Hearing that Deng Haonan still had a way, Yan Siqi and Yan Siyu suddenly came to their senses.

Deng Haonan said with a smile: "We can't make artillery, so can we still buy it?" But the premise is that the alliance leader must have silver on him! ”

Yan Siqi said with a smile: "Brother Haonan, don't worry, I, the leader of the alliance, am not exactly an ornament!" Zheng Yiguan and Yang Tiansheng have not yet had the courage to rebel openly! Although they controlled the supply of skilled craftsmen and raw materials, and let us fend for ourselves, we still had to pay our dues obediently every month, so we lacked nothing or silver! ”

Yan Siyu suddenly asked, "Where are you going to buy it?" ”

Deng Haonan said: "As long as there is silver, I want to be able to smuggle some artillery from the imperial court, but the best artillery in the imperial court is just an imitation of the Furlong machine gun, if you want to deal with the Dutch fleet and hold Dongfan Island, you also need better Hongyi cannons!" ”

Yan Siqi sighed: "That's right! Most of the guns we use now are Furlong cannons, although the rate of fire is fast, but unfortunately the range and power are too small, and I have suffered a lot from fighting with the Dutch imps a few times! ”

Yan Siyu nodded and said, "Big brother is right! We have suffered a great loss in artillery, our warships and artillery are small in number, and their power is not as good as others, so we have suffered a great loss in the war! ”

Deng Haonan continued: "I mean, as long as the alliance leader has enough silver, we will trade with the Spanish, Portuguese or British, and buy artillery and ammunition from them!" At the moment, why do Zheng Yiguan and Yang Tiansheng keep the orders of the alliance leader? Isn't it that they have a large number of warships and artillery in their hands? As long as we get more artillery and warships, are we afraid that they will not be obedient? ”

Yan Siqi nodded with satisfaction and said, "Brother Haonan said well!" It's just that at the moment we can't get artillery from other countries, they have already embargoed our weapons! ”

Arms embargo? Deng Haonan rolled his eyes. Under Yan Siyu's explanation, Deng Haonan knew what happened. It turned out that Spain and Portugal were intimidated by the Dutch coercion, took a defensive position, and under the threat of the Netherlands, they were not allowed to sell weapons to the Ming people.

Deng Haonan said in his heart that the current Dutch are as arrogant as the Yankees of later generations, sanctioning whoever they want, and hitting whoever they want.

However, Deng Haonan understood in his heart that the reason why the Netherlands dominated the seas was not as long as Britain's was mainly because the Dutch bourgeoisie was unwilling to let go of any interests to other countries, and the guide was finally embattled and defeated by Britain.

In Deng Haonan's view, at this time, the Dutch were plundering the colonial trade interests of Spain and Portugal in the Far East, and there was no reason for them to compromise with the Dutch!

It's just that Yan Siyu said that they had sent people to contact the Spaniards and Portuguese to buy firearms, but they were all refused. Deng Haonan expected that Yan Siyu did not need to hide it from Deng Haonan in this matter, but he knew that the Ming Dynasty, Spain, and the Netherlands had fought on the seas of the Far East for nearly half a century, and one side had never stopped, and the Netherlands had always had the advantage. It was not until Britain went to war against the Netherlands and the Netherlands transferred the Far East Fleet that Zheng Chenggong had a chance to recover Taiwan, which was not protected by the fleet. This qiē shows that the Netherlands was strong at this time, so as long as people with a little brains will unite to deal with the Netherlands.

Deng Haonan knew the trend of history, so he didn't believe that Spain and Portugal would not sell firearms to Yan Siqi, after all, Yan Siqi was also a force against the Netherlands, and there was no reason why they would not win over. Therefore, Deng Haonan believes that there must be a reason.

