517 still wants to buy a flintlock pistol, impossible!

[In the first three or four chapters, Luoyang was written as Xi'an, and a book friend just told me that I wanted to change it, but the chapter was locked, and I waited for me to react to the editor to see if I could change it. 】

"Horses for cannons? No problem. ”

After a little consideration, Wu Sangui agreed to Li Zixiao's request.

For Wu Sangui, artillery was not only urgently needed by Hong Chengchou at this time, but also by their Guanning army.

On the contrary, it is horses, and Wu Sangui is not lacking.

And you must know that the silver to buy artillery comes from the hands of Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao.

If you can exchange war horses for artillery, you can save more than 200,000 taels of silver, so that Wu Sangui can get this silver from Hong Chengchou.

Wu Sangui won't let himself pay this money, more than 200,000 taels is not a small amount, and he can let Wu Sangui do a lot of things.

At this time, Wu Sangui would not let himself give money for nothing, and it was precisely because of this consideration that Wu Sangui would agree to Li Zixiao's request to exchange artillery for war horses.

"However, Lord Li should know that today's Ming war horses are hard to find, even if they are horses, they are very rare.

As for why, Wu didn't say much, presumably Master Li also knew, so the guy that Master Li said was already the price many years ago.

Today's horse prices are no longer what they used to be, so let's do it, Wu and Master Li are also familiar at first sight, and I will also give Lord Li a preferential price.

How about eighty taels of silver for a war horse and forty taels of silver for a horse? This is already the lowest price that Wu can give. ”

Wu Sangui thought for a moment and said to Li Zixiao.

Indeed, the fifty taels of silver a war horse that Li Zixiao just mentioned was already the old yellow calendar more than ten years ago.

Today's Ming Dynasty may not be able to buy war horses with silver, even if there are some special channels, that is, the black market, which secretly sell war horses into the customs, such as Wu Sangui.

The price of the war horses they sold was about one hundred and twenty-one horses, and the number was not particularly large.

Before, in order to form the cavalry units of the White Dragon Army, Li Zixiao bought them all from the black market, and a war horse was about one hundred and twenty taels of silver.

Otherwise, Li Zixiao has only dared to form two cavalry units so far, which is really too expensive to raise a cavalry team.

Fortunately, Li Zixiao won a few battles, allowing him to capture a lot of war horses, so that Luo Chao was able to form a second cavalry team, the Flying Eagle Battalion.

Now, Wu Sangui has offered eighty-one taels, which is indeed very fair as the price of war horses.

This is mainly because Wu Sangui needs Li Zixiao's batch of high-performance artillery, and the price of the artillery offered by Li Zixiao is indeed fair.

In this case, Wu Sangui is not good for the lion to open his mouth, and even if he sells eighty taels of war horses, Wu Sangui actually still makes a profit.

"Okay, just listen to General Wu, a war horse is eighty taels, and a horse is forty taels." Li Zixiao finally nodded and approved Wu Sangui's offer.

It's just that Li Zixiao calculated a little, according to the number of artillery pieces purchased by Wu Sangui just now, the value is only 240,000 taels, even if they buy some more ammunition and gun trucks, it will only be 278,000 taels.

It's only 2,780,000 silver, which doesn't seem to buy many horses!

"Lord Li, the batch of artillery we bought just now is worth a total of 240,000 taels of silver, and we have purchased another 30,000 taels of ammunition and artillery wagons, with a total value of 270,000 taels of silver.

Two hundred and seventy thousand taels of silver, worth about one thousand three hundred and seventy-five horses, plus four thousand horses, I will make up the whole number, and give the general one thousand four hundred horses and four thousand horses. ”

Wu Sangui smiled and said politely to Li Zixiao.

There are only about five or three hundred horses, which is far from the goal expected by Li Zixiao, and the number of war horses is not enough to form a new cavalry battalion.

It is impossible for Li Zixiao to buy war horses, in fact, the demand for horses in the White Dragon Army is more urgent than that of war horses.

After all, war horses can only be used to form cavalry battalions, but pulling horses is used to ensure the transportation capacity of the White Dragon Army's baggage battalion, which is related to the combat strength of the White Dragon Army.

Therefore, Li Zixiao was also quite satisfied with Wu Sangui's distribution of the ratio of war horses and horses.

However, at this time, Wu Sangui's performance seemed to be a little unfinished.

As a result, before Li Zixiao could speak, Wu Sangui continued: "Wu has long heard that Lord Li's men are not only powerful in artillery, but also very sharp in firecrackers.

I wonder if Master Li can sell us some firecrackers too? ”

Li Zixiao secretly smiled in his heart, he really wanted to come to something.

"Of course you can, there are two main muskets we sell now, both of which are extremely sharp, they will never explode, and both the range and accuracy are much stronger than ordinary bird guns."

"Someone, come over with a new bird gun and a meteor gun." Li Zixiao said to a guard behind.

