Next is the matter of muskets, it is impossible for Yu Xiaotian to sell this Nanji-style flintlock pistol for their own use to Yan Siqi, this thing is currently in this era, no matter where it is, it is definitely an advanced weapon, a weapon that belongs to their secrets, and it cannot be easily given to others!

Unless Yu Xiaotian came up with a rifled rifle next, he wouldn't sell this thing to someone else now.

So he ordered the gun to be made over there, and specially created a batch of arquebuses for Yan Siqi, the caliber of which was slightly smaller than the Southern Japanese-style flintlock rifle they used, but slightly larger than the caliber of the bird gun used by the Ming army, and the length of the gun barrel was also reduced by three inches, so that its effective range could not exceed the effective range of the flintlock pistol used by the sea wolf, and the barrel wall was slightly thinner, and the process was also reduced.

All in all, the musket is an absolute monkey version, compared to the flintlock pistol used by the sea wolf, it is a grade worse, of course, the safety still has to be there, at least to ensure that each gun can fire more than 100 rounds, such a quality is already much better than the quality of some of the bird guns on land, but compared with the 200 rounds of flintlock pistol used by the sea wolf, it is still worse.

For such a request, the craftsman of the gun immediately agreed, and produced this monkey version of the musket according to Yu Xiaotian's requirements, ready to supply Yan Siqi for use, but the quantity was also discounted, and only sold to them one hundred and twenty, and the supply time was about a month.

In addition, in terms of price, the original price set by the council hall was 1,000 taels of silver for a No. 3 gun, 2,000 taels of silver for a monkey version of No. 5 cannon, 200 taels of silver for the old Tiger Squat Cannon, 400 taels of silver for the imitation of the old exterminator cannon, and 40 taels for a musket.

This price is the price that Yu Xiaotian and his subordinates have discussed before, it must not be considered cheap, and the profit can be guaranteed to be more than 300 percent, but because the sea wolf has not had spare productivity to carry out the arms trade before, this matter has been delayed, and this price is also priceless, and there is no goods to be shipped at all.

But even at this price, in the black market in this era, it is not too expensive, because the pirates have a great demand for artillery and muskets, except for a very few places such as Qinzhou in Guangxi, Foshan in Guangdong, Zhangzhou in Fujian, etc., there are underground workshops, which are secretly built and sold to pirates, and the only way for pirates to be left is to buy from the Taixi people, and whether it is the Spaniards, the Portuguese, or even the Dutch, they all know that this is a big business, and the price is very high.

The prices of these black market transactions are only higher than the original prices set by the sea wolves, and they can't meet their needs at all, not to mention the quality, these poorly crafted artillery cannons can't be compared with the guns produced by the sea wolves, even if it's the monkey version, it's definitely much better than them.

For those Europeans, the Ming Dynasty is a gold-absorbing cave, the vast majority of people in the Ming Dynasty still live a small peasant economy, basically a self-sufficient life, commodity circulation is far less than the amount of later generations think, especially ordinary farmers, there is no purchasing power at all, and even some small landlords, living this kind of self-sufficient life, the demand for commodities is very small.

However, many of the commodities produced by the Ming Dynasty were sought after by Europeans, such as Ming ceramics, tea, lacquerware, pigments, raw silk, silk, etc., all of which were what Europeans wanted, but these Europeans could take out the goods they could sell to the Ming Dynasty, but there were only a handful of them, and they really couldn't provide much to trade with the Ming Dynasty, so they could only transport the silver and gold obtained from other colonies to the Ming Dynasty, and buy a shipload of goods from the Ming merchants.

And the goods they could get their hands on, that is, some spices, Indian cotton cloth, glassware, and limited jewelry from their colonies in the South Seas, and besides that, there were hardly many goods that could attract the Ming people, and artillery and muskets were obviously one of the very few and most popular goods they could get their hands on, so it was impossible for them to sell them at a high price.

Therefore, the pirates want to buy a large number of arms, it is very difficult in this era, even if they have money, there is no place to get it, only very few people have such a way, they can get cannons and muskets, many small groups of pirates, can only use cold weapons to rob at sea, the equipment is very poor, this is why Yu Xiaotian wants to find ways to produce his own firearms and arm his subordinates, because even if he has money, he can't buy many firearms, and most of the firearms made by the Daming Black Workshop are not of good quality at all, and they are not powerful when used. In addition to these problems of poor accuracy, the probability of an accident is too high, and the chance of killing an opponent is probably not as high as the chance of killing yourself!

So the price offered by the sea wolf, even if it is very high, there is no worry that no one wants it, after the council hall pulled out the price list, Yu Xiaotian looked at it, and without saying anything, he asked Chen Xun to come and informed Chen Xun of the results of their discussion.

