The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 193 The Rules of Free Trade

To put it bluntly, the key to everything lies in the steam engine!

Zheng Chenggong nodded and said.

"So good!"

In addition to cloth and ironware, Zhu Hongyu introduced many other goods to Zheng Chenggong.

Similar to soap, perfume and the like!
Zheng Chenggong was amazed again and again, and couldn't help but smile.

"With these goods, my Ming Dynasty will soon be able to earn enough military funds through sea trade!"

The smile on Zhu Hongyu's face remained unchanged, and he said meaningfully.

"To do trade, just having goods is not enough, the market is also very important!"

Zheng Chenggong nodded and said.

"The markets of Japan, North Korea, Annan and other countries should be enough!"

Zhu Hongyu shook his head in his heart. At present, it may be enough, but with the expansion of the industrial scale of the Liberation Army, these markets must not be enough.

After all, these countries are not stupid, and they don't have enough threats of force. How could they really completely open up the market and accept the dumping of Ming's goods?

What if Daming's products are sold too much, and their own related industries are washed away and collapsed?
Maybe they didn't realize this at the beginning, they just felt that Daming's products were of high quality and cheap.

But when they react, there will be a wave of absolutely closed-door operations.

To expand the market, it is not enough to have high-quality and low-cost commodities, you must also have cannons!
The area that can be covered by the range of the cannon is the area where free trade can be carried out.

This is the age of great navigation, the rules of free trade.

But before restoring the Central Plains, Zhu Hongyu didn't want to start a war with these small countries.

"These markets are not enough!"

"If you want to say that the biggest market is actually the Central Plains in the north."

Japan, North Korea, Annan and other countries are limited in size, and a little dumping from Ming Dynasty may threaten their related industries.

But Manqing is big enough!

Even if Daming dumped a little more goods, it would be inconspicuous in the volume of Manqing.

Although the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty were mortal enemies, but if the situation was to be opened, who said that mortal enemies could not do business?

Ironware and arms cannot be sold. Isn't it also profitable to sell some cloth, food, spices, fine wine and the like?

Zheng Chenggong seemed to have realized something, and said.

"You mean Macau?"

Zhu Hongyu nodded and said.

"That's what it means!"

Zheng Chenggong nodded and said.

"Well, Fulangji broke his promise and took over our Ming territory in the name of drying the goods. Not only did he not pay the rent according to the agreement, but now he dares to collude with the Qing Dynasty. He deserves death!"

"I'm waiting for Daming Zhongliang to do something!"

Zhu Hongyu grinned at the corner of his mouth and said.

"What Master Taishan said is true!"

"You thieves have occupied my Ming territory for decades, it's time to pay the price!"

The two smiled at each other and said nothing.

As for explaining that after the army took Macau, would Shang Kexi stop doing entrepot trade in Macau?
In fact, there is no need to worry about this!
Shang Kexi, although the old thief is very loyal to Man Qing, but Zhu Hongyu does not believe that he is so loyal that he can give up a million taels of benefits every year.

Big deal, after the Ming army took Macau, they could not change their banners!

Just continue to do business under the banner of the Portuguese!

Still the same sentence, make money, don't be fooled!
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Later, Zheng Chenggong proposed to Zhu Hongyu that he wanted to see for himself the shooting power of the Guangfu-[-] field artillery of the Guangfu Army.

Zheng Chenggong bought fifty Guangfu Type [-] field guns from the Guangfu Army at one go.

The price proposed by Zhu Hongyu is 2000 taels of silver for each cannon.

Since the Guangfu-[-] field gun is a copper cannon, the price is actually not too much.

However, the total number is too much. If you add up to fifty cannons, that's 10 taels!
No matter where the power is, 10 taels is not a small amount. Zheng Chenggong wants to inspect the goods with his own eyes, which is beyond reproach.

Naturally, Zhu Hongyu would not refuse!
The two came to the proving ground.

In the field, four Guangfu Type [-] field guns of the Restoration Army were lined up.

Gunpowder barrels, shells, and brushes needed to clean the gun bore are also placed in categories.

Zheng Chenggong stepped forward, touched, and felt the texture of the cannon body, as well as the new luster, and he was constantly speechless.

Just because of the solid bronze texture of the material, Zheng Chenggong knew that it was worth buying a cannon for 2000 taels of silver.

This damn is copper!

The material is still very solid!

Zhu Hongyu waved his hand and said.

"Test the cannon!"

The gunner stepped forward and operated skillfully.

Clean the barrel, load the gunpowder, insert the shells, and adjust the shooting elements.

The movements are done in one go, without the slightest confusion, which shows the excellent training.

As the match was ignited, there was a loud bang, and the muzzle spewed out flames mixed with gunpowder smoke, and a shell shot mercilessly towards the target position ahead.

The shells tumbling and spinning in the air, crossing a beautiful parabola!
boom!
Click!Click!
This is the sound of the cannonball hitting the ground, tumbling forward, and smashing a bunch of scarecrows who were used as targets into a piece of wood chips.

Sawdust was flying, straw was flying, and the air was filled with thick gunpowder smoke!
The test is still going on!

The gunners skillfully cleaned the barrel and reloaded it.

Within 1 minute, the second bombardment was fired!

The landing point of the shell is still accurate!
Sweep everything in his way!
The remaining cannons also fired in unison.

The four cannons actually produced the firepower density of a dozen or twenty cannons!

The rate of fire is really fast!
One shot per minute, one shot per minute, completely abuse any artillery in this era.

Of course, except for the Franc cannon!
After the cannon test was over, Zheng Chenggong stepped forward to test the performance of the cannon with his own hands.

The expression on his face was very excited!
If the Ming army had such powerful artillery before, how could it be suppressed by the Qing army's artillery on the battlefield?
Don't look at the Manchu and Qing bragging about riding and shooting the world all day long, but in many battles, large-scale battles between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the artillery troops of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties played a role that cannot be ignored.

In fact, since King Sanshun defected and invested in gold, he brought a large number of artillery, skilled gunners, and advanced artillery casting technology to the Manchu Qing Dynasty who was still in the late Jin Dynasty.

In fact, the Ming army no longer has an advantage in firearms.

After the Qing army entered the customs, the Ming army was always suppressed and beaten by the Qing army in terms of firearms.

Manchu tactics are actually quite simple!

After the artillery bombarded the infantry, the infantry rushed after the artillery, and the artillery bombarded, and so on, until the enemy collapsed.

Then came the cavalry to finish off, chasing and killing the rout.

In this era, heavy cavalry rushing into battle has long been a thing of the past.

Although the Qing Dynasty still had a large number of heavy cavalry, they were rarely used for charging!

It's just a pity that although the Manchu tactics were simple, the Ming army just couldn't handle it!

Really echoed that sentence, the strongest tactics are often the simplest tactics.

What nine advances and ten serial rings, what nine palaces and eight trigrams formations, all the fancy stuff, sounds nice, but it doesn't work well on the battlefield!
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Four changes are in order, all kinds of support!

(End of this chapter)