A gun is not expensive. A cheap short gun, used for close-range shotguns, only costs from two to five guan. A long rifle costs 10 guan, and a short rifle costs 8 guan.
You know, the most common knife originally costs about seven guan, but a high-quality horizontal knife costs more than 7 guan.
However, each bullet of this gun costs as little as seven or eight cents and as much as forty or fifty cents, which makes people feel a little painful.
If you really equip 10,000 troops, you can spend thousands of bullets in one battle.
This is not fighting, this is killing people with copper coins.
But then I thought, three women can easily kill 3,000 heavy cavalry, so if they equip a regiment, they should be able to defeat 10,000 enemies. Calculated by killing one person with three bullets, that is several hundred guns.
That’s all.
If you win a war, you will gain wealth.
The first one to pay was the Wei family, because the Wei family supported Li Shen, the king of Ji. During the Nanyang dispute between his two brothers, Li Shen fished in troubled waters and obtained a hundred acres of land in the port of Malacca, and then in
Behind the port, we cooperated with a local nobleman and obtained 30,000 acres of land.
Including the people sent by the Wei family, as well as slaves, hired Japanese, and local people, he already had a population of almost 200,000 people.
She is only five years old, so what are you thinking about? This is completely Concubine Wei's plan.
Joining forces with Lady Wei is the Runan Zhou family. This is the husband's family of Lady Wei's eldest daughter. It is a large family of four generations and four princes. It is not as famous as the Seventh Family, but in terms of financial resources and influence,
Especially in terms of military influence, it is definitely no less important than any other family in the Seventh Family.
But what's more, the Zhou family and the Wei family have an ally.
Cheng Motou!
Cheng Motou was not in Chang'an, but he had already left a message that if the Qin Prince's Palace had any weapons, they would be able to kill South Vietnam at any cost, and they could enjoy a hundredfold profit.
Three thousand rifles, one thousand each for muskets and shotguns.
The three types of guns cost 300,000 rounds of ordinary bullets each, and the rifle also costs 10,000 rounds of special armor-piercing steel bullets.
The difference between a long gun and a short gun: The long gun only has a simple boring line, and its accuracy is not very high. When the range is long, it depends on density to kill the enemy. Although the short gun has a lethality of less than 300 meters, it brings multiple lines.
Able to shoot accurately.
Five thousand!
This amount shocked Li Yuanxing. It wasn't that Yaozhou couldn't get it, but such a huge amount really surprised Li Yuanxing. Based on the current combat power of the Tang Dynasty, it would be difficult to give Li Shen such a force of five thousand.
With just one gun, they could sweep across all territory in South Vietnam except for the dense forests.
But this isn't the end yet.
"Your Highness, rent another 20,000 people from the Jungle Team. There will be no counter-offering for the fee!"
Li Yuanxing glanced at Li Er inadvertently. He saw Li Er nodded slightly, indicating that Li Yuanxing could agree. Li Er's thoughts were more direct. If you, Wulang, can produce such a huge number of weapons, then you have more.
He is not worried about their mischief, but whether his neighbors will feel at ease.
Li Yuanxing spoke: "Then I will send twenty more instructors, and these people will be returned after one year. As for the trophies from the jungle team, the Mayan warriors, or the division of military power, there must be an explanation. After all,
This is a person with the same roots as us in the Tang Dynasty. We cannot let the Japanese soldiers use it and just give them some food!"
"This is natural, even if some divisions are appropriate."
Changsun Wuji's face turned pale when he heard that Li Yuanxing had agreed at the same time, because he represented Li Chengqian's power.
Changsun Wuji did not dare to hesitate. He stood up immediately: "Prince Chengqian encountered some small troubles on Sula Island. And in order to march to the top of Great Britain, it is natural to make some preparations, two thousand short spears and one thousand long spears.
The shotgun costs 3,000, but it’s a good choice. The bullets don’t need to be special. The ordinary 400,000 rounds each can be used to deal with some big and small troubles next year!”
Two people have already spoken.
This is not a small amount of money. There are only 400,000 rounds of ammunition, not to mention several thousand bullets. The three types of bullets are more than 20,000 bullets. This does not include those firearms.
Together with firearms, training, and short knives for close combat, arming these thousands of people would cost at least hundreds of thousands of knives.
Expensive! But who can not buy it?
At least a thousand guns and a hundred thousand bullets.
Several scribes were recording quickly, while Li Er and Li Yuanxing each showed smiles.
Li Erxiao, because this incident was just like what Li Yuanxing did to Goguryeo, which caused the aristocratic families to enter an arms race. The wealth they grabbed would still flow into the Tang Dynasty. Of course, with powerful military force, the aristocratic families could help the Tang Dynasty.
Tang has established a larger territory.
Li Er knew very well and just sent them out to fight.
So, no matter how loyal or responsible they are, they will work hard to fight.
But...it's completely different now. They fight for themselves. Just like the slave policy that Li Yuanxing once changed, slaves grow food and hand over part of it. Whatever is left over can be owned by the slaves themselves. So that money can be owned by the slaves themselves.
In 2001, slaves became more enthusiastic about farming and their output increased significantly.
Li Yuanxing laughed for another reason, and that was the bullet.
