Three Kingdoms, at the beginning of the game, recognize the thief as the father, hit the spectacle,

When he heard the price of 30, Sun Jian was taken aback for a moment, and then the lingering smile on his face subsided a lot.

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"30?"

"Just 30 yuan?"

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Seemingly looking at Zhang Yan in disbelief, Sun Jian had a weird expression.

It's not that the price is too expensive, but...

But the price is a bit too cheap.

According to his original prediction, it would be reasonable for Zhang Yan to sell this kind of thing for at least 80 million yuan, or even a million yuan. After all, only in this way can the value of the hundreds of catties of brass be filled.

But now Zhang Yan only gave him a price of 30...

There will be no fraud here, right?

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Unlike those short-sighted guys, Sun Jian knew very well that there was never a free pie in this world, and as much as he got, he would definitely pay the corresponding price.

Judging from the current copper price of the big man, the value of this thing is probably more than 30 yuan just for melting and casting copper coins. Even if Zhang Yan owns some idle copper mines and does not need to melt money to cast cannons...then the 30 yuan is one The price is also a bit strange.

Doesn't he want to make money?

It wasn't that Sun Jian thought too much, but that as soon as Zhang Yan quoted the price, he immediately felt that it was a fraud, and at the same time, he looked in Zhang Yan's direction cautiously.

Seeing this, Zhang Yan could only smile helplessly.

Indeed, the cost of building a door of this thing in Lujiang is around 18 to 20 yuan. If it is 30 yuan, the price is indeed a bit cheap.

But firearms... the main body has never been the part that costs the most money.

Just like Kar98k can only be reduced to a fire stick when there are no bullets. If you want to use artillery, special shells and primers are almost necessary.

Although the cannon itself is cheap... but today's big man, who has the ability to purify saltpeter and sulfur, not to mention his family, is not much worse.

In addition, the perfect formula for gunpowder is currently only available to Lujiang... Then Sun Jian bought this artillery back, which is equivalent to creating a continuous source of trade income for Lujiang.

The new weapons cannot be put into use without training, and once they are trained...then it will be a real cannon shot, golden taels.

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"De Mao, it's not my brother, I'm too suspicious, it's just your price of 30 per door...is there something wrong?"

"Although I don't like those twists and turns, you don't have to take me for a fool..."

"If this thing costs 30 yuan, won't you lose money?"

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Looking at Zhang Yan suspiciously, Sun Jian's words were still simple and direct.

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"Brother Wentai, that's not the case."

Hehe smiled at the other party, Zhang Yan's expression was full of kindness.

"This cannon is indeed only 30 yuan a piece. Brother Wentai, even if you buy ten pieces, it will only cost 300 million yuan, which is nothing compared to those armors before."

"only……"

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"Just what?"

Hearing what Zhang Yan said, Sun Jian's heart skipped a beat.

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"It's just that, in addition to the gun body, if this artillery wants to be used normally, it also needs to be equipped with a projectile and a primer. When using it, use a torch to ignite the primer fuse to bombard the projectile."

Speaking of this, Zhang Yan smiled at Sun Jian with some embarrassment.

"So, I have to buy the projectile and primer separately, right..."

"Oh, I knew..."

He pursed his lips in a speechless manner. After hearing this, Sun Jian felt more at ease than before.

When he heard Zhang Yan's quotation before, he was afraid that what the other party sold him were those defective goods that would be scrapped in a short time.

Now that Zhang Yan talked about buying ammunition separately, Sun Jian naturally felt relieved.

After all, you want to make money by selling this kind of thing, so if I scrap it in three to five months, what money can you make?

"Tell me, how do you sell this ammunition?"

Heaving a sigh of relief, Sun Jian said to Zhang Yan slowly.

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"Not expensive, not expensive."

With a mysterious smile on the corner of his mouth, Zhang Yan stretched out three fingers, and after hesitating for a moment, he took one back.