Soon, a personal guard took two muskets, a new bird gun, which was the kind of musket that the White Dragon Army improved from the imperial court bird gun at the beginning, and it was also the musket that the White Dragon Army was equipped with at the beginning.

In addition, there is a meteor gun, this kind of meteor gun is a kind of fire gun specially designed by Li Zixiao's Arsenal, which is mainly used for takeaway.

This Meteor Gun is not yet a flintlock pistol, and does not have the flint of a flintlock pistol, but it is equipped with a self-opening fire door, which is more advanced than the new Bird Gun.

Li Zixiao handed Wu Sangui a firecracker, and then introduced it to him with a smile: "Wu Zongbing, these two firecrackers have been carefully improved by us.

All the ammunition used is fixed-loading, especially this Meteor gun is equipped with a self-firing door and a butt, which not only greatly increases the accuracy, but also increases the firing degree a lot.

In particular, this self-opening fire door can greatly adapt to the windy weather in the north, and it is not afraid of the wind blowing gunpowder during combat, and even when it is generally cloudy and light rain, it does not affect shooting.

Wu Zongbing can try it himself, it is definitely much stronger than those bird guns produced by the imperial court, if there is a blow up, blow up one shot, I will pay you ten shots. ”

As he spoke, Li Zixiao first picked up a meteor gun, skillfully loaded it, and then raised his gun to aim, and put a gun on the rake eighty steps away.

"Right in the middle of the rake heart."

A soldier of the Ming army on the island brought a rake, and a wooden man had an iron sheet armor on his body.

Now the wooden man was shot in the chest, and the iron plate armor that should have been defended well was pierced by the lead bullet at that moment.

There was also a hint of surprise in Wu Sangui's eyes, you must know that Li Zixiao was eighty steps away from the wooden man's target just now.

At such a distance, the lead bullet shot from the meteor gun in Li Zixiao's hand can not only accurately hit the target, but also shoot through the simple set of tattered iron armor, which is amazing enough.

You must know that although this set of iron plate armor as a target is indeed not of good quality, it is not as good as the armor of the Ming army soldiers, and it is not as good as the excellent armor of the Tartars.

But at such a long distance, one bullet can hit and break the armor, which is still something that those birds in the imperial court can never do.

Li Zixiao looked at Wu Sangui's somewhat surprised face, smiled slightly, and knew that he had achieved the result he wanted.

Immediately, Li Zixiao spoke: "Within eighty steps, as long as you hit the target, you can break the armor with the Meteor Gun."

If it is cloth iron armor or cotton armor, as long as it hits the enemy's face or chest, it can also inflict heavy damage or even kill.

Even if they have been training for two or three months, as long as the number is lined up in a phalanx and the continuous segmented shooting, no matter how strong the Tartar cavalry is, they will not dare to charge the fire formation. ”

"Yes, if Governor Hong sees it, he will be very satisfied."

Wu Sangui took the meteor gun in Li Zixiao's hand, nodded and said.

He could see that this bell meteor gun was indeed much better than the bird gun made by the imperial court.

At this time, the Ming soldiers under Hong Chengchou mainly relied on the chariot formation to deal with the Tartar cavalry in the field.

And after forming a chariot formation, the main force of the Ming army to counterattack the Tartar cavalry was those firecrackers.

Then, Li Zixiao personally showed Wu Sangui the new bird gun.

It's just that the new bird gun is not as good as the meteor gun in other aspects, except that it is slightly stronger than the meteor gun in terms of power and range.

"Can you give it a try?" Wu Sangui asked.

"Absolutely."

Li Zixiao handed the firearm to Wu Sangui, and then saw that he was very familiar with cleaning the firecracker, loading the bullet, and then holding the firecracker, in an extremely standard standing posture, fired a shot at the rake nearly a hundred steps away.

"Right in the chest!"

A Ming soldier carried the target, and Li Zixiao was surprised to find that Wu Sangui was actually a sharpshooter, and this shot accurately hit the chest of the wooden man.

According to Li Zixiao's previous understanding of Wu Sangui, he only knew that he liked to use a big knife and was good at riding and shooting, but he didn't expect that he could still beat the fire gun so well.

"Haha, what a gun!" Wu Sangui touched the meteor gun and said helplessly.

However, then Wu Sangui turned his face to look at Li Zixiao and said, "As far as Wu knows, Master Li has a kind of fire gun that can be launched without ignition.

I don't know if the adults have brought it, can you let Wu see it. ”

When Li Zixiao heard Wu Sangui's inquiry, it seemed that he had expected that the flintlock pistol in the White Dragon Army could shoot continuously without ignition, and it was probably no secret for a long time.

It's just that Li Zixiao has formulated strict precautionary measures in the White Dragon Army, and each flintlock pistol has a clear number, corresponding to every soldier.

Every scrapped flintlock pistol must be handed over for recycling, and only then will a new gun be issued to the non-commissioned officers.

