Chapter 1343: Han Banner World (Thirty-Three) Weapon (Part 1)

Gao Yuan arranged a courtyard for Wang Jian on the bank of Dayan Lake. The guards inside were in charge of the guards brought by Wang Jian himself, while the outside was in charge of the Meihua Division of the Young Guards. If you want to say which of the current big men is the cleanest, That is undoubtedly the bank of Dayan Lake. Due to the open national policy, other cities in the Han Dynasty, even Jicheng, are places where spies gather. However, Dayan Lake here, because there are many important people living there, is the most closely guarded. Not far from Dayan Lake, a battalion of Han troops was stationed on guard. In addition, in the surrounding villages, I don’t know how many spies Cao Tianci had planted. Qin Chu’s spies wanted to stay here to find out what was going on, and what happened? It's really impossible.

In the small hall, Wang Jian looked calm, but Huang Ming was a little anxious. After the initial meeting with Gao Yuan, he told Huang Ming the full result of the disagreement. Huang Ming was one of the few men under Wang Jian who had both civil and military skills. He was not only proficient in military affairs, but also had a good command of civil affairs.

"General, I don't think this trade is feasible. Have you forgotten how the Qin economy collapsed? The Han Dynasty has developed commerce, and the prices of any kind of goods are ridiculously low. If you let them go, they will The dumping of high-priced goods into our territory will probably cause a devastating blow to the economy within our territory. As time goes by, we will not be able to maintain economic stability at all, and we will never be able to leave Dahan again." Ming said solemnly.

"If merchants from the Han Dynasty are not allowed to enter our territory, then why does the Han Kingdom give us support? Our military industry is so poor that we can't even make all our soldiers wear armor. There are no iron ore or copper mines in our area. We rely on blacksmiths to knock out weapons with such low efficiency. How can we maintain the strength of our army and resist the enemy? Attack?" Wang Jian looked at Huang Ming, "Every loss must be a gain. Since we want to get military support from the Han Dynasty, we must pay a price."

"But this price is likely to lead to our downfall in the end." Huang Mingdao: "In terms of military matters. We are already dependent on the Han Dynasty. If we cannot maintain self-sufficiency in terms of economy, then how can we gain a foothold? How can we maintain ourselves? integrity?"

Wang Jian was silent for a moment, "Huang Ming, do you think we can maintain integrity?"

Huang Ming looked at Wang Jian for a long time. Finally sat down slumped.

"Even if we have only seen the tip of the iceberg of the power displayed by the big food in black, do you think we can resist it now?"

Huang Ming shook his head.

"You know the power of the big man very well, and it is not something we can stop." Wang Jian smiled bitterly, "We are sandwiched between two giants. If you have to choose one to depend on, which one will you choose?"

"Do you still have to choose?" Huang Ming smiled bitterly, "If I had to choose one, I would naturally choose the big man. After all, we are from the same culture and race.

Those black-clad eaters are so barbaric. They have no intention of coexisting with us at all. The black-clad army that rushed into our territory was just a defeated army. But after they came, their only purpose was to kill us all. So that they can occupy this land. "

"You are right. Our strength is too weak, so we have to rely on one party." Wang Jian stood up, "And Dahan is undoubtedly our choice. So, I decided not only to allow Dahan's merchants to be free When traveling to and from our territory, I will also allow them to establish factories within our territory and invest in any industry on our territory."

"Although I know how to build a country, I will submit my credentials to the Han Dynasty and willingly become a vassal state of the Han Dynasty. I will pay tribute every year and come to court every year."

"My child is still very young now. When he is a little older, I will send him to the big man to study and live. Not only me, but you generals will also do the same. In this way, we will show the big man that we are willingly submit to them.”

"General!" Huang Ming said with some pain.

"Huang Ming, the first thing we have to do is to survive. The Han Dynasty is too powerful for us. It's not that they don't have the ability to deal with us, but now they don't care about dealing with us at all. Gao Yuan said frankly that they The focus now is on unifying the Central Plains, and after unifying the Central Plains, digesting this huge territory will also consume more of their energy, so for a long time, the Han Dynasty will actually pose no threat to us. But wait until the Han Dynasty. Once it stabilizes, it's uncertain, so our attitude will determine our future destiny, or the destiny of our next generation." Wang Jian took a deep breath.

"At least for one or two generations, there is no way for us to get rid of our dependence on the big man. But the big man will not always be strong, and we may not always be weak. And when we are still very weak, what we have to do , just work hard to learn and absorb the advanced things of the Han Dynasty, their factories, their systems, we attract what we need, and remove those that are harmful to us, and we will slowly become stronger.”

