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566. Chapter 566 The Best of Three Worlds

Liu Hua is back, bringing back a whole boatload of "rags"! However, under Tang Yin and Grisa's seemingly critical evaluation, the value of this pile of rags is probably worth about 150,000 taels of silver.

This was stolen goods, so it was naturally impossible to calculate it according to its original value. However, Qian Wubing was very curious about how Liu Hua brought many things back. He got the information from the merchant ships that went to Champa.

Hua and others have been causing trouble outside of Liao Port, so it is really strange to be able to contact Lord Ruan's subordinates in this way.

"My lord, I failed to complete the task assigned to you by my lord, so I come here to take the blame!"

As soon as he entered the Xuanwei Yamen, Liu Hua knelt down on one leg before Qian Wubing and respectfully accepted the punishment. This Xuanwei Yamen was the former palace, but it had a different name. It is now called "Xuanwei Mansion in the Ming Dynasty Champa City"

". Of course, as expected, Jinyiwei's overseas Qianhu Office stationed at Baihu Yamen also hung up a signboard here.

"You did a good job, you are not guilty!" Qian Wubing smiled slightly, the people came back, the ship came back, and they brought back things that he didn't expect much, although not all, Qian Wubing

Already very satisfied.

"Then Lord Ruan, the general didn't kill him!" Liu Hua didn't get up and lowered his head and said: "It's not that the general is afraid of death, but if he kills him, we will never get the next batch of goods?"

"Is there the next batch?" Qian Wubing's eyes lit up. Although a boatload cost more than 100,000 taels of silver, it was not particularly much, but it was still quite a lot. Qian Wubing's horizons have been a bit high recently, but not yet high enough.

He didn't even take more than one hundred thousand taels of silver seriously.

"Yes!" Liu Hua replied: "The next transaction will still be at Liao Port, and Lord Ruan's people are willing to pay more for him, which is almost the same amount of goods as this time!"

"Overpayment?" Qian Wubing heard something strange: "What does this overpayment mean? Didn't you get these things in exchange for Lord Ruan's people?"

"My subordinate sold the two artillery pieces on the ship sent to me by your Excellency..." Liu Hua said in a low voice, not even daring to look at Qian Wubing.

Grisha was talking to Tang Yin. After hearing these words, she couldn't help but look over. Tang Yin felt that he was Qian Wubing's right-hand man. At this moment, he frowned and looked directly towards her.

Come over here.

"My subordinates did not sell the artillery to the Dai Viet people, but to a prince of the Chenla Kingdom. At that time, when our ship was at their port, the prince of the Chenla Kingdom had a wrong idea, and my subordinates fled.

There, I originally planned to just vent my anger, but I didn't expect that things turned out to be like this, and the Dai Viet people who had never shown up came to the door!" When Tang Yin walked over, Liu Hua was still mumbling.

"Tell me a little more about the matter from beginning to end!" The smile on Qian Wubing's face has gradually disappeared. This matter seems to have exceeded his expectations. At this moment, Tang Yin is by his side, and he hopes that he can listen again.

First editor, and then use his extremely clever mind to give himself advice.

Qian Wubing didn't ask Liu Hua to get up and talk. Liu Hua naturally didn't dare to get up, so he just knelt on one leg. After he told what happened in the past few days in detail, he raised his head and found that almost Qian Wubing

All the important people around Wu Bing were already standing by his side, including the Consolation Envoy who had just arrived in Champa on the day he left.

"Get up!" Qian Wubing had no expression on his face, but Liu Hua felt relieved. Since he let himself get up to speak, it showed that the master was not too angry.

"Wait outside!" Qian Wubing naturally would not discuss this matter in front of him, and kicked him out directly. Then he turned around and saw that he could reach the level of "smart person" in his mind.

of two people.

"This matter is quite a coincidence!" Tang Yin smiled: "If these Dai Viet people hadn't made peace with each other, there would have been some discord with the Zhenla Kingdom! Who knew it would develop like this!

"

"This person is quite decisive!" Wang Shouren also nodded: "Escaping from death is for bravery, and coming back is for conspiracy. He lost his life and hurt the other party, but he was able to judge the situation and seek benefits for the Ming Dynasty.

The good thing is that this is also decisive, congratulations to Mr. Qian, you have such a talented subordinate!"

He laughed loudly: "Even if someone else were to change, he might not be able to do better than Liu Qianhu, not to mention that he also left a way out. This transaction has happened more than once. The leader of the Dayue people,

Isn’t it still in our hands?”

"What's all this!" Qian Wubing shook his head with laughter: "Originally it was an unprofitable business to extort these Dai Viet people, but how did it turn into us selling artillery to the Chen La people, and the Dai Viet people got the Chen La people?

We got the gold and silver that was stolen from Champa City, and the Chenla people also got the artillery they wanted. How could things become like this?"

"I think this sounds good!" Grisha had been listening for a long time, and finally found an opportunity to interject: "Don't you have a saying in Ming Dynasty, which is called the best of the three worlds, everyone gets what they want.

thing, isn’t this the best result?

