Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 570
Among the people who came to Beihai Town with the Thunder God, whether it was the Guangnan Mission, the Ryukyu Mission, or the Lin family, meeting Zhao Xin was one of the important purposes of their trip.The problem is that Lord Zhao won't come back for a while. Right now, he is heading towards Uliasutai with his logistics troops. After all, for Beihai Town, winning Outer Mongolia is the most important thing this year.

The Ryukyu envoy was not in a hurry, since it was Xie En, he had to make a good gesture, no matter what, he had to see Zhao Xin.What's more, they are full of curiosity about everything in Beihai Town, hoping to fully understand the thickness of the "new thighs".In view of the fact that Zheng Zhangguan, the official envoy of the mission, had studied in Beijing Guozijian for three years, so Chen Qingsong asked Jiang Fan to come forward and take them to visit various places first.

As for the Guangnan Mission, they were eager to finalize many cooperation details with Beihai Town, so after resting for two days and roughly walking around the east bank of the Xila River, they couldn't wait to start a meeting.Chen Qingsong had no choice but Wu Siyu to deal with it.

As Ruan Fuying's representative, Li Wenyue complimented Beihai Town's military strength and people's well-being as soon as he came up, and then proposed to get another interest-free loan from Beihai Town.

Wu Siyu said in amazement: "Didn't I just give you an interest-free loan of 2 taels in February?"

Li Wenyue put on a very embarrassed look and said: "The two prefectures of Jiading and Ping Thuan have suffered from repeated wars, and people's livelihood is difficult. The 50 taels not only buys metal from Siam to make farm tools, but also buys ships, builds ordnance and cannons. In addition, Binh Thuan's coastal areas Fortresses must be added to the important areas to strengthen defenses to prevent counterattacks by the Xishan puppet dynasty.”

Deng Chenchang, who came with Li Wenyue, added: "When Admiral Deng inspected our Guangnan soldiers and horses, he said that the number of musket training for the soldiers was too little. He suggested that my king order the capital of the five armies to double the annual training times."

Wu Siyu asked curiously: "May I ask how many bullets each of your soldiers fired in previous training?"

Deng Chenchang said: "Six rounds."

"How many times a year do you train?"

"It was one time before, but after Admiral Deng suggested to the king, it was changed to three times."

I go!Wu Siyu heard the black lines all over his forehead, and thought to himself, isn't this just a joke, no wonder he couldn't beat Xishan Dynasty.However, in his opinion, there are not many 10 rounds in training three times a year, and the average is less than two rounds a month.The Beihai Navy now has [-] rounds of live ammunition shooting training for rifles every month, let alone other weapons.

But what he didn't know was that whether it was the army of Guangnan or Xishan Dynasty, the main weapons of soldiers were not muskets, but swords, sabers and copper cannons.Due to financial difficulties, Nguyen Phuc Anh was very strict on the use of muskets. Only 50 out of 5 people in each team had bird guns. Soldiers conducted shooting exercises once a year, and only six rounds of bullets were allowed to be used.

You must know that there are no local minerals in Guangnan, and the textile technology is not good. The only thing that can be used for trade is rice. Whether it is lead, sulfur, or saltpeter, you have to buy it from Siam and Myanmar.Deng Fei's suggestion made Ruan Fuying spend tens of thousands of silver, which made him very distressed; fortunately, the musketeers in Guangnan had greatly increased their training times, and their overall shooting level also increased significantly, and they repelled the Xishan Dynasty several times. counterattack.

"So, how much do you want to borrow this time?"

Li Wenyue hesitated for a moment, and said a little embarrassedly: "150 million taels."

Damn, I really use Beihai Town as a cash machine!Wu Siyu was annoyed and amused in his heart, and immediately said: "What do you plan to use to repay? I'm sorry, but rice is not acceptable."

Not to mention that there is no shortage of grain in Beihai Town, even if it is lacking, there is no need to transport it all the way from Annan, not to mention that several administrative villages on the south bank of Xingkai Lake have now switched to rice cultivation.

Li Wenyue and Deng Chenchang were dumbfounded, they refused to pay off the debt with rice, what else is there in Guangnan?
Wu Siyu said calmly: "There is no rush, you should think about it first. Let's continue talking about other things."

In fact, he has already received Zhao Xin's instruction. If Guangnan borrows more money, he will use the mine as a mortgage and mine unconditionally for 20 years.The bottom line that Beihai Town is willing to pay for this is 300 million taels of silver!

