Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1268, big order of arms

In the Golden Luan Hall of the Imperial Palace in the capital, Emperor Hongzhi sat high on the dragon chair, and the ministers of civil and military affairs below were lined up on the left and right. In the middle, Ali Pasha, the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, bowed down respectfully with Moses.

"Grand Vizier Ali Pasha of the Ottoman Empire and Minister of Finance Moses attended His Majesty the Emperor of Ming!"

"Free gift~"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Ali Pasha and Moses in front of him, and said calmly.

Ali Pasha and Moses, who got up, raised their heads slightly, and carefully looked at the Emperor Hongzhi in front of him. He was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe and a golden silk feather crown, and his body was sitting upright.

Emperor Hongzhi, who was cured of intestinal abscess, after several years of recuperation, his body is getting better and better, his complexion has returned to youthful and rosy, and even his hair has become black, a big change from before. He looked sickly.

"This is the emperor of the Ming Empire~"

"The eternal sage in the population of Ming Dynasty!"

Ali Pasha and Moses quickly lowered their heads slightly again, because before they entered the palace to face the saint, officials from Ming Dynasty came to tell them the etiquette and details they should pay attention to.

Staring at the emperor all the time is obviously extremely unethical.

"Thank you, Your Majesty~"

Ali Pasha stood up, and respectfully handed over a gift list.

"Your Majesty the Great Ming Emperor, this is a gift from our great Sultan of the Ottoman Empire."

Xiao Jing hurriedly went down the steps and took the gift slip, on which was written a very long gift slip in Turkic and Ming characters of the Ottoman Empire. Obviously, this time, the Ottoman Empire also prepared a surprise, and wanted to use this ease the relationship between the two countries.

"A big diamond in the Sea of ​​Light~"

"A pair of phoenix birds inlaid with diamonds and rubies~"

"A piece of emerald gem box~"

"A precious sword~"

"Two BMWs~"

"Four beauties~"

"..."

Xiao Jing's voice was clearly transmitted to every corner of the hall, so that everyone could hear it clearly.

"The local chickens are very generous this time, and they gave a lot of things. It seems that they were really scared by our Daming. Otherwise, why would they send so many things? They have always been the only ones who accept gifts from others. , the kind that doesn’t bring back gifts.”

Liu Jin listened carefully, but laughed in his heart.

Sure enough, it is useless to talk about feelings between countries. If you want to talk about fists, the other party will be obedient in front of you only if the other party is afraid of hitting and admits defeat.

"His Majesty the Sultan of your country has a heart."

Emperor Hongzhi expressed his thanks with a smile on his face.

"I hope His Majesty the Great Emperor will like it!"

Ali Pasha stood up respectfully again and replied.

"As the prime minister said, the Ottoman Empire and our Ming Empire lacked communication and communication with each other, so conflicts and conflicts occurred a few years ago, which brought harm and disaster to the people of the two countries. "

"I am deeply saddened and hope that the two countries can live in friendship and live in harmony from generation to generation."

Emperor Hongzhi thought about it and made a statement.

After giving the Ottoman Empire some face, then Ali Pasha said that the war a few years ago was due to lack of communication and communication, and because they did not understand each other, conflicts and conflicts appeared.

"Your Majesty the Great Emperor, you are so wise, sage, kind, and great, and the people of both countries will be blessed by your mind like the sea and your magnanimity like a mountain."

"Our great sultan of the Ottoman Empire, like His Majesty the Emperor, hopes that the two countries will be friendly and harmonious, and the times will be friendly, and he is willing to work hard for this."

When Ali Pasha heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and quickly expressed his opinion.

The Ottoman Empire is currently fighting fiercely with the Europeans, and it is time to get rid of the Ming people and Persians in the east. The Ming people and the Persians are thankful for not attacking the Ottoman Empire, and they wish they could live in harmony.

All the people above the court are high-sounding, no matter how bad the relationship is, at this moment, it seems to be pretty good.

Based on the principle of good-neighborliness and friendship, the two sides decided to resume normal exchanges, send ambassadors to each other, strengthen exchanges and cooperation, and increase trust.

Of course, these are irrelevant, the most important thing is the arms trade.

However, this kind of matter is naturally not suitable for Emperor Hongzhi to discuss. After the end of the court meeting, Liu Jin, Fu Han and Hubu Shangshu Zhongzhong were given a task.

There is only one task in negotiating arms sales with Prime Minister Ali Pasha of the Ottoman Empire, and that is to extract as much wool from the Ottoman Empire as possible.

The Ottoman Empire is very rich, even though they were beaten up by the Ming Empire a few years ago, they had to sign a treaty that humiliated the country, cede land, and pay compensation. It has been a few years, and there are still more than [-] years before it can be paid off.

