Borrow the day to change the day

Wen Tiren's worries were not unreasonable. Sure enough, some of them had heard that Westerners were powerful, especially when they heard that big firearms, from small blunderbuss to red barbarian cannons, were all purchased from Westerners. Their faces turned pale.

If after I arrived in North America, I worked hard to open up the vassal state, and ended up with Westerners, would the hard work end up taking advantage of the Westerners, and maybe I even left my life in North America?

Human beings are not afraid of anything else, but they are afraid of scaring themselves.The more these vassal princes and clans thought about it, the more afraid they became, and the more they thought about it, their faces turned pale and could not be whiter.

Other vassal princes and clans who didn't know how powerful the Westerners were, after seeing Hou Zhongxing say this, and seeing some relatives look like that, they couldn't help wondering if those Westerners were so powerful?

Most of them showed hesitant expressions on their faces, and some even asked those pale-faced relatives for news.

Seeing this situation, the civil servants in the hall also showed dissatisfaction and looked at Zhong Jinwei.What is this called? It is about to announce that this meeting is a meeting of satisfaction and a meeting of victory. As a result, Marquis Zhongxing was so frightened. To force them to go?

Although the civil servants here really want to turn these parasites of Ming Dynasty into a help for Ming Dynasty, and help Ming Dynasty go overseas to expand its territory.But they don't want to be said to be forcing the royal family to go overseas, because if forced, there is another term called exile.

However, the only exception was Emperor Chongzhen who was sitting on the imperial chair, and he did not show any dissatisfaction.Because Zhong Jinwei had already mentioned it to him in advance, but because he thought of it late, he didn't have time to tell the other officials, and the scheduled meeting time came.

I saw Zhong Jinwei asked the vassal king's clan in the palace with a relaxed face: "Are some of you afraid of the strong ships and guns of the Westerners, worried that after you finally go to North America, the Westerners will pick your peaches, or even And put your life in their hands?"

No vassal king and family could speak, and no one would be so stupid as to say, "Yes, we are so scared."

After hearing Zhong Jinwei's words, some princes and clans who didn't understand before understood why their relatives were pale.

Although these vassal kings and clans had never heard of them before, they could also estimate the power of Westerners from their relatives, so their heart to do a good job just now also cooled down.

Liang Tingdong, Minister of the Ministry of War, stared at Zhong Jinwei with dissatisfaction, and then stepped out and spoke loudly, using him to make up for the hole Zhong Jinwei made: "What's wrong with the Westerners? Why don't we beat the Flangji people in Macau obediently? If so?"

The princes and clan who didn't know the situation heard it, so it turned out that this was the case, and the Westerners were nothing to be afraid of.

And those vassal kings and clans who knew the situation didn't dare to speak out to refute, but they were contemptuous in their hearts: Westerners came from thousands of miles, and it was the end of their strength to reach the Daming sea area, and of course they couldn't beat the Ming mainland.Otherwise, if the number of people is about the same and they are all fighting in the local area, let's see if we can beat them!

In fact, these vassal kings and clans are not unreasonable in their hearts, at least in the hearts of Westerners, they also despise Ming Dynasty's combat power at this time.

They thought Da Ming was a ball of dough in their hands, and they could knead it however they wanted, but now the dough was too big to knead.

Because of this, some Westerners reported to the country and asked to send troops for reinforcements, hoping to shake the dough.

Among the Westerners, the Dutch were the first to do this. After receiving reinforcements, the Dutch in Taiwan invaded Ming Dynasty in the near future, hoping to colonize Ming Dynasty.

Of course, these are things for the time being.

After Liang Tingdong finished speaking, Zhong Jinwei continued: "Master Liang is right, the Westerners are not as powerful as some people think. As long as you deal with it properly, it is not easy to defeat them based on the current Westerners' equipment capabilities." How much effort is needed."

Zhong Jinwei's words were really not to comfort the royal family of the vassal, because he, who came from later generations, had a vision that the ancients did not have, and knew the power of firearms and their shortcomings.

As long as they are dealt with properly, with the current level of firearms, they really don't need to be ignored.

Zhong Jinwei's identity played a role again at this time, and the princes and clans all looked at Hou Zhongxing, expecting him to give more convincing reasons.

After hearing this, those civil servants could not help restraining their dissatisfaction with Marquis Zhongxing, and prepared to listen to what he had to say.

Zhong Jinwei did not disappoint them either, and said in a relaxed tone: "The most advanced firearm in front of me should be the flintlock, and the Western mainland may already have it."

"Marquis Zhongxing, what is a flintlock?" Xu Guangqi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, asked quickly after hearing this. He was very curious about this.

Zhong Jinwei smiled, then turned to look at Emperor Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen said to the servant on one side: "Biography Fan Jun."

Fan Jun, the eunuch of the Bingzhan Bureau, immediately turned out from the apse, holding two muskets in his hands, and came to stand in front of Zhong Jinwei.

Zhong Jinwei pointed to the musket in Fan Jun's hand and said, "Everyone, this is a flintlock gun, and our Ming Dynasty has successfully developed it. It is still in the process of further improvement, and it won't be too long before it can be installed in the Ming army."

Everyone in the hall, not only the princes and clans, but even the civil servants were very curious about the firearm that Fan Jun was holding in his hand. They wondered what kind of thing this flintlock was. Could it be the most advanced firearm?

Under the signal of Zhong Jinwei, Fan Jun gave one of the flintlock guns in his hand to the clan and civil servants for them to watch.

At the same time, Zhong Jinwei introduced: "Actually, there is nothing mysterious about this flintlock gun, it's just that the ignition device has been changed, and there is no need to use a matchlock to ignite the fire."

Then Zhong Jinwei introduced to them the advantages of flintlock guns over matchlock guns, and then continued: "Even if all Westerners use this flintlock gun, it is no big deal. Because this flintlock gun is also afraid of rain and tide. , the rate of fire per minute has not increased much. More importantly, anything can be dealt with as long as it is handled properly."

Speaking of this, he gave an example and said: "In America, first of all, Westerners have to reach the west coast of America. It is not easy to meet you. It is impossible for large-scale Westerners to appear. Secondly, even if we use cold weapons, No, let’s just say that those native Indians use cold weapons, as long as they deal with it properly, they can still kill Westerners everywhere, regretting that they have come to America.”

Zhong Jinwei's words are really not bragging, because there is indeed such a thing in history.

After the Indians came into contact with the Westerners many times, because some Westerners used the Indians to fight for them, gave them iron tools, and taught them how to make iron, they were massacred by the Indians. Many settlements of Westerners, even Westerners Many of our troops were also wiped out by them.