 The "romantic young people from rich families, and others who had nothing particular to do" formed crossbow shooting clubs as a way to pass time.During the late Ming dynasty, no crossbows were mentioned to have been produced in the three-year period from 1619 to 1622.With 21,188,366 taels, the Ming manufactured 25,134 cannons, 8,252 small guns, 6,425 muskets, 4,090 culverins, 98,547 polearms and swords, 26,214 great "horse decapitator" swords, 42,800 bows, 1,000 great axes, 2,284,000 arrows, 180,000 fire arrows, 64,000 bow strings, and hundreds of transport carts.