Li Zixiao formulated such strict rules in order to prevent flintlock pistols from flowing out of the White Dragon Army, and even stricter precautions in the arsenal.

Li Zixiao has been staying in Xuzhou for thousands of White Dragon soldiers, even if Jiangbei was in turmoil before, he left the last White Dragon soldiers and did not transfer them out of Xuzhou.

What is it for, isn't it to protect the arsenal that Xuzhou has become, and no one is allowed to approach it on weekdays within a radius of several miles around it.

It is precisely because of such strict precautions that none of the flintlock pistols have been exported since the flintlock pistols were researched and manufactured, and after the White Dragon Army was equipped on a large scale.

Many people and forces are secretly fighting this kind of flintlock pistol idea, but in the end they will fail.

But the name of the White Dragon Army's broken hair gun still spread.

At this time, after listening to Wu Sangui's inquiry, Li Zixiao said apologetically: "My sailor is not equipped with that kind of flint gun, so I want to disappoint General Wu."

Moreover, the manufacturing process of flintlock is too complicated, and my subordinates are only equipped with more than 1,000 flintlock guns at this time, so I don't plan to sell them for the time being. ”

In fact, on Lu Yuan's First Fleet at this time, many sailors on board were equipped with flintlock pistols, and Li Zixiao just didn't want to spread the flintlock pistol at this time.

As long as the flintlock pistol can be in the hands of the White Dragon Army, the longer the world can be imitated, then the White Dragon Army will be able to occupy the advantage of firearms for a longer time.

Therefore, Li Zixiao never thought of selling flintlock pistols, and he would not buy them for the time being, unless he developed more advanced firearms in his arsenal.

"That's a shame." After Wu Sangui listened to Li Zixiao's words, his face also showed a slight disappointment.

However, Wu Sangui didn't force it, and even before he opened his mouth, he was ready to be rejected.

After all, if this kind of weapon were him, it would never leak out easily.

"Mr. Wu, these two kinds of firearms can be fancied, how much do you want, I Li will guarantee to make you as much as I want, at least 10,000 per month, to ensure the quality, absolutely high-quality."

When Wu Sangui saw that Li Zixiao didn't plan to mention the flintlock pistol again, he also knew that it was unlikely that he wanted to get the flintlock pistol from Li Zixiao.

Wu Sangui didn't mention it anymore, and asked instead, "What is the price of these two kinds of firearms?" ”

"The new bird gun is five taels per stroke, and the meteor gun is eight taels per stroke, an absolute conscience price."

Wu Sangui shook his head and said, "You guys are too expensive, and the bird guns produced by the Ministry of Industry are only two taels of silver per rod." ”

"Huh!"

After Li Zixiao heard this, he sneered and said: "Even if the bird gun produced by the Ministry of Industry is given to you for free, do your soldiers dare to use it?"

You have also personally experienced the performance of these two kinds of firearms, how can they be compared with those shoddy products produced by the Ministry of Industry.

If you are interested in buying, then I welcome it, and if you think it is expensive, then forget it. ”

After thinking for a moment, Wu Sangui looked at Li Zixiao and said, "Lord Li, I have to report this matter to Governor Hong, and Governor Hong has to make the decision in the end."

After all, Master Hong is the person in charge, but I can first purchase a batch of such firecrackers from Master Li for my men.

At this time, I have a total of 30,000 horses, and the firearms under Master Li are indeed sharp, and now it is the time of the big war, so I plan to buy 3,000 for my subordinates to use, and if it is easy to use, I will buy more at that time. ”

After Li Zixiao heard this, he also nodded and said, "It's okay, you can send someone to contact Governor Hong, then do you want to buy a new bird gun or a meteor gun?" ”

"The Meteor Gun is a bit more expensive than the New Bird Gun. But it's really easier to use, it's worth the money, I'll order 3,000 Meteor guns first, and each one will be equipped with 300 fixed ammunition. ”

"Brother Wu has good vision and courage, then I will also give you a discount, each gun with 300 fixed ammunition, it should be sixteen taels, I will charge you fifteen taels.

In this way, 3,000 meteor guns, each with 300 fixed ammunition, is 45,000 taels, I hope that Wu Zongbing can also pay with horses, just use horses, not war horses. ”

At last; Li Zixiao still decided to make up for the gap in the White Dragon Army first, and then talk about it, as for the cavalry, there is no need to increase too much for the time being.

"Okay, no problem. Forty-five thousand miles of silver, that is, one thousand one hundred and twenty-five horses, make up a whole number of one thousand one hundred and thirty.

This is considered to be my personal purchase from Master Li, and as for what Governor Hong decides, I will immediately send someone back to ask for instructions.

I just don't know if the firecrackers we bought can be delivered in time, after all, the front-line battle is stalemate at this time, continue this batch of firearms. ”

"No problem, it's still the same as artillery, your batch of 3,000 meteor guns, you can take them with you when you leave, and I have so much stock on my ship at this time."

Li Zixiao said very cheerfully.