After the explosion, the soldier put on a brand new barrel, carrying the only remaining rocket, Versailles suddenly felt that the responsibility on his shoulders was invisibly much heavier, this is the last shell, if the test shot can not be successful, then this test gun operation, will end in failure.

"Let's get started!"

With Rand's order, Versailles lit one of the last hopes of the occupancy.

The high-speed air jets from the barrels of the guns set off a strong wind, raising dust on the ground, and the rocket launchers traveled in a straight line, without any deviation from the expected route, and directly hit the wooden building that was the target.

"Boom!"

The wind swept up black smoke and flooded the pile.

"Hit the target!"

In the vast wilderness, the excited cries of Versailles echoed.

......

"Wait, wait, you said, you can't make it in batches......" Rand looked at the list of weapons made on the table with his personal seal on it, and frowned, "What the hell is going on?"

"Uh...... , literally. Touron explained: "After two days of costing since you gave the order for batch* and rocket artillery, I can only tell you that this plan cannot be realized, at least for a short time." ”

"The number of muskets on the list alone is one hundred and twenty, not counting the bayonets mounted on the top of the barrel. This alone will cost nearly 50,000 silver coins. And under the premise of saving costs as much as possible, if there is damage or error in the mold production, rework, it is necessary to add a few percent of the consumption on the original basis. ”

"That's only a quarter of the list, and you're asking to speed up the manufacture of fuel engines and standard armor, and if you set the amount, we won't be able to do it even if we empty the vault. "And a weapon with such a high degree of finesse as * is also very demanding in terms of materials, and to make a cannonball weighing 20 kilograms, the smelting factory needs to repeatedly temper it with nearly 100 catties of crude iron for several days to meet its required standards." ”

"The number of rocket artillery can be reduced as appropriate...... Rand knocked on the table, waiting until winter onwards, the air crossing will no longer face large-scale wars for a short time, and in small-scale battles, muskets with more mobility will have an advantage over rocket artillery.

"Not a discretionary reduction," said Touron with great seriousness, "a substantial reduction." ”

"How much?"

Touron glanced at the list and, after a brief estimate in his mind, came up with a number: "One in five, or even one in six." ”

Although I expected that the air crossing collar would be poor, I didn't expect it to be so poor.

Sixth......

Rand did the math, that is, less than twenty* could be made.

Well, as a massive weapon at the bottom of the box, the number does not need to be very large, it is enough to be able to crush the barbarians in this winter.

"Where's the musket?" Rand asked.

"Seventy, nay, sixty at most, and if you have more, I'm afraid you won't be able to pay the craftsmen and soldiers next month. Touron crossed out one hundred and twenty on the list and filled in sixty.

"If the quality of standard armor is not demanding, the quantity can be more. After all, if it is used as a protective function, it does not need to be refined steel. Instead of crossing out the number after the armor item, Touron explained: "The cost of making the plate armor of the steel fortress is too expensive, and if it is only a combination of armor that protects several important parts, this amount can be increased a little." ”

In an era when most soldiers were armed with rudimentary leather armor, it was already a luxury to have a set of combo armor.

"My idea is that some of the soldiers will be selected to be physically strong or have excellent combat experience, and priority will be given to armor and muskets, and Payne will personally train them in combat qualities," Rand told Touron about his plan, "Then these selected soldiers will become the most powerful team of the Empty Crossing Command, which will be used to deal with the unstoppable enemy and perform difficult tasks, and at the same time, their pay and treatment will be the highest in the entire army." We use this to stimulate other soldiers and pass the assessment by training themselves. ”

Touron understood what Rand meant, "You mean, training the "strongest force"?"

"The strongest combat force, special forces, that's what it means anyway. Rand nodded, "What do you think of my idea?"

Naturally, it is feasible, in the entire continent, every powerful warlord will have his own strongest combat power, the strongest combat power of the Holy See is the "Judgment Legion" composed of paladins, which is above the Scarlet Crusaders led by the Temple of Judgment, and the strongest combat power under the command of Duke Winton is the First Legion known as the "Lion King", they are equipped with the best weapons and equipment, and at the same time face the most dangerous battles.

"I agree with you, but until then, set the number of weapons to be manufactured. ”

After some discussion, considering that after the weather warms up, it will take a lot of silver to replant crops and create transportation roads, so the final customization amount is as follows.

Sixty-five muskets.

Eighty sets of standard armor.

* Three hundred, this thing is a weapon to defend the city, the large-scale killing area is not a joke with you, anyway, the manufacturing cost is not high, Lante simply waved his pen and set the number of three hundred rounds.

Thirty smoothbore guns armed with shotguns, this weapon is ideal for street fighting and close-quarters combat.

* Twenty pieces.

Fifty steel spears and fifty swords.

As for other small items that cost less, Touron did not list them all.

After some calculations, Touron wrote down the cost of making these weapons and put them in front of Rand.

Two hundred and thirty-three thousand six hundred and eighty-five silver coins!

Rand gasped and felt a pain in his flesh.

The silver coins of the white flowers were gone.

Rand finally understood why all the arms dealers in the world looked like they were rich and oily.

I can't help but spend this money......

After Touron left, Rand fell into deep thought alone.

It cost almost a quarter of the treasury to make weapons alone, and if it weren't for the accumulated wealth of the nobles, and not even a few dozen muskets could be made by relying on the taxes of the air ferry alone, and only now did Rand know why Ron's legions had been keen on looting and plundering.

This money came really fast!