The last 5,000 muskets were sold to dignitaries and businessmen in Beijing at a price of 252 taels of silver.

A musket costs two hundred and fifty taels of silver, but according to what I know, the musket produced by the Equipment Division is only twenty taels of silver … So the profit of a musket is more than two hundred taels …
Thinking of this, Zhou Lao couldn’t help but send out a sigh: "The guard is right … Firearms are indeed the most profitable business. If the Tiger and Leopard Army produces all kinds of firearms and can sell them to all parts of the Dynasty, the profits generated by selling 100,000 muskets in one year will be enough to pay the Tiger and Leopard Army for half a year."
Of course, at this time, some people may ask that the market consumption of the whole dynasty is so large. According to the calculation of 100 thousand muskets a year, at most, all the armies in the whole country can be equipped with this kind of muskets in a few years. Then, the advantage of firearms in front of the tiger and leopard army will not disappear
Actually, on the surface, there is not much difference between Zhou Lao’s auction of these muskets and the cavalry’s short-tube muskets, but there is a world of difference in reality …
This is because these muskets were specially produced by the Equipment Division by Weizheng.
There is a huge gap between the raw materials for producing muskets and the caliber of flintlock muskets and the muskets equipped by Tiger and Leopard Army.
In terms of raw materials, due to ordinary steel, the barrel built by Tiger and Leopard Army can withstand up to 150 shots, which will explode or be carried out by law for various reasons.
The musket built by Tiger and Leopard Army has been shot for three hundred times in a row without any problems.
And this means that when the Tiger and Leopard Army sells muskets, it will scrap the imperial court and local methods for half a year at most, creating such a good firearms situation. After buying muskets from the Tiger and Leopard Army, they are used to this kind of muskets. Their only choice is to continue to buy muskets from the Tiger and Leopard Army.
In this way, the muskets specially built by the Tiger and Leopard Army will have a continuous market, and the Tiger and Leopard Army can also earn money through the arms trade.
There are two purposes to distinguish caliber.
The Tiger and Leopard Army can well distinguish the two muskets with different calibers, so that there will be no quality problems in the equipment of the Tiger and Leopard Army.
The smaller the caliber of the flintlock guns sold by the Second Tiger and Leopard Army, the lower the possibility that the imperial court wants to counterfeit them. Of course, if the caliber is small, the amount of gunpowder in the flintlock guns will be less, and the effective range of the flintlock guns will be much lower …
And this leads to such a result.
On the surface, there is no difference between the flintlock muskets sold by Tiger and Leopard Army and the short-barreled muskets equipped by cavalry, but there is a gap of about fifteen steps in range …
When you really get to the battlefield, the 15-step range gap is very fatal …
In this case, the Tiger and Leopard Army will not only limit this musket trade, but also further expand this trade to a certain extent.
Because this kind of musket can’t have an impact on the Tiger and Leopard Army even if it is equipped with more equipment, but it will have a very good impact on the public security of the whole Dynasty. Not only that, there will be no room for striking back when you meet the Tatars in the future …
When Zhou Lao counted the harvest in the backyard of HSBC restaurant with a smile.
The news of the auction of flintlock guns by Tiger and Leopard Army HSBC Restaurant spread to Beijing as quickly as a gust of wind.
Although I don’t know what is the purpose of auction muskets for Tiger and Leopard Army HSBC Restaurant, the imperial court is also very jealous of the equipment of Tiger and Leopard Army, otherwise it wouldn’t have spent such a huge price to deploy craftsmen from all over the country to imitate the equipment of Tiger and Leopard Army.
However, due to the huge gap between production materials and production technology, although the imitation of Tiger and Leopard’s flintlock muskets has been built, the effective range of flintlock muskets has never exceeded 60 steps, only ten steps more than the old matchlock muskets.
In this case, the imperial court was heavily equipped with this kind of flintlock muskets, and there was no way to fight against the Tatar’s longbow with a range of more than 60 paces, and there was no way to fight against the Tiger and Leopard Army on the battlefield.
When several important officials of the imperial court heard that the Tiger and Leopard Army had sold their own cavalry flintlock muskets, and the range of this flintlock musket reached ten steps, far exceeding that of the imperial court’s own muskets.
These courtiers can’t sit still directly.
With a hint of heaviness and incomprehension, I entered the palace for the first time and reported the matter to Emperor Chongzhen.
"Don’t butch army have created more advanced firearms, or else how can they sell their own muskets? So the advantages of butch arms are not gone …" After listening to the minister’s report, Emperor Chongzhen asked directly with a puzzled face.
