Chapter 323: Guangzhou's Trouble Is Big
"Steward Zhang, what you did today is a little thrilling.
Who is Li Xian, the current commander of the Sanyuanli coalition army, that is, those adults in Guangzhou City have met, and they are also afraid of three points.
If he is willing to sell pistols, we will help him sell pistols, and if he is willing to sell long guns, we will help him sell long guns.
You insist on squeezing the details of the total amount of arms he said he has on the hand, which is nothing from a business point of view, but aren't you afraid of offending him and turning your face to everyone to suffer?"
As soon as Zhang Sicheng heard Pan Wu's words, he knew that Pan Wu didn't look very drunk on the surface, but he was actually very sober, and he still accused himself of being a little troublesome in his heart.
It's just that Pan Wu is certainly not a pure gentleman, but his actual ability and experience are still insufficient, and he is far less profound and thorough than Zhang Sicheng, Hu Chong and others think.
If it was someone else, Zhang Sicheng would ignore him, at most haha, but Pan Wu is very important, and when dealing with Li Xian, there must be times when he depends on him, so some things must be explained clearly to others.
"Today, of course, I squeezed Li Xian, but that is also necessary, if it weren't for this force, we wouldn't have been able to see Li Xian's real hole cards. Zhang Sicheng said.
"What hole cards are so important, I'd rather risk offending Li Xian in person, but also look at it?" Pan Wu was a little unimpressed.
"I told Li Xian that what could really sell was a long gun, and I also said that I would take out thousands of them a month to sell, and this Li Shuai didn't find it difficult at all.
People have said all this talk, don't you understand?"
"Do you understand what, do you mean that people have sufficient supplies?"
"Naturally, he has a good supply. However, trade between Europe and our Qing Dynasty was carried out by ocean-going ships, and only twice a year.
Under such circumstances, don't you feel strange that Li Shuai thinks that he can steadily supply thousands of spears every month?"
"What's strange about this, isn't it?" Pan Wu felt a little unimpressed at first, but after all, he was also raised in a merchant family, and he had seen and seen a lot of things since he was a child, and he immediately understood.
"Are you saying that this source was not actually brought from Europa by a European merchant, but owned by Li Xian himself? In other words, these muskets were made by Li Xian himself?"
"Yes, yes. Zhang Sicheng nodded.
"This Li Xian's courage is too big, this musket is strictly forbidden in our Qing Dynasty after all, and if you hide one privately, you will have to raid your family and exterminate your family, and you can make it back privately.
Let the court know that he can't cut off many heads. Pan Wu couldn't help but be stunned, and unconsciously said what he was thinking, and then saw Zhang Sicheng and Hu Chong's playful eyes, suddenly understood, and patted his head.
The current situation, the people at the bottom still don't quite understand, but they, the upper-class people, know very well, don't look at Li Xian and the adults in Guangzhou City still maintain this minimum etiquette, secretly they have already broken up, maybe tomorrow and the day after tomorrow will rise up to rebel and occupy this Guangzhou City.
Under such circumstances, Li Xian opened a military factory by himself and made a musket or something, which was nothing.
"But so what, Li Xian's side has sufficient supply, and the business of this musket can be bigger, and it's not worth making such a fuss, right?" Pan Wu understood a little, but he was still a little confused in his heart.
Zhang Sicheng couldn't wait to slap Pan Wuyi, this person is sometimes a little smart, but he is very dull at the critical moment.
However, now, Zhang Sicheng has no choice but to break the matter for Pan Wu.
"This matter has a lot to do with the current situation.
If you think about it, Li Xian now has tens of thousands of horses under him, and he is extremely brave, so he has the upper hand militarily.
Moreover, with this free trade zone, there is no tax on the surface, but there is a lot of room for it in the middle, and there is naturally no shortage of money and food.
Now it seems that he can still make guns himself, and he has so much surplus that he can sell thousands of muskets every month, and there is naturally no shortage of firearms in his hands, at least tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command can do it with a Western musket.
Then he has no shortage of men, horses, money, food, and ordnance in his hands now, how can those adults in the court resist him, just rely on those green battalion soldiers with big swords and spears?"
"What is the use of those green battalion soldiers, the discipline is lax, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, not to mention, the ordnance is still the worst, and when they encounter an enemy with a foreign gun, they can't beat one out of ten. "Pan Wu is in charge of the Pan family's team, but he has some insight, and understands that when the cold weapon army encounters a team equipped with foreign guns, there is little power to fight back.
It's just that speaking of this, Pan Wu suddenly woke up.
"In this way, you mean that this Li Xian is really very likely to occupy this Guangzhou City?"
"At least ninety percent. Hu Chong was next to him and intervened at the right time.
Pan Wu really changed color now. According to his original idea, Guangzhou was one of the largest cities in the entire Qing Dynasty, and although he was disdainful of the officers and soldiers of the imperial court on the surface, the imperial court had accumulated prestige there for hundreds of years, and he had subconsciously been very wary of the strength of the officers and soldiers.
Although the current situation is that the situation of the imperial court officers and soldiers in Guangzhou has the upper hand, Pan Wu has always felt that the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and he feels that Li Xian and the Sanyuanli coalition army will not be able to occupy Guangzhou no matter what.
It was only at this time, after comparing some key factors, that Pan Wu was surprised to find that Li Xian's threat to Guangzhou was not false, but real, and there was indeed a great chance to occupy Guangzhou and rebel or something.
Perhaps with the strength of the imperial court, even if the Sanyuanli coalition army set off momentum for a while, it could eventually be pacified, but before that, this Guangzhou would also be ruled under Li Xian's rule for a short time.
As soon as he thought of this, Pan Wu's heart was really mixed, compared to this amazing discovery, offending Li Xian in words was not a big deal.
"Now things are going to be bad, how to deal with Li Xian and these martial arts coalition forces next, each family has to have a suitable method. Zhang Sicheng said worriedly, and Hu Chong nodded beside him.
When the shopkeepers in Guangzhou woke up from a dream, had an understanding of the true strength of the warriors in Sanyuanli, and were afraid in their hearts, the layout of Li Xian's side was also going on.
On this night, Zhao Hujiang and others, who stayed on Donghai Island in Leizhou, waited for important guests.
It turned out that Li Xian's pre-war plan was to face the main force of the British army on Donghai Island, but he didn't expect to catch up with the actual development of things, and after some changes, he could only recruit troops in Sanyuanli instead, and also summoned most of the workers and escorts on Donghai Island to Sanyuanli to enrich the military strength there.