The two guns of the Pinghai fired two groups of sub-cannons, which is a total of twenty shells. One of them hit the target and shot a basin-sized cannon mark on the hard reef. Three of the remaining eighteen were

The sea hit the reef within a radius of fifty steps, and the others were all lost. Such a result seems to be very poor, but it is already a good result on the ups and downs of the sea.

After watching the shelling, Zhou Chong and Liu Tao went down into the cannon cabin and encouraged the gunners who were shooting today. The group that hit the reef was rewarded with ten taels of silver by Zhou Chong, encouraging them.

Keep up the effort and strive to make you ejaculate faster and more accurate in the future (it feels so strange).

Since I came to Pinghai, Zhou Chong was not in a hurry to go back. He sat with Liu Tao and Shi Ping and asked someone to set up a pot and cut the beef. He chatted and bragged while eating hot pot. Zhou Chong liked to listen to them the most.

Some things related to navigation are, after all, he relies on navigation to make a living, and it is not harmful to know more about navigation.

However, just when Zhou Chong and the others were having a happy chat, someone suddenly came to report that it was Ashikaga Ikki and Tada Yama Naoki who knew about their drinking together, so they even came to ask for a drink.

Speaking of which, Ashikaga Ikki and the Japanese mission were ships from the Ashikaga Chamber of Commerce, called the Yamato, but this Yamato was a lucky ship built by the Ming Dynasty, not the kind of lucky ship imitated by the Japanese. This is because the Japanese imitated it.

Not only is the speed not as fast as the real one, it is also much smaller in size, and its strength and safety are also poor. Only some small forces among the Japanese will use the Japanese's own lucky ship for cheapness.

, Chambers of Commerce like the Ashikaga Chamber of Commerce abandoned their own ships and instead used the Ming Dynasty's blessed ships.

Hearing Ashikaga Ichikki and the others were coming, Zhou Chong and Liu Tao and others looked at each other. Then the three of them smiled tacitly. No need to ask, the other party must have been attracted by the sound of artillery just now, so they wanted to come and inquire.

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"Hurry up and invite me, and I'll have a few more dishes!" Zhou Chong said with a smile. Since they dared to test the cannon so openly while sailing, they naturally wouldn't be afraid that Ashikaga Ichiki and the others would hear it, and he also had it.

I want to talk to Ashikaga Ichiki.

Hearing Zhou Chong's order, the people below agreed to turn and leave. Soon they saw Ashikaga Ikki, Tayyama Naoyi and Hatano Hidego came to the boat. Ashikaga Ikki first smiled and said, "

Mr. Zhou, we were taking a nap just now, and suddenly I heard a roar outside the window like thunder. I thought it was going to change, but I didn’t expect it was Mr. Zhou who was testing the cannon. And I had seen the cannon marks on the reef just now, and it was indeed amazing.

ah!"

For Ashikaga Ikki's praise, Zhou Chong just smiled and asked the other party to sit down and said, "President Ashikaga has over the award. You are also a person who often runs on the sea, so you naturally know that sea boats are often peeped by pirates and other stingy people. So you can't

Without equipping some weapons to defend themselves, the Nanyang Peace Sea is a newly launched ship. It just so happened that our chamber of commerce cast some artillery, so we put the artillery on the ship and tried its power. Unexpectedly, it disturbed Ashikaga President Wakata

Ambassador of Shandong, Zhou apologized to the three of you here.”

Zhou Chong did not have much explanation for the trial of artillery, but he deliberately revealed a message to Ashikaga Ichikki in his words, that is, his Nanyang Chamber of Commerce already has the ability to cast artillery, so as to

Show his strength to Ashikaga Ichiki and the others.

Sure enough, after hearing Zhou Chong's words, Ashikaga Ichikki looked at each other in shock. Among them, Naoyi Tayyama and Hidego Hatano were better. Although they had artillery imitating the Ming Dynasty, their technology was not up to standard.

It is not very powerful, and it does not even have much practical value. It is rarely seen on the battlefield in Japan, so they do not value artillery much, and do not understand what Zhou Chong can make artillery means.

But Ashikaga Ichikki knew very well the power of the Ming cannon and also understood the significance of the cannon to the Ming court. He also knew that the casting of firearms has always been in the hands of the Ming court, but now Zhou Chong actually has the ability to cast artillery.

In Ashikaga Ichiki's view, Zhou Chong must have received the support of the Emperor Ming Dynasty, so he was able to cast artillery. Otherwise, even if Zhou Chong had the casting technology of cannons, he would not dare to cast artillery without authorization.

Thinking of the joints, Ashikaga Ichiki looked at Zhou Chong with a little more awe. The other party was so young that he had already gained the trust of the Emperor Ming Dynasty. His future prospects must be immeasurable, which made Ashikaga Ichiki

I made up my mind to take good care of my relationship with this young master Zhou in the future, otherwise offending the other party would probably be offending the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The serious consequences would definitely not be borne by him.

