Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 59 Trading and Probing

"Thank you, Commander General, for your love, but I, Tangning, don't have such lofty ambitions. I just want to start a small business in this small city of Huanggang," Tangning replied with a light smile.

Shi Fu laughed and said: "General Tang is just joking. We just wait for the future to embrace the Emperor Ming and reappear the good times of the Ming Dynasty. I am afraid that it is impossible to realize General Tang's lofty ambitions just by doing a little business."

Shi Fu arched his hands upwards with a serious expression, and continued: "My lord is the Fujian General Soldier personally ordered by the imperial court, a member of the imperial court."

"Now that the Ming Dynasty has just died, we, the lone officials of the imperial court, must gather together to eliminate those bandits and return me to a bright and clear world."

Tangning snorted coldly in her heart, "Zheng Zhilong is just a pirate from beginning to end. How can there be an imperial court in his eyes? How can there be a family and a country? He only has himself in his eyes."

If it wasn't for knowing Zheng Zhilong's final choice and ending, Tangning might have been persuaded.

But at this time, it is naturally impossible for him to join forces with Zheng Zhilong and his gang.

In the Zheng Group, he only admired Zheng Sen, a loyal minister who would be loyal to Daming even if he turned against his father, relatives and friends.

Zheng Sen is the only loyal minister in the huge Zheng Group.

Tang Ning also cupped her hands and said, "General Shi, please thank the Chief Soldier for me, and say that Tang is not talented and has failed the Chief Soldier's kindness."

This was a clear refusal, Shi Fu didn't see any bad expression on his face, he was still smiling.

On the contrary, the follower behind him looked a little unkind.

Song Yunwan didn't speak, but her nerves were tense. Although she said this was her territory, she didn't dare to be careless.

Because she knew that Tangning's honor and disgrace belonged to the entire new army, so her brother-in-law's life was more important than anyone else, and there was no room for carelessness.

Shi Fu didn't bother with the question just now, but changed the subject and asked: "I saw that the firearms carried by the soldiers of the new army seem to be somewhat different from the blunderbuss we use. Could it be the so-called magic weapon?"

Tangning nodded and said, "It's exactly the magical soldier mentioned in that nursery rhyme."

Shi Fu stroked his beard and asked sincerely: "I don't know if General Tang can cut off the favorite, but the general can ask for a price, and we are willing to pay for it."

Sure enough, Tangning knew that Shi Fu would definitely mention this matter when he came this time.Zheng Zhilong is not short of money, no matter how high the price is, he can afford it.If you ask for several 10 taels, or even a million taels, it is better to refuse directly.

But Zheng Zhilong is no more a small magistrate than Liu Gong, but he is a tyrant in a province, and he made his family out of pirates.With Zheng Zhilong's temperament, if the little new army doesn't give this little face, there is nothing to say, and no one can stop it.

Now there are soldiers from the Shunfeng Escort Bureau escorting the caravans out every day. Each team has a small number of people. Shi Fu has thousands of people under his command. If you really want to fight, no team with less than ten people can stop it.

Even after passing Shi Fu's level, there is still the pirate leader Zheng Zhilong.Now the new army is in the development stage, with few soldiers and less money, it can't compare with Zheng Zhilong's deep-rooted forces.

Tangning didn't want to fight against the Zheng Group if it wasn't necessary. After all, Zheng Zhilong wasn't his biggest enemy.

After figuring this out, Tangning didn't directly refuse. After pondering for a while, she said, "General Shi came here this time, so it's not easy for the general to return empty-handed."

"I also know that Mr. Zongbing has a big business, and the most important thing is money, but we have a very limited number of magic soldiers, so there is no way to sell them in large quantities to Mr. Zongbing."

"I have three kinds, each of which can be sold to Mr. Zongbing ten."

Shi Fu smiled and nodded, "Then you might as well ask General Tang to take it out for a look."

Tangning turned around and waved to Song Yunwan. Song Yunwan lowered her body and listened.

"Type [-] pistols, ten rifles and submachine guns, and one hundred rounds of bullets."

Song Yunwan nodded, went outside to make some arrangements, and came back quickly.

After a quarter of an hour or so, Song Yunshu personally led someone to bring the things over.

