Chapter Twenty-Three: You Get What You Buy
Fortunately, they didn't do this, otherwise, let alone compete with Zheng Yiguan now, as long as they attacked the sea wolf at that time, with the strength of the sea wolf, they would be beaten to the ground if they didn't get it right, and even the stupid port where they settled now, I'm afraid they won't be able to stay any longer, and they are likely to end up much worse than Chu Cailao.
As soon as he thought of this, Chen Xun made up his mind that in the future, he couldn't say anything to be the enemy of the sea wolf, people have guns and cannons, and they made them themselves, the craftsmanship is still so exquisite, and the people are so powerful, if people don't ask them for trouble, it can be regarded as burning high incense, and they dare to come to find trouble with others again!
After going back this time, he said that he had to tell those brothers what he had seen and heard this time, and that he could only be friends with the sea wolf in the future, and must not be their enemies, otherwise, he would definitely end up in a situation where there was no end.
"Brother Chen, are you still satisfied with this kind of cannon? Do you still think it's too expensive? Yu Xiaotian showed a slight smug smile and asked Chen Xun.
Chen Xun hurriedly turned around, bowed to Xiaotian, and said with a smile on his face: "Good cannon!" It's really a good gun! Far beyond what I expected! This cannon is just too good! That's a fair price! Fair indeed! ”
Yu Xiaotian nodded with satisfaction and waved his hand: "That's very good, let's go, go and see how the rest of the things are!" And then ......"
Chen Xun then followed Yu Xiaotian to the small island that was used as a shooting range by the sea wolf, and there was a small dock on the island for two or three boats to dock, but a manpower boom was erected on the dock to facilitate the unloading of goods towards the island.
In the past six months, several sets of gun models have been opened, which are used for the future sea wolf to do arms trading and produce monkey version of artillery, and one or two sample guns have been trial-produced, transported to the island for test guns, and after feeling that it is okay, they are stored in the island shooting range.
Yu Xiaotian asked Chen Xun to watch the samples of the two old-fashioned tiger squat cannons and exterminators cast before at the shooting range, as well as the samples of the arquebus, Chen Xun was happy after seeing it, although this kind of tiger squat cannon and exterminator cannon are not new things, but he saw that these cannons are much better in workmanship than those of the same type made by some black workshops on land, and there is no comparison in craftsmanship (that is!). The iron mold casting cannon itself is safe, even if it is not polished, the surface and the gun chamber are much smoother than the cannon cast by the mud fan, and even the gun chamber can be used directly without boring, the process is extremely simple, but the quality is quite good).
As for that kind of arquebus, whether it is workmanship or power, compared to the bird guns made by the black workshops on land, it is not bad, and the power range is good.
So Chen Xun no longer has a fart to put out, this quality cannon, even if he has money, there is no place to buy it, although the price is not cheap, but he can only agree to the price offered by the sea wolf, so he finalized the sale on the spot, these weapons add up to a total of 42,800 taels of silver, Yu Xiaotian looked at Yan Siqi's face after the most, and gave him a discount, throwing off 2,800 taels of silver, which made Chen Xun even more happy.
In addition to these, Yu Xiaotian also took the initiative to give this batch of cannonballs, each cannon with five shells and five parts of gunpowder, and the arquebus with twenty rounds of ammunition, which can be regarded as a gift for this deal, if Yan Siqi still wants it, then it will be settled separately.
Chen Xun came to Nanri Island this time, he originally brought 5,000 taels of silver, and once the deal was negotiated, he left the silver as a deposit, and after the business was negotiated, he immediately ordered someone to unload the 5,000 taels of silver onto the shore and hand it over to the Sea Wolf Council.
Yu Xiaotian was also very generous, and directly gave Chen Xun a No. 3 cannon, a tiger squat cannon, and a captivity cannon, and gave him two arquebuses as samples, so that Chen Xun could bring them back to Yan Siqi first.
Chen Xun happily took his subordinates, loaded these guys, and left Nanri Island without stopping for half a minute, and rushed back to them.
Yan Siqi is sitting in the city these days, and he has a headache for Zheng Yiguan's affairs, originally he was quite important to Zheng Yiguan, and he had the intention to cultivate Zheng Yiguan, and let Zheng Yiguan sit in his second position in the future and become his deputy.
But he didn't expect Li Dan to suddenly die, allowing Zheng Yiguan to take over his plate as a whole, which made Zheng Yiguan's strength skyrocket, and suddenly surpassed his strength.
It turned out that he was still very happy about this matter, and felt that with the strength brought by Zheng Yiguan, his strength could jump to the super boss on the sea at once, but he immediately found that he was happy too early.
After Zheng Yiguan took Li Dan's plate, his attitude immediately changed a lot from before, and he no longer took him seriously, and he was arrogant everywhere.
Yan Siqi realized that what is called a tail is not lost, and with the growth of strength, Zheng Yiguan is no longer a figure he can continue to control.
No boss wants to see the strength of his subordinates exceed his own strength, although Yan Siqi is heroic, but he is also a human being, he knows very well what the consequences will bring, so he is careful with Zheng Yiguan.
