Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 294 Where Is There Any Fairness?
Strictly speaking, the current Tianzhu and even the whole of Europe, at best, is a product dumping place plus the role of the source of raw materials, which is far less important to Daming than having a large amount of oil reserves and Ottoman.

But, Daming's current focus can only be placed on Europa, and Ottoman, who has oil reserves, should be ranked second. After all, whoever said that the one who waved the banknotes is the uncle.

Now because Europa is frantically opening films, there are a large number of envoys from Europa countries waving gold coins and silver coins to buy and buy, and they don’t ask for after-sales service. Such good customers are not easy to meet, so that Northern Industries and Southern Weapons under the Ministry of War are both in a state of pain and happiness.

Happiness is because the sound of gold coins and silver coins falling in the pocket is pleasant enough, and pain is because the inventory of the previous generation of ordnance has been emptied by these crazy Europa envoys. Northern Industries and Southern Weapons want to make money, but there are no more goods .

According to Liu Huaiwen, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, watching a large number of gold and silver coins slip away before his eyes is the most painful thing in the world, and it is too unfriendly to the rats in the treasury.

But if you want to make more money, you have to actually come up with ordnance. However, when the inventory has been emptied, Northern Industries and Southern Weapons either sell a more advanced generation of ordnance, or they have to hurry up. Allocate manpower to produce the ordnance of the previous generation, and also have to delay the time to make money because of this production process.

Therefore, Northern Industries and Southern Weapons directly brought the problem to the back, while the Ministry of War brought the problem to Zhu Jinsong.

Just thinking of the battle situation on Europa, Zhu Jinsong couldn't help but rubbed his forehead, and said: "The situation on Europa and their demand for ordnance, you guys should all know, let's talk about it now, what should we do?" How to deal with it?"

When Liu Huaiwen thought of the rats whose life and death were unknown in the treasury, he couldn't help feeling a little tangled in his heart: "Your Majesty, I think that Northern Industries and Southern Weapons should be allowed to recruit more craftsmen, expand their scale, and produce more ordnance. After all, France and England They are all on our side, and now they need a lot of ordnance, we Da Ming can't just watch, can we?"

Shen Yongfu, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, snorted coldly and said: "It's easy for the old man to say, just to recruit more craftsmen and produce more ordnance. Don't you know that the recruited manpower needs to be trained, raw materials The delivery also takes time?"

Liu Huaiwen also snorted coldly and said, "Then what do you say? Are you going to sell the new generation of ordnance to those barbarians?"

When asked by Liu Huaiwen, Shen Yongfu immediately fell silent.

All the bigwigs in the Ming Dynasty have already reached a consensus, that is, it is okay to sell ordnance, but only those that have been eliminated by the Ming army. Don't even think about what you have equipped.

However, what everyone didn't expect was that Zhu Jinsong laughed and said, "I think that in addition to recruiting more craftsmen, we should eliminate a batch of percussion guns and Menglianggu ammunition."

Eliminate a batch of percussion guns and Mengliang shells?
Liu Huaiwen shouted anxiously at that time: "Absolutely not! Your Majesty, percussion guns and Meng Liang's bullets are the country's most important weapons, and they must not be sold to those barbarians lightly!"

After being bullied once, these officials and lords in the Ming Dynasty Hall obviously have a long memory, and they know what the consequences will be if they sell the military equipment to potential enemies.

Liu Huaiwen said: "Your Majesty, you know that Mr. Dongjiao once said that the people who are afraid of China by the barbarians are firearms. If there were not eight big locust merchants who kept smuggling firearms and food to Jianlu in Liaodong, how could the Ming Dynasty do it?" One defeat after another?"

However, when Liu Huaiwen's voice fell, Zeng Cheng frowned and asked, "Dare to ask Your Majesty, but is there any new breakthrough in the Royal Academy?"

Zhu Jinsong smiled and nodded, and said: "Big breakthroughs are nothing, but small breakthroughs do exist—according to the news reported by the Royal Academy, although they haven't produced more powerful muskets, they have already Successfully changed the front loading to the rear loading."

