"This is a rifle, and although it can't use chain bullets like a machine gun, it has a magazine and can hold eight rounds!"

After coming to the Imperial Garden, Zhao Yin began to explain to Li Er how to use the rifle and demonstrated it to him.

"Give me a try!"

Li Er was watching from the sidelines with very hot eyes, and he couldn't wait for a long time.

As a result, after Zhao Yin handed over the rifle, he followed his example, reloaded the bullets, and fired all eight bullets in one go.

"Not bad, not bad!"

After trying its power, Li Er didn't know what adjectives to use, so he only applauded again and again.

"The son-in-law thinks that this rifle is easy to move and suitable for carrying, and it is recommended to replace cold weapons!"

Zhao Yin asked Li Er to try it himself before he spoke.

"Well, yes, weapons that can kill enemies without hand-to-hand combat should indeed be mass-produced!"

Li Er nodded approvingly, and then seemed to think of something, and shook his head with a wry smile, "I'm afraid that Dai Shangshu will have words again!" ”

The bullets of the rifle are made of copper, and what Datang lacks most now is copper.

Although a lot of territory has been laid and can be mined continuously, the difficulty lies in mining and transportation.

If the tracks were repaired and the train could run, it might have been easier, but now it's really difficult.

"Now that the Datang treasury is full, there is no shortage of money!"

Zhao Yin thought that Li Er was talking about money, after all, Dai Shangshu was an old picker who was more deductible than Li Er.

"There is no shortage of money, but there may not be enough copper to produce bullets!"

"Your Majesty can rest assured, although Datang does not have many copper mines, but recently conquest of so many countries, they all have ready-made copper mines, Datang can send troops to transport them back directly!"

"Well, that's a good idea!"

Li Er nodded approvingly.

"Besides, Dai Shangshu's careful planning is also for the better development of Datang, so as long as it is conducive to the development of Datang, he may not oppose it!"

"Hmm!"

For Dai Guan, he is indeed very relieved.

"Are warships still being built?"

Li Er is most concerned about this question, as long as he sees Zhao Yin, he will always ask this question.

Because the benefits of spices are too great, if there is a team to continue to pick spices, Datang really doesn't have to worry about money!

"The next batch will be finished by the end of the year!"

In fact, Zhao Yin didn't know the specific time, he just calculated according to the time of the previous batch, otherwise, Li Er would always have to ask this question.

Of course, if it's not done by the end of the year, he has an excuse!

"Great, tomorrow spring, the navy can go to the South Seas to collect spices again!"

Li Er has now regarded Nanyang as a small treasury, and as long as he is short of money, he wants to go there and get some back.

"Your Majesty may have underestimated Nanyang, there is a vast land and abundant resources, and it is not only spices that can make money!"

Zhao Yin smiled.

The natives of Nanyang are very backward, and even if Nanyang has endless wealth, they don't know how to use it.

This made Zhao Yin feel very pity!

"Really?"

Hearing him say this, Li Er's saliva was about to flow down, and the mood of conquering Nanyang was even more urgent!

"However, Nanyang is not a terra nullius, there are a lot of natives living there, if you want to include Nanyang in my Tang Dynasty, I'm afraid you have to send a lot of troops over!"

"Why?"

"The natives have no fixed place to live, and there is no fixed city, so they can only rely on troops to find them!"

Zhao Yin patiently explained.

"Then send an army over to conquer!"

With these current thermal weapons, Li Er's ambition is also getting bigger and bigger.

"It's okay to requisit, but the number of warships is not enough now, and the crew of the warship is not enough!"

Zhao Yin pursed his lips in embarrassment.

Li Er is a typical example of standing and talking without back pain.

He had no idea how long it would take to train a qualified crew!

The previous sailors had all been trained to go out with Wu Changxu, and there was no one to find in a short period of time.

"What should I do?"

Seeing that the spices in Nanyang couldn't be brought back, Li Er was in a hurry.

"It's okay to transfer back some of the crew from the Wa Kingdom, and then use it to train the crew of the heart!"

"Okay, that's it!"

Hearing that there was still a way, Li Er suddenly came to his senses again.

"But can Your Majesty contact the Navy?"

As soon as Zhao Yin's words came out, Li Ergang's mood immediately fell.

"Datang's material ship has just left, maybe when will it be next!"

It's too slow to deliver a message at sea.

"Aren't there still some navies left in Datang?"

Li Er suddenly had a glimmer of hope again.

"Even if you can, if you want to train, at least you have to wait until the snow and ice melt!"

"Then recruit people first, and let the navy train first!"

"Yes!"

Zhao Yin looked reluctant.

He really regretted telling Li Er about the rich supplies in Nanyang, which was simply finding something to do for himself!

"If we don't do it first, they're going to make a windfall!"

Li Er said fearfully.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, they haven't even built a ship, it's impossible to go to the South Seas!"

Zhao Yin guessed that this old picker was worried that he would not be able to make money.

"Why are they so slow?"

This news surprised Li Er.

The second batch of warships of Chang'an Shipyard has already gone to sea, how can they not be built yet?

"They have indeed built the first batch, but it is for Your Majesty, and this second batch of ships is their own!"

When he handed over the drawings of the ship to the eldest grandson Wuji, the condition was that he would first build a ship for Datang.

"If there are more ships, won't the number of crews needed also increase?"

"That's natural, but Your Majesty doesn't have to worry, you haven't gone to sea to the South Seas, Zhao Guogong won't dare to get ahead of you!"

Zhao Yin smiled playfully.

The shipyard of the eldest grandson Wuji has the shares of many ministers in the court, and if they don't want Li Er to wear small shoes for them, they will definitely wait for the imperial court's fleet to go to Nanyang before they can leave.

"Haha, that's right, there is no map, even if they go, they can't find Nanyang accurately!"

Thinking of this, Li Er finally breathed a sigh of relief.

This old money fan is worried that someone will rob him of Nanyang spices all day long!

When he returned to the Horse Mansion, he saw Lin Wu still waiting for him in the mansion.

I guess I'm a little anxious to wait, and I'm pacing back and forth in the main hall with my hands behind my back!

"Master Pony, you're finally back, has Your Majesty agreed?"

Lin Wu looked up and saw Zhao Yin coming back, and hurriedly walked towards him.

The rifle is an artifact on the battlefield, and he especially hopes that Li Er can allow mass production!

"Your Majesty has agreed!"

Zhao Yin nodded.

"Great, I'll go to the arsenal to arrange it right away!"

Lin Wu happily closed his mouth.

"Good!"

After Zhao Yin waved his hand, he planned to go to the inner house to play with Princess Changle for a while, and as soon as he walked out of the main hall, a guard came to report that the eldest grandson Wuji was coming to visit.

In desperation, he had no choice but to turn around and come back!