"It's so arrogant and domineering!" He Xing snorted. What kind of general is the general of thieves? He is obviously a general of thieves! The toad yawns, and his tone is really big! But the hero doesn't suffer the loss in front of him. The Jinyiwei on the ship is just a few people. If he is hard with Zuo Liangyu, he may be the one who suffers the loss. Therefore, He Xing decided to spend some money to go there.

If Luoyang had not fallen into the hands of the Qing army, the connection between the Jinyiwei and Li Zicheng would be that he really would not want to follow the path controlled by Zuo Liangyu. Sooner or later, Zhao Peng would have to deal with Zuo Liangyu, but the time is not yet ripe. When the time is ripe, after the route of the Yangtze River will be unobstructed.

In this Jinyiwei fleet, fifteen cargo ships transported all food. He Xing was on the ship where he was located, transported two decomposed four-pound cavalry cannons. The two disassembled cannons hit the wooden box and hid in the bottom cabin. After the left army soldiers boarded the ship for inspection, they found no artillery, and only found one ship of food, so they asked to hand over the food and let them go.

The soldiers of the Zuo Army knew that 80% of the food was transported to Xiangyang for Li Zicheng, but the Zuo Army did not stop it with prohibited items. In fact, Zuo Liangyu himself did the same thing, and the Zuo Army also secretly sold food to the Shun Army to make huge profits.

He Xing finally gave the Zuo Army a thousand general, and the following soldiers a hundred taels of silver, and gave each of the Zuo Army a piece of silver, and then gave each of the Zuo Army's personal soldiers a piece of silver, and spent 1,000 taels of silver to successfully pass through Wuchang.

The ships of the Jinyiwei entered the Han River and arrived at Xiangyang under the control of Dashun.

The ship stopped at the dock by the Xiangyang River, and Hao Yaoqi led a group of Shun Army soldiers to greet him.

"The food sent by Uncle Zhongyong has helped us a lot!" Hao Yaoqi greeted him with a smile on his face, holding He Xing's hand tightly.

The food sent was handed over to Shunjun. Shunjun loaded the food onto the car and carried boxes of silver onto the ship. Finally, He Xingren moved the two four-pound cavalry cannons from the ship. The box containing the cannons was removed from the ship. The Jinyiwei opened the box, took out the barrel, the gun stand and the wheel, and he was assembled on the dock.

After a while, two brand new four-pound cavalry cannons were assembled, and the ammunition truck was assembled. The Jinyiwei connected the gun truck and the ammunition truck together to form a light four-wheeled carriage.

Hao Yaoqi ordered four horses to be brought over. The Jinyiwei demonstrated to the soldiers of the Shun Army and let the horses hang on the four-wheeled carriage. Then the Jinyiwei drove the horses and ran wildly. The horses and the four-wheeled carriage were pulled over and ran very quickly, almost the same as the speed of the cavalry.

The four-pound cavalry cannon weighs more than 300 kilograms, plus the gun mount and wheels, the total weight is about 500 kilograms. The ammunition truck weighs more than 200 kilograms, and the ammunition truck can be about 500 kilograms full of ammunition. The ammunition truck and artillery truck are combined with one thousand kilograms. Two horses drag a four-wheeled carriage and run on the flat ground very fast, and can fully keep up with the pace of cavalry marching, so it is called a cavalry artillery.

The two guns were dragged to the shooting range, and the ammunition truck and the gun van were separated, and the guns were set up.

Hao Yaoqi walked forward and stroked the brand new cannons. He found that the barrels of the two cannons were rubbed like mirrors, shining and emitting dazzling copper-yellow light. He then touched the barrel deeply into the barrel and found that the inner wall of the cannon was very smooth and flat. From the feel, he knew that the accuracy of this cannon was quite high. He had also come into contact with many cannons before, but he had never seen such a cannon with such a smooth inner wall. Most of the cannons cast by the Ming Dynasty were covered with sand holes, which felt a little uneven. This was the first time he had seen a cannon like this.

"Good cannon, what a good cannon! This cannon should be fired very accurately. Can we open two cannons to open our eyes?" Hao Yaoqi asked.

"Of course, this cannon was to be sold to you. I came here to facilitate your inspection in person." He Xing agreed with a smile.

