Chapter 2131： Don’t forget His Majesty the Emperor

In this era, until the Second World War, there is a strange phenomenon-once the armed forces are out of balance between hostile countries, it is easy to break out of war. In order to avoid war, once one party starts an arms race between hostile countries, the opponent will be forced to follow along. Unless, you want to be beaten.

The First World War began with the dreadnought arms race, and finally broke out. In the Second World War, Germany was equipped with a large number of aircraft and tanks, which crushed France in strength, and gave Santoku the courage to start the war.

In fact, the arms race for standing weapons is endless and cannot bring peace. The true period of peace is also the longest period of peace in human history. In fact, it was brought about by nuclear weapons, which can also be called "nuclear peace." Because they were not sure that they could completely resist the other's nuclear weapons, the two major groups of the United States and the Soviet Union dared not act rashly. Even if the Soviet Union disintegrates, because Russia has a powerful nuclear arsenal, the US, which has a comprehensive economic and conventional weapons dominance, dare not act rashly. The peace in China is the same. It is brought by nuclear weapons, which is Dongfeng Express. As for the J-20 and aircraft carriers, they are actually just a comprehensive display of the country's comprehensive strength, and their effect on peace is far inferior to Dongfeng Express.

However, before the advent of the nuclear era, the world is the one who has the superior military technological strength and can suppress opponents. Just like the Opium War, Britain relied on dimensionality reduction strikes to rub the Manchu Qing on the ground. Don't talk about the police and the system, it was so in the end of Ming Dynasty, didn't you also follow up the artillery and gun technology in time? On the other hand, the Manchu Dynasty still used the firearm technology of the late Ming Dynasty, so it is strange that it is not rubbed by others.

No matter how much Man Yi talks about, it will not change the fact that firearm technology has not progressed in the Qing Dynasty for 200 years. The civil servants of the late Ming Dynasty, although not a good thing, somehow believed in firearms and cannons. The later history also proved that the eyesight of this group of civilian officials was not bad. Later, Huaxia became especially superstitious about artillery, and also suffered from "phobia of insufficient firepower." This trick was also particularly effective in the war to pacify South Vietnam. South Vietnam resisted the various technological attacks of the United States, but still could not resist the crazy tactics of artillery washing the ground. Tropical rain forests are not omnipotent and cannot withstand the overwhelming cannonballs.

That is to say, the civilian officials of the Ming Dynasty didn't understand the artillery tactics. If there were the Ottoman's chain artillery tactics, there was no need to worry about the Manchu cavalry. Of course, the Ming Dynasty was not destroyed by the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Qing Dynasty, but by Li Zicheng. Or, the plague that perished in the capital.

Probably the Manchu Dynasty also knew this, so he was very worried, and had been preparing to escape back to the northeast. In order to stabilize its rule, the Manchus did not hesitate to educate the people. But the problem is, fool the people if you are foolish, even fooling your own people. Then, the whole country became idiots. The Ming Dynasty, who was hacked by them, actively introduced firearms and knew how to imitate them. For example, Wang Hong mentioned earlier, after seeing the Portuguese Franco machine gun, he immediately arranged for someone to imitate it. He was very open-minded and actively learned advanced technology from abroad. The beak guns and Lumi guns were also actively imitated by the Ming Dynasty. In the late Qing Dynasty, the theism of "faithfulness as the armor and etiquette as the stem" by the scholar Wa Ren appeared. Feelings are the same thing as Q, thinking that the spiritual victory method can win.

Of course, Marin is not actually a fan. Moreover, Ma Lin felt that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was really not worth saving. However, I am afraid of comparison in everything. Comparing the late Qing Dynasty, it turns out that the officials at the end of the Ming Dynasty are so capable, at least they are not as mentally handicapped as Woren...

God knows that there will be so many people on TV in the future generations. Probably, it is because the destruction of the Qing Dynasty was too peaceful. Yuan Datou didn't do things authentically and didn't clean the capital. So later, the elders and children took out the gold and silver jewelry and antiques looted from the ancestors to exchange for money, and they used them to make movies to beautify their mentally retarded ancestors.

Ma Lin feels that if the cultural relics auctioned in the 10ths of Xiangjiang River were put together and investigated to see who secretly took out the cultural relics before Qianlong for auction, it is estimated that the capital would have to shoot thousands of elders and children. And these people are precisely the sponsors of the braid play for later generations.

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Marin shook his head and stopped thinking about the useless things. In terms of facts, the artillery trade is indeed a good industry at the moment. Moreover, it is not only needed by Lithuania, Poland and the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

Because of the hostility, the Teutonic state actually needs it too!

Don't let the Teutonic state coexist peacefully with Poland and Lithuania under the mediation of Marin. But in fact, how can the hatred accumulated by both sides easily dissipate?

Although there is no conflict between the two sides on the surface, the small actions in private are also constant. For example, the Teutonic State took the initiative to help the Grand Duchy of Moscow purchase weapons and armors, and supported the Grand Duchy of Moscow to attack Lithuania. Anyway, both sides are eager for the other to be unlucky.

And if both Lithuania and Poland are equipped with artillery, I am afraid that the Teutonic State will follow up for safety, and they will also be equipped with artillery. Marin feels that this is also a way of making money.

