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When old Andre took Li Ling into a secret warehouse, he was both happy and a little disappointed.

Various types of Franco's guns lay side by side on the deck, and he counted one carefully, there were only more than ten in total, and they were arranged according to Andrew's warship, but they could only transform a few warships.

"If the adults are interested in these artillery, I can sell them all to you, the small two Li Ling hundred taels, the giant cannon one thousand taels of silver, I don't know what the adults think? If you feel that the price is not right, we can discuss again! ”。 Andre gritted his teeth and quoted Li Ling a very favorable price.

This was his first time at sea, and he was seriously short of the market, believing that wherever the advanced Franc cannon would be welcomed by the rulers.

Where do you know that he was disliked in the Ming Kingdom, they have their own set of cannon casting methods, and they don't put the small cannon in their eyes at all, and he didn't carry a giant cannon, so he was given a cold reception by the Ming court.

Li Ling inquired carefully, and most of the firing range of these Franc machine guns was within a few miles to more than a dozen miles, and it was enough to deal with pirates with backward equipment.

But he shook his head anyway.

"My lord, the price I gave is already very favorable, if you really want to, we can talk about it again!"

Finally met a Ming official who was interested in artillery, and Andrew didn't want to give up this opportunity! Faced with Li Ling's refusal, he chose to compromise.

It had cost him all his fortune to buy these goods, and it was better for him to sell these guns at a low price and buy some silk and porcelain back in the Ming Kingdom than to bring them back to China.

"The price you quoted is high, no, it's not like that, I mean, what do you think of my living environment in Mingguo? Would you like to settle here? ”。

Li Ling also has his own abacus, a master who is proficient in making artillery, this is a talent, if he can keep him by his side, he will definitely come in handy in the future!

"You want me to stay in the Ming Kingdom to make cannons for you, oh no, honorable lord, I just want to see what this magical continent is like, and trade by the way, I don't want to settle in a foreign land!". Andre rejected Li Ling's proposal without thinking, and it seemed that he really had no intention of staying.

"Father, what about living here, we have no relatives in our hometown, why can't we stay here? Our father and son have worked hard for most of their lives to accumulate a few thousand taels of silver, but think about it, how much did we earn after we came to Mingguo a few months ago? ”。 A young man in his twenties suddenly stepped out of the crowd and suggested to André.

Li Ling smiled bitterly, he didn't expect that he still looked away, and actually missed such an important role, but this young man was more courageous than his father.

Li Xie Yuan hurriedly struck while the iron was hot, and he continued to persuade: "What this big brother said is very reasonable, I don't want you to stay in the Ming Kingdom forever, as long as you stay here for a few years and pass on the artillery-making technology, in addition, as long as I exterminate the pirates and pirates, the sea frontier will be calm, and then it will be easier for you to conduct maritime trade?" ”。

In a hurry, Li Ling only thought of so many reasons for Andre's father and son to stay.

He brought great temptation to the foreign father and son, and drew a huge pie.

Andre was short of breath, and if there were really Ming officials like Li Ling in the future, they would likely become giants in overseas trade.

When the time comes, won't you be happy to return home?

The father and son nodded to each other and exchanged opinions.

"I'm Andrew, and I'm willing to follow your lords!"

"I, Antonio, would like to follow my lord!"

The two knelt down on one knee one after another and expressed their allegiance to Li Ling!

Xiao Ba on the side was a little sideways, sure enough, loyalty was only because the bargaining chips for betrayal were not enough, the two of them looked awe-inspiring and righteous just now, and the eldest young master gave them generous conditions, and these two people immediately relented.

Andrea's father and son agreed to stay, and Li Ling began to rebuild these warships, preparing to install some powerful Franc machine guns on them.

The big boat built by Li Ling was better, and there were gun muzzles on it, which were all on the drawings, and the villagers of the fishing village could not modify them, so they had to keep them.

As for the warship designed by Zhang Yuanshan himself, it will be greatly refitted.

"Childe, not now, we still can't cast artillery!". Andrew's face turned red and he said with some embarrassment.

Although he swears that he is an expert, he is not a real blacksmith, and to put it bluntly, he used to be just talking on paper, everything stayed in theory.

"Master Zhang, you have to find me a skilled blacksmith!" Andre finally made his own request.

Li Ling was in trouble, not to mention that in this small fishing village, even in Ningbo Mansion, he was afraid that he could not find a skilled blacksmith.

"If it doesn't work, let me try!". Antonio whispered, although he had never used his hands before, he had also seen blacksmiths forging cannon barrels.

"Don't mess around, it takes a lot of money and time to build a cannon, and you have no experience at all, isn't it a waste of materials and adults' time?". Andre began to reprimand his son, "You must be cautious about making cannons, otherwise you will die."

"That's good, I'll find someone to go to Ningbo Mansion to find a skilled blacksmith now, and take advantage of this free time, you can go to the warship and study how to transform the ship?"

The matter of making cannons is not sloppy, Li Ling is going to visit the fishing village now, and then let Xiaoba take people to the bigger city to find it!

"Li Jieyuan, I heard that you are looking for a blacksmith who can make cannons? I thought, I can try! ”。 Ma Qiang came to inquire and was proud to be a blacksmith.

The Ma family has been making iron for a living for generations, but his father died early, and at a young age, others don't trust Ma Qiang. For a living. He had no choice but to take refuge in the government and do a quick catch.

"Can you do it?". Andrea had some questions, Ma Qiang was only the same age as his son at most, could he meet his requirements?

After getting Li Ling's consent, Ma Qiang began to act.

Choose high-quality raw materials and fuels.

Ma Qiang put the selected pig iron raw materials in the furnace for refining, and cut the straw finely, mixed it with loess, and constantly sprinkled it into the fire to make the iron feces come out of itself.

In this way, five or six fires are refined, and then loess and pulp are used, straw is added, soaked for one or two nights, and then iron is put into the pulp, and after half a day, it is taken out and then refined.

Each furnace should be refined to more than ten fires, and 5-7 catties of pig iron should be smelted until only 1 catty is left, which can be regarded as refined.

When Ma Qiang placed the refined wrought iron in front of Andrea, Andre finally believed that the other party's technology was up to standard.

PS； Thanks to the Raptor for the tip!

Ps. chasing more children's shoes, are there any free appreciation tickets and starting coins~ The countdown to the 515 red envelope list is over, I'll pull a ticket, ask for an increase and appreciation vote, and finally rush a handful!