"Brother Wentai, the base medicine for this package is only [-] yuan per base."

"As much as you buy with me this time, I will give you as many basic ammunition as a matching package. However, if these ammunition is used up, if you want to get it again, you will have to pay extra to buy it."

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The attitude towards Sun Jian was so resounding, Zhang Yan said vowedly, and at the same time showed a look of reluctance to give up his love in front of the other party.

It's as if he gave Sun Jian a base amount of ammunition, and he suffered a lot.

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"Uh...a base number?"

"How much is a base?"

For a while, Sun Jian didn't figure out what the so-called "ammunition base" Zhang Yan was referring to.

But soon, Zhang Yan, who noticed this, explained it softly to him.

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"Brother Wentai, this ammunition base is a concept we used when Lujiang managed the army's supplies. You can try to use it when you return to Changsha in the future. The efficiency is still very high."

"The so-called base is the food, grass, food or ammunition that a fully staffed combat unit needs to consume after a standardized battle."

"Take the grain and grass that we are all familiar with as an example. There are a thousand soldiers in my big camp in Lujiang. During the war, the food supply per person per day is six catties of grain. A basic battle takes one to two days... ...The basic amount of food and grass is 1 catties, which is just enough to consume for a battle."

"As for ammunition, it's the same."

After roughly stretching out his hand to gesture with Sun Jian, Zhang Yan quickly taught this very useful concept to Sun Jian in front of him.

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"After our long-term research and experiments, if we want to fully utilize the efficiency of a cannon, we need at least fifteen or sixteen soldiers to work together to carry ammunition, adjust the muzzle and other tasks."

"Combined with the soldiers guarding the position with weapons, almost every 100 people, that is, in a soldier phalanx, will be equipped with one artillery piece."

"If there are too many artillery, it will not be able to achieve such a good effect due to insufficient manpower."

"This base number is the gunpowder and projectiles needed for thirty consecutive bombardments by an artillery phalanx."

"As long as it is not too wasteful, these ammunition is enough to support a artillery through a battle."

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A base of [-] rounds, [-] yuan.

In other words, every time these artillerymen fired a cannon, Sun Jian's materials worth about 600 to [-] yuan would be consumed.

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After Zhang Yan spoke for a moment, Sun Jian understood the account in his heart.

To be honest, the price is not very high, but it is definitely not low.

After enduring heartache and calculating the gains and losses, Sun Jian still nodded to the other party.

The 30 yuan has been spent, so what is the last shiver?

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"This... [-] is [-]. In that case, De Mao, I will order ten cannons from you first. After you finish casting, I will have the weapons dragged back to Changsha."

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Sighing, he said to Zhang Yan, Sun Jian is not the kind of indecisive person, and with a small gold mine in his hand as a guarantee, the business of tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars is actually not in Sun Jian's experience What real feeling, just spend it directly.

This is the same as advance consumption. When the price becomes a number, people's sensitivity to it is naturally greatly reduced.

"As for the ammunition... Demao, I have one more question for you."

Sun Jian seemed hesitant to speak.

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"I saw the projectile before, but it was just a solid iron ball. It is not irretrievable after being blasted out."

"If people are sent to collect after each war, can it be used again?"

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It has to be said that as a general who commands a place, Sun Jian's thinking is still very flexible.

Although firearms are still a novelty for most people in this era, Sun Jian has already begun to think about recycling resources such as ammunition.

If it is on the battlefield of later generations, behavior like this is actually not uncommon.

For example, collecting spent shell casings and reloading them as bullets.

For example, during World War II, an Italian infantry brigade made temporary iron pots from Allied shell casings.

There are even some more grotesque behaviors, which are not uncommon in times of shortage of supplies.

Just thinking of the metal craftsmanship of this era, and the amount of charge that bounced repeatedly on the edge of the blast chamber, Zhang Yan still shook his head at Sun Jian.

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