Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 656 Lobbying Turns into Business, Russian Girl Offers the Son of Heaven

He Duo and Qin were even more surprised.

One is that they did not expect that the Ming Dynasty even knew about the Russians, nor did they expect that Russia was not only invading Zhungeer, but also invading the territory of the Jurchens in the Far East.

Second, it was unexpected that the Ming Kingdom would be willing to give them a batch of muskets as a gift.

But He Duo and Qin didn't show too much surprise on their faces, they were just slightly stunned, and he smiled and said: "I heard that Ming defeated Qing with guns, and also defeated He with guns at Huangfengkou. Shuo Te has tens of thousands of cavalry.

However, as far as I know, your Ming Dynasty seems to use a kind of flintlock gun that does not need a matchlock.Since you want to show your sincerity, why not send us a batch of flintlock guns? "

This is called "beating a snake with a stick".

Anyway, Yan Ermei didn't expect He Duo and Qin to be so thick-skinned that he insisted on asking Daming to give him a flintlock gun as a big family.

In order to go on a mission, Yan Ermei was not prepared to refuse outright.

He said: "If your Ministry wants to replace it with a flintlock gun, it is not impossible, but it is difficult to manufacture a flintlock gun, especially suitable flints are difficult to find. At present, our Ming border guards have not yet fully equipped it. Even if you give it to your ministry , I’m afraid I can’t send much.”

He Duo and Qin said: "We can also buy them. In fact, there are quite a few Musketeers in our Zhungeer Department, and the matchlocks we use are bought from Russia.

That price is really ridiculously expensive. If the Ming Dynasty intends to repair it with our department and jointly deal with Russia, the musket will not be too expensive, right? "

Speaking of this, Yan Ermei couldn't help cursing inwardly: This old fox, obviously I came to lobby him, but he caught the conversation and turned it into a business deal.

Yan Ermei didn't know, it was normal for him to feel that He Duo and Qin were difficult to deal with.

The reason why later generations of Galdan were able to establish the Jungar Khanate and fought against the Qing Dynasty for hundreds of years was because of the good foundation laid by He Duo and Qin.

Of course, the family of the leader of the Zhungeer tribe, not only the Chuoros family, was originally considered to be the royal family of Wala-the one who captured Baozong was also the first grand master, and he came from the Chuoros family.

Although He Duo and Qin are cunning and difficult to deal with, Yan Ermei is not easy to get along with.

He laughed and said: "What did Hui Taiji say? If I have a lot of flintlock guns in the Ming Dynasty, I will naturally send more to your Ministry. Why do you need your Ministry to spend money to buy them?

Of course, the premise is that your Ministry and the Heshuo Special Ministry draw a clear line and make an agreement with our Ming Dynasty to jointly prevent Russian invasion. "

He Duo and Qin were really thick-skinned, as if they hadn't heard Yan Ermei's words, and said: "If the Ming Dynasty sends matchlock guns, how many can they give? We don't sell flintlock guns, but matchlock guns can always be sold, right?

By the way, I heard that the Ming Dynasty's artillery is more useful and powerful than the rumored Hongyi artillery. If you can't give it away, we can buy it. "

'This old fox is forcing me to be as shameless as him. '

Although he was born as a scholar, Yan Ermei is still very lenient, otherwise he would not engage in the anti-Qing cause as a monk in the future.

He said: "As long as your Ministry agrees to what this envoy mentioned earlier, I, Daming, will give away a thousand matchlock guns, plus some gunpowder and lead pellets. If you want more, you need to pay for it.

As for artillery, Hongyi cannons are not lucky, but Franji and Tiger Crouching Cannons can be sold to your Ministry to fight against the Russians. "

What Yan Ermei said was all the conditions that Aimee Zhu authorized him to use to "buy" the Zhungeer Ministry before he went on a mission.

Matchlock guns have been gradually phased out in the new army of the Ming Dynasty, and the garrisons in some important places, such as the garrisons in the northern Xinjiang provinces, have begun to install the bright-style flintlock guns replaced by the imperial guards and frontier guards.

As for the Flanger and Tiger Crouching Cannons to be sold to Zhungeer, they are all obsolete old-fashioned iron cannons before the Zhaowu Year, not steel cannons.

Yan Ermei pretended not to know about the steel cannon and didn't mention it.

Although He Duo and Qin were thick-skinned, they were not shameless. Hearing that Yan Ermei didn't even mention the new artillery, they knew that Daming couldn't sell it, so they didn't bother anymore.

