Historically, the range of the bed crossbow was about 1,000 meters, which was very, very exaggerated in the era of cold weapons, and no bow and arrow could be compared, which was equivalent to the status of missiles in modern weapons.

This is "Expedition" shijie, in reality, the development of crossbows has fallen into a bottleneck, and it is extremely difficult to break through, while muskets and artillery have the same or even greater power than crossbows as soon as they are invented, and they are easier to build than crossbows, and the requirements for craftsmen are not so high, so crossbows have gradually withdrawn from the stage of history.

However, in "Expedition", I don't know if the system was intentional, or when Qingtian Company created this shijie, it was designed from the beginning, so that the artillery that could originally be created in reality, under the same material, the power is not as good as one-third of the reality, the durability is even lower, and the cost is also very high, and the raw materials used in the manufacture of gunpowder are difficult to find, and it is more than twice as expensive as the historical one. Unaffordable situation.

On the other hand, the power of the crossbow has been improved, doped with the unique metal minerals of the "Expedition", the range is longer, the accuracy is high, the arrow is more shot at one time, and the cost is much lower than that of the artillery. In the end, there was a situation in "Expedition" where artillery and crossbows each accounted for half of the market, and they competed against each other.

Zhang Yuanzhi didn't feel any surprise, in the future "Expedition", the crossbow will be more developed, but because although it is cheaper than artillery, it is still expensive, easy to damage, and inconvenient to carry, although the power is huge, but it cannot replace the status of cold weapons, and it is generally in the sea to occupy the main position, and artillery is on par.

After the first round of shooting, Zhang Yuan motioned for them to continue, and the nine soldiers were busy again, and the huge Xihe repeater was installed in an orderly manner, shooting, and the twelve arrows were shot head-on again, shooting near the previous arrowheads, and so on three times in a row, everyone had a similar understanding of the Xihe repeater in their hearts.

"I'll just say, if this crossbow is really so powerful, then why do you need artillery?" Wu Xia had such an expression, and said: "The shortcomings of this crossbow are obvious, although the power is not weaker than the artillery of the Yuan Dynasty, but compared with the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, it is still a little worse, and more importantly, each round of installation requires great physical strength, and it must be so controlled by nine people, and it will definitely be replaced after more than ten rounds!" ”

"Can't say that! "Expedition" is not reality, experts have confirmed that there is a big difference between the microenvironment here and reality, so, although the expedition looks the same as reality on the surface, but in fact, many places are different, such as war horses, physical strength is obviously higher than that of war horses in reality, even the perverted one like Wanli Horse, it can be said that this shijie is a complete and independent shijie, and this shijie cannot be completely looked at from a realistic perspective! ”

Yan Yan shook his head and said, "Therefore, the cost of artillery here is higher than in reality, and in today's stage of science and technology, the cannon still uses copper, a common currency metal, and I don't know how long it will take for iron cannons to appear." Therefore, the price of this crossbow should not exceed that of artillery, and the ammunition used is ordinary ironwood, and there is no cannon to sound a gold tael, so don't worry about being able to afford it!! ”

"Each has its own advantages and disadvantages!" Zhang Yuan compared it with the artillery in his heart, and asked Menlasdo: "How much does this crossbow cost, and how much time does it take?" ”

"This crossbow is still the initial version, and it still needs to do a series of shiyan and debugging, and the cost is less than half of the 800 jin artillery, that is, 5,000 RMB, and if it is mass-produced, the price can be compressed to 3,500 RMB, the range is higher than the 800 jin artillery, the power is also comparable, and the accuracy is about three times that of the 800 jin artillery! These are just the current data, and there is still room for the West River Crossbow to be strengthened! ”

"The time is about one-third slower than the manufacture of 800 catties of artillery, and we use the assembly line for parts, so the requirements for the level of craftsmen are not too high, faster than artillery, but because there are too many parts, some key parts require high craftsmen, so the time is much higher than artillery, but this is not a problem, it is a big deal to invite more people, but you can also train more craftsmen of high realm!"

"Not bad!" Zhang Yuan listened and nodded, eight hundred catties of artillery, that is, close to eight hundred catties of copper, a copper coin is generally 0.5 taels, one catty of twenty copper coins, five catties of one hundred copper coins, with the conversion of one hundred copper coins and one tael of silver, one hundred and fifty taels, and in the artillery, not only copper, but also some special rare metals need to be added, in order to achieve the same artillery power in reality, the cost should be about two hundred taels of silver, that is, 10,000 RMB.

This is still the least powerful of the artillery, if it is a thousand catties, and eight thousand catties of red-clothed cannons, etc., it requires more rare metals, then the price is the same as his power, but it flies to the sky.

"But loading and winding is a problem! Although all other aspects are higher than the 800-pound artillery, or the same as the 800-pound artillery, these two aspects alone are enough to erase many advantages! The real market for this kind of crossbow is on the sea, and the space on the ship is extremely precious, nine people operate a crossbow, even if this crossbow can shoot twelve arrows at a time, the penetration is higher than that of artillery, the damage to the ship is lower than that of artillery, and the lethality of personnel is not lower than that of artillery with splashing effect, but with the narrow space of the ship, how many places can be installed?! Zhang Yuan shook his head pointedly.

"We are currently working on faster loading equipment, and lighter and faster string pulling mechanisms! And, now we've invented the stationary rotating chassis! We expect that one will be able to load the arrows, one to pull the strings, and one to shoot, and it will only take three people to be able to handle this crossbow! Menlas was very relieved, this thing can be changed to reality, and it can be calculated by computer to come up with a very good way, but not in the expedition, because the difficulty is not in the structure of the machine, but in the material.

Materials are not only difficult for artillery, muskets, and machinery, but also for delicate weapons such as crossbows.

"Take your time, the prospect of the crossbow is no worse than artillery, and it costs more to invest in research, which makes the threshold higher, once the research is out, you can have a large number of markets, you don't have to face too many competitors, the possibility of data leakage is low, and the cost is low, the profit is much higher than that of artillery, whether it is for your own use, or for sale is a good choice!"

Zhang Yuan encouraged, he didn't choose artillery at the beginning and chose crossbows, it was for this purpose, artillery in reality, players can get the manufacturing method online, although it can't be directly used in "Expedition", you can study or get the proportion of raw materials for artillery from others, and the manufacturing problem is solved, and the level of craftsmanship does not need to be too high, and the threshold can be said to be extremely low, and there is no need to be exploited by others.

With the advent of the Age of Sail, there was such a saying in the expedition, the artillery of the poor, the crossbow of the consortium!

It is about the relationship between the crossbow and the artillery.