Chapter 168 This is not artillery, it is a cannon battle, "Is it really so powerful?"
”"It's true!"
Luo Shiming said excitedly: "I have tested it on pigs, and I have also tried it on sheep, a fat pig weighing two hundred pounds, pierced with a knife, and then the blood did not stop, and it didn't take long for me to swallow, this is still, the result of stabbing in non-critical parts!"
”Quan Xu took the fire gun with the bayonet, stabbed it hard at a wooden target."
Poof!"
The three-inch-thick pine plank, which was lightly pierced, was pierced directly.Liu Xingzuo took a deep breath: "This is scary!"
Even if it is a white-armored soldier of Jiannu, it will be two holes if you go down with one shot, but it's a pity!
”"What a pity?""
This sword is too expensive, we Dongjiang Army can't afford it!""
Is it expensive?"
Niu Jie scratched his head: "I follow the method handed over to me by the whole master, use iron fan cold casting, after molding, dip it in fire with double liquid, and polish it a little, that is, the steel is a bit expensive, and the material of a sword is at least one pound and eight taels, how can it cost seven or eight dollars of silver!"
”Although the cow is honest in appearance, it is not stupid.He saw that Quan Xu wanted to sell this kind of thing to the Dongjiang Army, not to mention that Liu Xingzuo and Mao Chenglu were present, so he multiplied the cost by three.In fact, such a sword is not as complicated as a chai knife, and even a kitchen knife made with traditional craftsmanship, although a kitchen knife does not need to be tempered, but hundreds of hammers are still needed.But the problem is that this kind of sword does not need a single hammer, the iron fan is made, the steel is melted, and then it is poured directly, and it is dipped in fire before it is completely cooled."
A piece of silver for one or two or five dollars!"
Quan Xu pointed to the cow beside him and said, "They also have to eat!"
”Liu Xingli said: "Wouldn't Quan Gongzi suffer too much?"
”"No loss!"
Quan Xu said with a smile: "As long as it is a slave, I will do it even if I post money, not to mention, I can make some money from this!"
Do you want?
No counteroffers!
”"Yes, yes, yes!"
Mao Chenglu said excitedly: "I want to order three thousand......
No, six thousand!
”"Six thousand is too little!"
Liu Xingzuo said: "At least fifty or sixty thousand, just find a gun barrel, and put it on it is a good spear, which is much more powerful than a spear!"
”"That's it, you make up a whole number, 100,000, the Dongjiang army can't use it, you can send it to the people!"
Quan Xu said with a smile: "If you really meet Jiannu, it's better than fighting hard with a kitchen knife!"
”At this time, Quanxu had already begun to develop into an arms dealer at the end of the Ming Dynasty.For a long time, Datong relied on the peace to relax war preparations, and invaded the west, so the king of Shunyi entered the territory of Datong to plunder.Qu Jiazhen and Governor Zhang Yiming were sentenced to death, and the insert did not leave after receiving the bounty.After Man Gui was transferred to the general manager of Datong, he inspected 72 castles on eight roads, but the result made Man Gui quite disappointed.The castle is the fortress city of the Great Wall defense line in Datong, like a small city, guarded by an earthen wall, there are military camps, wells, workshops, grain depots and ordnance stocks to put grain and ordnance, to put it bluntly, it is a small military fortress.However, Datong has been peaceful for a long time.The military installations were almost dilapidated, the vital earthen wall was torn down and there were holes everywhere, children could easily enter and exit, the playground had become a threshing floor and a place for stacking firewood and grass, and as for the granary, it was estimated that the rats would not enter it, and they would only starve to death if they entered.The armory is better, but there is still a little stock, such as bows and arrows, spears, swords, shields, muskets, gunpowder or something, but it's a pity, Qu Jiazhen's ability to hold money is good, and the ordnance that can barely be used has been looted, as for the whereabouts, no one can tell one, two, three.All that remains is some broken copper and iron, and they don't even bother to collect the tattered ones.Datong Town has jurisdiction over Yunchuan Wei, Yulin Wei, Gaoshan Wei, Zhenyu Wei, Datong Left and Right Wei, Yanghe Wei, Tiancheng Wei, Datong Qianwei, Houwei, Shuozhou Wei, Andong Zhongtun Wei, Weiyuan Wei, Pinglu Wei, Jingping Shouyu Thousand Households.Theoretically, there should be 79,520 people in Datong Town, although the number can be matched, then it needs to be added to the old, weak, sick and disabled.It was just August now, and there was no overnight food in the families of the military households.This gave Man Gui a headache, there were no blades, no food, and the military land was almost occupied by the big families and gentry.Just when Man Gui was at a loss, a simple-looking person who claimed to be a famous man found Man Gui.Of course, as far as the Datong Army is concerned, as long as there is money, there is nothing that cannot be done."
Who are you, and why do you see me?""
Daimyo's Mansion Cui Chengyou meets General Man!"
This Cui Chengyou is actually one of the shopkeepers under Chen Ying, who was originally in charge of the mule and horse business, and was pulled to Xuanyingwei.Cui Chengyou said with a smile: "Cui is a businessman, so he naturally wants to do a business with General Man!"
”"Do you have too many heads to do business with me?"