He said: "Recently, the Russians have shown signs of invading the northwest of Zhungeer. Even Khalkha Mongolia has been invaded. If there are a thousand muskets that you donate, our ministry may give them a little face next year." .

It would be even better if your ministry could sell us some artillery.The Oirat tribes knew that Ming was willing to sell our artillery, so they would definitely choose to be friends with Ming instead of enemies. "

What He Duoheqin said is very clear. If he just donates a thousand matchlock guns, he can only let the Zhungeer Ministry not participate in the coalition invasion of Ming Dynasty initiated by Oqiertu.

But if Daming is willing to sell artillery, he can restrain other tribes from participating in this matter.

However, I don't know whether they want to leave room for repentance, or they are worried that they will not be able to do it in the future. He Duo and Qin didn't explain their words to death.

Yan Ermei knew that this lobbying had made He Duo and Qin promise so much, which was already good.

Immediately smiled and said: "Hun Taiji don't worry, as long as the Heshuo Special Department does not stop our caravan, when the envoy sends someone back to Daming, a thousand matchlock guns will be delivered soon.

As for the artillery, I wonder how much Huntaiji plans to buy? "

Yan Ermei's coming here this time did indeed have the intention of selling arms.

In the words of Aimee Zhu, rather than letting those obsolete guns lie in the warehouse to rot, it is better to sell them for military expenses.

He Duo and Qin seemed to have turned into a prairie merchant, not ashamed to speak out, and asked on the spot: "I don't know how you sell the artillery of the Ming Dynasty?"

"It depends on whether Hui Taiji buys a Frang machine or a tiger squat gun, and which caliber of artillery to buy..."

Immediately, Yan Ermei, the diplomatic envoy of the Ming Dynasty, discussed the arms deal with the leader of Zhungeer, and finally settled the deal.

Yan Ermei stayed in the Zhungeer Ministry for several days, and received warm hospitality from He Duo and Qin, and even presented him with a beautiful Russian girl.

The kindness was hard to turn down, and worried that if he didn't accept it, He Duo and Qin would feel that he was not sincere in "making friends", so Yan Ermei accepted it "reluctantly".

Because I don't know if I will be questioned for this matter after I go back. On the night when I got the Russian girl, Yan Ermei pretended to be drunk, but in fact she was very sober. The 14-year-old Russian girl had no choice.

In her heart, Yan Ermei had already made up her mind to hand over the Russian girl to His Majesty after she returned.

Although His Majesty is not a man and is not good at women, but if there is a blond girl by his side, he will be much happier, right?

In this way, when Yan Ermei's emissary team left the Zhungeer Ministry, there was an extra Russian girl and two fine horses.

Then, Yan Ermei began to lobby Hui Te and other Wala small groups...
In the fourth year of Zhaowu, on the second day of February, the dragon raised its head.

Nanjing.

Although the Spring Festival has passed for a month, there is still a lot of Spring Festival atmosphere on the streets of Nanjing, with pedestrians rubbing shoulders.

Almost every shop on the street is full of customers, and it is a prosperous scene.

As a scene in various cities in Daming today, at [-] o'clock in the morning, the newsboys began to sell the Ming Pao along the street again, and every consignment point also placed the Da Ming Pao in the most conspicuous position.

"Selling newspapers! Selling newspapers! The news of the photos of the Gansu garrison soldiers and Oala prisoners on the ground by reporters from Daming Daily has been released!"

If there is one major advantage of Da Ming Daily that other semi-official or non-governmental newspapers cannot match, it must be the news articles with photos.

Because other newspapers and periodicals did not have the magic weapon "camera" bestowed by Aunt Zhu, they had to ask an artist to draw illustrations, but no matter how good the illustrations were, how could they be compared with the photos?
Therefore, now that the people of Daming hear the news with photos on the Daming Daily, they are all scrambling to buy them, for fear that they will not be able to see them if they buy them too late.

Besides, even if you can see it from someone else, it’s better to buy it yourself and keep it—now there are many people in Daming who like to collect newspapers, especially the photos on Daming Newspaper.

Some booksellers even approached the Da Ming Pao newspaper office to cooperate in publishing the photo collection of Da Ming Pao and sell it at a high price.

However, what the Ming Pao with photos brought to the Ming people was not novelty and joy, but tears and righteous indignation.

Tang Datao, who was studying and preparing for the exam in Nanjing, heard the cries of newsboys, and bought a copy of Da Ming Pao.

When I unfolded and saw the first printed photo above, I was shocked instantly.

　First more.

　　Yesterday, I was temporarily dragged away by my family to visit relatives. I didn't update it, and I owed a record.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)