According to Zhu Yingzhen, he probably felt that only those who directly bordered the Ming Dynasty and had a bad relationship could not sell artillery. For countries like Japan, which were separated by the sea, it would not matter if they sold some artillery.
Does it really not matter? Last year, the new No. 2 heavy artillery (Wanli 14th year model) was sold to Japan at least forty times, and this was only the part that "leaked" from Beiyang. Has Nanyang returned it?
Hard to say.
According to Gao's pragmatic understanding, some people from Fujian and even Guangdong also go to Japan to do business. Last year, non-Jinghua private merchant ships in Nanyang ports purchased 62 No. 2 heavy guns, and some claimed to add them to their own ships.
, and most of them said they wanted to replace them with new ones (they used to carry cannons).
Jinghua's various private ports only check the number of guns carried by ships when they leave the port, and count the specifications (caliber) of the guns. It is impossible to check the age of the guns. Therefore, although Jinghua has data on the total gun load of these civilian ships, they do not
It is not known whether the artillery is a new one or an old one.
Last year, private merchant ships in Nanyang actually installed twenty-seven cannons. So where did the remaining thirty-five go? Are they all updated? I don't know, because Jinghua can't check.
And then again, even if they installed new cannons, where would the old cannons go? No one can care about this, because they can be said to have encountered pirates or serious artillery malfunctions after going to sea, so they temporarily dismantled them.
Replaced.
How to control this thing? He said that after it was damaged and found that it could not be repaired, he threw it into the sea. Can you still force him to pick it up and check it? It is impossible for Jinghua to control it so leniently, and the court has nothing to do in the face of this new situation.
What system should be put in place to stop it - in this era, the imperial power does not extend to counties, let alone to the sea.
From this point of view, Gao Pragmatic estimated that last year alone, the number of new No. 2 cannons that Japan might obtain might reach sixty or seventy. The No. 2 cannon is the basic heavy gun for ships, and it is also the largest specification sold by Jinghua. As for the No. 1 heavy cannon for ships,
, that only Jinghua has. The navy of the Ming Dynasty is a younger brother in front of Jinghua's two-ocean fleet. Now the court is short of money and the target is still on land. It is impossible to buy this kind of gold-swallowing beast.
But the No. 3 cannon used on ships is different. The load capacity of this thing is much larger than that of the No. 2 cannon. In fact, the No. 3 cannon is the one with the highest equipment rate on the Ming Dynasty merchant ships (because the No. 3 cannon can basically defend against sporadic pirates that have been raided by Jinghua many times.
).
How many No. 3 cannons can be loaded? Even Jinghua doesn’t have an exact figure! It is roughly estimated that the number of No. 3 cannons alone on private merchant ships anchored in Jinghua’s private ports is no less than 2,000.
Why? Because this year is not after the dreadnought era, there is no concept of "all-heavy artillery", and it is impossible to design it like this. Therefore, there are more than a dozen ship artillery installed at a time - this is still at the level of civilian ships, and Jinghua owns the largest number of weapons.
The transport ship carries twenty-eight guns per ship, including twenty No. 3 guns and eight No. 2 guns.
What does it mean to have no less than two thousand No. 3 cannons? It means that one or two hundred No. 3 cannons may have to be replaced every year just for iterative updates. Who knows whether these two hundred No. 3 cannons have really been replaced?
This is just like the warranty period for private cars in future generations. It is not necessarily recommended that you do maintenance after 5,000 kilometers. You really should do maintenance at 5,000 kilometers. What’s wrong with me if it’s 6,000 kilometers? What’s wrong if it’s 7,000? As long as it doesn’t exceed too much,
In fact, it's basically no problem, and the same goes for artillery.
Nowadays, Japanese pirates from Japan and pirates from Southeast Asia have been severely damaged by Jinghua's raids. If these civilian ships were more honest and followed Jinghua's merchant fleet every time, no pirate would dare to commit suicide. Then, the artillery usage rate on his ship would definitely not be high.
, so as long as it is properly maintained, iterative updates are actually not urgent.
But judging from Jinghua's artillery sales, they seem to be quite eager, which is a problem. Gao Pragmatic didn't pay much attention to it at first, but now that he thinks about it, he can't help but seriously suspect that these civilian ships are also involved in selling artillery privately - not necessarily
They directly resold the new cannon. It is also possible that they installed the new cannon themselves and sold the old cannon.
Judging from the fact that the premium rate for buying cannons in Japan is so high, they might be able to make a profit by selling second-hand old cannons to Japan and going back to Jinghua to buy new cannons!
grass?
