Daming: I can’t kill such a greedy prince-in-law?

Chapter 271 One generation of mass production, one generation in preparation, one generation beyond (please subscribe!!)
  The scenes described by Ouyang Lun flashed crazily in his mind.

If the Ming army could do what Ouyang Lun said, then who else would be the opponent?
  One hundred red cannons for [-] people are too extravagant!

If he had had such firepower when he rebelled, he could have wiped out the Yuan army, Chen Youliang, and Zhang Shicheng with just ten thousand people and a hundred red cannons!
  I have to say that Zhu Yuanzhang was moved.

All worries and worries disappeared in the face of huge benefits.

If everything is really as Ouyang Lun said, then even if Ouyang Lun is deceiving him, then he is willing to be deceived!
  "Ouyang Lun, can you guarantee that the weapons produced in your arsenal are always better than those produced in Ming's weapons workshops?"

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his own doubts.

"Uncle, are you doubting me?"

Ouyang Lun asked with a smile.

"How can I dare to cooperate with you if I don't understand something as big as arms trading?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice.

Ouyang Lun nodded, "You're right. You won't be able to believe it just from my mouth."

"Then tell me what to do to completely dispel your worries."

Zhu Yuanzhang said directly: "Take me to your arsenal. I want to see the weapons you made with my own eyes. I can even confirm after using them myself. As long as there is no problem with the quality of the weapons, we will cooperate immediately?"

Ouyang Lun shook his head, "The arsenal is a highly confidential base. You can't visit it until you fully cooperate with me. However, if you want to see the weapons I made, it's easy to do."

"I established a hunting ground on the outskirts of Beiping City. There are few people there and there are many jackals and tigers. I kept some weapons there and often use new weapons for hunting."

"Uncle, you can try it with me."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "Just go to the hunting ground outside the city. If your weapons are not good, let's not talk about cooperation anymore."

"No problem!" Ouyang Lun nodded, and then took Zhu Yuanzhang to the outside of the city.

Soon the two came to a manor.

As soon as he arrived at the manor, Zhu Yuanzhang noticed something was wrong. Although on the surface it looked like a relatively large manor, his years of experience in fighting told him that there were many people hidden around the manor, and they were all masters!

Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep look at Ouyang Lun. Could it be that this guy wants to kill us?
  Shouldn't.

First of all, his identity has not been exposed. If Ouyang Lun really wants to deal with him, there is no need to go to such trouble. It is probably because there are very important things in the manor, perhaps to protect the weapons Ouyang Lun mentioned.

Zhu Yuanzhang was not too panicked. After all, the Jin Yiwei led by Jiang Yu must be following behind. If there was any problem, they would show up immediately. He was quite confident in the strength of the Jin Yiwei.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang looking around, Ouyang Lun took the initiative to explain, "Uncle, don't worry, the people around you are all spies from the manor. They are mainly to protect the manor. After all, the things inside are more important and cannot fall into the hands of others."

"Of course, they will also protect our safety. With them here, we can play with peace of mind."

Hearing Ouyang Lun's proactive explanation, Zhu Yuanzhang was completely relieved and followed Ouyang Lun into the manor.

The guards inside the manor are tighter than outside. It can be said that there are three steps, one sentry, five steps and one post, and every guard is an elite.

"master."

A guard leader stepped forward and saluted.

"Yes." Ouyang Lun nodded, "This is my uncle. I'm bringing him to see the new equipment today. You can go and make arrangements."

"Yes!" The guard leader saluted Ouyang Lun, then retreated to prepare.

"Uncle, please come here." Ouyang Lun led Zhu Yuanzhang to a spacious room. It was decorated as a martial arts room, with a spacious place and various weapons and shields.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced around and said, "You have a lot of equipment here, but these are just ordinary equipment, no different from the weapons made by the Ming Dynasty's weapon forging workshop!"

Hearing this, Ouyang Lun smiled and said, "Uncle, you have really good taste. Most of the things around here are made by the Ming Dynasty's weapon forging workshop."

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, "What do you use these weapons for?"

"Experiment! How is the hardness of this weapon? How sharp is it? These all need to be compared, so I asked people to buy some commonly used equipment from outside, not only from the Daming Weapon Forging Workshop, but also I have weapons from Beiyuan, Dongying and other countries here!"

