Chapter 163 Sales success

Li Nai and He Qiang exchanged glances and immediately made a decision - look at the goods first. They know better than these time-travelers what the artillery market is now. This thing is much more popular than the matchlock gun. The gold in Fujian

The master is carrying money and begging grandpa and grandma everywhere, but he can't buy it. If the Haihan people can provide Hongyi artillery, they can sell it for as much as they can. As for the price, it is basically impossible for those armed maritime merchants in Fujian who are making money every day.

not a problem.

So Gu Wei took everyone to the artillery range not far away. Because of the range of the artillery, this range was larger than the matchlock range, and several gun emplacements of different specifications were built, including Li Nai.

The kind of fort design they saw when they entered the port. There are several stone warehouses next to the shooting range, which are usually used to store artillery and ammunition. Because of the recent shortage of gunpowder, the artillery has been taken back to the warehouse.

Empty as a field.

Under the command of Gu Wei, everyone quickly rolled out a 6-pound army cannon from the warehouse, followed by a flatbed truck carrying ammunition. Different from the usual training, the gunners no longer used naturalized civilians.

Instead, they are all members of the military and police department, and this is also to ensure that this show of force can go smoothly.

After watching the Haihan artillery fire seven or eight cannons, Li Nai's heart began to itch. The performance of these cannons was no worse than the Hongyi cannons he had seen, and their range and accuracy were also good.

If I have to find fault, I can only say that the caliber of this cannon is really small, and its power is still very limited.

After firing ten rounds, Tao Donglai signaled the artillerymen to stop first and asked Li Nai for his thoughts.

Li Nai pretended to be calm and nodded in response: "This cannon is acceptable. I wonder if Mr. Tao can explain it in detail?"

Tao Donglai said: "There are two types of Type 27 artillery. One is used on land, and the other can be mounted on ships. The one we just tested is an army cannon used on land. This kind of gun weighs four

One hundred and forty kilograms, the shell weighs five kilograms, the effective range is up to one and a half miles, and the heat dissipation interval is twelve consecutive rounds."

Does that mean it can hit two miles? Li Nai raised his eyebrows slightly, thinking that this cannon is really powerful, but he continued to ask with a calm face: "Then I wonder how much you would like to quote for such a cannon?"

Little did he know that the data reported by Tao Donglai was actually the foreign trade version, while the military and police department's own version had a range of two miles, and this range actually referred to the maximum range. The exported foreign trade version could rely on aiming and adjusting the angle.

The effective range for correction is only one mile at most, and the distance beyond that can only depend purely on luck. However, for the Far East armed forces of this era, this difference in actual effective range has already

It doesn't matter, because they don't have telescopes to use. It's already very difficult to observe a target one mile away on flat ground, let alone aiming. A cannon with such an amazing range is already an incredible artifact in their eyes.

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Schneider took over and said: "Although our artillery has excellent performance, the price is very affordable. The Type 27 army artillery like the one Mr. Li saw only costs 600 yuan each, which is 600 taels of silver...

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Seeing Li Nai frowning slightly, Schneider added calmly: "...the price also includes the artillery's complete set of sights, firing tables and loading tools, as well as the sturdy yet lightweight tactical gun mount that carries the artillery.

In addition, there are ten fine iron cannonballs and corresponding propellant packs. In view of the good cooperative relationship between us and 'Furuifeng', we will also give away an additional pull-type ignition tube that can be fired ten times. I believe you just now also

As you can see, the benefit of this pull-type ignition device is not only to protect the gunner's safety when firing, but also to improve the reliability of the artillery in combat under bad weather conditions. No matter how strong the wind is, it will not affect the artillery.

launch."

After listening to his explanation, Li Nai understood why when the artillery was fired just now, the artillerymen were standing far away, holding a string connected to the cannon body, and pulling hard could make the artillery fire.

It is necessary to use an open flame to ignite the ignition powder or fuse. This is a new device that Li Nai has never heard of before. Even the cannons of the Franco and Red-haired people have never heard of such a convenient design.

Schneider continued: "If you are not interested in our equipment, you can also directly choose to buy naked cannons. The price of each cannon is only four hundred yuan. There is absolutely no moisture in this price, and there is no possibility of a second arms dealer.

Cannons of this quality be sold at this price!”

Buying a naked cannon? Are you kidding me? Investors who can spend a lot of money to buy a cannon don’t care to spend a little more to buy all the supporting equipment of the cannon, especially the convenient and safe pull-type ignition device.

——Li Nai immediately rejected Schneider's proposal. Of course, when the cannon is shipped to Fujian for sale, it will not be something that can be bought for 600 taels of silver. At least it will have to be priced at a higher price.

