Douluo: Make a gun first

Chapter 148: Exchange of interests, secret expansion of the army

That night, Shen Rui, Shen Feng, Lingna, Dugu Bo, Zhao Wuji and other core members of the Soul Hunting Guild had a long talk all night.

A suitable plan was worked out for dealing with the firearms and artillery that Ning Fengzhi needed, as well as for dealing with the Spirit Hall.

It can be summed up in eight words: exchange of interests and secret expansion of the military.

The exchange of interests is that the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect pays the money, and the Soul Hunting Guild provides it with sufficient firearms and artillery.

This task will be completed by Shen Rui, Lingna, Dugu Bo and other people who are in the open.

Secret military expansion roughly means using the money given by the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect to expand the army in order to cope with future crises.

This task was completed secretly by Zhao Wuji, Shen Feng, Oscar and other little guys, both openly and secretly.

After this beast tide incident, and the subsequent helplessness of not having a say in the distribution of combat items, the humiliation was not even enough for Jue Wu Douluo and Bibi Dong of the Spirit Hall to face.

Shen Rui and others have made up their minds to establish their own army, and it is an army of ordinary people equipped with guns and artillery.

After all, soul masters are rare, their growth is relatively difficult, and the cost of training and supporting them is ridiculously high.

The Spirit Hall claims to have 100,000 spirit masters, dominating the entire Douluo Continent.

But who could have known that these soul masters were barely able to survive by exploiting the Tiandou Empire and the Xingluo Empire.

Just look at the subsidies for soul masters and you will know how much blood the Spirit Hall sucks from the Tiandou Empire and the Xingluo Empire every year.

If the Soul Hunting Guild wanted to rely on the power of soul masters to develop to a level that would attract the attention of large soul master forces such as the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and the Spirit Hall, even if they were given another ten years to develop, they might not be able to succeed.

But ordinary people's troops are different. Not only do they grow fast and have low training costs, but even the cost of supporting them is several times less than that of soul masters.

Look at the Tiandou Empire and the Xingluo Empire. They only rely on the millions of lions formed by ordinary people and a small number of soul masters and generals, which is enough to make the Spirit Hall give them some respect.

After all, this world is still a world of ordinary people, and soul masters only account for one thousandth of the total population of the entire Douluo Continent.

Among a population of hundreds of millions, there are only a few hundred thousand soul masters.

If Shen Feng and others had 100,000, no, just 50,000 ordinary people equipped with guns and artillery, it would be enough to overtake others and put pressure on the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and the Spirit Hall.

If there were an army of 200,000 ordinary people equipped with hot weapons, Shen Feng and others would definitely be able to establish themselves as kings and bite off one or two kingdoms from the two major empires, the Tiandou Empire and the Xingluo Empire, for fun.

If they had an army of millions of thermal weapons, the entire Douluo Continent might have to live under the control of Shen Feng and others.

The reason why Shen Feng and others did not vigorously develop ordinary people's troops in the past was that they had no money.

You know, the sound of a cannon is worth a fortune. This beast tide alone wiped out the ammunition stocks that Shen Feng and others had accumulated over the past three years.

Now that we have the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, a wealthy family that can rival a country, if we don’t take the opportunity to develop our own power, then this opportunity created by God will be wasted.

The next morning, Zhao Wuji left Soul Hunting City with Shen Feng, Oscar and other little ones according to the plan discussed last night.

Firstly, this trip can hide the information of Shen Feng and others, and prepare for the Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition two years later.

Shen Feng was also very jealous of the two top-grade soul bones from Tang Hao.

Secondly, it is to find a secret base that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, to train a group of loyal officers who are infected with the red color, to lead the modern army that Shen Feng has in mind that can dominate the world.

At the same time, Shen Rui, Lingna and Dugu Bo also found Ning Fengzhi and Jian Douluo who had not slept all night.

Seeing Shen Rui and the others coming, Ning Fengzhi immediately came forward to greet them. "Brother Shen, regarding the firearms and artillery mentioned yesterday, I wonder if your union has come up with a regulation?"

"You can name any price, but I only want the one your internal staff use."

Shen Rui nodded, and directly took out an automatic rifle and a mortar from the soul guide and placed them on the table in the room.

"This is the one our internal staff uses. Compared to other export products that require a large amount of soul power to activate bullets and shells, this one only requires a trace of soul power to activate bullets and shells."

"And the power won't be reduced much. Even if a soul warrior is less than level 10, holding this type of firearm or artillery, it will be enough to pose a fatal threat to the backbone of the soul master world, such as the Soul Sect and Soul King."

As soon as Shen Rui said this, Ning Fengzhi's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Brother Shen, are you serious?"

Their Seven Treasures Glazed Sect has more than 6000 soul masters of various levels. When you add those soul warriors without soul rings, the number is close to .

If all members were soldiers, and each of them had the powerful killing power of Soul Sect or Soul King level, what a horrifying scene it would be.

Tens of thousands of Soul Sect members and Soul Kings launched an attack. Even Ning Fengzhi, who considered himself knowledgeable, had never dared to imagine such a horrifying scene.

Shen Rui smiled and made a gesture of invitation, "Whether it is exaggerated, Sect Master Ning can check it himself."

Ning Fengzhi glanced at Shen Rui, reached out and grabbed the automatic rifle on the table, looked around, and pointed the gun at a pillar in the room.

He pulled the trigger lightly, and the sound of gunfire suddenly resounded throughout the room. Tongues of fire spurted out from the muzzle of the gun, and the pillar instantly shattered into a large amount of debris, and broke completely in the blink of an eye.

The gunshots subsided, and Ning Fengzhi stared at the gun in his hand with a fiery gaze.

"Sure enough, it is really powerful, and the consumption is very little. Even if it is only the first level of soul power, it is enough to stimulate ten to twenty projectiles."

"Awesome, awesome."

"President Shen, we want this one, but we don't know how much it costs? And how much can you produce?"

Shen Rui thought for a moment and said, "Master Ning, you also know that our Soul Hunting City has just experienced a soul beast tide, and the loss of firearms and ammunition is huge, so for the time being, we can only provide equipment for 300 people in your sect."

"We will expand production capacity as soon as possible, so that all soul masters of your sect can be equipped with this equipment within five years."

"As for the price, since we are providing it to Sect Master Ning, we certainly cannot charge according to the market price."

"I'll make the decision. I'll give Sect Master Ning a 5% discount. Automatic rifles cost 1 gold soul coins each, bullets cost 20 gold soul coin for 10, mortars cost 5 gold soul coins each, and artillery shells cost 1 gold soul coins each."

"As for other special ammunition such as incendiary bombs, high-explosive bombs, armor-piercing bombs, etc., they will be supplied to your clan at half price."

"I wonder if Sect Master Ning can accept this price?"

（注：本书1金魂币＝100银魂币＝10000铜魂币。每枚金魂币20克左右，相当于现实10000块的购买力。

Dear readers, please do not compare this book with the collapsed monetary system in the original book.)
Ning Fengzhi nodded eagerly: "It's feasible, the price is very fair, thank you very much, President Shen."

"I just don't know how to make these weapons and equipment."

Before Ning Fengzhi finished speaking, Shen Rui interrupted him and said, "Sect Master Ning, you and His Majesty Sword Douluo saved our Soul Hunter Guild during this beast tide. All of us in the guild are very grateful to you."

"But these weapons and equipment are also related to the survival of our Soul Hunter Guild, so please don't affect our friendship, Sect Master Ning."

(End of this chapter)