Chapter 47: Encyclopedia of Foreign War Weapons
“How to make money… is a problem!”
Li Qing thought hard for a long time and finally came up with a solution.
Selling arrow tower!
It is the ten-meter-high hollow arrow tower in his divine domain.
This thing requires materials from 40 cubic meters of stone, and one cubic meter of stone is 250 pieces. The total material cost is only about 10,000 yuan. But if you add in the labor cost, is there any problem in selling it for 200,000 yuan?
Normally it is not easy to build such a high arrow tower, let alone this one is formed in one piece.
Other people's arrow towers are built up piece by piece of stone and have gaps, but his is seamless and solid. Is there any problem in charging 200,000 for one?
completely fine.
Thinking of this, Li Qing opened the communication, contacted more than a dozen apprentices one by one, and sent them the parameters of the arrow tower.
After waiting for less than five seconds, Li Qing saw someone respond.
After a closer look, it turned out to be Cao Wenyuan. He asked with some confusion:
"Do you really have this thing to sell?"
"Of course, otherwise why would I send this to you?"
"how much do you have?"
"How much do you want?"
"what price?"
“…300,000 each!”
“So expensive?”
"Then you think, this thing is formed in one piece, and has a large internal space, it can be used to hide soldiers."
Cao Wenyuan was speechless, the price was really expensive, but when he looked back at the parameters of the arrow tower, considering the dangers of going out to explore, it was really necessary to place a few in the divine domain to increase defense.
In addition, this thing can also be used as a barracks or outpost in a branch base.
For example, if you discover a mine some distance away from the base, you can place a mine guard there.
After thinking for a while, he gritted his teeth and said:
"Give me four."
"No, six!"
"Okay, come and trade with me in half an hour with the money."
After turning off the communication, Li Qing clenched his fist excitedly.
"Sure enough, there is money. This money is so easy to make!"
As he spoke, he opened the door to the divine realm and was about to go in to prepare when he received a new message. He opened it and saw that it was from Gongsun Jin.
With similar remarks to Cao Wenyuan, after some price inquiries, Gongsun Jin gritted his teeth and bought four units.
While he was communicating, two apprentices came to ask about the price. Li Qing was too lazy to explain and simply replied in unison:
"The price is 300,000 per seat, no bargaining, only 20 units available, first come first served."
Then set the automatic reply and turn around to enter the divine realm.
At this time, the stones synthesized in the divine domain were piled up into small square hills. Apart from the stone houses, city walls, and stones for personal use, there were actually not many stones left.
In fact, there are a total of 2,460 cubic meters of stone in the divine domain at this time, which is not enough for himself. Now he only uses stone walls to surround the buildings, barracks and the core of the divine domain. The outer city wall has not been built yet, and he is also short of stones .
But there is no other way to make money.
He collected the stones into the space in his palm, then decomposed them and combined them into standard arrow towers, and then...
Consume the energy of the divine realm energy pool and seal these arrow towers into cards.
This is how all the trading cards come from, sealed by the power of the divine realm.
This also means that ordinary heroes and professionals cannot do this. The items they obtain in the alien plane, unless they exist in the form of cards, exist in their original state. If they want to bring them back, they can only find a way to move them back in their original state.
When he finished and came out, he heard a knock on the door. He opened the door and found Cao Wenyuan and Gongsun Jin outside.
Li Qing looked at the time and said with a smile:
"You guys came quite early!"
Cao Wenyuan shrugged:
"I have nothing to do."
With a flip of his right hand, six crystal cards with arrow towers on their surfaces appeared in Li Qing's palm. He took out one and handed it to Cao Wenyuan:
"You can go back to God's Domain and try it first. You don't need to tell me how to use it."
Cao Wenyuan didn't hesitate to take the card and opened the door to his own divine realm in his room.
Li Qing took out another one and handed it to Gongsun Jin:
"Well, you can try it first!"
After the two entered his own divine domain, Li Qing shrugged, opened the internal network of the mentor's divine domain, and prepared to order some supplies.
The supplies they can now purchase can only be purchased from their tutor, so the types and quantities are limited.
The most common items are basic supplies such as food, wood and stone, clean water, and various troop cards.
If I sell 20 arrow towers at 300,000 each, I will have exactly 6 million, which I can use to make a large purchase.
The price of rice here is 5 yuan per kilogram. Li Qing spent 2 million yuan in one go and ordered 400,000 kilograms of grain.
There is enough meat for the time being. The first batch of chickens and ducks on the ranch are about to grow up, and we will have food to eat then.
