Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1456 Meeting with Li Rusong (End)
Judging from what Zhu Yingzhen said, he probably thought that only those who directly bordered Ming Dynasty and had a bad relationship with him could not sell cannons. For those who were separated by the sea like Japan, it didn’t matter if they sold some artillery.

Does it really matter?Last year, at least 14 of the new No. 40 heavy guns (Wanli [-]th model) were sold to Japan, and this was only the part "leaked" from Beiyang. It is hard to say whether there are any in Nanyang.

According to Gao Pragmatic’s understanding, Fujian and even Guangdong also went to Japan to do business. Last year, non-Beijing private merchant ships in Nanyang ports purchased 62 No. [-] heavy guns. Most of them say they want to replace it with a new one (they used to carry guns).

The various private ports of Jinghua only check the number of guns loaded and count the specifications (caliber) of the artillery when the ships leave the port. It is impossible to check the age of the artillery. I don't know whether the artillery is new or old.

Last year, private merchant ships in Nanyang actually installed 27 artillery pieces, so where did the remaining 35 pieces go?Are they all updated?I don't know, because Jinghua couldn't find out.

Besides, then again, even if they replaced the new cannons, where did the old cannons that were eliminated go?No one can control this, because they can be said to have encountered pirates or serious failures in artillery after they went to sea, so they were temporarily dismantled and replaced.

How to manage this thing?He said that after it was damaged, it was found that it could not be repaired, and it was thrown into the sea. Can you still force him to pick it up and check it?It is impossible for Jinghua to control so leniently, and the court faced this new situation and did not introduce any system to stop it-in this era, the imperial power does not come down to the county, let alone mention the Queen of the Sea.

From this point of view, Gao pragmatically estimates that in the past year alone, the number of new No. [-] guns that Japan may have obtained may reach [-] or [-].The No. [-] gun is a basic heavy gun for ships, and it is also the largest specification sold by Jinghua.As for the No. [-] heavy gun for ships, only Jinghua owns that. The navy of Ming Dynasty is the younger brother in front of Jinghua's two-ocean fleet. Now that the court is short of money and the target is still on land, it is impossible to buy this kind of gold-swallowing beast.

But the No. [-] gun for ships is different. The load capacity of this thing is much larger than that of the No. [-] gun. In fact, the No. [-] gun is the most equipped on the Ming merchant ship (because the No. [-] gun can basically defend against sporadic pirates who have been raided by Jinghua many times. ).

How much is the loading capacity of the No. [-] gun?Even Jinghua has no exact number!It is roughly estimated that the loading capacity of the No. [-] guns is no less than [-] for the private merchant ships moored in the private ports of Jinghua.

Why?Because this year is not after the dreadnought period, there is no concept of "full heavy artillery", and it is impossible to design it in this way, so a dozen or more cannons are installed in the ship—this is still at the level of civilian ships, and Jinghua owns the largest armed transport ship. The gun load is 28 guns per ship, including [-] No. [-] guns and eight No. [-] guns.

What does it mean to have no less than two thousand No. [-] guns?It means that one or two hundred doors may have to be replaced every year just for iterative updates.Who knows if these two hundred No. [-] guns were really replaced?

This is like the warranty period for private cars of later generations, and it is not necessarily recommended that you maintain it after 5000 kilometers. You really need to maintain it for 5000 kilometers. What happens if I go for 6000 kilometers and 7000 kilometers?As long as it doesn't exceed too much, it's basically no problem, and the artillery is the same.

Now the Japanese pirates in the East and the pirates in the South China Sea have been decimated by Jinghua. If these civilian ships are more honest, they will follow Jinghua's merchant fleet every time. No pirate would dare to risk their lives.Then, the usage rate of the artillery on his ship is definitely not high, so as long as it is properly maintained, iterative updates are not urgent.

But judging from the sales volume of Jinghua's artillery, they seem to be quite urgent, so there is a problem.Gao Wushi didn't pay much attention to it at first, but now that he thinks about it, he can't help seriously suspecting that these civilian ships also participated in the private sale of cannons—not necessarily selling new cannons directly, but they may also install new cannons themselves and sell the old ones.