"My lords, don't underestimate the modification of the front and rear installations. It is just such an inconspicuous small change, the speed of ammunition loading has been greatly increased, and the firepower density of the entire Ming army will also be greatly increased."

This is not Zhu Jinsong talking nonsense, because for the same bullet, the front loading method requires the use of a cleaning rod, while the rear loading method saves the process of using the cleaning rod to poke the bullet into the barrel.

The time saved by this process may not be very noticeable, at most it is two or three seconds, but these two or three seconds are enough to determine the victory or defeat of a war on a rapidly changing battlefield.

More importantly, Zhu Jinsong is really not afraid of any bad effects from selling Mengliang Gu bombs—no matter how you say it, things like Meng Liang Gu bombs don’t have too much technical content, at most it’s just a matter of creativity. The problem.

At this time, Europa already has the foundation to make Menglianggu bullets. Even if Daming doesn't sell them the Menglianggu bullets, they can slowly research them. At most, it is the ratio of gunpowder and the accuracy of the barrel. , The life span is different.

More importantly, the Royal Academy is working hard on the copper-cased bullets. Although it has not been completely successful, it has some clues. It is only a matter of time before the real copper-cased bullets are produced.

It was the combination of these messy reasons that prompted Zhu Jinsong to make up his mind to sell the percussion gun loaded with Mengliang Gu ammunition to Europa.

Knocking on the table with his fingers, Zhu Jinsong said: "This time, I not only plan to sell the pistols and Mengliang shells to France and England, but I also plan to have the flintlock guns of the previous generation sold to the Habsburgs. there."

"After all, our Ming Dynasty is too big, with almost [-] million people. It is inevitable that there will be one or two scum who disobey the imperial order."

Sincerely, Louis XVI asked you to be his pen pal. It was really bad luck for eight lifetimes. He treats you like first love, and you treat him like a fool. With your way of tossing about as an old man, I am afraid that Europa will not be drained to the last drop. Blood won't stop!

Just when Zeng Cheng complained secretly, Zhu Jinsong turned his attention to Ke Zhiming again: "You and Dequan, you two, discuss this matter, and report it to me later."

After Ke Zhiming responded, Zhu Jinsong went on to say: "In addition to the issue of Europa's ordnance, there is also the issue of Europa's final direction."

Hearing what Zhu Jinsong said, the expressions of Zeng Cheng and other bigwigs also became serious.

That's right, the decision on Europa's final direction is actually not in the hands of the kings of Europa, nor in the small pot, but in the Forbidden City of Ming Dynasty.

For example, the Habsburg family could have sent troops together with the Sand Goose to deal with the Ottomans, but with the unremitting efforts of Ming Dynasty, England and France are now beating the Habsburg family madly, and the Sand Goose also expressed their intention to block Habsburg Fort family.

For example, France and England were originally a century-old feud. In addition to the old hatred of the century-old dispute, the Silly Eagle's ability to get rid of England's colonial rule is enough to be regarded as a new enmity, but now France and England We are working together to recruit Tianzhu laborers.

It seems unfair, as if the people of Europa are in dire straits because of the existence of Ming Dynasty, but where is so much fairness in this world?

At least, Zeng Cheng and other bigwigs don't care about fairness or unfairness - when Jianlu enters the customs and the people of Ming Dynasty are oppressed by Jianlu, is there any fairness at all?When Portugal occupied Macau by force, was there any fairness?
There is no fairness at all, and whoever has the biggest fist has the final say.

Don't talk about morality or conscience, Zeng Cheng asked himself that he could speak conscience and morality to the people of Daming, because there was an Emperor of Ming staring over his head, if he dared not speak of conscience and morality to the people of Daming, the Emperor of Ming would follow him Talk about what is conscience and morality.

As for those barbarians outside of Ming Dynasty...

Anyway, the emperor and his elders don't care, I Zeng someone still cares about their death?And they won't give me Zeng someone's salary!
After thinking about it, Zeng Cheng still bowed and said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, I think it's best for the land of Europa to remain in chaos as it is now. At the very least, we have to wait for Daming to free up his hands and clean up Osman's side."

