Black Corporation: Joseon

Chapter 831

Episode 831: Gyeruk (鷄肋) (5)

The intervention of incense and the resulting butterfly effect had a large and small impact on Europe and Asia.

One of them was that Asian countries became familiar with gunpowder weapons.

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In history before the intervention of the Xiang Dynasty, most Asian countries except the Ming and Joseon Dynasty—to be precise, the countries east of India—were not familiar with gunpowder weapons.

Excluding the Ming Dynasty and Joseon Dynasty, the Japanese kingdoms of Daewol and Seomla were almost all known, and most of the gunpowder weapons they knew were artillery used in siege warfare.

The concept of personal firearms was almost entirely similar to the European hand cannon.

Because countries familiar with gunpowder were in this situation, the situation in Southeast Asia’s minor sultanates was even more bleak.

They were still accustomed to the crude iron swords they made themselves or the Ming Dynasty swords brought in by overseas Chinese.

Because of this situation, they had to bow down to the Europeans armed with muskets and Arcebus cannons.

Meanwhile, the Japanese nation, which quickly introduced firearms from Europe, plunged the three Northeast Asian countries into war in the 16th century.

And India and Central Asia developed their own guns and cannons based on guns and cannons imported from the Ottomans and Eastern Europe. However, it was more than a generation behind Europe and became prey to Britain and Russia.

But everything changed with the intervention of incense.

At a time when Europe was just evolving from hand cannons to arquebuses, the Joseon Army rifle corps armed with percussion cap rifles, the ultimate in full-length rifles, was born.

In addition, a rare weapon of mass destruction called Bigyeokjincheonroe appeared.

Joseon, confident in its military power, actively engaged in foreign trade, and not only Southeast Asia but also the Sultanate of Bengal in India came into contact with Joseon’s gunpowder weapons.

And the subsequent developments were the same as described above.

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Because of this, European countries that advanced into Southeast Asia could not act like they did in Africa.

The Southeast Asian sultanates were already armed with imperial, Ming, or Japanese guns and artillery.

No, it wasn’t just armed.

In addition to being proficient in tactics to properly utilize firearms and artillery, they were also skilled in operating tactics tailored to their country’s natural environment.

In addition, the empire’s extraordinary love for artillery was reflected in the fact that they were arming themselves with not only imported but also domestically produced artillery, and even built strong fortresses similar to the castles of the Empire and Ming Dynasty.

Thanks to this, Europeans who stopped at ports of call in the middle, starting from Melaka, were able to see the well-built fortress and the hole in the wall. I couldn’t help but swallow my saliva as I saw the Southeast Asian soldiers armed with long guns.

-This place is different from Africa!

After confirming the information brought by the captain and crew, European monarchs and capitalists had to whet their appetites.

“Tsk! The eastern part of India should not be taken lightly. But...”

However, there were no monarchs who would give up the ‘mercantilism’ and ‘rich country and strong military’ that started in the empire and quickly became a global trend.

The same was true for capitalists who wanted more profits.

They needed colonies and even more colonies.

In the end, they turned their attention to India, which was still in trouble, and an unknown continent rumored to lie to the south.

And the countries most enthusiastic about this competition were England and Spain.

It was because of France that Britain became desperate to get ahead in this race.

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France, a member of the Suez Alliance, was having a lot of fun through Suez.

France was spending a considerable amount of military spending to protect Suez. However, the profit dividend was much higher than that. Based on this dividend, Charles VII and his successor Louis XI were consolidating their power and making France strong again.

In particular, Louis XI was successfully strengthening his power based on these profit dividends.

Especially after the recent annexation of the Duchy of Burgundy, there were almost no difficulties.

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Since the time of Charles VII, France’s feudal nobility had been an obstacle to the strengthening of royal power.

And in this background was the Duchy of Burgundy.

While King Charles VII of France and Philip III, Duke of Burgundy were alive, their relationship was ‘at least’ good.

However, a problem arose when Charles I, the ‘Bold Duke’, succeeded Philip III as Duke of Burgundy, and Louis XI succeeded Charles VII as King of France.

Imperial weapons had a high consumption rate as well as overwhelming performance.

The imperial weapons owned by the Imperial Army were used items handed over after being used by the Imperial Army.

These were weapons that had been overused in the Suez War.

Fortunately, since these weapons were properly made for use by the imperial army, the damage rate was not seriously high.

However, because it had to quickly replenish broken weapons and expended ammunition and shells, France had no choice but to reach out to its allies.

This was because it was time-consuming to receive it again from the empire.

Allies, at France’s request, supplied weapons and consumables at cost prices.

Although the Ottomans and Florence, Spain received the cost, the war costs were enormous.

Both the Eulsik Long Rifle and the Eulsik Wagon boasted enormous bullet consumption, and the same was true for the artillery.

In addition, as he reached out to his allies, he also took on a political burden.

Louis XI and France lost a lot, but they gained even more.

And based on what they gained, France began to emerge as the loser of Europe.

Britain, frightened by the growth of France, desperately attempted to acquire colonies.

And Spain was in the same situation as England.

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Spain was also wary of the growth of its allies.

In particular, the rapid growth of Portugal, the main axis of the alliance, forced the Spanish monarchs to make a decision.

“It can’t be like this!”

Accordingly, Isabella I of the Kingdom of Castile and Ferdinand I of the Kingdom of Aragon were married and combined into one kingdom.

It was the emergence of a true Spanish kingdom.

Spain, united as one, was a country of considerable size. It occupied most of the Iberian Peninsula and had a large population.

The problem was that Portugal, a thorn in its side, was holding Spain back at all costs.

Portugal was ahead in the competition for colonies in Africa, and was also losing out to Portugal in Mediterranean trade.

But the biggest problem was Suez.

Portugal was growing rapidly as its allies occupied Suez and gained enormous profits.

Portugal, armed with weapons imported from the empire, was not an easy opponent despite its small size.

In addition, Portugal and its allies had signed a mutual defense treaty and had become a firm military alliance.

“You join hands with heretics! Apostates!”

Although they cursed like that, Spain had also joined hands with the Mamluks. Although the Mamluks are now on the verge of collapse.

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