So he asked, "Why didn't the Portuguese sell us artillery?" ”

Yan Siqi said: "I once sent someone to Hao Jingao to contact the Portuguese governor, and the other party originally promised to sell us artillery at a price of 3,000 taels of silver. But later, I don't know why, the goods had already arrived in Ho Kiang O, but they were detained by the Portuguese and not sold to us. After that, I sent someone to try to contact the other party, but the other party didn't see our people at all! ”

"Three thousand taels and one door?" Deng Haonan was taken aback, at this time he already had a rough idea of the purchasing power of silver, and two thousand taels of silver was simply grabbing money. Deng Haonan cast a cannon in Beizhen Town, and a thousand-pound tiger cannon only cost 150 taels of silver. The Hongyi cannon weighs about two tons, and the cost does not exceed five hundred taels, even if the transportation fee is added, one thousand taels and one door are a sure profit, and three thousand taels is simply grabbing money.

Yan Siqi saw Deng Haonan's surprised look, and immediately thought that Deng Haonan felt that the price was too cheap, and said with a smile: "Brother Haonan must also think it's too cheap!" I also think that cheap is not good, how can there be such a good thing in the world? Especially the Yiren are the most treacherous, maybe get some parallel goods for us! It's okay not to sell it to us, I can't trust such a cheap thing? ”

Deng Haonan coughed a few times when he heard this, and asked in disbelief: "How much silver did we buy before!" ”

Yan Siqi thought for a while and said, "The Hongyi cannon we bought in the past was at least five thousand taels, and it was generally eight thousand taels and one door!" ”

Deng Haonan rolled his eyes, forcibly endured his speechless expression, thought for a while, and said, "May I ask if the alliance leader personally negotiated it, or did his subordinates do it?" ”

Yan Siqi seemed to think of something and was stunned for a moment. Yan Siyu said for him: "In the past, Zheng Yiguan and Yang Tiansheng handled it single-handedly!" ”

Yan Siqi suddenly smiled embarrassedly, obviously understanding his foolish things.

Deng Haonan thought in his heart, Zheng Yiguan and Yang Tiansheng must be profiteering, otherwise how could they have extra money to buy people's hearts? A cannon is as high as 8,000 taels, how many rebates do you have to earn from it!

Deng Haonan originally wanted to say what was wrong with this, but after thinking about it, Yan Siqi obviously also attached importance to their friendship with their worship, and it was not good to talk too much! Thinking about it, Yan Siqi has money, and he controls the overseas trade of the entire Ming Dynasty, which is a profitable business, and he doesn't care at all!

At the moment, he said: "Alliance leader, I hope to go to Macao and personally persuade the governor of Macao to buy the artillery back!" ”

Yan Siqi nodded and said, "You have a lot of experience in artillery, and I can rest assured that you will negotiate with you." It's just that you buy as much as you can and get it back, money is not a problem! ”

Deng Haonan thought to himself: Since you don't care about spending money, then Lao Tzu will help you spend flowers!

So he nodded and said, "Subordinates obey!" It will definitely live up to the trust of the alliance leader! ”

"Wait!" Deng Haonan just wanted to leave, but Yan Siyu suddenly said, "Don't you want to escape?" ”

Dizzy! Deng Haonan rolled his eyes and said with a wry smile: "Why did Miss Yan say this? ”

Yan Siyu got up, circled around Deng Haonan, and said, "We can't buy it back when we entrust acquaintances, you have never been to Haojing Ao, how can you buy it back?" Aren't you afraid that if you can't complete the task, Zhang Shicheng will kill you when the time comes, so you take this opportunity to escape! ”

Deng Haonan secretly said in his heart, this woman has obviously investigated herself. smiled at the moment: "People can't look good, and the sea can't fight!" How did Miss Yan know I couldn't do it? ”

Yan Siyu glared at Deng Haonan, turned to Yan Siqi and said, "Big brother, I'm afraid he will run away, I'll follow him to have a look!" ”

Yan Siqi was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself Isn't Deng Haonan the person recommended by the sister? Why can't you trust him? Then he seemed to think of something, and suddenly smiled and said, "It's okay!" If it can be negotiated, I'm afraid that there will be many dreams at night, and the Haonan brothers had better pay the money directly to pull things back! The girl is responsible for the amount required! ”

Deng Haonan and Yan Siyu glanced at each other, both of them had their own hearts in their hearts, and they took orders at the moment.