Daming: Refining zombies at the beginning, Lao Zhu was shocked

Zhu Li was quite satisfied with the test firing effect of the slingshot and crossbow.

But there is obviously still a lot of room for improvement, but now is not the time to be picky. Even technological improvement takes time. Just wait until better slingshots and crossbows are put into the army in the future, and then eliminate them!

"Your Highness, this slingshot and crossbow requires a lot of rubber raw materials. Although the Western Region has been sending rubber grass over, the maximum output can only guarantee that 500 can be made every month!"

Zhao Jian reminded softly from the side.

"There is no other way. We can only make do with the rubber grass for now. When the rubber trees planted in the south can be harvested in the future, we can start mass construction!"

"How many have been made so far?"

Zhu Li sighed helplessly and asked slowly.

"Only a thousand have been made so far, but it would be no problem to equip a thousand households!"

Zhao Jian replied.

"In this way, we can make four thousand more slingshots and crossbows within half a year. A total of five thousand slingshots and crossbows can equip a battalion!"

Zhu Yue thought for a while and directly determined the number of slingshots and crossbows!

The personal guards of the vassal king are usually three guards, that is, three battalions.

The number of soldiers and horses in each battalion ranges from 3000 to 5000!

As for Zhu Yue's Hanzhong Guards, there are three battalions in total, and they are declared to be people, but privately Zhu Yue has recruited a lot more, basically reaching about people!

Among the many vassal kings, this is actually quite common!

For most vassal kings, especially those in the interior, some of the three bodyguards combined total only a few thousand people, or even less than !

Among all the vassal kings, the only ones who can compare with Zhu Yue are King Zhu Cang of Qin, King Zhu Fan of Jin, and King Zhu Di of Yan!

After all, like Zhu Yue, they are both frontier vassal kings, so they will definitely not be able to survive without the troops in their hands!

However, since King Qin Zhu Xi was recalled to the capital, his bodyguards stayed in Xi'an Mansion. Moreover, after Zhu Yuanzhang handed over Xi'an Mansion to him to manage, King Qin's three guards are now under the command of King Zhu Yue of Han Dynasty. Ordered!

It was like Zhu Yueshun took over all the three original guards of Zhu Ping!

In other words, the actual available troops in Zhu Yue's hands have been roughly doubled to more than !

Of course, he couldn't summon all people together. After all, Xi'an Mansion also had to be stationed, so he couldn't mess around!

But if necessary, he wouldn't mind using this army directly!

This is equivalent to a big gift from the old man!

The Hanzhong Army has about troops. If people are equipped with such slingshots and crossbows, the ratio will be very terrifying!

It will also directly increase the combat effectiveness of the entire army by several levels!

Of course, as long as Zhu Yue is willing, it is not a problem to equip the entire army, but it will just take more time!

At this time, Zhu Yue is still available!

But there’s no need to be so anxious right now!

"Your Highness...sent from Xi'an Mansion!"

At this moment, a letter came from a fast horse, and Zhao Jian handed it directly to Zhu Li.

Zhu Li took the letter and looked at it, his face suddenly turned cold.

"It's true that there are policies from above and countermeasures from below. After the second brother left Xi'an Mansion, these guys became more and more unscrupulous!"

"Do you really think what I said is nonsense, or do you really think that I don't dare to touch them?"

After directly crumpling the letter into a ball, Zhu Li snorted and spread his palms again, but the original letter had turned into powder and scattered in the air!

"Your Highness, what should we do next?"

A cold light flashed in Zhao Jian's eyes. He knew that someone had touched the taboo of the King of Han, and he might be bleeding like a river!

"Take your men and wait for me outside the city!"

"I will go back to the palace first and then come back!"

Zhu Yue didn't talk nonsense. After explaining to Zhao Jian, he rode the wind-chasing horse back towards the Han Palace alone!

Regarding the matters in Xi'an Mansion, Zhu Li must go there in person!

Moreover, he hasn't even been to Xi'an Mansion since it was handed over to him, so he just took this opportunity to go there!

But before going to Xi'an Mansion, he must go back to the Prince's Mansion to explain to his mother and Cao. After all, although Xi'an Mansion is not far from Hanzhong Mansion, this trip will take at least a few days!

In the palace of the King of Han, Concubine Zhou was playing with Zhu Xiaqiu in the yard, while Mrs. Cao was basking in the sun with her infant Zhu Xiaqiu in her arms!

As for the Li family, she became the successor of the Cao family. Now she is basically helping to take care of everything in the palace!

After all, Zhu Xiaqiang is still an infant, so it is best for his mother to take care of him. Naturally, he does not have so much time to manage so many trivial matters.

It can also be said that after the Li family joined the Han Palace, they helped the Cao family share a lot of pressure.

And Li's ability is pretty good, which makes both Cao and Zhu Yue quite satisfied.

Ms. Cao is not the kind of petty person, nor does she have such a strong desire to control, so she is happy and relaxed about leaving these matters to Mr. Li!

Of course, if there is something that Li cannot handle, she, the princess, will definitely need to solve it!

But the most important thing is Zhu Li’s approval and delegation of power!

In other words, Mrs. Li has no evil intentions, but if Zhu Yue notices that Mr. Li has any inappropriate intentions, it is impossible to delegate power to her!

Concubine Zhou and Lady Cao were both a little surprised to see Zhu Yue returning to the palace so quickly.

"Yue'er, are you back so early today?"

Concubine Zhou asked curiously.

In the past, when Zhu Yue went out, he would usually come back after dark. Besides, he should be busy going to the military camp, but he came back too fast this time.

"Mother and concubine, I have to go to Xi'an Mansion. I will not be in Hanzhong for the past few days. I will leave the palace to you!"

Zhu Yue said straight to the point.

"So sudden? Why did you go to Xi'an Mansion?"

Concubine Zhou asked in surprise.

The vassal king was not allowed to leave the fiefdom without an edict. Although Xi'an Mansion is now regarded as Zhu Yue's fiefdom, it is just an escrow!

Suddenly hearing that Zhu Yue was going to Xi'an Mansion, not only Concubine Zhou, but also Mrs. Cao was a little surprised.

"My father has left Xi'an Mansion to be managed by his son, so it's time to go there in person!"

"The mess left by the second brother also needs to be cleaned up!"

"If I don't go there personally, I'm afraid it won't be handled well!"

Zhu Li explained helplessly.

"That's what I say, but after all, Xi'an Mansion is not your real fiefdom. It's just for you to take care of temporarily. I won't stop you if you're interested, but don't do anything out of the ordinary!"

However, Concubine Zhou clearly felt that Zhu Li was hiding something from her. The main reason was that her trip to Xi'an Mansion was too sudden. Something must have happened there!

In addition, the second eldest brother Qin Wang Zhu Ping has made Xi'an Mansion a mess, and she is also worried that Zhu Yue will make a mess!