At the city gate, more than a dozen Dutchmen were watched like cattle, by the crowd coming in and out.

At this time, Xiyi was not as high as the status of later generations, at that time, whether it was the Ming in the south, or the Qing in the north, there were enough reasons to despise this group of Hongyi, in the eyes of the people of the time, the Netherlands was just a barbarian tribe of Fanbang, and most of the pedestrians in the past also glanced at it, purely to see a strange.

"Your Excellency, the Chinese are arrogant and unreasonable, and the Tatars are even more arrogant, even more difficult to contact than the officials of the Ming Kingdom, and that Governor Hong must also be an arrogant Tatar official. Personally, I feel that the actions of the mission are completely meaningless, and the company can only use cannons to communicate with them. A Dutchman complained after waiting for a long time.

After hearing this, he glanced at the city gate, and then said: "Luis, you must know that the power of the company in the east cannot challenge the Ming Kingdom, and in fact, even the surname of the country cannot deal with it. If the company wants to ensure the interests of the generals, it must learn to contact the Tatars, the enemies of the Ming Kingdom. ”

"I wish this Governor Hong was an enlightened Tatar official."

While several Dutchmen were talking, a group of green battalion soldiers slowly approached around a Qing official, and slowly stopped in front of them.

The Qing official was in a black official robe, wearing a hat, looking at the complement on his chest, he was a seven-rank official, he glanced at Heyi, and he didn't get off the horse, his attitude was arrogant, and he was high, "Are you going to see the governor?" ”

This group of well-dressed beasts is like this to the Han people under their rule, so naturally they will not give a few white faces well.

The main object of trade of the Dutch in the East is China, so most of them know some Chinese, Beijing and his party, accustomed to seeing such a Tatar official, he led the head, put his hand on his chest, and bowed, "Honorable lord, we have given the governor of Zhejiang, Lord Ma, to introduce him, and we want to meet the honorable Governor of Jiangnan, Lord Hong." ”

"Follow this officer!" When the Qing official heard this, he waved his hand without annoyance, pulled the reins, and went to the city.

He waited for a while, looked at it, and could only follow, he said to the left and right: "Let's go!" ”

The Dutch are known as the coachmen of the sea, and they take a different path than Spain and Portugal, they are mainly engaged in sea transportation, and do not produce much material, and transportation naturally requires goods for them to resell.

In the East, their main source of goods was Chinese porcelain and tea, and now that the Ming Dynasty had cut off their financial routes by building their own ships to the sea, the Dutch urgently needed to find a new source of goods.

The Netherlands is a commercial country, for them, commercial interests are more important than everything, to be able to cooperate with the Tatars, to deal with the Ming Dynasty is secondary, the key is to bypass the Ming Dynasty maritime merchants, access to the Tatar rule of the source of goods.

The Manchus emphasized mounted archery, but in fact the green battalions below still maintained the characteristics of the Ming army and were equipped with a large number of firearms.

Jiangning Artillery Foundry, originally owned by the Ming Dynasty, after the Qing army occupied Nanjing, it gradually became abandoned, but with the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the past two years of war is not smooth, coupled with the inventory of firearms and armor taken over from the Ming Dynasty, as the war is gradually consumed, Hong Chengchou will be the Cannon Foundry, from the new establishment.

The Cannon Foundry was restored last year, but the real expansion of production was after the defeat of Dordor this year.

At this time, the cannon casting workshop actually included two workshops, smelting and casting, and thanks to the foundation left by the Ming Dynasty, it is now the most important weapon casting place in the entire Jiangnan and even the entire Qing Dynasty.

Since last year, Hong Chengchou has purchased a large amount of crude iron and blister copper from Tongling and Jiangbei through the eight imperial merchants, and transported coal from Huaibei and Changxing, Zhejiang, and smelted the coarse iron and blister copper into fine iron used to cast guns and make guns by craftsmen.

