"The feudal minister Sakai Tadashi pays his respects to His Majesty the Holy Emperor!"
The shogunate's envoy Sakai Tadakiyoshi straightened the Confucian crown on his head and knelt down to Zhu Youxiao devoutly.
Although the Ming Dynasty is now an invader of the Japanese country and is invading the Japanese country with the intention of annexing its country, because the Ming Empire is too powerful, Sakai Tadaki naturally does not dare to be slightly dissatisfied with the Ming Dynasty. He can only be grateful to the Ming Dynasty and to Emperor Apocalypse. With respect, when he saw Zhu Youxiao, he also knelt down in a polite manner, wore Hanfu, and greeted him with his Han name.
"waived!"
Zhu Youxiao replied.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Only then did Sakai Tadaki stand up.
Zhu Youxiao then asked: "Why do you want to see me?"
"Your Majesty, my general knows that his talents are shallow and he is not worthy of ruling the eastern lands, so he has taken the initiative to move eastward to the lands he has occupied in the Americas in order to promote Confucian civilization in the barbarian lands. However, the shogunate is weak and lacks guns and cannons. We have always relied on China for supplies, so we still ask for support from China so that the 200,000 shogunate troops can perform meritorious service for China in America!"
Sakai Tadakiyo said.
Zhu Youxiao had already guessed that the shogunate sent people to see him in order to continue the arms trade so that it could maintain its military advantage over the Western colonists in America.
For Zhu Youxiao, this money is naturally nothing if not earned.
Anyway, the casualties were not the Han people, but the Westerners and Japanese Japanese.
Zhu Youxiao then nodded and said: "Support is naturally possible. Please discuss the specific matters with the cabinet. Lu Aiqing, you are responsible for this matter!"
"I obey the decree!"
Lu Xiangsheng stood up at this time.
"Thank you, His Majesty the Holy Emperor, long live my emperor!"
The shogunate had previously accepted the imperial edict from the Ming Emperor, so it was not too much for Sakai Tadaki to call Zhu Youxiao our emperor.
Soon after Lu Xiangsheng sent someone to negotiate with Sakai Tadaki, he informed Zhu Youxiao of the shogunate's intention, saying: "The Tokugawa shogunate wants to directly order our rifled guns. It is said that the Western Yi people have also seen us now. After the Easterners made their flintlock muskets, they improved the smelting process and replaced them with flintlock muskets with a low misfire rate. Therefore, the flintlock muskets had little advantage in front of the Westerners, so they hoped to order Ming Dynasty rifled guns and introduce them. The gun-making technology of rifled guns, and sending a group of Ming Dynasty firearms technicians to serve as consultants, and even wanted me to send a group of military officers to help them practice new tactics after the rifled guns were installed."
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao sneered: "The ambition of this shogunate is quite big!"
"What your Majesty said is that in my opinion, rifled guns can be given! The firearms of the Western Yi have indeed improved. According to the relevant Western information investigated by Jinyiwei, the emphasis on scientific research there has never been weaker than that of the Ming Dynasty. ! Therefore, if the Japanese want to maintain an advantage over the Xiyi, at least a weak advantage, they do need better firearms, but the rifled gun can only give me the Ming Dynasty's primary front-loading rifled long rifle, and even the projectiles are best Spherical bullets; but the technology cannot be given. The most critical thing for our Daming firearms to remain advanced is not the gun manufacturing principle, but the steel smelting process. Only our Daming smelting process can make the barrel cheap and of very good quality! If the technology is given to They are naturally equivalent to giving them the smelting technology."
Lu Xiangsheng replied.
Zhu Youxiao nodded after listening: "Rifled guns can be sold to them, and they can only be front-loading rifled guns. However, I heard that front-loading rifled guns have been discontinued. In this way, someone can design a front-loaded rifle specifically for these Japanese people." Install a rifled gun, open a new factory, and specialize in manufacturing this rifle. As for technicians, naturally you can't send them to them. Officers can be sent, not to help them guide tactics, but to install an informant in his shogunate!"
