The next day, the meeting of the Ilibi League, which had been suspended by the arrival of Maier, was resumed. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

At last night's banquet, the content of the covenant between Byrensburg and the Republic of Bujin had been finalized, and it was only about to be formally signed. The Ilibi people are very pragmatic, and after the union of the Republic of Bujin with Byronsburg, the other countries of the Ilibi League had no intention of alliing with Byronsburg. Because the Ilibi Confederate states were politically co-advancing, as long as the Republic of Bukin was drawn into the war, the Ilibi Confederate states would automatically become allies of Byronsburg, and there was no need to sign so many alliances.

Since the principal heads of state of the Republic of Bujin are to attend the Ilibi League meeting, the two sides will have to wait for the conclusion of the Ilibi League meeting before formally signing the agreement. It would take at least a week before the meeting of the League of Elibi would end, and during this time the Bukins could not leave Mary there, and when they saw that Salin, who had resigned from his post as general the previous night, seemed to know Mary, they asked him to come forward and accompany Maier and the others on a tour of Magnie.

Magnier, the political, economic, and military center of the Republic of Bukin, is a very prosperous city. The city of Magnich had no walls, and the city was expanded about every ten years. There are many barracks, squares, and even farmland in the city, so the city area of Magnich is very large.

Standing on the tallest tower of Magnich, Maier looked down at the city, and found that Magnich was much larger than the administrative area of Fort Byron (not counting the migrant camps). Salin said that the city of Magnich had a registered population of about 1.2 million, of which about 300,000 were foreigners.

The Republic of Bujin was a small country in the Ilibi League, with a total population of only about three million, including the foreign population, of which nearly two-fifths were concentrated in the city of Magnich. Foreigners can obtain household registration in the Republic of Bujin and enjoy most of the civil rights, but they cannot join the army of the Republic of Bujin.

The current population of the Bujin is only 2.2 million, of which about 100,000 are male citizens with full military training and about 250,000 are partially military training. If fighting on home soil, the Republic of Bujin can mobilize 50,000 men for war in a week's time, and if necessary, they can mobilize another 200,000 for the next two weeks.

But if it is an invasion war, the expeditionary force that the Republic of Bujin can support cannot exceed 50,000 troops. If the strength of the expeditionary force is 50,000 men, the Republic of Bujin will have to devote all its strength to meet the daily attrition of the expeditionary force. At the time of the battle against Kamijin, the Bujin army had to consume 60,000 galles worth of supplies every day, and by the end of the war, Sarin's military expenses were less than 200,000 galles. Without the war reparations from Kamijin Prefecture, it would have been impossible for Salin to control five towns in the northern part of Kamijin Prefecture in a short period of time.

The first three days were visited on the main streets and the city's scenic spots, so Mel could bring his family. On the fourth day, Sarin, with the consent of the heads of the Republic of Bukin, took Mel to visit the armory. Due to the large number of military secrets involved in the ordnance, this time Meier could only visit alone, not even escorts.

The armory is located on the eastern outskirts of the city of Magnier, about two kilometers from the city, and covers an area of more than 20,000 square meters. The Ordnance Institute is roughly divided into three parts, one is the Armaments Research Institute, the second is the Ordnance Manufacturing Institute, and the third is the Ordnance Testing Institute. Outside the armory, there is a five-step, one-post, ten-step and one sentry, and there are cavalry patrols day and night.

The armory is also heavily guarded, and the soldiers are on high alert, and someone will come to change the guard every hour. Salin said that the guard posts in the armory station rotated in four shifts, and there were more than 1,000 soldiers on duty alone. The soldiers wore wooden plaques around their necks that were dyed in different colors, and the color of the wooden plaques determined the areas where the soldiers could freely enter and exit. If someone accidentally enters the wrong area, they will be arrested as a spy or even executed on the spot.

The staff of the armory also wore colored badges around their necks, but instead of wooden badges, they wore iron badges. The color of the iron badge also determines the area where the staff can enter and exit freely, and if someone accidentally enters the wrong area, they will be arrested as a spy or even executed on the spot.

Before leading Mel into the armory, Salin gave her an iron plaque dyed white with three blue lines painted on it. Those wearing this iron badge are free to enter and exit any area of the armory, but its function is limited to that. The wooden and iron plaques of the armory not only determine the area where the owner can freely enter and exit, but also determine the rights of the owner.

The white sign is reserved for the big names who come to visit the ordnance station, and the more lines on it, the higher their authority. The red line means that the owner has management rights to the ordnance station, the blue line means that the holder only has access to the ordnance station, and the orange line means that the owner is a visitor to the allied ordnance station and has the permission to inquire about it.

Salin first took Maier to visit the musket production line of the Republic of Bukin. The people of Ilibi adopt the mainstream assembly line operation method of the New World handicraft industry, allowing different people to use different equipment to manufacture different parts, and finally assemble them in a unified manner. However, the production machinery used by the Ilibi people is not very efficient, and even if the production method of assembly operation is used, the production efficiency of the Ilibi musket is still unsatisfactory.

The Republic of Bukin's musket production line was able to produce only 200 usable Ilibi muskets per week, while the total number of parts it produced could assemble 400 Ilibi muskets. However, due to the large number of non-conforming parts, half of which were eliminated before assembly, only 200 Ilibi muskets could be produced here every week.

Salin then took Maier to visit the Armaments Research Institute. Maier discovers that the weapons developers at the Armaments Research Institute are not all Ilibians, but also many foreigners. Seeing that Maier was very interested in these foreigners, Salin asked the person in charge of the place to find a man named "Liu Xiu".

"'Liu Xiu' is a celebrity here." Salin smiled and explained to Myer, "Listening to his name, do you think he's from Ira?" I thought so at first, but when I met him, I realized that he spoke with an accent that I had never heard before. ”

"That is, he is not from Ira?"

