high as more than 800 steps, and it is more suitable for the flowering projectile with gunpowder lead, in the water war, it is simply an invincible weapon, especially on the relatively gentle river, the enemy ship often does not wait to get close, it will be bombarded to pieces.

Often, among the ten guns, only one or two are qualified, and the others are either stored in the trachoma guide zhì durability is insufficient, or the barrel is deformed during the cooling process, and can only be scrapped and re-refined.

So at present, even in the Huai'an army, the number of equipment of the six-jin cannon is very small, and some local officials and low-level generals in the auxiliary army don't even know that their own army still has such "divine soldiers" in their hands, and Shen Fu is a trader, not only can know about this thing, but also can vaguely name this thing and the four-jin cannon is not the same weapon, and is ready to buy it at any price, its origin and intentions are really very suspicious.

"Yes, Brother Shen, when you begged the apprentice to be a recommendation for you, you didn't say such a request." Shi Nai'an also stood up and accused loudly.

The reason why he dared to bring Shen Fu to Luo Ben was that he knew that Yangzhou City was now short of food, and Shen Fu's donation would undoubtedly make his disciple Luo Ben be looked down upon by Zhu Chongjiu and accumulate deep capital for his future career, but he never expected that Shen Fu's courage was so big that he dared to directly discuss the purchase of artillery with the other party as soon as he was given a good face by Zhu Chongjiu.

Only Zhu Eighty-one himself didn't know whether he was shocked by the 300,000 stone grain, or he was disappointed by Luo Ben's lack of knowledge, so he only smiled slightly, lowered his head and continued to drink tea, without saying a word from beginning to end.

Seeing this, the wealthy businessman Shen Fu became a few points bolder, arched his hand towards Shi Nai'an's master and apprentice, and continued to say loudly: "Brother Shi don't be impatient, don't be angry with Luo Zhifu, Shen can take himself as a hostage, and stay in Yangzhou City from today onwards, if the chief manager and the two of you hear that my Shen family sold the artillery to the north in the future, or sold it to any hero in the world without your permission, even if Shen is arrested and cut by a thousand knives, Shen will never shout wrong." ”

"You, you slippery dog thief, know that my Huaiyang has abolished the punishment." Yangzhou prefect Luo Ben heard this, so angry that his whole body trembled, too bold, too stupid, this surnamed Shen's money obsessive, he couldn't hear the meaning of his words just now, if he immediately followed his own meaning, admitted that it was impulsive, and wanted to pour the artillery to other red turban forces around him, taking the opportunity to make a fortune, today's things will not be too bloody, and this person not only did not repent, but took advantage of the fact that his own chief manager left him room for regret to get an inch, this is not looking for death is what he is doing, In case he was caught and executed by the chief steward in anger, as an introducer, how could his teacher Shi Nai'an get out safely without any involvement.

When he was furious, he heard a few clear bangs on the table, "Tu, tu, tu." Immediately after, Zhu Bayi, the chief manager of Huaiyang, slowly raised his fingers from the table, nodded at Shen Fu in the air, and said with a smile: "Good Shen Fu, you bought my artillery, not to sell it to the imperial court, nor to sell it to other heroes, do you want to load the artillery on the ship and use it yourself, come slowly, Hong San, you wait and retreat first, don't arrest him, this person is very interesting." ”

The second half of the sentence was said to Xu Hongsan and other pro-soldiers, and when the pro-soldiers who had already pressed the handle of the knife and surrounded them, they immediately stopped moving, glared at Shen Fu and Shi Nai'an a few times, and slowly retreated to the side.

"The chief manager is wise, the Shen family is engaged in trade, and there are indeed many big ships, galloping north and south every day, and they are harassed by pirates." Shen Fu raised his sleeves and wiped the sweat on his forehead, gasping and said, "If the chief manager is willing to open a cannon, Shen is not willing to buy it with a lot of money, any time Yangzhou needs food in the future, as long as he gives Shen a certain word, the Shen family will transport more than 100,000 stones to the chief manager within three months, if it can't be done, please take my head." ”

Shen Fu himself actually doesn't know where today's courage comes from, maybe because he has hundreds of thousands of stone grains to support him, maybe he heard the name of Zhu Fozi's compassion, he simply wanted to gamble, and he lost, but it was just a human head on his own neck, anyway, he was in his sixties, and people were rare in their seventies, and once they won the bet, the Shen family might turn their family into a country overseas in the future, and they would enjoy endless glory and wealth for generations.

"You seem to be rich." Zhu Bayi was slightly stunned when he heard this, and laughed instead of being angry, "Food is also like sand, it can be changed at any time, let me think about it, let me think about it."

