Reward. The seller will be punished by hard labor for less than ten years, while the buyer will be severely punished. Even if the family property is 100,000, he will be punished and bankrupt.

Seeing that Virgil seemed to be in a good mood, Catherine lowered her voice and asked, "Have you collected the information we need?"

"certainly!"

Virgil told Catherine: "So far, the Ning Navy has three types of warships in service. One is made of 2,000 materials, which is 650 tons, and is equipped with 18 cannons. This type of warship, called the Sea Wolf class, has only been built so far.

Four ships, named Jinzhou, Haizhou, Gaizhou and Fuzhou, and the construction of the Seawolf-class battleship has been stopped. It may be built in the future, but not now. The second one is the 3,000-class battleship.

, nine hundred and seventy-five tons, named the Sea Shark class, this kind of warship is equipped with twenty-four three-inch guns and twelve four-inch guns, for a total of thirty-eight naval guns."

Catherine frowned: "Why is a warship of nearly a thousand tons equipped with thirty-eight cannons? Doesn't it make sense?"

In Europa, a warship like the Ninghai Haisha-class battleship needs at least fifty or sixty cannons.

This means that the Ning Navy's thousand-ton warships are only equipped with half of the artillery of Europa's warships of the same class.

Virgil smiled bitterly and said: "Miss, you don't know that Ning Haijun's cannon casting skills are very good. Their three-inch cannon and four-inch cannon are both 28 times in diameter and have a very long range. From this, it is not difficult to see that the Ming Dynasty

Man's cannon-casting technology is indeed very powerful. No country in Europe dares to adopt such a diameter ratio. It is generally twenty-one times the diameter, and very few can achieve twenty-three times. A longer barrel can certainly increase the range and accuracy.

, but it will also put the gun barrel under greater pressure. If the metallurgical technology is not up to standard, it will only explode the barrel."

"The Sea Shark class is not the largest, so a warship like yours should be the largest class of warship?"

"Actually not yet!"

Virgil said bitterly: "They also have bigger warships, which are said to exceed two thousand tons!"

"Two thousand tons, how is that possible?"

As a maritime power, Venice's shipbuilding technology is actually very advanced, and it is also top-notch in Europe. Spain, Britain, France, and the Holy Roman Empire are all learning from Venice's shipbuilding technology.

It is no exaggeration to say that Venice is the world's shipbuilding giant.

"nothing is impossible!"

Virgil said with some emotion: "The Ming Dynasty said that they had manufactured sailing ships of five thousand tons to eight thousand tons more than two hundred years ago. They had manufactured more than three thousand sailboats more than a thousand years ago.

Tons of battleships!”

Catherine is actually not interested in Ning Haijun's warships. In fact, although Ning Haijun's warships have smooth hulls and are very fast, they are about the same speed as Venetian Golden Lion-class warships. The controllability of Ning Haijun's warships is actually better than that of Venetian warships.

"Then, how much do you know about their artillery?"

"Their three-inch cannon is..."

While they were talking, a Ning navy soldier came over, scaring Virgil into silence.

Fortunately, this Ning Navy soldier just came over and left with a meal.

After watching the Ning Navy soldier leave, Virgil breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at Catherine and said, "Miss, I know what you want to do. Do you want to imitate the Ning Navy's naval guns?"

Catherine nodded and said: "Yes, I originally wanted to buy it, but when I offered one million ducats for a cannon, His Excellency the Duke was still unwilling to sell it! We had no choice but to make this decision!"

"But I tell you, this is impossible!"

"Why is it impossible? Haven't you seen their artillery?"

"Don't say I've seen it before. In fact, I can recite all the parameters of Lian Ning Navy's three-inch guns and four-inch guns..."

"That's great. If you guide them, we have a greater chance of success!"

"On the contrary, it is absolutely impossible for us to imitate it!"

Virgil smiled bitterly and said: "We may be able to imitate Ning Haijun's naval guns, but the problem is that their naval guns are not complicated. What is really complicated are their cannonballs. Without the cannonballs, the cannons we imitated are just a bunch of useless

Scrap iron…”

"how so?"

Catherine was very distressed.

"The artillery shells used by the Ning Haijun people are not black powder at all, but a new type of explosive that we have never seen before. This explosive is very powerful, and there is almost no residue left after the explosion, so their gunners are

In battle, you can just bury your head in silence and fire hard without cleaning the barrel of the gun. We don’t have such gunpowder, and we can’t make shells like theirs.”

Catherine was startled and said: "New explosive? How much do you know about this new explosive?"

