The Rise of the European Emperor

Because he had seen the power of artillery before, Marin was not worried that Ismail I would not accept artillery. Even as stupid as the Qing Dynasty, after being beaten up by the Europeans, they began to purchase foreign guns and cannons. For example, the Krupp cannon was introduced by Li Hongzhang himself when he visited Europe.

Many people don't know that when Zuo Zongtang regained Western Xinjiang, the army was not equipped with swords and spears at all, but was mainly equipped with foreign guns and cannons. For example, the Spencer renju gun used in the American Civil War, many second-hand goods flowed into the Asian market. Some of them flowed into the Japanese market and participated in the famous "Falling Curtain War". The other part flowed into Zuo Zongtang's Chu army, known as the "Seven Spears". There are also rear-mounted Krupp guns made in Germany, and even Gatling machine guns...

Therefore, not to mention that Yagubo's Central Asian scimitar cavalry was shot out, even Tsarist Russia was a little scared and suspended its erosion of Western Xinjiang. why? Because Tsarist Russia was not equipped with those advanced breech-loading guns, Krupp guns and Gatling machine guns at that time...

Ismail I was not a fool, on the contrary, he was a genius commander. Seeing such a powerful weapon, it is impossible not to be moved. Therefore, there is no problem at all selling artillery to Persia.

But the arquebus, the Persians have not yet fully experienced its power. Because, before they had time to feel the power of the muskets, they were frightened by the artillery of the Turks...

Therefore, Malin specially sent 200 musketeers, using 200 matchlock guns, to perform "three-stage strike" live on Ismail I. I believe that from the perspective of Ismail I, you will not fail to see the advantages.

And, it's going to be a long-term business! why? Because the Persian Safavid Empire lacked metal, even if they wanted to make their own weapons, they had to import metal first. Therefore, it is better to import weapons directly. As for the scimitar, they would import the metal and forge it themselves. Because the unique Safi scimitar used by the Persian cavalry is different from other scimitars, so it needs to be made by itself.

But guns don't matter if you are hungry. Anyway, there are no relevant craftsmen in Persia, and it is difficult to develop technology by yourself. Therefore, it is better to import directly.

Moreover, both Marin and the Portuguese are standard businessmen and will not tell the Persians how to make guns. For example, when the Portuguese sold the British 18-pound cannon (that is, the Hongyi cannon) to the Ming Dynasty, they actually asked for thousands of taels of silver each.

Marin is not as dark as the Portuguese, but he will definitely not be too polite. After all, the Franc cannon he sold to the Persians was made of copper.

The Franc machine gun that Marin sold to Persia was a three-pound gun with a body weighing 300 pounds. It did not have the unique movable wheeled gun mount of the North Sea Army, but only the gun lugs, similar to the French guns.

According to the silver-copper ratio of 1:15 in Europe, the material cost of each cannon itself is worth 20 pounds of silver.

Moreover, the price of the artillery is definitely not only the price of the material cost, but at least doubled...

The price of doubling the cost of materials is just the basic market price. Facing Persia, which is extremely short of artillery, Marin directly paid three times the price of the material cost, which is 60 pounds of silver each. Converted into gold, it is 5 pounds of gold, which can mint 637 gold coins. Marin rounded up the whole number and asked for 650 gold coins per door.

Of course, Marin is a conscientious person, and he also equipped each Franc cannon with 5 sub-guns made of fine steel for replacement and loading.

Moreover, the Frang machine guns of Beihai State are different from those of other countries. Other European countries also use Francois machine guns, but because of poor processing accuracy, the gap between the child gun and the mother gun is relatively large, which is prone to air leakage and affects the range of the artillery.

Beihai has long promoted vernier calipers to strictly control the machining accuracy. Therefore, the same Fran cannon, Beihai's Fran cannon has a longer range and better quality.

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The fleet of the North Sea State first docked at the Port of Hormuz on the island of Hormuz, and invited the Portuguese colonists to board the ship for a "visit", and showed the permission of the Kingdom of Portugal.

It should be pointed out that Persia has no foreign trade ports at this moment. The port of Hormuz, which was originally the only foreign trade port, was snatched away by the Portuguese...

But the Persian navy is not good, and it is difficult to recover Hormuz Island. In addition, the Portuguese did come to do business sincerely, and had no intention of invading the interior, so the Persians then gave up.

These days, Persia has neither Abadan nor Abbas. Bandar Abbas was specially built during the reign of Abbas the Great in 1627 to facilitate foreign trade. As for the port of Abadan, after the development of Persian oil, it was developed into a port city in the 20th century except that it was the outlet of the oil pipeline...

Therefore, these guns must first land at the Port of Hormuz. Then, it was carried by a small boat and transported to the land terminal area where the later Bandar Abbas was located before it could be transported to Isfahan...

Because Tabriz was seriously threatened by the Turks, Ismail I has temporarily set the capital in Isfahan, and has no intention of moving back.

No way, Tabriz is too close to the northwest border, and if the Turks launch a surprise attack, there is no time to react. Isfahan is located in the central region of Persia, far from the northwest border, and is not afraid of enemy raids. Therefore, Ismail I simply did not move the capital back to Tabriz.

In the original history, Tabriz was captured by Turkey many times, and the later monarchs of the Safavid Empire first moved their capital to Qazvin near the Caspian Sea. Later, I still felt unsafe, and finally went to Isfahan, which was further southeast, until the Safavid Empire fell.

Now, because of Marin's suggestion, Ismail I suddenly discovered that moving the capital to Isfahan is indeed very good, at least, there is no need to worry about the Turkish army approaching the city. Therefore, Ismail I simply designated Isfahan as the vice capital. And Tabriz is still the nominal capital, but only in name.

Of course, this is good for the fleet sent by Marin. Because, Isfahan is closer to the Persian Gulf... If it is replaced by Tabriz, it will be closer to the Caspian Sea.

However, it is really far away to land near Bandar Abbas and go to Isfahan by land. Fortunately, there was no shortage of horses in Persia, and the team finally arrived in Isfahan without changing horses along the way.

Then, George Bernard Shaw, the leader of the fleet, led the gunners and musketeers to demonstrate to Ismail I what volley shooting and three-stage musket shooting are at the school grounds outside Isfahan...

When the artillery fired, the ground shook. Even the war horses on the school field were frightened into commotion. But Ismail I was very excited——

"That's right, that's how it feels! My great Persia will have enough cannons!"

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