"You're welcome, you're polite. It's hard to reach the level of elegance. You are well-read in poems and books, and you are the most talented and elegant people in Donghai City. Oh no, you deserve to be the number one person in Dengzhou Prefecture..." He wiped his forehead. In a non-existent cold sweat, Wang Ruhai, who was praised as a flower by everyone, let go of his uneasy heart and began to exchange business with everyone. He is the gunsmanship instructor of the East China Sea Flag Army. If he didn't have some skills to show off his skills, he would really be unable to control the situation!
"Bah bang bang..." Looking at the neat stubble of the artillery target and the fallen tree, Kang Lin greeted Wang Ruhai with a smile on his face. What he needs now is this kind of weapon that is powerful and powerful. The large-scale Folan machine used by the fleet previously had a fast rate of fire, but its power was seriously lacking: four to nine muskets "cracked" in succession. The bombardment seemed lively, but in the end, it couldn't even break through the defenses of the enemy ships, and it was filled with rubbish! You know, European ghost guys all use this thing to kill gang members. However, after crossing the ocean and coming to the Ming Dynasty, no matter civil servants or military attachés, young or old, as long as they have seen its rate of fire, Everyone wants it to serve as the main artillery of the warship! So after some imaginative magic modifications, European shipside cannons had various Ming Dynasty relatives! But the fatal thing is that no matter how the great craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty modified it, they could never solve the problem of poor air tightness and easy deflation of the Folang machine! Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that the shells fired by this primitive breech-loading cannon are not as powerful as the similar ones fired by the predecessors' general cannons, and they cannot penetrate the weak planks of East Asian ships...
"Brother, which one of these guns and cannons do you like?" Putting away the smile on his face, Shen Sanda, Jing Yuanpei, Wang Ruhai, Liu Chongqi, Kang Lin and others started to get back to business! Today's exercise was just to sell artillery to Conlin. Now that the show is over, it's time to talk about business! Kang Lin, the leader of the Chiyang fleet, is obviously more interested in Ye Gong's divine gun, which has cannon ears and gun chariots! For this reason, even if he spends a little more money, he will get these powerful artillery pieces in his pocket.
"Of course it's Ye Gong's magic gun. It has strong firepower and is easy to move. It looks good! But, everyone, can the price of this gun be cheaper? One hundred and eighty taels, it is indeed a bit expensive!" Mocao Kang Lin couldn't put it down because of the slightly hot barrel of the ground-shaped gun, but he couldn't accept the price offered by Shen Sanda and others! You know, he and Han Wu ate sixteen dishes at Hongbin Tower, a pot of Lanling wine, and a jar of Jiannan Shaochun, but they only spent a measly two taels of silver! But now, Shen Sanda and the others, with their upper lips touching their lower lips, have a front-loaded smoothbore gun made of pig iron, without a front sight or a door sight, and have been using it for who knows how many years, yet they dare to ask for a good meal at the Ninety Table. How can money prevent people from feeling like city dwellers have a lot of tricks up their sleeves?
Therefore, he had to bargain hard with Shen Sanda and others to get them to make more concessions before he could make the final decision to win these bamboo-shaped pig iron cannons that seemed to be quite old! In order to achieve this goal, he deliberately sighed and said to the eagerly awaited sellers, "Besides, the quality of the gun is a bit old, and I don't know if it will explode in the future!"
"Uh, brother, you can't say that. Didn't you praise the weapon's powerful firepower and ease of movement before? Why did you think it was expensive and old in the blink of an eye?" Faced with the pretentious Kang Da rich man , Shen Sanda glared at the silent Liu Chongqi fiercely, and just about to walk away, he was stopped by Jing Yuanpei, the chief steward of the Tongzhifu next to him. After persuading him for a long time, he retained Ambassador Ku, who had eyes on the top of his head. Let him sit back at the negotiating table,
"Shu Qing (Shen Sanda's word), why do you need to be angry? The so-called asking for prices in the sky and paying back the money on the ground. Since we have made an offer, we don't want others to find fault and make counter-offers!" Unlike those who are arrogant and full of superiority. Ambassador Shen Sanda and Jing Yuanpei, who originally had a dead face, were very calm now. After comforting his brother Shuqing, he handed over to the buyer Kang Lin and asked loudly:
"In my opinion, how much is this gun worth?"
"One hundred and eighty taels is too much, how about half of it?" Kang Lin said, regretting a little, wondering if he had lowered the price too hard. Just when he was about to get up and withdraw his offer, he saw Shen Sanda and Liu Chongqi. , Wang Ruhai and the others looked at themselves with sullen expressions, the long swords at their waists were already unsheathed! They have seen people who cut prices hard, but they have never seen people who cut prices so hard. When they met, they cut off half of the price without saying a word. It didn't look like they were here to do business, but more like they were here to find someone to have fun with. Looking at the Ming Dynasty officer with a fierce look on his face, the flag soldiers vaguely surrounded his group in Gaixin. Kang Lin's followers also put their hands on his waist where he had hidden daggers and blunderbuss. Once the fighting starts, they will risk their own lives to protect the big leader Kang Lin from leaving safely!
