There are two groups of foreigners living in Jiaxing County.

A group is an expedition team, in fact, it is a prospecting team, they heard that there are huge mineral resources in the far east, according to intelligence, there is a kind of black iron ore in the central and eastern regions of the Qing Dynasty, smelting high-quality iron, its quality is hard, there is a treasure knife as evidence, this kind of iron ore, not many have been found, is the best material for modern firearms.

So, a group of scholars, professors and military expeditions came to the Qing Dynasty, nine members, including two ladies, most of them Germans, accompanied by Chinese interpreters, guides, etc., a total of 12 people, they made a short stay in Shanghai, after obtaining the passage certificate of the Yamen of the Governor of Liangjiang, they planned to go to Jiangxi along the Yangtze River, the result was a long-haired war, the waterway was not passable, and planned to go to the west of Zhejiang, just through Shanghai County, the knife will be in trouble, a mess along the way, embarrassed, until Jiaxing did not take a breath, that Cheng thought, that night and the army was in turmoil, afterwards, The city gate has been blocked, and the government has news that it is about to be released in the past two days, and I inadvertently found out that a Qing army Xiangyong also went to the west of Zhejiang, and I heard that the general soldiers who led the team understood Western dialect, and there were Western female doctors in the team, which sounded a little strange? Send someone to investigate, it's true! This Qing army was really different, with elegant manners and strict discipline, and soon Lord Yang personally found Garcia and wanted to go west with the team.

Garcia studied language with John, studied medicine, the door is not fine, and the mind is not on this, not Zhang Yingquan insisted, early picking, this book stuttered when it was used, and it is not strange, this ghost's English language is not authentic, with the smell of Germany, it is good to be able to communicate, and you can only find my brother at a critical moment.

After Zhang Yingquan knew the carelessness, he laughed and said directly to Garcia:

"Go and tell them that you can follow the march, but you must not inquire into military secrets! If you pay for the boat first, ten taels of silver per person, you are responsible for the itinerary. ”

"Oh! What about a group of people out there? ”

"How many things have you done?"

"Brother! There's no way, this ghost guy is not the most thing, so I'm looking for trouble with your sister and me! ”

This made the little long hair laugh!

These two groups of people are different, these are the foreign compradors of the American Qili Foreign Company, and there are two so-called engineers, they are here to sell a kind of machine in the Qing Dynasty, and the translation is that it is a tailwind, but it can be transmitted for thousands of miles, in fact, it is a cable telegraph.

At this time in the Western Ocean, the cable telegraph was on fire, and after the opening of the cable telegraph across the Atlantic seabed, it attracted countless manufacturers to compete for investment, and no matter how big the Western market was, it was not enough to carve up, and the Oriental market was still blank.

Half a year ago, they recommended this technical product to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry of the Imperial Court, and they couldn't imagine being teased, saying anything, the Oriental doctor can hang the silk to diagnose the pulse, and dragged it to the door at the head of the bed, and measured the pulse by finger feeling.

The court was ignorant, and the local magistrates should be enlightened, so they rushed to Guangzhou, but no one paid attention to you, and went to Hangzhou, and the answer was that the adults had no time to pay attention to this strange and ingenious object, and they were not allowed to enter the door.

A few days ago, they were raided by officers and soldiers, and the foreign engineers insisted that the iron box could not be opened to see, and the machine could not afford to pay for the damage, and the officers and soldiers simply clamped it up and left, and it was withheld without saying anything, which was unreasonable! I can't leave at this time, I know that Mr. Zhang speaks foreign, and there are Western doctors and nurses in the battalion, so I will find Garcia together, please be sure to help dredge it, and ask for the two iron boxes back, I will wait for the road to return to China, and I can't sell it?

After Zhang Yingquan knew the general idea, he couldn't help laughing! What is this?

Promised to get the machine, but there is one condition, the Jinxian County General Soldier Yamen will buy your machine at a low price, as well as the supporting communication wires, and ensure that it is good.