Then, he bought a set of blacksmith equipment and recruited a professional blacksmith with a monthly salary of 20,000 yuan.
For this purpose, a full 1.2 million was spent to purchase 200 cubic meters of crude iron, which can then be refined into 100 cubic meters of refined iron.
Iron is very expensive, but it is necessary. Many war weapons require high-strength high-carbon steel to be made.
Like ballistas and catapults, many key structures are made of steel, which can greatly extend their service life.
In addition, Li Qing also purchased a complete set of medical equipment, including a large number of linen bandages for bandaging, various medicines, etc.
In addition, the largest expense was a series of war weapon blueprints, which cost more than two million in total.
Including various types of crossbows, various types of catapults, various chariots, artillery, airships and so on.
Even the various steel formulas used to build these machines were purchased, including special steel used to make alloy crossbows.
He planned to study it carefully, understand its structure thoroughly, and then rub it out by hand.
It only took two hours to sell out all 20 arrow towers. Many apprentices who were slow to react came to ask about the sale, and Li Qing responded one by one, saying that they had all been sold out.
This kind of thing cannot be rampant, it is valuable only when there is less of it.
But when we meet again in a few months, I can prepare more to sell to them, or use this to barter with other apprentices for other good things.
After completing the transaction and receiving the money, Li Qing immediately went to find his mentor to prepare to receive the supplies he had just ordered.
However, when he arrived at his tutor's study, he found Chu Zhongzhong and Mo Wenxi standing at the door. He was surprised:
"Why are you standing at the door?"
Mo Wenxi pointed inside and said:
"Zhang Jishan is inside, wait a moment."
Li Qing nodded and asked:
"When are you leaving?"
"The day after tomorrow, what about you?"
"IM about the same."
"That's quite a coincidence."
"yes!"
…
Chu Zhongzhong, who was standing nearby, rolled his eyes when he heard their meaningless chat.
Not long after, the door opened and Zhang Jishan came out with a smile on his face. When he saw Li Qing, he paused and asked:
"Student Li Qing, do you still have those arrow towers? I can buy eight of them for 350,000 each."
Li Qing spread his hands:
"To be honest, I do have a few more, but I want to..."
"400000!"
Zhang Jishan stretched out a finger and said to him:
"If I'm not mistaken, you have a way to build this kind of arrow tower. It will take some time at most. From the time we set out to the northern plane and then find a suitable place to build a base, it will take at least a month. If we're not so lucky, it will take two months. This time is enough for you to build some more."
He stared into Li Qing's eyes and said:
"400,000 per seat, I want 8 seats, a total of 3.2 million, do you want to do this deal?"
"Well……"
Li Qing scratched the back of his head, thought for less than a second and nodded heavily:
"Do!"
There's no way, he gave too much.
But we have to say that they are really rich. I don’t know how much support their family gave them, but they took out 3.2 million without blinking an eye. It’s really enviable.
But I am not bad either, I am even better than them. At least I earn their money based on my own ability.
There were 28 arrow towers in total, and the total profit was 9.2 million.
The transaction was completed fifteen minutes later, and 3.2 million was received, bringing the total funds on hand to 4.03 million.
Not long after, the tutor's room was opened and Mo Wenxi walked out, pointing to the back and saying:
"it's your turn."
Chu Zhongzhong had entered long before Mo Wenxi and has left now.
When I pushed open the door and entered, I saw my mentor Nie Yang sitting at his desk, seemingly counting things. There was a pile of cards on the desk. When he saw that it was Li Qing who came in, he smiled and pointed at the desk:
"sit!"
"You purchased 400,000 kilograms of rice, 200 cubic meters of crude iron, a set of blacksmith tools, a batch of medical materials, a batch of war weapon blueprints, a batch of livestock, a batch of human race cards, and a batch of military unit cards. Is that correct?"
Li Qing nodded:
"Yes."
"Well, everything is here, click on it."
The instructor pushed a stack of cards that had been counted earlier in front of him.
With his hands clasped together on the desk, the instructor said:
"I heard that you were selling an arrow tower. I looked into it and it's pretty good. Do you have any extra ones? I'll trade them with something else."
"Well!"
Li Qing was very surprised and said:
"Does the instructor need this too?"
Nie Yang laughed and said:
"Look at what you said, who doesn't need such a good thing?"
"To be honest, 300,000 is too cheap. You call this arrow tower an arrow tower, but according to its size, it can be used to configure a sub-base."