It takes a while.

Li Nai did not comment, but turned to ask another question: "Is there any more powerful iron cannon like this?"

"Yes, of course!" Tao Donglai responded without hesitation: "We also have a thousand-jin cannon with a shell weight of ten kilograms and a range of up to two miles..."

The thousand-pound cannon Tao Donglai mentioned was naturally the 12-pound cannon that the military industry department had already successfully trial-produced. However, due to the lack of breakthroughs in materials, the artillery retreat system has not been developed, and the 12-pound cannon cannot be installed at all.

It is currently used on sea ships, but as an army gun, it is a bit cumbersome. In terms of the current militia establishment, it does not need such a large firepower. It can be used as a coastal defense gun, but the Military and Police Ministry also said that the Western artillery of this era

The gunboats have already used 18-pound guns, and they must use greater firepower to effectively suppress them. Therefore, the coastal defense artillery fortifications that are still under construction have set the guns to be used in the future at least 24 pounds. In this way, 12

The pound became useless for a while. After the military industry department made a few 12-pound guns for finalization, there was no further production, and they instead focused on developing 24-pound guns for use in coastal defenses.

The fact that the Time Travel Group is temporarily unavailable does not mean that the outside world does not have this demand. In Li Nai's view, the power of the Thousand Jin Cannon is obviously more suitable for those sponsors who are in a state of war. The greater the power and the farther the range, the more powerful they will be.

They were very popular. However, out of caution, Li Nai inquired about the price first.

Schneider's quotation was not outrageous. The 12-pounder cannon set cost one thousand taels and the bare cannon eight hundred taels. In Li Nai's opinion, this price was completely acceptable. However, Li Nai was slightly disappointed when he asked for more.

However, Tao Donglai rejected the new proposal.

Tao Donglai's reason is simple: "At present, we have no plans to sell more powerful artillery. If we can sell it in the future, we will definitely notify your bank first."

If larger-caliber artillery is sold now, it will undoubtedly affect the security of Victory Port. In order to avoid the absurd scenario of a fleet equipped with large-caliber naval guns manufactured by Chuangchuang Group attacking Victory Port, the artillery

For the time being, it is better not to take too big steps in your foreign trade export plan, as this can easily lead to misunderstandings.

But such a ban should not last too long. As long as steel production breaks through the bottleneck, it is natural for steel cannons to replace iron cannons. With steel cannons, it is logical that the range and power of artillery will increase.

There will be technological advancements, and then there will be nothing to worry about when the obsolete iron cannons are gradually sold.

Although this request was rejected by Tao Donglai, Li Nai was not discouraged. It was a surprise to be able to buy such a heavy weapon here. You must know that even Westerners are not willing to sell this thing easily.

It was purely a commodity with a price but no market. Li Nai quickly placed an order for ten 6-pound cannons and five 12-pound cannons. Fortunately, considering the huge profits of the artillery, the military industry department had already prefabricated them in advance.

After purchasing a batch of foreign trade goods, this order was actually able to be provided to "Furuifeng" in spot form, which facilitated subsequent payment settlement.

The reason why they only bought a few cannons was not because Li Nai didn't bring enough money, but because they had only one ship on their return trip, and the load capacity was limited. The weight of these dozen cannons and ammunition already exceeded 10,000.

Jin. Considering that he would have to load other goods and supplies on the return trip, Li Nai could only endure it for the time being, and secretly decided to apply for a second fleet to go shopping in Victory Port as soon as he returned to Guangzhou.

At this point, Tao Donglai and Schneider's real attempt to take Li He to visit the new barracks was a great success. The order amount for matchlocks and artillery reached more than 13,000 taels, which was also the largest foreign trade order since time travel.

A deal. And such a big deal only took two hours and fifteen minutes from the time they landed at the boot camp dock to the time they reached a preliminary agreement. The work efficiency of the two hot-tongued salesmen was quite impressive.

And Li Nai, who happily spent so much money, didn't feel bad at all. In his opinion, after these things were shipped back to Guangzhou, he could quickly make double the profits. This kind of huge profit business is very popular among today's fiercely competitive maritime merchants.

But there are fewer and fewer.

The most important thing is that Li Nai believes that there is another advantage of doing business with the Haihan people, that is, they do not have to settle in cash every time. The Haihan people have a very wide range of needs for various raw materials and primary products, as long as the goods they need are shipped.

Supplies can be exchanged for price. In this way, there will be incomings and outgoings, and there will be no shortage of money when trading here. The utilization rate of ships is quite high, and the danger of carrying too much cash out to sea is avoided.

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Chapter completed!