These refined iron and refined copper were recast into red-coated cannons, Franco-machine cannons, bird guns, swords, armor and other things, but as the waterway was controlled by the Ming Dynasty sailors, the copper and iron from Tongling could only be transported by land, and the cost skyrocketed, and there was a lack of coal in the south of the Yangtze River, only a coal mine in Changxing, and the copper and iron and coal in the north of the Yangtze River could not be transported, and the output of the Jiangning Cannon Casting Workshop immediately plummeted.

Wang Yan recruited new soldiers in Huguang, and Hong Chengchou also recruited green battalions in Jiangnan, but this weapon could not be made, so what was the use of recruiting more people?

The cannon casting workshop is located next to the water west gate, the location is very reasonable, the ship can enter the Qinhuai River from the Yangtze River, and then through the water gate to transport copper, iron, and stone into the city.

The whole place covers an area of 100 acres, Hong Chengchou repaired the original warehouse, smelting furnace, and built a high wall around it, patrolled and guarded by a thousand green battalion soldiers, and the security was very strict.

Hong Chengchou did not place the place where he met Hongmaoyi in the Governor's Palace, but in the cannon foundry.

The equipment of firearms in the Ming Dynasty reached six or seven percent of the army at most, and Hong Chengchou, as a former high-ranking official of the Ming Dynasty, naturally did not compare with the Manchurian nobles in the mountains.

The Manchurian nobles in the Beijing division don't know what Hongmaoyi is, but as a former high-ranking official of the Ming Dynasty, although he doesn't know much about red sweaters, he at least knows that Hongyi's firearms are powerful, and this is why he met Hongmaoyi.

Of course, he did this, which undoubtedly exceeded his authority, but the current situation in Jiangnan is not optimistic, he can only talk about it first, and then write an excerpt to defend himself.

At this time, a "boom" cannon burst out, and a moment later, another "boom" was made.

Hong Chengchou was dressed in the horseshoe official robe of a Manchu official, with a bowl hat on his head, a flower feather on his red top, a string of large pearls on his chest, a serious expression, and a group of Manchu civil and military standing behind him.

"Shoot two miles, you can break bricks and stones." After a few cannon shots, several Qing soldiers rode out, one turned over and dismounted, observed the place where the bomb fell, the target wall was smashed into a deep depression, waved the flag, and the observing soldiers immediately reported loudly.

After Hong Chengchou heard this, his expression remained unchanged, and after a while, he heard the report of the soldier next to him: "Shoot three miles, the bullet is exhausted, and the bricks cannot be broken." ”

Judging from the intelligence collected by the Qing court, especially in the first half of the year, Wang Yan and Zheng Chenggong went east to conquer Quanquan and Zhang, and the red-coated cannons used in them could also make contributions three miles away, which has returned to the level when Xu Guangqi cast the cannons, while the technology on the Qing court's side has degraded.

Hong Chengchou listened to the announcement, his face was cold, this is the fourth test gun.

At this time, a full official behind him immediately stepped forward and ordered: "Thirty cannon staffs, dismissal and exile, the craftsman will cut off his right hand, and order it to be recast." ”

"My lord spares my life~" On the test field, the artillery supervisor suddenly sat on the ground, and the two Qing soldiers immediately dragged it away, and the craftsmen fell down in horror.

Hong Chengchou didn't say much, this is the Manchu Qing Dynasty's modus operandi, the law is not strict, how to use the small to the big, he was not in the mood to watch the punishment, turned around and left the test artillery field, just in front of the Qing official who went to welcome Hongyi.

"Your Excellency the Governor, those red-haired people were brought in by their humble duties, did they bring them in?"

Hong Chengchou was in a hurry to cast artillery, naturally in order to restore the river defense, he needed enough red-coated cannons with a long range to cover the river and force the Ming Dynasty sailors away, but the artillery with an effective range of only two miles could only hit the center of the river, which was not good at all.

He had a gut feeling that maybe he could find a solution to the problem of artillery.

"Bring them in!" Hong Chengchou waved his hand and walked straight to a room in the cannon foundry.

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