Guan Jinpan's question made it difficult for Ambrosius to answer.

The people of Chenla used the old arquebuses of the 16th century, which were designed by the Portuguese.

Arquebuses have now been phased out by the major European powers, and even flintlock pistols are being phased out by more advanced musket guns (commonly known as firing pistols).

Even in a country as backward as Russia, arquebuses have been eliminated.

Arquebuses are still in use, and I am afraid that only the small states of Italy and Germany are used.

In fact, due to Ambrosius's insight, he believed that the arquebus had long since disappeared from the battlefield.

In fact, arquebuses were still prevalent throughout Italy, with the exception of Austrian-controlled northern Italy.

During the Spanish Civil War during the same period, both sides were still armed with a large number of arquebuses.

In the more backward Balkans, soldiers without arquebuses even had to be armed with cold weapons such as bows, arrows, and spears.

He picked up his rifle and retreated one hundred and fifty paces away.

"Bang!"

With a gunshot, a watermelon shattered.

Cleaning and changing dressings, applying medicines, and reloading, it is obvious that Ambrosius is much more skilled than those Zhenla Forbidden Army.

After all, in the Austrian Empire, in his capacity it was possible to practice shooting at will.

It took about half a minute for the second bullet to shatter another watermelon that was one hundred and fifty paces away.

Although Ambrosius practiced a lot, he was not a professional shooter after all, but he thought that this distance was enough to deter the arrogance in front of him.

In fact, Ambrosius took advantage of it, he used a rifled gun, although it was slower to load, but it was much more accurate than a smoothbore gun.

At this time, Hong Bufu was already so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth, you must know that one hundred and fifty paces is three times the shooting distance of the Zhenla Forbidden Army just now.

Even the best gunner in the Zhenla Forbidden Army can't do two shots and two hits at this distance.

It's just that Hong Bufu and Guan Jinpan didn't realize that this was the gap in weapons, and immediately praised it.

"Miraculous! Miraculous! Great! Your Excellency Ambrosius, it was an eye-opener for me. ”

Ambrosius didn't quite understand, but knew that the other party was satisfied with his presentation.

As a result, Ambrosius had a new idea, that is, to sell all the flintlock pistols that had been eliminated by the Austrian Imperial Army to this group.

"That's right, this is the latest product of our Austrian Empire, and with this gun, you can do it too. We're willing to trade with you, and we've got not only guns, but artillery, and..."

Before Ambrosius could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Guan Jinpan.

"Wait, you're saying it's just firearms? I don't believe it, is there anything more accurate in your Austrian country than your marksmanship? ”

"Of course, Captain Villaphon. You can demonstrate. ”

Captain Villaphon was a chasseur by training, and his 1st Tyrolean Chaser Battalion was the toughest unit in Austria.

Billafon, who was born as a civilian, can become an officer, and naturally has the ability to surpass ordinary people.

Shooting was one of his skills, and Billafon took his rifle and examined it.

First he shot in place and hit a watermelon, then he took fifty steps back and hit another melon with a second shot, then another fifty steps, and then another fifty steps.

4 shots and 4 hits, the distance of up to 300 paces, which made Hong Bufu couldn't believe his eyes, he was born in the military and naturally understood what kind of powerful strength this was.

If the forbidden army under his command had this kind of strength, coupled with 5,000 rifles, even if Vietnam sent 100,000 troops, what would they fear.

Guan Jinpan also knew from Hong Bufu's expression that this firearm was very important to the forbidden army.

"How much silver does such a gun cost?"

"Fifty taels." This was Ambrosius's intelligence at a price that he thought was reasonable.

However, Ambrosius forgot that the unspoken rule of Eastern officialdom is to ask for a sky-high price and pay back the money on the ground.

"Twenty taels." Guan Jinpan's face was not red, and he replied without a heartbeat.

But he knew that he was making a lot of money.

Because the Qing Dynasty sold the birds to the Vietnamese for 30 taels, and the French sold them to the Vietnamese for 25 taels.

The craftsmen who made the real wax had long been requisitioned away by the Vietnamese.

Now Chenla can only buy firecrackers from the Vietnamese at a high price, and the price of firecrackers sold by the Vietnamese to Chenla's army is just fifty taels.

"The young man in front of him doesn't seem to understand business at all, and he should be able to win twenty-five taels." Guan Jinpan thought so, and was overjoyed.

Ambrosius realized that he was wrong and should not have told the other party the bottom line.

In fact, the price of the guns sold by the Vietnamese to the Chenla army, Father Pacini had already learned about and informed Ambrosius through the local Catholic secret network.

It's just that Ambrosius naively thought that as long as he said a reasonable price, the other party would immediately agree to the deal.

It looks like you're going to lose some of your gains, so you'll have to make up for it somewhere else.

"No, twenty taels is too little, fifty taels is our bottom line, and our goods have to cross more than 20,000 kilometers to arrive."

"Then twenty-five taels, no more." Guan Jinpan made a cut expression.

"Forty taels, let's set up a supply point in Kampong Son Bay." Ambrosius took the opportunity to state his conditions and leave room for the official Jin Pan.

"Twenty-five taels, I can not only help you establish a supply point by the sea, but also let you meet the royals." Guan Jin Pan said.

"Is it His Majesty Anzan?" Ambrosius asked.

"No, it's Her Royal Highness the princess of our Zhenla." Guan Jin Pan told him because he had to negotiate the deal.

Because the rule of the Vietnamese is gradually strengthening, according to this situation, Vietnam will annex Chenla sooner or later.

And as the great aristocracy of Chenla, it is bound to be the primary target of the Vietnamese extermination.

Even if he surrenders, the Vietnamese will not necessarily let him go.

From the policy of reducing the number of Ding implemented by the Vietnamese, it is clear that the Vietnamese want to make Chenla completely disappear from the world.

And the Siamese, like the Vietnamese, are tigers and wolves and cannot be trusted.

Guan Jin Pan is a wealthy family in Zhenla, and there are thousands of people in the family, even if he can run, his family can't escape.

Instead of being a lamb to the slaughter, it's better to fight hard.

Ambrosius and his weapons, who arrived at this time, were like a lifesaver for Guan Jinpan.

Most of the wealthy clans in Zhenla have the same idea, they secretly unite, contact the rebels, and secretly accumulate strength.

This is also an important reason why, in history, after the Ming Emperor of Vietnam executed An Zan's family, the large-scale anti-Vietnamese uprising in Chenla was able to continue.

"Thirty taels." Ambrosius had already achieved both of the purposes of his trip, and now he only hoped to earn some more benefits for Austria.

"Deal."