Chongzhen's open life

Chapter 239 I am a magic arrow, a big spender!
Looking at this scene, Huang Liji and others were just shocked as to what kind of weapon it was and why it was so powerful.

But Xu Guangqi's lips were trembling with excitement!
Turning his head tremblingly, he asked Zhu Youjian: "Your Majesty, this new army is using the magic arrow of my dynasty?!"

God Machine Arrow, also known as a swarm of bees!

The inventor of the origin is unknown, and the earliest time recorded in the annals of history is the Battle of Jingnan.

Both Chengzu and Jianwen Emperor used it during the battle.

It is a rocket launched by gunpowder on a cart, with a range of one to two kilometers!

But there is also a handheld system for individual soldiers.

There are more than a dozen styles of firearms recorded in the "Wu Bei Zhi" alone.

Among them, there are 20 "Fire Dragon Arrows", 32 "Swarm of Bees" and 100 "Hundred Tigers Arrows".

These rockets are all installed in a cylindrical container, and the medicine lines of each rocket are connected to a bus.

Dozens of barrels to hundreds of barrels are often stacked side by side in battle. "When the bus is ignited, all arrows are fired at the same time. It is like a thunderous strike, and no one dares to be the vanguard"!
There are countless records about the use of heavy rockets to attack cities in the wars of the Wanli period.

It can be said that a swarm of bees is equivalent to an ancient machine gun. There are also two types of light machine guns used by one person and heavy machine guns controlled by several people. !

But later this weapon gradually disappeared in the battlefield, not because it fell behind, nor because its production technology was lost.

There is only one reason why this magical weapon was abandoned by the Ming military!
That means the imperial court has no money!
money!Not everything!But no money is absolutely impossible!
As the saying goes, when the cannon fires, there will be ten thousand taels of gold!

Every cannonball fired is made of silver, and so are the swarms of arrows that can be fired intensively.

A lot of use means a lot of waste, and a huge consumption means a lot of money. Mingjun can't even pay his military salary these years, so where can he get the money to use such a big money eater?

So swarms of powerful weapons that have existed since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and have been continuously improved in the following years to become more and more advanced, and have greater and greater restraint on cavalry, are because of lack of money!
It disappeared from the Ming army's weapon list, and was put into the warehouse to become moldy, rusty, and even rotten!
In response to Xu Guangqi's inquiry, Zhu Youjian nodded, shook his head, and then explained to Xu Guangqi's puzzled eyes: "It's true to say that it is a magic arrow, but it is not the original magic arrow."

With that said, Zhu Youjian waved to the front, and immediately there was a soldier
Carefully walking over with a one-meter-long arrow in his hand, he presented it respectfully in front of Zhu Youjian.

Zhu Youjian nodded and picked up the arrow, pointed to the tip of the arrow and said to Xu Guangqi: "Xu Aiqing, come and take a look at this arrow."

Xu Guangqi immediately stepped forward to take the arrow, looked carefully at the arrow, thought for a while, then turned slightly, his face showed surprise, and immediately tapped the arrow with his finger, listening The echo of the knocking said in surprise: "Your Majesty, there is something in this arrow!"

As he spoke, he rubbed the surface of the arrow carefully, feeling the unevenness on it, and said: "This arrow is also specially made, and it is different from ordinary arrows!"

Zhu Youjian nodded with a smile, took back the arrow and said: "This arrow has been modified. There is a kind of thing in it, which can explode after being excited. This kind of thing is extremely powerful. As long as you press it A little bit can compare to the power of a few kilograms or even a dozen kilograms of ordinary gunpowder, and it is extremely lethal!

In order to match this kind of arrow, the arrow has also been rebuilt. Have you seen the criss-cross pattern on it?
As long as the thing inside explodes, the arrow will break down into dozens or even dozens of sharp fragments because of these lines, and splash in all directions. With the impact of the explosion, once these fragments touch the living The object can be inserted into its body in an instant!If it happens to hit a vital point, it can kill people on the spot! "

In fact, this thing is the product of Zhu Youjian's whim after seeing the magical arrow presented by his subordinates. The source of imagination is the explosive arrow in the game in the previous life!
Anyway, now that Daming's various technologies have matured, he even got the high-strength explosive nitroglycerin by accident!
As long as a few trigger springs and a special arrow made according to the idea of ​​the fragment grenade are filled with a little nitroglycerin, you can get an explosive arrow with great lethality!
The first test after this thing was manufactured shocked all the test personnel present, and then the production method of this weapon was listed as a military secret, and all the workers involved in the production were jointly monitored by the three major factory guards. Anyway, now is the feudal era, so there is no need to talk about human rights and freedom of life.

At most, give these artisans who live under surveillance all day a little more compensation in silver.

In this regard, the craftsman can look at the gleaming silver, drooling and nodding to express his satisfaction!

After listening to Zhu Youjian's narration, Xu Guangqi was so excited that he trembled all over, and kept muttering in his mouth: "Wonderful idea! Wonderful idea!

With this kind of weapon, how can my Ming Dynasty be a golden cavalry? !
God bless me, Daming!God bless Daming! ! ! "

But then, Xu Guangqi suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, this kind of weapon is so powerful, its cost may not be low!
It is impossible for such an arrow to be recycled like ordinary arrows. I don't know how much it costs? "

Xu Guangqi asked this question mainly because he suddenly thought that although the weapon is good, given the current financial situation of Ming Dynasty, if the cost is too high, then this weapon will only end up in the same fate as the swarm of firearms in the past, and be shelved!

After all, no matter how powerful a weapon is, if you can't afford it, it's useless, right?

Zhu Youjian naturally understood Xu Guangqi's worries, but he was not going to hide it from him. After hearing the words, he nodded and said: "The cost of this arrow is really cheap, and the most expensive part is just a few of his arrows. For a spring, an arrowhead, and the new-style gunpowder inside, the cost of these three items alone would cost four qian, plus the cost of other parts of the arrow itself, the total cost of such an arrow would be about five qian. Left and right, that is, half a branch!"

"Half...half taels of silver!"

Xu Guangqi staggered at his feet and almost fell down. The cost was too high!

Although half a tael of silver doesn't seem like much, but you have to think about it as a one-time consumable, and the amount used is huge. As Xu Guangqi estimated just now, the new army used nearly a thousand sticks at a time!
That is five 600 taels of silver!
And if it is against a real enemy, then the trick is not only this, but at the very least, it needs to be shot with ten thousand arrows!

That is 5000 taels of silver!

What a battle this is!
This fight is clearly money!

How can Daming's finances afford such consumption?
Xu Guangqi's expression fell. Could such a powerful weapon be shelved again because of the cost?
ps. The first update!
(End of this chapter)