The Jinyiwei quickly loaded the fixed loading bags, loaded shells, pierced the bags from the fire gate with an iron vertebrae, and inserted the medicine twists. After about ten seconds, the cannon was loaded. The Jinyiwei aimed at the target about one mile away and ignited the cannon.

A dull sound of cannons was heard, and a slender tongue of flames spewed out of the muzzle. The shells accurately hit the target five hundred steps away, turning the wooden target into a pair of scattered wood chips and debris.

"The fight is so accurate!" Hao Yaoqi kept praising him.

Then, different shells such as shrapnel, socks and flowering shells were tested. The power of these two cannons was very satisfied with all the Shun army officers and soldiers present.

"This cannon is sold to our army. How much does one cannon cost?" Hao Yaoqi asked.

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"One thousand taels of silver per cannon is not a double price." He Xing replied.

"It's too expensive, can it be cheaper?" Hao Yaoqi bargained.

"Our uncle said that it is not a second price. We will cost 700 taels of silver to build such a cannon. With the freight, if you pass by the territory of the thief general Zuo Liangyu, they will inevitably be extorted by them. One thousand taels will be sold to you at a cost price." He Xing replied.

Hao Yaoqi stroked the cannon with love and thought to himself: It must have taken a lot of effort to polish the inner wall of this cannon so smooth. But he never expected that Zhao Peng had something like a boring machine, so it didn't take much effort to polish the inner wall. So he replied: "Let's do this, I'll send these two cannons to Xi'an first for the king to see. If the king agrees, I'll order a batch from Uncle."

Half a month later, the two cannons were sent to Xi'an.

Li Zicheng personally watched the test firing of the four-pound cavalry cannon, and praised the power of the cannon. He also saw that the cannon carriage and ammunition truck could be integrated into a light four-wheeled carriage, put on a horse and walked as fast as flying. He was very happy.

"This cannon is powerful, what is its name? "Seeing the powerful power of the new cannon, Li Zicheng shone out a light with one eye.

He Xing replied: "This cannon is called the Red Cannon, and it is used by various countries in Western Europe."

"How is the price?" Li Zicheng asked again.

"One thousand taels of silver is not a double price." He Xing replied.

"Can you shoot one thousand taels of silver?" Li Zicheng gasped, "Can you be cheaper?"

He Xing shook his head: "If it's cheaper, my uncle will lose money. When someone comes to Jiannu, we want to buy it, but we won't sell it for 3,000 taels. If you don't buy it, then we will sell it to Jiannu, after all, they offer a high price."

Li Zicheng was shocked and hurriedly said, "My uncle must not sell this cannon to Jiannu! Jiannu is not my race. If he gets this cannon, it may be a great disaster for China!"

"So, Jiannu bids 3,000 taels of silver, but his uncle refuses to sell it, but he is willing to sell it to you for 1,000 taels of silver." He Xing said while it is hot.

Li Zicheng thought carefully for a long time, and thought to himself: If Jiannu got this cannon, it would be like a tiger with wings. Originally, his army could not defeat Jiannu. If Jiannu had this cannon again, how could he fight this battle? One thousand taels would be 1,000 taels. Anyway, he was tortured more than 7,000 taels of silver in the capital. He was defeated in the battle of Shanhaiguan, lost more than 5 million taels of silver, and lost more than 5 million taels of silver on the way. At present, he still had more than 60 million taels of silver, which was enough to buy cannons.

So Li Zicheng proposed to spend 500,000 taels of silver to buy 500 cannons, hoping to deliver the goods within one month.

"It is impossible to deliver the goods within one month. The young general goes back and forth, and it takes more than a month to go back and forth, and it can deliver the goods in four months," He Xing said. "But the king needs to pay 20% of the deposit first, so we can also pay the craftsmen's wages."

"Okay, no problem!" Li Zicheng laughed and turned to Gu Junen and said, "Mr. Gu, go to the account to advance 100,000 taels of silver and hand it over to General He as a deposit."

The money was not a problem for Li Zicheng. Four months were just four months. With the defense of the Fenhe Valley in Shanxi and Tongguan in Shaanxi, the Qing army could only chew slowly. Not to mention that it would not be able to reach Xi'an within four months, it would be difficult to reach Xi'an in half a year. Instead, these five hundred new red barbarian cannons will arrive in a month, which will be enough for the Qing army to drink a pot.
Chapter completed!