Cohen, the governor of the East India Company, had great ambitions, and naturally had to prepare other plans.

"Mr. Putmans, your four suggestions are invaluable, and I do not take the first one to negate the last three."

"I understand, Your Excellency the Governor. However, attacking Ho Kung O does not mean that it is easy to do so on a small scale. After all, we don't have the huge manpower support of the Japanese state. "Putmans really wants to unite with the Japanese to make it bigger.

"Hmm...... Although the business of Nagasaki Port is in our hands, the Wakoku shogunate does not seem to want to provoke the Ming Kingdom. "As Governor, Cohen is more aware of the situation in Asia.

He thought for a while and analyzed: "More than 20 years ago, the Ming State fought several times the strength of the Wa State with the Liaodong Army and the Zhejiang Army entering the dynasty, but did not dare to fight in the field. The Wa Kingdom suffered great losses, and the Tokugawa clan took the opportunity to seize the position of the Toyotomi clan. At this time, of course, the Tokugawa clan did not want to repeat the mistakes of the past. ”

"Indeed, the Japanese soldiers were short and non-Ming opponents, although there were many arquebuses, they were defeated by the Ming cavalry and artillery, so they had to defend and counterattack behind."

"Oh? You also know very well, so why do you still recommend pulling in the shogunate of the Wakoku, which is not strong and cautious? Cohen didn't expect Putmans to be well aware of this history.

"Because of the defeat of Liaodong in the Ming Kingdom, the main force was wiped out by a man named Nurhachi."

"There's this!?"

There are no people in the Netherlands in Daming, the news is relatively limited, and there is no cooperation, so I don't know that it is normal for the battle of Sarhu and Shenyang Liaoyang.

Putmans knew a lot through pirates.

"I see!"

Governor Cohen was a little excited, and Da Ming's two big defeats made him very happy.

"Mingguo is weakened but the market is still there, the more we lack money, the more dependent on business, we have a great chance to master the Mingguo market!"

"Your Excellency the Governor, should we change our plans?"

"This ......" Cohen was a little moved, but he knew that the company's strength was no problem to harass and destroy, and if he really attacked directly, he was afraid that the loss would be too great. In the end, the Nurhachi and Tokugawa clans took more advantage.

"The plan remains the same, I'll still send Ray Jason's fleet over, after all, Macau must be captured."

Although Cohen did not change his plans, he said to Putmans, "However, I have officially appointed you to prepare three other plans. You and Van der Meyer can apply for more funding and staffing, so don't hesitate to contact them! ”

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

……

Wang Hongyu checked the latest income.

This year's industrial income reached 900,000 taels, which was only the first year in the capital and half a year in Baoding and Yunyang.

Although the scale of expenditure was larger, the military expenditure of the Hunhe Army and the Shennong Army of several thousand people exceeded 500,000 taels, and the construction of military cantonments reached as much as one million taels.

It seems that there is no money to make ends meet, and there seems to be no money to invest in expanding production, but in fact it is very abundant.

The money rewarded by the imperial court, the money that can be mobilized in the position of Jingluo, the money invested by Tianqi and Lao Wei, and the furniture and other industries have gathered forces and funds that can be united in society.

At present, the investment absorbed is as much as 2 million taels, and all aspects are in the ascendant, and the future is very good.

But the key is to have a strong army and technology as the foundation, otherwise if you are defeated by others, everything will be in the mirror.

Wang Hongyu arranged for Zhou Zhao'an to be in charge of contacts in various localities and to strengthen contacts and cooperation with local friendly forces.

He himself first has to focus on the core Yunyang.

Especially military workshops.

At present, he has two important ordnance workshops in Yunyang and Chongqing under his command, and the Ordnance Bureau of Beijing and the Ordnance Workshop in Guangzhou are closely related to him. Other ordnance workshops in various places in southwest Huguang will also provide basic weapons and armor.

As for the Bugarao Cannon Foundry in Macau, it offers some custom-made Hongyi cannons and advanced weapons.

The current pattern is not bad, but the problem is also obvious, that is, there are only their own, and there are few workshops that can provide advanced new weapons.

And the weapons are not that advanced.

Wang Hongyu should start from Yunyang, further improve the weapon technology, standardize mass production, and improve the weapons and equipment of the Hunhe Army, the Shennong Army, and the Southwest New Army as quickly as possible.

Although Yunyang's Lumi guns have been standardized, standardized, and produced in an assembly line, the monthly output exceeds 300 guns.

But it's still an arquebus.

There is also the turtledove foot gun, a large-caliber heavy arquebus, which requires a bracket when fired, and is powerful enough to kill a heavily armored enemy in 200 steps, second only to the spear in size and power. It currently produces 50 strokes per month, and is equipped with the strongest shooter in the army.

But it's also an arquebus.

The shooter is required to carry a bundle of fire rope on his back and carry an open flame with him. It was very heavy on marching and fighting, and open fire was inconvenient to hide, and it was also greatly affected by the terrain and weather.

Wang Hongyu decided to use all kinds of arquebuses as an over-the-top weapon, rather than a weapon with a large number of configurations.

At this time, Bi Maokang, a firearms expert with the best technology and forward-looking thinking, also had this idea.

Bi Mao Kangxin was appointed governor of Yunyang, and as soon as he arrived and handed over the work, he went to the Yunyang Ordnance Workshop.

As a governor, he is indeed only mediocre in ability, but when it comes to firearms and inventions, no one is above him at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

When Wang Hongyu came to look for him, he saw that he had built a studio by himself in the courtyard of the governor's yamen. Inside there was a lathe-like workbench on which various parts of the barrel and gun were placed.

There are several stocks, several scopes, and two types of paper-wrapped ammunition.

This is detailed enough, Wang Hongyu feels that there is a lot of knowledge here, and he was considered a high-level before, providing ideas for various new firearms. But the details simply can't do that.

Even Li Tiezhu and Western missionaries were mostly based on the existing Lu Mi Gong and Turtle Dove Foot Gong to make a little improvement, and they could not do so much.

Wang Hongyu picked up a paper-wrapped bullet and looked at it carefully.

It feels relatively hard, it is a cardboard bullet used by Qi Jiajun, and it was also promoted when he was in Liaodong, and it is commonly used now, and it doesn't seem to be a big difference.

"Tear the mouth."

Bi Maokang suddenly said the word.

If you look carefully at the cardboard bullet in your hand, there is indeed a tear that is easy to tear.

Inside the cardboard bullet is the charge of the arquebus, which is torn or bitten open before firing, the charge is poured into the barrel, and then a round lead bullet is placed.

When tearing open the paper bullet, it is easy to tear the position inappropriately, some gunpowder is scattered, or it is eaten by mistake. With training and experience, veterans are able to avoid this in a familiar way.

This time, with a tear near the top, the recruit can easily open it and pour it all into the barrel without scattering the gunpowder.

"I see."

Wang Hongyu picked up another paper bag that looked smaller on the side.

Well?!

It's very thin, this layer of paper is very thin, it is probably rice paper, and there is a little oily on it.