"It's the best of both worlds!" Qian Wubing corrected Grisha's mistake. It had to be said that it was quite a sense of accomplishment to correct someone else's improper use of words in front of two top scholars.

"The result is pretty good, but I always feel a little weird. It seems that in the end, even a villain like Lord Ruan can escape with his life, which is too easy for him!"

"If you don't want to let him go, just kill him!" Wang Shouren laughed: "You sold one life for hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and you still said such sarcastic words, Yi Zhi, I found that I really

I haven’t looked at you carefully, but with your shame, it’s simply too unqualified for you to be the acting commander of the Royal Guards. His Majesty should find a position for you in the cabinet!”

"Hehe!" Qian Wubing smiled awkwardly, and everyone followed suit and laughed kindly.

After a while, Liu Hua was called up. When he saw the smile that disappeared from Qian Wubing's face returned to his face again, Liu Hua suddenly felt at ease.

"When is the next transaction?" Qian Wubing asked.

"We agreed, after seven days!" Liu Hua replied: "However, sir, I want two more of those small artillery pieces. I don't want the general cannons on our armored ships and the ones that follow our fleet."

Those merchant ships and caravans can just laugh!"

"Well, go back to Wang Yu and ask him to do this for you. Two small artillery pieces are nothing, but don't sell them too many projectiles. By the way, we still have some tiger squatting cannons. You

Next time, ask the prince of Zhenla who wants your life if he is interested. Since you can sell these small cannons for 50,000 taels of silver, these tiger squatting cannons must be worth 30,000 to 20,000 taels of silver.

You can sell it too!"

Qian Wubing asked with interest.

In addition to general guns and some medium-sized artillery pieces, the most common type of crouching tiger cannon on the armored ship was the squatting tiger cannon. This was Qian Wubing's preparation for fearing that the enemy would board the ship to fight after they had overrun the artillery bombardment. The squatting tiger cannon was a

A small cannon, this cannon is 2 feet long from head to tail, with 7 iron hoops added around the body. The head of the cannon is held up by two iron claws, and there is an iron trip. The total weight is 36 kilograms. It looks powerful and majestic.

Before firing, the cannon body must be fixed to the ground with large iron nails. Each shot can be loaded with 100 small lead bullets or pebbles weighing 5 taels, and a large lead bullet or stone bullet weighing 30 taels is used to top it. When firing,

Large and small bullets fly out together, making a thunderous sound, with a large lethality and radiation range, making it especially suitable for field battles.

Qian Wubing prepared dozens of cannons for each ship. The problem was that once these tiger cannons were put on the ship, Qian Wubing discovered that they were completely useless things. Not to mention how big the side of the armored ship was.

Are there any ships that can jump over our own ship? Even if there are ships that can jump over people to fight, can these ships escape such a dense bombardment by the fleet?

Well, even if Lady Luck is the stepmother of those ships, those ships can rush through the barrage of hundreds of artillery fires, but don’t forget that on this voyage, every ironclad ship has its own escort fleet.

Yes, it can be said that these artillery fires are not as good as their ships. If the personnel want to board the ship to fight, they must first fight with the escorting semi-armed merchant ships, sailors, soldiers, and caravan guards. At this time, this tiger

The squatting gun is still useful!

As for Qian Wubing, it is impossible to issue these tiger squatting cannons to those merchant ships. He can turn a blind eye to the self-installed artillery and the firearms in the hands of the guards on the merchant ships. That is for the benefit of the fleet, but firing these cannons

Giving it to these "commoners" would be against the laws of the imperial court. In the Ming Dynasty, if you dare to cast or own artillery privately, it is definitely not a topic that can be discussed. If you have a different background, you will be executed without injustice.

.

Qian Wubing, as the acting commander of the Jinyi Guards, naturally cannot "know the law and break the law" like this, so if he can sell them, that is the best way.

"Here, I want fifty of them!" When Wang Shouren heard that Qian Wubing planned to sell these squatting tiger cannons, he hurriedly said, "Are you kidding? These cannons are not on the ship, but they are a big killer in the field, and only money can do it."

Only a half-hearted guy like Wu Bing would get these cannons onto the ship.

"Okay! Thirty thousand taels per door, 1,500,000 taels of generous benefits!" Qian Wubing replied with a smile.

"What are you trying to do? Don't forget, I worked in the Ministry of War. In the arsenal of Nanjing, a squatting cannon costs only eight hundred taels of silver. I'll give you twice the price. It's a reward for your hard work."

!”

Qian Wubing chuckled: "I'll give you a thousand taels of silver for each door. Then Mr. Wang will get me a hundred or more doors from the arsenal. How about that?"

Wang Shouren shook his head: "That's impossible. There are three and five gates. But someone sold me my face and went to ten gates. It's hard to say!"

"That's what I'm saying!" Qian Wubing saw Wang Shouren's sad face and felt happy for a moment: "How about I give you a small change, so it's one million taels!"


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