"Did I guess?" Zhen Sixteen said irresponsibly.

This kind of thing is a top secret, Wang Peng naturally won't tell anyone, I'm afraid that even Zhen Er didn't know before receiving this batch of weapons and equipment sent by Zhen Qian, Zhen Sixteen also vaguely guessed some through clues, otherwise, with the current strength of Black Domain City, fighting with the three tribes such as the Mengwu Department would be simply looking for death.

Zhen Da knew very well in his heart that if what Zhen Sixteen said was true, there were really 10,000 repeating bows and crossbows distributed to the militia of Black Domain City, and the combat power of Black Domain City would be at least doubled.

Of course, the problem is not so, 10,000 repeating bows and crossbows are not how simple it is to make 10,000 spears, bows and crossbows are the high technology of this era, not to mention the difficulty of manufacturing, that is, the raw materials for manufacturing are controlled and mastered by the state, and ordinary people do not even have the opportunity to contact, and it is a great crime to secretly possess a bow and crossbow.

Of course, this is not to say that Zhen Qian can't get these things, but the number of 10,000 bows and crossbows is too big, so big that Zhen Da doesn't dare to think about it.

Zhen Da knew that Zhen Qian was very rich, and the restaurant and soju made Zhen Qian earn a lot of money, and there were at least twenty or thirty thousand yuan a year!

But the bow and crossbow are too expensive, an ordinary bow and crossbow costs about 20 guan, 10,000 is more than 200,000 guan, this is only the cost price, plus the arrow and daily maintenance wear, don't even think about it if you don't have 300,000 guan a year, Zhen Da's first reaction is impossible.

300,000!

When the Tang Dynasty implemented the government soldier system before, each government soldier could only be equipped with one set of weapons and equipment, of which the bow and crossbow must be equipped, which made the burden of the government soldiers extremely heavy.

In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, the military system gradually collapsed, and the military town began to implement the recruitment system, the soldiers no longer had to prepare their own weapons, all the weapons were issued by the imperial court, and it was impossible to configure a bow and crossbow for each person, and the configuration of the bow and crossbow also dropped from one hundred and twenty percent in the early Tang Dynasty to less than three percent, one of the reasons is that the price of weapons is extremely high.

What the national army can't do, Zhen Qian has done it, if it is really like Zhen Sixteen said, the equipment rate of the bow and crossbow in the Black Domain City will almost reach 100 percent, if you remove the bows and arrows used by the cavalry, and the heavy infantry does not need to be equipped with bows and crossbows, the entire Black Domain City can have nearly 10,000 more soldiers .......

Of course, the quality cannot be compared with the regular soldiers, but it has been made up for in terms of quantity, which is an unprecedented increase in the strength of Black Domain City!

Zhen Da's influence on Zhen Qian was still a year ago, except for the creation of restaurants and soju, and a bit of business acumen, other places are not surprising. As for the wolf's den, Zhen Da didn't care at all, in Zhen Da's impression, it should be the back road left by Zhen Qian for his family, didn't he come out of such a place?

"Then why do you say that the direction of development of Black Domain City is the north and northeast?"

After all, what Zhen Sixteen said was just speculation, and in more than twenty days, Zhen Er and those people would come back, and they would know if it was true at that time.

"Actually, this is the most appropriate explanation that Zhen Eighteen and I can think of?" Zhen Sixteen said calmly.

"Hmm!"

Zhen Da thought about it and found that although the Qin family was hidden in the Taihang Mountain, the direction of development was also the north, and only the north was the weakest place for the government. It's the same with Black Domain City, if you want to develop to the west, south, and east, it's not impossible, but it's too difficult, and only the farther far north is the best place to recuperate.

Perhaps in the eyes of others, the severe cold of the extreme north is an obstacle, but in the face of the magical technology of Black Domain City, such an obstacle is not insurmountable.

Zhen Da immediately thought of these clean-up operations, and the reason why the Murowei people were looking for a mountain col as a campsite in winter was mainly to use the terrain to avoid the wind and snow. It can be said that the bitter cold of winter is the biggest enemy of Murowei, and even the people of Murowei who have lived here for generations can only retreat.

Sending troops to clear out the people around Black Domain City in December was not a good thing to pay attention to, and Zhen Da was initially a little resistant to this decision, believing that this action should be placed after January, so as to reduce the number of casualties among the soldiers.

But after Zhen Da accepted this mission, he found that things were not as difficult as he thought, and Black Domain City had been preparing secretly for a long time.

On the way to the clearance, almost every fifty miles, there was a pre-built campsite.

It is said that it is a campsite, but in fact, it cannot be said to be a campsite, because there is no felt tent commonly used by northern herdsmen in the camp, only a hidden snow nest.

This kind of snow nest is naturally built with snow that can be found everywhere, and can barely hide in two people, very much like the cave dug on the loess slope in the north, but the area inside is smaller.

Seeing such a campsite, Zhen Da thought that someone wanted to frame him, but Zhen Sixteen smiled mysteriously and said to Zhen Dadao: Just try it.

Zhen Da was full of doubts, and after hiding in the snow nest, he found that the snow nest did not feel as cold as he thought, but felt warm and comfortable, except that the internal space was a little smaller, more comfortable than the herdsman's felt tent, and it was extremely convenient to build, only a shovel was needed, which was a stroke of genius for the winter march and reduced the heavy logistics supplies to carry.

The significance and military value of it simply cannot be described as magical.

In addition to accommodation, the biggest problem in winter military operations is the march.

Especially in areas like Murowei, the shallowest snow in winter can reach more than one foot, and in some places the snow is even more difficult to walk, and the whole person can be submerged in snow, and if you want to attack other tribes, you must first pass the pass of marching in the snow, often marching in such a harsh environment, and there are about two or three percent of the soldiers who freeze to death and frostbite, so once the attacking side is blocked, it is often the fate of destruction.

Perhaps knowing this, the Murowe would rarely choose to attack in the coldest weather between December and January, and even if they were victorious, the casualties would not be too small.

However, Black Domain City chose the most unlikely time to attack, so naturally it would not go crazy.

Zhen Da found that his soldiers were practicing a new skill every day, a kind of board that could walk on the snow like flying, the board was slender and long, the front was slightly cocked, about seven feet long and six inches wide, just enough to tie to the soldier's feet, and with two wooden sticks on the ground, the body could fly ahead, and the speed of skiing was so fast that Zhen Da's eyes were almost dropped.

"Skis can walk freely on the snow, even if the birds can't fly it!"

After training, Zhen Da immediately fell in love with skis, the slopes may be a little insufficient, in the flat snow and downhill, it is simply two or three times faster than winter horseback riding, saving horses and forage, making long-distance runs faster and more flexible .......