The Counterattack of the Villains in the Movie World

Chapter 184 I need you to admit?
Ma Shali really didn't want to see Emperor Wuji of Ming Dynasty again, but he couldn't.

It has been eight months since the battle in which the 1000 coalition forces were almost wiped out. The United States took a lot of the [-] million taels of indemnity, which caused Ma Shali, who promoted the battle, to suffer very severely. scolding.

If he didn't know China very well, and had several encounters with Emperor Wuji of the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Wuji, he should return to the United States and go to jail by now.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, can you see me today?"

When Mashali said this, his attitude was very low, which was unimaginable a year ago, or even eight months ago.

In the past, even when facing local officials like the governor of Songjiang Prefecture, or even the imperial envoys of the imperial court, he always had an arrogant attitude.

But now, facing the ordinary guards at the gate of the Daming Academy of Sciences, he felt a little humbled.

"Are you bothered? Come every day, every day, I will tell you that I broke my leg."

The guards didn't care about Marshalli's identity as the American envoy, and pointed their nostrils at Marshaly directly.

It wasn't that the guard was too arrogant, but because he was taller than Mashali, both of them were standing on the flat ground, and his nostrils were facing Mashali.

"Please help me to report again."

Marshali thoughtfully took out two pieces of silver from his pocket, and handed them to the two guards respectively.

Only then did the guards laugh, and one of them turned around and entered the side entrance of the academy, and went inside to find someone to report.

The reason why it is a side door instead of the main door is not because Marshall dare not go through the main door, but because there are many foreign envoys at the main door, such as French, British Empire, Tsarist Russia, and even Japanese envoys. people of a country.

These people have been waiting for many days, but they only know that they are waiting at the gate and have not been summoned.

Ma Shali was relatively smarter, he chose a side door where he was the only one who came to see him.

Although he failed to get in several times before, Marshali was unwilling to give up, because this was his only chance to do meritorious deeds.

After waiting anxiously for a quarter of an hour, Marshali saw the guard walking over with a person.

Is it because the Daming Academy of Sciences has a large area, or is it because these two people walked too slowly?
Although Mashali was dissatisfied in his heart, he didn't show it at all on his expression, as if waiting patiently.

"His Majesty declares Mashali an audience."

The visitor didn't talk nonsense, what he said made Marshali almost jump up with joy, and he was about to walk inside.

"Wait a minute." The visitor said with a look of contempt: "It really is a barbarian, stand still, who is that, you search him."

Ma Shali was angry but did not dare to express it, so he could only open his arms and let others search him.

After a short-handled musket and a money bag were searched out, the guards next to him kept them for safekeeping without asking his opinion at all.

If I had known earlier, I wouldn’t have brought it with me when I went out.

Ma Shali was a little distressed, but he still followed the visitor into the Daming Academy of Sciences.

Along the way, I saw a lot of buildings under construction, and I also saw a lot of young people who had grown hair on their foreheads and wore new clothes instead of robes.

This look is not uncommon in Tokyo city.

After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, everyone's hair can grow naturally, and it has completely become a thing of the past to keep hair or not.

As for the clothes in Tokyo, a small half of them have changed from robes and jackets to new clothes that are easier to wear and more convenient to move after wearing. They look similar to those of Westerners, but they are simpler and more elegant. Spirit.

In fact, it is a Chinese tunic suit, but it was named "Mingzhuang" by Wu Yan.

The army, Ming Academy of Sciences, and courtiers all gradually changed into clothes similar to this style.

Although some people were dissatisfied during the process, under Wu Yan's high-pressure policy, the doubts were pitifully small, and it didn't make any sense.

Marshali didn't care much about the attire of these people, what he cared about was their mental state.

Compared with the Qing Dynasty people he had seen before, they looked ignorant and most of them were not energetic. The people he saw in Tokyo, especially the people in the Ming Academy of Sciences, were very energetic. high spirited.

This Zao Wou-ki can really make things happen.

When Ma Shali was feeling emotional, he was taken to a square, and from a distance, he saw many people forming a circle, making low-pitched voices continuously, and his body blocked Ma Shali's sight.

After approaching, a guard greeted him and led Marshali in through a gap.

When Marshaly saw the scene in the crowd that he had seen before but never expected to appear on the land of Huaxia, he was stunned.

……

With the steam engine, it is reasonable to build steam cars. After all, steam cars are the prototype of trains in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

In the eyes of many people, a steam car sounds like rubbish.

But in fact, steam cars are actually very strong.

As early as 1804, someone built a steam car capable of pulling 10 tons of weight, but the mileage and speed were very slow, and it could not be really put into use.

