10 at night.
The Fortress of the Orderer.
Zhao Haiping came to the door of the blacksmith shop and found that there were already many players queuing up here.
"I want that mid-range armor!"
"Give me a better spear."
"Are you selling war horse armor? If so, give me the cheapest one!"
The whole street nearby seemed very lively.
After clearing the dungeon twice, there have been many upgrades in the Fortress of the Orderer.
On the one hand, there are many more merchants in the town, selling various equipment and props, which also carry different functions of the town. On the other hand, the scope of the entire historical slice has become larger.
Li Weiyi and other players have already begun to discuss the next planning issues for the Fortress of the Orderer.
So far, the first phase of Linyuan City's construction plan has been basically completed thanks to the enthusiastic efforts of the players.
In Li Weiyi's previous plan, Linyuan City's city wall had a total of three floors, not counting the original rammed earth wall in the county seat.
In fact, Li Weiyi and others already wanted to tear down the rammed earth wall, because it no longer played much of a defensive role and it still occupied an area. However, manpower was currently tight, so they were left temporarily.
Those currently under construction are all stone walls.
The innermost layer is a circle of stone walls on the cliff at the top of the mountain, locking the strategic location and ensuring that the inner city is a flat ground, which can be regarded as the core area;
The middle layer is built on the mountainside according to the terrain, and includes resources on the mountain such as farmland, mines and other resources;
The outer layer is a circle of city walls built near the foot of the mountain according to the terrain, as the front line against the enemy.
The three city walls are connected by city walls. There are many secret passages and caves, allowing players to quickly support each other back and forth.
In addition, there are also city walls that lead directly to the water to prepare for the future.
What if this game can open up naval forces in the future? At that time, a naval dock can be built logically, and it will be even more convenient to rely on rivers to transport troops.
During the expedition of the Orderers in the copy of "The Marquis Is Not My Will", the innermost wall of the entire Orderer fortress had been completed and played a major role in the battle against the Northern Barbarian cavalry.
After that, the players kept moving bricks.
This time Zhao Haiping came to the Fortress of the Orderer again and saw a lively scene.
This may be because the last version opened the cavalry trial of "exploring the bag to retrieve objects", and most players went directly to the cavalry trial, so the big move has slowed down a little; but now there is no new small trial in this transitional version. The refining dungeon is open, so players come to work in the Fortress of the Orderer to make money.
So far, thanks to the efforts of players to move bricks, the second and third floors of the city wall have been largely completed.
I have to say that the construction speed of players is indeed terrifying, especially as new versions of the game "Dark Sand" continue to be opened, players have more and more resources, the number of players is also increasing, and the construction speed is also getting faster and faster. faster.
Now, a three-dimensional defense system has been initially established, surrounding the entire mountain in three circles. From the foot of the mountain to the mountainside to the top of the mountain, it is all surrounded by city walls, which can be said to be impregnable.
The players are all looking forward to it, the Northern Barbarian Cavalry is coming again.
The cavalry hedging is certainly thrilling, but if you can use rolling logs, rocks and various defensive equipment to beat the monsters on the city wall, it might not be a more enjoyable way to play.
If Li Weiyi's previous construction plan is followed, the next step is to continue to build the city wall and connect all three city walls.
The next step is to continue to strengthen and heighten these city walls and build fortresses on them.
When viewed from a distance, the entire mountain looks like a giant hedgehog. The three city walls and the fortresses on the city walls are like countless spikes on the hedgehog. Just one look from a distance will completely make people lose the desire to attack. .
And the demon's fearless offensive characteristics will only bring more happiness to the players in front of this city.
However, at this time, Li Weiyi and other construction tycoons were intensely discussing the follow-up construction plan of the Orderer's Fortress.
Because at this time they were faced with a choice: should they continue to consume construction value and completely complete the entire Linyuan City defense system planned before? Or should we let Linyuan City remain in its current state for the time being and use a large amount of construction value to transform the nearby terrain?
The reason for this entanglement is that after the two historical slices of "the feudal lord is not my own" and "the reckless heroism" were opened up, the scope of the entire Orderer fortress and player fiefdoms has been greatly expanded. .
The historical slice where the Orderer's Fortress is currently located has been expanded several times compared to its original state.
Its original scope was actually only enough to build a city.
