After Zhu Xiong walked down the city wall, he immediately returned to his mansion.
? He was not worried about the Mongolian army outside the city.
With the height of the city walls of the Starting City, there were still 100,000 soldiers guarding the city. In addition, there was a famous historical general like Qin Liangyu.
With the tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalrymen, it would be a dream for them to break through the Initial City.
The hundred thousand strong army in the Starting City might still have some problems.
However, it was more than enough to defend the city.
Qin Liangyu's words opened a door for Zhu Rong.
The first thing Zhu Xiong did when he returned to his mansion was to open the System Store.
Then, he searched for weapons in the system store.
The first thing he looked for was the Qin Crossbow that Qin Liangyu had mentioned.
The manufacturing process of Qin Crossbow had been lost for a long time, but Zhu Xiong believed that he could definitely find the finished product in the System Store.
As expected, Zhu Xiong quickly found Qin Crossbow in the system store.
Zhu Xiong immediately clicked on it.
He discovered that Qin Crossbows only cost 100 points each.
However, after looking at the attributes of the crossbow, Zhu Xiong was a little disappointed.
Zhu Xiong remembered that in his previous life, someone had said that the Qin crossbow had a long range, up to 600 steps away. It was even more powerful than the firearms of the future.
In some movies, the spectacular scene of Qin crossbows firing at the same time was also very scary.
But after seeing the true range of the Qin crossbow, Zhu Xiong was speechless.
There was no such thing as 600 steps. It was 60 steps, and the effective range was 120 to 180 meters.
It was not as far as an ordinary bow and arrow.
Moreover, the Qin crossbow was troublesome to use. It was complicated to refill, inaccurate, and easy to damage.
It was impossible for a scary scene like in the movies to happen.
On the other hand, archery was much easier to do.
Helplessly, Zhu Xiong could only give up on the Qin crossbow and continue to look at other crossbows.
Soon, Zhu Xiong saw the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow.
Zhu Rong's eyes lit up.
He immediately checked.
However, after checking, he was greatly disappointed.
This Zhuge Repeating Crossbow was also known as the Yuanrong Crossbow. It sounded very impressive and could shoot ten bolts in a row.
The range was also very long, and the power was also very impressive.
However, it was indeed a giant crossbow that one person could not use.
It could be placed on the city wall to defend the city.
It was not possible to fight alone.
It also didn't meet the standard of the crossbow in Zhu Xiong's heart.
Helplessly, Zhu Xiong gave up again and continued to search.
Crossbow?
It was civilized because of the European Crusade and was passed down from China. The inventor was the Chu Qin family during the Spring and Autumn Period of China.
This thing was a big killing weapon in the European Middle Ages. It was one of the main weapons of the European Crusaders.
He was known as the Knight Killer.
Compared to ordinary bows, crossbows were simple to use and cheap to produce. However, their lethality was greatly increased. They had a longer range and greater penetrating power. In the early days of their popularity in Europe, the knight's chain mail was almost completely ineffective.
However, Zhu Rong only glanced at it and didn't pay attention to it.
Because this thing was outdated.
Right now, the bows and crossbows used by the Great Ming Army were countless and more powerful than crossbows.
Even the Mongolians looked down on this kind of bow. Wasn't making this equivalent to reversing history?
At this moment, a crossbow appeared in Zhu Xiong's eyes.
An improved Yuanrong Crossbow?
Seeing the name, Zhu Xiong subconsciously paused.
Then, he immediately checked.
Then, Zhu Rong's eyes became brighter and brighter.
As mentioned before, this Yuanrong Crossbow was actually the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow that Zhuge Liang had created.
It could shoot seven times in a row and was quite powerful, but it could not be used by a single person.
This modified Yuanrong Crossbow was not Zhuge Liang's version of Yuanrong Crossbow.
Instead, it was a high-quality Yuanrong Crossbow that had been modified from the Ma Jun version.
The Ma Jun version of the Yuanrong Crossbow was an improvement on the Zhuge Liang version of the Yuanrong Crossbow.
It could fire 50 crossbow bolts at once.
It was just that the production process was responsible, and the crossbow bolts needed to be specially made, so they were not put into production and were eventually lost.
The improved Yuanrong Crossbow in the system was based on Ma Jun's improvements.
The size was suitable for individual combat.
The structure was also much simpler. Although the arrows still needed to be specially made, the requirements were not high.