Judging from the high premium rate of buying guns in Japan, they sell second-hand old guns to Japan, and then go to Jinghua to buy new guns, maybe they can still make a profit from it!
fuck?
I'm an honest man who is losing money when I co-author it?

Well, it’s not considered a loss. After all, Jinghua’s ex-factory price is twice or even two and a half times the cost. It can only be said that the profit is not enough.

But is it really okay to sell guns to Japan?Fart, it must have something to do with it, it has a lot to do with it!
There is not much difference between naval guns and land guns these days. If a naval gun is removed from the ship and given a trailer, then it is a land gun.

What Zhu Yingzhen really meant was that Ming and Japan were separated by the sea, and the two sides did not know how to fight, so selling cannons didn't matter.But how did he know that the two sides would have to fight each other in a few years at most?

What's even more weird is that these two also came to encourage me to take them to grab Ishijian Yinshan on behalf of the nobles!

Good guy, then you sold the cannons to let others hit you with your cannons?
"Arms dealers who dare not sell weapons to enemy countries are not good arms dealers", "Capitalists can sell ropes to hang themselves for profit"... Capitalism is really awesome!How long has it been since these bastards turned from serf owners to capitalists, and their consciousness is so "high"?

However, Gogosat has no time to criticize them now, and in fact, although what they are doing now is tantamount to endorsing the enemy, it is not so bad from another perspective.

From the overall situation, what Gao Wuzhen needs most now is to cultivate a class. Only when this class is born and gradually becomes stronger, can the giant ship of Ming Dynasty be pushed to change course by them little by little.The route is the most important thing, far better than some specific details.

What's more, the trouble caused by this detail is not only still controllable in Gao Pragmatic's eyes, but even beneficial to some extent.For example, although Japan's military power will be strengthened for this reason, Ming's enemies cannot always be opponents with backward equipment such as Mongolia and Jurchen.

In the future, when Tsarist Russia expands to the east, they will also have hot weapons; the bandits from Europe will turn into hungry wolves every minute, so Ming can't only use hot weapons to bully opponents with cold weapons. Experience in combat against opponents of the same equipment level.

The level of Japanese guns (fire guns) is not bad, and now they have artillery, but fortunately the root of this artillery is in the hands of Gao Yushi.As long as Gao Yushi notices this, he can quietly adjust to keep the number of Japanese artillery within a controllable range. It is not easy to find such a good training partner.

The flower appreciation meeting was held on time, and there was an extra civil servant among the large number of noble and military officials in Xishan Bieyuan, but everyone seemed to think it was normal, and they didn't mean to treat Gao Yushi as an outsider at all.

It's no wonder that this flower viewing event seems to be a gathering of the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance. How can a high-minded and dignified alliance leader become an outsider?It was Li Rusong who really felt like an outsider.

Li Rusong always felt that the attitude of these nobles towards him was not right, each of them seemed friendly, but in fact even the smiles on their faces were faintly alienated, they were polite but kept away from others.

Only then did Li Rusong know that in the eyes of this group of nobles, even if he was "Uncle Ning Yuan Yingxi", he was still an outsider, even an upstart, and he was not worth their attention at all.

That's right, there are two dukes, one grandson (Xu Xigao, the grandson of Dingguo, his father died young), more than a dozen lords and young lords, all of them are more noble than him, even uncles, He is also more noble than his newly-baked uncle.

As for the positions, this vote of uncles has been rotated among the five mansions for many years. The five army governors' mansions are no different from their backyards, and all of them are "veteran ministers in the army"-of course, whether they will fight or not is another matter. Anyway, "qualifications" are here.

Even Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong, the dukes of the state who can only ride horses and can only ride free horses, are nothing compared to their "military age". One of them is a "veteran" who became a thousand households of Jinyiwei at the age of seven or eight. Li Rusong "Joining the army" is more than ten years old, there is no comparison.

Li Rusong's only advantage is probably dispatching—note here, the commander-in-chief has never been a job, but has always been dispatched. Li Rusong's real job is "the governor of the right army and the governor of the left". Before that, it was the governor's office of the governor's mansion, also known as the book of the governor.In other words, he had always been a subordinate of the top nobles present here.

Gao Wushi listened to Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong, two "old leaders" who didn't even know how to lead troops, talking to Li Rusong as if they were lecturing the younger generation, and felt that this world was really ridiculous.

