"That thing is called a cloud crossbow, and it is a weapon invented by the Central Plains, which can shoot dozens of arrows in an instant."

Sakurako Mochizuki's face was also a little pale, she had only seen the cloud crossbow on the city wall, but she didn't expect it to be terrifying.

"Do they all use this kind of weapon?"

"It should be."

The fear didn't last long, and Kio Kohayata's eyes suddenly showed an eager light, "Do you think that Lord Ngee An can help us get this kind of weapon?" ”

"Maybe." Sakurako Mochizuki smiled slightly.

Masao Kohayada chuckled under his breath, punching his fists together, silently planning something.

Subsequently, Sakurako Mochizuki and the others got on the other party's big boat, and soon the big boat came to a water camp, and they were locked in a tent.

More than an hour later, Yuan An appeared.

"Lord Ngui'an, I'm Masao Kohayada of the Kohayata family, I've seen you before, and this time I'm here to form an alliance with you on behalf of my father!" Seeing Yuan An, Masao Kohayada was even more excited than Sakurako Mochizuki.

Yuan An nodded at him, turned his gaze to Sakurako Mochizuki, saw her with a frosty face, and said softly: "I have worked hard for you this time." ”

"The young master is serious." Sakurako Mochizuki blushed and lowered her head.

Yuan An's gaze turned to the other two again, "Jihong, Lian Zhisuke, you are here." ”

"Young master, since you were separated from you in Nagato last year, your subordinates have been looking for your whereabouts, if Sakurako hadn't suddenly come to me, I wouldn't have known that you went to the Central Plains." Jihiro Masakat burst into tears.

"Okay, don't mention the past, just go home with me."

"Yes."

……

Wende Hall.

Hearing Yuan An's words, Lu Yuan was very surprised, he didn't expect his marine business plan to blossom so quickly, and it was an arms trade.

"Are you saying he only bought five thousand knives and a thousand sets of armor?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the army under the famous lord over there is not large, and many of the five thousand knives he bought are intended to be resold to other famous lords." Yuan An said respectfully.

The army he spoke of were actually peasants under the rule of the famous lord, and the average famous lord would have hundreds of samurai as private armies, and these samurai were very well armored and armed.

But in large-scale warfare, this number is not enough, they will organize their peasants to participate in the battle, these peasants do not have good weapons and armor, and the Japanese court does not allow local masters to make weapons privately, so they will think of finding other countries to buy secretly.

Lu Yuan pondered for a long time and asked, "Is that just these weapons?" ”

Yuan An hesitated for a moment: "Your Majesty, they also proposed to buy some cloud crossbows, I don't know if it will work?" ”

"I see, you go down first, I'll give you an answer later."

Yuan An gave up and retired.

"Go and let the envoy Lu and Li come over." Lu Yuan commanded the guards.

Not long after, Lu Yun'er and Li Muyi came.

"Your Excellency." The two said in unison.

"Li Aiqing, how is the recent change of weapons in the army?" Lu Yuan asked.

"Your Excellency, at present, half of the soldiers of the forbidden army and the second army are equipped with the dragon head Mo sword, and in two years, they will be able to equip all the infantry and cavalry."

Because Li Muyi's new Mo knife handle has a dragon head pattern, the soldiers like to call it the Dragon Head Mo Knife, and gradually this name spread.

At present, the equipment of the cavalry of Wu is a Mo knife, a horizontal knife, a pair of armor and a horse, and those without Mo knives are temporarily replaced by spears.

The infantry only has the Mo Knife, but the handle of their Mo Knife can be removed, and the attack distance can be changed at any time, and those who do not have the Mo Knife are temporarily matched with a sword and shield.

Whether it is a spear, a horizontal knife or a shield, they are all instruments captured from Wu Yueguo, as for the old equipment of the original Hui'an Army, some were given by Feng Yanting back then, some were exchanged by Lu Weiyi, and some were captured from the Tang Army, which were far less well-equipped than Wu Yueguo.

Now that the old equipment has been replaced, it's ready to be sold.

"Then our original blades, are they useless?"

"Yes, they are all stacked in the warehouse now, and the minister is preparing to apply to you to melt down these weapons and armor and rebuild them."

"What are you doing with it? What a waste! ”

"What's the use of it if it doesn't melt?"

"You'll be ready to use it right away." Lu Yuan smiled.

Saying that, he turned to Lu Yun'er: "Envoy Lu, can you make some cloud crossbows with ten consecutive rounds, twenty consecutive rounds and thirty consecutive rounds?" ”

"Yes, yes, but what are we going to do with this?" Lu Yun'er's eyes widened.

"Because someone wants to buy it, we have to keep the best ones for ourselves, so we will sell some second-level cloud crossbows, this is high-tech, take a good fortune, and the research funds will be earned!" Lu Yuan's eyebrows danced.

