Chapter 6634 Magical Operation

Chapter 6634 Magical Operation
"There are indeed some things that can be strengthened, but they are still under research. Some of them have actually produced results, but are limited by cost or production capacity. They are all very good things." Chen Xi said with a sigh.

"Stop." Liu Tong raised his hand to interrupt Chen Xi, and the others nodded.

"Let me think. This is the nth time Chen Zichuan has said that it is limited by cost. I feel a little scared. How can I hear such words as limited by cost from your mouth? What are you trying to do?" Liu Tong looked at Chen Xi with horror, and the others nodded. When Chen Zichuan calculated the cost, Liu Tong felt that it would be better not to listen to what came next, as it could easily affect himself. After all, the two newly built super-large palace complexes cost a lot of money!

"I usually don't mention costs, because most things don't count as costs as long as they're technically cracked and put on the assembly line, which reduces labor costs." Chen Xi did not deny Liu Tong's words. For a country, cost is not considered a cost as long as it can produce it itself and the money it issues is printed by the country itself.

After all, the state does not generate wealth in essence. It simply takes wealth from one group of people and transfers it to another group of people. Therefore, something like cost is actually meaningless to the state. The essence of the state as a tool is a tool of class rule. Therefore, from the perspective of the ruling class, it is better to talk about national stability rather than wealth.

Therefore, when Chen Xi talked about the cost, he was actually more inclined to say that producing too much of this thing would affect the stability of the country. This so-called cost and the money in Liu Tong's concept are two different concepts. In fact, the money in Chen Xi's eyes and the money in the eyes of the other people present are not the same concept.

It’s just that there are some very excellent technological products at present, but they consume too many resources. In other words, if Chen Xi wants to produce them, he will need to transfer too much wealth.

Although it is all transferred from one group of people to another group of people, relative fairness still needs to be considered. If the transfer is too much and a visible exploitation gap is formed, then rebellion will naturally occur.

In other words, it is not that such things cannot be done, but they must be within a reasonable degree. The behavior of a country can be understood, but if it takes every penny and uses it like dirt, then it is too much.

"That means there are actually some things you haven't calculated?" Liu Bei asked Chen Xi with some curiosity. It was rare for Chen Xi to discuss costs, and Liu Bei found it very interesting. To be honest, when Chen Xi was working, Liu Bei often felt that the way he burned money was just like burning paper, just throwing bundles of money into the brazier. However, not only was nothing wrong, but his life was getting better and better.

"Yes, there are some more that I am trying to figure out. As long as we can complete one, we can solve many problems." Chen Xi nodded and said, "Actually, at this stage, we want to build a wonder, but the cost of this wonder is too high. I am still considering it."

"What wonder?" Han Xin asked curiously.

"The pillar that connects the sky, the underworld and the inner world is, to put it bluntly, a special palace. Didn't a bunch of etched secret codes explode in Northern Europe? I plan to build one in Chang'an and reflect it to several other places, and then establish a connection, so that the inner side of the world will not move casually due to the warping in the space level. In this way, even if the inner side of the world explodes, we will be the last to suffer." Chen Xi first stated his family's current recent plans.

"It sounds a bit outrageous, but because it's Chen Zichuan, I think it's possible." Bai Qi thought for a while and said.

"Building this special palace is not a problem. The problem lies in etching. Too many professionals are needed. If it is built, no matter what kind of monsters there are, they will not be able to jump out from the vicinity of this thing to the surface of the planet. This can be regarded as a complete solution to the impact caused by the unrest inside the world." Chen Xi thought for a while and said, the interconnectedness of the small world has led to the occasional appearance of some weak creatures from the inside of the world on the surface of the planet.

Of course, on the inner side of the world, they are in the middle and lower layers of the ecosystem and still have some combat power on the surface. Thanks to the powerful militia of the Han Dynasty, it is not a big deal. The worst thing is the local bandit suppression expenses. Anyway, Chen Xi doesn't care whether these militiamen are suppressing bandits, ferocious beasts, or the mythical beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

It doesn't matter. The Han militia can fight anything now anyway. The fourth and fifth level smelting warriors who are fooling around in the local area cannot defeat the internal energy leaving the body, but these ferocious beasts drifting out from the inner side of the world, as long as they don't kill these guys on the spot by sneak attack, this group of people will come over fully armed with their younger brothers and kill these guys.

After all, in addition to combat power and brains, strong human beings also have amazing organizational skills.

So far, except for the large-scale disappearance of gods in Fusang due to the problem of drifting in the inner layer of the world caused by the small world, on the Han side, the villages have not only been connected by main roads at all levels, but also many strange and ferocious beasts have been eliminated.