Give the two of you an army of [-], Li Rusong might lead [-] soldiers to wipe them all out in one battle, but now Li Rusong is here to listen to your nonsense, "You should go to Liaodong now, so, so and so", It's magical...

Fortunately, the two princes only dared to pretend to be an "upstart honorable man" like Li Rusong. They still remembered that the real person who was talking about it was Leader Gao. The two of us have very little knowledge, so that's all I have to say. Da Sinong is a famous commander in the world, so please ask Da Sinong to fill in the gaps and explain in detail, so as not to spoil the important affairs of the court."

It's rare, you also know that your knowledge is shallow?
Li Rusong listened to it for a long while with pent-up anger, and the corners of his mouth twitched uncontrollably. Hearing this, he turned over like a serf, and hurriedly cupped his fists at Gao Wushi: "Please give advice from the Ministry of En."

Li Rusong had fought under Gao Yushi's command, and he had made great achievements both times. According to the habit at this time, when he called Gao Yushi, he usually had to add the word "en".Gao Yushi is the Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the unified title of Shangshu is Butang. In theory, Li Rusong can call him "Enbu" or "Entang".

However, the name Entang is not only available at the first level of Butang, but also at many levels above the magistrate, so Li Rusong still uses Enbu-bu, this is more like a special title, at least he must be a servant Enjoy it.

But Gao Yushi knew that Li Rusong was being careful here, because Li Rusong actually knew that Gao Yushi and Li Chengliang were friends of the same generation. If he wanted to curry favor with Gao Yushi, he could even call himself a junior.

Of course, these days are quite strange. There are not many ordinary military generals who are worthy of being called lackeys in front of high pragmatism, and there are differences in each level.

For example, the commander-in-chief and the deputy commander-in-chief wrote letters and even gave gifts to Gao Yushi. If you are more reserved, you can call yourself "the young so-and-so"; To write a letter or give a gift to Gao Yushi, it can only be "Mu En Wansheng's lackey so-and-so"; "Wan kowtow, kneel down (kneeling to present, kneel to offer)", "prostrate in fear, Wan kowtow to kneel to submit (kneeling to present, kneel to offer)".

As for the total below... what do you think?Don't talk about writing letters, you are not even qualified to give gifts to the head of the Ministry, okay? You call yourself a fart with a world of different identities.

However, even though the rules are so, Li Rusong's temper is well-known in the world after all, and he has a "Ning Yuanbo Yingxi" anyway, so here he simply skips the self-proclaimed name and only calls him Enbu.

Gao Yushi was replaced by some high-profile civil servants, and his face probably changed now, but Gao Yushi did not come here to put on airs, he came to make friends with Li Rusong, and he was mentally prepared for Li Rusong's performance, so naturally he would not take it seriously. compared.

"Yangcheng is going to Liaodong, what kind of picture do you have?" Gao Wushi asked first, and then he seemed to have just realized that Li Rusong was still standing and listening to the training - this was Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong's problem, they did not let Li Rusong sit down .

So Gao Wushi didn't wait for Li Rusong to reply, and immediately said: "Hey, why is Yangcheng still standing? Come, please sit down, please sit down." Then he turned his head and blamed Zhang Yuangong: "Mr. Yingying, the servants of your other court are too slack After a while, you don’t even know how to serve tea?”

The status of the British Dukes in Daming has been mentioned before, Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian, even when they were the most powerful, were respectful to the British Dukes at that time, and there was nothing they could do.As for now, besides the emperor, the only person in the capital who dares to talk to the British prince like this is probably the most pragmatic one.

While Zhang Yuangong was full of airs in front of Li Rusong, he seemed to be a completely different person in front of Gao Yushi, and slapped his forehead regardless of his image: "Oh, my fault, my fault, I just told them not to disturb you casually, these idiots I was so scared that I didn't dare to serve tea, it was really a joke for Da Sinong."

While talking, the dignified British Duke stood up decisively and went to serve tea himself.Seeing Li Rusong next to him, his expression turned even uglier.

The British government trained him like a junior, but he didn't dare to treat Xu Shouqian and Wang Xueshu the same way, because they are the top military officials, and the rules are there, so that he has nothing to say.However, the dignified British prince, highly pragmatic, is as unceremonious as he is criticizing his subordinates. The British prince is still in a hurry to admit that he is not.

