Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 864
The next day, envoys from all over the world received a notice from Daming Honglu Temple that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty ordered that firearms not be sold to the outside world.

In fact, this was not beyond the expectations of the Western envoys. After all, they were all opponents of Ming Dynasty at the beginning, and their relationship is not very good now. Almost all exchanges are economic and trade exchanges. Once he has the opportunity, he still wants to take back the Nanyang colonies occupied by Ming Dynasty .

However, there was a national envoy who was notified of the meeting at Honglu Temple in Daming. He was William, the diplomat of the English Embassy in Daming.

Today's England is far from being as powerful as it was in the 89s and [-]th century. They have almost no colonies. There is only a small island in the Mughal Kingdom in Asia, and the East India Company is even smaller.

After receiving the notice of meeting with Daming Honglu Temple, William hurried to Honglu Temple. He thought that all the envoys from Western countries were in Daming Honglu Temple, but he didn't find that he was the only envoy until he entered the VIP hall of Honglu Temple.

Seeing this scene, William was very confused. Seeing Zhou Lishun, the Minister of Honghe Temple, sitting behind the desk, he immediately stepped forward and bowed:

"Master Zhou, I don't know what is the reason for asking me to come here today?"

Zhou Lishun smiled slightly, pointed to the chair next to him and said:
"Your Excellency, sit down as you please. Yesterday, you received an order from the Holy Master Daming. Daming can sell some firearms to Yingjili, but ironclad warships, Maokang missiles, and Daming guns are not for sale. I wonder if you are interested in mortars and flintlock guns? "

In fact, Yingjili has repeatedly proposed to buy Daming firearms, but he only has an attitude of trying. He doesn't think that Daming will sell them firearms, especially those artifacts. Their purpose is only to buy Daming flintlock guns.

Although several big countries in Europe already have flintlock equipment, there is a big gap between the quality and range of flintlock guns compared with Ming Dynasty. Yingjili believes that at least they have not had a direct conflict with Ming Dynasty, and they should hope to be bigger than Spain and the Netherlands. .

The flintlock guns of the Ming Dynasty are all improved versions, and of course they are much better quality than those in Europe. William is very clear about this. If he can buy the flintlock guns of the Ming Dynasty, the English royal family can overwhelm the rebel army in terms of firearms.

He never expected that Daming would sell mortars to Yingjili. After hearing the words of Honglu Temple Minister Zhou Lishun, William was stunned. For him, happiness came a bit suddenly.

"what……"

"Yes, we must buy it, no matter how much money we have..."

This guy couldn't even say anything excited, let alone negotiate a price with Honglu Temple.

Daming's mortars have long been famous. Ordinary artillery doesn't have a parabola, so they can only bombard in a straight line. But Ming's mortars are different. The mortar shells have a beautiful parabola, which can land on places that other shells cannot hit. place, the soldiers behind the bunker were blown to blood.

Both Spain and the powerful Netherlands have suffered greatly from mortars. The soldiers they colonized in Asia are now scared out of their wits when they hear mortars.

For them, the mortar was a magical weapon that could not be defended against. How could William say no to it? He was so grateful that he almost kowtowed to the Minister of Honglu Temple.

Zhou Lishun's performance was within the expectation of Zhou Lishun, the Minister of Honglu Temple. Seeing the usually serious English ambassador, he was so happy that he went crazy. Zhou Lishun couldn't help but secretly laughed.

"Mr. William, mortars cost 500 taels of silver each, and mortar shells cost 20 taels of silver each. I wonder if English can take over?"

"Fuck, it's so expensive..."

This sentence was William's real thought at this time. Although any price is fine, 500 taels of silver is still too expensive, and a one-time mortar shell also costs an astonishing 20 taels of silver.

"bang"

With a loud noise, 20 taels of silver will be gone. Who can afford this battle?

But I have just said that any price is acceptable, how can I say that the price of the mortar is too expensive now, no, it should be the shells are too expensive.

Zhou Lishun didn't care what William thought. If he wanted to sell the Daming Firearm, he only needed to say a word, and he would be snatched away immediately.It's just that Daming doesn't care about that little money.

"Mr. William, Daming currently only exports [-] mortars, and all of them have been given to England. His Majesty has an order to sell you another [-] flintlock guns. If England has difficulty in calming the chaos, Daming can also send troops. To help you suppress the uprising..."

"thump……"

"On behalf of the British royal family, I would like to thank Emperor Ming for his grace. Emperor Ming is the God of England..."

There is indeed an uprising in England right now. The royal family was almost overthrown a while ago, and Daming is willing to send troops to help Yingji quell the chaos while selling firearms to Yingji.

If this happened, William would at least get a knighthood in England, which would be a great honor for William. Excited, William fell to his knees and kowtowed three times in the direction of the palace.

After getting up, William saluted Zhou Lishun, Minister of Honglu Temple:
"Thank you, Mr. Zhou. On behalf of the royal family of England, William would like to express his sincere gratitude to you. England needs both mortars and flintlock guns. Today, I will send the banknotes to Honglu Temple. As for helping England to quell the chaos, I will Report to the royal family as soon as possible, I don't know if Daming has any requests for Yingjili?"

When Zhou Lishun, Minister of Honghe Temple, heard William asking Daming what conditions he had, he said with a serious expression:
"You should understand how fierce these firearms are from Daming. The Holy Majesty sold them to you purely for the stability of the English royal family, because the situation you are facing now is very similar to that of Daming a few years ago.

Daming will definitely have some restrictions on selling firearms to you. After you get the firearms produced by Daming, you cannot imitate them. You must not sell them to a second country, let alone allow people from other countries except the British army to contact and use them. visit.Otherwise, Ming will stop supplying you with ammunition and impose economic blockade sanctions on England.

The reason why Daming has these restrictions on your royal family is not to interfere with you, but mainly to be responsible for the firearms that I, Daming, spent a lot of energy and financial resources to develop. You must abide by these.

One more thing, I must explain to your country that there are many merchants in Ming Dynasty doing business in England, and England must ensure the safety of the people of Ming Dynasty in England, otherwise it means that you are not sincere enough to Ming Dynasty. "

After listening to Zhou Lishun's words, William nodded repeatedly. For them, these restrictions of Ming Dynasty were not a problem, and it was better than not having access to firearms. Besides, they had no ability to develop mortars of Ming Dynasty.

"Master Zhou, don't worry, we will absolutely abide by the agreement with Daming, and please also express your gratitude to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty on behalf of yourself and the British royal family!"

England is actually England. In 1707, Anne, King of England and King of Scotland, signed the Act of Union to merge the Scottish and English parliaments. Scotland and England gave up their independent status and became a unified British Kingdom. Anne became the new Queen of the British Kingdom and the Duke of Wales. Become the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Britain.

In 1801, the Kingdom of Ireland and the Kingdom of Great Britain were united and renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, also known as the United Kingdom.

In 1921, the United Kingdom was forced to allow the 26 counties in the south to establish the "Free State" of Ireland, and the 6 counties in the north still belonged to the United Kingdom, which was renamed the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".

(End of this chapter)