The largest hotel in Haojing Oli has become the place where Owen and others now stay. From almost sleeping on the streets to staying in such a hotel, they sleep on the softest beds and eat the best food every day, and even...
There are all kinds of fine wines!
To be honest, Owen felt that he had died that night during the brawl in the tavern, and everything that happened after that was just his dream in heaven. Otherwise, even he couldn't explain this gap.
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Mr. Jiang, who spent a lot of money, settled them here. Apart from sometimes asking them about things in the army, he almost always kept them waiting here. He was particularly generous except for the expenses of the hotel.
Roughly one month's military pay was paid to everyone in advance.
Owen had ten taels of silver, and the remaining seven companions all had five taels of silver.
After getting the money, not only Owen, but also other companions, like him, had the idea of absconding directly with the money.
However, when they finally signed the contract with the lady from the Victor Chamber of Commerce, one sentence made them give up this extremely short-sighted idea.
"You ask me, why didn't Mr. Jiang sign a contract with you?" The lady looked very strange: "You are now on the territory of the Ming Empire, and you will work in the territory of the Ming Empire in the future, and Jiang
The army under your command is one of the most trusted guards by His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and his promise is far more weighty than a contract!"
"Besides, he doesn't have to worry about you breaking the contract, because as long as you are in Ming Dynasty, the consequences of breaking the contract will definitely be unbearable for you. I can tell you this very clearly!"
Besides death, is there anything else that Owen can't bear?
Owen knew in his heart that this was probably the woman's warning. If it looked like this, it would be a stupid idea to run away with the first month's military pay. He thought about it for a while, and probably, from then on, he would be in Ming Dynasty.
Within the empire, including the entire Victor Chamber of Commerce's sphere of influence, they are probably wanted criminals!
That's much worse than those vicious pirates who are wanted!
At least those wanted pirates will not be hunted down for these fifty taels of silver!
After thinking about this, he shared his thoughts with his companions. Sure enough, everyone took a breath, and no one mentioned such words again.
On the other hand, Sean, the guy who once dressed as a beggar and observed at the door of the firearms shop for several days, was also the smartest among Owen's subordinates. He suddenly said: "If Mr. Jiang's monthly salary
If the rewards are paid in full, wouldn’t it mean that I can earn one hundred and eighty taels of silver in three years?”
Owen nodded.
"If you exchange it with Nagasaki, this will be fifty taels of gold!"
Owen nodded again, while the others opened their mouths as if they were hearing this number for the first time.
"I won't go anywhere. As long as I can earn fifty taels of gold in three years and bring back the same amount of donations for the parliamentary army, even if I die, I will die next to Mr. Jiang. By the way, he
Has it been said how much compensation the family will receive if someone dies in battle?"
No one paid attention to his last words, but everyone was counting on their fingers, and as a result of the calculation, almost everyone showed an unbelievable look. It turned out that people like themselves were almost like this.
A huge fortune was lost.
Even if you become a pirate and plunder all over the world for three years, you may not be able to earn so much gold!
"I think what Sean said is very right. I really don't care about gold or not. The main thing is that we can earn such a sum of money for the parliamentary army. I think we should do our best to meet the employer's requirements!"
Irving set action goals for this small team for the next three years.
Of course, when Jiang Wan came to communicate with them again, they almost knew everything and talked about everything. Even Jiang Wan was shocked, wondering if these English people had taken the wrong medicine.
"Our previous company was considered a standing army company, with a full strength of 150 people. However, spearmen are still the main force of the company, and there are not even one-fifth of the real musketeers!"
"Flintlock musket, what is a flintlock musket? No, no, no, I have never heard of this kind of musket. All the musketeers I know are equipped with matchlocks, but they are far more advanced than before.
There are a lot of them, and they can be launched independently without relying on soldiers on a stand!"
"When used, use a match rope that is lit and burns slowly. After the musketeer pulls the trigger, the match rope will fall, ignite the gunpowder in the medicine pool, and launch the projectiles. Don't worry, we are all elite musketeers.
We can do the forty-three steps of firing a musket perfectly even if we are in the dark night!"
"Oh, the Ming Empire also has this matchlock gun. I thought..."
Jiang Wan was completely confused. He was not a science student, and he naturally had a vague understanding of the development of muskets. In the short musket sent by the Folangji mission, he saw traces of flint hair.
He thought that at this time, the entire West had entered the era of flintlock muskets.
As a result, I learned from Owen’s mouth that this was not the case at all!
Those short fire muskets, and even the flint-haired short fire muskets that Folang Jiren's firearms workshop had supplied to him for more than a year from Sihai Trading Company, were basically "specially customized" versions. He once felt that two or three fire guns a month were
With the output of ten short-fire muskets, is Victor Chamber of Commerce just perfunctory with him?
Now it seems that he has wrongly blamed the other party. Maybe he can use the budding flintlock firearm technology on this short fire gun. The price/performance ratio is definitely not worth mentioning. In the eyes of the Victor Chamber of Commerce, these
I'm afraid all short-fire muskets are "gifts" and are completely different concepts from weapons for combat.
No wonder the output is so low.
In other words, the muskets used by Western armies now are actually not fundamentally different from the Ming Dynasty's bird guns and fire guns. If this is the case, this large-scale purchase does not need to be so troublesome, at least, it does not need to be so troublesome.
So cool.
"I have to see the real thing before I can make a judgment. However, if your army wants to refer to the tactics and skills of the English army, I think it is best to choose weapons that we are familiar with..."
Owen gave his advice very thoughtfully: "As a senior musketeer and a company captain of the English Standing Legion, I will teach your army everything I know without reservation!"