We must know that Thanh Hoa and Nghe An in central Annam are extremely rich in mineral resources, and the most important thing is high-quality magnetite and chromite.The Stony Creek deposit, for example, lies on top of layers of limestone and rock 600 meters below ground.At a depth of 300 meters underground, the reserves of iron ore are 2.8 million tons; below 600 meters, there are 4.81 million tons, with an iron content of 60% to 65%.

In addition, there are anthracite coal mines in the Guangning area, which are indispensable resources for industry.

In addition to asking for money this time, the Guangnan Mission also hopes to buy a batch of arms from Beihai Town.When the Thunder God assisted them in attacking Phan Thiet City last year, the cannons on the Thunder God left an indelible impression on Nguyen Phuc Anh.Only then did they understand that the bronze cannons of the French were nothing compared to the cannons of the Beihai Navy!

What a joke, the 122 gun is the weapon of the Beihai Navy. It beats all the thorns in this time and space, and it will never be exported!Wu Siyu immediately recommended to them the "87-type" 12-pound steel front-loading gun.

When they heard that a 12-pound steel cannon cost 5000 taels of silver each, Li Wenyue and Deng Chenchang gasped, thinking that it was really dark.However, when he learned that the maximum range of this gun was over four miles, and the maximum rate of fire could reach four rounds per minute, Deng Chenchang immediately proposed to see it for himself.

Wu Siyu smiled and said: "This is simple, how about the afternoon after tomorrow?"

Deng Chenchang said happily: "I am grateful."

在另一时空历史上大放异彩的M1857十二磅炮已经很不错了。虽说属于滑膛炮，可在使用1.13公斤的标准发射装药时，可以将标准的12磅炮弹以5度的射角精确地投射到1480米的距离；当射角为10度时，则可达到1911米。

The North Navy's "Type 87" imitation type uses high-strength manganese steel to make the wall thickness smaller, reducing the weight of the gun body from 556.57 kg to 500 kg. The whole gun combination-that is, the whole gun plus the front trailer and The weight of the attached ammunition box does not exceed 1400 kg.In addition, the black gunpowder produced in Beihai Town is far more powerful than other black powders of the time due to the optimal ratio and high-purity potassium nitrate.

At present, the "87 type" muzzle gun has been sold to many regions.In addition to the Cossack Emirate, the Ainu Kingdom and island countries also bought a lot.For example, the Edo shogunate bought [-] doors, and the Sendai clan bought [-] doors with a tit-for-tat loan because it was the best dog leg in Beihai Town; Bi, gritted his teeth and bought ten symbolically.

The most profitable business in the world is selling arms. You must know that selling arms is different from selling carrots. What buyers buy is not only the weapons themselves, but also a standard.As the saying goes, "It's easy to get on a ship, but it's hard to get off the ship." With the weapons in Beihai Town, training, ammunition, spare parts replacement and maintenance all cost money, which is a huge profit.

The Guangnan Mission was said to be very itchy, and Peter who came with them was entrusted by the French East India Company, so he had to open a separate negotiation, and Yu De was in charge of receiving him. profit.

Although, as a member of the "Paris Association of Foreign Missions", Peter was worried about Nguyen Phuc Anh's great cause of restoring the country, but his status in Nguyen Phuc Anh's regime was not high, and he even wanted to be embarrassed.

Don't look at the missionary who took Ruan Fuying's son Ruan Jing to Paris for a tour, and even met Louis XVI, but there was nothing dry except for a dry agreement.

The official position of this Guangnan regime is "Daming, dispatching warships, water infantry, reinforcements, superintendents and pastors", but since the French government did not even send a single reinforcement, it is purely in vain.At the same time, because of his enthusiasm for preaching, he caused conflicts between Christian culture and Confucian culture, and he did not receive due respect in the Guangnan regime.

In fact, what Peter didn't know was that many people in the Quang Nam regime wanted to kill him, and even asked Nguyen Phuc Anh to kill him.But right now Ruan Fuying is not strong yet, and when he is employing people, he had no choice but to comfort his subordinates and suppress the matter.

Secondly, due to the emergence of Beihai Town, Ruan Fuying is now more inclined to curry favor with the Han regime that will replace the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so Peter's "Prince Teacher" status has also been excluded.Because of seeing people like Jiang Fan and Zhong Huai, the first teacher of the son Ruan Jing is the Confucian scholar Fan Wenren, whose status is much higher than that of Peter.