Of course, the scope mentioned here not only includes the city itself, but also includes the surrounding areas that the city can radiate and cover.
Each city has a certain coverage area, and there must be a lot of space between cities.
If this space is too small, it will be a waste of resources and the role of the city will be repeated; but if the space is too large, the city will not be able to cover it, creating a blind spot for defense.
In these new areas, there are also a large number of resources needed by players.
For example, wood, stone mines, coal mines, iron mines, farmland, etc. are distributed in a completely random state.
Players can certainly travel thousands of miles to transport these resources, but after all, the distance is long and not cost-effective.
This is just like some strategy games. When the territory is large, you have to consider opening separate bases.
Therefore, in order to bring the entire area under control, the best solution is to build a few more cities.
At present, judging from the most extreme situation, at least four more cities are needed to cover all the resources of the entire historical slice within the protection scope of the city.
It is not impossible to have only one city, but on the one hand, the delivery speed of supplies will be slower, and on the other hand, if the demons really invade in large numbers one day, it means that all areas that cannot be covered by Linyuan City will have to be destroyed. Occupied by monsters, the resources in these places cannot be used.
Therefore, Li Weiyi also considered whether to spend some more construction value to reshape the terrain, and continue to plan the area of the new city based on the generated terrain.
Even if three or four cities cannot be built at once, at least one additional city must be built to form a twin-city structure.
This can maximize the use of resources.
Of course, when reshaping the terrain, players can choose to lock the terrain in a certain area and not change it. This avoids the situation where the already built Linyuan City is also destroyed when the terrain is randomly generated.
But the construction value is limited after all. Whether to repair Linyuan City first, or to transform the terrain and generate a new city requires careful weighing.
Therefore, these construction tycoons started to argue again, but they have not been able to reach a definite conclusion yet.
On the other side, there are also many players who are busy buying various new equipment.
Zhao Haiping immediately bought a set of war horse armor, and also upgraded his bow and arrow. He bought a riding bow that was very suitable for mounted archery.
By the way, I also bought a three-eyed gun that comes standard with cavalry.
In the previous trial dungeon, many players had tasted the benefits of this thing, so of course they had to arrange it for themselves at this time.
After clearing the "Reckless Heroic" dungeon, all the equipment from the entire Dasheng Dynasty has been updated in the fortress, dazzling players.
After some operations, Zhao Haiping was poor again.
There is no other way, spending money is like running water!
Whether it is weapons or armor, they are all too expensive, and it is easy to empty out all your savings.
I had no choice but to leave Linyuan City, ride on my war horse and wander around nearby, hoping to see if I could be lucky enough to encounter some random monsters, and kill them in exchange for some reward money.
…
At the same time, several players gathered in Li Hongyun’s fiefdom.
These are all like-minded musket enthusiasts he found during this period of gaming.
There are many craftsmen who have a deep understanding of firearms or have strong hands-on skills.
Li Hongyun is now considered a star player, so he is quite popular among the player community and has successfully organized such a "Musket Innovation Research Team".
At this time, there were many different firearms in front of everyone, such as various identical or different bird guns, three-eyed guns, etc., and they were trying to dismantle and study them.
There is also a blacksmith who is hammering a red-hot iron ingot with an anvil.
Before the dungeon "The Marquis Is Not My Will" ends, an area similar to a blacksmith shop has appeared in the player's fief, with anvils, furnaces, hammers and other basic props for blacksmithing.
It's just that at that time, the two dungeons "Exploring the Bag" and "Reckless Heroic Spirit" were about to be released soon, and not many players actually studied this stuff.
After all, blacksmithing is a technical job in itself and very expensive.
If you want to forge iron in your own fiefdom, you have to buy coal, iron ore and various materials from the Orderer's fortress. And once you fail, it means that all these are in vain. After a long day of hard work, it is often better to go directly to the blacksmith shop. Buy ready-made.
In the early days, players were relatively poor and reluctant to try this.
But as the game progresses, players become more and more wealthy, and some people start to think about blacksmithing.
Li Hongyun is obviously one of them.
Some players are more interested in the forging of cold weapons, but what Li Hongyun is most interested in is obviously hot weapons.
That is, how to continue to improve the blunderbuss in his hand.
"So, the result of the research is that we can't get Gatlin out.
“Not only can’t you make a Gatling, you can’t even make an ordinary bolt-action rifle.
