Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Weapons Dilemma
Daoguang's will also came down, appointing Wu Yunlin as the commander of Zunyi County and taking charge of Renhuai County, although it was said that the official position had not changed, but the actual power was doubled, and Zhao Kuo, Erduzi and others had their own rewards. For a time, the trauma of the war was diluted.
"Master, this bird gun can penetrate light armor and kill people within fifty steps, and it can break cloth armor a hundred steps away, but the accuracy and lethality are slightly insufficient."
Behind an originally remote mountain bag in the current arsenal of the original Liu Manor, Wu Yunlin frowned and looked at the target in the distance, every time he hit the firearm at this time, he felt a little anxious, loading gunpowder, projectiles, compacting with a whole strip, and then the gunpowder in the medicine pool, and then igniting with a fire rope, these steps are just pulling the trigger in modern times.
After Wu Yunlin fired a few shots, the yard was filled with the smell of saltpeter gunpowder, he shook his head, threw the firecracker to Master Kang Dongkang, and asked: "This is not much better than our previous bird, and the weight of this thing is not light, for the sake of convenience, we are all particular about the bird's gun not too heavy."
Looking at the hustle and bustle in the factory, Wu Yunlin's anxious mood calmed down a lot, and called Wei Qi and Xiong Ge and said: Are there any foreigners around Zunyi and Renhuai who are preaching or doing business? Or who can buy foreigners' foreign guns and cannons, if it is really not good, they also have to get some good quality firearms training, and let out the wind, just say that as long as you find foreigners, craftsmen or adventurers, I will reward you with a thousand taels of silver.
After inquiring, he learned that two people were secretly selling arms, so Wu Yunlin called Zhao Kuo and immediately rushed to Gulin.
Yang Qing's Chishui River delivery is located in Gulin Maoxi Town, Luzhou, not very far from his brother Yang Guo's Inspection Division.
When Wu Yunlin and his entourage arrived, Ambassador Yang, one of them, and the two soaps were all smiling and very enthusiastic.
Understandably, what are they doing with it? Isn't it to sell the greedy goods?
Sell to whom? It's Wu Yunlin.
In particular, Wu Yunlin is definitely still a big benefactor, and in terms of attitude, he must be more enthusiastic.
Just like the profiteers and corrupt officials of later generations pointed coldly at Qianfu, but they had nothing to say about their attitude towards big customers.
Wu Yunlin was in no mood to greet them, so he went straight to the point and wanted to take a look at their warehouse.
Yang Qing's delivery station is also built along the embankment, a row of stackhouses next to the wharf, with a warehouse guarded by many people, obviously compared to the inspection department, they are much richer, there are more than a dozen large and small boats, as well as many oxen and horse carts, and manpower wheelbarrows.
The surname of the delivery office is Guo, who is as chubby as the Yang Qing brothers, not like a bookseller, but also like a shopkeeper.
He led Wu Yunlin and the others into a stackhouse with a smile, and his smile was very kind, which reminded Wu Yunlin of the lobby manager in the future.
When he entered the stack room, it was indeed a dazzling array of materials and weapons, which made people dizzy.
Guo Zhudian repeatedly praised Wu Gongzi's good fortune, this batch of military goods has only arrived for more than ten days, if it was placed more than a month ago, it would definitely be out of stock.
Yang Qing also smiled and assured that although Wu Gongzi picked, how many military supplies he picked, how many they sold, and how many orders they ate, his tone was very heroic.
Wu Yunlin thought to himself that this surnamed Deng was arrogant, and the military supplies of the imperial court were the same as his family's, and he guessed that after the shortage of these materials, they would definitely use the drifting set, after all, it was very common for boats to capsize on the river.
As soon as this excuse comes out, there must be nothing to say in all aspects.
Drifting, but the unspoken rule on the two rivers is related to the jobs of countless people.
Who would dare to be bold enough to commit a crime?
Wu Yunlin looked at it in the stack room, there were a lot of materials and a complete range of types, for example, their stack room was divided into A, B, C, D, and other font libraries.
There are all kinds of cloths, pigments, or raw materials for the production of pigments, silver Zhu Dan Huang and whatever.
There are all kinds of military fat jackets, combat shoes, military trousers, sergeant fur hats, etc.
The C-word library has barren silk, spinning silk, cotton, etc.
