After the magic motive was activated, the propeller spun rapidly, and the loading platform tilted at an angle, which made the Duke and the three feel a little nervous, and they did not dare to look down.
Renault felt the oncoming wind and said:
"Your Highness, after starting the propulsion device, the maximum speed of the hot air balloon group can reach 20 meters per second. Adjusting the direction of the propeller can change the moving direction accordingly."
"Help us to stand firm, please..."
At this point, he made a gesture to lanster. Lanster activated another area on the rune square. The loading platform began to tilt to another angle, and the air flow across the platform changed direction.
The Duke boldly took a few steps on the platform and nodded with satisfaction.
He is very clear that a balloon that can move freely is much more useful than a balloon that can''t move freely, which means more coverage and can avoid danger in advance.
Renault said with a smile:
"next, your excellency, we will show you how to use weapons on the loading platform..."
He turned his hair and issued a series of commands:
"Gollum, prepare to release the target..."
"Rettle, you''re going to install the weapons right now..."
Gollum lifted a metal cage more than 1 meter high, flew out of the loading platform and began to circle around the platform.
On the other side, three members of the island protection team headed by Leiter each picked up a fish gun and installed it on the metal support.
The spear is also a "monkey version" equipment specially designed for export trade. It removes all magic devices and relies solely on springs to provide power, which reduces its power by 40%.
On the contrary, the range is increased, because the crossbow it uses is no longer a heavy all metal crossbow, but a lighter wood crossbow, and only the cluster is metal.
In addition, a set of manually operated ratchet wheel is installed on the fish gun, which is to compress the spring and facilitate the re loading of the crossbow. Otherwise, the thick spring can not be pressed by manpower alone.
However, since the fish gun was moved to the balloon, it naturally has a new name.
Renault said:
"this is the" magic arm crossbow "developed by the Haichao chamber of Commerce. It can launch large crossbows with a length of 1.5 meters, which poses a great threat to large birds..."
When talking about the word "large bird", he deliberately accentuated his tone, as if he was deliberately emphasizing something. The Duke understood Renault''s hint, and his old face looked thoughtful.
It''s said that the black Orc''s magic eye is a large bird?
"Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo... "
At this time, gulum, more than 50 meters away, suddenly opened the metal cage. Three warblers could not wait to get out of the cage, quickly flapped their wings and began to run away. They were what Renault called "targets".
They just flew more than ten meters away. Three crossbows and arrows flashed across the sky and hit them accurately.
One shot through the heart!
Warbler struggling with pain, with blood and flying feathers straight down.
In fact, in order to achieve "one arrow will kill" and maximize the demonstration effect, the island protection team sent out the strongest shooters. After hundreds of simulated shooting, more than 1000 warblers died under their hands.
Renault named Reiter is one of them. His talent in shooting is amazing. Although he joined the island protection team later, he soon became one of the best marksman in the island protection team.
The Duke looked at the warbler in shock and asked eagerly:
"Mr. Reynolds, what is the maximum range of the crossbow?"
Renault smiles a little and says a group of data that makes the Duke extremely satisfied:
"a trained shooter can guarantee a 30% hit rate within 200 meters. According to our test, the ultimate range of the divine arm crossbow is not less than 400 meters..."
The duke said excitedly:
"yes, 250 meters is enough to threaten the magic eye. We need the magic arm crossbow..."
Renordon began to laugh with joy.
The magic arm crossbow is originally a weapon specially designed for hot-air balloons. Its purpose is to deal with the black Orc''s magic eye.
If there is no magic arm crossbow, facing the attack of magic eye, the balloon is obviously downwind, and the other side shoots an arrow and pokes a hole in the surface of the balloon, then the balloon can only land obediently.
But after installing the crossbow on the hot air balloon, does the magic eye dare to approach?
Of course not!
There is no doubt that the crossbow will greatly increase the survival rate of the balloon.
Vassilit suddenly interjected:
"Your Highness, I think the crossbow can also play a great role in defending the city wall!"
Allietti also agreed:
"grandfather, if we are equipped with enough magic arm crossbows, the fortress we built on Nassau wetland will be more stable. Even the strong bowmen of black bastards dare not easily approach the fortress..."The ultimate range of a strong Bowman is only 300 meters, which is obviously lower than that of a shenban crossbow. When both sides hit each other, the shenban crossbow can easily suppress each other. From this point of view, it is a weapon that can change the battlefield situation.
Besides making money, Renault ordered the people to develop the crossbow. Another important purpose is to strengthen the strength of the human kingdom, so that the human army can resist the attack of the black orcs for a longer time.
In this respect, Renault is definitely a conscience arms dealer.
Vassilit and aleetie both understood the truth, and the Duke of course also understood it. He made a direct inquiry:
"Mr. Renault, what''s the unit price of the crossbow? Do you provide crossbows? "
Renault said with a smile:
"the unit price of the magic arm crossbow is 10 jinnals, and the price of the crossbow is 2 yinnals."
The price is not cheap at all. You should know that the price of an ordinary strong crossbow will not exceed three jinnals. Although the shenarm crossbow is bigger and uses more steel, the price of 10 jinnals is still far beyond the normal.
When haichaoling''s factories produce crossbows and crossbows, they all use assembly line production, and a large number of magic machines are used in all links, so the cost is incredibly low.
Taking the crossbow as an example, it only takes 3 seconds for magic woodworking machinery to process the shaft of a crossbow. The arrow cluster takes a little longer. It needs to be cast first and then machined, but the time is not more than 10 seconds.
Super high processing efficiency greatly reduces the cost. In Haichao collar, even if the labor cost and equipment cost are included, the total cost of the crossbow is only 4 copper nals. Compared with the price of 2 silver nals, this is almost 50 times the profit.
After hearing the offer, the Duke directly placed a large order:
"we want 6000 crossbows, 1 million crossbows and arrows!"
The total amount of an order is 80000 jinnals. Generally speaking, for an order with such a large amount, there should be some discount at least. 10% off is the most basic discount, and 70% off and 80% off are not out of the question.
But the Duke didn''t even pay the price and accepted the offer very readily.
The reason is simple. He was fed by Renault.
In the first batch of population transactions just completed a few days ago, the Castro family "sold" nearly 6000 civilians with a total income of more than 2000 guineas.
In addition, as a partner of Haichao chamber of Commerce, Haichao chamber of Commerce delivered 40000 jinnals worth of goods to them this time. If the sales are completed, the Castro family will get no less than 30000 jinnals of profits.
What''s more, the expenditure of buying weapons is military expenditure, which is paid by the kingdom. Why should the Duke save money for the kingdom?
Of course, he is willing to use the Kingdom''s money to repay Renault''s generosity.
So, the two shameless men, so reached a shady deal.
After the test flight of the balloon group, the exhibition was not over.
Renault asked his men to assemble all the hot-air balloons they brought, forming a huge team composed of one hot-air balloon group and five hot-air balloons, and invited many nobles to try out the hot-air balloon.
Then the team flew around leiyunbao for several times, creating a sensation in the whole city and earning enough attention for their own products.
At the same time, hundreds of kilometers away, the "Hope" steel rib wooden shell ship is quietly berthed near an uninhabited island with a total area of 30 square kilometers, and hundreds of island guards are sweating on the island.
The roar of the magic saw one after another rings, and the huge trees that are tens of meters high fall down. A camp hidden in the forest is rising.
This is the logistics base.
In the next period of time, the island protection team will rely on this base to enter the glow mainland and fight against the black orcs!