Daming: Let you build roads, you have access to highways throughout the country

Chapter 208: The Red-Clad Cannon!!!

The general of the Daming Water Army, who was the leader, looked at the grape royal documents presented by the captain, and the words on them could not be understood, and the merchant roughly translated it, which seemed to be a bit decent.

The documents are also more delicate, like official documents.

Although the Daming Water Army felt that the envoys sent by the Grape Empire were a bit strange, as soldiers, they could naturally feel the fierce and murderous aura on the pirates here, not like normal imperial envoys at all.

Moreover, the overall shape and feeling of their fleet is no different from the pirates floating on the ocean.

These people, all wearing muskets and sailor scimitars, were very convenient to carry and use, and were the favorite of pirates. The sailor’s scimitar is slightly shorter than ordinary swords, and its body is curved, which is conducive to melee slashing and slashing, and is the main weapon of pirates.

Over the years, pirates have been very active, and as the Daming Water Army, they have naturally been in contact.

No matter how you look at it, these guys are very like pirates.

However, the distance between the Daming Dynasty and the European Empire is far away, and the merchant ships escorting the Daming Dynasty on weekdays will not run so far, and it is not clear about the customs there.

Half-believingly, putting away the paperwork, General Daming frowned and asked, “Then you guys pack up and follow me to meet Your Majesty.” ”

The Daming navy took these ships and arrived at the shore.

Subsequently, the pirates came to the shore one after another, and the Daming general turned to look at these pirates, and asked a little puzzled: “What about the gifts?” ”

Visiting between countries, he is not joking, there is quite strict etiquette, the most basic one, you have to bring gifts.

I want to see my Emperor Daming empty-handed!”

General Daming looked at this group of pirates, one by one came ashore empty-handed, and no one carried some gift boxes and the like behind him, and he became more and more puzzled.

Is this a serious imperial messenger?!

The captain at the head, after being translated by the merchant, quickly reacted and hurriedly said to the Daming general: “Yes, there is!” Wait a minute! I forgot about this excitement! ”

He then dragged some pirates back to the ship, and everyone consulted.

Now it can be said that it is difficult to ride a tiger, and the emperor who does not meet the Ming Dynasty is no longer possible, but it is absolutely impossible to go empty-handed!

Moreover, this gift must not be too light, if it is too light, it will make the Daming Emperor think that they despise the Daming Dynasty.

After all, the royal documents were handed over, and this time it became an exchange between countries.

If it is those small countries in Europe, it doesn’t matter, just give a little gift, and you will send it away, but such a huge empire of the Ming Dynasty, you have three melons and two dates, people can see it in their eyes.

The pirates were anxious.

“We also looted a little cargo at sea this time, what kind of cotton cloth, porcelain, a lot of it is produced by Daming, let’s give it to Emperor Daming, isn’t it a little unreasonable?!”

The goods on this ship were all looted, and some of them were merchant ships of other empires, purchased from Daming, and then into their hands.

There were also some goods of other imperial fleets, but they were used to dedicate to Emperor Daming, and the weight was obviously not enough.

In order to make up the number, the captain made a smart move and asked people to remove 20 guns from the ship.

This artillery, in the Grape Empire, is also very expensive.

In the eyes of this captain and many crew members, it is extremely precious, this is their lifeblood!

With this dedicated to Emperor Daming, this weight is always enough!

Therefore, everyone hurriedly disassembled the artillery with seven hands and eight feet.

This scene stunned the Daming generals and many water troops on the shore.

Daming Shuijun muttered next to him: “General, the etiquette of their grape empire is so strange.” Do you have to take this gift off the boat?! ”

General Daming also looked puzzled, only feeling that this Western empire was really weird and incomprehensible.

However, this artillery, General Daming is very interested.

Because from the perspective of range and power, it seems to be much stronger than the Hongwu iron cannon.

Then, he watched the pirates carry and carry box after box of goods from the ship.

General Daming stepped forward to check it slightly to confirm if there was any problem, and after opening the box to check, his brows wrinkled again.

This cotton cloth looks like it was produced by the Qi Royal Mansion!

There are also these porcelain, children’s toys, etc., which are all Daming products.

In addition, there are a few boxes that look strange, but they are not particularly valuable.

The most outrageous thing is that some boxes actually have blood stains on them!

Just kidding, a gift to His Majesty the Emperor, you actually have blood on it!

After the Daming generals screened them, they collected their weapons, and then took this gang of pirates to Yingtianfu to restore their orders.

A group of pirates hula followed behind the Daming Water Army, just like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, curiously looking around, amazed.

When I set foot on this land, I found that it was extraordinary, it was a solid black ground that I had never seen before.

The merchant in charge of the translation showed off to them with a good face: “This is an asphalt road unique to the Daming Dynasty, and it belongs to the official road!” ”

A bunch of pirates exclaimed.

The Daming Dynasty was so strong and prosperous, and even the official roads for ordinary walking were built so spectacularly.

It’s funny that he was at sea just now, and he actually tried to rob the Daming Dynasty.

Look at the Hongwu rifles worn by those Daming water soldiers, this is obviously much stronger than their own fire.

The pirates secretly wiped their cold sweat, but fortunately they did not have the impulse, and rushed directly to the shore to grab it.

