Chapter 1700: This is the feeling!
Because he had seen the power of artillery before, Marin was not worried that Ismaili I would not accept artillery. Even if they were as stupid as the Qing dynasty, after being beaten hard by Europeans, they began to purchase foreign guns and artillery. For example, Krupp Cannon was imported by Li Hongzhang in person in Europe.
Many people don't know that when Zuo Zongtang recaptured West Xinjiang, the army was not armed with a spear, but mainly equipped with a gun and a gun. For example, the Spencer renju gun used in the American Civil War has a lot of second-hand goods flowing into the Asian market. Some of them flowed into the Japanese market and participated in the famous "Crash War". In the other part, Chu Jun, who had flowed into Zuo Zongtang, was called the "Seven Bells". There are German-made Krupp guns, and even Gatling guns ...
Therefore, let alone Aguber's Central Asian scimitar cavalry was shot out, even Tsarist Russia was a little frightened and suspended the erosion of western Xinjiang. Why? Because at that time, Russia was not equipped with those advanced after-loading guns, Krupp guns and Gatling guns ...
Ismail I was not a fool, on the contrary, he was still a genius commander. Seeing such a powerful weapon is impossible. Therefore, there is no problem in selling artillery to Persia.
It's a matchlock gun, the Persians haven't fully realized its power. Because, before they could feel the power of the musket, they were scared by the Turks' artillery ...
Therefore, Malinte sent 200 musketeers to use 200 musketeers to perform a "three-stage strike" to Ismail I. I believe that with the eyes of Ismaili I, you will not lose sight of its advantages.
Moreover, this will be a long-term business! Why? Because the Persian Safavid Empire lacked metal, even if it wanted to make its own weapons, it had to be advanced. Therefore, it is better to import weapons directly. As for the scimitar, they would import metal and build it by themselves. Because, the unique Safi machete used by the Safi Order of the Persian cavalry is not the same as the machete elsewhere, and needs to be built by itself.
But the guns do not matter if they are hungry. Anyway, there are no related artisans in Persia, and it is difficult to develop their own technology. Therefore, it is better to import directly.
Moreover, whether it is Marin or the Portuguese, they are standard businessmen and will not tell the Persians how to make guns. For example, the Portuguese sold the British 18-pound cannon (that is, the Hongyi Cannon) to the Ming Dynasty, and they actually asked for a price of one thousand two silver.
Marin is not as dark as the Portuguese, but it is definitely not too polite. After all, the Franc cannon he sold to the Persians was made of copper.
The Fraun cannon sold to Persia by Marin is a three-pound gun with a body weight of 300 pounds. It does not have the unique movable wheeled gun mount of the North Sea Army, but only the ears, which are similar to the French artillery.
According to the silver-copper ratio of 1:15 in Europe, the material cost of each artillery itself is worth 20 pounds of silver. Moreover, the artillery price is definitely not just the price of the material cost, but at least doubled ...
The doubled material cost is just the basic market price. Facing the extreme lack of artillery in Persia, Marin directly paid three times the price of the material, which is 60 pounds of silver. Converted into gold, it is 5 pounds of gold, which can cast 637 gold coins. Marin rounded up the whole number and asked for 650 gold coins.
Of course, Marin is a conscientious person, and each Folang cannon is also equipped with five stainless steel sub-cylinders for replacement loading.
Moreover, the Folang cannons in Beihai are different from those in other countries. Other European countries also use the Folang cannon, but because of the inaccurate processing accuracy, the gap between the child bun and the mother bun is large, which is easy to leak and affect the range of the artillery.
Beihai has long promoted vernier calipers to strictly control processing accuracy. Therefore, the same is the Frang cannon, the Frang cannon of the North Sea country has a longer range and better quality.
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The North Sea Fleet first docked at the port of Hormuz on the island of Hormuz, and invited Portuguese colonists to “visit” the ship and presented a permit from the Kingdom of Portugal.
It should be noted that Persia does not have a port for foreign trade at this time. The original foreign trade port of Hormuz was also robbed by the Portuguese ...
But the Persian navy was not good and it was difficult to recover Hormuz Island. Coupled with the fact that the Portuguese did come to do business sincerely, and there was no intention of invading the interior, the Persians would then do so.
In these years, Persia has neither Abadan Port nor Abbas Port. The Port of Abbas was specially built in 1627 when the Abbasid reigned to facilitate foreign trade. As for the port of Abadan, it was only after the development of Persian oil that it became a port city in the 20th century, except for the estuary of the oil pipeline ...
Therefore, now these guns must first land at Hormuz Port. Then, it is carried by small boat and transported to the land terminal area where the port of Abbas is located before it can be transported to Isfahan ...
Because Tabriz was seriously threatened by the Turks, Ismail I had temporarily set up the capital in Isfahan and did not mean to move back.
No way, Tabriz was too close to the northwest border, and if the Turks launched a raid, they would have no time to respond. And Isfahan is located in the central area of Persia, far away from the northwest border, not afraid of enemy raids. Therefore, Ismail I simply did not move the capital back to Tabriz.
Originally, Tabriz was captured by Turkey for many times. Later, the Safavid monarchs first moved the capital to Qazvin near the Caspian Sea. Afterwards, he felt unsafe, and eventually headed to Isfahan, which was further southeast, until the Safavid Empire perished.
Now ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Because of Marin's suggestion, Ismail I suddenly discovered that the capital of Isfahan is indeed very good, at least, don't worry about the Turkish army. Therefore, Ismaili simply designated Isfahan as the vice capital. Tabriz is still the nominal capital, but only nominally.
Of course, this is good for the fleet sent by Marin. Because Isfahan is closer to the Persian Gulf ... if it is replaced by Tabriz, it is close to the Caspian Sea.
However, it is really far away to go to Isfahan by land near the port of Abbas. Fortunately, there is no shortage of horses in Persia. In the case of changing horses along the way, the team finally arrived in Isfahan.
Then, the fleet leader Bernard Shaw took the gunners and musketeers on the campus outside Isfahan, and demonstrated to Ismaili I what a volleyball shooting and a three-shot musket ...
When the artillery fired, the ground moved. Even the horses on the school floor were frightened. But Ismaili I was very excited--
"Yes, that's how it feels! My great Persian will also have enough cannons!"
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