Chapter 148 Know what is good
Seeing that Liu Zhiyuan was so utterly confused, Gao Jin didn't bother him. He was the temporary intention of getting artillery from Liu Zhiyuan, the commander. Who asked Liu Zhiyuan to find out the black account? If he didn't do anything, Liu Zhiyuan would be suspicious. It would be better to just treat this as a transaction like now.
Gao Jin is the first priority for his desire for firearms. He is not a weapon-based theorist, but if the city defenses of Hekou Fort and Gubeizhai can have artillery on the wall, he will feel much more at ease. His transactions with Su Nang's troops all require him to lead the team in person, not to mention that when winter passes, news spreads from Camel City, Gubeizhai will probably attract a large group of horse thieves and other forces to covet.
This requires him to respond with tough force. There is no way to form combat power faster than a bird gun and cannon.
Although Fan Xiu'an said that he could get cannons, Gao Jin could not put all his hopes on one person. It would be best if he could build guns and cannons by himself. However, time is tight. Whether it is a cannon or a bird gun, even if it is better to train than a bow and arrow, it is not enough to make a good thing by getting it.
Compared to Fan Xiu'an, Liu Zhiyuan was the fastest channel for obtaining artillery. When Gao Jin thought of this, he began to recall the content about artillery in Grandpa Qi's military book. It was really that there were many artillery in the Ming Dynasty and there were too many tricks.
"You want artillery, not that's not possible, but is this price?"
Liu Zhiyuan spoke slowly. He had just thought clearly that it was impossible for him to destroy the account book by destroying it. As the saying goes, "It is better to trust it than to trust it." As long as Gao Jin reveals the news, his life will be difficult to protect.
Unless he could kill this man in Gao, Liu Zhiyuan would just think about this idea. There were many rumors about Gao Jin, but Gao Yanluo's name was the most widely spread, so he didn't want to take risks with himself. Therefore, the most appropriate way was that he also had a handle for Gao Jin, so it would be okay to sell some cannons. After all, it is a serious crime to have a hundred households in a place who privately possessed cannons.
Liu Yuan, who had figured it out, had his greedy nature gained the upper hand. There were a lot of various artillery stockpiled in the Shenmu Guard. The previous "war" in the General's Office allowed him to reasonably sell a batch from the account book and pile it in the warehouse. When the next time the imperial court used the casting silver to steer the firearms, he could directly offset it. Now that Gao Jin opened the mouth, he took it out and sold it. Of course, the price must not be based on the casting price of the imperial court, at least doubled.
"Mr. Liu, this price is easy to discuss, but you need not to use the junk to perfunctory things."
Gao Jin didn't care about the price. What he needed was light cannons like tiger squat cannons and Folang machine cannons. As for the big generals, big god guns, divine fire flying crows, and poison cannons, he didn't need them at all. What's more, it's reasonable to put a few tiger squat cannons on the top of the bunker city, but if you pull out the Shenwei General weighing thousands of pounds, it would be horrible.
"It's good to have good goods, and the price will have to double."
The number of cannons stored in the Divine Guard is quite large. Of course, if you really use it, you have to choose carefully. Liu Zhiyuan naturally would not miss this opportunity to make money.
Gao Jin didn't want to break up with Liu Zhiyuan, so even though Liu Zhiyuan was insatiable, he still did not bargain, just said, "It's no problem to double it, but if Lord Liu raises the price, he can only turn to other Lord Yian's heart."
"Don't worry, you won't lose this price. Cannons are easy to explode if they are not made well. The cannons in our guards are only one of four or five."
Thinking that the cannons in the warehouse could be exchanged for white silver, Liu Zhiyuan was in a much better mood, especially the fact that he could scrape a lot from the hands of Gao, which made him even happier.
After reaching an agreement verbally, Gao Jin naturally did not continue to talk with Liu Zhiyuan. Fan Xiu'an was still waiting to settle the accounts, and he also planned to take this opportunity to get the artillery matter done together. The moral integrity of a person like Liu Zhiyuan is really unreliable.
When Gao Jin opened the door of the private room, what Fan Xiu'an saw was Liu Zhiyuan who was in a good mood and started eating and drinking. Although he didn't know what Gao Jin and Liu Zhiyuan had talked about, Fan Xiu'an did not intend to continue to delay and directly said to Liu Zhiyuan, "Sir Liu, I have read this account book. How about we do this overnight?"
To completely solve the hidden dangers, it is not as simple as changing the account book. Either Liu Zhiyuan directly distributed the batch of stored grains that were sealed into the warehouse, or replaced with a batch of no-problem grains, but this requires the cooperation of Liu Zhiyuan.
Fan Xiu'an also believed Liu Zhiyuan's integrity, and he had too many dreams. He would take advantage of Liu Zhiyuan's control and get things done before he could finish it.
"Don't worry, since I have received your money, I will naturally not make things difficult for you."
Liu Zhiyuan stood up on his own initiative. Since the account book was in Fan Xiu'an's hands, there was no need for him to delay. He could finish these messy things early and he could go home to rest.
After leaving Jixiang Tower, Liu Zhiyuan got on Fan Xiu'an's carriage, and then Gao Jin and his party escorted him to the location of Shenmuwei's military warehouse. When he arrived at the door, Liu Zhiyuan was honest and did not use any tricks. The group went smoothly to the warehouse where the grain was stored.