"This arrow tower is ten meters high, with a base diameter of five meters and a top diameter of six meters. It is hollow inside and has a soldier cave and storage room. We only need to build some ancillary buildings and facilities, and then add a wall to establish an outpost."
"With this size, it wouldn't be expensive even if it were sold for 500,000!"
“Ah, this…”
Li Qing really didn't expect the tutor's evaluation to be so high.
But if you think about it, it's true.
If the size of this thing were increased a bit, with a diameter of ten meters and a height of twenty meters, and the interior completely hollowed out, it would be equivalent to a six- or seven-story building, and would be more than enough to serve as a base.
"loss!"
The first twenty pieces were only sold for 300,000 each, so I lost millions.
"You are still too young, inexperienced, and ignorant!"
Li Qing shook his head in his heart and had nothing to say.
"How about it, do you have any more?"
Nie Yang smiled and said:
"It doesn't matter if you don't have it now. I'm not in urgent need right now. I can wait two months."
These words immediately saved Li Qing, and he quickly said:
"It's true that there isn't one now, but there will be one in two months."
"Okay, I'll take as many as I can when the time comes."
"Yeah, okay."
"Let's get back to the point."
Nie Yang clasped his hands together and said in a deep voice:
"I see you bought a lot of blueprints for war weapons and chariots. Are you planning to build them yourself?"
Li Qing nodded.
The instructor was quite surprised and said:
“You have so many professional craftsmen?”
Li Qing nodded again:
"There are a lot of them, and there are two very powerful master craftsmen."
Strictly speaking, it is true that he alone can serve as a thousand professional craftsmen.
"That's quite surprising to me. If that's the case, I have a book that's quite suitable for you. Wait a moment."
After saying this, Nie Yang stood up and went into the inner room.
Soon, I heard the sound of flipping pages inside. After a while, the instructor brought in a large book that was half the size of the window, more than ten centimeters, and had a thick leather cover. He placed it heavily on the desk, patted the book hard, and said:
"This is a book of universal war weapons from foreign lands. It contains a large number of weapons, bows and crossbows, various war weapons, chariots, and even the blueprints of war weapons such as artillery and magic artillery. It only costs 2 million."
"Two million..."
Li Qing moved the book over and lifted the cover. The first page was the table of contents.
There were designs of various knives, swords, hammers, axes, guns, bows, crossbows, various chariots, airships, various ballistae, catapults, artillery, and even some strange war weapons that he had never heard of.
And each sword has various subdivisions. There are short swords, one-handed swords, two-handed swords, heavy swords, etc. It is very comprehensive.
However, after turning a few pages, Li Qing discovered a problem.
"How about it, this thing is very comprehensive, even my instructor only has one copy."
Li Qing exclaimed:
“It is indeed very comprehensive, but the designs here seem very primitive .”
“Of course it’s original. This is the most original version. But because it’s the most original, it gives you free rein to express yourself.”
The instructor said loudly:
"The most original versions represent infinite possibilities. You can freely play with these original versions and design excellent new versions on your own. The copyright of the weapons you design will belong to you. You can use these excellent new designs to make money. Isn't it great!"
Li Qing...
This sounds good, but...
Indeed, it is easy to design new weapons and equipment by starting from the original version.
However, the design of weapons has gone through countless tens of thousands of years of development, and the market is now full of various new weapons and equipment. For a small apprentice of the War Lord like him, it cannot be said that it is impossible to design a new design that is better than the previous ones and has unique highlights, but it can only be said that it is impossible.
But it's not a loss. At least I have a complete set of design drawings. I have a foundation and can slowly study it when I tinker with it. Maybe one day I can really create a new weapon with great power.
“Not a loss!”
As for the sets of drawings I just bought, they are the latest and most sophisticated configurations, and are much more powerful than the original ones, so there is no need to return them.
Next, Nie Yang kept Li Qing and reminded him of some points to note in development. Half an hour later, he left .
After returning to the dormitory, Li Qing put all his things into the divine domain. Without doing anything else, he went straight back to the dormitory, took out the encyclopedia and started reading it.
It would be a waste of time and energy to start now. At least I have to memorize the design drawings first.
Early the next morning, after a quick wash, Li Qing packed up his personal belongings in the dormitory and went out, ready to set off.
When we arrived at the north gate of the castle, the square was particularly lively. Many students gathered around and watched the several teams in the square.
Cao Wenyuan, Mo Wenxi, Gongsun Jin, and two other ordinary apprentices have been gathering their troops and preparing to set off.