"The only thing that can barely be made is the flintlock gun." Li Hongyun briefly summarized the conclusions reached after everyone's research.
The Ranger player who was blacksmithing nodded, handed the iron pliers and hammer in his hand to another blacksmith player for rotation, then sat down in front of Li Hongyun and began to explain his current thinking to him.
This ranger player is called Cui Huowang. Among ranger players, he is not particularly outstanding, but in reality, he is an expert in forging cold weapons and is also an excellent fitter.
After entering the game "Dark Sand", he has been trying to improve the weapons and equipment in it, whether it is cold weapons or hot weapons.
This motivation naturally hit it off with Li Hongyun, and he became the soul of this "Musket Innovation Research Team".
Cui Huowang picked up a bird gun and said: "The bird guns in the Dasheng Dynasty were all matchlock guns. As for the three-eyed gun, they were even more backward and were classified as fire gate guns.
"To put it simply, the development history of modern firearms is door guns, matchlock guns, flintlock guns, cap guns, and striker guns. Of course, this is only a rough classification. According to the type of barrel, it can be divided into smoothbore guns and rifled guns. Guns and more.
"The firearms of the Dasheng Dynasty have only developed to the level of matchlocks. If we work harder and get to the level of flintlocks, there will be no big problem, but if we go up further, it will be difficult.
"Because if you develop further, you need a chemical technology tree, which is mercury fulminate. Whether you make mercury fulminate into an external trigger or directly make it into a primer for paper bullets, this kind of thing is indispensable. .
"Mercury fulminate is a special substance that explodes after being fired, so it is an excellent medium for igniting the propellant. Without it, you can only use a flintlock gun to ignite the propellant, which cannot simplify the entire launch process. .”
Li Hongyun was a little disappointed: "Is there nothing else that can replace it?"
Cui Huowang paused for a moment: "How do you say this... Of course there is, but it will only be more difficult to obtain.
"Things like mercury fulminate require certain chemical techniques to synthesize. As for other key materials in the technology tree...the difficulty is not low, and the steps are far more complicated than you think.
"As for things like rifled guns, Mini bullets, striker guns, and bolt-action rifles, almost every step requires the support of many technology trees. You can't even think about it now. Even if you can barely make it, the cost will be too high. Unacceptable level.
“In the final analysis, the most critical problem is that currently what we can explore in the Orderer’s Fortress is only a small area, and many precious resources are not available.
"The things that we can currently obtain in large quantities are based on the technology tree of the Dasheng Dynasty. Most of the things that the Dasheng Dynasty has, we can buy in the towns, but the things that the Dasheng Dynasty does not have, we cannot Easy to handle.
"And this situation will definitely not improve in the future, because the technological level of the Qi Dynasty will only be lower than that of the Dasheng Dynasty. In other words, this is most likely the upper limit of technology we can reach.
"In the final analysis, the content of the game "Dark Sand" is open to us in the form of slices, and in the end it will fall into the battle between the Orderers and the monsters, so overall, it is a fantasy world, not a fantasy world. The world of technology..."
Li Hongyun was inevitably a little disappointed.
He originally expected to find a few experts who could use weapons like AK47 in the Orderer's fortress, or to say the least, a bolt-action rifle would be enough to defeat the monsters.
It turned out that none of this could be done.
The fundamental reason is that the place they live in is a slice of history, not a real world.
Historical slices are phantoms that have existed in history, so everything that existed in history will be available here, but things that have not been discovered, manufactured, and used on a large scale in history have become more difficult to obtain.
Cui Huowang added: "But you don't have to be so disappointed. In fact, the flintlock gun is not as bad as you think.
"Furthermore, our enemies are monsters, and it is impossible for monsters to climb the technology tree, so as long as we have flintlock guns, we are actually enough to crush them in musket technology.
"No matter how rubbish the flintlock gun is, it is more than enough to defeat a dozen cold weapon legions by lining up and shooting them.
"Moreover, players and monsters are not afraid of death at all. As long as they are trained, their morale will completely crush the general army. Therefore, the tactic of queuing to kill is actually a tactic that is very suitable for players to use.
"A flintlock gun can fire three shots per minute under ideal conditions, and when paired with a sleeve bayonet, it is actually enough to complete the weapon innovation of an army."