But Li Rusong just had a bad temper after all, and he wasn't very stupid. After thinking about it, he immediately realized something was wrong: the act of being highly pragmatic was actually flattering him.

But... why?The relationship between the Li family and Gao Yushi is not very good, although it was mainly caused by his old man Li Chengliang, but why has Gao Yushi been so polite to the Li family?After all, the political positions of the two sides have completely reached opposite sides.

Could it be that Gao Wushi has something for me to do?
However, Li Rusong was wrong. Gao Yushi didn't make any request from the beginning to the end. After Li Rusong said that he would strengthen his training and preparations, and that he would show his style in the battle of Chahar in the future, Gao Yushi only praised him with satisfaction.

Not only that, but Li Rusong even found that no matter what he said was highly pragmatic, he was always praised, and he almost praised him to the sky.As if he was the only famous general left in the world, Huo Weiyuan was inferior and Wu Mu felt ashamed.

Li Rusong still liked to be praised, especially the person who praised him was recognized as "the most handsome man in the world", which made him feel even more elated.In addition, he also clearly found that as Gao Pragmatic boasted more and more hard, the complexions of Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong gradually became ugly, which made him feel as happy as if he had succeeded in revenge.If it weren't for the fact that the two sides have different positions, he would even wish to introduce Gao Yushi as his lifelong confidant.

When it was time for the flower viewing party, Gao Wushi even asked Li Rusong to sit beside him in front of all the dignitaries, and chatted with him about some things on the battlefield affectionately.

Li Rusong's face was full of red. He originally planned to drink a couple of sips just as a show, but he didn't stop drinking until his head was steaming. His relationship with Gao Yushi really drew closer quickly. By the time the flower viewing party ended, he had already Decision: No matter what his heart is, at least Gao Situ must be able to make friends!
Before leaving, Li Rusong patted his chest and promised that as long as he was in Liaodong for one day, the Liaodong Army would "never cause trouble for Da Si Nong", and Gao Yushi agreed with a smile.

But as soon as Li Rusong left, Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong snorted, and Zhang Yuangong couldn't help but said: "Rixin, you asked Li Rusong to come here just to flatter you, and you didn't intend to say anything serious?"

Zhu Yingzhen also said with a bad face: "Yes, Rixin, what kind of medicine are you selling in this gourd? The co-authors of Brother Temporary are all giving him a broken 'Ning Yuanbo Yingxi' as a threshold?"

Gao Wushi smiled, and comforted him, "You won't be angry if you take advantage of the two elder brothers' face?"

The muscles on Zhang Yuangong's face twitched, he exhaled foul air, and said, "To tell you the truth, this is you. If it were someone else, I would have asked someone to take a stick and go out."

Zhu Yingzhen still insisted on asking his question, and said again: "Why? I see that you have nothing to ask this big-tailed wolf?"

Gao Wushi smiled, and said calmly: "It's really not a big deal, but the Liaodong Army is still useful now, and I don't want to see him die at an untimely time."

"Dead?" Zhu Yingzhen said inexplicably: "This kid has a bad temper, but at least he has earned the Earl of Ningyuan. How can he die if he doesn't rebel?"

Zhang Yuangong stroked his chin thoughtfully, and said hesitantly, "Is there a civil servant who wants to... er, move him?"

Gao Wushi didn't continue talking, instead, he distracted them with one sentence: "Let's discuss what we said earlier? Did you two drink too much?"

The two princes of the country shook their bodies in a hurry, as if they had been given a shot in the arm, they were instantly refreshed, and they said in unison: "No, no, I just had a stomachache!"

Then he pulled Gao Wushi from left to right, like a filial son supporting the old man: "Come on, Rixin, let's talk in detail..."

Gao Wushi followed them, and Shi Shiran went with them to the study.Before leaving, he subconsciously glanced back at Li Rusong's cavalry, and said to himself: With my attitude, no one would dare to kill Li Rusong, right?Hey, Li Rusong is such a rough man, I'm afraid he won't realize that I saved his life for the rest of his life.That's all, anyway, I didn't ask him to repay...
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