Yang Wulian's meaning Qin Shaoyou understands that the fundamental problem of the Zhuge crossbow is not the difficulty of its skills, but the cost.

This kind of thing, hundreds of years ago, has appeared, as long as you want, you can completely restructure more sophisticated, but the cost is high and scary, this cost is by no means acceptable to an agriculture-based society.

Presumably, the Shu Kingdom that used the Zhuge crossbow at the beginning was afraid that it could only be used on a very small scale, and it was far from being able to exert its true effect.

However, for the Shence Mansion, Qin Shaoyou is not stingy with costs.

When it came to the imitation of the Shence Army, someone had already been here for a long time, Yang Wulian introduced that Cheng Xin, Cheng Xin was a very restrained person, and he was not good at dealing with people at first glance, he saluted Qin Shao, his face was a little red, and he didn't know what to say.

Qin Shaoyou just smiled at him and said, "Take a crossbow and let me take a look." ”

Cheng Xin handed the crossbow to Qin Shaoyou, Qin Shaoyou tried not to look at him, so as not to embarrass him, this improved version of the Zhuge crossbow is still a little heavier, but it should be within the acceptable range of ordinary people, most of the warriors of the Shence Army have been trained for a long time, and their physical strength is not a problem, they may be quite heavy in Qin Shaoyou's hands, but in the hands of these people, it must be quite light.

The whole body of the crossbow is made of special wood, and the exterior is brushed with a layer of red paint, Qin Shaoyou looked at the components everywhere, it seems that these components are simple, but there are a few places, obviously the process required is not low, such as the connection between the crossbow and the crossbow machine, a small copper sheet is used to consolidate, this small copper sheet, the requirements for smelting and forging are quite high.

Qin Shaoyou didn't have time to admire, Yang Wulian on the side was busy teaching Qin Shaoyou how to fill arrows, and under the Zhuge crossbow, there was one more crossbow clamp than other crossbows. Similar to a small square box, after taking it out, it was filled with crossbow arrows, crossbow arrows were shorter than ordinary crossbow arrows, and after the loading was completed, Qin Shaoyou pulled the crossbow bow. Aiming at the scarecrow in front of him, he gently pulled the crossbow machine.

Bang.

Crossbow bolts flew out.

With a strong wind, it almost pierced through the air. The range and power of the crossbow are significantly higher than that of the bow, and the bow is a projectile, while the crossbow arrow can be fired horizontally, and a crossbowman who has been trained for three months will never shoot at a level that has been trained for three years.

Suddenly, a small colonel rushed in the direction of the arrow. The arrow did not hit the scarecrow, but when the little colonel came back panting and ran, he shouted in a loud voice: "Four hundred and thirty-five steps, Your Highness, four hundred and thirty-five steps." ”

This number is extremely staggering.

However, now the Tang crossbow can also achieve this range, the only difference is that the Tang crossbow is bulky. You can't just control it by one person.

If the range is 435 steps, then the effective range. It should be around three hundred and fifty paces, that is, within this range, it can create enough lethality.

Three hundred and fifty paces is already nearly double the range of the bull horn bow.

What satisfied Qin Shaoyou the most was when a crossbow arrow was fired. Where it is connected to the crossbow arm, an arrow is ejected from the arrow clip, and there is no need to reload, as long as Qin Shaoyou pulls up the crossbow, he can make a second shot.

And so it goes. The interval between shots will be greatly shortened, and the Zhuge crossbow is indeed worthy of its name.

Qin Shaoyou couldn't help but touch this Zhuge crossbow, of course, there are still many imperfections in this crossbow, such as because the structure is more complex, the materials involved are cow tendons, wood, copper sheets, iron sheets, etc., the more complex the structure, the higher the probability of error, which is obviously the strength of the bow.

But...... The quality problem can be guaranteed with other things, to put it bluntly, it is still a matter of money.

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After playing for a while, Qin Shaoyou handed the crossbow to the side, there was a small shed near the school field, someone handed over tea, Qin Shaoyou took a sip lightly, and then asked Cheng Xindao: "How much does it cost to have such a crossbow?" ”

Cheng Xin hesitated: "No less than eighty." ”

Qin Shaoyou couldn't help frowning, eighty times......

Even if it is this number, I am afraid that Qin Shaoyou will not be able to bear it.

If this is calculated, if you want to maintain the large-scale use of the bow and crossbow of the Shence Army, then every year, you must prepare for the loss of tens of thousands of pairs, and the Zhuge crossbow alone is 800,000 runs, not including arrows.

Not to mention, if the Shence Army will be expanded in the future, and even a batch will be used in the unity camp, this number will probably be in the millions.

Seeing Qin Shaoyou frowning, Yang Wulian couldn't help but scold Cheng Xin a few words: "Cheng Xin only knows how to bury his head in making crossbows, but he doesn't know anything about this production, Your Highness, to build a crossbow, of course, it takes eighty crossbows, but if the Shence Army is determined to promote it on a large scale and set up a new crossbow workshop, the cost will be around twenty to thirty at most. In addition, if the blacksmith is asked to re-open the mold and forge these components, the cost is very expensive, but if the large-scale forging is carried out, the price can be greatly reduced. Your Highness, the lower officials think, can be maintained at thirty times, or even lower. ”

Qin Shaoyou nodded, such a simple economic principle, it still needs to be reminded by Yang Wulian, Qin Shaoyou's face couldn't help but blush, ashamed of the experience of being a human being in two lives.

However, he has not dealt with production for a long time, so he is naturally not as familiar with production as Yang Wulian, twenty or thirty times, and this cost is completely acceptable.

Of course, only the Shence Army can accept it in this world, and for the imperial court, although there are tens of millions of taxes a year, it is obviously absurd to let them take out one or two percent or even more to smash a Zhuge crossbow.

Qin Shaoyou really cares about the crossbow arrow, he saw the crossbow arrow, the structure is indeed more complicated, in order to be satisfied with the matching of the arrow clip, the part where the arrow clip pops out is just a long hole, if the accuracy is slightly insufficient, the arrow may be stuck there, which means that the Zhuge crossbow must use a special arrow, and it must be completely not a little more, a little less, and even a little different, which may affect the use of Zhuge crossbow.

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Chapter 2 is delivered. (To be continued.) )