The officials of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were very satisfied.
They immediately agreed to go to their countries for field trips and said that after the field trips, they would decide how many muskets and cannons they could sell to them, to which they agreed.
In fact, most of the small countries did not have much demand for muskets and cannons, but they yearned for them very much.
Especially after Xiao Ruxun arranged for someone to take them to watch the actual training of the muskets and cannons teams, and after seeing the power of the Hongyi cannons, they were even more fascinated by them. No matter what, they would be happy to buy one and watch it.
Since they were so willing, how could Xiao Ruxun not sell?
Soon, Daqin finalized one business deal after another with these vassal countries. Some of them paid directly, and some of them wanted it even without money, so they used resources.
In order to ensure that this business deal went smoothly, Xiao Ruxun took some time to inspect the production of the Ministry of Military Works.
Zhao Shizhen personally came to greet Xiao Ruxun and accompanied Xiao Ruxun to inspect the production workshops directly under the Ministry of Military Works, as well as the other 16 firearms workshops.
"Many vassal countries covet our Daqin firearms. Just the Zheng family of Annan has ordered 2,000 muskets, 50 Fran muskets, 20 Weiyuan cannons, and three Hongyi cannons. The Ruan family's order will not be less than the Zheng family's.
The remaining countries, such as Laos, have also placed orders. It is estimated that the total number of muskets will be about 20,000. The number of Francis machine-guns will be about 300, and the number of Hongyi cannons will be about 10. Will the current production of the Ministry of Military Works be able to meet the requirements of the military? "
Zhao Shizhen accompanied Xiao Ruxun and silently calculated.
"Your Majesty, if the workshops are producing at full capacity, they can produce 3,000 muskets, 100 Fran muskets, 10 Hongyi cannons, and 100 Guangqi flintlock muskets every month. We can completely meet the needs of these vassal countries."
Xiao Ruxun nodded.
"This is very good, but this is not enough. Once those countries have tasted the sweetness, they will continue to buy our firearms, and the demand will become very large. This requires more firearms workshops and craftsmen, and also requires you to maintain a stable output. In the future, I also plan to sell Daqin's firearms to more places."
Hearing Xiao Ruxun's words, Zhao Shizhen frowned slightly.
Xiao Ruxun noticed it.
"Why are you frowning? Am I wrong?"
"That's not what I meant."
Zhao Shizhen hurriedly said, "It's just that this subject is a bit worried. If these vassal states buy a lot of Daqin's weapons and arm their own armies, will they become a threat to our Daqin? We know the power of our firearms better than anyone else. "
Xiao Ruxun smiled.
"Changji, why do you think I allowed them to buy the arms of Daqin, and the more the better?"
"This subject doesn't know."
Zhao Shizhen's doubts were actually the doubts of some of the courtiers and generals. They were very puzzled about the arms trade that Xiao Ruxun was pushing forward with all her might. They felt that how could the country's weapon be so easily given to others? Wouldn't this give them a chance to strengthen the combat power of their armies and threaten Daqin?
Xiao Ruxun expressed that they had not thought of this point at all, and were very foolish and naive.
"Changji, how do you think our Daqin army is meticulously trained?"
Zhao Shizhen had personally watched the training of the Daqin recruits and the daily training of the fighters. He was very impressed by the intensity of the training, and felt that this was the greatest reliance of the Daqin army for victory in every battle.
"The training of the Daqin army is very sophisticated, and the degree of sophistication far surpasses that of the imperial armies of the past dynasties. Even this subject, who does not have much research on military training, can see that the Daqin army is an elite."
"That's right, Great Qin's army is incredibly elite."
Xiao Ruxun opened his mouth and said, "If you can see it, so can I. Say, if I give the full set of equipment of the Daqin army to a militia regiment and an army of the White Tiger Battalion, who will win?"
"Of course it's the White Tiger Battalion."
Regarding this matter, Zhao Shizhen did not even need to think about it. How could the militia regiment, which had not undergone any training, be compared with the well-trained regular army of Daqin? With the combat organization of the regular army, it would not be a problem for 100 people to kill 300 to 500 of them.
Wait …
Zhao Shizhen suddenly understood what the Emperor meant.
"Do you understand?"
Xiao Ruxun looked at him with a smile.
Zhao Shizhen nodded.
"This subject understands. Your Majesty is right. No matter what kind of weapons they get, or how good the equipment is, if the people using the weapons are a motley crew, then they will not be able to win. Facing the Heavenly Army of Daqin, they will flee at the sight of the wind and be routed thousands of miles away."
Xiao Ruxun nodded with satisfaction.
Wasn't this the case in the last years of the Qing Dynasty?
The equipment of the Qing army was not inferior to that of the foreigners. From the beginning to the end, the equipment of the Qing army had never fallen behind to the point of being beaten.
In the era of the Battle of Gengzi, the equipment of the Qing army was even better than that of the Eight-Nation Coalition Army. There were many machine guns and Krupp heavy cannons. But in the end?
They did not dare to fight or rush. As long as the hundreds of thousands of troops dared to fight, with their weapons and equipment, they could force the Eight-Nation Coalition Army to retreat. But in the end, only Nie Shicheng fought alone. The others fled at the sight of the wind and even shot their own people in the back.
Warehouses full of ordnance and supplies were abandoned. The abundance and excellence of those ordnance and supplies surprised the officers of the Eight-Nation Coalition Army. Just think, if the Chinese army had such sufficient ammunition and equipment during the Anti-Japanese War, how could they be forced into such a desperate situation?
They had excellent weapons in their hands, but they had no will and idea to fight. They had machine guns in their hands, were fully equipped with ammunition, and were supported by Krupp heavy cannons. All kinds of modern equipment were fully equipped, but the result of the battle was almost no surprise.
Everyone was looking for why they were defeated even though their equipment was almost the same as theirs. In the end, they even forced themselves to imagine that they were beaten because they used broadswords, spears, bows and arrows to fight against the foreigners.
But wasn't the reason for it in other aspects?
Therefore, Xiao Ruxun believed that with the training and organization of the Qin Army, even if they were faced with an enemy with the same number of people and equipment, they would rush over without hesitation and beat the enemy like dogs with their fearless courage and excellent tactical cooperation.
There were too many factors that determined the outcome of a war. Equipment was only one of them, not even the first priority. Only when all other conditions were met would it be time to consider equipment.
This was something that the Manchu Qing government could not do, and neither could the monarchs and governments of these small vassal states. No matter how many weapons they bought and how many troops they armed, the result was the same.
Zhao Shizhen was not clear about this, but the memory of humiliation had always been engraved in Xiao Ruxun's heart, spurring him all the time.
No matter how excellent the weapons and equipment were, he never slacked on the training and education of people and the cultivation of tactics.
He would not let the Qin Army degenerate into another Qing army.
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