Daming: If I find a great-grandson, I will teach an emperor through the ages

Chapter 197 Manual rifle, -meter range!

At the negotiation table, the man with the blue jade horse and the golden sword sat at the head of the table. On both sides of the long table, sat the European envoys with sad faces from various countries.

Although there were many people, the whole room was silent and no one spoke a word.

Lan Yu has said everything he needs to say, and now he is waiting for the reply from these European envoys to see if they agree to sign a treaty with Ming Dynasty.

And the envoys from various countries... are still somewhat reluctant to make this decision. Although they know that there is a high probability of signing a treaty with the Ming Dynasty today, it is definitely not easy to make such a determination.

Envoys from various countries now have a wait-and-see attitude towards each other.

Will anyone really sign a treaty with Ming Dynasty?

Otherwise... if everyone stops signing, Europe will still maintain the status quo and everyone will work together to fight against Sardinia.

Those who have this idea are all big European countries. After all, the bigger the country, the higher its economic foundation. If it signs a treaty with the Ming Dynasty, the losses will be greater than other countries.

But compared to the big European countries, some small European countries have a completely different mentality.

For example, the Kingdom of Venice, which was conquered by Lan Yu a while ago, lost one-third of its territory. To them, the Ming Dynasty is simply extending an olive branch!

The strength of the Kingdom of Venice is not considered weak in Europe, at least it is much stronger than the original Kingdom of Sardinia.

When other countries attacked the Kingdom of Sardinia, Venice naturally contributed a lot and gained a lot of benefits.

But since the Ming Dynasty assisted the Kingdom of Sardinia, everything has changed.

Under the fierce artillery fire of the Ming army led by Lan Yu, many European countries were beaten with bruises and swollen faces, and they withdrew from the Kingdom of Sardinia one after another.

Later, even the Kingdom of Sardinia had such powerful firearms as repeating muskets! As a result, the country of Venice lost one-third of its territory!

How long has it been since? Not only has the Kingdom of Sardinia been relieved of its crisis, it even has the strength to attack its own country!

But at this time, Venice was still unable to compete with the Kingdom of Sardinia!

According to the information obtained by Venice, the reason why Sapphire withdrew his troops midway last time was because the Kingdom of Sardinia's logistics supply was insufficient.

No matter what happened between the Ming Dynasty and the Kingdom of Sardinia, if the Kingdom of Sardinia waited to regroup and attack Venice, it would be difficult for them to defend their country with the power of powerful firearms.

Now the Ming Dynasty allows many people in Europe to make choices. In fact, there is only one way before Venice, "cooperate with the Ming Dynasty"!

Seeing that other countries were slow to move, the envoy from Venice finally couldn't help but stand up and bowed to Lan Yu, who was at the top of the list.

"Dear General Lan Yu, on behalf of the King of Venice, I would like to express my highest respect to you. Our country of Venice hopes to gain the friendship of the Ming Dynasty. I can sign a treaty with General Lan Yu now."

After all, Lan Yu was a rough man. After the translator translated, he heard that the envoy from Venice had given him enough face. He immediately waved his hand and asked the soldiers to bring them the treaties prepared in advance. These treaties were all the same as those of the prince of Sardinia. The treaties signed are exactly the same.

Under the gaze of envoys from other European countries, the envoy from Venice signed the treaty neatly and then respectfully presented it to Lan Yu.

Those present this time are all princes from various countries, or ministers with high positions in the court, who can make decisions for the king who cannot be present.

After reading it, Lan Yu nodded with satisfaction and laughed.

He patted the Venetian envoy on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, since you have become my friend of the Ming Dynasty, you will naturally be supported by our weapons."

The Venetian envoy with blue eyes and white skin grinned happily and saluted Lan Yu again.

The other European countries looked at each other. The first treaty had been signed, and now it was their turn...

After signing the treaty, the Venetian envoy left and went back to report the news to his king.

Although one-third of their country's territory previously captured by Lan Yu may not come back, but now that they have signed a treaty with the Ming Dynasty, they no longer have to worry about the attack of the Kingdom of Sardinia...

"This is a smart man..." Lan Yu said, with a hint.

When the envoys from other countries heard Lan Yu's words, they felt even more urgent.

Someone has already taken action. If they don't keep up, they will have no choice but to wait to be distanced by other countries.

Almost immediately, envoys from all European countries stood up and expressed their intention to sign treaties with Ming Dynasty and establish friendship.

