In fact, the main reason why Li Shiyi is so worried about the other party wanting a ballista is that he is worried that the other party may make this kind of weapon for war. However, if the other party clearly wants it, it means that he is probably overthinking it.
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"Brother Eleven, will they really use so much cloth in exchange?"
"I don't know. The main thing is that I want so much cloth. As for whether they will give it to me, we can discuss it later. It would be best if I can exchange it for a thousand pieces. If I can't exchange it for a thousand pieces... the bottom line will be set at two hundred pieces. When the time comes,
You just need to talk to the other party, because we may go hunting for a long time this time. By the way, we will definitely give them a new ballista by then. As for the new ballista, I will draw a picture of it later, and it should be ready in a few days.
.Remember that all these increases will be accounted for by the city lord, and of course the replacement cloth will be given directly to him for distribution."
"Ah? Isn't the difference between one thousand and two hundred too big?"
"Haha, let me explain it to you. Do you know the metal raw materials we newly produced? That material is more suitable for making ballistae than the current materials. Although the other side is better than us in metal processing technology, it must be
They can't produce raw materials as good as ours. Even if the crossbow is replaced by them, they still won't be able to make it. In the end, they will definitely beg us for metal raw materials, and there are many products suitable for this kind of metal raw materials, and they may directly
This will lead to the upgrading of most metal products. By then the demand will definitely be higher than our production capacity, but what we have to do is only a few simple points.
1. The lion opened its mouth wide and asked the city lord and others to calculate the opponent's ability to withstand it and increase the amount of exchange as much as possible.
Second, just continue to maintain the output that one furnace can produce. After all, the population base is too small. If you rush to meet the demand, you may lose more than you gain in the future. The water will flow slowly.
Third, improve quality. In terms of raw materials, the main focus is still on improving quality. Or producing other metal materials of higher quality.
Fourth, this fourth is a small operation, but it must be controlled well. The amount of raw materials exchanged to the other party must be controlled well, as if the other party does not know how we produce high-quality raw materials, we
It is also impossible to know what the other party will do with these raw materials. According to my calculations, a maximum of 100 kilograms will be enough for them in ten days, which means that the output is that low. Of course, the final decision is made by the city lord and the others.
Bring me a pen and paper. I will write all this down and draw the new ballista." Although Li Shiyi was not confident enough to think that his plan was perfect, he still had the city lord and the others to check it. He only needed to
Just come up with ideas.
Li Shiyi ended up spending a long time with Li Ersha, because he not only wrote down some recent thoughts, but also made a written report to the city lord. In addition, he drew two drawings of crossbow arrows, one of which was slightly
The improved ones are more suitable for new materials, and they are crossbow arrows that can only be made with new materials. That is for the other side. The other one is to dig out all the knowledge about crossbow arrows that I have learned in the past and design it.
It was the ultimate version of the crossbow that was the same as in a certain tomb-robbing game. With a lot of explanatory text next to it, Li Shiyi finally finished it almost after dark.
Before leaving the suspension bridge, Li Shiyi thought of one more thing:
"Have you put away the melon seeds I asked you to put out accidentally?" Li Shiyi suddenly turned around and asked after walking a distance.
"Let it go, but it seems that the other party didn't eat it, and there has been no news." Li Er laughed sillyly. He probably thought that no matter how delicious the small bag of melon seeds was, the other party would not take the initiative to offer it in exchange. After all, the other party
The food is much richer than theirs.
"Then try it again another day. If it doesn't work, forget it."
"OK"
Li Shiyi felt that sooner or later, the other party would definitely ask to add melon seeds to the exchange, which was richer than the food. His previous world was far ahead of this. In that environment, there were so many people who liked to eat with salt.
He didn't believe that no one here liked the taste of melon seeds. As far as he knew, there was no salt on the other side, so he was not afraid that they could copy it. It just depends on when the first person to introduce this taste appears.
As long as the salt melon seeds enter the other party's market, then other products can be launched. As for the origin of the salt being discovered? I don't know how long it took for the personality of the person on the other side with his nostrils to turn upward. Besides, even if it is discovered, it is not a big deal.
