The second half of the second year of Hongwu in the Great Wei Dynasty can be described as an eventful autumn, the Great Purge in the North, which led to the death, not to mention the merchants and officials who fell off the horse, and then the heart decree issued by the Central Court of the Great Liang, the merchant restriction and supervision law, and the tax law that the merchant has to pay every year, which made the merchants in the Great Wei country, relieved in their hearts, and heartache!

Merchants are often iron roosters, but in the face of the decrees issued by the central court of the Great Liang, in the face of Cao Cao, who personally made the Ministry of Commerce, in how to iron roosters, they also had to endure the pain, of course, they scolded the northern merchants in their hearts, cursed their race for eighteen generations or something, it is inevitable, after all, if it weren't for them, they wouldn't have to be so frightened, they would have suffered in vain!

After the merchant paid the tax, how much tax Cao Cao received from it can be described as a secret, but since then, Cao Cao has completely let go of his hands and feet on money, and the frustration is also the bitter face of the past, and the whole person has returned to the gentle and elegant appearance before!

After the Great Purge in the North, the political institutions in the north were paralyzed a lot, knowing that Hongwu only repaired most of it in three years, the harm to Wei is self-evident, but it is worth it for Cao Cao!

At least after this, the entire north is completely integrated into Cao Cao's rule, and the pain of a while, in exchange for such a solution, is not a loss at all for Cao Cao!

The matter of the newcomers to the northern officials continuing to take office, but Cao Cao didn't pay attention to it, but handed them over to the official Shangshu Xunyou, and he himself came to the school!

At this time, there were a total of 30,000 Wei soldiers on the school ground. The weapons they held in their hands were the first repeater crossbows to be produced. The Divine Arm Bow and the Barrier Knife, these three are the latest research from the Royal Arsenal!

Cao Cao came here this time. The purpose is to see the power of these three weapons and decide whether to put them into production or not!

This time, those who followed Cao Cao were not only Dian Wei and Xu Chu, as long as they were the generals in Daliang, all of them came, and weapons were more important to them than Cao Cao!

After Cao Cao arrived, the acting officially began, and the order flag in Cao Ren's hand waved. The 10,000 Wei soldiers armed with crossbows were the first to appear!

The soldiers armed with crossbows were different from other soldiers, there was not the slightest gap between them, but they leaned on their shoulders and shoulders, and at the same time, the steps of the march were exactly the same, just like a person!

The 10,000 Wei troops armed with crossbows were divided into five columns, shoulder to shoulder, and marched forward with roaring steps. If the repeater crossbow in their hands is replaced by a flintlock pistol, then at this time, they are completely born from queuing up to be shot!

And in the era of cold weapons, there is no need to say much about the reason for the emergence of such a military formation. As for the power of the crossbow in such a military formation, it is not bad!

10,000 crossbow soldiers. A total of 30,000 arrows were fired in a volley, through intensive and massive fire. The hit rate has increased to the point of five or six tenths, such a hit rate. It is enough to satisfy Cao Cao, and the finalized production of Hongwu's two-year repeater crossbow has been determined.

As for the generals behind Cao Cao, their eyes have completely lit up, a big killing weapon, in their hearts, the repeater is a super killing weapon, 30,000 arrows, put in the past, if shot by 10,000 archers, its time will be at least a few minutes, but at this time, it is only a few seconds, the gap is so big, needless to say, and this is still the power caused by 10,000 crossbowmen!

And the Divine Arm Bow and the Barrier Knife behind it have already made the generals go from shock to numbness, and at this time there is only one voice left in their hearts, that is, a silent mourning for the future opponent of the Wei army!

The range and powerful lethality of the Divine Arm Bow, as well as the barrier knives that were only broken after cutting off the five ring head knives, when they were armed on a large scale to the Wei soldiers, even if the number of the Wei army did not increase, its strength would increase exponentially!

The power of the three weapons of Hongwu's two-year repeater crossbow, divine arm bow, and obstacle knife made Cao Cao very satisfied, and he did not hesitate to issue an order to produce 100,000 each, a total of 300,000 weapons production, which was also a problem for Wei, but at this time, for Wei, it was sprinkled with water.

What's more, if the territory of Wei can continue to increase in the future, maybe Wei will be able to turn the Mo knife into a standard weapon to arm the soldiers of the Wei army in the future, just like the rich and willful Tang Dynasty!

After thinking about Wei Sidao in the future, Cao Cao happily left with the generals behind him who had been covered by the rain of arrows and were so sharp that they were shocked to numbness.

After leaving the school field, Cao Cao turned around and took Dian Wei and Xu Chu to another place, where almost all the famous carpenters in the Great Wei country gathered here, and there was only one reason why they gathered here, that is, to build a sailor warship!

The territory of the Great Wei is in the north, if you want to unify the world, you must have a naval warship, there is no doubt about it, as early as the beginning, Cao Cao thought about building a naval division is wrong, but unfortunately, this is a big problem for Cao Cao, just the maintenance of the naval warship is a problem, coupled with the recruitment of the naval generals, soldiers, and time and energy, resulting in the construction of the naval division, has been delayed until now.

Although it is too late to start building the water division, Cao Cao did not stop building because of this, no matter whether it is late or not, as long as it starts to be built, then the water division of the Wei army will one day be completely successful, and if it is not built, the water division may be a class of troops that exists in a void fantasy for the Wei state.

As early as more than 3,000 years ago, King Wu of Zhou allied with 800 princes, led 40,000 soldiers and soldiers, and used 47 large ships to cross the Yellow River from Mengjin (now Mengjin County, Henan), and finally overthrew the corrupt rule of King Yin.

Although it is not known whether these ships were real warships, there is no doubt about the important role they played in this military operation.

In the Spring and Autumn Period of the eighth ~ fifth century BC and the Warring States Period, all kinds of large warships were not only manufactured one after another, but also established a naval army dedicated to water warfare.

The first recorded water battle in Chinese history took place in the summer of 549 B.C., when the Chu State sent sailors to attack the Wu State, and the Chu army returned in vain.

Wu is located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the Taihu Lake Basin, and has a strong naval army, with various warships such as the famous Yuhuang, Sanyi, Tuyang, Lou Boat, and Bridge Boat at that time. (To be continued......)