The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 310 Continue to Advance Westward
Starting from the third page, it records all kinds of weapons seized from Macau City.

A total of more than 30 cannons of various types, including more than 200 heavy cannons weighing more than [-] pounds.There are also more than [-] heavy bird guns with eleven coins.

It should be said that the Portuguese did a good job in their weapons reserves, but their number of soldiers was too small, and more than half of their weapons were piled up in warehouses and no one was using them.

Looking at the list of weapons, Zhu Linmei couldn't help nodding in her heart, she really had a pillow when she fell asleep.

The shipyards in Nan'an and Yongbeili are building large-scale Galen warships, and these ships carry a very large amount of artillery.If you want to form a fleet that can fight against the Dutch, it will cost a lot of money just to cast the artillery on the ship.

And the Portuguese sent the cannon here.These guns only need to replace the ship's gun mounts, and they can immediately arm three or four warships of about [-] tons.

You know, the main force of the Dutch fleet entrenched in Taiwan is only five warships of this class.

He immediately ordered Zhang Jiayu: "Leave a dozen or so cannons to defend Macau City, and transport the rest back to Fujian."

"Yes!"

The back of the list are some less important military supplies and dozens of war horses.In order to continue trading with the Portuguese in the future, the properties of ordinary Macao residents are not included in the confiscation.

After Zhu Linming put together the seized list, Zhang Jiayu said at the side: "My lord, there is one more matter that needs to be decided by you."

"You said."

"There is a large-scale cannon foundry on Xiwangyang Mountain in the southwest of Macau, but it was approved by Xiangshan County during the Wanli period. It is owned by a rich businessman in Flangji. I don't know how to deal with it?"

"Private cannon factory?" Zhu Linmi frowned, and then remembered that she had bought a few cannons from Ji Liang, which seemed to be from the Macau Cannon Factory, so she waved her hand, "Let's go and have a look."

When he came to Xiwangyang Mountain together with Zhang Jiayu and his soldiers, he saw a gun factory almost occupying half of the village. There were four or five copper furnaces alone, and the scale was larger than that of Longnan Iron Factory.

He then went in through the wooden signboard of "Bugarao Cannon Factory" at the entrance, and first took a general look at the bronze cannons cast here, and the workmanship was excellent.

Then someone fetched the current accounts of the gun factory, and after only a rough look, they frowned—the copper for casting the guns was smuggled from Japan, and the cast guns were mainly sold to Portugal, Spain, and even Some were exported to Europe, but among its customers, besides Daming, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Zheng Zhilong and even the rebellious King Jingjiang were among their customers.

When he asked Bogarao, the owner of the gun factory, about these things, the latter immediately broke out in cold sweat with fright.

Backed by the Portuguese garrison in Macau in the past, he naturally didn't care about these, and sold them for money.And he had heard about the recapture of Macau by the Ming army a few days ago, if the Ming government wanted to investigate, he would be guilty of "being an enemy".

He was busy speaking Cantonese: "My lord, I was confused for a while...

"Oh, by the way, Master Xu Guangqi came to buy guns twice during the Tianqi period, and my father even sent craftsmen with the army to the north to help in the war. I hope you will be merciful."

Zhu Linming lowered her eyes and thought, if according to the rules, just smuggling copper mines from Japan would be enough to seal up the gun factory.

However, the amount of cannon cast here is not small, and the quality is not bad. In the future, the huge amount of artillery needed by the Daming Navy can be solved partly here.In addition, the artillery required for combat in various parts of the Southwest can also be supplied nearby.

He immediately said to Bugarao: "In view of your misconduct, your gun factory should have been closed."

He raised his hand to stop Bugarao from interceding, and continued: "Now I will give you another chance. The Guangzhou Customs Department will contribute a sum of money to become a shareholder of the artillery factory. From now on, all incoming and outgoing matters of the artillery factory must be approved by the Customs Department. , Private transactions are strictly prohibited.”

Bu Jialao said cautiously: "May I ask how many shares you plan to buy?"

Zhu Linmei had a general look at the size of the gun factory just now, and she didn't want to cheat the Portuguese, "I will invest 4 taels first, and then I will invest another 10 taels within a year, which will take up [-]% of the shares."

Bugarao was also relieved when he heard the words, the price was fair.With the investment of 14 taels of silver, the scale of the artillery factory can be expanded a lot, and it will surely overwhelm competitors such as Helan and Ezebalia, and its own profits will only increase and not decrease.

As for the shipment, as long as it is not sold to Daming's enemies, there should be no problem. His main customers are actually European countries and colonies.

And with the current situation, even if he disagreed, he might not succeed.

In the end, he accepted Zhu Linmi's arrangement, discussed some details, and then signed the shareholding contract.

It was already dusk when Zhu Linmi and his party left. Bu Jialao went all the way to the mountain pass, and suddenly thought of something, and said to Zhu Linmi: "Your Highness, since we are already our own people, there is something I'd better tell you. Ten A few days ago, we delivered four eighteen-pound bronze cannons and eight twelve-pound bronze cannons to Governor Du Chen, and it is said that these cannons will be shipped to Cenxi."

Cenxi is in the south of Wuzhou, only two or three hundred miles away, and this gun is obviously intended for Ding Kuichu!Zhu Lin hurriedly asked who handled it, and hurried back to the barracks to ask people to find out the transportation route of the cannon, and sent hussars to chase after it.

It's just that the guns have been shipped out for more than ten days, and the possibility of catching up is probably not great.

So far, all affairs in Macau have been properly arranged.In the early morning of the next day, the Longwei army pulled out its battalion and set off for Guangxi.

The defense of Macau Port was handed over to the Guangzhou Inspector Haidao Shi Ditan and others.After the restructuring of the Guangdong army is completed, the newly formed Guangdong garrison and navy will take over the defense.

When the army arrived in Guangzhou City, Xu Feihu, who was waiting here from a thousand households of Jinyiwei, rushed to meet Zhu Linming immediately.

After saluting, Xu Feihu said with shame on his face: "Your Majesty has entrusted you, King Gui is still trapped in Wuzhou and cannot leave the city."

After Zhu Linming asked carefully, she found out that tens of thousands of Ding Kuichu's main forces were stationed in the city, and all the gates were under strict inspection, and Xu Feihu was still unable to find an opportunity.

King Gui is Ding Kuichu's main means of gathering people's hearts. It is conceivable that if King Gui can be made to leave the land of Gui, not to mention that officials at all levels in Guangxi will never be ordered by Ding's family, even the troops under his command are likely to turn against him.

According to Zhu Linming's original plan, after Zhu Youlang was rescued from the palace, Lu Jin was designed to escape from Wuzhou City.Ding Kuichu would definitely think that King Gui was running away with him, so he would focus on Lu Jin and relax the guard in Wuzhou City.

It's just that the Ding family was extremely cautious. Although they sent thousands of people to search for Lu Jin, they still maintained martial law in Wuzhou and blocked Zhu Youlang in the city.

Now Ding Kuichu pretends that King Gui is still in the palace, and barely maintains the situation in Guangxi, but Zhu Linmi has no evidence to prove that King Gui is not in Ding's hands.

If the stalemate continues like this, there is only one way left to attack Wuzhou.

Although Zhu Linmi had absolute confidence in defeating the demoralized Ding Kuichu's troops, both the Cantonese Army and the Guangxi Army were soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and he didn't want to see them die because of Ding Kuichu's own selfishness.

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