I am the only honest person who co-authored this and is losing money?
Well, it’s not a loss. After all, the ex-factory price of Jinghua is already twice or even two and a half times the cost. It can only be said that the profit is not enough.
But does it really matter if we sell artillery to Japan? Shit, it definitely does. It matters a lot!
There is not much difference between naval guns and land guns these days. If the naval gun is removed from the ship and then given a whole trailer, then it becomes a land gun.
What Zhu Yingzhen really meant was that the Ming Dynasty and Japan were separated by the sea, and the two sides would not fight, so selling cannons did not matter. But how did he know that the two sides would have to fight in a few years at most?
What's even more bizarre is that these two people also came to encourage him to take them to rob Iwami Ginzan on behalf of the nobles!
Good guys, when you sold cannons before, was it because you wanted others to use your cannons to hit yourself?
"Arms dealers who dare not sell weapons to the enemy are not good arms dealers", "capitalists can sell the ropes to hang themselves for profit"...Capitalism is really awesome! These bastards just turned from serf owners to capitalists
How long did it take for your consciousness to be so "high"?
However, Gao Wuchen has no time to criticize them now, and in fact, although their current actions are tantamount to siding with the enemy, it is not so bad from another perspective.
From an overall perspective, what Gao Wuchen needs most now is to cultivate a class. Only when this class is born and gradually becomes stronger can the giant ship of the Ming Dynasty be pushed by them to change its course bit by bit. The route is the most important thing.
, far better than some specific details.
What's more, in Gao Pragmatic's eyes, the trouble caused by this detail is not only still controllable, but even beneficial to a certain extent. For example, although Japan's military power will be strengthened for this reason, Ming's enemies cannot always defeat it.
They are opponents with backward equipment such as Mongolia and Jurchen.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In the future, when Tsarist Russia expands eastward, people will also have hot weapons; the bandits from Europe who came from the sea will turn into hungry wolves in minutes, so the Ming Dynasty
You can't just have the experience of using hot weapons to bully opponents with cold weapons. You also need to have the experience of fighting opponents with the same equipment level.
The Japanese's firepower (muskets) is pretty good, and now they have artillery, but fortunately the root of this artillery is in the hands of Gao Pragmatic. As long as Gao Pragmatic notices this, he can quietly adjust it to make the Japanese The number of artillery pieces is within a controllable range, and it is not easy to find such a good training partner.
The flower-viewing party was held on time, and there was an additional civil servant among the large number of noble military officials in the Xishan Villa. However, everyone seemed to think it was normal and had no intention of treating Gao Pragmatism as an outsider.
It’s no wonder that this flower viewing party looked like a gathering of the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance. How could such a pragmatic and dignified alliance leader become an outsider? It was Li Rusong who really felt like an outsider.
Li Rusong always felt that something was wrong with the attitude of these nobles toward him. They all seemed friendly, but in fact, even the smiles on their faces were slightly distant. They were polite but turned away thousands of miles away.
Only then did Li Rusong realize that in the eyes of this group of nobles and nobles, even if he was "Ning Yuanbo Yingxi", he was still an outsider and a nouveau riche, not worthy of their attention at all.
Also, there are two Dukes, one Duke's eldest grandson (Xu Xigao, the eldest grandson of Duke Ding, whose father died young), and more than a dozen marquises and young marquises, all of whom have a more noble status than him, even the uncles. He is also more noble than his newly minted uncle.
As for their positions, none of these senior officials have been rotated among the Five Governments for many years. The Governor's Office of the Fifth Army is no different from their own backyard. They are all "military veterans" - of course, whether they can fight or not is another matter. Anyway, the "qualifications" are here.
Even Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong, the two princes who can only ride a horse, are not very good in terms of "military age". Both of them are "veteran generals" who have served in the Jinyi Guards for thousands of households at the age of seven or eight. Li Rusong "Joining the army" is more than ten years old, there is no comparison.
Li Rusong's only advantage is probably the dispatch - please note here, the commander-in-chief has never been a position, it has always been a dispatch. Li Rusong's real position is "the left commander of the right army governor's office", and this left governor just got it after finishing the northwest campaign. Before that, he had been the governor of the Dudu Mansion, also known as the governor. In other words, he had always been a subordinate of the top nobles here.
Gao Puzhi listened to Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong, two "old leaders" who didn't know how to lead troops, talking to Li Rusong as if they were lecturing their juniors, and felt that this world was really ridiculous.