At that time, as long as the iron mold is used and a batch of artillery is cast out, it can be directly supplied to the Teutonic state. Hmm... In this way, it would be reasonable for the Teutonic State to buy more firing guns and sell them to the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

And Yule, the chief of the Teutonic civil servants, was his own second uncle, and he had nothing to say about the artillery trade of the Teutonic state. As for a part of the artillery that fell into the hands of the Muscovites, it was an incident of corruption within the Teutonic state. When the time comes, just find someone to hold back, and it is considered to be confessed to Poland and Lithuania...Selling weapons privately, this is the usual operation of European officers in this era, don't make a fuss...

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In addition to the Teutonic Kingdom, there is actually a big customer, that is-His Majesty the Emperor who has just sold 150 artillery pieces!

His Majesty the Emperor sold 150 artillery pieces at a high price for money. Austria itself does not have many artillery, 150 artillery, almost most of Austria's inventory.

Therefore, at present, His Majesty the Emperor actually lacks artillery. After all, war is about to start against the Swiss Resistance Army, it can't be done without artillery.

However, it takes several months for the artillery to be cast by our own artillery craftsmen, and it takes a few months to dry a clay mold. So Marin decided to take the initiative to provide some help to the emperor...

"What? Marin wants to provide me with artillery?" The emperor was surprised when he received Marin's letter.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Grand Duke heard that His Majesty has just shot a batch of artillery, and thinks that Austria may lack artillery in the next battle against Switzerland. And the artillery of your Majesty’s artisans may be too late. Therefore, our Grand Duke is willing to provide your Majesty with ready-made artillery. , And... artillery tactics..." The hapless Johnny, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the North Sea State, happened to be returning from Venice. He received a letter from the carrier pigeon halfway through, and went to Innsbruck to discuss business with the emperor.

"Artillery tactics?" The emperor was a little confused, didn't Laozi understand tactics? But thinking that Marin would often create some tactics, I listened patiently...

"Actually, this was not created by the Grand Duke, but used by the Turks. The effect is very good..." Johnny gave his Majesty the emperor the details of the "Battle of Dabic Prairie" and introduced the classic tactics of artillery against cavalry. .

His Majesty the Emperor played against the Swiss, in fact, he did not use such classic tactics. But fight the French... The French, like the Mamluk dynasty of Egypt, were good at cavalry. Therefore, this tactic is very effective and targeted.

Maximilian I was obviously also knowledgeable. After listening to Johnny's description, he immediately adopted this tactic and ordered the carpenters under his command to build carts that can carry artillery and iron chains to connect the carts.

The price of artillery that Marin gave to the emperor was equivalent to 1.5 times the price of copper, which was much cheaper than the market price of about twice the price of copper, which was equivalent to the cost price.

However, the cost of man-hours for the iron mold casting method of the North Sea State was very low. In addition, many copper ingots came from the Ming Dynasty and India, and the cost was also very low. Therefore, it is still very profitable.

In addition, the most important thing is that His Majesty the Emperor will pay for gold and silver! This is what Marin needs most. After all, if the gold and silver are insufficient, the currency is not enough, which affects the circulation of commodities.

What? You mean printing banknotes? This step is too big and it's easy to get eggs! Moreover, it is also difficult for ordinary people to accept paper money. In the early days of banknotes, UU Reading , in order to make the common people feel at ease, can always use banknotes to exchange for gold and silver. So, things are back to the beginning-still need enough gold and silver...

Therefore, Marin is currently striving to promote copper coins. When copper coins become popular, think about paper money. In addition, Marin also began to let paper craftsmen study watermarking technology. This is mainly for anti-counterfeiting, because the biggest problem with banknotes is the problem of forgery. Without sufficiently advanced anti-counterfeiting technology, printing banknotes is a disaster. No matter how exquisite you do, you can't escape the evil hand. Because there is no shortage of engravers in Europe. It is not difficult for others to imitate your paper money and engrave the ticket version. Even later, there were many painters in Europe who made a living by drawing paper money, and the paper money drawn can almost be fake...

After all, no matter whether it is copper coins or paper money, they cannot replace the role of gold and silver at present. Therefore, it is a very good business to trade copper guns for gold and silver. Under the premise of being able to obtain cheap copper ingots and possessing low-cost, high-speed iron mold casting technology, artillery trading is definitely a very good business.

Moreover, if His Majesty the Emperor used the artillery chain tactics to defeat France, the impact would be much greater than that of Eastern Europe. Right now, Eastern Europe is still a "barren land" and is not well known by most people in Europe. But Austria and France are not the same, this is a European power. In the battle between the two powers, one side defeated the other side with a chain of artillery tactics, which would cause a great sensation.

Therefore, Marin has already planned to purchase a batch of copper materials in advance. When the war between Austria and France ended, he began to sell artillery and made a lot of money. Those German princes, presumably they are definitely not willing to be crushed by the emperor's technology. In order to prevent the emperor from dominating Germany, they must buy artillery at any cost to ensure their own safety.

At that time, that will be a lot of profit...

Why is this **** arms race so fragrant...