Chapter 90: Competent Buyers and Sellers
According to the cost of life, the life of a fire gun of ten taels of silver is 4,000 rounds, and the life of 30 rounds of two taels of silver is five times the cost, but it causes a quality gap of more than 100 times.
There are other losses in this, such as the lives of the sergeants, the success or failure of the situation on the battlefield, and so on.
Special firearms have become waste on the battlefield, and civilization has been replaced by barbarism.
He had nothing to use and had to go out to buy firearms, otherwise he would rather make his own.
For now, the firearms carefully crafted by the Zhang Zhugong brothers under his command can also meet excellent standards.
The bird guns and winged tiger guns they built can reach or exceed 4,000 rounds of shooting life.
Seeing that Guo Zhudian was not going to step down, Ambassador Yang hurriedly played a round game, saying that he also had a batch of fine firearms on his side, about 100 strokes.
However, this kind of firearm has a lot to do with being sold, so it is more expensive, and it costs eight taels of silver for a pole.
Wu Yunlin said lightly: "Money is not a problem, if it is good, Wu Mouquan bought it, in a warehouse, Wu Yunlin saw the batch of excellent fire guns that Ambassador Yang said, and there were indeed 100 bird guns."
Wu Yunlin took a look, and it was really good, the body was made of fine iron, and there was an automatic opening and closing fire door device on the fire door.
Wu Yunlin estimated that it weighed more than seven catties, and he estimated that the cost of this gun would be no less than five taels, and the shooting life should be 1,000 rounds.
However, the specific test still has to be tested, and Wu Yunlin asked Zhao Kuo to inspect it, so as not to have fakes mixed in.
If the inspection is qualified, Wu Yunlin will ask for all these firearms, so that Ambassador Yang and Guo Zhudian are speechless, this Wu Gongzi is really arrogant, throwing thousands of taels of silver, and his face does not change.
1,000 taels of silver, not a small amount, this is still at this time the price has risen a lot, if placed in the peaceful and prosperous era, one tael of silver can buy one stone of rice, two stone of rice, converted into the currency ratio of the later generations, is 500,000 to 1 million yuan.
Wei Qi was full of pity on his face, obviously distressed that he spent a lot of money.
Wu Yunlin didn't care about a thousand taels of silver, the silver didn't cost it, it was just a stone and a dead thing, and he regretted that the caliber and size of these bird guns were different, so it was impossible to use a unified fixed carton ammunition.
It is not only the problem of lead bullets, but also the different calibers and sizes mean that the bore pressure of each gun is different, so the amount of gunpowder used in each gun cannot be the same, otherwise it will cause problems such as exploding.
Even if a comrade is killed, you can't use his ammo.
It's very cumbersome and a tough logistical test.
However, Wu Yunlin still accepted it, it was better than nothing, and the quality of these firearms basically satisfied him.
Although Wu Yunlin planned to use the goose feather primer tube, he didn't know how much goose feathers he could collect, so he still bought some fire rope to be prepared.
Of course, there is gunpowder in the delivery station, and the price is eight and a half cents per catty of silver, and eight taels per catty, which is cheap, but it is still inferior to ordinary gunpowder.
This kind of gunpowder is very bad, there are a lot of impurities, it is estimated that it can only break through the armor in fifty or sixty steps, if the best gunpowder is used, it is easy to pierce the iron armor in a hundred steps.
It's better than nothing, Wu Yunlin opened his mouth and asked for 5,000 catties, which made Ambassador Yang and the others startled, although they can be embezzled, but they can't take all the materials in it, right?
In the end, he bargained and could only sell Wu Yunlin 1,500 catties.
There was no fire oil in the delivery station, which made Wu Yunlin feel regretful, but there were some 10,000 enemies in the station, all of them were huge, with a wooden handle at one end and a fire rope at the other end, weighing more than three catties, and the amount of gunpowder in it was probably more than two catties.
Wu Yunlin asked for a batch, and after the quantity went up, the power of black powder should not be underestimated.
In particular, 10,000 enemies contain iron nails, fragments, etc., and after the explosion, they are hit by the blowout, and the probability of tragic death is very high.
However, because it is too heavy, this weapon can only be used to defend the city, and the grenades of later generations weigh at most a catty, and people often throw them on the heads of their comrades
Ambassador Yang offered three dollars and six cents for each 10,000 pieces, and 70 taels for 100 pieces, and Wu Yunlin asked for 200 pieces, which was also the largest amount that could be given by delivery.
They also recommended to Wu Yunlin a swarm of rockets, dozens of rounds at a time, and the effect of defending the village was absolutely good.
But Zhao Kuo looked at a few rockets and whispered a few words to Wu Yunlin, and Wu Yunlin gave up.
Their rockets, the flamethrower holes of the arrow shaft nozzle are drilled very badly, and even the tail feathers are not put on the iron end as a balance, so that after the rocket is launched, it must be crooked.
There is also pig iron, Wu Yunlin asked for a thousand catties.
wrought iron, I asked for 500 catties.
I made more iron, and I asked for 500 catties.
Sulfur cost five hundred pounds
The lead for the bullets cost five hundred pounds.
Brass, for two hundred pounds.
Buy, buy, buy, Wu Yunlin buys on a large scale, spending money without blinking.
Yang Qing and the others were all smiling so much that they couldn't see their eyes, and sure enough, the high roller came to the door.
Wu Yunlin saw that there were still Franc machines and tiger squat guns in a warehouse, and he also wanted to buy a few, which made Yang Qing and the others startled, they didn't dare to sell this thing, even the tiger squat cannons didn't dare to sell it.