On average, the aristocratic family gives a gun 200 rounds of bullets. These bullets are probably enough for training. After they train for a period of time, it will be very clear that when they actually encounter a battle, each soldier must be equipped with at least four bullets.
Ten rounds of bullets, you can't bring all the inventory to the soldiers.
They will come to buy bullets next.
Everyone thinks that guns are difficult to make, but in fact making bullets is ten times harder than making guns.
After everyone reported the quantity, Li Yuanxing said again: "After some rest, I am preparing to go to Tianzhu in person. If anyone wants to share a share, make preparations early. When you have thought about it, I will send someone to support me.
Just one word and we’ll start after the New Year.”
After Li Yuanxing finished speaking, he motioned to open the curtains.
"Brother Imperial, there is a small place where I want to use troops. I think that we need to mobilize 30,000 Japanese troops, 30,000 Goguryeo troops, and 50,000 Mayan troops. In addition, there are 10,000 infantry soldiers and 5,000 cavalry soldiers from the Tang Dynasty. If we want to fight, we can deal with it in one go.
After that, let the various aristocratic families deal with the scattered places left behind!"
"Small place?" Li Er naturally knew that Li Yuanxing was talking about the jade mining area.
This time without calling the map, Li Yuanxing said directly: "There is a mountainous area in the southwest of the Tang Dynasty, north of Funan, and southeast of Tufan. Although transportation is inconvenient, it is a rare jade mining area in the world, and Tupan is moving troops there.
, in order to invade the southwest of our Tang Dynasty, the Baiyue Funan Kingdom also wants to participate, so my brother plans to teach them a lesson."
After Li Yuanxing finished speaking, he took a few steps back and waited for Li Er's reaction.
But Li Er shook his head: "Wu Lang is going to fight in person. I think it's better for Wu Lang to just watch the battle. To deal with the Tufan people, I'm going to fight in person. Wu Lang, you also said that Tufan is my brother's pleasure!"
Li Yuanxing was choked.
I had to agree: "What the emperor said is true, then I should stay in Chang'an."
Something unexpected happened to Li Yuanxing and Li Er. At that moment, several important ministers stood up at the same time and looked at each other. It was obvious that there was surprise in everyone's eyes, but under the eye contact, it turned out to be the same thought. This move made Li Yuanxing feel even more
So weird.
The man with the highest official position and the oldest age made an example and said: "Your Majesty, King Qin. There is nothing wrong with your Majesty's personal expedition. I think that the efficiency of Tianying Pavilion in supervising the country is a bit low, and I feel ashamed. Therefore, I ask your Majesty to use the arbitrary power of His Highness the King of Qin."
, when the Yingge was arguing and could not make a decision, His Highness the King of Qin made a decision!"
Is Tianyingge mentally retarded?
Li Yuanxing really didn't understand why Tianyingge put a shackles on himself.
However, several important ministers expressed support for this idea. They did not say that Li Yuanxing would supervise the country, only that he would have arbitrary power.
"Very good!" Li Er agreed. He had nothing to say no to. Originally, he wanted Li Yuanxing to supervise the country, but Li Yuanxing did not agree. This arbitrary power is the power for big things. Li Yuanxing loves small things.
Never mind.
Li Yuanxing knew that he couldn't refuse this time, so he had to say: "My brother plans to invite the nineteen kings of the Maya, the thirteen kings of the Incas, the thirty-six tribes of North America, and the seven kings of South America to come to Chang'an to celebrate the New Year. I don't know what my brother thinks."
My brother’s idea is that since we all have the same roots in China, we are all from the Tang Dynasty.”
"Very good!" Li Er agreed again.
This time, it was the dignitaries’ turn not to understand. Although these people have the same roots, and have superb arithmetic and excellent astronomy, they are still a little primitive. Their living conditions are the same, and the strongest ones are the same.
It cannot surpass the state of China in the early Spring and Autumn Period.
Early Spring and Autumn! This word gives many people a feeling of sudden enlightenment.
The Mayans robbed people and money but not cities. Isn't this the same as the Spring and Autumn Period? For such a large area of the Americas, the Mayans are already good, and the rest are even worse than the primitive people. So, what will happen to these lands?
What about points?
What was going on in King Qin's mind?
Li Yuanxing did not say any more, but announced to see off the guests.
Only Li Lanshan knows what Li Yuanxing is thinking? The Americas will definitely not be divided now. When did Europe be conquered? When were the Americas divided? That is the last piece of land, and it is distributed without any resistance. The aristocratic families of the Tang Dynasty joined forces with the original indigenous people.
Build one kingdom after another.
And then..., only Li Yuanxing knew what he planned to do.
After all the guests left, Li Yuanxing gave the order to hold a banquet. He wanted to call for dinner with the princesses. Of course, there were only a few in the palace who came.
But Zheng He told Li Yuanxing nervously: "Your Highness, there is only one princess in the palace today, Princess Qiuyu. Three of the other princesses are still in America, and another one has gone to Huazhou at the invitation of Princess Hengyang.
There are two others in Chang'an who said that there is a new play coming on stage and they plan to watch the play tonight and come back tomorrow.
"Then prepare some delicious side dishes." Li Yuanxing said calmly.
But in my heart, there is an extra thought, Hengyang, Hengyang, you can’t calm down anymore!