The Ming Dynasty has just been exiled and the Luzon system has awakened.

Shortly after the Spanish expedition fleet arrived in Singapore, Zhu Heyi received a telegram from Jin Yiwei.

But Zhu Heyi did not panic.

Because it took the Spaniards at least five or six days to go north from Singapore to Dingtianfu, but it only took three or four days for the Ming Royal Navy to withdraw from Xiamen, Taiwan and other places.

As soon as the Spanish moved, he would send a telegram. When the Spanish expedition fleet arrived at Dingtianfu, waiting for them would be the main fleet of the Ming Royal Navy.

After all, in this era, with the black technology of radio, the Ming army has the upper hand in every aspect.

After waiting for two days, a telegram came back from the Singapore Jinyiwei office.

"These Spaniards are so smart!"

Looking at the contents of the telegram, Zhu Heyi looked stunned.

The soldiers took a collective holiday and went ashore to have fun.

Officers resold supplies and even peddled arms!

What's even more outrageous is that the Earl Thomas who led the team actually brought more than a dozen merchant ships and started doing business.

Is this the expedition method that the expedition fleet was promised?

The Spaniard made such a big fight just to travel thousands of miles to Nanyang to have fun and do business?

"Made, a group of sharks who have eaten too much and have nothing to do are wasting my expression."

In fact, Thomas had announced a day ago that the expedition fleet would not go to war with the Ming Dynasty, and ordered the entire army to take leave and move freely.

The issuance of this order relieved the Spanish soldiers, who had been wandering on the sea and worrying for several months, so they ran ashore to relax.

As for the officers, because they no longer fight, why do they still carry so many weapons and ammunition?

Anyway, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, so just deal with it now and just report the damage when you return home.

The Spanish expeditionary fleet, which carried the unlimited hope of the Kingdom of Spain, began to play its own part in Singapore under the order of Thomas, while he himself was sitting on a merchant ship sailing towards the Ming Dynasty Dingtianfu.

At this time, thousands of kilometers away in the Forbidden City in Beijing, Emperor Kang Mazi was test-firing the Dutch's new rifle with a happy face.

"boom!"

"The emperor is good at marksmanship!"

"His Majesty the Emperor is a good marksman!"

As soon as Nanxi fired a shot, the surrounding officials and Dutch began to flatter him.

The chest target a hundred meters away didn't even move.

"Good gun!"

Nuan Xi's face was not red and he was out of breath as he threw the rifle in his hand to an officer on the side and praised him.

At this time, Major Sinclair, a Dutch officer who was selling weapons to the Qing Dynasty, stepped forward and said:

"Your Majesty, the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, this new rifle is the latest rifle developed by our Dutch East India Company. Even our Dutch army has not yet equipped it. This rifle has the longest shooting range of up to a thousand steps! It is powerful and has a range of shooting The rifles equipped by Ming bandits are generally the same."

"As long as your army is equipped with this rifle, the firearm advantage of the Ming bandits will be gone. By then, your army will be able to easily expel or even eliminate all the Ming bandits that invaded your country!"

Although Major Sinclair said so, in fact he knew very well that it would be difficult for the Qing army to defeat the Ming army just relying on this rifle.

After all, the Ming army not only had rifles but also artillery and a fleet.

But since he is selling goods, he naturally picks up what customers like to hear.

Moreover, this gun is actually not as good as he said, and it is even more incomparable with the Mini rifles installed on a large scale by the Ming army.

Among them, the problems of gun-tube life and range are far worse.

Because these rifles were all modified from old rifles, the barrels became thinner after rifling.

The chamber pressure that the gun barrel can withstand has decreased, and the charge naturally cannot be as large as before. The firing range is naturally not as good as the Mini rifle. If it is used frequently, there is a high chance that the chamber will explode.

Just now, Nanxi was sweating when he insisted on test-firing the rifle himself.

Although the rifles used as samples were carefully selected, no one knows whether there will be any accidents.

And once an accident occurs, even if no one is hurt, relying on his research and understanding of the barbarian emperor.

One hundred percent of these people will not survive!

Fortunately, there were no problems with the test firing.

"How much does this new rifle cost?"

Nuanxi looked at the Dutchman in front of him and asked.

"Back to the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, because this new rifle uses exquisite materials and is difficult to manufacture, the production price is actually very high. However, because our Dutch East India Company has a deep relationship with the Ming bandits, we decided to use an extremely Sell ​​this new rifle to the Qing Dynasty at a preferential price, each priced at only 50 taels of silver."

Major Sinclair nodded and bowed and said carefully.

50 taels of silver!

As soon as the price was reported, many officials from the Ministry of Industry who followed Kangxi began to twitch at the corners of their eyes and mouths.

The price is fucking ridiculous!Fortunately, everyone in the Netherlands can speak out.

They made a blunderbuss, and the actual cost was only about 2 taels of silver!

Although everyone had to make a profit, so the cost on the registration page increased 10 times to 20 taels of silver each, but they were still very aware of the authenticity of the fraud. (In the late Ming Dynasty, in the War and Weapons Bureau, bird guns cost nine taels of silver, and each Milu blunderbuss cost 1 tael, 1 fen, and 8 cents of silver. Well, they were the kind that exploded as soon as they were struck.)

And the red-haired fan in front of me actually dared to offer 50 taels of silver a piece!

But no one dared to say anything. After all, the cost they reported was 20 taels of silver for a gun. This new rifle was so sharp. It seemed reasonable to exchange two and a half bird guns for a new rifle.

At this time, if someone jumped out and said that the red-haired ghost quoted the price randomly, and if Kangxi became suspicious and investigated, they would be finished by then.

Moreover, if the emperor wants to buy a gun, he does not ask them to pay for it, it is none of their business.

Sure enough, after hearing the quotation, Emperor Nanxi just frowned slightly and said, 50 taels of silver, this price is very reasonable!

Seeing Kangxi nodding in agreement, Major Sinclair almost broke down laughing.

He has some understanding of the Central Plains people and knows that people here have a tradition of bargaining.

And when doing business, it is normal for me to offer a high price and you to pay a low price, so at first he tentatively quoted a super high price of 50 taels of silver, waiting for the other party to cut it.

I never imagined that the Qing Emperor would agree to this price!This was something he never expected.

You must know that the modification cost of each of their modified rifles is less than one tael. Even if the price of the original rifle is included, the cost will not exceed two taels, but now they are sold for a high price of 50 taels each. .

Blood earned!

Is the Qing Dynasty really so rich?

……

I don’t have time, so I’ll post it before I finish writing it.