Ouyang Lun explained with a smile.

"That's it!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded suddenly, "But... how did you get these weapons?"

"Although the weapons you have here are not too many, they are enough to equip thousands of people, but they are already a lot. Without the emperor's will, you would not be able to get so many weapons. Someone must have secretly sold the weapons to you!"

"who is it?"

Hearing this, Ouyang Lun smiled and said, "Uncle, why are you so nosy? When people sell weapons to us, we promise them that we are absolutely not allowed to reveal the seller's information. Doesn't it make me very happy if you hear it like this? Embarrassed?"

"Don't worry, I'm selling these weapons just for testing. I don't like them being used on the battlefield." Ouyang Lun said with a look of disdain.

This made Zhu Yuanzhang very angry.

Arrogant!

You actually look down on the equipment made by the Daming Weapons Workshop. I really want to know how good the equipment you come up with is!
  "Then you should show me the equipment you made here!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said hurriedly.

At this moment, the guard leader walked in with two guards carrying a large iron box.

Ouyang Lun skillfully opened the large iron box, and what appeared in front of Zhu Yuanzhang was a crossbow.

"Isn't this just a Zhuge Liannu? There are many of them in our Ming army!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said with disdain.

"Uncle, you are extraordinary! You actually know about Zhuge Liannu, so I don't have to explain it." Ouyang Lun praised.

Ouyang Lun then took out the crossbow from the iron box, and then took another crossbow hanging in the room.

"Uncle, this black crossbow was made by my arsenal, and this wooden crossbow was made by the Ming Armed Forces Workshop. There is really no difference in appearance except for the color. Let's go straight to the actual battle!"

"There is a wooden target in front of you. You use this wooden crossbow to shoot, and I will use the black crossbow to shoot. You will know the effect after you see it."

"Okay, you won't know until you use it whether it's powerful or not!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang skillfully picked up the crossbow, loaded the arrows, and then aimed an arrow at the wooden target in front of him.

call out--

clatter--

Accurately shoot the wooden target in the chest. "Yes, this is indeed a repeating crossbow made by the Ming Dynasty Arms Preparation Workshop!"

Zhu Yuanzhang then shot several more times, and every arrow hit the wooden target.

"Ouyang Lun is here for you!"

In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, the crossbow in his hand has obviously reached the limit of the crossbow. It is impossible for another crossbow of the same size to be more powerful than his.

Ouyang Lun smiled slightly, raised his crossbow and aimed an arrow at the wooden target.

call out--

boom--

This arrow did not hit the wooden target's chest or head, but hit the wooden target's leg.

"Um, I'm sorry, my shooting skills are poor and I didn't aim. I'll shoot again."

"no need!"

Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his hand to stop Ouyang Lun, then Zhu Yuanzhang walked towards the wooden target with a shocked look on his face, and finally squatted under the wooden target.

I saw that the legs of the wooden target had been completely broken off!

And after the arrow shot through the wooden target, it continued to fly, and finally nailed into the wall. That was a wall made of bricks!
  How powerful is the penetrating power of this crossbow! !

"Uncle, how do you feel?"

Ouyang Lun shouted.

Zhu Yuanzhang came to his senses when he heard the voice and walked quickly to Ouyang Lun, "Can I see this crossbow?"

"of course."

Ouyang Lun readily handed the black crossbow to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang threw aside the wooden crossbow in his hand, holding the black crossbow in both hands and observing it carefully.

The first feeling this black crossbow gave him was that it was light!

“How come it’s so light!!?”

Zhu Yuanzhang originally thought that this black crossbow would be very heavy, but he never expected that this crossbow was not even half as heavy as a wooden crossbow.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang also discovered that the black crossbow was so completely sealed that the internal structure could not be seen. He could not find a way to open it, so he had to raise his head and look at Ouyang Lun.

Ouyang Lun spread his hands and said, "Don't look at me. I can't open it. It is indeed my request to seal the entire crossbow. However, the craftsmen in my arsenal are so powerful that no one can open it except them. If Forcibly opening it with external force will only destroy the structure inside."