Chen Xun was overjoyed when he heard that Yu Xiaotian actually took out so many cannons for them, the amount he proposed at the beginning, in fact, he didn't expect Yu Xiaotian to meet them all, although now Yu Xiaotian promised to give them a discount on the number of cannons compared to what he wanted, but it still met most of their requirements.

Just after looking at the prices listed on this list, Chen Xun's face still fell, don't look at the time when he first begged Yu Xiaotian, his chest was pounding, and he said something to let the sea wolf offer a price casually, but when he really saw this price, he couldn't help but smack his tongue.

"Thank you to the big boss! can give us so many guns, but...... But...... This price ......," Chen Xun showed a difficult look on his face.

Today's appearance is accompanied by Zhao Mazi, Zhao Mazi is in charge of business, plus he is from Li Guy's background, he used to live by bargaining with others, and now the sea wolf business is big, but the skills in this area are still there, and in recent years, he has often dealt with businessmen, and the level of bargaining is even more perfect.

Hearing that Chen Xun thought the price was a bit high, Zhao Mazi immediately said, "Brother Chen, are you too expensive?" ”

Chen Xun replied a little embarrassed: "This...... That's right, as you know, now our big boss is buying people from land, and the position on hand is a bit tight, and the price is really a bit ...... I'm afraid we won't be able to adjust it for a while! ”

Zhao Mazi shook his head when he heard this: "This is your mistake, you must know that in order to help you this time, our big boss even wants the brothers to remove the cannon that is being used on our ship!"

In order to put together so many cannons, the brothers of our fleet are about to fall out! Or did the big boss force the brothers to make up these cannons for you, and let us do nothing with the cannons, and we will work for you this month!

You also know that this cannon casting is not a simple matter, casting three into one is considered lucky! And you also know that we don't have anything to do here, iron and charcoal have to be transported by land, and our relationship with the government is so tense now, and we don't have enough iron on hand.

You must know that these cannons we cast are all Western cannons, and the craftsmen invited are not ordinary craftsmen, so you must not compare our cannons with those rags on land.

As for the price, if you don't want it, double it again, and it is estimated that some people want to jump on their feet! ”

Chen Xun was anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Knowing the Dao, knowing the Dao!" It's not that I'm too expensive, we really can't get that much cash right now! When I came down, I didn't expect it to be so expensive! I also hope that the big boss can raise his noble hand and let it go a little more! ”

After hearing this, Yu Xiaotian said with a smile: "Third Brother Chen, this matter is easy to say, so let's do it, you have never had a chance to see our cannon, whether it is expensive or not, it is not too late for you to take a look at the goods first!" If you look at our stuff and think it's expensive, how about it then? ”

When Chen Xun heard this, he nodded again and again and said yes, for a long time, they had only heard that the sea wolf's cannon was powerful, but they had never had the opportunity to take a closer look.

Yu Xiaotian took the boat to them twice, but the other people on the sea wolf's boat couldn't get on at all, the sea wolf people on the ship watched very closely, and the cannons were also covered with tarpaulins, so they couldn't see their cannons at all, and the people who really saw their cannons were the ones who fought against them, but they were all beaten badly by the sea wolves.

Chen Xun and Yan Siqi have long been curious about the sea wolf's cannon, but they have never found a chance to see what is good about the sea wolf's cannon. So when Yu Xiaotian said that he wanted to let him see the goods first, Chen Xun quickly agreed, followed Yu Xiaotian in a hurry, and walked towards the outside of the village.

The sea wolf used to have a test range on Nanri Island, but then there was too much movement here, and after the increase in immigration, the test range here was closed and the test range was moved to a small island north of Nanri Island, which was uninhabited, so it was as tossed as you wanted.

Yu Xiaotian did not let Chen Xun watch the cannons on the wall in Dazhai, but randomly chose a boat moored on the pier, took Chen Xun on board, and immediately sailed out of the bay of Dazhai in the wolf's den and headed towards the sea.

At this time, someone uncovered the jacket of a cannon on the ship, revealing a six-pounder cannon below, Chen Xun immediately pounced, like a wolf smelling blood, and quickly lay on this cannon to look up and down carefully, and couldn't help but touch this cannon with his hand.

The sea wolf uses the iron fan casting cannon method, which is very different from the cannon cast by the mud fan method on the surface, the castings cast by the iron fan casting cannon method are quite smooth by nature, and it is basically impossible to leave any flaws and pores or the like, even if the cannon body is not polished, it is already very smooth, compared to the castings cast by the mud fan casting method, in the case of no polishing, it is not a grade at all.

What's more, the Seawolf people cherish their guns very much, and carefully maintain them every day, even when they leave the factory, before they are delivered, in order to reduce the workload, the surface of the gun body is not carefully polished.

After a long time, the whole body of this cannon was polished and polished, and the whole body was shiny, and it looked very beautiful.