open sea

Chapter 901
Isn't that a bad result?

At least as far as García Romero led his company of infantry across the border at the end of the official road, the Duke of Alva thought it might not be such a bad outcome.

When they appeared at the end of the official road holding their spears, the soldiers on duty on the bastion rushed to find Duke Alva urgently. They thought that the Ming army was about to attack.

The soldiers of Garcia's infantry company have changed all their equipment except for their faces.

They wear round hats on their heads, with cast-welded lion heads and a red tassel hanging behind their heads. Under the helmets, there are cloth-covered iron armors with orange-red edges to protect their cheeks and necks. Their bodies are also orange. The cloth-covered iron armor with foam nails on the bottom is red, and the upper body is also wearing the breastplate of the Ming army.

However, there are no iron arms on the arms, and no carrying equipment of the Ming army on the body. There are only leather armguards on the wrists and a tanned buffalo leather belt around the waist.

Under the cloth armor skirt are also short cloth boots of the Ming Army style, wrapped with orange canvas.

They didn't have spears in their hands. Correspondingly, each of them carried Ming-made matchlock guns. They could neither install bayonets nor provide ammunition. In short, they were allowed to carry them out.

Standing on the bastion, Duke Alva stared at the infantry company parked at the border tax card for a long time before he realized it, and asked Almansa who was with him: "Are they waiting for us to pass?"

When the Duke of Alva came there with a few knights from the bastion on horseback, he saw a senior Ming army general reining in his horse and chuckling next to the company wearing the Ming army standard equipment. Almansa said to He said: "That is the commander-in-chief of the Ming army at the border, the commander-in-chief Fu Yuan."

"The darker-skinned general next to him is Juniper, the leader of Chen Mu's retinue, and a middle-aged man with a big beard. The one who doesn't smile is the guerrilla commander Lin Manjue, leading the green cloak."

"The one behind him riding the white Andalusian horse is Heiyunlong, the cavalry general who led the Ming cavalry to attack the knights in the Battle of the Canyon to win."

Several generals of the Ming army talked and laughed loudly, and looked at the company with all Ming equipment from time to time. Seeing the Duke of Alva coming out, Fu Yuan rode his horse briskly across the border, put the whip into his waist pocket with his backhand, and clasped his fists together. , Self-reported home: "Fu Yuan, the commander-in-chief of the Celestial Army border, the army that Spain wants to pass through has arrived."

Duke Alva was full of doubts. No matter how he thought about it, he couldn't figure out why Garcia's company was wearing neatly made Ming armor and holding Ming matchlock guns. But it was not easy to ask questions at this time, so he had to say hello to Fu Yuan. Then he asked, "What's wrong with their clothes?"

"Oh, you said this, this is what our commander meant. In the trade agreement, didn't the Western Army want to buy our military uniforms? These are military uniforms specially made for you, as well as armor, waist knives, and bird guns. The commander-in-chief said that this is called a full set of Ming weapon company."

Ming Machinery Company?
Only these three words of Fu Yuan are in Chinese, and the other large passages are in Spanish. After all, it is a bit tiring for him to say "Ming Guo Equipment Company" in Spanish, so he squeezed out a smile on his face and then hid it. Go, said: "These three hundred sets are for you, go back and try it out, and place an order if you want it later."

The Duke of Alva felt good about this 'Ming Weapon Company', nodded and said: "They seem to be well equipped, please tell General Chen for me, I am very grateful for his gift, how much will it cost if you place an order for these equipment?"

Breastplates are not a necessity for Spain. The only Spanish handicrafts that can still have room for development are arsenals under the background of continuous foreign wars. In Toledo, their steel swords, breastplates, and high-topped helmets are continuously being used made.

But the western army really needs the standard uniform because their high-topped helmets are copied a lot in Europe, the French, the Portuguese, the Holy Romans and the English, all of them are using their high-topped helmets and go to war Once in the melee, it is impossible to tell who is who.

In the past, they would distribute ropes of different colors to the soldiers to tie on their shoulders before the battle, so as to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy, because under the European military system, soldiers' clothes and armor were sometimes purchased by individuals, and it was difficult to achieve the effect of the standard.

Now that Alva looked at this set of Ming army equipment and matchlock guns, he thought that if the quality was good and the price was lower than that made by himself, it might be a good choice to buy weapons and armor directly from the Ming Kingdom.

"The commander-in-chief said that this is a middle-grade military uniform. Including muskets and waist knives, the whole set is worth [-] Tongbao; , as long as three thousand Tongbao."

Fu Yuan raised his hand and said, "Sanqian Tongbao looks exactly the same as this one, but there is no iron armor inside, so it can't defend against arrows, muskets, knives and swords."

"If you want other colors, just let me know in advance, and I can do the same."

Regarding the pricing of military uniforms, the Military Armament Bureau has done market research, but the research was not Spain, but England.

Alan Wang Zhu Xiaoen knew the price of muskets in England. An arquebus gun cost [-] to [-] shillings, which was a high price close to ten taels of silver. If it is reduced to less than one tael, it is obvious that Daming can make huge profits by selling weapons to Europe.

"As for the better and more common military uniforms, Fu has not seen them yet, and I don't know the price. If the Duke wants them, he can write to Chen Shuai." Fu Yuan said with a smile: "I heard that the Duke Are you going to lead the troops back to the sea?"

What Fu Yuan said was not his prediction of the situation like Chen Mu's. It was Garcia's slip of the tongue at the banquet last night. The old duke obviously guessed the reason, and when he heard it, he raised his eyes and stared aside. Garcia standing upright.

Fu Yuanquan pretended not to have seen the Duke's small movements. He raised his finger and pointed to the company of the Western Army next to him, and said, "Don't worry about whom the Duke will fight, just teach them how to use muskets. Three months will be enough, and then bring them back to Europe." , When fighting, look at the performance of Mingji Company."

Alva was noncommittal about this. The so-called bright weapon company is a heavy armored musketeer. European musketeers usually don't wear armor in order to move quickly. This body is covered with a cloth armor and a breastplate. What's the matter? Move quickly to favorable terrain.

"These heavy armors should use swords and shields. It is best to collide with the enemy, and how can you retreat with muskets?"

"Back off?"

Fu Yuan's eyes were wide open, showing extreme surprise, and then he nodded in understanding, and said, "Yes, your muskets move forward while shooting, and retreat while shooting, so don't move... To be honest, your muskets are like that. It's quite unimpressive."

"A company, for a company, no one can get in front of them."

(End of this chapter)