Throne of Vientiane Civilization

Peter was obviously moved by Zhou Xu's proposal.

Peter's original idea was that they would be able to get guns soon, and then individual crossbows would be useless.

Under this premise, if he were to develop a single-soldier crossbow, wouldn't that be a sheer waste of money?

It would be better to just skip it and wait for the gun to be done.

His idea can only be said to be too naive.

The development of anything has an inevitable process, and you can't skip it if you want to.

After returning to China this time, Peter, who was restricted in every way by the Smith Party headed by Fisher, was undoubtedly aware of this problem, but he had no way out.

You know, the individual crossbow is equivalent to the rifle in the cold weapon era, and is the most important component of combat power among the coalition countries.

Under this premise, the long-term war with the greenskins has caused heavy losses to the relevant weapons and equipment of various countries.

Simply put, the allied countries don't have enough crossbows for their own needs, so how can they have so many individual crossbows to sell to others?

Now that Zhou Xu, who was sitting in front of him, suddenly mentioned that he could sell him a batch of individual crossbows, it was hard for Peter not to be tempted.

"Thank you, Your Majesty! May I know the price of this single-soldier crossbow?"

"The price is negotiable."

Zhou Xu waved his hand cheerfully.

"You can exchange it with resources, or you can exchange it with labor like we are doing now..."

As he spoke, Zhou Xu quickly entered business mode.

Peter was trying to play tricks on him, but fortunately he had no intention of being close to Peter from the beginning.

Peter, who was sitting opposite him at this time, had already become the "savior" in his mind.

Zhou Xu temporarily concealed the fact that their Great Zhou had already developed the matchlock gun long before.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of equipping and testing the matchlock guns internally, they will deal with the individual crossbows that have been eliminated one after another. Peter, who is eager to improve his military strength, is undoubtedly the best candidate to "take over".

Even Zhou Xu was already thinking that after the firearms research and development department made further improvements to the matchlock gun, all the obsolete matchlock guns could be sold to the other party.

This can directly minimize their losses, and with a little operation, they can even make a profit!

When he thought of this, the smile on Zhou Xu's face became brighter.

During this period, Peter, whose attention had completely shifted to the individual crossbow, also had a new idea.

The whole transaction was quickly concluded, and Zhou Xu directly asked someone to arrange individual crossbows.

Judging from the comprehensive performance at the current stage, the individual crossbow and the matchlock are actually about the same, and it can only be said that each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

But in comparison, the matchlock gun has a lower chance of failure and post-war maintenance cost, higher production efficiency, and lower requirements for soldiers. With these advantages added together, from Zhou Xu's perspective, the elimination of the individual crossbow became inevitable.

After all, every time equipment is updated, it is a comprehensive consideration, and we cannot only consider one aspect.

"But you also know that it is troublesome and time-consuming to make a single crossbow. This time I can only sell you 500 at most. If you want more, you will have to wait until the beginning of next spring."

Five hundred is actually a large number. Excluding those individual crossbows that have not yet been replaced and are in service, Zhou Xu reported this number, which means he has taken out all the stock on hand.

Five hundred individual crossbows are enough to form a small-scale crossbow phalanx.

If Peter had such a crossbow unit when he joined the coalition, he could have found a corner to fight a positional battle and output stable output like the Great Zhou did, instead of suffering almost all casualties under the offensive of the greenskins.

Peter was quite excited when he heard this number.

At this moment, his mentality has changed.

Rather than waiting for the guns, which he didn't know how long it would take, he decided to first form a crossbow unit and stabilize his position in the Smith Republic.

The conversation between the two sides can be described as pleasant.

Zhou Xu got the labor force he wanted, and Peter also got 500 individual crossbows to enhance the military strength of their Rakshasa Republican Party. It can be said that both sides were happy.

After the conversation, Zhou Xu invited Peter to stay in Black Moon City for a few more days so that he could fulfill his role as host.

Peter was quite moved by these words. After all, who doesn't like to enjoy life? Life in Black Moon City was much better than that in Smith Republic.

But when Peter thought that the bastard Fisher might do something while he was away, he could no longer sit still.

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In the end, he just had a brief tour in Black Moon City, enjoyed the local delicacies, then boarded the train and left in a hurry.

Until Peter left the northeastern border, the reception work surrounding tens of thousands of workers on the northeastern border had not yet been completed.

The size of this population is indeed not small. In order to avoid subsequent troubles, they must complete their identity registration before they officially enter the country.

As a result, the workload of the Population Registry has exploded.

After receiving the news, Zhou Xu had no choice but to call Teacher Wang Dong to help, and only then was the situation barely stabilized.

"Queue in an orderly manner! Queue in an orderly manner!!"

"Those who have registered, please gather in the shed over there. A car will come to pick you up later!"

After the initial chaos, the situation within the Northeast Fortress has gradually stabilized.

The population that had completed the registration was taken to the train station in cars, and the cars would depart once they were full.

According to the original plan, most of them were to be sent to the southern region.

The large tracts of land over there are now waiting for labor to develop them.

During this period, after receiving the news, various cities inside sent reports to Zhou Xu as quickly as possible.

"Another one who comes to ask me for someone."

On a new day, in the Qinzheng Hall, Zhou Xu silently threw a document aside.

Ever since they learned that a new group of laborers were coming in, the relevant departments in various regions surrounded them like sharks smelling blood.

At this stage, the more labor force there is in their Great Zhou, the better.

Not to mention those small projects, let’s just talk about the big ones, such as the railway laying project from Xinnan District to Xinbei District, the construction project of Qingshui Town outside Lulin City, and the large-scale development in the south.

Although the demand for labor in the southern region is definitely the greatest, it is obviously impossible for Zhou Xu to send all of this labor there. Wouldn't that cause chaos in other places?

To this end, Zhou Xu has been arranging and transferring this labor force piece by piece over the past two days.

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