In 1825, Britain already had a steam car as a bus, and it was put into formal operation.

Later, it became the power source of trucks and ships.

This is why the steam engine has always been the representative of the first industrial revolution.

Improving transportation capacity is really important for industry.

After Wu Yan created the advanced steam engine, the most difficult problem in making a car is actually the tires.

For many years when horse-drawn carts and ox carts appeared, there were only wheels and no tires.

This is like the primitive society, when humans have already started riding horses, but the appearance of horseshoes and stirrups was many years later.

Tires are very important for vehicles, not only cars, horse-drawn carts and ox carts also need tires, especially steam cars.

Fortunately, as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, it was very easy to find some rubber. This thing was discovered by Columbus in the West Indies and brought back to Europe.After that, European wheels gradually changed from wooden to hard rubber.

Of course Wu Yan can't make hard rubber tires, he wants to make pneumatic tires.

In fact, at this time there was already a pneumatic tire, which appeared in 1845 and obtained a British invention patent. However, because the British pay attention to gentlemen, they like to use horse-drawn carriages instead of steam cars, and even issued a decree to limit the speed of cars. , so there is no market for pneumatic tires.

Therefore, every country has a time when it is backward and ignorant, the only difference lies in when it can wake up.

After the pneumatic tire is manufactured, the problem is not so big.

The manufacturing of the main body of the car is not difficult at all for Wu Yan and his technical research team.

He only needs to draw the ready-made drawings in his mind, and there will be a lot of "Luban successors" to help him produce qualified parts.

The advantage of manual work lies in this. As long as there is no mass production, all mechanical components before the second industrial revolution are not a problem.

Thus, China's first steam car, which was also the most advanced steam car in the world at this time, appeared in the Daming Academy of Sciences.

Wu Yan's top speed is... 30 kilometers per hour.

According to the normal historical process, 50 years later, someone manufactured a steam car with a speed of 205 kilometers per hour.

Therefore, the steam car built by Wu Yan cannot be said to be fast or slow. In short, it is the most advanced in the world.

After measuring the straight-line speed and shocking the Ming Academy of Sciences and everyone who was eligible to watch, Wu Yan began to test the flexibility of the car.

Flexibility is very important, otherwise, it will be crashed in minutes.

Fortunately, Wu Yan is very skilled in martial arts, and he knows this car that he built himself very well, so he can circle around the square, and even bypass some obstacles that he asked to place.

The picture that Marshali saw was the picture of Zhao Wuji, Emperor Wuji of Ming Dynasty, driving a car.

Reasonably speaking, it should be normal for the emperor of a country to drive a car, but on the land of China at this time, the other two 'emperors' have never even ridden a bicycle, so the scene of the emperor driving in front of him made Masha Leigh was shocked.

The ransom of 1000 million taels of silver will not be used by Zao Wou-ki to buy a car across the ocean, right?
As soon as this idea came to mind, Marshali heard the conversation of the person next to him.

"Is His Majesty really a star of Wuqu? I think His Majesty is actually a star of Wenqu. Otherwise, how could you create such a chariot that only exists in the sky?"

"Wu Qu Xing and Wen Qu Xing, your majesty is the true son of heaven, and Wu Qu Xing and Wen Qu Xing should all be His Majesty's servants. You are too small, and your pattern is small."

"Ashamed, ashamed, teachable, teachable."

This conversation made Ma Shali start to doubt life.

A car built by the Ming emperor?

how is this possible.

A subconscious thought of disbelief arose in his mind, but in an instant, Ma Shali thought of the information about the world situation he had heard when he first met the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

It is clearer than what he understands, and it is more timely.

Then, he remembered the purpose of his trip, Baima Yicong's Baima sharpshooter.

Even that kind of gun can be made, so what's so difficult about making a car?
But why on earth did he build these things? Could it be that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty had been studying in England before the incident?

Or is it Germany?

When Marshaly was puzzled, Wu Yan got a little bored driving, so he stopped the car.

"It's all gone."

After Wu Yan said something, he didn't explain other things, such as those craftsmen who participated in the production had to take care of them. He didn't need to worry about such things at all, and some people helped him to take care of them or even threatened them.

This is the reason why Huatong, a scientific idiot who only wanted to become a woman, was able to become the dean of the Daming Academy of Sciences.

Turning around, Wu Yan saw the very eye-catching Ma Shali, after all, there was only this foreigner in the audience.

After all the people around were cleared away, only a few guards remained, Marshali was brought in front of Wu Yan.

"Why, you want to send me money again?"

Wu Yan looked at Marshali blankly.

Marshali cupped his hands and said, "That's true, Your Majesty, this time I'm here to give you a lot of money."

