Chapter 1952 As long as you can't afford it, there's nothing we can't sell
When Philip II and a group of kings, dukes and other rulers from various European countries boarded the ships of the Tang Dynasty from Cadiz or other ports.
Many people look calm on the outside, but are shocked on the inside.
The actual rulers of these places, or the king's agents, have long heard about the power of the Tang Dynasty, and have felt the power of the Tang Dynasty to a greater or lesser extent.
For example, Datang often conducts live-fire exercises outside the ports of various countries. Many people have seen such exercises, and many kings' palaces have been accidentally injured in such live-fire exercises.
For example, the palace of Murad III of the Ottoman Empire was accidentally damaged by artillery shells fired from Tang warships.
At that time, a 150 mm shell razed a palace in the royal palace to the ground!
Even those who have never seen the warships of the Tang Dynasty with their own eyes or experienced the live-fire exercises of the warships of the Tang Dynasty, most of them know the power of the Tang Dynasty. For example, the guns and ammunition that the Tang Dynasty supplies to the entire Europe are enough to prove the power of the Tang Dynasty.
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Philip II felt very deeply about this. Now the Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of Portugal together have armed nearly 300,000 troops to fight against the Tatars.
Among these armies, except for the second-line troops and local guard troops who were equipped with their own produced flintlock guns, the first-line troops were all Tang weapons troops.
The muskets equipped are all five-year-old flintlock guns exported by Datang.
The artillery equipped are all types of smoothbore guns exported by Datang, ranging from small-caliber shotguns, to 80mm and 115mm field artillery, to 150mm short siege guns.
Tube howitzers are almost readily available.
Among them, the elite troops were directly under the command of Philip II. The King's Division, which was established following the military system of the early Tang Dynasty, was a pure Tang weapon.
Not to mention guns and cannons, this King's Division has military uniforms and tents, engineer shovels and even kettles, binoculars, officer's sabers, cavalry sabers, officer's gunnery single-shot smoothbore pistols, etc., all of which are Tang weapons and equipment.
Basically, the most advanced weapons and equipment exported by Datang can be found in Spain's most elite King's Division.
Including the new percussion cap firing smoothbore gun. The latest 115mm bronze smoothbore field gun. If this kind of artillery fires solid shells, the effective range can reach more than 1,400 meters. Even if it fires grenades, the effective range is
The range can also reach one thousand meters.
This artillery is the most advanced smoothbore cannon of our time.
It is also the most advanced artillery among a series of guns exported by the Tang Dynasty. It is extremely expensive. An artillery including barrel, gun mount, ammunition cart, etc. costs at least 3,000 Tang Yuan, and the Yuan sold with it.
Grenade with metal fuse, starting from 50 Tang Yuan per round.
This is still talking about the FOB price. After arriving in Europe, the price will be even more expensive after including shipping costs and middlemen’s profits!
As for such expensive artillery, ordinary natives would not be able to buy it because Datang generally did not sell it!
It is only sold to a few specific indigenous countries, and other indigenous countries can choose other artillery.
Anyway, when Datang exported many types of smoothbore cannons, there were also many cheaper ones.
Datang specializes in exporting various types of weapons and equipment, and there are many types of weapons and equipment. The auxiliary materials include military uniforms, tents, kettles, cans, etc.
There are more weapons.
All kinds of cold weapons are very complete, whether they are traditional cold weapons from the Chinese region or special cold weapons from around the world, such as West Asian scimitars, European straight swords, Spanish broadswords, etc., they are all available.
We even provide customized services. You can make any style you want. Of course, this requires extra money. After all, new molds and new production lines are very expensive.
And all kinds of cold weapons, from daggers, one-handed waist knives, two-handed long knives, long swords, to spears, full-body plate armor, half-body plate armor, breastplates, etc. are all provided.
If you want something that is cheap and good-looking, there are steel-clad ones and crude steel ones. If you want good stuff, there are also swords made of fine steel, all of which are of the level of swords and swords. The most important thing is to have as many as you want.
If you are willing to spend money, Datang can help you directly arm an army equipped with swords and swords!
Datang's slogan for selling cold weapons is, as long as you can't afford it, there's nothing we can't sell.
In short, if you have money, we will provide you with whatever you want.
Thermal weapons are slightly restricted. Those that are too advanced are basically not sold, especially the large-caliber artillery that can pose a threat to the Tang army. The high-precision rifled guns are not sold. In order to prevent the natives from invading themselves in the steel barrels,
To modify the rifling, Datang does not even sell high-quality steel muskets that can be rifled.
At the same time, the export of high-quality steel pipes is not allowed.
Although Datang also bought so-called steel guns and steel cannons, they were all low-quality steel that could not be rifled directly, and even the bluing process was not allowed to be used on them.
The main products sold are matchlock guns and ordinary muskets.
Not to mention, even the Tang Dynasty itself has entered the era of comprehensive rear-loading rifles, and even the wars in Europe have fully entered the era of smoothbore. In the wars between the Tatars and other European countries, they are all lined up to be shot.
The Spanish phalanx-style army mixed with matchlocks and spearmen is no longer visible. As for the cold-weapon infantry, they have long since disappeared.
The only cold weapon unit left is the cavalry unit.
However, the cold weapons and matchlock guns of the Tang Dynasty are still very popular!
After all, the world is so big, and not all places are like those in Europe. They have entered the age of flintlocks, and the indigenous people in many places are still in a war mode of cutting each other with swords.
For these indigenous people, the arms dealers of the Tang Dynasty basically had the mentality of earning as much as they could. When the indigenous people still used cold weapons, they would definitely not sell matchlock guns in advance, but would sell them to them.
A lot of swords and swords.
After they have used swords and swords, they will then buy the most basic matchlock gun, then a better matchlock gun, and then a flintlock gun and the like.
In short, try to sell it from beginning to end.
In order to maintain this order in the arms market, the Datang Arms Trading Company, jointly established by the three major arms companies in the empire, has strictly monitored its affiliated dealers around the world. Anyone who buys goods indiscriminately and disrupts the market will be directly
Eliminate dealer qualifications.
In addition, arms dealers from European countries have also tried to get involved in the arms business in Africa and other regions, but unfortunately, sailing is too dangerous these days. One of their merchant ships loaded with matchlock guns went missing and never came back.
However, over time no one would engage in the arms business.
In this world, except for the steam and steel ships of the Tang Dynasty, which can travel all over the world, other indigenous ships cannot do this. As for their sailing wooden ships, they can easily capsize even if they travel close to sea, let alone travel across the ocean.
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Therefore, globally, the arms business belongs exclusively to Datang Arms Trading Company.
Therefore, a very interesting scene emerged. Datang Arms Trading Company sold flintlock guns to Spain and other European countries, but it also sold various cold weapons to tribes in Africa, and also provided matchlock guns to the indigenous kingdoms in India.
In wars in various regions, those who use cold weapons should use cold weapons, those who use matchlocks should use matchlocks, and those who use flintlocks should use flintlocks.