At this time, the ambassador of War who received the news rushed over. Liu Zhiyuan was in charge of the money and grain in the Weizhong, but the warehouse was in charge of the ambassador of War. The batch of old grain sent by Fan Ji Trading had problems. Liu Zhiyuan could hide it from others, but he could not hide it from the ambassador of War.
"Sir, why are you here? You don't tell me in advance, so that the villain can come and greet you."
Ambassador Cang's surname is Huang An, and he is also fat and big-eared. Looking closely, he looks a little like Liu Zhiyuan. He can be regarded as Liu Zhiyuan's confidant in the Shenmuwei. Therefore, although he is just a merely inequality ambassador Cang, the benefits he gained are not much worse than those who suppress the slander.
"Tear all these seals!"
In front of Fan Xiu'an, Liu Zhiyuan asked Huang An to command the soldiers guarding the warehouse to tear all the seals in the warehouse, and then gave them waist signs to enter and exit the military warehouse, and Fan Xiu'an sent someone to the outer city to transport grain to replace the old grain mixed with sand.
"Brother Gao, please accompany Lord Liu here. I will go back and get someone to transport food."
When it was already midnight, Fan Xiu'an thought about solving the problem before dawn, so he decided to go back to the warehouse and escort the food to exchange. He was really cheated and no one could believe it now.
"Brother Fan is here, I happened to accompany Lord Liu to take a look around."
Gao Jin nodded, then pulled Wang Dou and ordered him to accompany Fan Xiu'an back to the outer city.
"Mr. Liu, I'll leave this person to you."
Before Fan Xiu'an left, he threw Fan Xian'an to Liu Zhiyuan. He said that he would be considered trustworthy if he did not kill Fan Xian'an.
"Mr. Liu, you want to save me!"
Seeing Fan Xiu'an leave and handing himself over to Liu Zhiyuan, Fan Xian'an immediately knelt on the ground. However, as soon as he spoke, Liu Zhiyuan drew his sword and slashed into Fan Xian'an's chest and cursed, "It's so unlucky. When I meet you, a useless waste, my official's fortune is really bad."
"Pull down and feed the dog!"
Thinking of what happened tonight, Liu Zhiyuan was angry with Fan Xian'an. If it weren't for this idiot, he wouldn't even cover up. He asked Fan Xiu'an to kill him so quickly and bring Gao Jin's big worm. How could he be so embarrassed and even put the handle in the hands of others.
Huang An, who was splashed with blood, recognized Fan Xian'an. He remembered that tonight, it was not the shopkeeper of Fan Ji's storehouse to invite Liu Zhiyuan, the Shangguan, tonight. Why did he kill him in a blink of an eye? Although he was full of doubts, he quickly wiped off the blood on his face and said, "Yes, sir, let's do it now."
Liu Zhiyuan looked like a fat man who looked kind and rich, but Huang An knew very well how cruel the Shangguan was hiding under the smiling face. Naturally, he had a dog in the warehouse. Liu Zhiyuan said to pull him down and feed the dog, that would be really feeding the dog.
After summoning two soldiers to drag Fan Xian'an's body down, Huang An went to Liu Zhiyuan and said, "Sir, it's better to sit in the villain's place. The villain ordered the chef to prepare some wine and food."
"No need to worry, I have been fed. You can open the warehouse door of the firearm room. I want to go over and check it out."
Although only Gao Jin and the big-eyed follower beside him, Liu Zhiyuan still dared not take the risk of gambling. Some of his subordinates could rescue him from Gao Jin. You must know that when he left Jixiang Tower, Gao Yanluo used a quick knife to tell him that he was powerful.
Huang An felt more and more strange, but he was still obedient in leading the way. He led Gao Jin and the others to the firearm room. Seeing a large tank full of water all around him, another team of soldiers guarding him. Gao Jin felt more expectant. The care of firearms in the Shenmu Guard was much better than that in the Shenmu Fort.
Huang An opened the warehouse door, Gao Jin followed Liu Zhiyuan into the firearm room. With the lit wall light, Gao Jin saw clearly the various firearms placed around him. Most of the firearms were installed on chariots, such as the Divine Fire Flying Crow, the Great Divine Gun, etc. The firearm room was placed around the firearm room to absorb moisture, so it seemed quite dry.
For those fancy firearms, such as Thousand Machine Arrows, Divine Fire Crows, Fire Meteors, etc., Gao Jin was too lazy to listen to Liu Zhiyuan's introduction. These things take a long time to load and have poor shooting range and are all the same. They are the so-called "fast guns" that the border troops have always liked in combat chariots. When they come into contact with the enemy, they are fired at one time. The scene is enough to be fooled, but the actual combat is far less practical than the tiger squat cannon and the Folang machine cannon.
After walking around, there was not much number of tiger squat cannons and Folang machine cannons that Gao Jin saw, and there were only less than fifty of them in total, of which there were only ten tiger squat cannons.
"Gaobaihu, whether it is the tiger squat cannon or the Folang machine cannon, the things are good, but they need a good gunner to use them to make sure they are shot."
Chapter completed!