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Chapter 192 Research
Jia Liangcai stroked his beard, listened to Zhao Pu's complaints, and chuckled: "Mr. Zhao, this is a good thing, why worry? The fact that so many people are coming to join us shows that our Qin Alliance has the support of the people and the trend of the times. This should be a cause for celebration."

“…” Zhao Pu remained silent. “But we can’t support so many people right now, and if we make too many weapons, we can’t just sell them all. Trading these weapons to others is no different from giving a knife to someone else.”

Jia Liangcai laughed and said, "As far as I know, the Tongmenghui is not a monolithic entity. We can win over some members, support others, and with the student council keeping an eye on things from the sidelines, what is there to worry about?"

Zhao Pu frowned. "But if I only agree to some people and refuse others, won't I offend those who were refused?"

Jia Liangcai said meaningfully, "Isn't offending people our duty? If you don't want to do it, are you going to let our lord do it? If you're unwilling, I can step in."

Zhao Puxin looked up at Jia Liangcai with displeasure: "Mr. Jia, there's no need to provoke me with words. If you can be the villain, so can I."

"I was just thinking of the team leader. Mr. Jia, don't forget, back then, educated people were a minority. The common people were illiterate and easy to fool. Now, almost everyone in the neighborhood is educated; they're not so easily fooled."

"Oh?" Jia Liangcai smiled contemptuously. "Master Zhao, it is precisely because I am a scholar that I know that scholars are best at weighing pros and cons. There is no need to deceive scholars; they will find their own reasons."

He leaned forward slightly and lowered his voice, "In that case, I have a plan. We can first announce the number of people to be admitted, and then raise the entry threshold, requiring applicants to have a special skill or have two or more strong men in their family to be given priority."

Then, secretly spread rumors, encouraging those who joined the Qin Alliance to praise the benefits, and great scholars will naturally debate the classics for me. Once the news spreads, the Alliance will certainly not stand idly by.

At this point, Jia Liangcai gave a sinister smile, "Either offer more generous terms than we do, or forcefully suppress us. Why should we bother?"

Zhao Pu remained silent, finding Jia Liangcai's idea difficult to comment on.

However, publicly announcing the number of admitted members and raising the entry threshold is indeed a feasible option.

Jia Liangcai said, "The Tongmenghui can fall, but it cannot fall now."

Jia Liangcai returned home and reported back to Qin Ziwen, explaining the conversation that had just taken place.

Upon hearing this, Qin Ziwen frowned: "Stingy."

Jia Liangcai listened attentively.

Qin Ziwen said, "We'll recruit anyone who's willing to join us. If Zou Jianghe can afford to support them, why can't I, Qin Ziwen,?"

“However, it’s not appropriate to say that I support them; it’s more accurate to say that they support me. I will provide them with weapons for a fee, let them hunt wild animals, occupy resource points, and then take a cut from them. The more they earn, the more I will get.” Qin Ziwen stood up. “Otherwise, what’s the point of my Yanwu Armory making so many weapons and armor? No matter how many weapons and armor there are, they will only be effective if someone uses them; otherwise, they are just a pile of useless dead things.”

"My lord, you are wise!"

"However, there is one thing I do need you to do. You need to work with Guo Xiaochun to screen the people who join our Qin Alliance. Select those with good character and principles, and mark those with bad character and a history of backstabbing." Qin Ziwen turned to look at Jia Liangcai. "This matter must be done well."

With so many people around, it's easy for all sorts of birds to slip out of the big forest.

He needs to prepare in advance.

"Yes."

Jia Liangcai and Zhao Pu ran themselves ragged, and the two recruited more than a dozen people to help with the statistics. They worked all afternoon and recruited nearly two hundred people.

The shortage of workers at the Yanwu Military Equipment Bureau was resolved in one fell swoop.

There's not much in the neighborhood, except for a lot of people who want to have enough to eat.

If it weren't for the various restrictions imposed by the Tongmenghui (Revolutionary Alliance), along with coercion, bribery, and various pretexts, the number of members leaving the Tongmenghui would likely have been even greater.

Most of them were assigned to the Yanwu Ordnance Bureau. Although they were not professional workers, they had strong learning abilities. Having received modern systematic education, they learned new technologies very quickly with the help of teachers.

To increase efficiency, they were broken up into teams and then produced in an assembly line fashion.

This approach ensures that the technology is broken down, limiting the skills that an individual can master, while simultaneously improving work efficiency.

Aside from the students, the rest of these people were mostly families. The able-bodied men in their families were selected to form a hunting team of fifty people.

Weapons, bows, and armor produced by the Yanwu Armory are first provided to the core hunting teams, and then further provided to ordinary hunting teams after the needs of the core hunting teams are met.

That evening, the first batch of finished products was successfully produced.

"Sir, these are spears and leather armor made by the Yanwu Armory." Li Tieshan arrived with the weapons.

Qin Ziwen took the spear from his hand. The spear was made of bamboo, with a uniform thickness, suitable length, and just the right weight for an ordinary person.

Interestingly, the three spears that Li Tieshan brought looked like they were made from the same mold.

The length, thickness, and even the angle of the spearhead are all very uniform.

It should be the role played by the standardization of characteristic ordnance.

Then there are leather armors. Although the sizes of the leather armors differ, they are all very similar, just like different sizes of the same garment.

He intuitively felt that this batch of weapons and armor produced by the Ordnance Bureau were almost identical standard equipment.

Although he wasn't clear on the specific advantages of standardizing the equipment, he subconsciously felt it was a good thing.

"Keep up the good work. By the way, Tieshan, after Du Yu's breakthrough, his weapon is a bit too light. You need to make him a new one. You're the best craftsman here," Qin Ziwen instructed.

Upon hearing the magistrate's praise, Li Tieshan quickly patted his chest and promised, "Sir, I will definitely forge a suitable weapon for Instructor Du!"

The first longbow was successfully forged the next day.

After testing, the new bow's maximum range is over 150 meters. With training, it can be fired at over 300 meters using a projectile method. However, at this distance, both its lethality and accuracy are greatly reduced, and it can only rely on numbers to inflict damage.

The effective range is between 50 and 100 meters.

Moreover, its lethality is greatest within a 30-meter radius.

Against large beasts like the Megalodon, effective damage can be inflicted within a 50-meter radius.

Due to material limitations, the first batch of longbows consists of twenty bows, which will be produced gradually over the next three days.

Meanwhile, ten spears and seven sets of sandworm armor were successfully produced that day.

The vehicle-mounted crossbow is still under construction. While researching the vehicle-mounted crossbow, Li Yue discovered a new metal formula that improves the strength of the crossbow's bow arm. It is currently being tested, and if the test is successful, the range and power of the new vehicle-mounted crossbow will be significantly improved.

(End of this chapter)