There are tung oil, lacquer glue, yellow and white jute, pig iron, wrought iron, iron wire, goatskin, sheepskin, feathers, etc.
There are armor, bows and arrows, waist knives, bright strings, sacks, etc.
There is also a vast storehouse, which contains firearms, gunpowder, sulfur and saltpeter.
Sure enough, it is a delivery station, and these materials are many and dazzling.
Wu Yunlin looked everywhere, not to mention that Ambassador Yang and others were kind, but those warehouses were very enthusiastic, obviously it was the business of the entire delivery station, and the ambassadors at the top level were saving to eat meat, and they could drink some soup from the bottom, even the lowest level of the husband could drink some soup.
If there is wealth, everyone will make a fortune, common prosperity, and there are mavericks, who can obviously only capsize and feed the fish.
Looking at their faces, Wu Yunlin thought to himself that if he managed the world by himself, he would definitely end this kind of people.
Zhao Kuo looked at it curiously, and was amazed, but Wei Qi's face was not very good, there are such people everywhere in the Qing Dynasty, is the situation in the court safe?
After looking at a few warehouses, Wu Yunlin knew in his heart that the next thing was to buy.
Looking at the expectant expressions of Ambassador Yang and the others, he asked about the price.
Ambassador Yang and Guo Zhudian looked at each other and smiled, and sure enough, a big business came to the door, and Guo Zhudian responded enthusiastically at the moment.
“…… Back to Wu Gongzi, the pig iron on the villain's side costs one and two cents per catty, ordinary wrought iron costs one penny and two cents, and more refined iron costs one penny and five cents per catty of silver. ”
“…… Back to Wu Gongzi, the sulfur on the villain's side costs four dollars of silver per 100 catties.
“…… Back to Wu Gongzi, the lead on the villain's side costs four cents of silver per catty. ”
"Back to Wu Gongzi ......"
Wu Yunlin asked a lot, and in general, it was cheaper than buying medicine outside, after all, the distance of transportation was short, and it was still a business without capital.
It's a pity that the supply of goods is unstable, they are a relay from station to station, and soon all kinds of military goods will have to be transported away, otherwise they can buy supplies here for a long time.
Of course, he was most concerned about gunpowder firearms, and asked about the price at the moment.
Guo Zhudian said: "Wu Gongzi wants firearms? It just so happens that there are all batches of bird guns and three-eyed guns, and the bird guns only cost two taels for one shot, and the three-eyed guns only cost five dollars. ”
Wu Yunlin's expression turned cold, and he squinted: "It's the kind of shoddy bird guns and three-eyed guns that only have a lifespan of thirty rounds and explode at every turn?" Guo Zhuodian, you are not sincere! ”
At present, Daqing is mass-producing bird guns, and a lot of labor costs only two or three cents, and the cost is not high, but in fact, they are all cutting corners, basically only 30 rounds of life, and they may blow up when they will be blown.
Generally, the cost of each bird gun that does not cut corners is about four taels, and the life of the launch may be 200 rounds.
However, in Wu Yunlin's view, it is still necessary to cut corners, and the general cost is five taels, or even six or seven taels, which can be called excellent, and the launch life is more than 1,000 rounds.
A firearm made of fine iron can also be fired 4,400 times before it explodes.
It is normal for a fire gun made of fine iron to shoot 4,000 times, after all, the initial velocity of the black powder era is very low, and the wear and tear on the barrel is not very large.
And this kind of firecracker, the cost is estimated at eight to ten taels of silver, which looks expensive, but it is cheap when calculated, after all, it will blow up at every turn, and how to use a bird gun with a lifespan of only thirty rounds?
The sergeant did not dare to use it, or it became a consumable like an arrow and was constantly replaced, which cost hundreds of times more money and various costs than this seemingly low-cost firearm.
Being questioned by Wu Yunlin like this, Ambassador Yang and Guo Zhudian were a little embarrassed, they had been trying to sell these inferior firearms, but no one cared, obviously the young man in front of them was also a shrewd and knowledgeable person.
Guo Zhudian explained: "I also waited to see that the son first arrived in the village, and he needed a lot of money and food, so, hehe......"
Wu Yunlin snorted coldly: "Do you think that I am a poor ghost, I don't need you to save money for me!" ”
He has his own plans in mind, he is not one of those warlords who is short-sighted, and he does not take the lives of his subordinates seriously.