Facing such a situation, His Majesty the Missionary, he learned from the pain, and felt that the root cause was that the French government was too weak.In his view, the weakness of the French government is directly reflected in the lack of support from the East India Company; and the latter problem is not only affected by the vacillating overseas trade policy, but also the aggressiveness of the British East India Company.

So when he received the letter from Governor Leclerc, he immediately proposed to Nguyen Phuc Anh to go north together.As long as the French East India Company is strong, it will increase its support for Guangnan, and its own status will naturally rise. This will allow France and Beihai Town to jointly dominate the South China Sea and restore France's rule in the South Asian continent. status dream.

"Dear Mr. Yu, this is a draft of a cooperation agreement between the two parties that I was entrusted by Governor Leclerc to draw up on my behalf. Please have a look."

Yu Deli thought that the other party was writing in French, and thought that I could not understand it.But who would have thought that upon opening it, it turned out to be a comparison version of French and Chinese.He immediately took out his glasses and put them on. He glanced over the nonsense at the beginning and found the key clauses. The first clause was to ask Beihai Town to send troops to France to rescue the family of Louis XVI. The number of troops sent was required to be at least It is three thousand.

It seems that the French are really in a hurry.Yu Deli thought of this, and then said to Peter: "We have discussed this matter internally. Considering the load capacity of the Thunder God, we can dispatch up to 500 people."

"Your Excellency, this is far from enough!" Peter became anxious when he heard that, why is 500 people enough?

Yu Deli said: "Your Excellency, 500 people are enough! 3000 Beihai Navy can be used for [-] people!"

He added in his mind that if Zhao Xin also followed, it is estimated that there will be 5000 people waiting.

"In addition to dispatching the Thor this time, we will also be accompanied by a large gunboat. Do you think this is okay?"

"On behalf of the governor and myself, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to you!" Peter was overjoyed when he heard that. He had seen the firepower of Beihai No. [-] before.

The main reason why Peter and Leclerc are eager to do this is that one is a Catholic priest and the other is an aristocrat.

It goes without saying that nobles have many privileges, and Catholic monks are even more superior. Not only do they not have to pay taxes, but they also collect a 10% "tithe tax" from farmers.

In fact, since the National Assembly came to power, it has been fighting with the French Church.Their policy is that priests and bishops must be elected, which fundamentally breaks the authority of the Roman Church, and essentially transforms the French Church into Protestantism; change.

As a result, a large number of priests loyal to the Roman Church and opposed to Protestantism became increasingly dissatisfied with the National Assembly, and Peter was one of them.The rescue of Louis XVI, who supported Catholicism, naturally became his first choice.

"Then about local governance."

Yu Deli looked at the following terms, okay!In addition to asking the Northern Navy to help strengthen the defense of local governance, the French actually wanted the Northern Navy to help recapture Madras and Hyderabad.

Historically, as of 1750, the French ruled an area of ​​150 million square kilometers in India, with a total population of [-] million people, and there was nothing wrong with the British at all.However, with the outbreak of the Seven Years' War, the flames of war also spread to the Indian mainland. The defenders of Hyderabad were defeated by the British army from Bangladesh. Since then, France has lost control of South India.

Yu Deli is not good at military matters, so he didn't promise anything on the spot.In order to prevent fraud, he decided to take it back and let Deng Fei, who is proficient in French, read it first.

Sure enough, when Deng Fei, who was at home with his wife, read Peter's draft several times, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he explained to Deli: "They really treat us as fools!"

"How to say?"

"Just let us send troops to help resist the British, and we didn't say a word about how to divide the territory we laid down! We don't need Hyderabad, but we must get a share of the Madras port, or our ships will come out from Malacca in the future. There is not even a supply point. Old Yu, you can send a telegram to Zhao Xin and see what he thinks."

Yu Deli stared at Deng Fei for a long time, until he looked at him with hairs all over his body, and then asked: "You are a very peaceful person, why did you become an eagle when you came back from Nanyang for a year?" faction?"

Deng Fei laughed and said, "What doves and hawks? If Zhao Xin didn't want to make troubles in Europe, I wouldn't bother to think about it. After the ship leaves the Strait of Malacca and goes to Europe, there will be no root or prosperity. Sri Lanka, Maldives, Seychelles, Madagascar, along the way of the Indian Ocean, there are not a few strongholds!"

(End of this chapter)