Li Hongyun could only sigh silently: "Okay, let's continue talking about the flintlock gun.
“This flintlock gun...can it be made to be reloaded at the back?
"When I was using the blunderbuss, I really wanted to complain. Every time I reloaded the bullet, I had to poke it with a stick. It was really stupid..."
Cui Huowang nodded: "Of course it is possible in theory, as long as you can accept the series of defects it brings.
"For example, because the craftsmanship is not up to standard, the air tightness will not be very good. You may burn yourself by producing a lot of smoke and flames when launching, and the initial velocity of the bullet will also decrease. Of course, the most important thing is that it is troublesome to make and difficult to mass produce. , can only be regarded as a noble toy. The cost of making such a gun is at least four times higher than that of a muzzle-loading gun, but it may not be better to use."
Li Hongyun was helpless again: "Okay, just load it in the front.
"Can you think of a way to simplify it? I have to insert the barrel of the gun back every time I poke it. Is it too cumbersome to hold it in my hand or put it somewhere else?"
Cui Huowang shook his head again: "If we look at historical practice, it is obviously not possible.
“Because the battlefield is very chaotic, the purge is an extremely easy component to lose, and without the purge it is impossible to shoot.
"It is easy to lose or miss a key step when holding it in your hand or putting it on the ground. Therefore, generally speaking, it is still necessary to force soldiers to perform the action of putting away the cleaning strip to strengthen their muscle memory and minimize the number of mistakes on the battlefield. accidents."
Li Hongyun was a little helpless. It seemed that many things were not as simple as he thought.
The soldiers in the flintlock era looked stupid, and many people would naturally wonder if there was a better way to deal with it, such as omitting the step of collecting the clearance slip or changing the formation of queuing up to be shot...
But unfortunately, these often prove to be suicide attempts.
The standard tactics developed by humans in history are often the optimal solutions at that level of technology.
Li Hongyun finally accepted the conclusion that he could only reluctantly try to develop a flintlock gun, and asked: "Then how far can we achieve with a front-loaded flintlock gun? If it is not enough to create a generation difference against monsters, there is no need at all. It’s a waste of effort.”
Cui Huowang said: "Of course there is a big difference.
“No matter how poor the accuracy of a flintlock gun is, and no matter how slow its reloading speed is, it is still much easier to use than a matchlock gun, and its lethality is infinitely higher than that of a bow and arrow.
“If we think about the tactics of flintlock muskets, we can improve the lethality of muskets in at least three aspects.
"The first is array density. When using matchlocks, you have to stand relatively spread out for safety reasons, while flintlock guns can stand more densely to increase the firepower density. Moreover, dense arrays can also be used in close combat. play a big role.
"The second one is the improved fixed-load paper tube ammunition, which is to wrap a fixed amount of gunpowder and lead bullets in a paper shell. When loading, fill the fire door with a fixed amount of propellant, then bite open the bag of fixed-loaded bullets, It can be fired directly by pouring it into the barrel and compacting it with a purge bar. The loading speed is faster than that of a matchlock gun.
"The third one is the sleeve bayonet. The long barrel of the flintlock gun plus the bayonet can basically replace the role of the long gun, and it also has good hand-to-hand combat capabilities.
“Furthermore, we can train players to exert their best discipline and use queuing shooting tactics and hollow square formation tactics to deal with the demon’s heavy armored troops and cavalry troops.
"Fireguns are basically useless against heavy armor, because neither shields nor metal armor can stop flintlock bullets.
"What we should be more worried about now is that even if I can barely make a flintlock gun, there will not be enough manpower to mass-produce it."
Li Hongyun thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay, let's try to make a flintlock gun first!
"If it can really be made, I will take the flintlock gun to Beichen or the craftsmen in the blacksmith shop to see if they can imitate it and try to equip some players with it!
"As a player, what kind of player are you if you don't let your enemies experience that 'the times have changed'?"
Li Hongyun has always been worried about this.
When he challenged the dungeon "The title is not mine", the first time he attacked Buning Port, he was beaten unconscious by the Dongyi bandits holding matchlock guns.
Is it okay if players are crushed by demons and technology instead?
Therefore, he has been thinking about when he can get the place back.
When the time comes, the players will each have a flintlock gun, and they will touch the monsters and let them know why the flowers are so red!
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