However, the Ottoman Empire has made a fortune in the past few years by capturing and plundering people from Europe and selling them as slaves to Ming Dynasty. A merchant who wholesales slaves to Ming Dynasty can also get a price of about twenty taels of silver.

After a year of war, hundreds of thousands of people can be arrested casually. Sometimes, millions of people will be caught and trafficked to Ming Dynasty a year, and the originally skinny Ottoman Empire will be raised again. fat.

It would be foolish not to make money, not to mention that selling arms and weapons to the Ottoman Empire would benefit the Ming Empire a lot.

Liu Jin directly brought Ali Pasha and Moses to the Miyun Armory and showed them Ming's 'advanced' weapons.

Miyun Arsenal Martial Arts Arena~
"Get ready, aim~ release!"

Following the command of the commander, a group of Ming soldiers raised their muskets and aimed at a group of cattle and sheep. With the sound of intensive gunfire, the billowing white smoke passed, and the cattle and sheep in the circle fell to the ground one after another.

"Master Prime Minister~"

"This is the most advanced musket in the Ming Empire. Its effective range can reach more than two hundred meters. It is extremely accurate and can be reloaded very quickly. It only needs a little training before it can be used on the battlefield. It doesn't take long. .”

Liu Jin introduced the musket in front of Ali Pasha, Moses and others with a smile on his face.

This is the Hongzhi Fourteenth musket, which has been eliminated and replaced by the Ming Dynasty. Currently, the muskets used by the Ming military are rifled guns. The design of the rifling allows bullets or shells to rotate during flight, thereby reducing resistance. , can attack farther and more precisely.

With the existence of machine tools, it is also possible to manufacture rifling in a very small barrel, which has brought Daming's gun technology to a higher level.

Of course, not only rifled guns, but also bullets are currently under research. Once bullets can be researched, muskets will usher in a leap forward development. By then, cold weapons will really withdraw from history The stage is up.

Now because of the range, accuracy and rate of fire of muskets, etc., cavalry still has a strong deterrent effect, and has not completely withdrawn from the stage of history.

"Not bad~ not bad!"

Ali Pasha's eyes lit up. The firearms of the Ming people had caused the Ottoman Empire to pay a heavy price. Hundreds of thousands of people died at the hands of the Ming army, and more than half of them were killed by the firearms of the Ming people.

It is not that the Ottoman Empire did not have muskets and cannons, but compared with those of the Ming Dynasty, not only the range is shorter, the rate of fire is slower, but the accuracy is also worse. use.

"Master Prime Minister, let's take a look at our Daming's artillery~"

Liu Jin smiled, and then nodded to the person in charge of the Miyun Armory. The other party understood, and immediately arranged for people to start the artillery shooting performance.

"The wind speed is three, the distance is 2000 meters, get ready, let it go!"

With the waving of the flag, there was a deafening roar. After the billowing white smoke passed, the shells seemed to have eyes, and fell to the place surrounded by white lime on the distant hillside.

"What do you think, Mr. Prime Minister?"

Liu Jin was still very satisfied with the result, and asked Ali Pasha beside him with a smile.

"Yes, yes, much stronger than the artillery of our Ottoman Empire."

Ali Pasha nodded after reading it.

Recalling the words of the defeated generals in my mind, the artillery shells of the Ming people fell like rain, hit our heads heavily, and exploded again on the ground, forming a terrible explosion circle. A single shell can kill a large area.

"As long as the Prime Minister is satisfied~"

"This is the most advanced cannon of our Ming Empire, the Miyun Cannon. It has a long range, a fast rate of fire, and great power. It can also be equipped with explosive shells to form a large-scale killing radius."

Liu Jin began to introduce the data of the cannon in detail.

"What is the price of the muskets and cannon?"

Ali Pasha nodded while listening, and became concerned about the price after listening.

"A musket only costs three hundred taels of silver, and a cannon is expensive. It costs fifty thousand taels of silver. Buying muskets and cannons will give you some pills. In addition, if you buy enough money, we can also give you a certain amount of armor and weapons. you."

As soon as Liu Jin heard this, he immediately changed into a profiteer's face, and began to use the sales skills of later generations.

"This thing must be expensive. Otherwise, why would our Ming Dynasty have only one million troops? If it weren't for the excessive expenditure, our Ming Dynasty might have armed two million or three million troops."

"For this army, ghost spirits are not expensive. The key lies in combat effectiveness. What's the use of making up for it?"

"Can't come up with enough money?"

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, we can borrow money, and you Ottoman Empire can defeat the Europeans with these weapons and equipment, and plunder people from Europe and sell them to Ming Dynasty as slaves."

"A slave can be sold for [-] taels of silver. This [-] million order only requires [-] million slaves. If you admit defeat, you can just take down a small European country."

"Well, I can make the decision, and I will give you five thousand sabers, yes, yes, the kind of sabers used by our Daming cavalry, that's all right~"

"..."

(End of this chapter)