Chapter 547: This is shooting money, not archery

Li Shimin didn't speak and just looked at the archer targets in the distance and thought about the problem. A group of generals were excitedly thinking about how exciting it would be if the archer troops had grown from 500 people to 2,000 people per guard!

Li Shimin, who was thinking, was interrupted by the report from the visitor;

"I pay homage to your Majesty."

"See Your Majesty."

Li Shimin turned his head and saw four officials of different ages know that they were either doctors or official positions when they looked at the official uniform. Li Shimin waved his hand;

"Several dear friends are exempted from gifts."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Look at these bows and arrows, some people offer treasures to the court, just now, the generals of the Sixteen Guards have experimented with it. They can shoot 250 steps and still hurt people. Please see how much silver and silk is needed if our Sixteen Guards replace all these excellent bows and arrows?"

The officials of the four working departments were stunned when they heard about two hundred and fifty steps;

"Abide by the order."

The leader took the bow and arrow handed over by the eunuch and studied it carefully, and each pulled a few full moons. The four of them nodded and showed their likeness. They picked up the arrow feather and surrounded it in a circle to check it carefully. Then the four of them discussed the method of making it for a long time, and their faces were red in debate. Li Shimin and a group of generals were very smart. No one spoke, and they all listened quietly to the method of making it.

The four officials from the Ministry of Works argued for a long time before reaching a consensus. The oldest leader, holding arrow feathers in both hands, reported to the emperor;

"Your Majesty, this archer and four others have carefully checked and understood that the arrow feathers are made of birch wood. The arrow feathers are made of the wings of giant birds such as Peng Falcon. They are very exquisite. The arrow skill is extremely superb, but it is an ordinary product. If it were replaced by the arrow made of the 100-smart steel made by the secret method of the Marquis of the Li family in Lantian, the penetration power will be more than three points. The method and finished product of this arrow reduce the grade of this arrow feather, otherwise it will be the best among the fine products."

Li Shimin and a group of ministers were very excited to hear that it could improve the lethality. It was really great. Li Shimin asked calmly;

"I'm here to ask you, how many dear friends of this kind of arrow feather may have made it?"

"If you want to answer your Majesty, it is possible, but you need to carefully compare and try it. Even if you have such a sample in hand, it will probably take more than a year to try it again and again before you can do it well.

If the craftsman who made this bow and arrow is willing to teach secret techniques, I dare say that within one month, the Arch and Archery Department of the Work Department will be able to master the skills and use them proficiently.

We must replace our current iron and steel technique with our current one. If we ask the arrow feathers to increase the lethality of the arrow feather, it is absolutely no problem. But... this kind of superb skill production person will probably not be reported even if he is killed. We can only try it repeatedly. However, since there are samples, I will definitely do my best. Please rest assured."

Li Shimin smiled;

"You don't have to worry, my dear friends. The treasure presenter is willing to tell you the secret method of making it, and you can also guide you to make it on the spot from the side."

The leader immediately smiled happily after hearing this;

"Your Majesty, if the master of manufacturing is willing to personally guide and teach experience, there will be countless capable people in our Ministry of Works. I dare to use the head to guarantee that the arrow feathers produced will definitely be a little further than this one, and the lethality will be a little higher."

"Okay! I feel at ease with love. Okay, you only say how much money and silk a high-quality arrow feather needs. I also have a foundation in my heart. I will discuss the truth carefully with the two Pushes and the Minister of Revenue."

"It's Your Majesty. Just now, the cost of making arrow feathers has been determined. Based on the current arrow feather production and referring to the materials of this arrow feather, I think that three and a half slabs can be made into a top-quality arrow feather."

Li Shimin frowned after hearing this, and did not say a word. Niu Jinda next to him immediately screamed when he saw the emperor's face turned black;

"What? Mr. Zhang, are you right? Our best arrow feathers before were only as good as it was. You dare to want three and a half silos for just one slightly longer? You are too exaggerating, right? Isn't this a slight silos?"

The old man who was over fifty years old said proudly;

"When General Niu returns to General Niu, the three and a half of the officials are still the ones that our court makes. Manpower is not money, and there are many conveniences. If someone else makes this, it would have to spend more money on the money, which is not a rare thing."

A group of generals looked at me, but I saw that you didn’t shake your head fiercely. Who can afford the arrow feather of this price?

What a guy! With a whoosh, it's three or four snails. Two thousand archers shot one arrow and seven or eight thousand snails. His two thousand archers made ten arrows in a row. It's really satisfying. He can also shoot the bandits into hedgehogs, but it's ten arrows at a time? It's only seven or eighty thousand snails! Several generals calculated it briefly in their minds, swallowing and spitting, moistening the throat that was stimulated by the money.