Someone wants a telegraph, of course it's a good thing, it hasn't opened in China for more than half a year, a small general soldier, I don't know whether I know the goods, or I don't know the goods, I will buy it when I open my mouth, this is science and technology is not a myth! Is there such a way to buy a telegraph? No engineering guidance, all according to the instructions to operate by themselves, theoretically yes, but a group of people who grew up looking at square words, Leng is holding Latin books, operating modern technology products? Impossible!

Sell or not, right? If you don't sell it, I'll find someone else to buy it, and I'll eat the hairy pig alive when I die?

Sell, sell, sell! One is business, the second is to make a friendship, and the third is to open up the market. The foreign comprador gritted his teeth, left and right are not afraid of your Qing people imitation, three pennies are not worth two pennies to sell, he turned out three standard contracts, one is a project contract, throw aside, people play by themselves, one is a technical service contract, no need, people are money and goods are clear, just telegraphs, and random 500 meters of wires, all as toys, how much money can there be? Simply, the good guy will do it to the end, and then give a 20% discount, and the price quoted, I don't have confidence, I don't know if this general soldier is satisfied?

Zhang Yingquan saw the offer, didn't say a word, and stretched out his hand.

“Clinch a deal！”

Hold a foreigner's hand painfully, this foreigner is also strange, don't Qing people bow their hands? How can you learn to shake hands? Obviously, how can you rely on great strength?

Even if you can solve the engineering and technical problems yourself, there is a matter, you still have to come to me, and then talk about cooperation, what is it? Code design! Morse code has only been used in the West for ten years, why do you say that you can master it?

Zhang Yingquan didn't know what the ghost guy thought, he only knew that the telegram and the Mormo code were generated at the same time, and this code could have been made up according to the tick sound, no problem! This thing that doesn't have much money, take it back and give it to John to study and study, anyway, now, it's a lot of money!

After the goods were loaded on the ship, the foreign comprador left in a huff, muttering: "These Qing people are really not the same." ”

The foreigners who accompanied the prospecting team were very honest, Garcia shouted to the east and did not dare to go west, otherwise Garcia would scare them, Zhejiang and the west were full of bandits, looking for trouble with foreigners, and let the bandits catch it very, very miserable! The man sinks into the river with a sack, and the woman hangs up, don't listen to me, talk too much, it's counterproductive, the two foreign women don't believe it, and ask, have you been hanged? hated Garcia's teeth itching, and scolded behind his back, "Dead ghost!" Dead Eight Woman! ”

Hauge, the leader of the foreigner prospecting team, finally met Mr. Zhang and chatted together along the way.

Hague was a former Prussian military officer, retired from the army for his inclination towards the revolutionary movement in Europe, and now engages in expeditionary activities. He knew advanced weapons well, and what he was most curious about was that he had never seen this kind of rifle on the back of this Qing soldier.

Judging by the type of gun, this is a similar Dreisai M1841 breech gun, which is currently only partially equipped by Prussian soldiers in Europe and is not widespread. The French got a few M1841s through disgraceful means, and after watching them, they were extremely disdainful, saying that 'eating with their mouths is noble', and belittling breech guns, in fact, everyone knows that this is an inevitable trend in the development of firearms.

There are also several breech guns on the ship, their appearance characteristics are not obvious, similar to the current mainstream equipment in the world, which also makes Hague question that the equipment of the Qing army is at the forefront of the world, at least not weak, which is something he never expected.

When he went ashore to rest, Hague proposed to test his marksmanship, and Mr. Zhang had no opinion, and the boat was boring, so everyone had fun.

Haug took out the rifle he was carrying, and was a little surprised, the two rifles were two of the most advanced representative rifles in the world today: one was the Prussian new Dreisai M1841, a breech gun that feeds with its butt; The other is a newly equipped Minérgy rifle in France, a breech gun that eats with its mouth.

