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- A matchlock gun costing 1,000 yuan is indeed very cheap.
The most important thing about the matchlock gun is the wooden barrel and the iron barrel. In fact, in terms of technical content, this is nothing in the 21st century.
But in 1620, it was considered a high-tech product.
The copycat ¡®umbrella¡¯ research institution under Zhao Hongyu has not invested yet. The matchlock gun purchased by Zhao Hongyu was a product that came with him, so the cunning umbrella mechanism used low-quality iron pipes to make the barrel of the matchlock gun.
In addition to this, the wooden body of the matchlock gun is not made of a single piece of wood. Instead, it is made by compacting and gluing those scraps of wood and then applying a layer of paint
Strictly speaking, the wooden gun body of the matchlock gun sold by Zhao Hongyu is a gun body made of various wood chips.
"If this were put into the 21st century, people would definitely be criticized to death, but the problem is that Zhao Hongyu was on the American continent in 1620, and the buyers for his matchlock gun were also indigenous Indians.
They can¡¯t see that there is any problem with the matchlock gun. Anyway, there is no difference in appearance.
Even just observing with the naked eye, Zhao Hongyu¡¯s matchlock gun is much more sophisticated than the matchlock guns sold by white people. In other words, it looks pretty good, and it looks better and more comfortable than the white man's matchlock gun.
In fact, this is not surprising at all. No matter how fake it is, it is still a product of the 21st century.
Coupled with the strange existence of the 'Umbrella' company, it would be damned if this matchlock gun didn't look good.
As a person born in the 1980s, Zhao Hongyu clearly knows that the appearance of counterfeit products is the same as that of genuine products, and they are even better than genuine products in some functions.
But the matchlock gun sold by Zhao Hongyu also has some disadvantages, that is, if it is used too many times, the barrel will be damaged and the wooden gun body will fall apart.
¡°After all, a knockoff is a knockoff.
But looking at this issue in reverse, there are intangible benefits for Zhao Hongyu.
Because if the firearms are broken, the Indians will buy new firearms. In this way, Zhao Hongyu's business has improved.
"What Zhao Hongyu has to consider is how to give a convincing explanation when the firearm is broken.
However, it is obvious that Zhao Hongyu has nothing to worry about in this regard.
Because when comparing the matchlock guns of 1620, apart from the unreliability of the gun body made of wood chips, the barrel was much more sophisticated than the matchlock barrels made by other European countries in this era.
??????????????????????? In this era, matchlock guns manufactured in continental Europe often exploded and various accidents occurred. Therefore, the damage rate is also very high. Therefore, it can be explained that Zhao Hongyu's matchlock gun was accidentally or damaged.
??Anyway, isn¡¯t this the case with other matchlock guns?
One million yuan was spent to purchase 1,000 matchlock guns.
Facing a firearms market with 100,000 people, a mere 1,000 matchlock guns are still a drop in the bucket.
At the same time, as the most profitable gunpowder and lead bullets, they are the most profitable products in the sale of firearms.
Zhao Hongyu walked out of the tent where he lived and walked outside the super-large ¡®warehouse¡¯ built next to it. He stood outside and raised the door curtain, glancing inside.
It was so dark inside that he couldn't see anything.
After calling a gene man and bringing a torch, we were finally able to see more clearly by the light of the fire.
1,000 matchlock guns were neatly placed in the tent, and dozens of large wooden barrels also appeared in the tent, neatly stacked on the other side.
Beside the barrel, there were dozens of sacks.
Zhao Hongyu raised his hand to tell the gene man to wait for him outside. He was worried that the barrels might be black powder, so he did not dare to let the gene man holding a torch follow him in.
¡°If something goes wrong, I can take a plane.
The gene man stood outside the tent, and Zhao Hongyu walked over in a few steps. He walked to the barrel and stood there, and a pungent smell of gunpowder rushed into his nostrils.
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It is indeed black powder!
Zhao Hongyu thought to himself after smelling the pungent smell.
After a rough count, there were no less than twenty large wooden barrels similar to those used to hold wine. If a wooden barrel contains 200 kilograms of black powder, then there must be at least two tons of black powder here.
With two tons of black powder, you have to be careful.
If it had exploded, Zhao Hongyu, who lived next to him, would have had no chance of surviving.
Well, let people take a good look at this for a while, and we must explain it clearly.
Zhao Hongyu thought to himself.
He slowly walked to the side where the sacks were stacked, raised his foot and kicked the sacks.
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There seemed to be a lot of small items in the sack, and when I kicked it up, it made me think of it as clattering.
Zhao Hongyu bent down and found the opening of the sack. He opened it and took a look with the help of weak light. Oh, there are so many lead bullets.
Round lead bullets the size of fingernails were piled in the sack.