, these things are originally gifts from nature, and they are not unique to Li Shi or the guard. It is also a good thing for everyone to enjoy themselves.
Li Shiyi hummed a little tune with the drawings and set off towards Li Dongxi's shop. He was wondering if Captain Tiger would not like the sword he designed. After all, the style of the sword was a bit too simple. What if Tiger
The captain is the kind of person who likes to have a golden dragon inlaid on the back of the sword, or a tiger head on the handle. Is the size of the blade a little too exaggerated? This style is too niche. Maybe it's normal if you don't like it. Li Shiyi thought as he thought
Looking at some of the missing parts, I also thought that the crossbow I designed seemed to be imperfect in some places. I wonder if Dongxi’s father would understand what I meant and improve it. Unknowingly, I walked to the door of Li Dongxi’s house.
It's strange. I saw the lights on in the house from a distance just now. How come I walked closer and found that not only were there no lights in the shop, but there seemed to be no one there.
Just when Li Shiyi was about to knock on the door, he suddenly felt a burst of martial energy exploding behind him. At the same time, there was the sound of a thick object sliding through the air. Li Shiyi instinctively turned his head to look, but it was too late.
, the white cold light was about to scratch his shoulder. But just when it was about to scratch his shoulder, the blade turned upward and avoided Li Shiyi's body. Li Shiyi was not frightened by the sudden attack.
The reason why he dodged was because he instinctively ducked to hide. But before he could raise his head to see who was attacking him, he felt the knife shadow just cut through the sky before turning downwards and slashing at him.
Li Shiyi took advantage of the situation and put his hands on the ground and jumped to the left. He heard a loud noise and dust flying where he was at that time. Li Shiyi raised his head and looked at the dust where a tall figure slowly appeared, still holding a hand.
He was holding a big knife. Just when Li Shiyi was about to make a sound, the figure dwarfed. First, the tip of the big knife pierced the air and pointed directly at Li Shiyi, followed by the figure with an excited and fighting look on his face.
Captain Tiger pushed the sword with one hand and flew out of the dust. Although he didn't understand what was going on, the desire to fight that Li Shiyi had been holding back in his heart made him finally take action involuntarily.
Li Shiyi stretched out one palm to face the stabbing sword. The moment he was about to touch the tip of the knife, he moved slightly to the side. His palm touched the blade and continued to rush forward. Captain Tiger planned to turn the blade to cut across.
Li Shiyi, Li Shiyi pressed his hand against the sword downwards, and at the same time he turned 180 degrees and used his other hand to hold the heel of the sword. The arm that originally pressed the sword was raised to shine on the sword.
The Tiger Captain behind him hit him with an elbow. Although the Tiger Captain was experienced and had predicted it, he was too fast and could only barely dodge it. He held the knife in both hands and jumped back. He was hesitating and simply stopped playing. He found out
It turns out that Li Shiyi's action just now wasn't finished yet. The turn brought about not only an elbow strike, but also a roundhouse kick. Luckily for Captain Tiger, the big knife was in front of him at this time, and he tried his best to move the knife towards the sole of the attacking foot at the last moment.
Blocked this fierce kick. However, Captain Tiger must not have expected that the moment Li Shiyi finally saw the big knife blocking Captain Tiger's chest, he remembered what happened to the kitchen knife they used in the experiment, so he withdrew his strength.
.However, even if he withdrew his strength, Captain Tiger was still knocked back several meters by this kick.
"I didn't expect that Brother Eleven is so good at kung fu. I thought you had no actual combat experience and wanted to play with you." Captain Tiger smiled awkwardly while walking towards Li Eleven and hooked Li Eleven.
Eleven's shoulders. At the same time, Li Dongxi's family also appeared from the side.
"I'm sorry, Captain Tiger, I was not clear-headed after I started to move my hands. You just wanted to play, but I couldn't help but use all my strength." Although Li Shiyi withdrew his strength in the end, his brain was not completely out of control.