However, the characteristic of the small world connecting the inside and the outside has always existed. The small things inside the world will still run out from time to time relying on this channel. The number is not large, and the threat is not high, but it is disgusting. Moreover, there is a very low probability that super large and super dangerous things will come out. So after thinking it over again and again, Chen Xi decided to build a pillar to suppress the inside of the world by relying on special etching and the Nine-Layered Heaven and the Underworld.

In this case, even if the inner side of the world drifts due to the warping of the space level, with such a suppressing object, the closer you are to the suppressing object, the less likely it is to drift, and naturally the things inside the world will be less likely to run out.

However, repairing this suppression object is very troublesome. Putting aside the cost of the palace, the cost of etching is particularly high. If it were not for the need to deal with the Kushans and the Han Empire had nothing to do, it would take its time and take a few years to build it with the resources of the Kushans. In the future, the possibility of the world's inner floating near the Han Empire would be very small.

But now they have to fight the Kushans, and this thing is very deadly. Creating wonders while fighting a war. Chen Xi can still handle ordinary-level wonders, but he really can't handle this kind.

"Let's put this aside for now and talk about it later. We can repair the palace first and decipher all the etchings that exploded from Odin. After we deal with the Kushans, maybe we can extract a few barrels of divine blood. Then we can just have someone write it by hand and infiltrate it into the palace." Chen Xi said with a thought that would make any normal person feel cruel.

"That's okay. I can understand it." Liu Bei considered the difficulty of this thing and felt that there was nothing wrong with Chen Xi's idea. At least it was not wrong.

"By the way, this thing has no effect on the war." Han Xin asked curiously.

"Because they are all included in the cost calculation, there is no need to divide them so clearly." Chen Xi said calmly, "Anyway, they are all things that I need to consider how to do."

"By the way, how is the God-Slaying Spear going?" Liu Bei also felt that building a palace complex had nothing to do with the war, so he took the initiative to bring the issue back to the original war. In Liu Bei's view, the God-Slaying Spear was a very suitable high-powered suppression weapon.

"There are still some minor issues. We are currently asking people to change the design, reduce the number of etchings on the God-Slaying Spear, replace some etching technology, and reduce the difficulty." Chen Xi said after thinking for a while.

"We have to continue to reduce the amount of etching. If we keep reducing it like this, the power of this thing will not even be one tenth of what it used to be." Liu Bei asked with a frown.

Back then, the Nanyang Zhang family, the descendants of Zhang Heng, took out the fully energy-etched God-Slaying Spear. The densely packed tiny seal characters combined to create a terrifying power comparable to the self-detonation of internal energy leaving the body. However, after Chen Xi obtained that technology, the power of this thing became less and less.

From being equivalent to the self-detonation of internal energy leaving the body, to now being able to only explode less than ten meters under the super-model cloud, the power has been reduced to the level of a charged attack by a top archer like Zhang Zhong. This feels a bit inconsistent with the aesthetics of violence. If it continues like this, this thing may not be able to kill the backbone of the shield guards with defensive etchings and heavy armor defense.

"One tenth is already pretty good. After some further optimization here, it can be put on the assembly line soon. The situation is completely different from the last trial run. This time it's really going to be put on the assembly line." Chen Xi didn't think there was anything wrong with the reduced power.

"So, is the God-Slaying Spear the one I remember?" Han Xin asked with some doubt.

"Yes, it's that thing. However, when the Air Force was training at that time, they still used the semi-hand-rubbing type, which was more powerful but more unstable. The new version is more stable and less powerful, but it is easier to produce." Chen Xi nodded, indicating that Han Xin's impression was correct.

"What do you mean by easy to produce?" Liu Tong frowned. Can this thing be put on the assembly line? If this thing is put on the assembly line, what kind of hell must it be?

"It's not a large-scale assembly line. The new phase of the assembly line will start trial operation in a while. The natural output will reach about 500 guns, mainly supplied to Huang Zhong's Legion. The Archer Corps has been at a disadvantage in recent years, especially the Changshui Battalion, which is really miserable. With the God-Slaying Spear, the battle record should be able to be quickly reversed." Chen Xi said seriously.

That’s right, in Chen Xi’s opinion, the God-Slaying Spear that came off the assembly line was most suitable for the Changshui Camp. If its power was insufficient, it could be made up for with technology. The Changshui Camp’s charged explosive arrows were very suitable for the God-Slaying Spear, and the combination of the two was a match made in heaven.

"I think one tenth of the power is enough." Bai Qi said seriously.

