: Good intentions

The next day, envoys from various countries received a notice from the Ming Dynasty's Honglu Temple that the Ming Dynasty had issued an order that firearms would not be sold to the public.

In fact, this is not beyond the expectations of the Western envoys. After all, they were both opponents of the Ming Dynasty at the time, and the relationship is not very good now. All exchanges are almost economic and trade exchanges. Once they have the chance, they still have to take back the South China Sea colony occupied by the Ming Dynasty.

But an envoy from a country received a notice of meeting with the Honglu Temple of the Ming Dynasty, which was William, a diplomat at the British Embassy in the Ming Dynasty.

Today's English is far less powerful than the 189th century. They had almost no colonies. In Asia, there was only a small island in the Mughal Kingdom, and the East India Company was even smaller.

After receiving the notice of meeting with the Honglu Temple in the Ming Dynasty, William hurried to the Honglu Temple. He thought that the envoys from various Western countries were in the Honglu Temple in the Ming Dynasty. It was not until he entered the Honglu Temple VIP room that he found that he was the only envoy.

Seeing this scene, William was very confused. Seeing Zhou Lishun, the Minister of the Honglu Temple, sitting behind the desk, he immediately stepped forward and bowed:

"Hello, Lord Zhou, I wonder what's going on with me today?"

Zhou Lishun smiled slightly, pointed to the chair next to him and said:

"Your Excellency is just sitting there. Yesterday I received the order from the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty can sell some firearms to England, but the armored warships, Maokang missiles, and the Ming Dynasty magic guns are all non-sale products. I wonder if you are interested in mortars and flintlock guns?"

In fact, England has repeatedly proposed to buy Daming firearms and just tried it. He did not think that Daming would sell the firearms to them, especially those magical artifacts. Their purpose was only to buy Daming flintlock rifles.

Although several major European countries already have flintlock equipment, there is a big gap between the quality and range of the Ming flintlock. England believes that at least they have not had direct conflict with the Ming Dynasty and should hope to be bigger than Spain and the Netherlands.

The Ming Dynasty's flintlock rifles were all improved versions, and of course they were much better quality than those in Europe. William knew very well that if he could buy the Ming Dynasty's flintlock rifles, the British royal family could defeat the rebels on firearms.

He never expected that the Ming Dynasty would sell mortars to them. After hearing what Zhou Shun of the Minister of the Honglu Temple, William was stunned. For him, happiness came a little suddenly.

"ah……"

"If you want it, you must buy it. We will buy it no matter how much it costs..."

This guy couldn't even say anything excited, and he wouldn't negotiate with the Honglu Temple.

The Ming Dynasty's mortars had long been famous. Generally, the artillery had no parabola and could only bombard them straightly. However, the Ming Dynasty's mortars were different. The mortars carried a beautiful parabola that could land in places where other shells could not hit, and immediately exploded the soldiers behind the bunker into blood.

Both Spain and the powerful Netherlands have suffered great losses from mortars. Their soldiers who colonized Asia are now scared to death when they hear the mortars.

For them, mortars were magical weapons that could not be defended. William did not want them. He was so grateful that he almost kowtowed to the Minister of the Honglu Temple.

William's performance was expected by Zhou Lishun, the Minister of the Honglu Temple. Seeing the usual serious ambassador of England, he was a little crazy at this time. Zhou Lishun couldn't help but feel funny. It seemed that the emperor was very careful in his mind.

England is actually England. In 1707, the King of England and King of Scotland Anne signed a joint bill to merge the Scotland and the English Parliament. Scotland and England gave up their independence and became a unified Kingdom of Britain. Anne became the new Queen of the Kingdom of Britain, and the Duke of Wales became the crown prince of the Kingdom of Britain.

In 1801, the Kingdom of Ireland and the Kingdom of Great Britain were unified and renamed "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", which is Britain.

In 1921, Britain was forced to allow 26 counties in the south to establish an Irish "free state", while the six counties in the north still belong to Britain and renamed it "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!