Huang Ya was stunned when she saw this, and looked at Dong Neng, who wanted to cry without tears, "Oh, I haven't finished talking yet." In addition to the 1,000 cannons, we have a lot of good things that we haven't shown you. It's only 3,000 21 guns, and you're going to live or die, so how can I talk about it!"

Liu Yu smiled bitterly: "Miss Huang, you don't need to say it first. This sect has been short of money and food recently, and just twenty thousand machine guns cost 60,000 taels of silver, even the main sect in the martial arts may not be able to bear it, not to mention that this gate has just started. ”

Xie Duyan suggested: "Master, although we are not rich at the moment, these thousand cannons are very important to solve the current crisis, and we must build a few." ”

Liu Yu nodded heavily, "You're right, even if you sell pants, we have to get a thousand machine cannons." Later, you will go down and calculate how much silver is left in the treasury, and use it all to make cannons. ”

Xie Duyan smiled slightly, "No need to check, I have all the amount of silver in this sect in my heart, a total of thirteen thousand two hundred and forty-one taels, which should be enough to build four thousand machine cannons." ”

Liu Yu muttered: "There are only four gates, I'm afraid it's too few, and it won't play a role on the battlefield." ”

Zhuge Qian didn't speak, and at this time, the smile on his face disappeared, and his expression became a little depressed, "My sister didn't make it clear just now, in fact, in addition to the cost of the thousand cannons themselves, the shells used also need a lot of silver. The manufacture of artillery shells required not only copper and iron, but also the corresponding gunpowder. These gunpowders come from different sources, and there are two types of ores that are unique to the Western Regions. ”

Xie Duyan frowned, "Copper and iron can barely be found in the city, even if it is not enough, you can let the big families offer some, but where can I find the ore in the Western Regions?"

Di Xin nodded again and again, "Yes, right now, Tongguan has been controlled by the Huangchao army, and Chang'an's road to the Western Regions is blocked, even if we have more money, I'm afraid we won't be able to buy anything in the Western Regions." ”

Liu Yu quietly listened to everyone's discussions, and sighed, "In this way, the thousand machine cannons are just empty in the end. As he spoke, he looked at Zhuge Qian with an expectant look on his face, "I wonder if Mr. Feilong has any wonderful machinery that can be made only by using local materials, which can be used by us in battle, and can break the three fire and thunder skills of the Thunderbolt Hall?"

Zhuge Qian nodded slowly, "There are a few, but the power of the thousand machine cannons is still much inferior......

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Xiao Heda.

Xiao Heda asked directly: "Mr. Feilong, do you dare to make a military order to ensure that the thousand machine cannons you designed are indeed very powerful, and can defuse the three fire and thunder skills of the Thunderbolt Hall on the battlefield?"

Zhuge Qian didn't think about it, "Of course, if you can't, I'm willing to cut off my head and use it as a teapot for you." ”

"I don't want your head to be a teapot, if the thousand machine guns are really useful, then Mr. Feilong is the great benefactor of this sect, Xiao Mou is too late to thank you. Xiao Heda waved his sleeves, then looked at Liu Yu, his eyes showed a solemn expression, "Master, it's time for us to act, otherwise where will we get the money to make artillery!"

Except for Xie Duyan, the rest of the people all looked at each other after hearing this, and they didn't know what the so-called "action" in Xiao Heda's mouth was?

"Are you sure you want to do that?" Liu's eyes flickered.

Xiao Heda nodded, "Yes, as long as there are enough silver taels, I am confident that I will open the road to Tongguan." ”

Di Xin looked puzzled when he heard this, "Strategist, even if you have more silver in your hand, it's just a dead thing, and there is no way to turn the silver into troops, how can you get through the road to Tongguan?"

Xiao Heda smiled faintly, "As the saying goes, money can make ghosts grind, as long as my conditions can be met, I guarantee that I can 'buy' a direct road to the Western Regions under the nose of Huang Chao." As long as we can get in touch with the caravan of Gimod, neither money nor resources will be a problem from now on. ”

Di Xin shook his head, "I object, this move is too risky!"

Perhaps it was his categorical tone that infected the crowd present, and everyone talked about it one after another, expressing doubts about Xiao Heda's strategy.

