readx; The Portuguese trade fleet was really a relief for Zhu Youzhen. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The first batch of goods to be paid for included a battleship, 12 large-caliber cannons, 50 ship-based cannons, and 250 purebred Andalusian horses.

This batch of weapons, which represent the world's advanced level in this era, is self-evident to the Ming Dynasty, otherwise Zhu Youzhen would not have taken such a big risk and personally came to Dagu to receive the goods. The large-caliber cannon is commonly known as the "Hongyi cannon" by the Chinese; The shipborne cannon with a smaller caliber is actually the Franc machine gun.

At present, Zhu Youjian's military factory can mass-produce bird guns, and they are all flintlock guns, and even Lumi guns with a longer range can be produced, and the output of ammunition and ammunition is even greater, and the only shortcoming is artillery. Although Sun Yuanlong and Wei Zhen have 'groped' out the iron mold casting method, the process is still immature, and there are often sand holes, cracks and other phenomena, and the yield is low. Moreover, it can only cast a high-speed 'shooting' cannon, that is, an improved Franc machine gun, and as for the heavy gun with a longer 'firing' range and greater power, so far there has been no successful trial production.

And in the upcoming battle to defend the capital division, artillery will undoubtedly play a vital role. As for the battleship, Zhu Youzhen slaughtered the cunning Portuguese again, this battleship was actually converted from a ready-made commercial Spanish galleon, and the age of the ship was at least ten years old.

Fortunately, there was not much difference between the warships and the merchant ships in this era, they were all three mainmasts, with bow masts and backmasts, longitudinal sails and crosssails, upper, middle and lower decks, and a displacement of 500 tons. There were two layers of shipboard guns on the side of the ship, twenty-four gun emplacements on the left and right, plus the bow guns and stern guns, and there were fifty 'guns' on this battleship.

Compared with this battleship, the battleship of the Dagu Navy Division was only a fortune ship of three or four hundred materials, and the converted displacement was only a few dozen tons. Some had two 'guns', while others didn't even have one. Moreover, there is only a longitudinal sail, no crosssail, whether it is in terms of tonnage, firepower, maneuverability, endurance, it is too far from this battleship. Put the two boats together, and the fortune boat is simply a toy.

To get this coveted battleship, Zhu Youzhen was of course overjoyed. In front of this "Big Mac", whether it is the Korean sailors, the thousand-stone ship of the Japanese invaders, or the forces such as Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi, who defected to Houjin, they are definitely not opponents. If the Portuguese can 'hand' over all four battleships as soon as possible, at least the control of the northern part of the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea will be firmly in the hands of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, this battleship is still a little smaller than the flagship of the North Sea Fleet, the "Princess Anna", which is leased from the Portuguese Navy. This is also a helpless thing, the Portuguese will definitely not sell the most advanced warship to themselves, and Zhu Youzhen will do the same. However, this battleship already belongs to the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Youzhen happily named it "Dingyuan"!

Of course, he knew that in history, the flagship of the Beiyang Naval Division of the Qing Dynasty was called Dingyuan. It was a very good ironclad battleship of that era, made in Germany, with a displacement of 7,000 tons, and together with its sister ship Zhenyuan, it was known as "the largest ship in Asia". It is a pity that in the Sino-Japanese naval battle of the First Sino-Japanese War, due to the extreme decay of the Qing Dynasty, the Beiyang Naval Division had advanced warships, and was far inferior to the Japanese Navy in other aspects.

The reason why Zhu Youzhen named this battleship "Dingyuan" was, of course, not to repeat the mistakes of the past, but to completely rewrite that period of extremely humiliating history, which is quite a bit of "knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, and preferring to go to the tiger mountains."

However, at present, the navy is not an urgent task, and the defense of the Beijing division is the burning eyebrows. In desperation, Zhu You's inspector ordered all the guns on the Dingyuan, that is, the guns that were 'delivered' this time, to unload them and prepare to transport them back to Beijing overnight.

Except for artillery and war horses, the other goods brought by the Portuguese were "sold together". Among them, Zhu Youzhen is only interested in the seeds of crops in the New World, and the rest are whole boxes of handicrafts, spices and the like. Zhu Youzhen originally wanted to use the "bad move" given to him by Zhu Cunqi to save some money as much as possible; But when I think about the urgency of time, and besides, this is the first 'transaction' between the two sides, for the sake of long-term cooperation in the future, let's suffer a little loss.

So the two sides immediately 'delivered' the goods and the silver. The Ming side had already prepared the Portuguese's favourite goods, including tea, silk and porcelain, and of course the prices were relatively low, and the Portuguese were satisfied.

The value of the goods on both sides was offset, and in the end, the Portuguese made 500,000 taels of silver, which made Anna cheer excitedly. You must know that these ships of goods are sold to Europe, which is dozens of times the huge profit; Her brother João is now fighting hard against the Spanish army, and he needs money everywhere, and with the "big wrongdoer" of the Ming Dynasty, Portugal no longer has to worry about military spending.

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, thinking that no matter what, Anna's heart was still towards her motherland, which was understandable. But the next time he trades, he can't be slaughtered like this time.

Immediately after the delivery, the Portuguese fleet lifted anchor and returned to sail. Zhu Youzhen wanted to persuade Anna to return with the boat, after all, it was now the time when Houjin was in the Kou, and Jingshi was very unsafe. Anna smiled nonchalantly: "Your Majesty the Emperor, you have obtained these 'fine' firearms from our country, are you still afraid that the enemy army will attack the city?" Besides, as the Portuguese ambassador to your country, I cannot return to my country without the king's order. ”

Zhu Youzhen also had to order to immediately escort the artillery and war horses back to Beijing. Inadvertently, Zhu Youzhen caught a glimpse of Qiulina looking at the Portuguese fleet sailing from afar, and his eyes were full of infinite melancholy. He couldn't help but think that she still wanted to go back to Europe and her hometown!

However, now that the enemy is present, Zhu Youzhen has no time to ask Qiu Lina in detail. He ordered Admiral Zheng Sen, who had accompanied the Portuguese, to take over the Dingyuan immediately, and together with the flagship Princess Anna, to cruise in the waters from Shanhaiguan to Dagu, and if the 'Jurchen' troops were found to have broken through to the seashore or even to capture Shanhaiguan or Dagu, they would use the advantage of naval guns to bombard them. In this way, Shanhaiguan has added another insurance.

He himself led his army to return to Beijing immediately, and he didn't even bother to drink saliva. Looking back at the Dagu Fort, this coastal defense artillery group, which was built in the Jiajing period, has been in disrepair for a long time, and has been extremely vicissitudes.

Looking back at history, the Dagu Fort is also an important symbol of China's modern humiliating history. In 1900, the Eight-Nation Coalition occupied Beijing and forced the Qing government to sign the Treaty of Xincho. As part of the treaty, the Dagu Fort of the Gongwei Jingshi Sea 'Gate' was demolished, and the scene was even bleaker than now.

Zhu Youzhen took a deep breath of the salty fresh sea breeze, and said silently in his heart: One day, he will reorganize the Dagu Fort, and if there are any more foreign enemies, let them taste the taste of the Daming Shore Artillery!

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