Given an army of 50,000 for you two, Li Rusong might be able to annihilate them all in one battle with his 5,000 soldiers. But now Li Rusong is here to listen to your nonsense: "When you go to Liaodong, you should do this, this, and this." It's so magical...
Fortunately, the two princes only dared to act pretentious with Li Rusong, a "nouveau riche". They still remembered that the real speaker was Gao Alliance Leader. After chatting for a while, they changed the topic, glanced at Gao Pragmatic, and said: " The two of us have little knowledge, so that’s all I have to say. Da Si Nong is a famous commander in the world, so I’d better ask Da Si Nong to fill in the gaps and explain it in detail, so as not to spoil the important affairs of the court."
It’s rare. You also know that your knowledge is shallow?
Li Rusong listened for a long time while holding back his anger, and the corner of his mouth could not help but twitch. Hearing these words, he turned over like a serf, and hurriedly gave Gao Pragmatic a fist: "Please give me some advice."
Li Rusong fought under Gao Jingshi, and achieved great success both times. According to the custom at this time, when he addressed Gao Jingshi, he usually had to add the word "en". And Gao Jingshi was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and the title of Shangshu was
The first-level unified honorific title is Bu Tang. Theoretically speaking, Li Rusong can call him "En Bu" or "En Tang".
However, the title Entang is not only used at the level of Butang, but also at many levels above the magistrate. Therefore, Li Rusong still uses Enbu - Bu. This is more like a professional title. At the very least, he must be a minister.
Enjoy it.
But Gao Jingshi knew that Li Rusong was playing a trick here, because Li Rusong actually knew that Gao Jingshi and Li Chengliang were equals, and if he wanted to deliberately curry favor with Gao Jingshi, he could even call himself a junior.
Of course, these days are quite strange. There are not many ordinary generals who are worthy of being called lackeys in front of Gao Pragmatism, and there are distinctions between levels.
For example, the commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief write letters and even give gifts to Gao Pragmatic. Those who are more reserved can call themselves "the junior so-and-so under the sect", and the less reserved ones can call themselves "the junior so-and-so under the sect"; those below the deputy commander-in-chief and above the garrison level,
When writing a letter or giving a gift to Gao Pragmatic, you can only say "So-and-so, the lackey of Mu En Wansheng's sect,"; if the defense is lower than the general, and the general is above, not only must you say "So-and-so, the lackey of Mu En Wansheng's sect, is the younger one," but you also have to add a sentence at the end of the text.
"Thousands of people kowtow and kneel to present (Kneel down to present, kneel down to offer)", "Thousands of people kowtow and kneel down to present (Kneel down to present, kneel down to offer)".
As for the president... what are you thinking about? Let alone writing letters, you are not even qualified to give gifts to the family ministers, okay? You are calling yourself a fool with a completely different identity.
However, despite the rules, Li Rusong's temper is now famous all over the world. In addition, he has "Uncle Ning Yuan to attack", so I simply skipped the self-titled here and just called him "Enbu".
Gao Jingshi was replaced by some arrogant civil servant, and his expression may have changed by now. However, Gao Jingshi did not come here to show off, he came to make friends with Li Rusong, and he was already mentally prepared for Li Rusong's performance, so naturally he would not take it into account.
Compare.
"Yangcheng is going to Liaodong, what's the picture?" Gao pragmatic asked first, and then seemed to have just noticed that Li Rusong was still standing and listening to the training - this was the problem of Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong, who did not let Li Rusong sit down.
.
So Gao pragmatic didn't wait for Li Rusong to reply, and immediately said: "Hey, why is Yangcheng still standing? Come, please sit down, please sit down." He then turned to blame Zhang Yuangong: "Young Master, the servants in your other courtyard are too lazy.
You didn’t know how much tea was served?”
The status of the British Dukes in the Ming Dynasty has been mentioned in the previous article. Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian, even when they were the most powerful, were respectful to the British Dukes at that time, and there was nothing they could do. As for now, anyway, among the capital, they dare to be so harmonious.
Apart from the emperor, the British public speaker is probably the only one who is pragmatic.
Zhang Yuangong, who was very arrogant in front of Li Rusong, seemed to be a completely different person in front of Gao Pingshi. He slapped his forehead regardless of his image: "Oh, my fault, my fault. I just told them not to disturb them casually, but these idiots just
I was so scared that I didn’t even dare to serve the tea. It was really a joke to Da Sinong.”
As he said this, the dignified British prince stood up decisively and asked for tea himself. When Li Rusong next to him saw it, his face became even more ugly.