"Indeed, if it is on such a scale, one tenth of the power is indeed enough." Han Xin also agreed. Compared with being a weapon for decisive battle, this castrated version, if it is directly used in quantity, it seems that there is no need to worry too much about the power. Chen Xi is directly using the Spear of the God-Slaying Arrow as an arrow. This thing is much more powerful than an arrow.

At the same time, Zhang Zhong, the archery instructor of Yuzhou Military Service, was evaluating several batches of Zhushen Spears sent to him from Chang'an. Well, after using them, Zhang Zhong felt that his development in super-powerful shooting over the years was still insufficient, and this could obviously create a bigger hole.

The game of smashing craters is also a display of strength for veterans. One arrow creates a crater. This was Zhang Zhong's specialty in the past. Now that he has switched to the God-Slaying Spear, his younger brothers can also create a crater with one arrow. It's simply outrageous.

"So, you used the God-Slaying Spear as an arrow?" Liu Bei pressed his temple. He felt that it was not that he thought too little, but that Chen Xi's behavior was a little outrageous.

"Yes, compared to the previous extremely high-cost God-Slaying Spear, this bow-like God-Slaying Spear is relatively more suitable. And in terms of cost, after being put on the assembly line, this thing is actually not much more expensive than the super-heavy wolf-tooth arrow." Chen Xi thought for a while and said.

In fact, it is the same principle as the heavy shield armor with defensive etching. After this etching, if it is successful, it can be used. If it fails, it will be sent back to the furnace and reset. In terms of cost loss, it is actually not too large. Although the two are not exactly the same, the general logic is the same.

"Isn't it much more expensive than the heavy wolf-tooth arrow?" Liu Bei was surprised. If it was this price, then one tenth of its power would be incredible.

"We found a group of professionals to optimize the etching technology revealed by Odin, and then successfully put it on the assembly line." Chen Xi said with a smile, "but the production capacity is limited."

In fact, it is not a problem of limited production capacity, but the current optimization of etching has only reached this level. The heavy wolf tooth arrow can only be used once to suppress the etching lines, because Chen Xi found that it does not need to be recycled after pressing it once. Even if there is a problem with the etching lines, the structural stability of the wolf tooth arrow will not be destroyed and it can continue to be used.

But if you press it a second time, even if it succeeds, the structural stability of the wolf tooth arrow will be affected, leading to problems such as unstable center of gravity.

To put it bluntly, the production capacity of four to five hundred per day is actually the data estimated by probability after several major arrow-making factories of the Han Dynasty added a process. Of course, this new process can be optimized in the future, but the research is not in place at present, and there is still time. Chen Xi thinks that the production capacity of four to five hundred per day is enough, so use it this way first, and let those professionals who study etching technology do other things first.

As for the God-Slaying Spear, the latest version has become a high-explosive wolf-tooth arrow. It is no longer the short spear that could be used in combat in the early days. An archer who is not in the cavalry state can carry twenty of these things in addition to a pot of conventional arrows.

Chen Xi thought that he was not an abnormal archer like the Fourth Scythian who could shoot ten arrows in one breath, so carrying twenty of these high-explosive wolf-tooth arrows was enough to fight a battle. Besides, if all else failed, he could learn to ride a horse like Scythian. As a cavalry archer, it would not be a problem to load more than a dozen pots of arrows.

"So, the God-Slaying Spear has now turned into a high-explosive wolf-tooth arrow?" Liu Bei said with some heartache. The amazement he felt when he first saw it in the Weiyang Palace was no longer there.

"It doesn't matter what it's called." Chen Xi curled his lips and said, "It's OK as long as it's useful."

"Then there are two secret medicines. These two secret medicines are currently in a state of difficult production. Let's not talk about the Kushan saffron secret medicine. No one has saffron at the moment, and this year's production is basically ruined by the locust plague. We can only produce a very small amount of products. We are currently looking for someone to study whether there are any substitutes." Chen Xi said with a sigh.

This secret medicine is very mature, and the improvement is extremely obvious, what's even more outrageous is that this secret medicine has no conflict with the muscle-building injections currently used by the Han Dynasty. In other words, the Han Dynasty can first take the muscle-building injections, develop to the normal limit, and then use the secret medicine of rest, spend a few years, and make a significant improvement in all aspects of the body's foundation again.

What's even more outrageous is that the Parthian saffron secret medicine is actually also effective against the Roman metal men. This is what surprised Chen Xi the most when he received the news. He originally thought that Rome would have to make detailed adjustments after getting the saffron secret medicine, but it turned out that Rome could use it directly after getting it.

Logically, Roman citizens who could not directly use muscle-building injections should not be able to use the saffron secret medicine. However, the saffron secret medicine was also fully effective for Roman citizens. From this point of view, the logic behind the saffron secret medicine breaking the limits of the body may have some other factors.

