Chapter 280: Ming Arms Dealers

Spanish merchants also used to offer this flintlock pistol.

However, this musket is extremely difficult to pull the trigger compared to the arquebus, and the range is shorter than the arquebus, so Nguyen Phuc Binh did not take it to heart, but only kept this musket as a royal treasure.

Just because Nguyen Phuc is not familiar doesn't mean that others don't see the value of the thing.

Ruan Youjing, who was on the side, widened his eyes and carefully observed the flintlock musket in Ruan Fujian's hand.

In Dongpu before, the reason why thousands of Zhenla Guangnan coalition troops were defeated by the Ming army was that in addition to the Ming army defending the city, the night battle sneak attack made the Zhenla army tired to deal with, and the sharp firearms used by the Ming army broke the will of the Zhenla army.

In this regard, Ruan Youjing also specially investigated the use of firearms in the Ming army and found that the Ming army was equipped with a large number of flintlock muskets.

Therefore, compared with Ruan Fuwei's contempt, Ruan Youjing treats this object more cautiously.

"Since Aiqing likes it, then I'll give it to you."

Ruan Fuwei naturally saw Ruan Youjing's uneasiness, and smiled and gave this gun to Ruan Youjing.

"King Xiewu." Ruan Youjing was overjoyed and hurriedly took the firecracker.

Seeing this, Su Langqing also smiled faintly.

Tell the merchant to open another wooden box.

"This is the latest deer gun developed by my Daming Fire Weapons Division, please take a look." The two soldiers carefully lifted a rather heavy firearm onto the desk.

"This gun is a deer gun, four feet two inches long, five feet six inches long, two taels of charge, can be loaded with two taels of lead, its sound is like thunder, after the fire is like flying sand and stones, within 30 steps of the enemy, its lead wears gold and gravel, invincible." Su Langqing said.

Ruan Fuwei only became interested at this time, and carefully looked at the deer gun in front of him.

In fact, it is better to say that it is a musket than a small cannon.

If the most popular firearms of the Luzon Ming Army, in addition to those heavy artillery, are the turtledove foot gun and the Baizi gun.

Needless to say, it can be loaded with dozens or hundreds of leads, and with one shot, it can sweep away a large number of enemy troops.

The turtledove foot gun is a heavy arquebus, which can even penetrate heavy armor, and its lethality is far greater than that of self-generated firearms, so it is quite popular with Ming officers and soldiers.

On the island of Luzon, because Luzon is mountainous and densely forested, Ming officers and soldiers often liked to hunt in the mountains and forests.

One is to hunt game to improve the diet.

The second is to remove some small beasts that threaten the crops of cultivated land, such as wild boars and so on.

However, in the process of hunting, the Ming officers and soldiers found that light firearms such as self-generated firecrackers could not kill some small livestock at all, and even because of their huge guns, they were easy to frighten wild beasts.

As a last resort, the Ming army had no choice but to put on a heavy turtledove foot.

Although it was very inconvenient to use this kind of heavy firebolt that required a bracket to be erected in the dense forest, its power was still quite amazing, and the lethal effect far exceeded that of the self-generated firecrackers and other arquebuses commonly equipped by the Ming army.

In this regard, the Firearms Department also specially improved a batch of turtledoves at the request of the officers and men of the Ming Dynasty.

The barrel was developed with exquisite wrought iron, and the amount of ammunition was increased and the weight of the bullet was increased, and a heavy firearm was developed specifically for hunting wild beasts in the mountains.

On top of that, the firing method of this gun has been changed from the original arquebus to flintlock.

As soon as this gun came out, it was widely loved by the Ming army, and many of the wild beasts in the mountains and forests of Luzon killed this gun.

Of course, the deer guns sold by the Ming court to Quang Nam were naturally castrated versions, and their guns were sawn shorter, which greatly shortened their range.

At the same time, the Ming army was also equipped with a three-barreled deer gun that could fire three buckshots.

The recoil was also quite impressive, and the Ming army had to develop a triangular iron bracket specifically for this purpose.

It also greatly increases the weight of the gun, making it impossible for the gun to be carried by a single soldier.

Therefore, the gun was used by the Ming army in the infantry phalanx to block the charge of the enemy cavalry, and the Ming infantry was not widely deployed.

"This thing is very good, I heard that the Ming army is good at firearms, I don't know how many taels of silver it will cost if the Ming army's firearms are sold to Guangnan?" Nguyen Phuc asked.

Seeing this, Su Langqing couldn't help but smile on his face.

"King,

A long pole is 30 taels of silver, a short pole is 20 taels of silver, and a deer is 70 taels of silver. Su Langqing said.

Ruan Phuc frowned, the price was much higher than he expected.

"Of course, these silver taels can be deducted from the taxes paid by Chinese merchants in Hoi An and Hue City." Su Langqing saw Ruan Fu's frowns and hurriedly said.

"It's so good, it's not in vain that I'm trading with your Ming court in Guangnan." Ruan Phuc nodded and said with a smile.

Nguyen Phuc Binh naturally had his own plans, although the price of this firearm was indeed quite high, but these firearms could be reduced by taxes paid by Chinese businessmen in Quang Nam.

When the time comes, it is enough to signal the officials in Hoi An and other places to aggressively raise the taxes of Chinese merchants.

"King, there is another thing to give to the king." Su Langqing naturally didn't notice Ruan Fuwei's thoughts, and just asked the soldiers on the side to open a wooden box.

Several soldiers carefully took out the contents of the wooden box.

When several Guangnan soldiers carefully took out the objects, the Guangnan people present were stunned.

The object in front of him was a model of a warship.

"King, this is the model of my Great Ming Tiger Warrior Ship, dedicated to the king today." Su Langqing looked at Ruan Fuwei in front of him with a surprised look, and the smile on his face became a little stronger.

"This is the warship of the Great Ming Naval Division." Ruan Phuc Wei looked at the model ship in front of him in disbelief.

He hurriedly walked over and carefully examined the model of the warship that the soldiers had brought up.

"Your Excellency, please see, this ship has two gun decks, can carry twenty-four guns, and the hull is wrapped in copper skin, which can stop the enemy's fireship attack." Su Langqing smiled and explained the Tiger Ben warship to Ruan Fuwei.

"This thing is really a divine thing." Nguyen Phuc sighed.

I have to say that the financial, material and even firearms displayed by the Ming court made Nguyen Phuc breathtaking.

This tiger warship shocked Ruan Phuc even more.

Although Nguyen Phuc is on the verge of staying in the court for a long time, he is also a battle-hardened veteran.

When Lord Zheng sent troops south several times, it was he who led the Quang Nam army to resist the Zheng army in the north, thus saving Quang Nam.

Therefore, Nguyen Phuc Binh still knows a lot about military equipment such as firearms and warships.

The model of this warship presented by the Chinese merchants today, if the Ming Army Naval Division really has such a warship, then as long as there are three, it can sweep all the warships of the Guangnan Naval Division.

"This thing is a sea weapon for me to open up the territory and protect the Chinese merchants, it can carry four 12-pounder cannons and six ten-and-a-half-pounder cannons, its speed is like a bird on the sea, and the hull is indestructible." Su Langqing explained with a smile to the Quang Nam officials present.

In fact, this is also a kind of deterrent to Quang Nam by the Ming court.

It is nothing more than telling the monarchs and ministers of Guangnan that I can trade with you today, and I can send troops to fight you tomorrow.

If you know each other, then do business with Daming honestly.

If it is not honest, then the naval warships of the Ming Dynasty can bombard port cities such as Hoi An.

"Ming Ting's kindness is appreciated." Ruan Phuc said with a smile.

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