Yongle Emperor's grandson: Zhu Yuanzhang with cheats, Zhu Di went crazy

Chapter 340: The Professional Swindler
Ten guns were impossible, as such large-caliber artillery was not cheap, and Zhu Zhanjun would not ask for it as a dowry. In the end, Li Shimin gritted his teeth and bought four guns at a price slightly higher than the cost price.

As for warships, Li Shimin wanted them, but the problem was that no one would be able to drive them even if he bought them. He could only find a way to ask Zhu Zhanjun to send some people to teach the Tang navy first, and then buy a few small boats to practice.

Zhu Zhanjun was so happy.

The navy has a few ships that are almost outdated and they don’t know what to do with them. It’s a good opportunity to sell them all to Li Shimin.

After leaving the shipyard, the group came to the armored vehicle manufacturing plant.

The factory here mainly produces military vehicles, mainly tanks, armored vehicles, jeeps and personnel carriers.

Everyone stood in the assembly workshop, watching the workers given by the system assemble a tank at the fastest speed, and then rumble away after adding oil. Li Shimin's eyes turned red with envy.

Unfortunately, he couldn't buy this thing, and the reason was the same: no one in the Tang Dynasty knew how to open it.

After strolling around the artillery factory and buying some infantry artillery, Li Shimin and his team came to the light weapons workshop that he was most looking forward to.

The light weapons factory produces Ming Dynasty standard weapons.

The rifle is an improved version of the water-breathing rifle. It can hold five bullets and uses a new type of propellant. Its range is even longer than that of the water-breathing rifle.

The light machine gun still uses the Czech machine gun.

There are two types of submachine guns, one is a simple stamped butter-type submachine gun, and the other is a copy of the Russian PPSh.

In terms of heavy machine guns, it has changed from the Maxim to a new type of heavy machine gun, which is similar to the beautiful M1919 heavy machine gun.

Zhu Zhanjun did not choose the famous mustache chainsaw. In addition to the fact that the supply of ammunition was a bit tight, this machine gun was not very friendly to new machine gunners.

It's not that they can't control it well, but the firing rate of this weapon is too fast. Once a novice fails to control it well, the bullets will be used up in the blink of an eye, which can easily cause a fire gap.

The improved version of the m1919 is different. Its firepower is equally strong, and it can also carry out burst and sweep fire. The machine gun's firing rate is also easy to control, and it can effectively suppress the enemy.

The army considers integrity. If a team has a variety of weapons, it will easily affect the image of the army.

“Is this the artifact of peace that makes the grasslands sing and dance?”

Li Shimin reached out and touched the heavy machine gun, his eyes full of heat.

From ancient times to the Tang Dynasty, the grasslands have always been a threat to the Central Plains.

Once the power of the Central Plains weakens, those grassland people will come and bully us.

The tragedy of the Five Barbarians' Invasion of China was that the Central Plains was too weak, allowing those grassland barbarians to almost cause the Chinese nation to cease to exist.

It is also for this reason that the emperors before the Qing Dynasty, except for those grassland forces, were extremely cautious about the grassland.

Just like Zhu Zhanji, he would rather give up the interests of the south and focus on the forces in the north.

"Yes, this is the singing and dancing gun!"

Zhu Zhanjun replied with a smile, then turned to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Carry a few heavy machine guns to the shooting range so that His Majesty the Emperor Taizong can see them clearly."

Zhu Houzhao grinned, said "got it", and led the workers to move out light machine guns, heavy machine guns and some mortars.

When everyone arrived at the shooting range, the weapons had already been laid out.

"Well, how do you use this?"

Cheng Yaojin hugged a Browning heavy machine gun and asked the worker who was giving instructions next to him with an excited look on his face.

"First like this... then like this..."

The workers had already received instructions and began to instruct Cheng Yaojin on how to use it.

After confirming, Cheng Yaojin shouted, "Let's start!" He exerted force with his hands, and the heavy machine gun he was controlling made a booming sound.

As the gun was fired, the air waves generated by the gun blew up the surrounding grass and dust.

Bullets, each as thick as a thumb, whizzed off into the distance.

A standing wall in the distance was covered in dust. Before a round of bullets was fired, the wall had already collapsed.

"What a powerful weapon! Even heavy armor may not be able to defend against it."

Tang Jian, who followed the whole process, put down his hands that were blocking his ears and looked at Cheng Yaojin in shock as he screamed excitedly because of the shooting.

Yuchi Gong on the side could no longer bear it, so he walked to the heavy machine gun next to him and pulled the trigger following the worker's instructions.

Several others joined in, and the roar of machine guns echoed throughout the shooting range.

The pottery jar wall target in the distance was covered in dust and broke and collapsed from time to time.

After everyone fired a few bullets, Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong said to Li Shimin excitedly, "Your Majesty, this thing is really fun. You must get us a few more. With this thing, those Eastern Turkic barbarians will never be able to escape when they come."

Li Shimin, who had just fired a few bullets, nodded vigorously.

After seeing the power of this weapon, he was already imagining a scene in his mind where the aggressive Eastern Turkic barbarians would arrive and be beaten to the point of howling in agony and kneeling on the ground begging for mercy.

"My dear relatives, I won't say anything else. According to the configuration of your army, prepare 5 troops for me."

Zhu Zhanjun's eyes lit up and he asked, "Are you sure you want to follow our military equipment?"

Zhu Zhanjun's expectant look made Li Shimin's heart skip a beat, and he always had an urge to be slaughtered.

"Well, we are relatives. My daughter is your daughter-in-law, and your son is my son-in-law. We are all family. You can't cheat your own people."