While standing up and walking around Shen Fu, he gently pressed his head with his fingers, and dealt with businessmen almost every day in Yangzhou City for more than two months, until today, he did not appear, what is the real wealthy businessman in this era, for the sake of profit, he can spare no blood, for the sake of profit, even his head can be staked on the weighing pan without hesitation.

For the sake of 1oo% profit, it tramples on the laws of the world; With 3oo% of the profit, it dares to commit any crime, and even risk hanging, this later generation of Western philosophers described the words of the businessman, actually in the East is not bad, slowly pacing, Zhu Butcher slowly sneered, a word, until Shen Fu laughed all over the body, his legs were almost unstable, then suddenly stopped his feet, and asked sharply, "The old rice you brought me this time, I'm afraid it is not produced in Jiangnan, Zhu heard that the rice over there in Zhancheng is three times a year, and the seeds can be harvested if they are scattered in the ground, I don't know if the rumors are right or not. ”

Boom, Shen Fu seemed to have been thundered, he couldn't hold on any longer, took half a step back, and sat down with a stumble, "Big, big, how can the big manager know that Zhancheng, big, big manager open, Kai'en, Shen, grass people, grass people don't mean to deceive each other." ”

It's terrible, is this Zhu butcher, is it really the embodiment of the Buddha in the world, as rumored, he actually knows about Zhancheng, and even the rice in Zhancheng is clear how many times a year it is ripe, so he wants to buy a cannon to help the old port Liang family to deal with the Manjapahit Boyi, isn't he also guessed clearly, (Note 1)

Although he never planned to sell the cannon to Meng Yuan, but sold it to a chaotic people overseas far away from the Central Plains, after being known by Zhu Butcher, it is estimated that the result is similar, after all, the reader said that when Huaxia enters Yidi, then Yidizhi, compared to the Mongols, the Liang family and those people overseas are not necessarily close.

Unexpectedly, what was waiting for him next, was not an axe, but a hearty laugh, "What did you deceive me, Jiangnan rice is rice, and Zhancheng rice is not rice, as for whether these Zhancheng rice were bought or robbed, what does it have to do with me." ”

Zhu Bayi stepped forward with a smile and pulled Shen Fu up from the ground with both hands, that's right, it was clear as soon as he saw that the surname Shen was not only a businessman, but also a very rare businessman specializing in overseas trade, so 100,000 stone rice would be taken out without blinking an eye.

"Yes, it's bought, it's bought, that is, it's cheaper." Feeling that there was no murder in Zhu Eighty-one's words, Shen Fu's courage slowly returned to his own body, and with the help of Zhu Eighty-one's pull, he stood up and stammered in response.

'Zhu Fozi didn't guess, he only guessed the city, he didn't guess the old port, he didn't guess that there was a group of chaotic people overseas, trying to follow the example of the bearded people and establish their own country, so that the risk would not be so high, at least, for the sake of hundreds of thousands of stone grain, the two sides still have room to turn around,'

Sure enough, just as Shen Fu thought, Zhu Eightyi's smile became more and more kind, and the question he asked was getting farther and farther away from the truth, "Is the rice very cheap over there, three or two crops a year." ”

"The Champa Kingdom in the north is the two crops, the south, the Dachen Kingdom in the south, and the Malajia in the southwest, there are many places that are three crops." Shen Fu thought for a while, and replied after consideration, "As for the price, it can't be considered too cheap, mainly because their porcelain and silk are more expensive, and there are no other specialties except grain and ores, and when you transport a shipload of goods, you always have to bring something to ballast when you come back, so food has become an option." ”

"Your sea boats, the largest ones, can carry as many meters as each ship." Zhu Eighty nodded a little, and continued to ask in a low voice, Shen Fu's words just now may not be true, in the memory of another soul, Vietnam's coal mines and iron mines are said to be in good condition, and further south, Malaysia, Indonesia, is said to be rich in tin, copper, gold and silver, but what is the specific relationship between Malaysia and Ma Wax, whether the local mineral deposits have been opened by the indigenous people, or are they still buried in the soil, and there is no news in the memory of the other soul, so Zhu Eighty-one can't be too serious with Shen Fu, I can only settle for the next best thing and try to dig out the news that I need most from the words of the other party (Note 2)

"If it's a sand boat, the largest can hold ** thousand stones." Sure enough, Shen Fu saw that Zhu Bayi no longer focused on Zhancheng and Chen Chao, and immediately became a little more active, thought about it, and explained very seriously, "But the sand ship is suitable for sailing in the East China Sea, walking along the shore, entering the port at any time to avoid wind and waves, and it is not suitable for the South Sea, but it is a slightly smaller lucky ship, although the cargo is only more than 4,000 stones, it is especially suitable for sailing in deep water, and can withstand strong winds and waves." ”

"Oh, it's also a hard sail, will the hull be a little stronger than a river boat, and how is the sailing?" Zhu Bayi thought about it and continued to laugh and get to the bottom of it.

