In addition, the same situation exists with the Ottoman Empire. The empire also sold a batch of advanced ordnance to Murad III to arm Murad III's direct guards. Of course, these equipment have just been ordered and it will take some time to be available.
Delivered to Murad III.
In addition to these countries that have or will soon equip these advanced weapons on a large scale, many other countries will also purchase small amounts, but the quantities purchased will be very small, and they will generally equip only a very small number of elite troops.
It's not that they don't want it, but that most people can't afford it, and even if they can afford it, Datang sometimes won't sell it.
Under most ordinary circumstances, Datang is more willing to sell ordinary equipment, which has lower costs and higher profits.
But even these ordinary flintlock guns, their performance far exceeded the weapons produced by European countries. At the same time, in order to squeeze the living space of self-produced flintlock guns in European countries, Datang often adopted a low-price strategy.
Of course, low prices are only temporary.
When the Spaniards bought Datang's flintlock guns before, the price was very cheap, but now, Datang has used various excuses to increase the price many times.
It was because the Spanish were able to produce their own flintlock muskets on a large scale at first, but later because it was cheaper to buy than to make, many workshops that could produce flintlock muskets closed down.
After waiting for the follow-up, the Tang Dynasty simply launched the flash cap fired flintlock gun!
Because the flash hats are something that the natives can't imitate at all, because they don't even know what a flash hat is. Although Datang sells flash hats for sale, the technology of this thing is strictly confidential. It's difficult to analyze just by looking at the finished product.
Once something is specific, even if you analyze it and you can't make it, even if you can barely make it in the laboratory, it's impossible to mass-produce it on a large scale.
Buying weapons that cannot be counterfeited by indigenous people and will not threaten one's own weapons is Datang's consistent strategy for exporting weapons.
European countries are now widely equipped with weapons and equipment from the Tang Dynasty, and even the Tatars are no exception...
Even the few elite troops of the Tatars use all Tang weapons and equipment. Of course, it is impossible for them to purchase these weapons from the Tang Dynasty openly, although the Tang Dynasty has never said that it is prohibited to use weapons from the Tang Dynasty.
The Tatars sell weapons and equipment, but they are an enemy country after all.
Part of the Tatars' Tang weapons and equipment were seized from armies of various European countries, and the other part was naturally purchased secretly from the Tang people.
Well, although the Tang Dynasty and the Golden Kingdom of Tartar are enemy countries and are still at war, the Tang Dynasty has never said that it officially prohibits trade with the Golden Kingdom of Tartar, nor does it say that it is not allowed to sell guns to the Golden Kingdom of Tartar.
gun.
As long as the weapons and equipment comply with the regulations of the Import and Export Committee, you can sell them at will!
The reason why the Tatar Kingdom is so secretive is simply because they can't save their dignity, so they will find some middlemen to go around and purchase goods.
The people of the Datang Arms Trading Company also pretended not to see it. They knew it for sure. Otherwise, to whom were the large quantities of ordnance shipped to Amsterdam in the United Provinces every year sold to?
On the surface, it was sold to the Dutch, but how could the Netherlands purchase tens of thousands of flintlock muskets and hundreds of artillery pieces at once with their small army?
What nonsense!
All fools know that the real buyer of these ordnance is the Golden Kingdom of Tatar.
However, Datang didn't care!
Even the Tang army said nothing about this situation and even maintained a supportive attitude.
Sometimes the military itself also buys a batch of second-hand flintlock guns through middlemen to give to the Tatars...
The military has a reason for doing this.
In the European war, everyone has similar weapons and equipment, so the fight is more balanced. Spain cannot be equipped with artillery with a range of 1,400 meters, and the Tatars have artillery with a range of 600 meters. There is a performance gap in this way.
Not pretty.
Everyone has weapons and equipment with advanced performance, so the fight will be balanced.
And more importantly, we want the Tatars to develop a mentality that it is better to buy than to make, so that they can stop thinking about poaching Datang's technicians and developing rifled rifles all day long.
Directly supply sufficient flintlock guns to the Tatars in large quantities, and their own military industry in the Tatar Kingdom will naturally be abolished.
Without orders, it would be strange not to go bankrupt. Without profits, naturally there would be no research and development.
After all, the current technical level of the Golden Kingdom of Tatar is still good, much better than that of Spain and other European countries. They are all able to mass-produce flintlock guns and large-caliber smoothbore cannons by hand. In order to improve their technical capabilities, they think about it all day long.
to kidnap Datang's technical staff.
So the people at the top got excited and came up with a strategy that was worse than buying.
First, supply large quantities at low prices, cut off orders from their handicraft workshops, causing these workshops to lose orders, lose profits, go bankrupt, and lose motivation for research and development.
After their military handicraft industry is completely finished, Datang can do whatever they want.
Datang has already tried this method in other European countries, and the effect is surprisingly good.
In the early years, countries like Spain still had the ability to produce large-scale manual imitation of flintlock muskets, but this is no longer possible.
Once the Tang Dynasty cut off the supply of weapons and ammunition to them, they would not be able to fight a war.
The last reason is to make money!
The Golden Kingdom of Tatar is also a large country with a population of tens of millions, and after the reforms of the Golden Kingdom of Tatar, its market is very dynamic and it is an excellent dumping ground for various industrial products.
To put it bluntly, the market potential of a Tatar Kingdom is comparable to the total number of other European countries, second only to the market of the Ottoman Empire.
A large group of businessmen, not just arms dealers, are all drooling over this market.
Otherwise, how could Amsterdam in the United Provinces of the Netherlands have not become a colony of the Tang Dynasty or annexed by the Tatars? It is not because the trade between the Tang Dynasty and the Tatars needs a transit station and a fig leaf.
Even the Tatars used weapons and equipment produced by the Tang Dynasty. This shows how crazy the Tang Dynasty bought weapons and equipment.
However, Datang's crazy purchase of weapons did not affect its global hegemony at all. Even the military did not object and supported the export of weapons.
This is because Datang never sells weapons and equipment or any industrial products that can pose a threat to itself.
For example, things like hollow steel pipes are absolutely contraband and are prohibited from export.
There is also the matter of steam engines. Even the most primitive and low-grade steam engines were still prohibited from being exported by the Tang Dynasty.
The other mechanical equipment is pretty much the same.
Not to mention the ban on exports to those indigenous countries, Datang could not even obtain these machinery and equipment in its own overseas territories.
This shows how strict Datang’s control over high-tech leakage is.
The ban on external exports and the continuous improvement of internal technology levels created a huge generation gap. This was an important means for Datang to maintain its absolute advantage over indigenous people around the world.
This is even more important as our own technology continues to advance.
Li Xuan has always attached great importance to the Royal Institute of Technology, which is responsible for most of the imperial technology research and development tasks. He often goes there for inspections and will also take a look at their latest research results during inspections.
But this time, it surprised him a little.
He saw an airship, and it was a steam airship!
Looking at the huge steam airship in front of him, Li Xuan thought of the steam chariot before and was speechless.