"Although I can't let you see the structure inside, I can tell you that the material of this crossbow is neither wood nor iron, but a brand-new material. This material is not only light, but the key is that it is much harder than iron. In addition to making crossbows, armor and weapons are all made of this material.”

"Uncle, think about it, our weapons are light, hard, and powerful. What can the enemy use to fight us?"

"So what if we sell weapons to them? It's just a dimensionality reduction attack."

"And as long as we continue to invest in the research and development of weapons, follow the research and development ideas of one generation for mass production, one generation for preparation, and one generation beyond, we will sell weapons that are one or two generations behind to other countries, and even make some advanced weapons into castrated or monkey versions. It cannot guarantee the superiority of military equipment over these countries, and it can still make a lot of money, forming a weapons pyramid model."

"There is no doubt that I, the Ming Dynasty, am standing on the top of the pyramid, overlooking all living beings!"

After listening to Ouyang Lun's words, Zhu Yuanzhang fell into deep shock.

"One generation of mass production, one generation of preparation, one generation beyond. According to what you said, this crossbow should be regarded as mass production of your arsenal. No, it is a weapon of the backward generation. In other words, you have three generations of crossbows that are better than this one. product!!!"

"I want to see weapons beyond one generation!!"

Ouyang Lun shook his head: "Uncle, it's not that I don't want to show it to you, it's just too advanced and inconvenient to display. In addition, this weapon that is more than one generation is still in the research stage and is not mature enough in all aspects."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes showed disappointment, but he had gained enough from today's trip.

Just the weapons made of this special material are enough to greatly increase the combat power of the Ming army!

After that, Ouyang Lun asked his men to bring many weapons made of special materials. Even the most ordinary saber could cut iron like mud, and the shield made of it was even more indestructible, allowing Zhu Yuanzhang to stretch three feet. !

"Uncle, how are you? When will our cooperation begin?"

"The Chita tribe is already urging me, saying that there have been cavalry spies from several tribes wandering around the Chita tribe recently. If it hadn't been for a joint military exercise last time, those tribes might have taken action against the Chita tribe. "

"If it doesn't work, I plan to hand these weapons directly to the Chita tribe and arm them!"

"As long as you can take care of the Ming Dynasty's arsenal and get out the contents, we can not only make money, but also help the Ming Dynasty's army improve its combat effectiveness. Can you give me a happy word?"

"If that doesn't work, I'll go find Xu Da. He is the commander-in-chief of the [-] Northern Expeditionary Army. I'll change his clothes first."

Zhu Yuanzhang was still hesitant at first, but when he heard that Ouyang Lun was going to find Xu Da, he immediately said, "No!"

"Then you agreed?"

"Yes." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "But I have to go back and plan this matter. After all, it is not an easy matter to use the Ming Dynasty's arsenal."

The importance of the Ming Dynasty Arsenal as a place to store equipment is self-evident. Even Zhu Yuanzhang had to discuss this matter with hundreds of officials, and only in this way could it be moved.

"Can I take away these sets of equipment of yours? I have to find a way to convince some people, otherwise I won't be able to open the arsenal by myself."

Hearing this, Ouyang Lun nodded, "Of course, I know you have many connections, uncle, and these weapons were originally prepared for you. This will make you more convincing. Then I will wait for your good news."

The two came out of the manor and returned to Beiping City together.

Zhu Yuanzhang rejected Ouyang Lun's invitation to stay. After picking up Queen Ma, he left the Chief Secretary's Yamen and moved into the presidential suite of a large hotel in Peiping City.

"Wasn't it called the Emperor's Suite before? Why did it change its name?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said with some doubts.

"Both names were given by Mr. Ouyang. He said we need to keep a low profile now, so we use the presidential suite." The female hotel manager answered truthfully.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "Sister, look, this boy Ouyang Lun actually knows how to keep a low profile. It seems that my previous warnings are still very useful!"

Queen Ma smiled and said, "Chongba, how come I heard that your several warnings to suppress you all ended in failure?"

Forehead.
  Zhu Yuanzhang looked ugly, "Sister, please stop laughing at me."

ps: There is still one chapter today, and two updates will be resumed tomorrow!

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