Wang Jian turned around, took the globe from the big case behind him, and placed it in front of Huang Ming, "Gao Yuan gave this to me. This is where our land is. Come and take a look. There is a wider world outside us. We can rely on the powerful Han State and expand outward with their support. I think Gao Yuan means it, and he is also happy to see us do this. The territory will become larger and larger, our people will become more and more numerous, and our strength will become stronger and stronger. One day, either our sons or our grandsons, we will finally be able to stand side by side with them. Come together."

"This is a long-term plan, this is my dream, Huang Ming, what our generation has to do is to survive and grow stronger over a longer period of time, and this dream of mine is counting on our next One generation, the next generation will do it, the predecessors plant trees, and the descendants will enjoy the shade. Huang Ming, are you willing to be the person who planted the trees? "

Huang Ming looked excited and bowed his head to the ground: "General, Huang Ming is willing."

"Great, you and I, and the brothers who are not here, as long as we work together, we can definitely do something great." Wang Jian reached out and held Huang Ming's hand, "For the future, we must kneel now. "

"My subordinate understands."

"You go and draft a letter of credence according to my wishes." Wang Jian said happily, "In the past few days, Gao Yuan will take me to see their most advanced weapons. I hope that when we go back, we will have more There are hundreds of carriages carrying what we need."

"Also, Gao Yuan gave me a complete set of various laws of the Han Dynasty. You can take a look and study it when you are free. Gao Yuan said that the reason why the Han Dynasty is so powerful lies in these laws and regulations. Come on." Wang Jian said, patting the thick book next to him that was almost half a person tall.

"Yes, I will definitely study it carefully. Only by knowing them and understanding them as much as possible can we do better than them." Huang Ming said seriously.

Twenty miles away from Dayan Lake, soldiers from Dayan County have put this place under complete martial law. No one is allowed to step inside. And in the inner perimeter, there is a second cordon of the Young Guards. Here today, Gao Yuan What will be displayed to Wang Jian is the powerful military power of the Han Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, the first item on display is the latest generation of arm-opening crossbow produced by the Hu family in Jishi City. The crossbow weighs five kilograms, which is one kilogram lower than the arm-opening crossbow currently used by our army. It has a range of 200 meters and is effective in killing people. One hundred people, the effective armor penetration is 80 meters," said Gao Quan, director of the Military Industry Bureau of the Ministry of Construction.

Gao Yuan nodded, turned to Wang Jian, who was sitting next to him, and explained in a low voice: "My big man has opened up many military products to civilian production. This Hu's arsenal has purchased the production technology of arm-mounted crossbows. This They have been working on improving this product for two years, and it seems to be working well. More importantly, the cost is nearly 20% lower than when we produced it ourselves.”

"Opening military and military products to civilian production, and it is a sharp weapon like a crossbow, only a big man dares to do this!" Wang Jian sighed.

Gao Yuan laughed loudly, "It would be great if you don't regard the people as enemies, but our dynasties in the Central Plains have always seemed to defend themselves against the people and even against external enemies. In fact, I just did some normal things, but in such an environment It seems abnormal, General, let’s see how powerful he is!”

A dozen targets were placed a hundred meters away. Ten soldiers held crossbows in their arms. An officer stood on one side. As the small red flag in the officer's hand was suddenly pressed down, the bodies of the ten soldiers paused slightly. , that is the recoil force of the arm-stretched crossbow. Ten crossbow arrows flew toward the target with a whistling sound.

After a moment, ten armored straw men were sent to the two of them, and the crossbow arrows were deeply embedded in the armor.

"Didn't I just say that the armor can be broken within 80 meters? The armor has been broken from 100 meters away." Wang Jiancha asked with some surprise as he looked at the damage caused by the crossbow arrows.

"This is a high-quality product they made, specially for our inspection. It is naturally stronger than the ordinary ones, but if it is mass-produced, it will definitely not be able to break through 100 meters of armor." Gao Quan, commander of the Military Industry Bureau, explained, "So we set it as eighty meters of armor-breaking, and Wu's Military Workshop has no different meaning."

"It is indeed a sharp weapon." Wang Jian held the crossbow and couldn't put it down.

"Actually, the biggest improvement of this crossbow is not the range and power, but the speed of winding." Gao Quan took an arm-opening crossbow, skillfully cocked and twisted it, and then placed the crossbow arrow in the arrow slot. , his hands closed, and there were two clicks, the crossbow arrows were already loaded, and Gao Quan raised the crossbow arrows with both hands.

If the previous range only surprised Wang Jian, such a fast winding speed shocked Wang Jian. If there was such a winding speed, then the infantry would be like the scythe of death when dealing with cavalry charges. (To be continued)

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