"Okay, okay, I won't joke. Fangzi, I'm calling you here today, just ask a few things. You must answer them truthfully and carefully!" Ying Chang looked at Fangzi with a serious tone, which made people feel solemn.

"Your Majesty's question, I must answer truthfully and carefully!" Fang Zi bent down with a solemn and respectful expression and replied.

Chang Zifei, Zhang Fei, Yang Ze and the other two looked at Fang Zi in unison, and Ying Chang asked, "Can the short crossbow be imitated?"

"Ah?" Fang Zi was slightly stunned. Seeing this, Zhang Feizi immediately explained: "Fang Zi, Your Majesty is preparing to sell short crossbows to all countries. He is worried that the short crossbows will be copied by all countries, so he asked you if the short crossbows can be copied. If possible, it is forbidden to sell them to all countries!"

"So that's it!" Fang Zi nodded, with a sudden enlightenment on his face, and then wrote a powerful revision: "Your Majesty, the short crossbow will never be copied!"

Hearing this sentence, Ying Chang's eyes lit up.

Chang Zifei frowned slightly, and asked in a hesitant tone: "Fangzi, are you sure? This is related to the country and country of Qin, so you can't joke!"

"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister and the Secretary of the House, what Fang Zi said is by no means a joke. The short crossbow seems simple on the outside, but there are eighteen small objects inside the short crossbow. These objects are called parts by craftsmen like us!"

"Eighteen parts correspond to each other, and one less part of the short crossbow will cause failure, such as losing the continuous shooting effect; the bowstring cannot hit the arrow, etc. Simply put, without these parts, the short crossbow cannot be imitated. Therefore, the prerequisite for imitating the short crossbow is to manufacture these parts!"

"These parts are as big as nails, thin and thick as well as scales. They are not unreasonable. There are only a handful of people in the world who can make these parts. The parts made by the crossbow department of the Ordnance Department are made in batches of special tools!"

"Maybe there are one or two craftsmen in the nations who can imitate these parts, but it is absolutely impossible to manufacture them in large quantities because they do not have special equipment. The Ordnance Department can manufacture them in large quantities, all relying on the equipment. Otherwise, with the ability of a single person, how could it be possible to build tens of thousands of short crossbows a year!"

"This instrument is more complex than a short crossbow, and contains more than a thousand manually polished and carved parts. Whether it is a short crossbow or a part, the parts inside are made of different materials, including iron, copper, and a little bit of gold and silver. Some parts are half copper and half iron, and some parts are 30% copper, 10% gold and 10% silver and 50% iron. The content is uneven, and only the Ordnance Department has detailed content drawings!"

"In addition to the parts, there are also bowstrings. Short crossbow bowstrings are as thin as hair, but they are flexible and powerful. These bowstrings are specially made and have been soaked in special potions. The potion materials are only available in the Ordnance Department, and the bowstring materials are only available in the Ordnance Department!"

"These are the highest secrets of the Ordnance Department, which are impossible for outsiders to obtain, so there is no possibility of imitating the countries at all. It is unique. Your Majesty can be sold to the countries with confidence!" Fang Zi talked freely, his tone and expression were full of affirmation and confidence, which made Ying Changchang Zifei, Zhang Fei, Yang Ze, the king and minister, relieved.

In fact, except for Ying Changneng who understood Fangzi's words, Chang Zifei, Zhang Fei, Yang Ze and the other two were a little confused about what Fangzi said, such as parts, and they were confused. However, although they couldn't understand Fangzi's words, there was no possibility of imitating the last sentence Fangzi said. If you understand this sentence, just understand this sentence.

"Can you weaken it? For example, shorten the range by a hundred steps?" Ying Chang asked immediately.

Fang Zi gave a moment of reassuring advice, "Yes!"

"Okay, you go down first!" Ying Chang waved his hand gently.

"I'm going to leave!"

Fang Zi bent down to give a resignation ceremony and quickly left the imperial study room. His figure disappeared from the sight of Ying Chang and others. After Fang Zi left, Ying Chang looked at Chang Zifei, Zhang Fei, Yang Ze and asked: "I want to sell short crossbows to all countries. What do the three dear ministers think?"

Chang Zifei, Zhang Fei, Yang Ze and the other two got up from the chair, walked three steps away from Ying Chang, bent down with respect and saluted, "I am no different!"

It cannot be copied, and the range is weakened to a hundred steps, so it is okay to sell it. Anyway, it can make money and suppress the arrogance of the Wei Empire, so why not do it!

Ying Chang nodded, and had already made a decision in his heart, but did not immediately order to sell it to all countries. Instead, he looked at Yang Ze and asked, "How many weapons does Hyogo have now?"

When Yang Ze heard this, he bent down respectfully and replied: "When you go to His Majesty, there are currently 200,000 ring-headed swords, 150,000 horse spears, 300,000 dragon-patterned shields, 50,000 short crossbows, 50,000 eight-stone crossbows, 7 million feather arrows, 7 million short arrows for short crossbows, and 300,000 iron arrows for crossbows! "

"Thirty-five thousand ten-arrow crossbow chariots, five thousand catapult chariots, five thousand tincture cars, ten thousand ladders, fifty thousand pairs of fish scale armor. Hyogo's original weapons were not only these, and the reserve battalion took away a lot of them to train the soldiers of the reserve battalion!"

After listening to Hyogo's pre-sale, Ying Chang felt a clear idea in his heart.

"How many reserve soldiers are there in service in the reserve camp now?" Ying Chang looked at Zhang Feizi calmly and asked. He had never thought about asking about the situation of the reserve camp, but Yang Ze mentioned it, which made him involuntarily ask questions.

"When you go back to your Majesty, there are now two batches of on-service reserve soldiers in the Preparatory Battalion. The first batch was the 14th year of the Holy Qin Dynasty, 100,000 on-service reserve soldiers, and the second batch was the 15th year of the Holy Qin Dynasty, 30,000 on-service reserve soldiers. There are now a total of 130,000 on-service reserve soldiers, and the number of retired preparatory soldiers is zero!" Zhang Feizi bent down with a respectful expression and saluted.

The reserve camp harvests people every spring, once a year. It has to be said that since there are reserve camps everywhere, during the autumn harvest every year, the reserve camp lieutenants from all over the country will send the battalion personnel to help the local people harvest crops and make up for the labor lost due to forced service.

This move has made the people of all over the world very grateful and truly achieved the integration of military and civilians!

Ying Chang nodded and made it clear. After a little silence for a while, he replied calmly: "At present, I have no plan to recruit troops in the Qin Dynasty. Hyogo is sufficient. Let me pass on my oral order. Half of the craftsmen in the crossbow department of the Ordnance Department to build a short crossbow, and half of the craftsmen who stopped to create a weakened version of the short crossbow. In addition, the Ordnance Department will expand again, expanding the number of craftsmen from 10,000 to 13,000!"

"I obey the order!" Yang Ze bent down with a solemn and respectful expression and responded!

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