"Tell me."

"Your Majesty, on behalf of our country, I formally appeal to you for military purchases." Ma Shali said: "White Horse Gun, at the price of 1000 taels of silver each, we can buy as much as you can sell."

Wu Yan laughed and asked, "Is 1000 taels too cheap?"

There was a flash of joy in Marshali's eyes, and he said: "If your majesty thinks the price is inappropriate, we can talk about it again. Your majesty and I are also destined, so I can give you a bottom line, 3000 taels One piece of silver is the current psychological price of our Secretary of State."

Judging from the purchasing power of silver, this is definitely a sky-high price.

Because the cost of each white horse gun is actually only 15 taels of silver. With the birth of the steam engine and its gradual use in industrial applications, the cost will drop significantly.

After all, wages and research and development, the two major costs, are almost nonexistent to Wu Yan.

If Wu Yan agrees, then the financial crisis of the Ming Dynasty will be lifted in minutes, and it will even be able to rely on arms to become the richest country in the world, just like the United States later.

"If I want 1 taels..." Wu Yan stared at Ma Shali and asked, "Would you buy it?"

Ma Shali felt the pressure, not because of Wu Yan's status, but because of Wu Yan's record.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the price is too expensive, and we may...not be able to buy too many."

Wu Yan laughed again and asked, "Then how many guns do you think you bought before you can research the manufacturing method of the White Horse Gun?"

Ma Shali was not surprised that Wu Yan could guess this. As long as he is not stupid, he should be able to understand their real purpose, and the real purpose of the dozen or so national envoys waiting at the gate of the Daming Academy of Sciences is exactly the same.

"No matter what..." Marshali pondered for a while, and said, "100...200?"

In fact, one is enough, but this is obviously an asking price.

Ma Shali felt that the United States was willing to spend 200 million taels of silver to buy the design drawings and manufacturing methods of the White Horse Gun from Wu Yan.

Tsk... really rich.

Wu Yan calculated silently in his mind. Considering that many countries in Europe are allies, it is impossible for each country to sell a share.

But according to the price that can continue to be negotiated, the manufacturing method of the white horse gun can sell for 3000 million taels of silver.

That's a lot of money.

As for the fact that it will definitely become an enemy after it is sold...

There is only a thousand days to be a thief, and there is no reason for a thousand days to prevent a thief. Things like atomic bombs can be imitated, let alone ordinary rifles?
Whether it is trying to steal it from the barracks or seize it on the battlefield, the western powers have a lot of ways to get the white horse gun intact.

Unless Wu Yan keeps guarding the city, Bai Ma Yi is not allowed to go out.

"It is possible to sell, but apart from the need to discuss the price, I have two requirements that you must fulfill." Wu Yan looked at Ma Shali and said: "First, with the forces that are not my Ming Empire Cut off diplomatic relations, and cut off all non-governmental commercial activities. Second, all trade in China can only enter through ports under the control of our Ming Dynasty, and can only be carried out under the rule of our Ming Dynasty."

Marshall froze.

He was shocked by Wu Yan's lion's big mouth.

Compared to the money to buy a gun, this is the real big money.

Because the Ming Dynasty charged foreign merchants with gold, many foreign merchants' goods no longer landed in China from Tokyo City.

And once these two conditions are agreed, it will not only mean that the hostile forces of the Ming Empire will completely lose the possibility of arms support from various countries, but also allow the Ming Dynasty to collect a huge amount of gold and normal business taxes.

This is a huge wealth that can be used as a unit of [-] million taels of silver.

The most important thing is that there are many materials that are scarce in China, such as high-quality iron ore. If the United States agrees to these two conditions, and other countries also agree to these two conditions, then only the Ming Dynasty can import this in China. A type of scarce resource.

As one goes up and down, the unification of the Ming Dynasty is just around the corner.

As for the force headed by Nanjing City at this time, in Ma Shali's view, it is not an opponent of the Ming Dynasty at all.

"I think... what I can guarantee is..." Ma Shali said hesitantly: "Recognize the rule of your country's regime. Nanjing City has always hoped that we can recognize their regime and is willing to pay a high price. But we have never agreed, and with recognition of the regime, we can establish formal diplomatic and trade channels."

Wu Yan's expression turned cold.

"My Great Ming Empire needs your American recognition?"

Hearing this sentence, Marshali took two steps back in a panic, and was about to explain when he heard Wu Yan's indifferent voice.

"Come on, Minister Mashali, you represent the United States and tell me that you don't recognize my Ming Empire."

A smile appeared on Wu Yan's face again, but he said in a more oppressive manner: "Come on, try saying something."

(End of this chapter)