"Okay, okay, no kidding, Fangzi, I called you here today, just to ask a few things, you must answer truthfully and carefully!" Ying Chang looked at Fang Zi tightly, and his tone was serious, which made people feel solemn.

"Your Majesty asks, and the minister will answer truthfully and prudently!" Fang Zi bent down solemnly and respectfully and replied.

Chang Zifei, Zhang Feizi, and Yang Ze looked at Fang Zi together, only to hear Ying Chang ask aloud: "Can the short crossbow be imitated?" ”

"Huh?" Fang Zi was slightly stunned, Zhang Feizi saw this, and immediately explained: "Fang Zi, Your Majesty is going to sell short crossbows to the nations, but you are worried that the short crossbow will be imitated by the nations, so I ask you if the short crossbow can be imitated, and if so, it is forbidden to sell it to the nations!" ”

"I see!" Fang Zi nodded, his face showed a look of sudden realization, and then replied in a sonorous and powerful compilation: "Back to Your Majesty, the short crossbow must not be imitated!" ”

Hearing this, Yingchang's eyes lit up.

Chang Zifei frowned slightly, and asked with hesitation: "Fang Zi, are you sure?" This is about the Great Qin Jiangshan Society, no joke! ”

"Your Majesty, Lord Prime Minister of the Left and Right Sides, Lord Shangshu, what Fang Zi said is by no means a joke, the short crossbow looks simple on the outside, but there are eighteen small utensils inside the short crossbow, these utensils are called parts by our craftsmen!"

"Eighteen parts correspond to each other, and one less part of the short crossbow will fail, such as losing the effect of continuous fire; The bowstring can't hit the arrows and so on, in short, without these parts, the short crossbow cannot be imitated, so the premise of imitating the short crossbow is to make these parts! ”

"These parts are as big as nails, thin and thick, and there are scales, not a minister's big words, there are only a handful of people in the world who can make these parts, and the crossbow parts of the Ordnance Department are made in batches with special tools!"

"Maybe there are one or two craftsmen in the countries who can imitate these parts, but it is absolutely impossible to manufacture them in large quantities, because they do not have special equipment, and the Ordnance Department can manufacture them in large quantities, all relying on the equipment, otherwise with the ability of one minister, how can it be possible to build tens of thousands of short crossbows a year!"

"And this appliance is more complex than the short crossbow, containing more than a thousand artificially polished and carved parts, whether it is a short crossbow or a parts and appliances, the parts in it are made of different materials, there is iron, there is copper, and there is a little gold and silver substance, some parts are half copper and half iron, and some parts are three into copper, one into gold, one into silver, and five into iron, the content is uneven, only the Ordnance Department has a detailed content drawing!"

"In addition to the parts, there are also bowstrings, short crossbow bowstrings are as thin as hair, but flexible and powerful, these bowstrings are specially made, and they have been soaked in special potions, potion materials are only available in the Ordnance Department, and bowstring materials are only available in the Ordnance Department!"

"These are all top secrets of the Ministry of Ordnance, and it is impossible for outsiders to get them, so there is no possibility of imitation in the countries at all, they are unique, and Your Majesty can sell them to the countries with confidence!" Fang Zi spoke eloquently, his tone and expression were full of affirmation and confidence, which made Yingchang Zifei, Zhang Feizi, Yang Ze, and Junchen breathe a sigh of relief.

In fact, except for Ying Chang who can understand what Fang Zi said, Chang Zifei, Zhang Feizi, and Yang Ze are a little unable to understand what Fang Zi said, such as parts or something, and they are confused, but although they can't understand Fang Zi's words a little, but the last sentence Fang Zi said, there is no possibility of imitation by the countries at all, this sentence is understood, just understand this sentence.

"Can it be weakened? For example, to shorten the range by a hundred paces? Ying Chang then asked.

Fang Zi pondered for a moment, "Yes!" ”

"Okay, you go down first!" Ying Chang waved his hand lightly.

"Retire!"

Fang Zi bent down to make a retreat salute, and soon left the imperial study, the figure disappeared from the field of vision of Ying Chang and the others, and after Fang Zi left, Ying Chang looked at Chang Zifei, Zhang Feizi, Yang Ze and asked, "I want to sell short crossbows to other countries, what do the three Aiqing think?" ”

Chang Zifei, Zhang Feizi, and Yang Ze first got up from their chairs, walked three steps in front of Ying Chang, and bowed respectfully and replied: "The minister is no different!" ”

It can't be imitated, and the range has been weakened to 100 steps, so it doesn't hurt to sell it, anyway, it can not only make money but also suppress the arrogance of the Wei Empire, why not!

Ying Chang nodded, he had already made a decision in his heart, but he did not immediately order the sale to the nations, but looked at Yang Ze and asked, "How many weapons are stored in the arsenal now?" ”

When Yang Ze heard this, he immediately bent down respectfully and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, there are still 200,000 ring-headed knives, 150,000 horse lances, 300,000 dragon shields, 50,000 short crossbows, 50,000 eight-stone repeaters, 7 million feather arrows, 7 million short arrows for short crossbows, and 300,000 iron arrows for crossbows!" ”

"35,000 10-arrow ballistas, 5,000 catapults, 5,000 oil carts, 10,000 ladders, 50,000 pairs of fish scale armor, the original armor and weapons in the arsenal are more than these, and the reserve battalion has taken a lot of them for training the soldiers of the reserve battalion!"

After listening to the pre-storage of Hyogo, Yingchang had a bottom in his heart.

"How many reservists are in the reserve camp now?" Ying Chang looked at Zhang Feizi with a calm expression and asked, originally he didn't think to ask about the situation in the reserve camp, but Yang Ze mentioned it, which also made him involuntarily ask.

"Back to Your Majesty, the reserve camp now has a total of two batches of reserve soldiers in service, the first batch is the fourteenth year of Shengqin, with 100,000 reserve soldiers in service, and the second batch is for the fifteenth year of Shengqin, with 30,000 reserve soldiers in service, and now there are a total of 130,000 reserve soldiers in service, and the number of retired reserve soldiers is zero!" Zhang Feizi bowed respectfully and saluted back.

It has to be said that since there are reserve camps in various places, at the time of the autumn harvest every year, the captains of the reserve battalions in various places will send the reserve soldiers on duty in the battalion to help the local people harvest crops and make up for the labor lost due to compulsory service.

This move made the people everywhere grateful to Dade, and truly achieved the integration of the military and the people!

Ying Chang nodded, signaled understanding, and after a short silence, he replied calmly: "At present, my Great Qin has no recruitment plan for the time being, and the arsenal is sufficient, so let's pass on my message, the crossbow division of the ordnance department will stop half of the craftsmen to build short crossbows, let the stopped half of the craftsmen make weakened versions of short crossbows, and make the ordnance department expand again, expanding the number of craftsmen from 10,000 to 13,000!" ”

"Obey the order!" Yang Ze looked solemn and respectfully and bent down in response!

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