They were taken to the court, and the civil and military officials in the court were confused.

Where did this furry thief come out?!

Whether it is in terms of temperament, dress, talk, etc., it is not like the imperial messenger of the Eight Classics at all, it is clearly a group of pirates!

Some people are actually one-eyed dragons.

Many people have scars on their faces!

If this is a serious messenger, then it is really hell!

Although these pirates are cautious and well-behaved, the civil and military officials of the Daming Dynasty are not decorations.

Soon, it was determined that these guys were pirates.

But the paperwork in his hand seemed to be like that, and he couldn’t be sure for a while whether these guys had hurt the messenger of the Grape Empire and pretended to be coming, or what?

If such a small group of pirates can get the documents of the Grape Empire, then this royal document is too child’s play.

This point, no matter how in the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang and the civil and military officials, is a very incredible thing.

The documents between countries, which are very prudent things, how can they be easily handed over to pirates?

Everyone thinks it’s a little interesting, these pirates don’t know yet, they fall in the eyes of the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty, just like a clown jumping off a beam, being pointed at and whispered.

Zhu Yuanzhang has never seen such a scene, but since people said that they were here to do business, and did not cause substantial harm to the people of Daming, the shell did not fall on the shore, but on the sea, perhaps there is really such a strange etiquette in distant Europe.

I just told them not to fire artillery when they came next time, and when Daming’s fleet went to visit back, they would fire more cannons according to their customs and habits.

After that, the pirates were given to several officials of the Ministry of Ceremonies to be entertained to see if they were going to pay tribute or whatever, and the details were not discussed in the court.

Because the identity of these people is very suspicious, if this is a joke, it will not be shameful enough to stay in the history books at that time!

However, the Franc cannon in these gifts aroused the interest of Zhu Yuanzhang and the hundred civil and military officials, and after testing, it was found that the performance of these Franc cannons far exceeded that of the Hongwu iron cannon

The civil and military officials were in an uproar.

Because today in the court, Xie Jin impeached the military department, accusing the military department of inaction, having so many resources, but not making obvious progress in firearms, and also threatening that other empires may have long been ahead of the Ming Dynasty in firearms.

Even, after having enough warships and firearms, they will have the ability to pull the gates of the Ming Dynasty!

Shangshu Shen of the military department said conclusively that the firearms of the Daming Dynasty are the most advanced in the world, and no empire will surpass the Daming Dynasty in this regard, and the foundation of the Daming Dynasty cannot be shaken at all.

However, at this moment, the reality is in front of us, this unknown grape empire, never heard of before, the first time to come to the Daming Dynasty, or a group of guys similar to pirates came to dismount.

And the artillery they carried far exceeded the Hongwu iron cannon.

Whether it is range, power, and safety, it is much stronger than the Hongwu iron cannon.

Zhu Yuanzhang’s face is very ugly, and the group of people who came today obviously have a problem with their identity.

It doesn’t matter if they are pirates or not, but the weapons in their hands are real, just such a group of beam-jumping clowns can actually come up with such advanced Franc machine artillery!

It is conceivable that many empires in Europe may already have more advanced firearms that far surpass the Ming Dynasty!

Shangshu Shen of the military department was pale, and his legs and stomach couldn’t help but tremble.

Because before, he still swore in the court that no empire would surpass the Daming in firearms, and now a living example is in front of him.

Xie Jin’s wild rabbling became a reality, smacking his face.

In the past few years, the civil and military officials in the court have only focused on two directions, one is the Northern Yuan court, and the other is Qinzhou.

And for distant Europe, now, it is not known how the route should go.

I didn’t expect that there, there was already such an advanced artillery!

Fortunately, only a dozen ships came today, if it is thousands of warships, and then equipped with such artillery, the water army of the Ming Dynasty will definitely not be able to resist!!

In everyone’s impression of 3, the distant Franc Empire is just some small empires, with land area, population, etc., which should be on the same level as the Ming Dynasty, at all.

However, they have combat effectiveness beyond everyone’s imagination.

Zhu Yuanzhang personally ordered that the military headquarters imitate this kind of Franc machine artillery within a month and equip it in large quantities on the warships of the Daming Water Army.

If it can’t be done, Shen Qian can go home and farm!

At the same time, the Daming Water Army stepped up patrols along the coast and was ready to deal with the possible outbreak of a war at sea.

On land, the Great Wall can be built to form a defensive line, however, the sea is also vast, and it is extremely difficult to prevent.

Not to mention the naval battles between countries, even the rebellion that caused a lot of trouble a few years ago made the Daming water army busy and headache.

The defense of the sea was a huge problem for the Ming Dynasty.

The skeleton pirate group suddenly appeared in the port of Suhang, although it did not cause substantial turmoil, it gave the entire Ming court a wake-up call and sounded the alarm.

After the dynasty, Shangshu Shen Qian of the military department selected a large number of craftsmen from the Divine Machinery Bureau, the Ordnance Bureau, and the War Bureau, and asked them to go to the Gewu Academy for further study and preparation for the development of more powerful muskets and artillery in the future.

As a celestial kingdom, it is never allowed to lag behind any empire in firearms!

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