Zhao Hongyu reached in, grabbed a handful, looked at it, and then threw the lead bullet back. He tied his pocket and turned around and walked outside the tent, and said to the genetic man waiting outside: "Notify me, six people will be sent to guard this warehouse, two people in groups, each group will take turns for eight hours. Pay special attention to fire prevention, there are Two tons of black powder.¡±
When Zhao Hongyu mentioned black powder, the genetic man¡¯s face tightened.
"Okay, chief, I'll find someone right now."
This genetic person is a genetic person who stays in the camp and has a unique personality and intelligent thinking.
So, he knew exactly what two tons of black powder meant.
I also understand why the leader is so serious and nervous.
"Two tons of black powder, but I don't dare to be careless." If something goes wrong, it would be a huge disaster.
Soon, the genetic man rushed back with five genetic men.
"I'll leave this to you. You must guard the warehouse carefully. The matchlocks, gunpowder and lead bullets here are all sold to the Mohicans and surrounding Indian tribes, so be careful."
Zhao Hongyu gave serious instructions again.
The six genetic men nodded solemnly.
The gene man who followed Zhao Hongyu just now and held a torch now had empty hands. He didn't dare to come holding a torch.
At the same time, when Zhao Hongyu finished speaking, he said: "Chief, your residence is too close to the warehouse. This is a very dangerous thing, so we hope that you can change your tent and stop living near the warehouse. .¡±
¡°In fact, Zhao Hongyu didn¡¯t know that he would be in danger if he lived so close.
It¡¯s just that he can¡¯t move because there is a distance between the time and space transaction device for receiving and delivering goods. This restriction forces him to sometimes live closer to the warehouse.
¡° However, Zhao Hongyu had to consider this issue carefully when faced with the genetic man¡¯s reminder.
After thinking for a while, he nodded and responded: "Well, I will move, but it won't happen until tomorrow. It's already very late now, where else can I move."
He shrugged his shoulders helplessly and made a very helpless expression.
Afterwards, Zhao Hongyu ignored the genetic people, walked to his tent, lifted the curtain and walked in.
To receive goods and sell them to the space-time trader, you need to make sure that the goods belong to you and are within 20 meters of your body.
??But purchase goods from the space-time trader, and then set the transportation location to be within a diameter of 200 meters.
These issues must be taken into consideration.
After Zhao Hongyu walked into the tent where he lived, he sighed deeply and muttered softly.
He lay on the thick bearskin, with his hands behind his head, looking at the stars in the night sky outside the vents on the tent roof, thinking about how he should use it after the Mayflower was driven back by Song Hu.
Going to Europe?
It is okay to consider this issue, but it is a bit troublesome to implement it.
First of all, they have no experience in long-distance voyages, and Zhao Hongyu is a little scared, so there is no need to consider this for the time being.
At least Zhao Hongyu felt that he couldn¡¯t think about it until he bought a suitable ship from the time and space trader.
As for taking this ship to the Ming Dynasty this voyage is farther and will encounter more dangers, so it cannot be considered. Zhao Hongyu rejected all his previous fantasies one by one.
People, it¡¯s better to be realistic. Maybe I can let the Mayflower go from sea to the largest immigration point on the Virginia coast. When the time comes, you can make up an identity for yourself and buy black slaves from the British.
After much thought, Zhao Hongyu felt that it would be reliable to use the Mayflower to contact the largest British camp in Virginia and then build relationships to do business.
¡°And in addition to the British, he can also let the Mayflower go to Central and South America. The Spanish, Dutch, French, Portuguese, all along the Caribbean coastThere were cities and colonies, and they were in business for over a hundred years.
There must be some wealth there.
If you are lucky, you may also receive some Inca gold antiques.
"That thing would definitely make a huge loss if sold as gold, but if Zhao Hongyu sells it to traders and sells it as an antique, it would be very profitable.
¡°Besides, if he wants to buy those gold utensils and masks, he must buy them at gold prices.
¡°Come and go, the profits here
As he thought about it, the corners of Zhao Hongyu's mouth could not help but curl up.
I am really a genius. I want to get such a deal. What a genius!
Zhao Hongyu became narcissistically pleased with himself.
By then, in addition to doing business with those European guys, I can also get some information about them. At the same time, when I was dealing with them, I could also see what the Europeans of this era looked like. Hehe, that was much more fun than watching a movie.
Unknowingly, Zhao Hongyu fell into his own delusion.
While he was delusional, he forgot one thingthat is, there are many pirates in the Caribbean¡ª¡ª
Dividing line¡ª¡ª
The sea breeze blew against the face with a salty smell. Song Hu and the genetic man escorted Chelsea to the beach where the British landed.
Wow! Wow!
The sea water laps at the beach, and the stars in the sky cast a silvery glow, casting dots of silver light on the sea surface. Even without lighting a torch, the visibility is still very high.
Under the leadership of Chelsea, Song Hu and the others found the boat for landing.
"Sirsir, our landing ship is behind that reef."
Chelsea bowed slightly and looked up at Song Hu with a flattering look on her face. At the same time, she raised her right hand and pointed at a rock on the beach and said to him.
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