The difficult monk took the lead and said: "That's it, military advisor, it's better for you to forget it." Although the thousand machine cannons are easy to use, the materials and consumption are also too large, where can a Jianghu sect afford it. It is better to keep the money in the library and buy wine for the brethren!"

He Weigui stepped forward and saluted Xiao Heda, "Military advisor, I didn't sleep last night, and I was always thinking about why my brothers suffered heavy losses in the battle yesterday, and one of the reasons should be that the weapons were not good enough. In my opinion, if you can spare no expense to invite some famous masters who forge weapons to forge some sharp swords for your brothers, you will definitely be able to exert great power on the battlefield and help this sect win every success. ”

Kamizumi Nobubuchi was originally a martial arts idiot who was fond of swords, and he was not interested in any firearms such as a thousand machine cannons, but when he heard He Weigui propose to invite a famous master to build sharp weapons, he immediately perked up and echoed in his thick Dongying accent: "That is, it is better to build a few good swords than anything else." In my opinion, Mr. Feilong's Thousand Machine Cannon has undoubtedly taken a crooked path, and it is not the right path for us and other Jianghu warriors. ”

He said that he was still unfinished here, looked at Li Jing, who had been silent, and looked forward to gaining her approval, and said, "Miss Li, you see what I said is right?"

Li Jing clasped her arms with her hands, "I only know how to fight and kill, and I don't know anything about military strategy." This kind of thing should be decided by the master, you shouldn't ask me. ”

Kamiizumi Nobubuchi hit a nail and had to stop his mouth. But as soon as he stopped, someone else spoke.

Lang Yu stood up, held his waist with his hand, and sneered at Li Jing: "Hehe, Miss Li, as a member of the Sword Sect and the vanguard of the Women's Army, how can you not care about the major affairs of your own sect?

When she returned to Chang'an from Luoyang for the first time, she bumped into Li Jing in Dali Temple, and was mistaken for a rival in love, and was almost hacked to death by Li Jing with a knife. To this day, she still has great resentment in her heart, and it is easy to catch Li Jing's words this time, how can she hold back her words without saying anything and ridiculing.

Li Jing showed a rare good temper and laughed dryly, "Miss Rongyu, it's your business that you have the ability, I don't have the ability, you can't come up with a bad idea and take the brothers into the gutter and capsize, right?"

Seeing that Li Jing took the initiative to soften, Lang Yu was stunned.

She didn't think much about it, and then walked up to Liu Yu and said, "Master, since gunpowder is not easy to get, let's try it with poison." Over the years, I have learned a lot of poison skills from Hua Woman, including a poisoning technique called 'downwind down', as long as we find an opportunity to release poison in the air while the wind is blowing towards the Yellow Nest camp, then we will be able to poison the 600,000 army to kill a lot, which is much easier than any bloody battlefield. ”

She said this, turning her head to look at Hua Liuyu standing beside her.

Hua Liuyu opened his eyes, there were only two flesh holes left in his eye sockets, and nodded: "That's true, it's not difficult to find the materials for making poisons, and all the medicines in the pharmacies in the city should be enough for us to use." After we have produced a large amount of poison, we can release the poison in the direction of the wind, even if we can't poison all the 600,000 troops, it is enough to leave no living mouth in the thirty miles of land. ”

Liu Yu's face was expressionless, and his expression was indifferent, so that others could not see through his thoughts.

He himself is not a master of poisoning, but at this time, he was noncommittal to Hua Liuyu's suggestion, and said: "If the flower woman's plan comes true, I don't know what you want?"

Hua Liuyu hurriedly gave a salute, "How dare the little woman have any wishes, I just hope that after the head of the sect destroys the Huangchao army, she will not dislike the little woman as a blind man, and she can give the little woman a half-official position, leaving me to serve in the door." ”

Liu Yu nodded, "In that case, I can also give you another promise." In the future, when the sect attacks Miaojiang, it will bypass the poisonous holy gate, and the disciples of its sect can stay in Miaojiang and continue to worship the incense of the ancestors and ancestors in its sect. ”

Hua Liuyu bowed his head lightly and said, "Thank you for this!"