Zhang Yingquan got information from some foreign businessmen who knew guns, these two guns are currently in their respective stages of secrecy, they have no price, they can't be seen at all, let alone bought, and one is impossible.

Of course, Xiao Changmao used his own musket that never left his body to come out of the test, this is the latest improved breech gun, this gun except for the bolt closure part has been improved, basically unchanged, mainly to test the new type of bullet, because the original lead bullet is too soft, not enough penetration, the new warhead plus a steel core, the steel core and the length of the warhead, pointed, delta wing-like tail, the whole lead bullet is a round cylindrical body, close to the tail has two circles of grooves, the bottom is still a bowl-shaped depression, see the steel core, when the bullet is fired, it has better airtightness with the breech, The projectile body is lighter, the friction surface is small, the tail of the lead bullet moves forward after being squeezed, revealing the steel core tail, the triangular tail in flight plays a backward and stable role, does not roll, has a longer range, has good penetration, this bullet breech gun is applicable, this is the latest secret, has not been fully reloaded.

The field is ready, and the human-shaped wide planks are found temporarily, one hundred steps, one hundred and fifty steps, two hundred steps, two hundred and fifty steps. Two pieces each, lined up on the left and right.

Hag, pick up the Dryser breech gun first, aim a hundred paces of planks and shoot.

"Bang!" Black smoke, two clouds of black smoke at the muzzle and bolt, apparently leaking. Reloading, it turned out to be a fixed load!

"Bang!" Another shot, two shots at intervals.

Zhang Yingquan raised the clairvoyant mirror to take a closer look at the bullet point, and Han Ge also borrowed it to take a look, pointing at the clairvoyant and giving a thumbs up, is this praising the clairvoyant?

"Bang!" Little Long Fur raised the gun, fired, smoked, and reloaded.

"Bang!" The two shots are also separated by four breaths, in fact, the fastest three breaths can complete the loading.

Hague put down the clairvoyant and reloaded.

"Bang! …… Bang! "Aim and shoot at one hundred and fifty paces, both shots are on target, obviously good marksmanship.

"Bang! …… Bang! "Little Long Hair shot at a distance of one hundred and fifty paces, and there was no accident, all hit!

Haugh changed into a Migne rifle, front charged, and aimed two hundred paces. This is a rifled front-loading gun, with a firing range of three or four hundred paces, but accurate shooting of more than three hundred paces is a professional level that cannot be practiced by ordinary soldiers.

"Bang!" The sound is a bit brittle, and then the traditional charge action.

"Bang!" The interval between the two shots is about fifteen breaths, which is very good, good results, both shots are on target.

"Bang! …… Bang! "Little Long Hair doesn't change guns, 200 steps are all in the middle, which is expected.

Hague was a little surprised, and aimed two hundred and fifty steps further.

"Bang! …… Bang! "One in one is off target, it's not bad.

"Bang! …… Bang! "Xiao Changmao is still the same gun, and the two hundred and fifty steps are also one hit and one misses, which is a bit of a deliberate release of water.

The improved breech gun, the airtightness is better, the warhead flies farther, theoretically two hundred and fifty steps is not a problem, but long-distance accurate shooting, it is not easy, wind speed, wind direction, height difference and even temperature are within the correction range, non-professional shooters, hitting is an accident, hitting is normal, Xiao Changmao is undoubtedly a professional level, he uses this new bullet, can shoot a target of three hundred steps, the hit rate is seventy percent, in the musket battalion is the level of the gun god.

“You win！” Hague threw in the towel and raised his hands. The onlookers cheered, the foreign devils admitted defeat, and the chief soldier was mighty!

The gap was there, and Haug couldn't figure it out, but it was certainly no accident that he was able to defeat two rifles with their own characteristics.

"What model is this gun?"

"SHH1852-2G Division Sniper Rifle. Produced by Hanzhang & Co., Nanyang. ”

"Haven't you heard of it? Can I buy one? ”

"Experiment, not for sale!"

Yes? Hundreds of you people here are using it, but it's not for sale?