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The side doctor Zuo Xiang 5200 Text 528. Weapons and food

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    Burse asked Wang Pengyu directly how many crossbows he had.

    Although other iron weapons are precious, there is no problem in gathering the power of six city-states to build thousands and hundreds of iron swords, but the quality is not as good as Wang Pengyu's titanium steel swords and alloy swords, and the increase in fighting spirit is smaller.

    Titanium steel swords and steel armors mainly increase the battlefield survivability of level nine strong men. Every level nine strong man is extremely precious. It is basically impossible to directly rush into the opponent's army and fight hand-to-hand. Instead, they are used as a deterrent force.  Therefore, since the beginning of the war, only seven or eight level 9 warriors from the six city-states have died, but as many as one million ordinary warriors have died.

    "The only thing that can really change the outcome of a war is a powerful weapon like a crossbow. If the crossbow is powerful enough, even the thorn tree god may not be able to kill him on the battlefield.

    This is like a mosquito. One mosquito can do nothing to humans. If thousands of mosquitoes sting someone at the same time and cannot dodge, it is normal to kill a person.

    Unfortunately, the six city-states have a lot of iron metal and can make iron swords, but no matter how much research they do, they can't imitate the crossbow.

    Wang Pengyu did not answer Burse directly. He pondered for a moment before saying, "I wonder, Count Burse, how many crossbows do you need?"

    Crossbows are not valuable items on Earth, but passing through the Cave of Darkness and breaking through the barriers to transport them to Beast Island is by no means an easy task. Even if Wang Pengyu is determined to help the six city-states defeat the Zerg invasion, it is impossible to supply crossbows without any conditions.  Give them crossbows and iron weapons.

    ??Especially when the earth is about to be catastrophically destroyed, and factories will be shut down, it will be difficult to find alloy steels with relatively high technical content such as titanium steel.  Wang Pengyu now has people hoarding these steel materials in large quantities.  But even if you can hoard huge amounts of steel.  To the small world, it is just a pebble thrown into the sea, and it is difficult to cause any waves.

    ??A Divine Dragon Empire is equal to the total area of ??the earth¡¯s land and oceans, not to mention the entire Small Thousand Worlds?  How much steel can Wang Pengyu transport through the space barrier to get here?

    Burse and others naturally studied how many weapons they needed to buy, and then nodded and said: "The weapons Mr. Wang sold to us previously helped us resist many Zerg attacks, but the quantity was still a little small, and some of them were damaged.  We can only defend passively. It is difficult to take the initiative to attack."

    "We have already discussed that although there are reinforcements from the ninth-level strong men and flying Warcraft warriors from Blackstone Plains, if we want to completely defeat the main force of the Zerg, we still need at least 300 powerful crossbows!"

    Wang Pengyu¡¯s face changed slightly when he heard this, he didn¡¯t expect their appetite to be so big.  Previously, they only exchanged a few dozen strong crossbows in total, but now they have purchased three hundred. Do they really think that strong crossbows are just roadside goods?

    A strong crossbow weighs more than two hundred kilograms, and eight of them weigh one ton. Three hundred strong crossbows weigh close to forty tons.  These goods are almost comparable to the meteorite that Wang Pengyu worked so hard to transfer to Pingshan.  Coupled with the weight of the container, it would take a lot of effort for Wang Pengyu to break through the barrier and transport it to Ten Thousand Beast Island.

    He had delivered goods twice before, and Tiandu Chihuo and others took turns to make two trips. Using the high-level magic weapon he gave him, he managed to break a relatively large crack in the barrier. He also brought a small space ring.  The total amount of materials transported to Lingshu Valley is about 150 tons.

    These materials are mainly various thermal weapons, bullets, fuel, etc. The titanium steel swords and strong crossbows that are actually traded to the indigenous people of Xiaoqian World only add up to four hundred, and there are only two hundred strong crossbows!

    Burse asked for three hundred crossbows. Even if Wang Pengyu gave them all the crossbows, it would not be enough.

    When Qin Qingtian saw Wang Pengyu¡¯s expression change slightly and he didn¡¯t say anything, he couldn¡¯t help but feel anxious and asked in a deep voice: ¡°Mr. Wang, is it possible that the crossbow is not strong enough?¡±

    Wang Pengyu glanced at everyone, nodded and said with a wry smile: "City Lord Qin, Count Burs, this powerful crossbow is not easy to make, and Wang has to have people transport it here from a very far away place. Naturally, the quantity cannot be too large. Now  The number of powerful crossbows stored in Lingshu Valley is only over a hundred"

    He was not reserved at all. The price of the transaction must be negotiated, so he continued: "It's not that Wang is unkind. Making a strong crossbow requires a lot of cost, and it's not owned by Wang alone. There are many brothers behind him who need it."  We can¡¯t just give it to you like this.¡±

    "Three hundred strong crossbows are not a small amount. Can the six city-states now spend so many magic cores to buy strong crossbows?"

    Wang Pengyu frowned slightly and looked at Qin Qingtian and others.

    Qin Qingtian and others all guessed that Wang Pengyu had great support behind him, and maybe even the legendary four-armed ancient tribe to help. Now that Wang Pengyu said it himself, it only proved that their guess was correct and did not cause any shock!

    How can manpower create such an exquisite weapon?device?  Unlike the magic weapon, which requires magic power to drive, it can exert such a powerful power by relying on the elasticity of the weapon itself. I am afraid that only the four-armed ancients who are said to be able to build any item can do this.

