Roland was so pleased with the results of Jack and Kafta that he decided to suggest to his father that the "Wind Spear" be promoted in the Far Eastern Army.

First of all, this is a new type of individual weapon with great potential, which is more cost-effective than enchanted bows and crossbows, and it is far easier for ordinary people to learn rifle shooting than to train to draw a bow and shoot arrows, which is convenient for expanding armament warfare; Secondly, the "Wind Gun" is also very suitable for promotion to the people.

The Far East implements a "reserve military service system", and adult men are required to receive regular military service training, but the militia is far inferior to the regular army in terms of equipment and tactical literacy...... I'm afraid that only human lives can be used to make up for the gap in strength. However, now with the "Wind Lance", the balance of power between the two sides has changed subtly, and if even the grassroots militias in the Far East are generally equipped with the Wind Lance, the imperial authorities will have to reconsider the price to be paid for launching the Crusade.

Of course, there is no such thing as a perfect weapon. The main problem with the Wind Spear is that it has limited lethality, and it is difficult to pose a threat to high-level transcendent professions unless it hits a vulnerable point such as an eye. In addition, the design idea of the "Wind Gun" could not be generalized to the field of cannon design.

For a cannon, the destructive power is the most important indicator, and it is easy to create a cannon with a larger caliber, longer range, and more powerful by increasing the number of turns of the coil of the magic crystal core or the constant electric spell level of the excitation device. If you use the idea of an air rifle to create a cannon, you need a huge gas cylinder, which can easily become a target for enemy strikes, and if the gas cylinder explodes, it will cause heavy damage to your own position. What's more, it is also a hassle to inflate such a large gas cylinder, small wind elements cannot provide enough compression power, and a large number of super-large or even giant wind elements need to be summoned to work together, and the cost of the inflator will skyrocket by thousands of times, and the cost performance is much lower than that of conventional magic crystal cannons.

The production of firearms requires professional skills, and Roland still contracts this huge military order to the military factories in Icewind Dale according to the old rules. The Icewind Dale dwarves have a racial talent for forging weapons, and their traditional talents are more in the realm of guns than other dwarven tribes.

The mountain artillery and field artillery equipped by the Far Eastern Army are all produced in Icewind Dale, and when Roland first crossed over to the world of Vares, he first came into contact with the Crystal Pistol in Icewind Dale. Since the founding of the Far East, the Icewind Valley region has rapidly developed into one of the largest military bases in the Far East and even in the whole of Vares, relying on its strong technical foundation, perfect military industrial chain, and rich coal and steel resources.

After receiving the blueprints for the "Wind Lance" and the magic inflator from Roland, the Dwarven Lord and firearms engineer Bratu Wrought Iron personally joined Jack and Kafta's team to simplify the gun-making process in the laboratory and design a firearms processing line suitable for the factory environment.

From the beginning of 1624 to May of that year, Bratu Wrought Iron finally established a factory in Icewind Valley specializing in the production of "wind guns" and special ammunition and supporting inflators, ten production lines were started at the same time, and it is expected to produce 100,000 "Far East Type 1624 air rifles" per year, and the "Type 1624 air pistols" for officers do not need much, and the annual output of 1,000 is enough.

In late May, Roland received the first batch of air rifles mass-produced by the military factory, and accompanied his father to the shooting range to test it on the spot, and the indicators were almost the same as the samples in the laboratory. The price of an air rifle is 50 gold taler, and for every one sold, the military factory can fall 5 gold taler's net profit, and the profit of 10% is not high.

The Dwarves of Icewind Dale are not only good at making guns, but they are also good at playing with guns. Rudolph decided to prioritize the installation of "wind spears" in the dwarven heavy infantry divisions, and if there was still a surplus of production capacity in the arsenals, the next step would be to equip the "wind spears" in the two "chaser divisions".

The "Far Eastern Chasseurs" are actually the "Far Eastern Rangers" with military status, and shooting is their professional specialty, but they used to use crossbows and throwing knives, but now they have transformed into air rifles, from archers to lancers, and they are still a little resistant.

It's like a person who is used to using mechanical watches, you recommend electronic watches to him, even if he admits that electronic watches do not need to be wound, and there are indeed certain advantages over mechanical watches, but there is always some reluctance psychologically, and he can always find all kinds of reasons to prove that his old-fashioned mechanical watches are more reliable and better than such a novelty as electronic watches.

Roland made a simple calculation, the Icewind Valley Gun Factory can provide at least 100,000 air rifles per year, which can meet the needs of the regular army and have a lot of surplus, rather than letting these guns pile up in the warehouse to eat ashes, it is better to sell them as soon as possible to recover the cost. As he had suggested to his father, Roland thought it would be a good idea to sell the "Wind Guns" to militias throughout the Far East.

Rudolph was hesitant. First of all, he acknowledged his son's point of view, the promotion of air rifles to the militia is conducive to improving the country's mobilization capacity, once war breaks out, adult men who have received reserve training in all towns, villages, and all walks of life across the country can change into military uniforms and carry rifles to go to the battlefield, forming a considerable combat effectiveness. But on the other hand, if the millions of militias in the country are armed with air rifles, it is a civilian armed force that cannot be underestimated, and if this force is dissatisfied with the government in the Far East, it can rebel with guns, and the government will pay a heavy price for suppressing it.

Roland was no stranger to his father's concerns. In the world before he traveled, there was endless debate over whether a country's government should "ban guns", which can be called one of the hottest social topics. Both sides of the argument and the opposition can come up with solid evidence, but in Roland's view, there is no one-size-fits-all answer to this question, and it needs to be judged according to different times and national contexts.

In a populous, urbanized country where supernatural forces are absent, the government, as the voice of the ruling class, has the incentive and the need to strictly control the ownership of firearms by the people. In such a society, people are mortal, whether they are high-ranking government officials or billionaires, a shot will be life-threatening. As for the presence of firearms among civilians, the increase in personal destructive power is immeasurable, and even professional boxers dare not single out a schoolboy with a gun. For the sake of preventing vicious crimes and maintaining public order, even if it is not possible to completely ban guns, at least the sale and circulation of firearms should be strictly controlled.