Then turn to other warehouses, cloth, pigments, cotton, tung oil, lacquer glue, wool, feathers, cowhide, ropes, etc., if there is a need to use, Wu Yunlin buys them, and buys them with the maximum amount that can be given by delivery.
There are also military clothing, fat jackets, combat shoes, military trousers, and fur hats, which are generally raw materials issued by the imperial court, self-made by sergeants, and of course there are also official ones.
In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the equivalent price of all kinds of raw materials was about five yuan, and now the price is rising, about one or two, but there are finished products here, and Wu Yunlin plans to ask for some.
In particular, Wu Yunlin likes the felt hat used in winter, and the other styles are the same as the red tasseled felt hat and the red hat military hat, but the felt hat used in winter is thicker and warmer, inlaid with wool, especially the two rear have a neck, which can be used for warm protection.
Winter is coming, keeping the ears and necks warm is a problem, and it is not a way to wrap the old cloth from the head, this kind of felt hat solves the big problem.
There is also a veil, and the collar and both sides are wool, which is enough for winter warmth.
Yang Qing hesitated a little, but in the end he couldn't resist the temptation, and sold 200 sets of Wu Yunlin at the price of one or two and a half yuan a set.
Finally, I walked to the warehouse where the weapons and armor were stored, and there were not many arrows in the village, so I needed to replenish them.
There are all kinds of heavy arrows and light arrows here, the heavy arrows are mostly wolf tooth arrows, the arrows are shaped like wolf teeth and sharp, and there are duckbill arrows, chisel arrows, etc., in the face of unarmored enemies, wolf tooth arrows are enough.
The price given by Yang Qing was five and a half cents of silver for each light arrow, and five taels for one hundred.
Each heavy arrow is seven and four centimeters, and a hundred are seven taels.
Wu Yunlin asked for 5,000 heavy arrows and light arrows each, which was also the largest number that Yang Qing could give.
There is also a waist knife, a five-dollar knife, and Wu Yunlin asked for a hundred.
The first knife was one dollar and five cents, and I asked for two hundred.
There were also two hundred and fifty round shields, fifty long cards, one hundred javelins, and thirty javelin bags.
Wu Yunlin saw that there were a group of tools used by craftsmen, and he also bought some, and even saw a pair of vernier calipers, and bought them.
Ambassador Yang is already a little numb, this Wu Gongzi has too much appetite and buys everything.
Finally, Wu Yunlin walked in front of some armor and groaned, there were some red lacquered iron armor here, as well as matching eight-petal hat iron pointed helmet and iron arm hands.
Look at these red lacquered iron armor are all Ming armor style, that is, the armor piece is exposed outside, it is more popular before the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and in the later period, it is mostly dark armor.
Because maintenance is not easy, often wind and rain, the armor is easy to rust, even if the Ming armor is more powerful, in the late dynasty, it is still popular to maintain the dark armor.
Wu Yunlin saw that these nails were painted with lacquer inside and out, lined with a double layer of blue cloth, and there were two inches of Nabu at the seam of the nail piece, and finally the velvet rope and Nabu were worn into a pair, which was quite powerful and stylish.
He estimated that each pair of armor might weigh thirty catties, and the budget for fine armor should be sixteen to twenty taels of silver.
He looked at the helmet, which was a very popular eight-petal hat iron pointed helmet among officers and soldiers, the style was similar to the winter felt hat, but it was made of iron, and it was named because the helmet beam was sewn with eight and six petals, and the helmet basin used by the officers was higher, and the helmet basin used by the soldiers was slightly lower.
There is a helmet eaves around the helmet, which can prevent rain and arrows, and has more functions than ordinary helmets.
Moreover, there are two pieces of armor on both sides of the iron helmet, which can be used for warmth and protection, and in addition to three pieces, there are two pieces horizontally that can be tied tightly, keeping warm at the same time, and protecting the throat.
At this time, the officers and soldiers also learned this style, and there were horizontal necks around the neck, which protected the front, back, left and right sides of the head tightly.
After all, they are used to shooting people in the throat, and they are afraid that others will shoot them in the throat.
Wu Yunlin looked at the iron armor and iron helmet, and was a little moved, if his team had iron armor, it was enough to defeat ten with one.
And in addition to strong protection, these iron armor styles are relatively close to later generations, which is very in line with his aesthetics.
He asked about the price of the iron armor, and Ambassador Yang immediately shook his head like a rattle
In the end, Yang Qing still sold Wu Yunlin twenty sets of iron armor, with iron helmets and arms, after all, the price given by Wu Yunlin was too attractive.
Thirty-five taels of silver for a set, and twenty sets for seven hundred taels of silver, the greedy Ambassador Yang could not bear this fatal temptation.
And Wu Yunlin's shopping and buying trip also ended here, and according to a rough estimate, he spent no less than 4,000 taels of silver, and the entire delivery station was smiling from ear to ear.
Even if the big head is taken away by the boss after the dots, each of them can get at least ten years of additional income, especially Ambassador Yang, the annual silver is only thirty-one and twenty-five cents, how much can he get this time? This kind of good deed, once or twice a year, is enough to live a very privileged life.
Wu Yunlin refused the luncheon invitation of Yang Qing and others, and he was in a hurry to send the purchased materials back to Zunyi.
Yang Qing was not reluctant, but only diligently asked Guo Zhudian to take his subordinates and drive ox carts to send the materials purchased by Wu Gongzi to Renhuai on the other side.
The silver is also given on the other side, which can be described as door-to-door delivery and cash on delivery.