From the third page onwards, the various weapons seized from the city of Macau are recorded.

There are more than 90 cannons of various types, including more than 30 heavy cannons of more than 18 pounds. In addition, there are more than 1,200 heavy bird guns of 11 coins.

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

Zhu Linmiao looked at the list of these weapons, and couldn't help nodding in her heart, she really had a pillow when she was sleepy.

The shipyards of Nan'an and Yongbuk-ri are building Galen warships, which carry a very large amount of guns. In order to assemble a fleet that could fight the Dutch, it was a huge expense to forge the ship's guns.

And the Portuguese sent cannons. These guns only need to replace the ship's gun carriage, and they can immediately arm three or four warships of about 500 tons.

You must know that the main force of the Dutch fleet entrenched in Taiwan is only five warships of this grade.

He immediately instructed Zhang Jiayu: "Leave a dozen or so cannons for the defense of Macau City, and all the others will be transported back to Fujing." ”

"Yes!"

At the back of the list are less important military supplies and dozens of war horses. In order to continue trade with the Portuguese in the future, the property of ordinary Macao residents was not included in the confiscation.

After Zhu Linmiao put together the seizure list, Zhang Jiayu said on the side: "My lord, there is another matter that you need to decide. ”

"You say."

"There is a large-scale cannon foundry on Guia Hill in the southwest of Macao, but it was approved by Xiangshan County during the Wanli period, and it is owned by a wealthy businessman, so I don't know how to dispose of it?"

"Private cannon foundry?" Zhu Linmiao frowned, and immediately remembered that he had bought a few cannons from Ji Liang, which seemed to come from the Macao Cannon Factory, so he waved his hand and said, "Let's go, go and see." ”

When he and Zhang Jiayu came to Guia Mountain with their own soldiers, they saw that a cannon factory occupied almost half of the village, and there were four or five copper furnaces alone, which were larger than the Longnan Iron Yard.

He immediately went in from the wooden sign of "Bugarao Cannon Factory" at the door, and first took a general look at the bronze cannons cast here, and the workmanship was excellent.

Then he asked people to take the current accounts of the cannon factory, and only took a general look at it, and then frowned - the copper for casting cannons was smuggled from Japan, and the cast cannons were mainly sold to Portugal, Spain, and even exported to Europe, but among its customers, in addition to Daming, there were also Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Zheng Zhilong, and even the king of Jingjiang, who had rebelled.

When he asked the owner of the artillery factory, Bugarao, about these things, the latter immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

In the past, he had the Portuguese garrison in Macao as the backing, so he naturally didn't care about these things, and sold them when he gave money. A few days ago, he had heard that the Ming army had recaptured Macao, and if the Ming government wanted to investigate it, he would be guilty of "capital enemies".

He was busy speaking in Cantonese and said, "My lord, I was confused for a while......

"Oh, by the way, during the Apocalypse, Lord Xu Guangqi came to buy artillery twice, and my father also sent craftsmen to the north with the army to help in the war. I hope that the adults will be gracious. ”

Zhu Linmiao pondered that if according to the rules, just smuggling copper ore from Japan would be enough to seal down the cannon factory.

However, the amount of cannons cast here is not small, and the quality is not bad, and the huge amount of artillery required by the Daming Water Division in the future can be partially solved here. In addition, artillery needed for operations in various parts of the southwest can also be supplied nearby.

He then said to Bugarao: "In view of your misdeeds, you should have closed your artillery factory. ”

He raised his hand to stop Bu Jialao's plea, and continued: "Now I will give you another chance, and the Guangzhou Customs Department will invest a sum of money in the artillery factory." In the future, all incoming and outgoing materials must be approved by the Customs Department, and private transactions are strictly prohibited. ”

Bugarao said cautiously: "Dare to ask how many shares of silver are you going to buy?" ”

Zhu Linmiao just looked at the scale of the gun factory, but he didn't pit the Portuguese, "I will invest 40,000 taels first, and then 100,000 taels within a year, accounting for a total of 50% of the shares." ”

Bugarao was also relieved when he heard this, the price was fair. With these 140,000 taels of silver invested, the scale of the cannon factory can be expanded a lot, and it will definitely be able to overpower the competitors of Helan and Ezeba Youya, and their profits will only increase, not decrease.

As for shipments, as long as they are not sold to the enemies of the Ming Dynasty, there should be no problem, and his main customers are actually European countries and colonies.

And in the current situation, even if he doesn't agree, he won't be able to do it.

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

When Zhu Linmiao and his party left, it was already dusk, and Bu Jialao had been sent to the mountain pass, and suddenly thought of something, and said to Zhu Linmiao: "Your Highness, since we are already our own people, there is something best to tell you." More than ten days ago, we delivered four eighteen-pound bronze cannons and eight twelve-pounder bronze cannons to Governor Du Chen, and it is said that these cannons were to be transported to Cen Xi. ”

Cen Xi is directly south of Wuzhou, only two or three hundred miles away, and this cannon is obviously for Ding Kuichu! Zhu Linmiao hurriedly asked who was handling it, and hurried back to the barracks, so that people could find out the transportation route of the cannons, and sent hussars to chase after him.

It's just that the cannon has been shipped out for more than 10 days, and the possibility of catching up is not very large.

At this point, all the affairs of Macao have been properly arranged. Early the next morning, the Long Wei army set out for Guangxi with its entire army.

The Imperial Rules of the Port of Macao were handed over to the Guangzhou Inspector of the Sea Road, Stitan and others. After the restructuring of the Guangdong army is completed, the newly formed Guangdong garrison and naval division will take over the defense.

When the army marched to Guangzhou City, Xu Feihu, a thousand households of Jinyi Wei who was waiting here, immediately rushed to meet Zhu Linmiao.

After saluting, Xu Feihu said with a guilty face: "His subordinates have been entrusted by His Royal Highness, and King Gui is still trapped in Wuzhou and cannot leave the city. ”

Zhu Linmiao inquired carefully and learned that Ding Kuichu's main force of tens of thousands of horses was stationed in the city, and the inventory of each gate was extremely strict, and Xu Feihu never found an opportunity.

King Gui is the main means for Ding Kuichu to gather people's hearts, and it is conceivable that if King Gui can be made to leave Guidi, Mo said that officials at all levels in Guangxi will never obey Ding's orders again, and even the troops under his command are likely to turn against the water.

According to Zhu Linmi's original plan, after rescuing Zhu Youlang from the palace, he designed Lu Jin to escape from Wuzhou City. Ding Kui Chu would definitely think that King Gui was fleeing with him, so he focused on Lu Jin and relaxed the guard of Wuzhou City.

It's just that he didn't expect that the Ding clan was extremely cautious, although he sent thousands of people to search for Lu Jin, but at the same time he still maintained martial law in Wuzhou and blocked Zhu Youlang in the city.

Now Ding Kuichu pretended that King Gui was still in the palace, barely maintaining the situation in Guangxi, but Zhu Linmiao could not come up with evidence to prove that King Gui was not in Ding's hands.

If the stalemate continues like this, there will be only one way to storm Wuzhou.

Although Zhu Linmiao had absolute confidence in defeating the demoralized Ding Kuichu's troops, both the Yue army and the Gui army were Ming soldiers, and he didn't want to see them die because of Ding Kuichu's own selfishness.