"Cough~, Mr. Zhou!" Ashikaga Ichikawa was stunned for a moment, and suddenly cleared his throat and said in a deep voice, "I didn't expect that the Guizhou Chamber of Commerce had the power to cast artillery, but I don't know if Mr. Zhou, you have the intention to sell artillery,

Our Ashikaga Chamber of Commerce is very willing to buy it, and the price will definitely satisfy you!"

When Zhou Chong revealed that he could cast artillery, he had already guessed that Ashikaga Ichiki would definitely want to buy it. After all, now they are dreaming of forming an armed force to turn over. If the artillery can help, they will naturally let the army go.

The power of his Ashikaga Chamber of Commerce also needed a large number of artillery armed ships, so no matter from any aspect, Ashikaga Ikki would be attracted to artillery, and in fact it proved that Zhou Chong's guess was correct.

Zhou Chong heard Ashikaga Ichiki want to buy artillery, but he looked embarrassed on his face. After a while, he sighed and said, "President Ashikaga, it's not that I don't want to promise you, it's just you

I also know that artillery is a powerful weapon of the country. Our Ming Dynasty must not be sold to other countries easily. Although I have the right to cast, I dare not disobey the orders of the court. So don't mention the matter of buying artillery again.

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Just kidding, Zhou Chong, who came from later generations, knew that artillery was called the "God of War". Although artillery is still very primitive today, with the development of artillery technology, one day it can become a key weapon to determine the outcome of the battlefield.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for him to let the Japanese master such weapons.

In fact, Ashikaga Ikki regretted it as soon as he said it, because he knew that his request was too much. Now that he heard Zhou Chong directly refuse, Ashikaga Ikki was not surprised, but just sighed regretfully: "Oh,

That's a pity. Our military strength is much weaker than that of Ouchi Yoshihiko and Hosokawa Takako. If we could have artillery, we could narrow the gap, but now it seems impossible."

Seeing Ashikaga Ikki's regretful appearance, Tayyama Naoyi and Hatano Hideo looked at each other strangely. In their perception, the artillery was just a larger fire system. Although it was a bit powerful, the operation was too complicated.

, it is not convenient to move, and it will occupy a lot of precious iron, so in their opinion, instead of buying impractical cannons, it is better to spend more money to build more ordinary weapons and armed soldiers.

When Zhou Chong saw Ashikaga Ikki's frustration, he saw him siping the tea with a faint smile, and then slowly said: "President Ashikaga, although I can't sell the cannon to you, for you now

Zhou also felt very sympathetic to the situation, so I can sell you some weapons, such as knives, spears, etc..”

"This... is this true?" Hearing Zhou Chong's promise, Ashikaga Ichiki immediately said excitedly. Although their Ashikaga Chamber of Commerce has done a lot in the smuggling industry, most of the smuggled goods are porcelain, silk, and cotton cloth.

As for civilian goods, as for weapons and even iron materials, few people dare to smuggle them, because these things are military supplies, the court has taken strict controls, and the profits are not very high, so even if Ashikaga Ichiki wants to

The Ming Dynasty smuggled weapons to Japan, but no one was willing to take this risk.

"Of course, our chamber of commerce has its own iron smelting workshop. The steel produced now is mainly used as cast artillery. However, although our chamber of commerce has a great demand for artillery, at the current casting speed, it will soon no longer require a large number of iron smelting workshops.

Supply steel, I will build some ordinary weapons at that time. I originally planned to leave them to the people of the Chamber of Commerce for use, but I thought that President Ashikaga urgently needs weapons now, so those weapons can be supplied to you first!" Zhou Chong said with a smile.

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Zhou reselled the weapon to Ashikaga Ichiki but didn't have any kindness, of course, it was not for making money, but he knew very clearly that even if Ashikaga Ichiki and the others could persuade Emperor Zhengde this time, with the current situation in the Ming Dynasty, I'm afraid it would be

You can't give them too much substantial help.

Moreover, according to the original history, Ashikaga Yoshikata's resistance to Ouchi Yoshihiko and Hosokawa Takako was doomed to fail. This is not the result that Zhou Chong wanted to see. After all, he still needed the Ashikaga family to become himself influencing the political situation of Japan.

It is a chess piece, so this piece must survive. He now sells Ashikaga Ikki weapon, which is to help Ashikaga Yoshikaga have stronger strength, which can also make the political situation in Japan even more chaotic.

Ikki Ashikaga did not expect that Zhou Jijue would still have such vicious intentions to sell him the weapon? But even if he knew, he would still choose to trade with Zhou Jijue. After all, in his opinion, in order to restore the former glory of the Ashikaga family,

Even if he brought the entire Japan into an abyss that would never be restored, he would do it without hesitation.

Hearing that Ashikaga Ichiki and Shu Chong reached a business to buy and sell weapons, Tayyama Naoyi and Hatano Hideo were both shocked, and then began to discuss with Ashikaga Ichiki in a low voice. It seemed that they also wanted to get a share from this transaction.

Some benefits, and Ashikaga Ichiki also knew that this was a good opportunity to win over Tayyama and Hatano, so he generously agreed to divide a portion of the weapons he obtained in the future to each other. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better
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