"Placing this 18-pound cannon on the top of the city is definitely a weapon for defending the city." Xu Xuewu couldn't put it down and touched the barrel of the cannon, then touched the muzzle.
Shopkeeper Zhang said: "Such an 18-pound cannon costs 5,000 taels of silver. If we can make it ourselves, we won't have to spend this unjust money in the future."
"So much money?" Xu Xuewu frowned.
Although he didn't know how much money it cost to build a cannon at Lingqiu Artillery Field, it definitely wouldn't cost that much. No matter how big the cannon was, it wouldn't cost so much money.
Shopkeeper Zhang smiled bitterly and said: "There is nothing we can do. On the sea, small guns have no deterrent effect at all. The smallest main guns of those red-haired barbarian and Folangji ships are twenty-four-pounders, and the rest are Eighteen-pounders and twelve-pounders.”
"When I got on the boat, I noticed that there was room for one more cannon at the stern." Xu Xuewu raised his finger and pointed in the direction of the stern, "There are now two cannons, but when I got on the boat just now, I didn't see the stern. cannon."
Shopkeeper Zhang looked back at the stern direction of the ship and said: "Five thousand taels of eighteen-pound cannons are too expensive. Commander Zheng from Damuan Island said that our Tiger Flag is casting cannons. This eighteen-pound cannon is too expensive." , just buy one door for each boat.”
Xu Xuewu said with a smile: "Our Tiger Flag can already cast nine-pound cannons. I believe it won't be long before we can make twelve-pound cannons, or even eighteen-pound cannons. Even if it is twenty-four-pound cannons, we will also be able to make them in the future." some."
Nowadays, the four-pounder cannon has become the standard equipment of several thousand-man troops of the Tiger Banner. All the Franco machine guns in the artillery team have been replaced by four-pounder cannons, leaving only the Tiger Crouching Cannon in the combat team.
Shopkeeper Zhang said: "In terms of cannon-casting technology, I'm afraid even Yu Hengqing's Department of Officials from the Ministry of Industry can't compare with our Tiger Flag."
"When we have a giant cannon in the future." Xu Xuewu patted the barrel of the cannon at hand and said, "We must drive away the Folangji and the red-haired barbarians on Da Yuan Island."
Shopkeeper Zhang shook his head and said: "Those Folangji and Red Maoyi are large sailing ships and Galen ships. There are at least dozens of cannons on the ship. Our tiger-shaped ship can be equipped with two guns at the bow and stern." A cannon and a ship are not as big as theirs. It is difficult to defeat those Francois and Red Mao Yi in a naval battle. Unless we, like Li Dan, build more ships and train sailors and fight with human lives, we will not be able to win a naval battle. , it will be difficult for us to drive them out of Taiyuan Island."
"Is there such a big gap?" Xu Xuewu frowned deeply.
Shopkeeper Zhang smiled bitterly and said: "Those red-haired barbarian ships, even ordinary merchant ships, have more than a dozen cannons, and warships have more cannons. In a naval battle, our lucky ship will suffer a lot."
Xu Xuewu took a breath and said: "Before, I thought that as long as we had the big cannon, we could take down Da Yuan Island. It seems that the big boss is right. There are indeed some things that we need to learn from those red-haired barbarians. For example, we can't build the large sailing ship and Galenic ship you mentioned, so we can only learn from those red-haired barbarian shipbuilders."
"Commander Zheng is already working on shipbuilding." Shopkeeper Zhang said, "There is a Red Mao Yi shipyard in Luzon. Commander Zheng is planning to get the Red Mao Yi shipbuilding technology from Luzon. Maybe we can build our own in the future. Galen ship.”
"I get angry when I talk about this." Xu Xuewu said, "During the Yongle period, the Sanbao eunuchs went on several voyages to sea and brought back a lot of navigation information. Later, they were hidden by a dog official named Liu Daxia. Later, our Ming Dynasty did not When it comes to building large ships for long voyages, those skilled craftsmen who can build ships have gradually lost their craftsmanship, otherwise we wouldn’t have had to learn the shipbuilding skills of those red-haired barbarians, and maybe they would learn shipbuilding skills from us.”
He looked angry as he spoke.
Shopkeeper Zhang looked confused and asked, "Where did Xu Guards hear these things?"
