Li Rusong's expression changed drastically. He couldn't help but widen his eyes. He pointed with trembling fingers and stammered: "You...you!"
What kind of monster is this?
"How do you know?"
Shen Lie rolled his eyes, knocked his fingers off, and said disdainfully: "Okay, I think it's some great divine object, a blunderbuss, a Fran cannon...
This is a crappy piece of equipment in Europe!
The ninth year of Wanli.
The Western firearms that the Ming Dynasty Shenji Battalion was ordered to purchase from Haojing were other than blunderbuss and Fran machine cannons, could there be other weapons?
This is something that everyone who travels through time knows.
When speaking.
Shen Lie patted the flintlock musket hanging on his waist and smiled. He didn't even look at what kind of gun I was carrying. Do you understand the flintlock musket?
Li Rusong was speechless.
Soon Shen Lie grabbed his broad shoulders again and encouraged: "When will this batch of firearms arrive? How many guns... tell me!"
Li Rusong couldn't stand up to his persistent questioning, so he had to tell the truth: "It's coming soon, on the way, I think we'll be there in the next two days."
Upon hearing this.
Shen Lie's eyes immediately lit up. He felt that such an opportunity must not be missed until the firearms purchased by the Daming Shen Machine Battalion arrived.
He must see it with his own eyes!
What is the level of the most elite Shenji Battalion in the Ming Dynasty in this era?
Unable to stand Shen Lie's insistence again and again.
Li Rusong had no choice but to agree.
He was still uneasy and repeatedly warned: "I can take you to have a look and have a look, but you are not allowed to talk nonsense or have any ideas about these firearms."
Shen Lie then touched his nose and laughed: "No, no."
I, Shen, am just curious and will never let my mind wander.
A blink of an eye.
The time has come at night.
At midnight.
Tongzhou Pier.
On the cheap freight terminal leading to Gyeonggi.
The lights are bright.
Several large flat-bottomed boats were moored quietly, as the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion moved boxes of ammunition from the cabins and piled them on the shore.
Also arriving with the ship was a Western officer with a mustache and a dozen blond and blue-eyed foreign soldiers.
The officer, with the help of an interpreter, was talking to Wang Chengxun, the commander-in-chief of water transportation.
Li Rusong couldn't help curling his lips when he saw these Portuguese soldiers coming from the trenches chattering incomprehensible bird songs.
Exchanged a look with Shen Lie.
Shen Lie narrowed his eyes and sighed in his heart. The Portuguese soldiers of this era were very obedient when they arrived in the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
The mustachioed officer was nodding and bowing to General Wang.
The attitude was very respectful.
This scene.
Shen Lie had mixed feelings in his heart.
Of course.
The Portuguese were not so obedient from the beginning. I think back then, probably during the Chenghua period, the Portuguese fleet arrived at the coast of the Ming Dynasty.
even.
The Portuguese also sent an envoy to Beijing to sign a trade agreement with the Ming Dynasty.
But it happened that the Portuguese group at that time did not know how to live or die. In the letter they submitted to the Emperor of Heaven, they used a tone of voice that was equal to that of the emperor.
They also tried to establish a trading station armed with bunkers on an isolated island off the coast of the Ming Dynasty.
Then.
This group of desperate Portuguese envoys, barbarians who wanted to be on equal terms with the Ming Dynasty, were pushed out and chopped down by the order of the furious Emperor Ming Dynasty.
And then.
The Portuguese began to become extremely obedient, began to show humility to the Ming Dynasty, and did business honestly. Later, Emperor Jiajing saw that these barbarians were still submissive.
They were allowed to open a commercial port on an isolated island called Haojing, which opened the beginning of trade between the Ming Dynasty and Western countries.
When speaking.
Li Rusong was impatient, picked up a waist knife, ran over, used the sheathed Yan Ling knife to pry open the munitions box, and took out a musket that smelled of butter.
Under the light of hunting fire.
The dark barrel exuded a mysterious metallic luster.
As Li Rusong began to inspect the firearms.
Shen Lie also walked over quickly.
took a look.
Not as expected.
This is a matchlock gun equipped by the Portuguese fleet, but the model is a bit old.
Looking at the mysterious forging pattern on the gun barrel, Shen Lie curled his lips and whispered to Li Rusong: "Can our war bureau imitate this kind of fire gun?"
Li Rusong put down the firearm in his hand, came over and whispered softly: "It can, but the output is low. In the early years when the Japanese pirates were raging in the Jiajing Dynasty, the imperial court recruited a group of firearms craftsmen from Nanyang."
Shen Lie said softly: "Later, why didn't you continue recruiting?"
Li Rusong grinned: "You tell me!"
Shen Lie was speechless.
Right.
In these days, except for the emperor, Qi Shuai, and a few British people, who would care about the quality of the Ming army's equipment? That was when the Ming Dynasty imitated bird guns.
That was also to deal with Japanese pirates.
Now that the Japanese pirates have been defeated, what is the use of imitating this thing?
But Shen Lie thought for a while and then said softly: "These craftsmen are precious and must not be dismissed."
Li Rusong grinned again and said, "Are you paying to support me?"
Shen Lie nodded and said, "It's okay."
The two of them muttered to themselves for a while.
Putting down the old matchlock gun in his hand, Shen Lie said softly: "After you return to the capital, you can suggest to His Majesty that our Shenji Battalion should purchase more self-made fire guns."
Li Rusong looked sideways at him, frowned and said, "There are also self-made fire guns, but they are expensive."
Upon hearing this.
Shen Lie immediately came up with something to say and started nagging in Young Master Li's ear: "How much more expensive is it? Does Brother Li know that there is a country called Ottoman in this world?"
Li Rusong was confused.
Shaked his head.
Of course I don't know.
Shen Lie immediately became energetic, patted the flintlock musket on his waist, and said with joy: "I bought this self-made musket from the Ottoman country after several rounds. Brother Li doesn't know anything. The Ottoman country has tens of thousands of people." The Royal Guards and Royal Forest Army are all equipped with self-generated fire guns!"
Li Rusong was surprised and said: "Really?"
Shen Lie hurriedly said: "It's absolutely true. Brother Li, please go back and persuade the emperor. Our Shenji Camp is also a royal forest army. Is it possible that our Ming Shenji Camp is not as good as a small Ottoman country?"
Upon hearing this.
Li Rusong immediately opened his eyes, his face flushed, and said angrily: "What are you talking about? Naturally, our Ming Shen Ji Camp cannot lag behind others!"
Who are the Ottoman Guards that I have never heard of?
A small country.
Are they worthy of being compared with our Great Ming Shen Machine Battalion? Why is the equipment of the Ottoman Guards better than our Great Ming Shen Machine Battalion?
Where should I put my Ming Dynasty’s face?
Looking at Li Rusong who was blushing.
Shen Lie smiled slightly and patted Young Master Li on the shoulder: "Hey... yes, after you return to Beijing, tell this matter to the Emperor and the Duke!"
According to Shen Lie's understanding of Long Live Lord, he was a man who valued his face even more than the sky. Li Rusong just needed to throw out this rhetoric.
Replacement of flintlock muskets for the Shenji Battalion.
should.
perhaps.
It will probably be done soon.
Seeing that Li Rusong had been persuaded, Shen Lie smiled again: "In the future, our Ming Dynasty will also have to make its own muskets. Let's go... take a look at the cannons."