Sober. But it's also true. When he was a little kid in adolescence, he got into a lot of fights and would easily go berserk. As for why he was fighting with gangsters all day long at such a young age, we have to talk about him.
First love. Two years after the young man fell in love with the goddess in his heart, he actually saw that the goddess was very close to the gangsters in the society. He even heard that the goddess with both good character and academics had a room with the gangster. So he pretended that he was already in love with the gangster.
He had been in trouble twice for fighting in the local area. After he learned that the goddess was single again, he happily confessed to her, but was told that she hated gangsters the most... Then times changed, relying on fists was not only in front of family members
If you can't hold your head up, you will be laughed at at school for being childish.
"It's okay. Although you are physically strong and invincible, with this knife, it's not that easy for you to hurt me." As he spoke, he couldn't put it down and touched the big knife in his hand.
Li Shiyi finally felt relieved when he saw that Captain Tiger liked the knife so much. He also turned his attention to the knife and began to appreciate it. The blade of the big knife is more than one meter long, which is basically twice the length of the common blades here. The style is nothing special.
It looks good. Captain Tiger used to have an extended machete, but now this one looks like an extended kitchen knife. The handle and back of the knife are both cast at once, and are treated with a belt to prevent slipping. Although the overall shape is extremely simple,
However, due to some adjustments in size and proportion, it makes people feel very domineering no matter how they look at it. And the simpler the thing, the more attractive it is. I believe Captain Tiger will like this knife more and more.
However, as everyone stared at the sword and Captain Tiger's hand stroking the sword stopped at a recess in the blade, the air seemed to have stopped flowing.
"Tiger..." Li Shiyi was about to apologize.
"It's okay, there is nothing without flaws. It's good to have such a mark here." Captain Tiger's smile made it hard to tell whether it was sincere or not.
"You really don't need us to help you repair it? Or as casters, shouldn't we leave some marks on it?" Li Dongxi joked at the side.
"We'll set off tomorrow, let's forget it. It doesn't matter if I have a mark, and maybe in the future, when Mr. Eleven becomes more famous, my mark will increase the value of my knife a lot." Captain Tiger said as he took the knife.
He swung it behind him and got stuck in the buckle that Li Shiyi carefully designed for the knife. Originally, he didn't have to carry a big knife on his back all day because of the space object, but Li Shiyi felt that if it were him, he would definitely be willing to carry the knife on his back most of the time.
It is worn on the back to show off instead of being stored in a ring, so I designed one for Captain Tiger. It seems that the hero has the same idea.
"But I think it's a good idea that you want to leave a mark on the knife. Many famous shops will put their own marks on some products, which will eventually form a brand effect. You can consider it." Li Shiyi
I don’t know if other manufacturers in the world will do this, but since it is a good idea, I should remind my friends.
"Then what should we use to make the mark?" Li Dongxi thought about making a notch on the back of the sword, but obviously he had no experience in this area and should really listen to Li Shiyi's suggestion.
"Anything can be used, but it must be unique. The simplest and most direct way is to engrave your sign on it, but it can't be too conspicuous, otherwise not everyone may like to advertise for you. Of course, it can also be a certain word or
Patterns of certain animals and plants are fine." Li Shi originally wanted to tell everything he knew, but then he remembered that they were a shop that made metal gadgets. He didn't have much experience in this area, so he still let them think about it on their own.
Bar.
"By the way, Captain Tiger, do you want to give your big sword a name?" Li Dongxi said this after thinking about it.
Captain Tiger turned to look at Li Shiyi, wanting to ask his opinion.
"No, of course you have to name your own sword. The swordsmith can also name it, but I can only be considered half a designer. My name is not appropriate."
"Why half?"
"Because someone in our hometown has actually designed this knife a long time ago." In fact, it doesn't even count, I am just a plagiarist. Li Shiyi was too embarrassed to tell the truth, otherwise this knife would have already had the name.
It's called 'Zhanyue'. This chapter has been completed!