Lan Yu was about to ask the guards to get another treaty, but then a soldier came in to announce that the old king of Sardinia, Modreli, was here.

Lan Yu sneered after hearing this. Now that the old guy knew he was anxious, he actually ran over in person.

Ever since Lan Yu noticed the evil intentions of the Kingdom of Sardinia, he moved his army to the land that nominally belonged to the Kingdom of Sardinia but was actually under the jurisdiction of the Ming army and was once the border of Venice. stationed on the border between the two countries.

Old Modrelli coming here in person now is enough to explain some problems...

You are anxious now. What did you do earlier?

Lan Yu waved her hand and ordered the soldiers:

"Don't worry about him, let him wait elsewhere, the general has important things now..."

Before he could finish speaking, old Modrelli barged in at the door.

There were soldiers pulling him behind him, but they did not dare to use too much force. After all, Modrelli was old and he was also the king of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

"General Lan Yu, General Lan Yu, I have something to say. All those things before were all misunderstandings..." Seeing the room full of envoys from various countries, Old Modrelli saluted Lan Yu with a pale face and shouted loudly. shouted.

Lan Yu waved her hand to ask the soldiers to retreat, and then walked step by step in front of old Modrelli in the eyes of everyone, and pulled him out of the house.

"If you have anything to do, tell me."

Outside the house, Lan Yu turned her back and said loudly, with a completely indifferent attitude.

In the past, Ming Dynasty helped the Kingdom of Sardinia, but in the end, it dared to resist Ming Dynasty. Now, Ming Dynasty waved his hand and sent countless envoys from European countries. I want to see what you can say.

Only now did Old Modrelli have time to wipe the sweat on his forehead with his sleeves. He looked at Lan Yu's back and asked in a low voice:

"General Lan Yu, you have invited so many national envoys to come here. What do you mean?"

"Why? Old King, shouldn't you know this best?"

When Old Modrelli heard this, his face turned red and white.

"General Lan Yu, I have offended many of my subordinates before, but it was all a misunderstanding. In order to express my apology, I am willing to give more benefits to Ming Dynasty and obey the words of Ming Dynasty. As long as General Lan Yu can calm down, Ming Dynasty will Whatever you say is what you say.”

Lan Yu turned around and looked at him,

"Hey, old king, aren't you trying to make a fool of me by saying this? When did you become qualified to negotiate terms with Ming Dynasty? Hasn't it always been our Ming Dynasty that has the final say?"

Old Modreli was anxious, "Then, what should I do so that General Lan Yu can forgive me for this sin?"

Lan Yu thought for a while and said:

"Originally, this general planned to destroy your Kingdom of Sardinia afterwards, but seeing that you can find your way back and be saved, Ming Dynasty may not care about your rudeness this time, but your Kingdom of Sardinia must pay some price. .”

"Hmm, um..." Old Modrelli nodded like a fool, almost shaking himself unconscious.

"First of all, don't even think about the customs duties of the Kingdom of Sardinia!" Lan Yu said. Old Modrelli's heart twitched, but he still agreed.

"Secondly, the fire oil from your Kingdom of Sardinia must also be provided to Ming Dynasty unconditionally."

Old Modrelli nodded again, kerosene was worthless, and this was much easier to accept than the first condition. He looked at Lan Yu, waiting for the next sentence.

But that's all Lan Yu can think of now.

"I'll tell you the rest after I've thought about it. Okay, you've finished talking. I have something important to do, so I won't accompany you."

After saying that, Lan Yu walked towards the house.

Old Modrelli grabbed him again and said, "General Lan Yu, I have already agreed to your terms, are you still going to fight with those..."

Lan Yu directly threw his hand away to interrupt him,

"This general said it! No matter what Daming wants to do, you are not qualified to interfere!"

"By the way, Ming Dynasty's support for your Kingdom of Sardinia ends here. You can take care of yourself from now on!"

Lan Yu turned around and entered the house, leaving old Modreli in tears. At this moment, his intestines were green with regret!

He thought that by agreeing to Lan Yu's conditions, the Kingdom of Sardinia could return to its previous friendly state, but he did not expect that it would only prevent Lan Yu from liquidating the Kingdom of Sardinia.

What's more important is that Ming Dynasty will no longer help the Kingdom of Sardinia. This is the most fatal! Old Modrelli slapped himself hard twice, which made him cry from the pain.

Originally, the Kingdom of Sardinia had a bright future. As long as it followed the Ming Dynasty honestly, it would not be a dream to conquer Europe.