It was very suitable for mass production.
Also, although this Yuanrong Crossbow was simple and lightweight in terms of structure and size.
However, its power had more than doubled.
The original Yuanrong Crossbow had a shooting range of 50 to 80 meters for iron arrows and 120 to 150 meters for ordinary arrows. Each shot accurately hit the target within 30 meters, and it would only take a few seconds to shoot ten arrows.
The improved Yuanrong Crossbow had a shooting range of 160 to 180 meters. The shooting range of ordinary crossbows could reach 300 meters. Each shot could hit the target within 100 meters. The rapid firing was the same, but the arrow box could hold 50 arrows. Moreover, the arrow box could be disassembled separately for easy refilling.
Its lethality and penetrative power were both very powerful. The power of the iron arrow within a distance of 150 meters could even penetrate steel armor.
Within 300 meters, normal arrows could penetrate cotton armor.
This improved Yuanrong Crossbow was definitely a great killing weapon.
After seeing the improved Yuanrong Crossbow, Zhu Rong couldn't take his eyes off it.
Looking at the price, it was 1,000 points per round!
Hiss!
It was really expensive. It was almost as expensive as Zhu Xiong exchanging for a beginner elite-type talent.
Let's take it slow first.
Therefore, Zhu Xiong continued to look for more suitable weapons.
However, the more he looked down, the more expensive the items became.
Moreover, it was very troublesome to manufacture.
After thinking for a while, Zhu Xiong looked at the firearms category.
At this time, Da Ming already had the most firearms.
Moreover, he had already occupied an important position in the Ming army.
Before Old Zhu founded the country, the power of firearms had already been demonstrated in the battle with Chen Youliang at Poyang Lake.
In that battle, the types of firearms that Old Zhu used were absolutely astonishing.
They used the most advanced artillery, fire mill, rocket, caltrop, big and small muskets, big and small general barrels, big and small iron cannons, Shenji arrows, and other firearms.
He had created a precedent for using cannons to bombard enemy ships in water battles.
After the founding of the country, firearms became one of the standard weapons of the Ming army.
Usually, the Ming army was composed of 10 millstones, 20 sabers, 30 bows and arrows, and 40 spears.
Firearms accounted for 10%.
Zhu Xiong wanted to find a weapon that would surprise him among the cheap firearms.
After entering the Firearms category.
Zhu Rong skimmed through it.
There were many types of firearms, some of which even Zhu Rong couldn't name.
However, simple firearms weren't something that Zhu Rong would be interested in.
As a descendant, Zhu Xiong naturally had his own foresight.
His eyes were looking for flintlocks in the system store.
Zhu Rong knew very well that if he wanted to exchange for firearms, only the flintlock was worth looking at this stage.
However, when Zhu Rong found the flintlock, he was dumbfounded.
The cheapest flintlock gun would cost at least 1,000 points. Moreover, it was a musket, the worst kind.
The others were even more expensive.
However, after comparing the two, Zhu Rong realized that…
This musket was actually not as practical as the improved Yuanrong Crossbow.
In terms of power, the musket was definitely not weak. Its lethality was shocking.
But in terms of range, it was far inferior to the Yuanrong Crossbow.
The effective range was only 80 meters.
There was no need to mention manufacturing.
Not to mention the manufacturing process of the musket itself.
For example, using a musket required a large amount of gunpowder.
Gunpowder was a consumable, but the arrows of the Yuanrong Crossbow could be recycled.
Most importantly, there was no sulfur in his territory, which limited him from producing gunpowder on a large scale.
After thinking about it, Zhu Rong knew.
The Yuanrong Crossbow was his best choice.
This improved Yuanrong Crossbow was definitely much better than flintlocks.
After making up his mind, Zhu Xiong decided to exchange for this improved Yuanrong Crossbow.
However, this Yuanrong Crossbow cost 1,000 points for a finished product. It was definitely not realistic to exchange for it in large quantities.
Therefore, Zhu Xiong immediately checked the system to see if there were any blueprints for the improved Yuanrong Crossbow.
After searching for a while, Zhu Xiong found the blueprint for the improved Yuanrong Crossbow. The price was the same as the finished Yuanrong Crossbow, 1,000 points.
Seeing this, Zhu Rong's heart was finally settled.
This improved Yuanrong Crossbow would be the common weapon of all the troops in the territory in the future.
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