Tangning placed a P38, a 98K, and an MP40 on the table.

Then, Tangning picked up a P38 and introduced, "We call this gun a Type [-] pistol. It can be used as a special gun for officers. You don't have to carry a long gun like a soldier. It's not very pretty."

"The range of this gun is about the same as that of the bird's gun, but it is much more convenient than the bird's gun. You can load nine bullets in it first. After loading, you can shoot nine times in quick succession."

Putting down the P38, Tangning picked up another 98K and introduced, "This is a Type [-] rifle. It is mainly issued to soldiers. Although it looks a bit like a blunderbuss, it is much easier to use than a blunderbuss."

"First of all, in terms of shooting range, it is far from being comparable to the bird's gun. It can reach more than [-] steps."

"Five rounds of projectiles can be loaded in the chamber first, and each time you shoot, you need to manually push and pull the next projectile to the firing position, so you can shoot five times."

"The process of reloading ammunition is also very convenient..." After all, Tangning also demonstrated two reloading methods, mainly to let Shi Fu experience the speed of reloading, which is much faster than the bird gun.

Seeing such a reloading process, Shi Fu was naturally eye-opening and shocked at the same time, but his face was impassive, still smiling and nodding his head from time to time.

After introducing the 98K, Tangning finally introduced the MP40, "This gun is called a Type 32 submachine gun. It is used by soldiers for their final attack. It can be loaded with [-] rounds of ammunition. If you want, you can shoot them all in one go."

Shi Fu smacked his lips and said in admiration: "If it's what General Tang said, these are really magic weapons, much stronger than the firearms we use."

"What is the price?"

Tang Ning introduced each, "1000 taels of a Type 2000 pistol, 500 taels of a Type [-] rifle, and [-] taels of a Type [-] submachine gun."

In fact, the real cost of WWII, the MP40 was cheaper than the 98K, Tangning knew it herself, but he purposely reversed the prices of the two guns for a reason.

The first is to bully others without his understanding of the market, while the continuous firepower of a submachine gun is more attractive to buyers who do not know how to do it, and it is more convincing;
Another important reason is that the price he sets is inversely proportional to the bullets he owns.

There are hundreds of thousands of various firearms in the arsenal, which can equip several armies, but he dare not have this extravagant hope because there is not enough ammunition.

If several armies are really equipped, the ammunition will be exhausted within a few months.

A firearm without ammunition is no different from a fire stick, and Tangning will be beaten back to his original shape quickly.

Submachine guns use the same bullets as pistols, and submachine guns consume bullets much faster than 98K, so pistol bullets are also more precious, although their cost may only be half that of rifle bullets.

Facing Tangning's offer, Shi Fu did not show the same expression as Wang Mazi did back then. After all, the situation is completely different, and Zheng Zhilong behind this person is not short of money at all.

"Does it come with bullets?" Shi Fu asked.

Tangning shook her head with a smile, took out two kinds of bullets from the wooden box, and said, "This kind of shorter bullet is used in Type [-] pistols and Type [-] submachine guns. It can be calculated as four taels of silver per round. Longer ones can be counted as five taels of silver."

After hearing this, Shi Fu's expression became serious for the first time. He didn't speak in a hurry, obviously he was thinking.

After a while, he said: "General Tang, we will have to deal with each other in the future. I believe you will not deceive us about the price, so I will not say more about the price."

"However, I want to ask General Tang, if we try it out and think it's good, can General Tang get more to sell to us in the future?"

Tangning smiled wryly and shook her head, pointing at the three weapons and said, "This is a good item. If I am willing to buy or sell it, even if I set the price higher, I believe many people will still want to buy it."

"The white money will flow into Tangning's pocket continuously, and I don't have to stay in this small city of Huanggang anymore."

"However, this can only be a luxury."

"General Shi must be able to imagine how this kind of thing can be easily obtained. If General Shi hadn't come here in person, I wouldn't have sold one."

"How much does General Tang have now?" Shi Fu asked casually.

"It is enough to equip 2000 people, which is why I only recruit [-] recruits."

Shi Fu stared at Tangning with a smile on his face for a while, then picked up his teacup and started to sip it again.

(End of this chapter)