"Hahaha, just kidding, just kidding. Such a good gun, even if it is old, is still worth one hundred, fourteen and fifty taels of silver. Third brother, don't you think so?" Seeing that both sides were fighting for Kang Lin's words He was about to fight, and Han Qi, who had been staying beside everyone, silent and speechless, finally said a kind word for his brother at the right time. But he didn't expect that as he said these words, the tense atmosphere between the two parties would be relieved unknowingly! It seems that neither party really wants to fall out with the other party. The reason why they drew the sword before was just to intimidate the other party and establish a strong image for the subsequent negotiation process, so that the other party will feel weak when they see it and dare not make any more decisions on the price. Too much entanglement on the issue.
"What the second brother said is true. Although the guns and cannons are old, they are still useful. I want it for the price of one hundred, fourteen and fifty taels!" Kang Lin turned his back when the other party said he was going to fall out, not caring at all that he had just given it to them. With belongings worth dozens of taels of silver, I couldn't help but cursed in my heart: "You are a dirty official, a dirty official who takes money but doesn't do anything. He really is nothing!" However, for the sake of the subsequent development of the fleet, he could not show any dissatisfaction on his face, and had to continue to maintain a polite fake smile while discussing the final price of this batch of second-hand cannons with these bastards. ! And the smooth words of Han Wu, his favored second brother, just gave both parties a chance to step down. Therefore, Kang Lin, who realized that he was still in a den of tigers and wolves, could only suppress the strong dissatisfaction in his heart and bow his head to reality! (Kang Lin: You can’t do it without bowing your head. Nowadays, everyone is a slave, and I am a fish. If you don’t respond properly, you and others will never be able to get out of this small Donghai City!)
"One hundred and eighty taels of silver, even if you lose one big man!" Seeing Kang Lin bow his head and surrender, Shen Sanda became even more arrogant, and a radish-thick index finger almost poked his face, "And today if you If you dare not buy it, you are showing contempt for me, and according to Ming law, you will receive twenty blows from the killing stick!"
"You, you, you..." Seeing that Shen Sanda and others finally showed their true colors, the anger in Kang Lin's heart couldn't help but rise! He wanted to give in and swallow his anger, but he didn't want to be treated like a monkey. As the saying goes, clay figures still have three points of fire! Today, Shen Sanda and others are blackmailing and bullying me. Even if I give up my life, I will fight them to the death! Looking at the corrupt officials, officers and flag soldiers pressing closer and closer around him, Kang Lin slowly took a few steps back and quietly touched his hand to his waist, where there was a short flintlock gun loaded with medicine. Once things get impossible, he will use this blunderbuss to back him up! And his men, after seeing their boss acting like this, they also took out the daggers and short muskets hidden in their waists. As soon as Kang Lin gave the order, they rushed forward to fight with the thin-looking flag army men. They are desperate!
"Uncle, what are you doing? Brother Kang gave us a big gift when we met. How can we yell at him like this just for a small profit? Let's do this. Today, I will give my brother face and count him as one." One hundred and fifty taels of silver for Mendi's gun, how about it?" As if feeling the smell of gunpowder in the air, the dead-faced Jing Yuanpei and the cheap brother Liu Chongqi hurried forward to persuade Shen Sanda and Kang Lin, who were about to have a conflict. They came to trade arms with Conlin, not to fight! Now both parties to the transaction are about to fall out over just a dozen or twenty taels of silver. They think it is very unwise, especially Kang Lin's cheap brother, Liu Chongqi, who is eager to earn intermediary fees and is afraid that the transaction will go bad, so he He stepped forward and held down his adopted brother, and reached out his hand to stop the aggressive Ambassador Ku, acting as a peacemaker between the two.
"Okay, for the sake of Brother Jing and Brother Liu, I'll bypass you this time! However, for one hundred and fifty taels of gunpowder, you are not allowed to lower the price any further, and I have one more request. If you can agree, then we will pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other hand to complete this transaction..." Seeing Jing Yuanpei, Liu Chongqi and others stepped forward to persuade, Shen Sanda was also afraid that his actions would cause public outrage, so he pretended He sighed and slowly nodded in agreement with Jing and Liu's proposal. In addition, taking this opportunity, he also put forward his new request to Kang Lin, "In addition to the three gates of Ye Gong's divine blunderbuss, the ground-character blunderbuss, and the five gates of Ye Gong's blunderbuss with the mysterious character, you also want to take the other eight gates of general blunderbuss." Buy it, otherwise, even if this transaction fails, I will not sell you Ye Gong’s magic gun alone!”
"No problem, Mr. Shen. Not to mention buying eight more cannons. Even if you sell the remaining twelve Dafo Lang machines and fifteen Tiger Crouching cannons to me, I won't be dissatisfied. I just came out this time. I'm in a hurry and don't have much money. I wonder if I can use pearls and gems to pay for the purchase of artillery?" Upon hearing that Shen Sanda's new request was to buy eight more general cannons of various sizes, Kang Lin thought for a moment and felt that it was right. There was no harm done to him, so he readily agreed.
