However, things were different now. With the Fran Machine Cannon and flintlock, the plague of the southeast coast was nothing to worry about.
This was especially true for the flintlock gun. After all the officers and soldiers along the southeast coast were equipped with it, even if these pirates came and went like the wind, they would not be able to withstand the power of this flintlock gun.
One had to know that the reason why these pirates were able to move so quickly was that they were always in front of the Ming army.
Another important reason was that these pirates were not fully equipped like the Ming army.
Most of these pirates were not equipped with any armor. This was also related to the Japanese's smelting technology. Although these Japanese had started to secretly learn all the technology of the Central Plains Dynasty since the Tang Dynasty, they were still disciples. How could they learn the core technology?
In addition, Japan was a small country, and the production of iron wasn't abundant. Most Japanese soldiers only had armor made of bamboo, and these Japanese who liked to show off even painted the outside of the bamboo armor black to make it look like iron armor, deceiving both themselves and their opponents.
However, these pirates who went to the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty to plunder were not so particular about their movements. Without the constraints of the armor, these pirates found that their mobility had been greatly improved.
When facing the Ming army, he would be able to quickly escape the pursuit of the Ming army. He could even try to eat up the Ming army when they were fewer in number than him.
After a few times, a small number of Ming soldiers did not dare to act alone and could only come out in groups. However, this way, the Ming army, whose mobility was greatly reduced, could not do anything to these pirates.
However, once the officers and soldiers along the southeast coast were equipped with flintlocks, this situation would be greatly improved. Since they did not wear armor and gained the advantage of mobility, it would also become a fatal injury to these pirates.
After testing the flintlock, Zhu Gaoye pulled the target in front of him. Zhu Yuanzhang noticed the marks on the target.
These marks showed that even if one wore armor, the impact of these flintlocks would still be fatal, even if they couldn't penetrate the armor.
It was like an armored soldier who had been hit by a blunt weapon. Although it looked unharmed from the outside, the soldier inside had already suffered serious internal injuries and would not survive.
Not to mention these pirates without armor. As long as these pirates entered the firing range of the flintlock, they would have no chance of escaping.
Because with the flintlock guns, these Ming soldiers did not need to wear armor. The enemy could not pass through the dense flintlock guns and break into the front of the Ming soldiers. The range of the bow and arrow was far from comparable to the flintlock guns!
As for these cannons, Zhu Yuanzhang had a greater use for them. With these cannons, Zhu Yuanzhang could even go directly to Japan and raze the nests of these Japanese pirates to the ground.
As long as one wasn't a fool, one would know that these pirates weren't able to cross the ocean and harass the Daming Dynasty because of their own abilities. If they didn't have the support of the Dongying Dynasty, just the ships that crossed the ocean weren't something these pirates with simple equipment could obtain.
In other words, if these pirates owned these ships, their strength would definitely not be small. Why would they come all the way here to do such a dangerous thing?
At that time, he only needed to flatten the Japanese, and these pirates along the southeast coast would truly become rootless duckweeds. One day, they would be completely wiped out.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang felt extremely excited.
However, Zhu Gaoye's next words made Zhu Yuanzhang extremely excited.
Zhu Gaoye pointed at the bullet riddled target in front of him and said to Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di,
"With these two things, the threat of the pirates in the southeast coast is nothing to be afraid of. We can even cross the ocean and directly destroy the Japanese pirates 'hometown!”
Hearing Zhu Gaoye's words, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di were both surprised. After all, this was not the era where transportation and information were extremely developed.
Other than the core members of the court, even ordinary local officials did not know about the existence of the pirates. And the people of Great Ming often didn't even know what had happened in the towns around them.
Zhu Di was even more surprised. Zhu Gaoye had grown up in Jin Ling City, so it was impossible for him to come into contact with these things. How did he know?
However, before Zhu Di could figure it out, Zhu Gaoye continued,
"Apart from that, there is also a huge silver mine in Japan.”
Hearing the word silver mine, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di instantly perked up. If they didn't take charge of the household, they wouldn't know that firewood, rice, oil, and salt were expensive. Not only did ordinary people like silver, but the imperial court also had a strong desire for silver.
After Zhu Yuanzhang drove the Mongolians away, the Mongolians also took away a large amount of wealth. The Central Plains, which had been plundered, was riddled with holes and was a scene of exhaustion.
In addition, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, it was because of the drought that the crops in the fields were not harvested, and the exploitation of the Yuan people that forced the people of the world to rise up and fight for a way to survive.
After so many years of war, the people of the world were even more miserable. The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang was able to win in the end was inseparable from the strategy of his strategists to build a high wall, accumulate food, and slowly become king.
However, this strategy was still useful when fighting for the world. When Zhu Yuanzhang really became the emperor, he realized that this method could not be implemented throughout the country.
Because the entire world belonged to him, those territories that originally belonged to others had become his own territory, and the people in the territory had also become his subjects.
He could no longer use these strategies to attract the people from other places to come and join him like before. Instead, he had to treat them equally.
In this way, the Great Ming Dynasty's government immediately became stretched to the limit!
Therefore, after hearing Zhu Gaoye's words, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was full of desire for money, immediately asked,"
"Little friend, are you serious?"
After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Zhu Gaoye nodded heavily and said,"
"It's true. Moreover, its reserves are so abundant that even if all of Great Ming's silver was added up, it would still be far inferior!”
Upon hearing Zhu Gaoye's words, Director Zhu and Zhu Di could not help but gasp at the same time. Their faces revealed shock again!
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