Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 15 Firearms Trading
The Liao battalion was expanded.It's a matter of course.

With muskets and artillery as the backing, Mrs. Yang and other middle and lower-level officers were full of confidence, eager for war more and more, and indirectly supported the expansion of the army.The people under Guanglu Island did not object. It is a good thing to fight against the Jin soldiers, and their stability needs the protection of the Fuliao Battalion.

The Fuliao Battalion still had three brigades, and the captains did not change, but each brigade expanded from the original 200 people to 300 people in each brigade.In addition, the battalion-owned infantry squad was expanded to the battalion-owned infantry squadron, with a number of 100 people.

The newly established battalion is an artillery squadron, including internal transport personnel, with a number of 200 people. Ten cannons are temporarily set up, and two are spared.

A new logistics squadron with 200 people was established to be responsible for the logistics of the infantry brigade.

In total, there were 300 people.In addition, Chu Yun has also formed a reserve army system, and the people under his rule can become reserve soldiers, produce in normal times, and conduct military training in their spare time, and then they can get some subsidies from Chu Yun.

Expenditures for military expansion mainly come from the income of textile factories.Now the textile mill business is booming.With the help of businessman Wang Changyuan's connections, the yarn from Guangludao Textile Factory was shipped to Houjin, Nanyang, and Ming Dynasty, and even sold to the Tokugawa Shogunate, which is comparable to a money printing machine.

This is still the case without steam engines, which shows how unimaginably huge benefits the industrial revolution brought to the empire on which the sun never sets.And these benefits will be obtained by Chu Yun in this era.

"You will be the captain of the artillery squadron from now on. Please train an artillery army that can fight and conquer!" Chu Yun promoted a confidant named David Dong to the squadron leader of the artillery squadron.

"Dong Dawei will definitely do it!" A hulking military officer saluted Chu Yun.

This new type of military salute was also invented by Chu Yun. At first Chu Yun's group of soldiers were not used to it, but gradually they felt that the new type of military salute made people look more refreshed, and it felt different.

Looking at the new-looking army, Chu Yun thought of the Beiyang recruits of later generations.But unlike the recruits at that time, under the leadership of Chu Yun, this army was more advanced in thinking.

Although there are only two cannons now, there will be twelve in a month, so what about a year from now?Chu Yun couldn't help looking forward to the future.

"My lord, I don't want to be the captain of this brigade anymore!" Mrs. Yang next to her said suddenly.

"What's wrong with you?" Chu Yun frowned.

"This subordinate is willing to exchange the captain of the infantry squadron for the squadron leader of the artillery squadron!" Mrs. Yang's eyes glowed green.

"Fuck you! You want anything good!" Chu Yun wished he could kick Mrs. Yang.

I have to say that Mrs. Yang's vision is vicious. Although the British six-pound cannon has not yet demonstrated its power, it will definitely be the main force in large-scale battles in the future.

Chu Yun's business is booming. Merchant ships transport raw materials to Guanglu Island, and then ship finished products out of Guanglu Island.

This time it's not just yarn from the textile industry, but also iron metal!

In order to cast cannons, Chu Yun ignited the smelting technology of the 17th century. With enough technology to support metal smelting, Chu Yun even started selling firearms.

For more silver, Chu Yun sold batches of flintlock guns to Korea and Southeast Asia!Except for Hou Jin who was against the Ming Dynasty, Chu Yun would not refuse anyone!And Chu Yun sold flintlock guns at five or even ten times the cost!

A month ago, Chu Yun sold 6000 flintlock guns and [-] rounds of ammunition to Korea for [-] taels of silver!Part of the silver is paid for with precious grain!Anyway, my own production capacity is sufficient, and there will be surplus after equipping the army, so of course I have to sell some.Of course they sell second-rate goods.Only in this way can we complete capital accumulation, continue to expand production capacity, develop more advanced science and technology, and form a good cycle.

"My lord, the envoy from the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan is seeking an audience outside our barracks. It is said that they want to finalize a batch of firearms deals with us." A soldier trotted over to report to Chu Yun.

"The Tokugawa shogunate? Why are all these people here? Are they from the Tokugawa family?"

It never occurred to Chu Yun that his firearms business was managed by the Tokugawa shogunate.At first, Chu Yun didn't think of doing arms business, but sometimes Chu Yun would send a small army to protect the merchant ships.In this way, the reputation of the flintlock guns equipped by Chu Yun spread in the nearby waters.Everyone knows that on an island in the Ming court, there are new-style Western firearms, which are several times more powerful than the old-style firearms.As long as you have money, you can buy it!
"Although they are from the Tokugawa shogunate, they are not from the Tokugawa family, but a family that seems to be called Shimadzu. There are many families in this place, and no one knows whether they are big or small. .” The orderly scratched his head in confusion.

"The Shimadzu family..." Chu Yun had heard about it a little bit. This was a lord of the Satsuma clan in the southwest of Dongying, and he had some troops in his hands.

"Let's go, we will meet the messenger." Chu Yun said.

He left the smelter with dozens of his men.

There were more than ten envoys from the Shimadzu family, the head of which was shaved and dressed in samurai uniform, with a dagger pinned to his waist, neat and tidy.From the looks of it, he knew he was a son of a big family. "

"Shimadzu Mitsuhisa has seen the lord of the Celestial Dynasty." The samurai saw Chu Yun approaching under the protection of a group of people, and knew that Chu Yun was the boss here, so he saluted Chu Yun respectfully.

More than 30 years ago, Hideyoshi Toyoda mobilized the power of the whole country to attack Goryeo, and was defeated by the Ming Dynasty and Goryeo.In the following decades, Dongying recognized the Ming Dynasty as the Kingdom of Heaven.

Sure enough, fists are everything, as long as you have strength, others will respect you and fear you, but without strength, no matter how big the territory is, others will come to bully you and rob you of your territory and food.

But what surprised Chu Yun was that Mitsuhisa Shimadzu could speak some Chinese, although it was not standard, but it was very rare.

"Shimadzu Mitsuhisa? Have you heard of it?" Chu Yun turned to the school officer beside him and asked.

"I haven't heard the words of adults." A cadre replied.

Just as the messenger said before, there are as many big names in Dongpu as a cow's hair, and the nicknames are even more random. Daming doesn't care about things there.

"Your Majesty is the eldest son of the Shimadzu Patriarch. It is normal for you to hear this for the first time. This time, I have brought 150 silver. I want to buy [-] new-style Western guns and two new-style Western cannons from Your Excellency." Mitsuhisa Shimadzu Not angry, but slowly.

"I want to buy 4000 Western muskets and two Western cannons for 150 taels of silver? Go to Korea and find out, when did we sell them so cheap? At most a hundred Western muskets and [-] rounds of ammunition, but there are no cannons." Chu Yun was domineering. Said sideways.

"This...isn't it a bit...too bullying..." The calm Shimadzu Mitsuhisa finally showed a bitter look on his face.

(End of this chapter)