All of Europe! What kind of benefit is that?

But now other countries will also establish diplomatic relations with the Ming Dynasty. If it is just like this, it will not matter. As long as the Ming Dynasty still supports the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Kingdom of Sardinia can still stabilize other European countries.

But Daming didn't give him a second chance...

The interests of the entire Europe are just gone!

Compared with the benefits that can be brought to Europe as a whole, the tariffs imposed on Ming Dynasty are extremely cost-effective!

All is gone now!

Old Modrelli's chest rose and fell violently, his throat felt sweet, and he spit out a mouthful of blood.

He staggered out of the Ming army camp, found the entourage he had brought with him, got on the carriage and headed west towards the Kingdom of Sardinia...

The treaty signed on Lan Yu's side went smoothly.

At the beginning, there were envoys from Venice, and then the old King Modreli of Sardinia came out halfway and raised his wealth for the Ming Dynasty. Envoys from European countries rushed to sign a treaty with Lan Yu. Their attitude was just like yours If you don't sign it for him, he will die directly in front of you.

After signing the treaty, Lan Yu also held a banquet to entertain the envoys from various countries. On the other hand, he began to write secret letters to Zhu Xiongying and Cao Wei, writing down all the things that happened in Europe in detail, and then sent someone to send them back. Ming dynasty.

……

More than two months later,

The Ming Dynasty Manufacturing Bureau was full of people, including Zhu Xiongying, Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Miaojin, and even the civil and military officials of the imperial court.

The reason why the manufacturing bureau is overcrowded today is that it took Cao Wei and his people four months to finally build the "Ming 77" manual rifle!

As the first rifle of the Ming Dynasty and the first rifle in the world, Cao Wei attaches great importance to this work of his! The news was reported to Zhu Xiongying one day in advance. Although Zhu Xiongying had never seen "Ming Qiqi", he heard what Cao Wei said was so mysterious that he came to court the next day with all the civil and military officials.

"Master Cao, please take out the rifle you mentioned. I can't wait any longer." Zhu Xiongying said to Cao Wei with a smile.

Many ministers laughed,

"That's right, Grand Master Cao, don't be so secretive."

"Let me open my eyes."

……

Cao Wei nodded with a smile and asked Song Ping to take out the "Ming Qiqi" manual rifle.

The craftsmen of the firearms factory make repeating muskets every day, and their technology has become extremely advanced. Under the leadership of Cao Wei, they not only produced the "Ming Qiqi", but also made the appearance of the rifle perfect, with a unique blend of firearms and industry. Some of the beauty arouses exclamations of exclamation as soon as it appears!

The repeating musket has a longer barrel than the original fire gun, but the barrel of this "Ming Qiqi" manual rifle is more than twice as long as the repeating musket!

"Tsk, tsk, this rifle is much more majestic than a repeating musket!"

Someone in the crowd said aloud.

Zhu Yuanzhang also stepped forward to take a look. He couldn't see the internal structure. Now he just wanted to test the gun as soon as possible to see if this manual rifle was as evil as Cao Wei said. Can it shoot hundreds of meters?

Zhu Xiongying saw Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts and said to Cao Wei:

"Master Cao, let's try the gun quickly."

"Of course you can, but the range of this rifle is too far. It cannot be used inside the production bureau. You still need to go outside."

After Cao Wei finished speaking, everyone came to the outside of the manufacturing bureau.

Then Cao Wei asked someone to fetch a gun target, and the tree was placed less than 200 meters in front of everyone.

Two hundred meters, this distance is unimaginable to everyone except Cao Wei!

Are there really firearms that can shoot that far?

The gun target already looks so small...

Cao Wei raised his gun, "Your Majesty, you have to see clearly."

I saw him raising the gun in front of his eyes, without deliberately aiming, he pulled the trigger and fired!

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

……

The recoil of a manual rifle is much greater than that of a repeating musket, and the sound is louder and louder. Many people have covered their ears.

Cao Wei fired ten shots in a row. Although the target was placed two hundred meters away, everyone still saw that most of the bullets hit the target.

Seeing this scene, everyone's eyes widened and they took a breath!

It can really hit two hundred meters!

"Go! Get the target." Zhu Xiongying ordered impatiently.

The soldiers around him took the order and trotted over.

At this time, Cao Wei reloaded the rifle and said:

"Actually, the maximum range of this gun is about four hundred meters, but the deviation will increase if the distance is too far, so I put the target closer..."

After hearing this, everyone was in an uproar again!

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