Chapter 206 The pros and cons of the two fire guns
At the gate of Nanhaizi, Xu Caijing stood there quietly, waiting for the soldiers who went to report to come back.
There was a faint sound like muffled thunder in the distance. Xu Caining frowned and looked at the horizon. The weather was fine today and there were no clouds in the sky. It was definitely not thunder.
"It's not like setting fire to it!"
Second Young Master Xu put his hands behind his back, turned to Xu Caining and said, "Sister, I'm afraid you can't save your Shenji Camp's fire blunderbuss!"
"Isn't it good to keep it safe?" Xu Caining said coldly. There was no need for Mr. Xu to come with him this time, but he couldn't resist this brother who had to join in the fun, and she couldn't stop him. He thought about it and decided to come together.
Without some criticism, it would be impossible for a girl like her to come to her door one by one and say something nicer.
"If they really use it, you don't have a gun to pay to the Shenji camp. Don't bring this matter to your family. As you said before, the things you cause outside will not be brought to your family!"
Second Young Master Xu kindly reminded his sister, but received a blank look from Xu Caining.
However, the glare did not last long. The soldiers who had reported back had already appeared in the distance. After getting the news, Jiang Wan directly invited them in.
Nanhaizi is very big. There is quite a distance from the door to where Jiang Wan is. As they get closer and closer, the muffled thunder becomes clearer. This time, Mr. Xu doesn’t need to guess. Even Xu Caining is sure that this
It's the sound of a firecracker being set off.
When he saw a cloud of white smoke in the distance and the crowd under the white smoke, Xu Caining was a little stunned - could it be said that the training of Nanhaiwei, like the Shenji Camp, was also a firearm?
"Second Young Master Xu, I didn't expect you to come here in person!"
Jiang Wan whispered a few words to the general beside him, then turned around and said to the two of them: "Wait a moment, my matter will be settled soon!"
Jiang Wan smiled at Mr. Xu, and then turned around: "In other words, according to Owen, my Ming Dynasty's muskets have no advantage at all in front of these Franco machine muskets?"
"These muskets of the Francois seem to be imitations of Turkish matchlocks, but they are generally not much different from the muskets used by our English army. No matter in terms of range, power, or the portability of the muskets, they are better than
Ming Dynasty’s muskets are more suitable for military use!”
Owen made some serious suggestions: "If Mr. Jiang wants to purchase muskets to equip the army, I suggest that it is best to purchase all these Franco machine muskets. Daming muskets are not considered!"
Xu Caining had been observing Jiang Wan, and the Fan next to Jiang Wan who spoke poor Ming dialect. When she heard Fan's words, she raised her eyebrows and immediately wanted to refute.
Then, she felt her sleeve being pulled by the person next to her. When she turned around, she saw Mr. Xu shaking his head slightly at her.
She snorted slightly in her heart, looked at Jiang Wan, and thought to herself, Jiang Wan is the emperor's confidant. When these people belittled my Ming Dynasty's firearms, even if they were not furious, they would definitely refute them on the spot!
"But I only have so many in my hands now, and since I plan to equip my army, I can't rely entirely on others for these weapons!" Jiang Wan shook her head: "It's useless even if I rely entirely on them. I've seen their firearms
Workshop, now the Falangji people are putting almost all their energy and resources into manufacturing the heavy cannons that our Ming Empire needs. For weapons like muskets, which have small profits and require a lot of energy and materials, they are not able to do so for the time being.
Mass production!”
He hesitated for a moment: "Perhaps, I can imitate a batch of these firecrackers?"
"I can't help you with this!" Owen said with some regret: "We are just users. We basically can't help you with how to make muskets!"
"How can it be so easy to imitate firearms?" Xu Caining couldn't help but speak. Jiang Wan not only failed to refute these people's disparagement of Daming firearms, but also actually wanted to imitate people's firearms. Listen to what he meant
, if this could be bought with money, he would want to buy it directly with money.
"Are you...?" Jiang Wan looked at Xu Caining with some confusion, and then looked at Mr. Xu, whose face was almost the same as hers. She was obviously a little stunned.
"I am Xu Caining, and I am also the owner of Qingyuan Building. I came here today to ask for a bill from you!" Xu Caining said carelessly. The second young master Xu next to her interjected with some embarrassment: "Commander Jiang
, this is my sister!”
"It turns out to be the little princess!" Jiang Wan suddenly realized: "I've admired her for a long time!"
"Don't look up to me for so long!" Xu Caining looked at him and shook his head with some disappointment: "Making firearms is not just a matter of putting a bunch of dead metal together. This is a weapon that is used to kill people.
Be careful, the soldiers you use will hurt yourself first before hurting the enemy!"
"Our weapons bureau of the Ming Dynasty has been trying to improve firearms, but until today, it has not been able to supply all kinds of firearms to the army. Among them, there are tens of thousands of silver taels from the imperial court and the efforts of countless craftsmen. How can it be
Just take any firearm from the Fan people and say that our Ming Dynasty’s firearms are not as good as those from the Fan people, and even say that you can imitate them by imitating them!?”
Jiang Wan looked at this talkative woman and felt a little dumbfounded. He didn't expect that he would be taught a lesson in his home stadium. Moreover, he was taught a lesson by a girl who looked much younger than him.
, even if the other party is the little princess of the Xu family, he still feels a little embarrassed in front of his subordinates, Owen and others.
He glanced at the other person and turned around to let the woman behind him see the table in front of him.
"Here are the fire guns of the Shenji camp. Some of them are from the little princess, thanks to the care of the little princess!" He pointed to the target placed in front of the wooden table: "Within thirty steps, the power is acceptable and the target is accurate.
Nothing, fifty to a hundred steps, the power will be completely lost!"
He then pointed to the fire gun on the other side: "This is the Fo Langji fire gun I purchased. Within a hundred steps, the accuracy and power can be guaranteed. It was not until a hundred and fifty steps that the power weakened and the accuracy was lost."
!”
He looked at Xu Caining: "That's not all. Once our Ming Dynasty's fire cannon is fired, it takes a skilled fire cannon player about a hundred breaths of time to reload, and the Folangji people's fire cannon, according to Mr. Owen,
It can be loaded and fired once in fifty to sixty breaths!"
"These Folang machine fire blunderbuss can hit farther, hit more accurately, harder, and faster than our Ming Dynasty. I use these fire blunderbuss for my soldiers to go into battle to kill the enemy. They have better firepower."
If there is no need for a gun, why should I use a bad one!"
"I don't believe it. Compared with our Ming Dynasty's firecrackers, the Folangji people's firecrackers have no disadvantages at all!"
Xu Caining compared the two batches of firecrackers and looked at the targets inlaid with projectiles. He always felt that something was wrong!
"Of course there are disadvantages to Fo Lang's blunderbuss!" Jiang Wan pondered for a moment and shook his head: "It's just that they are too expensive! Otherwise, how can I say something like imitating them?"