    Lei Qianyu thought for a moment and said slowly: "We all know the value of three hundred crossbows. To be honest with Mr. Wang, if the Zerg had not invaded three years ago, we would have been able to buy it with all our strength.  Come down, but now, I absolutely don¡¯t have this ability.¡±

    He paused for a moment and then said: "We plan to pay part of the money first. After defeating the Zerg, we will resume production, send people to hunt Warcraft, or trade these weapons with other city-states. All the balance will be settled within three years."  !¡±

    Wang Pengyu nodded slightly, and then said: "In fact, to deal with the Zerg, it is not necessary to have such a large number of crossbows. I have something here that can kill ordinary insect soldiers on a large scale, and even elite insect soldiers and insect generals will have a certain effect. Cooperation  It won¡¯t be too difficult to repel the Zerg army with powerful crossbow strikes.¡±

    The people of the six city states were all surprised when they heard what Wang Pengyu said. One of them had several centipede-like scars on his face, and the middle-aged general whose left ear was torn couldn't help but asked: "Mr. Wang, those ordinary insect soldiers, although  They are not strong, but they are small and very fast. It is difficult for our warriors to hit them. The only thing that can kill them in a large area is area magic."

    "We also tried using fire attacks, but it was difficult to work. The Zerg tribe has special fire-bending insects. Not only are they not afraid of flames, they can also spit water foam to extinguish the flames."

    He thought Wang Pengyu was talking about using flammable black oil to burn the Zerg.

    Wang Pengyu shook his head: "I have already tested some Zerg, and there is no problem in killing them."

    "In addition to this insect-killing thing, I can also bring out a hundred powerful crossbows. In addition, when I came here earlier, I saw some women and children working in the mountains. They only ate porridge and wild vegetables. Are the six city-states afraid that they will not be able to sustain their food supply?  Wang also has a way to help you solve this problem."

    "What? Can Mr. Wang also solve our food shortage problem?"

    Qin Qingtian opened his eyes wide and looked at Wang Pengyu with disbelief, thinking that he had heard wrongly.

    They are now facing two major difficulties. The first is of course the Zerg invasion, and the second is food shortage, especially the fall of the Sunset City-State, which burned 100,000 tons of food, making the six city-states even more nervous.

    Even if the casualties in the battle were serious, the six city-states combined still have a population of about eight million. It is extremely difficult for these eight million people to support more than one million warriors.

    The six city-states are so vast that they can be compared with the whole of China. The problem is that most of the places are barren lands. Coupled with backward productivity, food has always been insufficient.

    Unlike the Zerg, they can eat bark and weeds. After more than two years of fighting, many fields have been abandoned and food is not enough. In order to support this million-strong army, the food of the six city-states has been controlled. Those who do not join the army  , can only eat two bowls of gruel and one piece of dry biscuit every day.

    Because of this, the city lords of the six city-states thought that the Zerg would retreat after suffering heavy casualties, so they sent some old and weak soldiers to the Thorny Mountains to die!

    It's okay to say that Wang Pengyu has iron weapons, but if you let go of food, it's normal to eat three to five kilograms of meat and rice a day. There are eight million people, and they need two kilograms of meat, millet, and rice a day. Calculating like this, it's easy  It's 16 million kilograms of grain. A month's consumption can reach an astonishing 480 million kilograms. How could Wang Pengyu have such a huge amount of grain?

    People near Wang Pengyu felt that Wang Pengyu was exaggerating. Lei Qianyu was afraid that Wang Pengyu did not understand the situation of the six city-states, so he pointed out in particular: "Mr. Wang? You have so much food? Our six city-states have a population of eight million  !¡±

    Wang Pengyu smiled and said: "Of course I don't have that much food, but I can find you some food crops that reproduce quickly and have high yields. As long as the six city-states can support them for a year and a half, these crops will reproduce for two or three generations. Naturally,  It can solve the food problem of the six city-states.¡±

    He is not bragging casually. The population density of the earth is a hundred times that of the Shenjiao Empire. In terms of food production research, people in the six city-states are by no means comparable. Although the food production here is low, in many cases it is caused by Warcraft.

    There are many magical beasts in the wilds of the six city-states. Ordinary people cannot cope with them at all. Even if they plant crops, they may be destroyed by the magical beasts. They can only work near the city-states and within the scope of human control, making it impossible to open up a lot of land to plant crops.

    The crop that reproduces quickly and has high yield is none other than sweet potato.

    Sweet potatoes have low environmental requirements and are extremely easy to reproduce. Both vines and tubers can reproduce offspring. The yield per mu can be as high as 4,000 to 8,000 kilograms. Especially here, there is sufficient spiritual energy. Wang Pengyu estimates that one day??Sweet potatoes can yield at least 10,000 kilograms.

    Based on two harvests a year, this means that as long as more than 100,000 acres of sweet potatoes are planted, the food problem of the six city-states can be solved.

    Any city-state can get over 100,000 acres of fields. The wilderness city-state with the least fields has a population of one million, and each person has two or three acres of cultivated land!

    Because it is easy to propagate and does not require much care, there is absolutely no problem in planting a large number of sweet potatoes. Although eating sweet potatoes every meal will definitely not taste good and the nutrition is not balanced, it is better than starving to death alive.  (To be continued.)
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