Chapter two thousand one hundred and sixty open first-class warships
The navy found that the court's funding seemed to be insufficient. This was actually because the court had neglected the issue of ammunition. Originally, the main cost of the navy's ship-borne weapons was the weapon itself. Weapons such as ballistae fired slowly and could be recycled.
Relatively speaking, the cost is not too high, but the artillery is different. The barrel and even the shells can be reused. It is nothing more than a waste of labor, but the gunpowder is used as it is used, and the artillery equipment is huge. First of all,
Not to mention the war, just training is too much for the navy.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Dengzhou Navy discovered the problem and immediately found Zeng Yi and others. Although Zeng Yi and others were very important in the development of artillery, they were not encyclopedias and could solve everything. They also had a blank expression on this problem.
have no choice.
After several people discussed it for a while, the fourth child said: "In this situation, there are only two ways to go. One way is to reduce the cost of gunpowder as much as possible, and the other way is to collect money quickly."
The Commander-in-Chief of the Dengzhou Navy was silent for a moment and then said: "In the long run, we definitely need to reduce the cost of gunpowder. But the cost is not that easy to reduce!"
Zeng Yi said: "To reduce costs, we mainly need to think about the basic elements of gunpowder, saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal. Charcoal is easy to say, but the important thing is to look at saltpeter and sulfur!"
"There is no shortage of sulfur mines in the Central Plains. As long as the imperial court vigorously develops sulfur mines, the cost of sulfur will definitely come down! However, this saltpeter mine is a bit troublesome. It seems that the main production area is in the Western Region!"
"Western Regions?" Hearing what Lao Si said, Zeng Yi and the commander of the Dengzhou Navy frowned. Now the Western Regions are under the control of the players and the four-nation coalition. It can be said that the imperial court has no power in the Western Regions. If it wants to start from
It is not that easy to obtain saltpeter in the Western Regions.
Several people fell silent again. After a while, the navy commander sighed, "These cannot be solved in a day or two. Let's find a way to solve the current situation first. In the current situation, if training is guaranteed, the originally planned battleship transformation
It will definitely not be completed. If we want to ensure that the battleship transformation continues smoothly, the training must stop!"
"Made, ever since I joined the imperial court, the imperial court has never been rich and has been in a state of lack of money. I am speechless!" The third child couldn't help but say.
Zeng Yi also thought about getting more money from somewhere, but after much thinking, he had no idea. After a while, the fourth child suddenly said: "By the way, doesn't the imperial court still have a batch of sealed wooden warships?"
Hearing what Lao Si said, Zeng Yi's eyes lit up, "Yeah, why did you forget those wooden battleships! For the imperial navy, those wooden first-class battleships are completely useless and can be sold.
For the imperial navy, the wooden warships are no longer worth it. Even if they are all sold to players, with the current equipment of the imperial navy, even if the players get all the wooden battleships, the imperial navy will still
Can handle it easily.
The fourth man smiled, shook his finger slightly, and said: "No, no, no, now the players have got the ironclad ship. Although it is primitive, some people still look down on these pure wooden warships. If you want to sell it at a high price, you might as well do it a little bit
After modification, it is best to use Persian technology to mount iron armor on both sides of the ship and transform it into a primitive ironclad ship. In this way, players will definitely go crazy for it!"
After Lao Si said that he had accepted the job, the commander of the Dengzhou Navy stood up for a moment, but after hesitating for a moment, he immediately sat down again, looked up at Zeng Yi and the others, and said: "Selling battleships, what's the matter?
The stakes are so high that I can’t make a decision. Your Majesty and the court need to make a decision! Mr. Ni, why don’t you, or will you suffer the consequences and go back to the capital?”
Zeng Yi thought for a while, "Okay, but I have helped your navy so much, and I will give you a discount when supplying my Jiaolong in the future!"
"Don't worry, Mr. Ni, we will keep your help to the navy in mind. In the future, we will definitely give you the cost price for the Jiaolong's supplies!"
Zeng Yi soon committed suicide and returned to the capital. Zeng Yi was full of confidence in selling those wooden warships. On the one hand, these warships were indeed not a danger to the court. On the other hand, Zeng Yi and others estimated that the game company would soon
The first-level battleships are ready to be released. After all, the game has developed so far that the second-level battleships are no longer able to meet the needs of players.
In fact, just as Zeng Yi had guessed, no one in the court objected to the sale of those wooden warships. However, some people in the court had concerns about the renovation of those warships.
But there is no need to talk about what Zeng Yi is talking about. In order to raise money, the Navy and Army united the front and strongly supported the transformation. There was even a military boss who even proposed to reward the eliminated ballistae and put them all on those battleships.
, press as much as you can. In this way, as long as the player uses the battleship, the crossbow arrow consumption will definitely be several times that of before. In that case, the court can earn more crossbow supply costs from the player.
When Zeng Yi heard this, he looked confused, "Mader, when it comes to insidiousness, these big guys are the most powerful!" Zeng Yi understands the situation of the players very well. As for players who are hot-headed when a war starts, as long as the war starts
, the temperament of never giving up until all the ammunition is used up, and the consumption will definitely be very high.
Zeng Yi returned to Dengzhou with the imperial decree that day. After receiving the order, the Dengzhou Navy immediately began to transform the batch of first-class wooden warships. In order to add armor to these warships, they even transformed the original ironclad ships.
, all slowed down.
With the completion of the transformation of the first first-class wooden warship, the imperial court also began to sell it. The shape of the transformed first-class warship remained unchanged, but its appearance was completely different. Not only were the sides of the ship armored, but also the armor on the deck.
The number of ballistas has also increased from the original few to more than a dozen, and the firepower and combat effectiveness have definitely been greatly enhanced.
The modified first-class battleship gave people the impression that the defense was very strong, which made the navy a little worried. They were afraid that if an accident occurred, the navy's battleships would not be able to achieve an overwhelming advantage. In the end, the navy simply took advantage of it.
He gritted his teeth, pulled out a warship like this, and experimented with it.
The results of the experiment reassured the navy. Although more ammunition was used to sink the wooden warship, under the powerful firepower of the Jiaolong, the target ship only lasted for a stick of incense before being destroyed.
Sunk.
It was not until it was determined that these warships would not pose too great a threat to the imperial navy that the imperial court was completely assured of selling these warships.
