Daming Military Empire

Chapter 255 Calling Foreign Envoys to Talk About Arms

After the envoy toured Liaodong, even Ke Kui'an became very interested in Ming Dynasty. He admired His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. No wonder he didn't have time to discuss arms matters. How many superpowers are there in such a vast territory? Things have to be dealt with, and buying tens of millions of taels of arms may be just a trivial matter for him.

Of course, if he knew that His Majesty, the great Emperor of the Ming Empire, had time to spend time with His Majesty the King of Spain's niece, Her Highness Princess Anna, who was expected to become the Queen of the Spanish Empire. Blood spurted out.

Just kidding, at that time Zhu Cijiong was really focused on the Northwest, as for going to find Princess Anna to get bored, it was just a way of procrastination, not really free time to talk about love.

In short, no matter what, since His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty did not summon them, they still had to continue traveling.

Then Shivira strongly recommended Dongdaying to them. If Liaodong is the place where the agriculture of the Ming Empire is the most developed, then Dongdaying is the place where the industry of the Ming Empire is the most developed. They are all terrifyingly large. If you want to understand the power of the Ming Empire, the most intuitive way is to go to Dongdaying.

Everyone readily agreed to Earl Shivela's proposal, and everyone is very familiar with it at the moment, although everyone vaguely knows that the Earl seems to have signed some kind of friendship treaty on behalf of Portugal and the Ming Empire, which is a bit out of character. It looks like the Spanish Empire is making small moves, but what does that have to do with them? Who doesn't want to curry favor with such a powerful empire?

Look at the gangsters, there are thousands of personal guards, all revolver rifles, several grenades on each person, and even the entourage is equipped with revolvers, and each person has two, these weapons and equipment alone cost several 10 taels of silver !

Moreover, the high-ranking officials of the Ming Empire were very enthusiastic towards him. Everywhere he went, officials at all levels ran out to greet him, just like welcoming leaders to inspect him. Even His Royal Highness Zhen Guogong of the Ming Empire personally invited them to a banquet. During the dinner, I chatted with Count Shivira in full swing, just like an old friend I haven't seen for many years. You must know that he is a prince with an army of 50 million. He alone may be able to overthrow the Spanish Empire!

When they arrived at Dongdaying, Shivira even took them directly into the shipyard and cannon factory of the Ming Empire. Except for the core processing workshop, they were not allowed to visit other places. The scene was spectacular, and the several kilometers long dock waterway There are more than ten, and one hundred super battleships can be built at a time!The cannon-casting workshop stretches for more than ten kilometers, and thousands of cannons can be cast at one time. Although I don't know what their success rate is, but no matter how low the success rate is, at least a few hundred cannons can be cast in one day!
At this moment, those who secretly learn technology are all dumbfounded. A lot of technology is there. So what if you learn it. There are hundreds of steelmaking furnaces more than ten meters high in a row. In Europe, it is laborious to build one. !There are more than a dozen docks in a row that are tens of meters high. In Europe, if you try to build such a tall dock, it won’t be surprising if it doesn’t collapse!
Just as they were amazed and unrestrained, news came from the capital that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire would meet them tomorrow to discuss the purchase of arms.

Facing such a powerful lord of the empire, they showed due respect. As soon as the news came, they immediately went on the road, took the earliest train, and rushed to the capital.

The next morning, they got up at six o'clock, hurriedly ate something and rushed to the palace. Before seven o'clock, they were already waiting outside the Chengtian Gate of the palace. They thought they came early enough In the end, just in time for the morning and evening courts, the rows of officials kept coming out of the door openings on both sides, probably thousands of people.

Shivira secretly told them that these are all officials above the fifth rank of the Ming Empire. What is the concept of fifth rank?If it is placed locally, the area they manage is larger than the territories of the princes under the Holy Roman Empire!There are thousands of such officials in the capital alone. How big is the Ming Empire?

This Shivela really couldn't explain it clearly to them, but then they realized the vast land and resources of the Ming Empire. They always thought that the place they were standing was outside the palace. Looking at the width of the city wall, they estimated the size of the palace. A quarter of the width of the frontal city wall in depth is not bad, because if it is bigger, it will be equivalent to a small city in Europe. Why does His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty live in such a big place alone?

As a result, they walked in and took a look, only to find that they were completely wrong. This is not the gate of the imperial palace, but the gate of the imperial city. The depth of the imperial city is much longer than the width of the front wall. big city!

Although Zhu Cijiong did not specially arrange a big battle for this interview, even the guards and eunuchs of the palace are a huge battle in the eyes of these envoys. There are tens of thousands of guards alone, and all the emperors in the entire European continent are not so big. battle!
After walking all the way for nearly half an hour, they finally entered the Huangji Hall. At this time, their respect for His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire had reached its peak, so when Shivira took the lead and knelt down, they all followed without hesitation. knelt down.

Zhu Cijiong is calm on the surface, but he is a little excited inside. It is not easy to make foreigners take the initiative to bend their knees.

The more he admired Shivela, who took the lead in kneeling down, after letting everyone fall flat, he made a special joke: "Count Shivela, why did you come here, do you also want to buy weapons from me?"

Shi Weila's Chinese is above the tenth professional level, he can naturally hear that the emperor is joking with him, and he replied excitedly: "The emperor, I am not here to buy weapons, I am here to serve you as a pawn." translated."

Zhu Cijiong curled his lips. Does he still need this guy as an interpreter? Today he deliberately left all the officials above the fifth rank in the Ministry of Industry, and Zeng Dezhao was standing there. But since this guy has good intentions, let him be fine. So he smiled and said: "Well, then you stand with them on the right."

Shivira made a chattering translation, and the group of people quickly lined up and stood on the right side. Fortunately, this guy knew that he was here to be an interpreter, and he didn't try to steal Coquian's limelight, and stood obediently behind them , if this guy goes to the first stop to the right, Coquian will be embarrassed, after all, he is the negotiator.

Officials from the Ministry of Industry and envoys from the European Union lined up on the left and right. Even if all the negotiators were in place, Zhu Cijiong cleared his throat and said majesticly: "I have approved all your requests for buying Type [-] and Type [-] flintlock guns. Are you planning to buy them? How to pay, what are the requirements for delivery date and delivery method?"

After Shivira jiriguala translated, most of the envoys showed expressions of relief, because they were all representatives of the small princes under the Holy Roman Empire, and they mainly wanted to buy Type [-] flintlock guns. Of course, they also wanted to buy other weapons. , The problem is that they don't have so much money!

(End of this chapter)