Li Shimin asked with a frown;

"I know what I know. Let me tell you if this powerful skill can be done? How much money does it cost to use it?"

"When you are grateful to your Majesty, since ancient times, the materials used for making bows have been adapted to local conditions. Among them, dry, horn, tendon, glue, silk, and lacquer are all made locally, mainly for cheapness, because the bows are also damaged, they will also be damaged and need to be supplemented, so I dare not pay too much attention to it. It does not mean that the Ministry of Works cannot make strong achievements. For example, the strong bows used by the generals of the Sixteen Guards are not as good as this one, but they are much better than those used by the men. This is because the production is exquisite, and the money is made by the generals themselves, so they can make good things.

The stems of this strong bow are mainly composed of the best jujube wood. Unlike the bows of our Ministry of Works, they are all squid wood and oak trees, but they are better than those of the southerners. This "horn" is the horn of the beast, and the horn of the south is used. There are no buffaloes in the north, so we can only use sheep horns instead. From this point of view, it is not as good as this high-quality bow, and it is also far from the difference.

The most powerful beef tendons are used to make high-quality treasure bows, but our court’s laws stipulate that cattle cannot be killed, so we can only choose the inferior products to fill the numbers. If all the cow tendons of high-quality oxen are used... how many strong oxen on the plowing land must be slaughtered? If the cart is put before the horse, how can farmers in the world still cultivate and plow the land?"

Li Shimin's brows became even tighter, and the group of generals next to him were almost cold. Niu Jinda looked at Yuchi Gong;

"Old Heizi, I think no one of us can think about it. Slaughter half of the cows in the world to make high-quality bows? Who can do such a stupid thing?"

Yuchi Gong was so commendable that he did not argue with Niu Jinda, and nodded in disappointment.

Suddenly a general said;

“Aren’t there many buffaloes in the south?”

Qin Qiong shook his head and said seriously;

"There are many, but the paddy fields in the south are harvested. Every year, a lot of white rice is sent to the court. How can you kill buffaloes? Although buffaloes are not as good as scalpers, they can also cultivate land. They cannot be killed or killed! Alas..."

After hearing Qin Qiong and Niu Jinda's words, Li Shimin nodded frequently. What a joke, no matter whether it is a scalper or a buffalo, there is no need to discuss it. Li Shimin looked at Zhang Yuanwai of the Ministry of Works with a frown and hoped to get an answer, so Zhang Yuanwai quickly lowered his head to respond;

"Your Majesty, even if the craftsman who made this treasure came to teach the secret techniques personally, it would not be made in large quantities, otherwise it would harm the root of the farmers in the world. If you don't use the tendons of the ox to make such high-quality products, please don't consider this path anymore. Let's spend more money and silk to supplement it, and only improving the arrow feathers can also increase the range."

Li Shimin nodded helplessly. Although he wanted to do more perfectly, when talking about the fundamental problem that shakes the farmers in the world, Li Shimin was ready to suppress unrealistic ideas and give up this path. Changsun Wuji next to him immediately stepped forward and whispered in Li Shimin's ear;

"Your Majesty, don't forget that Li Dalang is going to retrace the Silk Road."

Li Shimin's eyes lit up immediately after hearing this, right? The two idiots had almost learned in the military camp. The hundreds of civil and military ministers in the Tiance Mansion had prepared the replacement items, and the Silk Road could start immediately. At that time, wouldn't it be possible to ask Li Dalang to change more strong cows on the grassland to come back and solve the problem?

Thinking of this, Li Shimin's brows stretched out again and asked with a smile;

"Don't worry about beef tendon. If I get beef tendon from another place, it will not hurt the root of our Han people's farming, and there are all masters who teach all the secrets of making experiences. How much money do you need to make this strong bow?"

"Your Majesty, there is no need to calculate it. It's all a matter of 13 sprigs. If we have to bow, we need 100 sprigs. If we don't count the beef tendon, we need at least 30 sprigs to go up.

Fish bladder glue is not easy to get. Not to mention the tendons and silk, but only the paint is used to prevent moisture and corrosion, repair bow tires, paste horns, stick watch handles, lay tendons, strings, and paint. Moreover, each process must be more sophisticated than before, so that such a fine treasure can be made. If you are careless, you will be greatly discounted.

The bow tire should also be selected with good wood, and the length, thickness should be evenly distributed. Then use boiled fish bladder glue to glue the corners on the inside of the bow wall to ensure that the thickness is even and bonded,

Secondly, the cow back tendons or cow trousers are split into threads and wrapped around the bow wall with a rope. Finally, the string drawing and painting process is very complicated, so I don’t have to calculate it, so I understand the cost of a treasure like a chest.

