Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 261 Dutch East India Company

Liu Hongjian was also very puzzled, why did the Dutchman go to Jianlu?
Not long after, four foreigners who were bundled into zongzi with messy faces were escorted in.

"Respected Your Excellency, General Daming, please allow us to introduce ourselves, we are not Daming's enemies!"

The older Semuren saw where Liu Hongjian was sitting and knew which one was the protagonist, and shouted in blunt Chinese as soon as he entered.

"Shut up your hairy mouth!" The soldier in charge of guarding kicked his ass behind him.

All of them have big beards like Marx.

Ming people also grow beards, but the aesthetics of Ming people is to have a long beard and beard as beauty, which is straight, black and long.

But the beards of these Semu people were curly. The curly beards several inches long had not been groomed for an unknown period of time, and they almost covered their mouths. No wonder the guards called them hairy mouths.

"Bold, Jianlu's artillery is operated by you, but I saw it, and you dare to deny it?" A general of the frontier army stared at the boss and accused him.

"Tell me, if you are not satisfied with what you say, you can go to see your God!" Liu Hongjian waved his hand to stop the dissatisfaction of the frontier soldiers.

The one who jumps out immediately after discovering the problem is not smart but two hundred and five!
"Your Excellency, General, we are from the distant Netherlands. We are employees of the Dutch East India Company. We are hired by the Qing Dynasty to teach them how to use our newly developed heavy artillery!"

"Oh? Jianlu is doing business with you?" Liu Hongjian was extremely surprised. Jianlu had always been extremely conceited, especially when it came to firearms.

"Yes, General, Master Fan Wencheng of the Qing Dynasty contacted the company's senior management and bought our new heavy artillery!" Speaking of his own heavy artillery, the Dutchman looked proud, and he had no awareness of being a prisoner at all.

"How many doors did you sell them?" Liu Hongjian asked patiently.

I said, why did Jianlu suddenly become interested in firearms, and this Fan Wencheng again, Ma De, a dead traitor, I will kill you sooner or later!
"Forty doors, Your Excellency General, each door is 3000 taels of silver! The Qing Dynasty only paid half, and the remaining half will not be paid until the end of the war!" The Dutchman was very dissatisfied with this, because it was obvious that the remaining payment might Or come back.

In the middle of the seventeenth century, Spain and Portugal had declined slightly due to a series of wars, and the Netherlands, which was mainly engaged in business, was in full swing.

The name of the Dutch coachman is not for nothing. In fact, this is a country founded on commerce. The entire country is also controlled by a large number of consortiums, and the military power of the entire country also serves these consortiums.

The Dutch East India Company is the treasure in the palm of these consortiums.

Liu Hongjian didn't fully believe what these Dutchmen said, so he returned a new type of heavy artillery!I bother!
No one would be foolish to sell their most advanced firearms to foreign countries, not even the Netherlands!

Oh, maybe Jianlu will believe it!
But this giant cannon was indeed able to hit farther than most of Ming's city defense artillery. The battle at Xifengkou demonstrated the superiority of this heavy artillery!
"Well, I heard that your warships are also very powerful. How much money do you need for one ship? I want to buy it!" Liu Hongjian asked tentatively. If they sell this thing, he will also ask for 100 million taels.

Ming's shipbuilding technology is far behind that of the Netherlands, and there is a huge gap between warships and warships!

"That's not for sale, that's not for sale, we don't have permission, but the higher ups won't sell it!" Several Dutchmen shook their heads like rattles.

The Dutch warships are number one in the world. They rely on these warships to gallop in the Indian Ocean. How could they sell this thing.

"Oh, that is to say, I am also interested in that heavy artillery of yours. Daming has a vast land and rich resources, so let's ask for a thousand guns first!" Liu Hongjian just tried it out and said casually.

"Huh? Is what your lord said true?" The eyes of the Dutch guys almost popped out.

These heavy artillery are obsolete products of the Dutch army, and they cannot be sold in Europe at all, and only these countries in the East can still earn some money.

In fact, they talked so hard that the Minister of State and Political Affairs of the Qing Dynasty, Fan Wencheng, agreed to buy [-] doors to try first, and he was only willing to pay half of the silver up front.

But the young Marquis in front of him now wants to buy a thousand doors at once.

You must know that as employees of the East India Company, they get a commission for selling products!
God, get rich!Oh no, I'm getting a promotion!
The faces of the four Dutchmen were full of joy.

"Of course it is true, but you have also seen that this Marquis is currently at war with Jianlu, and has no time to do business with you.

Otherwise, why don't you stay here to operate these two cannons, and buy your cannons after this battle is over? "

Liu Hongjian looked at the foreigners with a smile, of course he was talking nonsense.

joke!As for these low-quality cannons that still use solid bullets as shells, Daming doesn't like them at all.

Before he left for the expedition, he had already given Song Yingxing the blueprint of the new type of grenade, and asked him to devote great efforts to researching the new type of grenade.

The reason why there is no large-scale promotion is nothing more than that the stability of this thing is too poor, and if you are not careful, you can kill your own people.

In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, although some improvements were made, it was still embarrassing to use and then discarded.

And Liu Hongjian's drawing is a relatively mature grenade drawing during World War II. The structure of this thing is a bit complicated, and it may be enough for Uncle Song to study for a while.

But as long as this thing is produced, howitzers, mortars, and grenades are all out of the question.

"We comply with Your Excellency General's request, but we also hope that Your Excellency General will keep your promise!" The Dutchmen also suddenly realized their identities. Yes, they are prisoners, and they cannot leave even if they want to.

However, as a professional salesman, even if they are prisoners, they never forget to remind the adults in front of them to buy their guns!
"Okay, ok!" I hope you can live until the end of the war, Liu Hongjian was amused by these four hairy monsters.

Four Dutchmen were sent away, and a soldier came to report that the horse meat was stewed. It was a busy day, and a large group of people were hungry.

Li Jie, the general of Jizhou, motioned for the soldiers to bring meat and wine to the tents, but Liu Hongjian stopped them.

"Let's go out to eat, and take a look at the soldiers. It's better to have fun alone than to have fun together!" Liu Hongjian suggested.

The soldiers outside the tents had already eaten, and a bunch of people gathered around a cauldron, gnawing on the horse meat while talking about the new military merit pension system promulgated by the imperial court.

It costs 100 taels to kill a Tartar, and the pension is a full 500 taels, and the parents are exempted from taxes for life. This is enough for their family to live a good life, even if they die in battle, it is worth it.

The soldiers each calculated how much silver they could get in this battle, gnawed on the meat and drank the soup, and laughed.

There were also some soldiers who died in battle because of Paoze, and they cried loudly while drinking.

The whole camp was extremely lively.

"Master Supervisor is here!" Someone shouted, and the camp suddenly became quiet.

(End of this chapter)