The muscle-enhancing injection was of no use to the metalized Roman citizens. This was the reason why Rome stopped this series of related research and suspended the purchase of related medicines from the Han Dynasty. It then resold some of the muscle-enhancing injections that were of no use to its own citizens to the Kushan side.

After all, for Rome, this thing is only useful against the barbarians, and the general strengthening of the barbarians is not a good thing for the citizens.

As for strengthening the Roman citizens, Gavin has also been researching it recently. The original secret medicine for strengthening the gold attribute has been developed, but this is not enough. Other research is needed, such as the secret medicine of saffron to strengthen the Roman citizens.

In fact, the Han Dynasty is also conducting research in this aspect, but at present, the Han Dynasty has too many studies to conduct, so it can only mobilize a team of doctors to conduct research. As for more manpower, it will have to be invested in the development of similar secret medicines. After all, no one has enough saffron now.

However, the development efforts of the three companies have not been very successful so far. The replacement of other medicinal materials has been relatively successful, and each company has tried it, but there is currently no suitable replacement for the main medicine. This is very frustrating, but precisely because of this, there is more confidence in this thing.

After all, the fact that the three empires had made little progress in their research was enough to show that this mature product must have been painstakingly developed by the Parthian Empire. Even if there might be some backdoors in it, the technical content of these things needed to be acknowledged.

"It looks like this is the only way. Even if we harvest next year, it probably won't be enough to produce much. Our army is really too large." Liu Bei sighed and said, this is not something that can be accomplished in a few years. It is something that needs to be continuously advanced.

"Yes, I'm afraid there is no hope in the short term, and in addition to being used by the elite of the Han army, this thing can also be used by ordinary people if there is any surplus. These are all things that need to be considered, so this thing is not enough anyway. I'm afraid we have to study solutions to replace the main medicine in the future, even if it is a weakened version, it is worth it." Chen Xi said with a sigh. These are all very long-term matters, and they really need to be carefully considered.

Therefore, in the face of the current situation where we need to deal with the Kushans as soon as possible, we can put it aside for now.

"How long will it take to research on replacing the main drug?" Liu Bei asked with some curiosity.

"I don't know. It may take a few years. If we are unlucky, it may take even longer." Chen Xi said uncertainly. He was not an expert in this field. Neither Hua Tuo nor Zhang Zhongjing gave an exact time point. Chen Xi had no way to be sure. He could only try his best. As for the rest, there was really no good way. Now it was impossible to find something with the same medicinal properties. To be even more precise, it was not even certain what kind of nature of this thing brought about this characteristic.

"That means we're still stuck on pharmaceutical analysis, right?" Cookie said.

"Yes, we are stuck in pharmaceutical analysis because we can't even determine the medicinal properties, let alone what medicinal properties have played a role in the current situation, so we need to analyze it step by step. And this thing is not our Han Dynasty medicine. To be honest, I have never seen it before. I can only study it from scratch, which takes time." Chen Xi nodded and said, "It's rare that Han Mou knows these things. It's really surprising."

"Nonsense, I was harmed by Doctor Hua a lot in the past. All the things I planted were confiscated by Doctor Hua. During this period, I naturally learned a little. Although I don’t understand it very well, medicine and food are inseparable. After all, I am making a living." Cookie said with a smile, "So when it comes to this thing, I really know a little bit. Even my temple emphasizes healing and saving lives. Let me bless you."

Cookie told a joke and everyone present was speechless. How should I put it? It's not too much. Chinese temples are like this. You can pray for anything you want. It's very normal.

"This kind of thing is normal, anyway, there are people praying for children or curing diseases in every temple. Even Huo Qubing's temple has people praying for longevity. It's too normal." Chen Xi thought about it and found an outrageous thing. At this time, Chen Xi remembered another thing and then looked at Si Niang.

"In fact, there are people who are asking for more New Year's money." Liu Bei spoke on behalf of Chen Xi.

Liu Bei had personally seen Liu Tong ask Si Niang to record himself burning incense in the Cookie Temple and praying for more New Year's money. At that time, Liu Bei thought that Liu Tong was asking Cookie for New Year's money. As a result, during the New Year, in addition to looking for Cookie, Liu Tong also took the secret mirror to find Chen Xi, indicating that whether the Cookie Temple was effective depended on Chen Xi's performance.

Chen Xi looked at the secret mirror for a long time, gave Liu Tong a super lucky money, and wrote a note on the spot and gave Liu Tong a red envelope. This action shocked the three of them for many years.

I got up late today and have to go out. I will make up for it tomorrow.