"It's alright..."

Zhu Zhanjun waved his hands repeatedly, looking as if to let you rest assured.

Then he called Zhu Biao, and the two of them whispered to each other and handed a bill to Zhu Zhanjun. In order to make it clear to Li Shimin, some professional terms were translated into simple and easy-to-understand terms.

"Forty-three thousand rifles, 2000 submachine guns of various types, pistols for officers, artillery and machine gunners, infantry guns, mortars, palm mines..."

Looking at the data on the bill, Li Shimin was not sure whether it was enough. Just when he was thinking about whether to ask, he accidentally saw Li Jing next to him, who was holding a strange rifle and talking to the gun tester.

What are you asking? He is one of our own, and he is the commander of the legion.

"Pharmacist, come here for a moment."

Li Jing, who was experiencing the next generation of semi-automatic rifle with the researchers, felt uncomfortable when he heard Li Shimin's shout.

Ever since the three undercover agents were exposed, he always felt that Li Shimin looked at him with a bit of resentment, so he didn't dare to get close to Li Shimin since he came to this space.

But now it is no longer possible. Li Shimin only called his name, and he had to go.

In his heart, Zhu Zhanjun ranked first and Li Shimin ranked second.

Zhu Zhanjun did not warn, so he naturally had to listen to Li Shimin's words.

And back to reality, Li Shimin is his immediate superior, and he cannot offend him because of some things, otherwise he will make things difficult for him.

"Your Majesty, what do you want?"

Li Shimin handed the list to Li Jing and said, "Please help me see if this ratio is okay." He then added in a low voice, "You are from the Tang Dynasty, you have to be more on my side, otherwise we will settle old and new accounts together."

Li Jing smiled awkwardly, glanced at Zhu Zhanjun who seemed to be smiling, and lowered his head to look at the list in his hand.

After a moment he hesitated and said, "The weapons are fine, but some things are missing."

Li Shimin immediately looked at Zhu Zhanjun with dissatisfaction: "My dear relative, this is wrong. I am not unwilling to pay, why did you give me less?"

Zhu Zhanjun said speechlessly: "Can you let the pharmacist finish what he is saying?"

Li Shimin looked at Li Jing.

Li Jing nodded and said, "Although there are indeed some things missing, our people don't know how to use them."

"For example, transport vehicles to ensure logistics, airships for air support and reconnaissance, and aircraft for strong support."

"These things are indispensable to a strong army. An integrated air-to-ground strike is the most perfect offense."

"Your Majesty, if you want to be fully equipped, you should go back and select some trustworthy people and send them to the Ming Second World Aviation Armored Forces and Naval Academy to study for a period of time."

"Otherwise, even if the Lord sells these things, we can only take them home as decorations and we can't use them at all."

Li Shimin suddenly realized that he had thought that Zhu Zhanjun was reluctant to sell it, but it turned out to be the same problem: his own people did not know how to use it.

“It’s fine to send people to study, but you have to pay for the tuition!”

Just as Li Shimin was about to discuss sending people to study, Zhu Zhanjun quickly stated the standards.

Li Shimin rolled his eyes and waved the list in his hand, "I've already paid so much money, why would I care about that little bit of tuition?"

"Tell me, what is the final price you want?"

Zhu Zhanjun pointed to the last line of the bill.

"This is the price we converted according to your Tang Dynasty currency, but I have to tell you in advance that I don't want your money. I want silver or pure copper. I won't accept anything else."

Li Shimin hummed, looked down at the price, and took a breath of cold air when he saw it.

According to the above quotation, Zhu Zhanjun quoted 1 million strings of cash for a 300-strong force, weapons and equipment, as well as various miscellaneous items. For a 1500-strong force, the total equipment price was million strings of cash.

This does not include the separate artillery units, as well as the armored vehicles and personnel carrier units that were just added.

The total value of all kinds of things added up reached 3000 million strings of cash.

When he saw this number, Li Shimin always felt that he was dazzled and that the extra "wan" at the end was written too much.

But after rubbing his eyes and reading it several times, he was finally sure that the "wan" was not written in vain.

"Nearly 3000 million strings of cash, my dear, are you sure you are not trying to cheat me?"

Li Shimin's breathing became a little rapid, and he stared at Zhu Zhanjun and asked.

Zhu Zhanjun spread his hands and said, "My dear, I really didn't cheat you. These are not only the prices of weapons, but also the training and weapons and ammunition for your troops for half a year."

"Although weapons are expensive, at least they are affordable. However, for an army, the most important thing is ammunition. Without enough ammunition, these weapons are useless firewood sticks."

"Once you are in the army, you will have to organize a force of 5 people. With the addition of various auxiliary arms, you will have to form a force of at least 7 people."

He pointed at the bill in Li Shimin's hand and said, "I have quoted a low price. If it were another power, they would need to give me at least 5000 million guan of funds, and they would have to come and beg me to sell it."

Li Shimin looked at Li Jing, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, and the three of them nodded heavily, confirming that what Zhu Zhanjun said was correct.

Looking down at the bill again, Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said, "I'll buy it even if I have to sell everything I have."

After that, he smiled and said to Zhu Zhanjun: "I heard that you have a daughter. What do you think of my Cheng Qian? Why don't you let her marry my son?"

"Don't worry, as long as you are willing to give me a lower price, once Cheng Qian has the ability to control the court, I will immediately abdicate and leave the Tang Dynasty to them. Do you think it's okay?"

Zhu Zhanjun: ………

Li Chengqian: ???

(End of this chapter)