The British public disciplined him as if they were juniors, but he did not dare to do what they did to Xu Shouqian and Wang Xueshu, because they were top military ministers and the rules were there, so he had nothing to say. However, the British public officials were as pragmatic as criticizing subordinate officials.
Although he is usually rude, the British father is too busy admitting that he is wrong. This is simply... a slap in the face in a different way.
But after all, Li Rusong just had a bad temper and was not very stupid. When he thought about it, he immediately realized that something was wrong: Gao Pragmatic's move was actually giving him a thumbs up.
But...why? The relationship between the Li family and Gao Pragmatic is not very good. Although it is mainly caused by his father, Li Chengliang, has Gao Pragmatic ever been so polite to the Li family? After all, the political stances of the two parties have completely reached opposite ends.
ah.
Could it be that Gao Pragmatic has something for me to do?
However, Li Rusong was wrong. Gao Pragmatic made no request from the beginning to the end. When Li Rusong said that he would strengthen his training and preparations and that he would definitely perform well in the future battle against Chahar, Gao Pragmatic just praised him with joy on his face.
Not only that, Li Rusong even found that no matter what he said about being pragmatic, he always praised him, almost praising him to the sky. It was as if he was the only famous general in the world, Huo Weiyuan was inferior, and Wu Mu was ashamed.
Li Rusong still likes to be praised, especially when the person who praises him is recognized as "the best literary handsome man in the world", which makes him even more elated. In addition, he also obviously found that with Gao Pragmatic
The compliments became more and more ferocious, and the faces of Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong gradually became ugly. This gave him the pleasure of succeeding in revenge. If it were not for the fact that the two sides' positions were indeed different, he would have even wished to introduce Gao Pragmatic as his lifelong confidant.
That's good.
When it was time for the flower viewing party, Gao Pingshi even asked Li Rusong to sit next to him in front of all the nobles, and chatted with him about the battlefield in a very affectionate manner.
Li Rusong's face was glowing red. He originally planned to just show off and take a few sips, but he didn't stop drinking until his head was steaming. The relationship with Gao Pragmatic was really getting closer. By the time the flower viewing party was over, he had already
Decision: No matter what his spiritual and practical knowledge, at least Gao Situ can definitely make friends!
Before leaving, Li Rusong patted his chest and promised that as long as he was in Liaodong, the Liaodong Army would "never cause trouble to Da Sinong." Gao Pragmatic agreed with a smile.
But as soon as Li Rusong left, Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong snorted with dark faces, and Zhang Yuangong couldn't help but said: "Rixin, you came to Li Rusong just to flatter him like this, and you didn't plan to say anything serious?"
Zhu Yingzhen also said with a stinky face: "Yeah, Rixin, what kind of medicine are you selling in this gourd? Are all of you, Brother Jiu and others, setting the stage for him to break the "Ning Yuanbo Yingxi" today?"
Gao pragmatic smiled and said comfortingly: "I'm borrowing the face of my two brothers. You won't be angry, right?"
Zhang Yuangong's face muscles twitched, he vomited a breath and said: "To be honest, this is you. If it had been anyone else, I would have asked someone to take a stick out."
Zhu Yingzhen still insisted on asking his question and asked again: "Why on earth? I look at you and you don't have anything to ask of this big-tailed wolf?"
Gao pragmatic smiled and said calmly: "It's really no big deal, but the Liaodong Army is still useful now. I don't want to see him die at an inappropriate time."
"Death?" Zhu Yingzhen said inexplicably: "This kid has a bad temper, but at least he has earned the title of Lord Ningyuan. How can he die if he doesn't rebel?"
Zhang Yuangong touched his chin thoughtfully and said hesitantly: "A civil servant wants to... uh, want to touch him?"
Gao Pragmatic stopped talking. Instead, he diverted their thoughts with just one sentence: "Let's discuss what we said before? Have you two drunk too much?"
The two princes trembled in haste, as if they had been given a shot in the arm. They suddenly became energetic and said in unison: "No, no, I just had a baby!"
Then he pulled Gao Pragmatic from left to right, like a filial son and grandson supporting the old man: "Come, come, Rixin, let's talk in detail..."
Gao Pingshi followed them, and Shi Shiran went to the study with them. Before leaving, he subconsciously looked back at Li Rusong's cavalry and thought to himself: With my attitude, no one would dare to kill Li Rusong, right? Hey,
Li Rusong, a coward like me, will probably never realize that I saved his life. That’s all. I didn’t ask him to repay him...
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