It is not uncommon for such a strong treasure bow to be able to get a silver arch without thirty-five silos, and even the cost is 40 silos. If the production cost is cheap, the Ministry of Works will have already started. Why not solve it until today? Is it not as good as the archery archery that is hard to compare with the thief in the grassland? After all, I still can't afford to install it without money!"

After Mr. Zhang said this, four officials from the Ministry of Works nodded together and shook their heads together.

Li Shimin's soothing brows shrank again, and was so anxious that a group of generals were talking about it again.

"A bow of more than thirty cents is too outrageous, right? Mr. Zhang, are you thinking about greedy for ink and silver, right?"

"Hi! General, what did you say? How could the officials do this? It's really hard to get such a treasure. How can you do it if you don't want to spend money? To put it bluntly, it's good to get it. What's most feared is that you can't get such a top-quality product even if you spend money."

"Well, this is true. I, Lao Hei, think that if the craftsman who made this bow does not come to teach the secret techniques, he may have given enough money and the bow part will not be easy to make."

The head of speaking, Zhang Yuanwai nodded and responded to Yuchi Gong;

"General Yuchi, you are right. Our Ministry of Works can also make strong bows, but to be so exquisite, to be honest, there is no such talent in the Ministry of Works, and to be honest, I am not afraid of anyone making jokes. We only count four of us as veterans who make bows and arrows. Without the skills of such masters, we can't do anything about the masters of bows and arrows if we don't come to teach the secret techniques!"

"But it's too outrageous for you to be so expensive. Who will fight if this continues?"

Mr. Zhang shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly;

"There is no way. If you have magic weapons and weapons, you will definitely take advantage. The strong bow of the grassland people makes our sons shoot without any temper? Have the generals forgotten those things in the past?"

"What's wrong with not having a strong bow? You can still fight, are you afraid of a bird?"

"That's right, if you pile up the lives of your men, you can't afford to hurt your enemies for a thousand dollars. Who doesn't feel sorry for yourself?"

"But this is too expensive, right? I think it's still our previous cheaper one, right! Didn't the previous bow say that it would be possible to make a silver price of four or five jin?"

"Hey! You are disobedient, brother, how far can those things made of silver coins be shot? What did you look like when you fought with traitors in the grassland before? Have you forgotten it again? Can bamboo bows and arrows made of four or five stans be shot to death? Stop making trouble!"

"That one arrow can't be enough to make ten arrows and twenty arrows can always kill a thief, right?"

"Aren't you deliberately quarreling? You have time to shoot twenty arrows? They are not fools, so they have rushed up and fought each other long ago!"

"That's right, if I had many bows and arrows like today for me, Lao Hei, could my men shoot the grassland thieves into a pile of dead people, do you believe it?"

"I said Brother Yuchi, aren't you just nonsense? If you give a bow and arrow to your subordinates of a certain family, who else would you be afraid of?

The brave one wins when they meet on a narrow road. Without saying a word, they shoot five or six arrows first. They are all fucking hedgehogs, and they are still fighting for nothing?"

"That's it! Shoot his mother's arrows, and then rush up and kill them to determine the world. The question is, you have these two thousand archers? This one costs 30 guan! Ten archers, one hundred guan, three thousand guan, one thousand guan, and two thousand archers will cost 60,000. Not to mention the inventory in the warehouse, just archers alone will cost 100,000 guan! Haven't talked about armor and weapons yet, who can afford it?"

"That's not! This is throwing money, this is not spending money! Alas..."

"Oh... It's a pity that if the Sixteen Guards could be equipped with two thousand archers like this, wouldn't those thieves in the grassland be killed by us? "

Li Shimin, who was thinking, suddenly turned around and stared at Niu Jinda with wide eyes;

"Jinda, what did you say just now? If the Sixteen Wei Erlang were equipped with such an archer force, could he make the blood of the thief in the grassland shoot into a river?"

Niu Jinda was arguing with his old brothers, and was stunned by the emperor's sudden question, and responded subconsciously;

"Ah! Yes, Your Majesty, I'm not talking nonsense. Didn't Lao Zhang explain it clearly just now? Our Ministry of Works uses hundreds of steel to build high-quality arrows, which is even more powerful than this bow and arrow. If each guard is equipped with two or three thousand powerful archers, select sergeants with high-quality arm strength to use them, these rounds of arrow rain will basically be a certainty of victory or defeat. What else can you do to beat?"

Niu Jinda felt that what he said made sense. It was just that. If others can't cum, we can cum to death. The winner has been separated, so what else can we beat?
Chapter completed!