Liu Huaiwen didn't care about Europa's troubles. After all, North Industries and Southern Weapons under the Ministry of War were selling armaments, and the treasury under the Ministry of Households was collecting money, so it would not affect the Ministry of Households.

In contrast, Liu Huaiwen is more concerned about the oil issue on the Ottoman side and the labor issue on the Tianzhu side.

After deliberating for a while, Liu Huaiwen cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I just want to know that France and England are recruiting laborers from Tianzhu. How should I calculate the labor dispatch fee with them?"

When Liu Huaiwen asked him this question, Zhu Jinsong was immediately a little dazed—by the way, he didn't discuss labor prices with Louis XVI and George III at that time?

Besides, Tianzhu is the territory of Ming Dynasty. I allow you to recruit some laborers to bring them back to Europa for use. ?

After thinking about it, Zhu Jinsong still waved his hand and said, "As for the labor issue, you can ask someone to discuss it with Pierre and Macartney later."

Liu Huaiwen agreed, and then asked: "What about Ottoman? We really don't have much oil reserves in Ming Dynasty, and the barrels used to hold oil at the Royal Academy are much empty."

Zhu Jinsong was wondering if you are fooling around. The oil reserve at the Royal Academy is replenished with a barrel. There has never been a vacancy. The Mavericks have been looking for Jin Yiwei for a long time, so it's your turn to talk nonsense here?
But, it’s okay to ignore this matter. After all, Sand Goose has been using troops against Ottoman. Although Daming and Sand Goose have agreed on a buffer zone, but according to Sand Goose’s temperament, who knows if they will have a twitch?
What if they drank two extra bottles of vodka and crossed the buffer zone shouting Ulla?
After thinking for a while, Zhu Jinsong simply put his heart to one side, thinking that one sheep should be herded, and two sheep should be herded. Anyway, Europa is already in chaos, and he is not bad at all.

Thinking of this, Zhu Jinsong simply turned his attention to Ke Zhiming, and asked, "How are the savages trained by your Jin Yiwei?"

Ke Zhiming said: "Your Majesty, those barbarians are still useless now. Let them write a few articles in the newspapers of their respective countries, accusing their respective countries. They can do a decent job, but let them go back. Leading the barbarians to rebel is still far behind."

This is something that can't be helped, after all, those adult barbarians already know how to analyze the pros and cons, no matter how well Jin Yiwei brainwashes them, no matter how good the washing effect is, there is no guarantee that there will be no accidents after they return to Europa.

As for the Europa spies trained by Jin Yiwei since childhood...these people are still too young, and the oldest is only a few years old, so they can't be counted on at all.

Thinking of this, Zhu Jinsong simply tapped on the table with his fingers, and ordered: "Then send one of Sand Goose's agents to Sand Goose, ask him to write more articles, and try to provoke Sand Goose to attack Europa."

"In addition, pick a few spies from England or France, and let them write a few articles, saying that sand geese are about to attack Europa, especially Poland, so that the savages on Europa will prepare in advance .”

After Ke Zhiming agreed, Zhu Jinsong turned his attention to Zhu Erdan and other leaders of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion: "How does the fleet sent by the silly eagle get along with the South China Sea Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet?" gone?"

When asked by Zhu Jinsong, Zhu Erdan's face was immediately filled with despair: "Brother Huihuang, the fleet of that stupid thief eagle is really hopeless, and there is no cooperation or non-cooperation at all. Used to transport troops and supplies."

Zhu Jinsong doubted: "That's not right. Before that, Watson kept telling me how many sea voyages their silly thief eagle fleet had fought, and how reliable it was. Could it be that he was fooling me?"

Zhu Erdan couldn't help complaining: "Brother Huang doesn't know something, the so-called sea battle of the stupid thief eagle fleet is probably to bombard each other with the artillery on the warship first, and then collide with each other. Whoever wins also wins, and whoever loses If you lose, it can be said that there is no way of fighting."

"There are also those sailor soldiers who are stupid eagles. They eat more than anyone else, but their physical strength is weaker than anyone else. They may not be as good as those short boys in the Japanese country."

"If I had to say something good, it would probably be obedient..."

(End of this chapter)