Daming pirates

As for Zhao Mazi, Li Gouzi and others, of course they were not polite and immediately issued an order. These guys in the council were all in on the money. They had already sharpened their knives and were ready to kill Chu Cai.

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The price list issued by the council to Mr. Chu Cai was for the monkey version of the No. 5 cannon, which cost 2,500 taels of silver, a disassembled No. 3 cannon for 1,300 taels of silver, and a tiger squatting cannon for 220 taels of silver.

, the price of a prisoner-killing cannon is five hundred taels of silver, and there is also a matchlock gun, which costs sixty taels of silver, but it is not the matchlock gun made by Sea Wolf, but the batch of several hundred taels seized from the Spanish this time.

Part of a matchlock gun.

Of course, if Mr. Chu Cai wants a bigger cannon, that's fine. This time, Sea Wolf seized more than 40 cannons of various types from Spanish ships. In addition, Keelung Fort is still exploring and salvaging two sunken cannons during this period.

Some of the cannons on the enemy ship are heavy artillery, but their caliber is different from that of Sea Wolf's self-produced artillery, and they are also relatively bulky. Yu Xiaotian does not intend to continue to use these artillery, because if he continues to use these artillery, he must

Produce shells specifically for them.

The caliber tolerances of these Spaniards' artillery are relatively large, and the manufacturing tolerances of the cannonballs must also be large, otherwise they may not fit into the barrels of some cannons. Now Yu Xiaotian doesn't like these cannons at all. If they are recycled, they will be remade.

If so, it's a bit of a pity. Now an enemy comes to buy them, so I can just sell a few to him.

As for the price, it is even higher. A naval gun similar to a twenty-four-pounder costs 4,000 taels of silver each. It depends on how much money Chu Cai can afford to buy these cannons.

However, Yu Xiaotian felt that Mr. Chu Cai should have some experience. This guy must have accumulated a lot of wealth after spending ten or twenty years on the sea. This group of colleagues all have the habit of hiding money, like Shuo Shu

Generally speaking, all wealth is hoarded. Don't look at the last time he was ripped off and paid Sea Wolf 40,000 taels of silver. But I guess this old guy still has a lot of silver. There are so many good goods here.

Let him choose and buy, don't be afraid that this old guy won't be willing to spend money.

Ma Xiang's eyes flashed with greed, and he quickly rushed to a row of cannons. He lay on the cannons and looked up and down carefully. He even touched them carefully with his hands. His saliva almost flowed to the cannons.

Take care of it.

He is a somewhat knowledgeable person. In order to buy cannons, he traveled to many places for Mr. Chu Cai and saw a lot of good things. He not only saw cannons cast by the Portuguese in Haojingao, but also in Guangdong.

Some of the red barbarian cannons built under the supervision of the government even went to senior officials to see the cannons of the red-haired people.

Therefore, his appreciation ability is quite high, and he can basically tell the pros and cons of cannons.

Today, he was brought to Perak Island by the Sea Wolf tribe. In the warehouse, he saw a large number of cannons stacked here, and he was immediately stunned.

He didn't expect that Sea Wolf would hide so many cannons, especially the more than twenty heavy Hongyi cannons, which immediately attracted him completely.

He looked at several of the cannons carefully. There were some patterns on these cannons, which were very delicate and beautiful. However, he could not tell who cast these cannons. His intuition told him that these cannons did not seem to be made by Sea Wolf himself.

Yes, because there is an inscription on it, which is obviously not Chinese, so it is very likely that it is a cannon originating from the West.

These cannons are very big and heavy, and they look very powerful. They also purchased several red cannons from the Folangji people for a large amount of money before, but the red cannons they purchased seem to be not as good as those here.

These are big and the casting level seems to be about the same as these cannons.

It is a pity that they only have three doors left, which are lying on Dongshan Island and cannot be installed on their ships. Since Mr. Chu Cai lost his three-masted big fortune ship, he has not been able to get another one.

A ship big enough to hold such red barbarian cannons.

This kind of cannon is what they dream of. As long as they can buy a few more and put them on Dongshan Island, most people will not be able to touch their lair, except of course the Sea Wolf, because it is obvious to the Sea Wolf that there are many Hongyi cannons and they are definitely not

Rival of Sea Wolf.

So he asked the person who brought him here: "Excuse me, brother, who made these cannons?"

The people in the council immediately replied proudly: "These cannons were made by the Ganlusi people. You may have heard of it. Some time ago, our sea wolves and the Ganlusi people fought a battle on Taiyuan Island.

We captured a lot of their cannons, which were all dismantled from their ships! The standard cannons used by the dry silk people are definitely a big killer!"

Needless to say, after Ma Xiang heard this, he was shocked. Sea Wolf was simply too powerful. This news was indeed not false. They had indeed heard that Sea Wolf had a big fight with Ganlusi Man some time ago. It is said that Sea Wolf was so powerful.