The warships currently used by the Huai'an Navy Division are converted from the largest grain ships on the canal, with a total load of no more than 700 stones, that is, more than 80,000 catties, and can hold up to 20 heavy guns.

In addition, after the Tongzhou Haimen Port is cleaned up, the ships under the name of the Huaiyang Merchant will have the possibility of leaving this port to conduct maritime trade, and the self-sufficiency of the Huai'an Army and the Huaiyang government will also be multiplied.

Shen Fu is an ambitious businessman, but after all, limited by the overall marine consciousness of this era, he couldn't guess that Zhu Eighty-one had planned to build an ocean-going fleet by himself, and when he saw that the other party was always focusing on the ship, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and responded like a few family treasures: "The chief of the house, they are all hard sails, mainly in this way, the mast can be made a little lower, and it also saves manpower. It is still a big cannibal triangular boat, but the load is much smaller than that of the Fu boat, only about fifteen or six hundred stones. ”

"If you can sail on both inland rivers and seas, fifteen or six hundred stones will be enough." Zhu Bayi thought about it and quickly added.

"The Grand Administrator wants to build a warship." Shen Fu thought about it and asked tentatively, Zhu Eighty-one gave away a large piece of territory, so that the territory was surrounded by big rivers and the sea on all sides, obviously wanting to make full use of the advantages of artillery in water warfare, so it was not surprising to try to build a ship that could sail on both rivers and seas.

Thinking of this, he quickly added, "That big cannibal ship is good, flexible, strong, and fast, can sail under any wind, someone in Guangzhou has imitated, because the cargo capacity is too small, and it requires too many manpower to operate, so except for the big food vendors themselves need to change ships, few people care." ”

"There was no one before, and I mean it may not be possible to combine the ship of fortune with the ship of the Arabs and create a completely new kind of ship." Zhu Bayi was still not satisfied, and asked with a bit of temptation.

"I've never heard of it." Shen Fu shook his head decisively, "In fact, in terms of cargo alone, the lucky ship on our side is much better than the ship on the side of Dashi, the reason why they use their own spinnaker is mainly because the owners are black-hearted, and the Kunlun slaves in their hometown come to operate the sails, and throw one into the sea when they die, without paying any compensation, and every time they load the goods, they are not full, and when they meet their peers along the way, as long as the strength is stronger than the other party, they may directly rob them, saying that they are maritime merchants, but in fact, they are all pirates." (Note 3)

Thinking about it, the reason why Shen Fu risked being killed to go to Yangzhou to negotiate with him to buy a six-pound cannon was probably the idea of being a part-time pirate, but now, with the strength of the Huai'an army, he can't manage it so widely, for the sake of being able to obtain a stable grain import channel in the future, Zhu Chongjiu simply chose to turn a blind eye.

"I can call the shots and let the Huaiyang firm sell you six catties of cannons." Thinking of the needs of the exhibition in the future, Zhu Chongjiu was heartbroken and announced in a deep voice, "However, you have to negotiate the price yourself." ”

"Thank you, thank you for making it happen." Shen Fu was overjoyed, immediately knelt down, and kowtowed to Zhu Chongjiu heavily.

"And." This time, Zhu Chongjiu didn't stop him, but slowly sat on the chair and continued to add loudly, "I need you to transport the next 200,000 stone grain to me in a big food boat, three months later, it will be delivered in Haimen Port, leave the ship and grain, and then you find another boat to bring the cannon away, I don't care where it will be used, but within three years, if I see a six-pound cannon appear on the shore, I promise to find a way to cut down your whole family and eradicate it." ”

Note 1: Liang family, historically, after the Three Buddhas were expelled from Indonesia by the Majapahit, there was a Chinese Liang Daoming who established himself as the king of the Three Buddhas, against the Majapahit, Yongle three years (14o5), Ming Chengzu sent Liang Daoming's fellow townsmen to supervise the imperial history Tan Shengshou and Qianhu Yang Xin to Zhao'an, Liang Daoming returned to China, and his deputy Shi Jinqing continued to rule the old port and accepted the Ming Dynasty.

Note 2: The Champa and Chen dynasties of the Yuan Dynasty were two different countries, located in the area of present-day Vietnam and Laos, and the Srivijaya belonged to the general name of the Chinese merchants in the area of Malacca and Malasia, including the Srivijaya and Majapahit and many other tribal countries, which were still in a semi-ignorant state at that time.

Note 3: As of the early Ming Dynasty, in terms of comprehensive performance, Chinese ships are far superior to any ships in the world in the same period, but ships from other countries also have their own characteristics, among which the Arabian dhows are known for their agility and speed.

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