Lu Yun'er was stunned, she found that she could always hear some words from Lu Yuan's mouth that she had never heard before, was it because she didn't read much?

"Anyway, you get ready first, and then I will tell you what kind of repeater to make, as long as it works well, our Engineer Academy may be self-sufficient in the future."

A few days later, the Engineer Academy obtained the first purchase order, and the buyer was the Japanese Masao Kohayata.

Lu Yuan set the price of the repeater crossbow very high, a cloud crossbow with ten consecutive rounds, the price was 1,000 taels of silver, 2,000 taels of silver for 20 consecutive rounds, and 3,000 taels of silver for 30 consecutive rounds, which was simply a lion's mouth.

However, the Japanese didn't seem to care too much, and put on a posture of a big dog, and directly asked for ten crosses with ten consecutive rounds and five with twenty consecutive rounds, and the other party asked for gold to pay the bill, and Lu Yuan naturally had no opinion.

As for the other party's proposal to buy a cloud crossbow manufacturing craftsman, saying that it was to be used to maintain the cloud crossbow, Lu Yuan refused, he knew that the other party wanted to obtain the cloud crossbow technology, it was simply wishful thinking.

In addition to the 20,000 taels of the cloud crossbow, the 5,000 knives were also sold for 10,000 taels of silver, two taels each, plus ten taels of armor, Lu Yuan earned 40,000 taels of silver in one go.

Of course, this is just a small amount of money for him now, after all, Hangzhou pays more than one million taels of taxes a year, but Lu Yuan has his eyes on the future.

As long as the marine business develops, his annual income can be expanded, and now although he pays more taxes, he also spends more money.

First of all, the number of state officials has suddenly increased several times, and the expenditure of the army has increased several times, and the shipbuilding and research of firearms in the engineering academy have also cost money, and the size of the army is now 100,000, and the soldiers' salaries are also a large amount.

All in all, in order to rapidly increase national strength, it is necessary to develop the economy and the military in harmony.

……

Yuan Mansion.

Masao Kohayada looked satisfied, he felt that it was really a wise move to come to Gen Yoshian this time, and through him, he established a connection with the powerful Wu State, so that the strength of the Kohayada family could develop rapidly.

For him, the deal can be said to be very profitable, with these weapons, they can attack the neighboring highland country, rob their gold mines, and in this way, the money will come back?

"Lord Ngee An, I will come over with gold and a ship in half a month, and I hope to bring the weapon and the cloud crossbow back to Nagato Country when the time comes." Masao Kohayada bowed very respectfully.

"As long as you bring money, you can buy weapons, and I will send Sakurako to escort you back."

"That's goodbye."

Escorted by Sakurako Mochizuki, Masao Kohayada returned to Japan smoothly.

……

Japan, Nagato Province.

Sakurako Mochizuki was given a grand reception by Nagato Country, and after a drinking banquet, she said goodbye and left, and she had another task in addition to escorting Masao Kohayata.

In the dormitory, Kohayada Hideaki sat cross-legged with a majestic face, and two people sat on the left and right, namely the eldest son Masao and the third son Masao.

As for the second son, Masaaki, he was killed in a war with Takahara Castle.

"You said you could shoot fifty arrows at once? How is this possible? Masao Kohayada looked incredulous.

"What I saw with my own eyes, is there any falsehood?" Masao said loudly.

Xiuqiu glared at the eldest man: "Don't speak." ”

After speaking, he turned to Zhengnan: "You have done a good job in this matter, the people over there in the Central Plains are worth learning, if there are good things, you have to learn, and those who learn first can become strong in Japan, which is why I sent you to Middle-earth to take a look." ”

"What my father said is right, I also know how powerful they are when I have been there, no wonder the emperor sent someone to study in the Tang Kingdom."

Xiuqiu sneered: "Don't spread this matter, lest other famous masters know about it." ”

"But if we attack them with this weapon, they will know sooner or later!"

"Then let them know at the last moment before they die, remember, after this weapon is in hand, it must be kept strictly secret, and you must choose your own samurai to transport it personally, and if it is discovered by others on the way, it will be dealt with, understand?"

"Yes." Masao bowed his head and said.

"By the way, apart from the cloud crossbow you said, do they have any other good weapons?" Xiuqiu asked.

"I didn't see it, but when I went to their naval camp, I saw a big ship from a distance, more than ten times larger than the Fujiwara family's Karasuma!"

Xiuqiu sighed: "They are really good at building ships, you can ask when you go over there in a few days to see if you can buy it." ”

"Father, they can't sell it to us, and even if they do, it will carry a lot of cloud crossbows, which must be very expensive, and we can't afford it." Masao persuaded.

"Ask first, no one can say what will happen in the future." Xiuqiu's eyes flashed brightly.

Masao is familiar with this kind of look, it is an eye full of ambition, and Masao himself has it.