The Sea Wolf won a great victory, but many people couldn't believe the news, including them, who also thought it was impossible. But now after seeing the cannons of these dry silk people, Ma Xiang confirmed that the rumors were indeed true.

No, the Sea Wolf really won a big victory.

Apart from anything else, just the presence of these cannons here is enough to explain everything. If the Ganrasi people had not fled in defeat, how could they have left behind so many cannons?

And when he arrived at Nanri Island, he also saw two large Western-style plywood boats docked on the dock next to the boathouse. These cannons should be the cannons loaded on these large plywood boats, which made it even more certain.

The sea wolf really beat the dry silk man badly.

"Your department is really awesome! You can actually beat the dry silk people so badly. I admire you, I really admire you!" Ma Xiang admired from the bottom of his heart, without any intention of perfunctory. He really admired him to the extreme. This

Comparing one person to another is really infuriating!

Then the person who brought him here showed him the monkey version of the No. 5 cannon, the disassembled No. 3 cannon, the monkey version of the No. 3 cannon, the Crouching Tiger Cannon, the Prisoner-Destroying Cannon and other cannons, as well as a batch of captured Spanish matchlock guns.

And he told Ma Xiang without hesitation which cannons were made by them. Ma Xiang was very curious and hurriedly followed them and looked at them one by one, and he looked even more carefully than before.

After seeing these cannons made by Sea Wolf, Ma Xiang felt a chill behind him. Even on this hot day, he felt cold inside.

Because after seeing these self-made cannons by Sea Wolf, he found that in appearance, the quality of these self-made cannons by Sea Wolf was no worse than those of heavy cannons, and they seemed to have the intention to surpass them, especially when he

Seeing that the barrels of these cannons were very smooth, and the calibers were as big as they could be, even if he didn't use a ruler to measure carefully, he felt that these cannons were very neatly made. As long as they were of the same style, there was almost no difference.

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It's just like the crappy cannons they have in their hands. Each cannon has a different look, a different character, and different calibers. So they have to specially prepare cannonballs for each cannon. The cannonballs generally look the same.

Some can be smashed in, but some are just a little bit worse and just can't be loaded in. So they are often more willing to use some random loose particles, because it is more convenient to load stones into the barrel of the cannon than to load big cannonballs, but the sealing method is still the same.

Still not easy to do.

Originally, he wanted to see the matchlock guns used by Sea Wolf himself, because on the dock, he saw Sea Wolf's tribesmen, carrying such matchlock guns without matchlocks, standing guard at the dock or on the ship.

But when he brought it up, he was immediately rejected.

The person who brought him here told Ma Xiang that those muskets were for their own use, and their current production was limited and they could not sell them yet. If Ma Xiang wanted them, only the matchlock guns of these dry silk people could be sold to them.

, if you don’t want it, it doesn’t matter.

Ma Xiang casually picked up a matchlock gun used by the dry silk people. After looking at it, he was still very satisfied. This original matchlock gun made by the Taixi people was of better quality than the monkey version of the Ming Dynasty bird gun.

There are many matchlock guns made by these dried wax silk people. They are made of sufficient materials and exquisite workmanship. They look good at first glance.

Since there are these things, Sea Wolf's self-made muskets may not be much more powerful than the matchlock guns made by these Westerners. What makes him wonder is why Sea Wolf's matchlock guns don't use match ropes.

He was really puzzled.

Next, the Sea Wolf tribe, in accordance with the old custom, first asked the buyers to watch the live ammunition firing of their samples. Ma Xiang was taken to the shooting range by the sea, and sent people to drag out several cannons from the warehouse. After setting them up, they started

Test gun.

Perak Island, which was quiet for a while, suddenly heard the roar of cannons again. Sometimes the shells flew to the ground target at the shooting range, smashing up a cloud of dust, and sometimes they flew far away to the sea, stirring up waves on the sea.

Ma Xiang was frightened and greedy at the same time. After seeing these cannons, he felt that they were very good things. Except for the two remaining Hongyi cannons, they could not find any more.

The door cannon is comparable to the cannons of these sea wolves.

These cannons can hit far and accurately, and they appear to be quite powerful. Even the smallest so-called No. 3 cannon can punch a hole in a very thick ship plank a hundred paces away.

The cannons they are using now simply cannot achieve such power. Most of the time they just hear the sound. Where can these cannons be like this? Each shot counts and can actually cause damage to the opponent.

So Ma Xiang declared on the spot that he wanted part of these cannons and asked Hailang to give them a price.

Seeing that Ma Xiang was very satisfied with these sample cannons, the sales staff of the Council immediately drew out a list and gave it to Ma Xiang.

(Well, I’m finally at peace now, and I can concentrate on typing. This period of time has really taxed me, so I need to calm down quickly, save some manuscripts, and try to resume two updates a day next month!)