"This is their core secret, which is difficult for outsiders to access..."

Virgil smiled bitterly and said: "Ning Haijun's gun factories all adopt assembly line operations. Every worker knows part of the process. It is said that there are many factories that manufacture this type of explosives specifically for them. As for the process, it is top secret and only a few people know it.

, it is estimated that even the people who produce this type of explosives do not know the uses of what they produce."

Virgil, this is indeed true.

He did not know that the various factory areas of the guncotton-producing munitions factory were strictly divided. The workers responsible for cleaning and degreasing cotton may think that this job is dedicated to washing and boiling cotton, and the workers responsible for soaking cotton with nitric acid also believed that this factory

They specialize in destroying cotton. In a word, no one knows the use of the work they do. They only know that the management is very strict and the craftsmanship requirements are extremely high. It is almost useless.

Catherine sighed, her excitement turning into helplessness.

She had to admit that she was too naive. She simply thought that as long as she got the data and drawings of the naval gun, she could imitate it. However, she never expected that the seemingly ordinary cannon was actually from an industrial system.

Crystallization, just concocting it is useless.

what to do?

In fact, even if Ning Haijun's naval guns are leaked, no one can imitate them. Today's artillery is either made of bronze or cast iron. Only Ning Haijun's cannons are made of steel.

Virgil's ability to do this is already the limit. Even if he is willing to risk his life, he may not be able to get many secrets, so he has to find another way.

However, is there any other way for her to obtain these key technologies that are related to the future destiny of the Republic of Venice? Cheng Shijie is not easy to deal with. This guy seems to be greedy for money, but once it comes to these key technologies, beauty, and the magic of money

It's all useless. No matter how hard you try, you can coerce or induce him, but he just won't nod!

Thinking of that hateful guy, Catherine's teeth were itching with hatred. How could you die if you sell me two new naval guns? I won't miss your money!

On July 19, the seventh year of Chongzhen, Cheng Shijie arrived at the port of Manila in Luzon smoothly.

Cheng Shi, Li Zhixiang, Xie Jinglin, Wu Shangzhi and other 600 or 700 Luzon Ning navy or Chinese representatives lined up at the port to greet Cheng Shijie.

"Welcome to the handsome tiger!"

"Excuse me, please stay safe!"

Cheng Shijie reviewed the Ning Navy Navy and Army units stationed in Luzon at the dock. As Cheng Shijie disembarked, the fifth and sixth squadrons of the Ning Navy Navy came with Cheng Shijie, a total of thirty-two warships.

This made Li Zhixiang breathe a sigh of relief. In the Battle of Subic, the Ning Navy lost five warships and injured 25 warships. Among them, 11 seriously damaged warships did not have the strength to repair in Luzon, and 14 were slightly injured.

The warships can be used make do, but the problem is that with the four King Kongs sinking two and damaging two, the Ning Navy's main fleet only has thirty-eight warships that can still fight normally.

If Zheng Zhilong makes a comeback, Li Zhixiang really doesn't know what to do.

Well now, with the arrival of the Fifth and Sixth Squadrons, even if Zheng Zhilong fights again, Li Zhixiang is no longer afraid of them.

Cheng Shijie looked at the energetic soldier Ning Haijun and was very satisfied.

"Meet the Marshal!"

"Thank you for your hard work, soldiers!"

"Death for the commander-in-chief!"

"Death for the commander-in-chief!"

Although Wu Shangzhi is a businessman, when a businessman reaches a certain level, he is actually very concerned about politics. Although Wu Shangzhi is far away from the Ming Dynasty, he also has an amazing sense of smell because he often deals with Spanish people.

Just when Colonel Cheng Shijie was reviewing Ning's naval officers at the dock, as Ning's navy and army officers came ashore, the officers and soldiers did not mention their allegiance to the Ming Dynasty at all, but only said they were loyal to Cheng Shijie. This shows that this army has become Cheng Shijie's private army.

Political struggles have always been bloody, and they placed their treasure on Cheng Shijie, which meant that they would part ways with the imperial court in the future.

However, Wu Shangzhi and Li Guoqun looked at each other.

Li Guoqun lowered his voice and said, "Does the imperial court have anything to do with us?"

Wu Shangzhi was slightly startled: "That's right, the imperial court has nothing to do with us!"

"How many of us did the Spaniards kill back then? Does it mean that the imperial court farted?"

"yes!"

"We can't look back now. No matter how difficult it is ahead, we must keep going!"
Chapter completed!