Then Zheng Yiguan's subordinates were here, and they began to be a little nonsense, and they didn't listen to his deployment, but only listened to Zheng Yiguan's orders, including Zheng Yiguan, when they went out to do things, they no longer greeted Yan Siqi, and no longer listened to Yan Siqi's dispatch, although Zheng Yiguan didn't tear his face with Yan Siqi, but he violated his words, and he was no longer bound by Yan Siqi.
Yan Siqi was angry in his heart, but he was afraid of Zheng Yiguan's strength, and he didn't dare to easily turn his face with Zheng Yiguan.
Later, he realized that this was not the way to go, Zheng Yiguan was secretly dividing his strength, and some of his subordinates had begun to fall to Zheng Yiguan's side, and some people had secretly begun to shout that Zheng Yiguan would be the boss and replace him as the boss.
The boss who steps down at any time will basically not end well, Yan Siqi understands this better than anyone else, so he must stabilize his subordinates before this, even if he can't kill Zheng Yiguan, he must force Zheng Yiguan away.
But his strength is not good, no matter what he does, he can't easily solve the trouble of Zheng Yiguan, Zheng Yiguan is now gearing up to do a big job, faintly using him here as a rear base, and began to try to go to the coastal area of Fujian to grab a new piece of land to make his fortune.
After thinking about it, Yan Siqi and a few of his cronies and brothers finally thought that if they wanted to find someone to help, they had to improve their own strength in a short period of time, and they also had to find an alliance to deal with Zheng Yiguan with him.
After some discussion, Yan Siqi finally chose Yu Xiaotian, because at present, in this world, only Yu Xiaotian can help him and stabilize his position.
The reason is very simple, Yu Xiaotian is now in the coastal area of Fujian, his strength is extremely strong, Chu Cai Lao can only retreat from him, although Zheng Yiguan's strength has skyrocketed, but in a short period of time, I am afraid that he may not be able to easily defeat Yu Xiaotian's status in the coastal area of Fujian.
And it is rumored that Yu Xiaotian can build his own muskets and cast cannons, he urgently needs these things to arm his cronies at the moment, he can't suppress Zheng Yiguan by recruiting people alone, only by quickly enhancing the strength of his cronies, he can get the strength to fight against Zheng Yiguan.
And no one can replace Yu Xiaotian to help him, although he is wary of Xiaotian, and he has thought about cooperating with Chu Cailao before, but where is Chu Cailao's situation, this old guy has been running around trying to get more cannons and muskets during this time since he was cleaned up by the sea wolf, and even tried to imitate the sea wolf to forge his own cannon, but he never got anything, and the money was spent a lot.
Therefore, Yan Siqi finally chose Yu Xiaotian, and after discussing with a few cronies and brothers in private, he sent Chen Xun to Nanri Island, and after sending Chen Xun away, Yan Siqi has been waiting for Chen Xun's news with anxiety.
Unexpectedly, within a few days, Chen Xun rushed back to Bengang with the boat, quietly returned to the village, and reported to Yan Siqi excitedly: "Big brother! That's it! ”
Yan Siqi immediately retreated, and asked Chen Xun nervously, "Is the matter done?" Didn't Yu Xiaotian embarrass you? ”
Chen Xun immediately told Yan Siqi in detail about his trip to Nanri Island, and also told Yan Siqi about the batch of arms that the two sides had negotiated.
When Yan Siqi heard this price, he first gasped, then pulled out a few black lines on his head, and said to Chen Xun dislikely: "The price that this surnamed Yu gave us is too expensive!" What kind of cannon, it actually costs one or two thousand taels of silver? The bird gun actually costs forty taels of silver! Didn't Yu Xiaotian take advantage of the fire to rob? ”
Chen Xun hurriedly explained with a smiling face: "You can't say that! You get what you pay for! Although the price is not low, it is really worth the money! The big bosses are mainly things that have not seen them!
This time, I saw their power with my own eyes, and I really have nothing to say about this concoction! Beautiful! ”
Yan Siqi only cared about the pain in his flesh at this time, and said angrily: "What's the use of being beautiful?" Don't be a good thing, it's useless, won't we be blind to this silver? ”
Chen Xun hurriedly shook his head and said: "It's definitely not a good thing, this kind of light Hongyi cannon in this list is what they are using right now, which is quite face-saving for the owner!" These twenty cannons, he ordered them to be removed directly from their ship and given to us!
He said that he was afraid that we would not be able to make so many cannons in a short time, and that I was in a hurry, so he simply removed the cannons he was using from their ship and gave them to us!
In addition, it also blocked my face, tried to release these kinds of cannons, except for the kind of big red cannon, I have seen the other cannons with my own eyes, the craftsmen of the sea wolf are exquisite, this cannon is really not picky! There is not a single blemish on the whole body, and it is definitely not something that those land-based craftsmen can make!
And when I came back, I brought back one of everything except the big red cannon, and now I put it on the ship, and after dark, I will send someone to unload these things, and then the eldest brother will know that the money has not been spent in vain! ”