大殿最前面阁首辅直接了出来回答“陛老臣还没有收到这方面消息……锦衣卫已经向虎豹军派出了大量情报人员如果虎豹军装备了更好火器这些情报人员一定会有消息回来……“
已经了虎豹军好几次当崇祯皇帝此时此刻要碰到有虎豹军事情就要问出好几个什么绝对不会那么轻易相信自己看到东西
所阁首辅话音刚刚落崇祯皇帝反问就大殿响起
“既然如此那虎豹军这么做目是什么…将这种犀利火器卖给外人不是自毁自己墙角自己削弱自己优势吗？”
崇祯皇帝注视几个大臣脸纷纷露出一副黯然表情
于大殿最前面阁首辅则直接摇头否定道“陛老臣也不知道具体原因但是老臣认不管虎豹军这么做目是什么我们都应该把握住这个机会…“
“机会爱卿意思是？“崇祯皇帝眉头一皱意识口反问道
阁首辅没有丝毫犹豫回答“陛一直到现止朝廷打造出来火枪射程还没有完超越六十步…”
“而虎豹军此次卖出去火枪射程却超过十步支援虽然这种短管火枪射程比不虎豹军补兵装备长管火枪但是这种火枪对阵后金鞑弓箭手却没有问题…”
“要知道后金中最优秀射手也才能将箭矢射出十步远于普通射手能将箭矢射到六七十步远就已经非常了不起了所鞑面前要我们能装备这种短管火枪就能战场战胜鞑…”
"And our own muskets, even when equipped with troops against the post-Jin Tatars, can’t gain much advantage over the Tatar archers."
"The old minister’s court should immediately take out preparations to build musket silver rather than take out a part of the five million and two thousand silver that has just come to hand and go to HSBC restaurant to negotiate with the butch army to buy this kind of flintlock musket from the butch army …"
"If we can equip 50,000 soldiers in the more than 100,000 garrisons stationed on the border with this musket, we will be able to block it when the Jin Dalai invades again …"
"Of course, when the imperial court tried to raise money to buy flintlock muskets from the Tiger and Leopard Army, the imperial court could not stop studying muskets and artillery."
"Because the imperial court has self-protection to develop sharper firearms, the military strength of the imperial court will become stronger and stronger …"
Hearing this, Chongzhen’s face has just emerged, and the puzzled expression has been replaced by relief at this moment. Not only that, but also a little hot and recognized expression has emerged in the face of Emperor Chongzhen.
After some meditation, Emperor Chongzhen directly said, "In that case, let’s do it … I just heard you say that the price of this musket sold by Tiger and Leopard Army is two hundred and fifty-two silver, which seems to me to be too expensive. When negotiating with Tiger and Leopard Army again, the price of musket must be reduced …"
Chapter five hundred Tartars into the set
At the same time, dozens of well-equipped guards are staying in the deep house of a compound in the northeast corner of Beijing, and the compound will be patrolled …
If you are in such a heavily guarded courtyard, you will know that there must be some hidden secrets in this courtyard …
There is nothing wrong. At this moment, there is a room in the compound, and several Han Chinese dress up as Tartars, who are sitting around an equally dressed Han Chinese. At first glance, there is not much difference between them …
Seeing this, many people will ask Daiwa and Houjin are in a hostile state. How can there be Tatars in Beijing, the capital of Dajingshi?
What everyone didn’t expect was that at this moment, there were not only Tatars in Beijing, but also a large number of Tatars, all of whom were hiding their identities. Beijing engaged in espionage activities that were very beneficial to the late Jin Dynasty.
And this heavily guarded compound is Houjin’s spy headquarters in Beijing.
After seeing all the people here, a Han Chinese dressed in tartar directly said, "The slave of Baylor just received the news that the Tiger and Leopard Army Huifeng Restaurant auctioned off five thousand tiger and leopard cavalry to equip them with muskets …"
"Slave, this is an opportunity for my late Jin army to equip firearms on a large scale …"
"Although the Great Khan has built the Han people’s muskets on a large scale in the late Jin Dynasty, I don’t know why we have built muskets that are not only faster than the butch army, but also have no butch army’s range. After reaching the battlefield, it is not an opponent of the butch army …"
"And the Tiger and Leopard Army sold this batch of muskets in this auction, which is not only powerful, long-range and fast-shooting, but also the Tiger and Leopard Army cavalry is now equipped with short tubes and fired muskets."
"If we can get a batch of the most elite cavalry units of Houjin with such excellent muskets for Houjin Guo, then in the future, the battlefield tiger and leopard troops will be equipped with musket cavalry units, which will not be my opponents of Houjin Iron Rider …"
Being sent to the Great Dynasty by the Great Khan Huang Taiji as the intelligence chief didn’t give him a chance to make meritorious deeds by killing enemies on the battlefield … In the face of this arrangement, Huang Taiji was surrounded by everyone, and Baylor’s heart has been suffocating since he entered Dalai …
At the same time, I also fantasize about when I can return to the front battlefield of the late Jin dynasty … instead of hiding from the great capital every day, I can’t even expose my identity as the late Jin Baylor …
Of course, Lord Baylor also knows that Huang Taiji himself can think about this idea. It is impossible to become a reality …
Unless you can make a great contribution to the capital of Houjin State, you may not have a chance to return to Houjin and restore your status as Houjin Baylor in your lifetime.
In the face of this cruel reality, with the passing of day by day, Baylor’s idea of returning to Houjin has been gradually weakened by various pressures.
Of course, it doesn’t mean that Baylor has loved this kind of intelligence work, but he has no choice but to do it …
Now, the discussion in front of the eyes directly makes Baylor want to return to the latter, and his hopes and ideas burn again. Several ministries have just looked dim, and a pair of eyes directly shoot out two full of expectations.
A pair of eyes stared at the front and asked: What you said is true. The Tiger and Leopard Army really bought and equipped its own cavalry with 5,000 short tubes and fired muskets.