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Chapter 2154
Anyone who has seen the performance of the artillery knows that the imperial court must need a lot of artillery, and the navy must have all the large warships refitted. No less, based on the calculation of [-] artillery pieces per battleship, dozens of main battleships would require thousands of artillery pieces.If you count other auxiliary warships, the navy alone may need thousands of artillery pieces.Of course, most of these must be small and medium-caliber artillery, otherwise the court would not be able to afford it.

This is only the needs of the navy. The army must also need a lot of such powerful siege weapons, as well as those frontier fortresses and large cities. In this way, thousands of artillery pieces are needed. Just rushed to more than [-] artillery pieces.

Although the raw material of the cannon is copper, it is not an overly precious metal, but the Central Plains lacks copper. Such a large amount of copper is bound to cause a certain shortage of copper, which will definitely increase the cost of the cannon.

Wan Huojing came here in person, in fact, on behalf of the Ministry of War, to inspect the artillery. He has been listening to people's narrations. These bigwigs in the imperial court have not seen real artillery. They also need to verify it in person. The result of the verification is of course let Wan Huojing was very surprised, and shouted at that time, "With this artifact, the dynasty will last forever, God bless Your Majesty the Queen!"

"Master Wan! How is it? We have seen the power of the artillery, are we not bragging?" Zeng Yi looked at the excited Wan Huojing and said.

"Your Excellency, you are joking. We have never heard of such a powerful artillery. Such artillery courts need a lot of equipment. If the artillery can spread to the entire army, then what Persian water army, what four-nation coalition army, the court will no longer be afraid of any power."

Zeng Yi smiled and shook his head: "Lord Wan, if you can equip the whole army, that would be great! But in a short period of time, it is basically impossible. Don't forget, my lord, that the imperial court's financial problems have just been solved. Relief, there is not so much money at all to equip the whole army."

Wan Huojing frowned instantly: "Could it be that the cost of the artillery is very high? But I think these artillery are all made of copper. Although the value of copper is not bad, it is not too high?"

"It's true what you said. A single cannon can cost hundreds of taels of silver. It's cheaper than a ballista, but the ammunition is very expensive. Take the Jiaolong as an example, equipped with [-] cannons, even if it's only half used. For artillery, a salvo is [-] shells and [-] gunpowder. As far as the hit rate of the artillery is concerned, if you want to sink an enemy ship, you will need a lot of shells and gunpowder. These consumables are very expensive. !"

Hearing what Zeng Yi said, Wan Huojingcong fell silent, and after a while, he said, "Hey, it seems that our thinking is simple!"

Zeng Yi nodded, "With the current financial capacity of the imperial court, at most several thousand cannons can be prepared, so a trade-off needs to be made, whether to prepare the entire navy first, or allocate part of it to the army."

Wan Huojing sighed again, "It's not something that I, the Minister of the Ministry of War, can decide on. It needs the ministers of the court, and Her Majesty the Queen, to make a decision." Wan Huojing looked at Zeng Yi: "Master Ni , this matter is very important, you should go back to the capital with me as soon as possible."

"Of course, I also need to go back and report to the ministers, Your Majesty, on the situation of the artillery."

Soon Zeng Yi and Wan Huojing returned to the capital, this time the boss and the three of them did not go back together, the three of them had to keep an eye on the Jiaolong.

On the day she returned to the capital, the little princess held a court meeting. After Zeng Yi reported the artillery and equipment and other issues, a quarrel broke out in the court hall. The quarrel was mainly between the generals, the navy and the army.

The navy said that the artillery was originally developed to solve the shipborne weapons of the navy. Now that it is developed, it should be replaced according to the plan. The navy immediately retorted, saying that what is needed most is the army. As long as the army is equipped with artillery, the Allied Forces of the Four Nations will never be able to cross the border. He also said that the navy is still stronger than the Persian navy. It cannot defeat the Persian navy, nor will it affect the internal situation of the Central Plains. Only by defeating the Allied Forces of the Four Nations on land can the Central Plains be absolutely safe.

The navy was not happy when they heard this, and immediately retorted that after all the navy changed their outfits, they could not only defeat the Persian navy and ensure the safety of the sea trade routes, but also attack the coastal cities of Persia and contain the Allied Forces of the Four Nations.Artillery should be equipped with navy first.

The quarrel between the navy and the army was very fierce, and no one wanted to miss such a weapon, but after arguing for a long time, they couldn't argue with each other. Finally, after the research of the big men in the court, the little princess, the queen, made a decision, and it was confirmed After drawing up a plan, the imperial court decided to prepare the navy first, but not all the equipment, but the first-class ironclad ships of the navy, and the remaining part of the artillery to equip the army.

Although the army was somewhat dissatisfied, they also knew that this artillery was indeed developed for the navy at the beginning, and they didn't take it seriously, and now that the little princess, the queen, has made a decision, they didn't get nothing, and finally the sea agreed to the court this distribution plan.

In order to build those cannons, the imperial court appropriated millions of silver at one time, which is already more than half of the treasury's silver. Silver, otherwise, it was just the silver that was stolen from the island country. With such a sum of money allocated this time, the imperial court should have a financial crisis again.

After staying in the capital for not long, Zeng Yi returned to Dengzhou. He suddenly thought of a problem. The battleship was remodeled and the weapons were updated, but his crew was still the same group of people. Those guys had never touched artillery. If he wanted them to quickly operate the remodeled Jiaolong, he had to train in advance, otherwise when the remodeling of the Jiaolong was completed, he would face the embarrassing situation that no one was available.

Those sailors were all water pirates captured by Zeng Yi at first, and later followed Zeng Yi in the South and North Wars. They were all veterans with rich experience. The sailors have always been filled with hundreds of people, and these people let Xiaoxuehua cast the life and death talisman in this way, and they will never betray Zeng Yi's people.Zeng Yi felt relieved to train these people, if he didn't have the Life and Death Talisman, Zeng Yi wouldn't dare to use these people.

(End of this chapter)