"That's what the great master said." Xu Xuewu said, "The great master also said that if our Ming Dynasty had continued to go to sea and not implemented a sea ban, maybe the Japanese pirates would not have harassed our coast of the Ming Dynasty, let alone the red-haired barbarians. The ship is arriving at our doorstep in Daming."
Shopkeeper Zhang agreed: "The imperial court's sea ban only restricted the imperial court and the people. In the future, if Xu Huwei has the opportunity to go to Hirado, he will know that most of the merchant ships going to Hirado in the Ming Dynasty are from the families of the scholar-bureaucrats in the south. Even Duke Xu’s Mansion in Nanjing has its own sea-going ships, and privately sells porcelain, silk and other items from our Ming Dynasty to Hirado and Luzon.”
While the two people were talking, a sturdy man who was not very tall came over from the boat.
"Shopkeeper Zhang."
When the visitor approached, he first bowed his hand to Shopkeeper Zhang.
"Captain Duan." Shopkeeper Zhang also handed over his hand and immediately introduced to Xu Xuewu, "This is Duan Ping. He used to help Zheng Qianhu manage the maritime business. Later, Zheng Qianhu sold the ship to our Tiger Flag, and he He came with the ship to work in our Tiger Flag, and now he is the captain of this ship."
Shopkeeper Zhang continued to introduce: "This is the guard captain of our proprietor, Guard Xu. This time he is escorting the goods to Dagokou."
"It turns out to be Captain Xu, you're polite." Duan Ping also cupped his hands and said politely.
"Captain Duan." Xu Xuewu bowed his hand equally politely.
Shopkeeper Zhang said with a smile: "Okay, don't be polite to each other, let's get down to business first."
Duan Ping looked at Xu Xuewu, and finally his eyes fell on shopkeeper Zhang.
Shopkeeper Zhang looked at Xu Xuewu and said, "Did you say it, Guard Xu, or did I say it?"
"Say it." Xu Xuewu held the muzzle of the gun with one hand and made an inviting gesture to Shopkeeper Zhang with the other hand.
"Then I'll tell you." Shopkeeper Zhang said, "Captain Duan, I'm afraid you won't be able to go to Hirado for a while."
Duan Ping was stunned when he heard this and said in confusion: "Did something happen? Or did I not do it well?"
"None of them." Shopkeeper Zhang waved his hand and said immediately, "This time Guard Xu is coming here to go to Pi Island, so after your ship is inspected and repaired, don't go to Hirado first. Send Guard Xu to Pi Island first. .”
"That's no problem." Duan Ping said, "I know this place called Pi Island. When the time comes, I will personally take the helm to escort Xu there."
Xu Xuewu clasped his fists and said, "Then I'll trouble Captain Duan."
Duan Ping said with a smile: "You're welcome, Guard Xu. We all work for Dongzhu Liu, but Pi Island is next to Liaodong, so it may not be too safe."
"Captain Duan has just returned from Hirado, so there may be some things that are unclear." Xu Xuewu explained, "In March, Hou Jin occupied Shenyang and Liaoyang. Now there is a Ming guerrilla general on Pi Island. This time I went to Pi Island just to meet this general."
"The army was defeated again? Even the two important cities of Shenyang and Liaoyang were lost." Duan Ping frowned.
Xu Xuewu said: "The guerrilla general who fled to Pi Island should be able to establish a foothold on Pi Island. The proprietor asked me to take some food and soldiers to Pi Island and hand over General Mao in advance so that I can get some big wood. Send it to Taiyuan Island for shipbuilding."
Duan Ping was stunned and said: "The proprietor still wants to build a ship?"
He knew that the Tiger Flag already had six ships. It could be said that the entire Ming Dynasty had more ships than theirs, and only the Ming Navy had more ships.
Xu Xuewu nodded, and then said: "Not only must we build ships, but we must also build Galen ships like the red-haired barbarians."
"The Galen ships of the red-haired barbarians are indeed stronger than our ships." Duan Ping said, "Any one of those red-haired barbarian merchant ships has more than a dozen cannons. Even the pirates are reluctant to provoke them when they see them. Walking on the sea, they are more powerful than ours." A ship like ours is much safer.”
There are so many pirates on the sea, and even some merchants will turn into pirates and rob passing ships.
The most dangerous thing about a ship going to sea is not the wind and waves. After all, there are nautical charts. The number of ships that are destroyed by wind and waves is far less than the ships that are robbed by pirates.
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