"That's right." SARIN NODDED, "HE SAID HE WAS FROM 'ZHONGGUO'. ”

“‘ZHONGGUO’？” Mel was stunned when he heard this, "Is there still such a race in the New World?" ”

"It's the first time I've heard of it." Salin shrugged, "I've never heard of such a race, but his accent can't deceive people, it's definitely not any kind of accent I've ever heard. HE ALSO WROTE THE LANGUAGE OF THAT RACE, WHICH SEEMED TO BE A VERY DIFFICULT LANGUAGE TO LEARN, AND HE SAID THAT HE WAS A VERY ORDINARY PERSON IN HIS COUNTRY, AND THAT IT SEEMED THAT THE 'ZHONGGUO' PEOPLE SHOULD BE A VERY LITERATE RACE. ”

While Salin and Maier were chatting, the person in charge had already returned with Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu has black hair and black eyes, yellow skin, and a tall and thin figure, perhaps because of lack of rest, his eye circles are black, and his eyeballs are also crawling with bloodshots.

When he saw Meyer, he looked slightly surprised. He looked at the iron tag around Mel's neck and turned his inquiring gaze to the person in charge. The person in charge shrugged, he saluted Mel and Salin, and left directly.

"If I'm not mistaken, you should be Lord Sarin?"

As soon as Liu Xiu opened his mouth, Maier could hear his accent. As Salin said, his accent was peculiar indeed, and Meier had never heard it.

"Exactly." Salin smiled slightly.

"Then this is ......"

"This is the lord of Byronsburg, Mel? Lord Byrons. ”

Liu Xiu, who had been in the armaments research institute for many years, rarely inquired about outside affairs, so he didn't know what kind of place Byronsburg was. However, since the other party is a big man, Liu Xiu can only show due respect.

"Hello, Lord Byrons."

"Hello."

The two said hello, and Salin led them to the canteen of the Armaments Research Institute. It's not time to eat yet, so there are only soldiers on duty in the canteen. The soldiers were strictly guarded at their posts, and there was no one chatting, so it was very quiet in the canteen.

The three of them found a chair and sat down, and then Meier asked Liu Xiu.

"LISTEN TO SAREN-SAMA, YOU ARE FROM 'ZHONGGUO'?"

"Uh...... In fact, the exact pronunciation is 'China', but the language of this world cannot express the meaning of the name of the country, so it can only be called that for the time being. ”

Salin and Liu Xiu have only met a few times, and the two have not spoken much, and he has heard everything about Liu Xiu. AS SOON AS HE HEARD THAT "ZHONGGUO" WAS NOT THE NAME OF THE RACE, BUT THE NAME OF THE COUNTRY, HE ASKED SUSPICIOUSLY.

'The name of the country?' ISN'T ZHONGGUO' THE NAME OF THE RACE? ”

"No, no, no, 'China' is the name of the country, and my nationality is 'Han', so I should be counted as a 'Han' according to the nationality."

"U'HAN' PEOPLE?"

Because of his accent limitations, Maier could not pronounce the standard 'Chinese' sound. His pronunciation reminded Liu Xiu of a foreign student he knew when he was in college, and he couldn't help but smile wryly.

"My country is made up of 56 ethnic groups, of which the 'Han' people account for the highest proportion. Well...... I think that before I came to this world, the number of 'Han' people in my country should have exceeded 1.2 billion. ”

"1.2 billion?!"

Mel and Salin were taken aback by the number. The total population of the New World has not yet exceeded one billion, but Liu Xiu's ethnic group has 1.2 billion people, which has already exceeded the total population of the New World.

"And what is the population of your country?" Salin hurriedly asked.

"Uh...... About 1.4 billion. Liu Xiu replied very casually, "China's population accounts for about one-fifth of the world's total population, and the total population of the world where I live has exceeded seven billion." ”

"Seven billion?!"

Mel and Salin were shocked again.

"It's a pity that among these seven billion people, I seem to be the only one who has come to this so-called 'new world' for some reason." Liu Xiu said with a wry smile, "Even now, I still feel that I should be living in a dream." 'Beast Ear Niang', 'Beast Ear Zhengtai' or something, how can such a creature exist in the real world. ”

“SHOUERNIANG”？ “SHOUERZHENGTAI”？

Liu Xiu's mouth suddenly popped out of two words that Maier and Salin had never heard before, and then the two of them were stunned. Liu Xiu spent most of his time in the Armaments Research Institute making drawings and rarely had the opportunity to speak. Now that he finally has the opportunity to speak, he can't close the conversation box as soon as it is opened.

"But it's so real. There are no 'mobile phones', no 'computers', no 'internet', no 'Wifi', no 'cars', no 'trains', no 'planes', no 'supermarkets', no 'flush toilets' – if you're poor, you can't even afford toilet paper, so you have to wipe it with sun-dried broadleaves. ”

Liu Xiu's thinking jumped a little bit, but fortunately, Maier and Salin didn't understand the meaning of the words he said at all, so they only understood the last sentence.

"The first thing after crossing is 'survival in the wilderness', but I also watched the show of 'Bei Ye' carefully before the crossing, but it was used at all after the crossing! No! Above! Because here 'TMD' is not 'earth' at all! You can't even judge the direction properly, let alone the food! Luckily, I found a village by throwing my shoes, otherwise I would have starved to death in the mountains! ”

Liu Xiu burst into foul language in front of the big guys, but Meier and Salin couldn't understand Liu Xiu's swear words at all, so they could only half-listen and half-guess that it was a tone particle. After complaining about the crossing, Liu Xiu's emotions were vented and his expression softened.

"I'm sorry, I'm getting a little excited."