The king and Tang Ming both understood each other, but the king's promise to borrow troops from him without hesitation surprised Tang Ming. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info but after he talked about the flintlock pistol, Tang Ming also laughed, as long as the king had a plan for himself, he was not afraid that he would not want to borrow troops from him.

Tang Ming has more flintlock pistols than anything else now, and he thought that the Watanabe family in the island country would come to buy flintlock pistols again, but unfortunately he seemed to be frightened by his high price, and until now he has not seen any follow-up actions from them. However, the Watanabe village still lives on his Ryukyu Island, and according to Fei Xin, that chick is now in the shipyard every day, and actually works there every day like a craftsman.

As long as he doesn't make trouble, Tang Ming doesn't bother to pay attention to her, anyway, the shipyard on Ryukyu Island is only responsible for small ships or maintenance, as for the real technical shipyard is still on Jeju Island, Tang Ming doesn't want to move the shipyard over now, after all, it is still safe and not affected by Zhu Di.

A large batch of flintlock pistols of more than two grades was manufactured, and Tang Ming was still having a headache about who to sell those things to, but he didn't expect this Luzon Kingdom to send it to the door by himself. Now he didn't dare to raise the price too high, and he estimated the current national strength of Luzon in his heart, Tang Ming smiled and said.

"The king is so refreshing, Tang admires it, and it is not a secret that the cost of this flintlock pistol is quite high, and it is not cost-effective if you want to buy it on a large scale!"

The king hesitated for a moment, frowned, and said, "Could it be that the Hou Ye wants to sell the flintlock pistol to this king at the price traded with the grass mustard family?" ”

Tang Ming smiled and waved his hand again and again: "That can be so, just promise to lend troops to me at the king, Tang Mou can't make this kind of money even if he is a bastard." That's it, I'll just do it, the flintlock pistol will be sold to you at half the price sold to the Watanabe family, this is my bottom line, a dime of profit I didn't make and I have to pay your freight, how much does the king want, wait for you to think clearly, tell me, I can send it to you within a month, but this borrowed soldier ....... ”

Half price, the king was obviously a little surprised, and then laughed with joy on his face and said, "Now Brother Tang can discuss with Lord Yan, and you can mention as much as you need to him!" ”

Yan Ruwei also nodded frequently on the side, but there is no shortage of people in Luzon now, as for the combat effectiveness of these people, it is not for Lao Yan to worry about. Anyway, he had already made up his mind, he would never take Tang Ming to see the real Luzon officers and soldiers, as for those reserve soldiers, he took Tang Ming to select this time.

After the king left happily, Tang Ming and Yan Ruwei discussed a little before setting out to pick people, Tang Ming did not expect to borrow any strong troops in Luzon, his main purpose was only to select people to act as sailors here. Real naval battles are all long-distance shelling of each other, and there are actually very few opportunities for individual combat.

Luzon is an island country, which means that they have very little land to grow food, and the vast majority of the people depend on fishing for their livelihood. They are familiar with the sea, and in addition to fishing, they work at the docks, which is their main source of income. The reserve barracks were built in the last two years by the state of Luzon, and there were 30,000 people who were registered on the throne.

Tang Ming quickly glanced at the roster handed to him by Yan Ruwei, quite surprised, he didn't expect that this Luzon Kingdom really can't be underestimated, and the reserve soldiers alone can reach 30,000. If these people were all equipped to board the warship, they would also be a force to be reckoned with at sea.

But after he saw these people, Tang Ming suddenly changed his opinion just now, and cursed Yan Ruwei's entire family fiercely in his heart. The training ground was densely packed with people, Tang Ming couldn't see the end when he got off the carriage, but none of the people who could see it were more than twenty years old, under Tang Ming's estimate, most of them should only be about fifteen years old.

Tang Ming's face immediately darkened when he saw this, a trace of embarrassment appeared at the corner of Yan Ruwei's mouth, and he hurriedly explained: "Don't worry, brother, don't look at the young age of these people, they have grown up at sea since they were wearing open pants, and it is more than enough for them to be sailors." ”

Yan Ruwei's words made Tang Ming calm down, thinking about it, he was just looking for a boatman and not choosing a soldier, so he was a little younger. Sui also stopped bothering about going around the school field, and looked at everyone, it was obvious that these people's usual food must be not good, and their faces were full of dishes, but it may be because they have been working at sea since they were children, and everyone has trained a solid muscle.

Tang Ming was satisfied, these people were indeed more than enough to be used as shipwrights, and people in ancient times were considered adults at the age of fifteen, these people should be regarded as young adults and should not be treated as children. Tang Ming secretly calculated in his heart, and finally asked Yan Ruwei for fifteen thousand people.

Yan Ruwei agreed without even thinking about it, these people are now a heavy package, Yan Ruwei can't wait for Tang Ming to leave all of them. In the past, they had to recruit troops to expand their power on the sea in order to defend against pirates, but now they are idle because of the pirates that can be seen anywhere.

Besides, the current national strength of Luzon really can't afford to support a navy of this scale, and Yan Ruwei is also a headache to idle these people here now. He thought about it, and finally persuaded Tang Ming: "Brother, you don't think it's better to be like this, after all these 30,000 people are taken away, they will be your people, and you don't have to send them back to me." And how about these 30,000 people exchange you for 10,000 flintlock pistols? ”

This is Yan Ruwei's true intention, Tang Ming was suddenly a little stunned, and when he thought about it deeply, he understood why Lao Yan was in a hurry to get rid of these people. To tell the truth, these people are about fifteen years old, which is the best time to shape, and he is sure that as long as he leaves these people to Fei Xin to train for a year and a half, he will definitely have a powerful navy.

10,000 flintlock pistols that he eliminated were exchanged for 30,000 live boatmen, Tang Ming had already made a fortune. But who would think that he had a lot of money, and besides, he now knows why Lao Yan is in a hurry to send these people out, and he will naturally not push it out if he has a advantage to take advantage of.

"Hehe, old Yan! You are a lion's mouth, knowing that I can't equip these 10,000 flintlock pistols now, do you think I can get them? I'll give you a thousand at most, and I'll be fine with more. ”

Yan Ruwei hesitated for a moment and said, "Fifteen hundred." After all, these are 30,000 living lives, and my brother can't be too dark! ”

Tang Ming did not give in, he clearly knew Yan Ruwei's bottom line, so at his insistence, he finally made a deal with a thousand flintlock pistols. (To be continued.) )