"Your Majesty is wise! In my opinion, it is best for officers to be political and military officers rather than have any understanding of technology. They must also be mentally resolute to prevent being bribed by various temptations used by the shogunate."
Lu Xiangsheng replied.
"Aiqing is thoughtful, go and do it quickly."
"yes!"
On this day, Lu Xiangsheng called Sakai Tadaki to the cabinet, conveyed Zhu Youxiao's intention to Sakai Tadaki, and gave a picture to Sakai Tadaki: "This is a firearm specially designed by the imperial court for your shogunate. Take a look. .”
Sakai Tadaki was naturally disappointed when he heard that Ming Dynasty refused to provide rifled gun manufacturing technology and refused to send technicians, but he did not dare to say anything. He only asked: "This gun seems to be better than the one currently in use by the Celestial Master." The rifle is much longer, even longer than the flintlock gun. I dare to ask Mr. Ge, can this really maintain the weapon advantage in front of the Western Yi?"
"Of course, this firearm was designed for you personally by Song Gong (Song Yingxing), the oldest person in the science and engineering field of our dynasty. It is very long, and with the bayonet, it is much higher than the height of you Japanese people. It can make up for the height of you Japanese people. Its shortcomings are that its accuracy and range are much higher than those of a flintlock gun. If you don’t believe it, you can try the gun then.”
Lu Xiangsheng replied.
After hearing this, Sakai Tadaki couldn't help but said: "It would be great if Song Gong could go to my shogunate to give personal guidance! However, I still want to thank the Celestial Empire for your help!"
After Sakai Tadaki tried the gun, he was satisfied with it. He first took out the five million yuan of silver coins stored by the shogunate in the Ming Dynasty Bank and delivered it to the Ming Ordnance Manufacturing General Administration as a deposit for this batch of firearms, and also took them with him to produce them first. Five thousand Ming-made shogunate-specific guns went to America.
"The Ming Dynasty is still wary of us. They would rather re-produce their obsolete firearms than give us new guns or even the technology to make rifled guns."
After meeting Tokugawa Ietsuna, Sakai Tadaki spoke to Tokugawa Ietsuna.
After hearing this, Tokugawa Ietsuna sighed: "Forget it! If you want to be strong, you still have to rely on yourself. The Ming Kingdom only wants to profit from us! In the past, in our homeland of Japan, the daimyo from all over the country were affected by the intervention of the Ming Kingdom. Our shogunate no longer has any respect, so even if we want the Japanese country to rise, our shogunate is powerless, but it is different now. America is far away from the Ming Dynasty, and there are no big names to restrict us. We must take this opportunity to strengthen ourselves, first from the West I have carefully studied the fact that the Ming Dynasty is what it is today, and it is all because their emperor used most of the wealth stolen for technology. Research, develop and improve the knowledge and wealth of the country's people, and repeatedly use an iron fist to suppress the powerful bureaucrats in the country who intend to defy this political philosophy! So that the Ming Dynasty can always maintain a technological advantage over us!"
Sakai Tadakiyoshi also nodded and said: "Judging from my experience studying abroad in the Ming Dynasty, this is indeed the case! I am willing to do my best to help the general rebuild a strong Japan in America!"
"I will definitely do it! Sakai-kun!"
Tokugawa Ietsuna said something in the tone of a friend, and then stood up and said: "After the officers sent by the Ming Dynasty have trained our army to maturity, we will use this new firearm to rob the Western barbarians here! Send us I gave the best treatment to the Ming Dynasty officer who came here, and sent the most beautiful Japanese girl from my shogunate to serve him. Even you, when you meet him, you have to treat him like me, in the hope that this officer can serve us in the Ming Dynasty. They say good things about us in front of the emperor, so as to paralyze the Ming emperor and prevent him from knowing our ambitions!"
"clear!"