Man Gui's first reaction was that this Cui Chengyou should be Qu Jiazhen's old customer, and now that Qu Jiazhen has fallen, he has found himself again."
General Manda misunderstood, Cui is sincere!"
Cui Chengyou smiled: "Please move General Man!"
”Man Gui is strong, naturally he will not be afraid of Cui Chengyou, and followed Cui Chengyou to the courtyard, there is a carriage here, it is a van carriage, open the door, Cui Chengyou took down a long knife from the carriage, with a scabbard, and handed it to Man Gui: "General Man, what do you think of this knife?"
”Man Gui took the knife, pulled out a knife flower casually, and slashed a few more knives, how to use it smoothly, and praised repeatedly: "Good knife, good knife!"
Not light, not heavy, light and fast, how to use how to use the stabbing and how to use it, what a good knife!
”Man Gui flicked the blade with his fingers, stared at a ray of light slowly circulating on the blade, and exclaimed: "General Ben is also used to knives, but I have never seen such a sharp knife!"
With its sharpness, it can cut a big blood hole on the opponent's body with just a slight pull, making the opponent's blood flow endlessly, what a good knife!
”Cui Chengyou smiled and said, "General Man, please, this is ......
Quan Ji breaks the blade, destroys the blade, is invincible, and cuts the spear like a small wooden stick!
”Cui Chengyou walked to the guard next to him and said, "Brother, help, borrow your knife to use!"
”The guard looked at Man Gui, and after getting Man Gui's permission, he slowly handed the saber to Cui Chengyou.Cui Chengyou handed the knife to Man Gui: "General Man can try it, is this knife sharp?"
”Man Gui slashed at each other with both hands, and with a slight force, the guard's saber broke in two and fell to the ground.The guard's face instantly turned unsightly, and Cui Chengyou took out a new knife glowing blue from the carriage: "Brother, how about this knife to compensate you?"
”The guard was excited.At this time, Man Gui also understood that this Cui Chengyou was not looking for him to buy a blade, but to sell a blade to him, he held this knife, couldn't put it down, and looked at this knife with envy, but his expression was a little embarrassed."
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General Man, do you want such a knife?
How about selling you 20,000 handfuls?
”The embarrassment on Man Gui's face was even more obvious, he was not Yuan Chonghuan, but he got military pay from the imperial court anytime and anywhere, if it weren't for Sun Chengzong's resurrection and serving as the governor of Jiliao, when he took office, he didn't even have 50,000 taels of silver.What can 50,000 taels of silver be used for, Datong Town has been in arrears for as much as 16 months on the books, but the 50,000 taels of silver have been issued, and the soldiers have been born in peace."
General Ben can't afford it!""
I can't afford it!""
You can't afford it because you didn't hear the price?""
How much?""
How about three taels of silver?""
Three......
Three or two!
”Man Gui felt the weight of this steel knife, steel is not worth so much money, right?
Cui Chengyou smiled bitterly: "Hey......
Forget it, the first business, don't bother with you so much, or will I give you credit?
”"On credit, on credit?""
That's right!
On credit, but interest is charged!
”Cui Chengyou said: "20,000 broken blades, three taels each, is 60,000 taels of silver, such a knife is much stronger than your tattered!"
”Choi Sung-woo stepped into the role of an arms dealer and began to sell weapons to Mangui.For example, a spear that is four and a half meters long and only half a meter long is replaced with a lance, which is simply a horse lance.After Man Gui's personal test, this spear is very sharp, and with a slight stab, the shield is a hole, whether it is a layer of armor or two layers of armor, the result is the same, it will rot as soon as it is poked.Man Gui sighed: "This gun is so good, Jiannu's armor is like paper paste in front of it." ”Man Gui also let go at this time, anyway, if there are more lice, he won't bite, and if he has more debts, he won't worry.Man Gui used the price of 129 coins per piece of silver to order 20,000 pieces from Cui Chengyou, plus 10,000 gun heads.Cui Chengyou's carriage was loaded with samples, knives, guns, shields, armor, including firearms, and even artillery.Man Gui looked at this artillery, and it was so light that it was not like words.Indeed, the artillery of the Ming Dynasty was either cast iron or bronze, and whether it was cast iron or bronze, it had a very significant feature.The structural strength is not strong, in order to ensure the pressure of the gun and prevent the explosion, the wall of the gun can only be made thicker, so that the weight will naturally go up.However, the seamless steel pipe that Quan Xu got from later generations, although it is not as good as the real artillery barrel, and the strength and hardness are far inferior, but the key is that it is much stronger than bronze or cast iron.The artillery carried by Choi Sung-woo has a caliber of 1005 millimeters, and the total number of the whole cannon is 1007 kilograms, and if the wheels are removed, it is only more than 85 kilograms.Two soldiers can be carried around at will, and they are not limited by the terrain at all.Man Gui looked at the barrel of the cannon less than half a finger thick, and felt a little bottomless in his heart: "Can this cannon be used?"
”"Why don't you try it?"
Although Datong Town is eroded, there are still artillery, so a team of artillery was called and directly loaded with gunpowder."
It's too little, reload, pack twelve pounds!"
Twelve pounds of gunpowder were loaded, but no one dared to come up and light the fire.In the eyes of these old artillerymen, such artillery is definitely a cannon battle.