Compared with the new immigrants who have just arrived in the United States, the old employees of the Horse Arms Company have thoroughly integrated into American society.

In fact, there is not much difference, the horse weapons factory has been built in the wilderness, and now around the horse weapons factory, a town with a total population of more than 10,000 people has been formed, which can already be used as a city in Massachusetts, and the Massachusetts state government also intends to upgrade the horse town to the horse city, but Zhang Leye does not agree, if it is upgraded to the city level, then it will have to bear more taxes and pressure, and the city council and the city government will be established, Zhang Leye does not want to be so troublesome, the current horse town, The real state civil servants only have a sheriff and a town mayor, and the rest are temporary workers, and this situation is more conducive to the development of the horse arms factory, which will not be subject to any restrictions.

It is indeed convenient, the current Horse Town, although there is a nominal town government, but in fact all the affairs in the town are in charge of the Horse Weapons Factory, for example, some time ago Zhang Leye wanted to build a special community on the banks of the Connecticut River to house new employees, there is no council and government, Zhang Leye can choose the land at will, as big as the circle, only need to pay some fees symbolically, and do not need to go through any other procedures, which is completely unimaginable in a city with a sound parliament and government.

At the very least, the money will be spent several times more.

With this money, Zhang Leye would rather spend it all on those new employees.

In fact, it is not a new employee, in the first half of the year, the horse arms company carried out internal business adjustments, the rifle business was all concentrated in the Springfield Arsenal, the pistol business was handed over to Colt, Winchester was mainly engaged in automatic weapons, and the horse weapons factory was to focus all its energy on the development of weapons research and development and high-quality weapons.

Fine weapons are not just craft pistols, with the progress of technology, the horse weapons factory began to develop in the direction of precision weapons, these weapons have lower requirements for parts and components error, higher requirements for the proficiency of workers, has been an ordinary Springfield rifle, although the meter ruler has a range of 1,200 meters, in fact, the distance of more than 400 meters is meaningless, even if the shooter can aim accurately, the accuracy of the weapon can not be reached, more than 400 meters, no one can guarantee that the bullet can accurately hit the target.

In this case, the Ministry of War has higher and higher requirements for the accuracy of weapons, and for ordinary soldiers, it does not make much sense to improve the accuracy of weapons, but for those accurate shooters, it is very important to improve the accuracy of weapons.

In fact, if Li Mu is asked to name it, Li Mu prefers to call those precision shooters "snipers", and only those snipers can give full play to the power of those precision weapons.

"We have gathered all the senior engineers of Steed, Springfield, Colt, and Winchester, and we are now producing weapons that are indeed more accurate and more stable in trajectory, but the production efficiency is very low, and the yield rate is not high - in fact, it is not that the yield rate is not high, even if some parts that do not meet the standards are still qualified for ordinary weapons, but the production of high-end weapons, the use of assembly line methods does not seem appropriate, I asked those senior engineers, they would rather make a rifle on their own than cooperate with others, but if it is made independently, the production efficiency will be lower, and a skilled senior engineer needs nearly half a month to adjust a precision rifle, which is too low. Kenneth Trollope, deputy general manager of the general manager's office of the Horse Arms Company, is reporting to Zhang Leye.

In fact, the efficiency is not low, if it is Li Muzai, then Li Mu will be overjoyed, a senior engineer's salary does not exceed five hundred dollars per month, but the price of a precision rifle may exceed two thousand dollars, this is a master work made by top gunsmiths, don't be too expensive, for top shooters, let alone two thousand dollars, even if it is twenty thousand dollars, it is difficult to find a shot.

The word sniper originated in the British colonial period of India, when the British officials or nobles had the custom of hunting, in the safari, the nobles found that the sandpiper (Snipe) was very alert, the hunter needed to camouflage and ambush, and at the same time needed to have very good shooting skills, coupled with a high-precision rifle to succeed, the word Sniper (Sniper) came from this, and the high-precision rifle became the sniper rifle (Sniper rifle).

During the Civil War, snipers appeared on the battlefield at that time, but the War Department did not pay attention to this branch of the army, and it was not until the First World War that snipers shined and gained widespread attention.

During the Cuban War, Li Mu and George Dewey organized precision shooters to snipe Spanish commanders on the battlefield, which played a great role, and the Spaniards were defeated on the battlefield, and this tactic has a great reason.

Since then, Li Mu began to continuously strengthen the role of snipers, at present, there are many snipers in the Far East Company, their role on the battlefield is often greater than that of the commander, a large part of the sniper rifles produced by the Horse Weapons Factory are to meet the needs of the Far East Company, of course, there is also the Ministry of War, the mercenary enterprises in Li Mu's hands, there are observers sent by the Ministry of War, and they cannot ignore the role of snipers.

"If they are willing to make it alone, then give them the right to make it alone, senior engineers are not assembly line workers, we have to give them full autonomy, and we transfer senior engineers from Springfield and Colt, will it affect the production of Springfield and Colt? The orders of the Ministry of War still have to ensure quality. Zhang Leye is not worried about the efficiency of senior engineers, but is worried about whether it will affect the completion of the orders of the Ministry of War.

Because of the establishment of Vladivostok, the Ministry of War wants to expand the army, which requires a large number of individual weapons, the largest arms company in the United States is the Horse Arms Company, and the order can only be given to the Horse Weapons Company, which is an honor, but at the same time, it is also a pressure, the Ministry of War is the largest customer of the Horse Weapons Company, and Zhang Leye does not want to lose a big one because of a small one.

"It doesn't matter, it will definitely not be affected, a few days ago, the officials of the Armaments Department and the Logistics Department came to inspect, but we spent nearly 50,000 US dollars, so even some remnants are normal, normal wear and tear." Kenneth Trollope is not worried, as long as the relationship is in place, nothing is a problem.

The relationship between the Horse Weapons Company and the Ministry of War is very good, and the annual public relations expenses of the Horse Weapons Company are more than 500,000 US dollars, so much money is smashed, and the small quality problems are indeed floating clouds, and the troops also have to train every day, and it is normal for the weapons to be worn out, and the relationship between the Horse Weapons Company and the military is also very good, and no one will be unable to get along with the Horse Weapons Company on these issues.

In fact, the Ministry of War is a big dye vat, the supply of weapons is only one aspect, personnel, logistics, engineering, etc., there are so many departments that there are problems, so many that people can't look at them directly, according to the Republic of the 21st century, if everyone in the Ministry of War is pulled out and shot, then there will definitely be wronged, but if one is killed one by one, then there must be those who slip through the net, the sad thing is that the more serious the problem, the more no one dares to lift the lid, if you want to investigate the problems of the Ministry of War, it may be a nest case, and no one can afford this responsibility. Even Washington can't afford to lose this man.

Well, in fact, not only the War Department, but all departments of the US government from top to bottom, as long as they want to investigate, they will definitely be able to find out the problem, even the presidential palace is not clean, or Arthur will not threaten Congress with the "James Bryan Act" at every turn.

"Kenny, we're a military-industrial complex, so we can't afford to have any problems." Zhang Leye was dissatisfied with Kenneth Trollope's attitude, although the Horse Arms Company is the core of the Horse Group, but Li Mu does not expect the Horse Arms Company to make money, Li Mu needs the Horse Weapons Company to continuously strengthen the position of the Horse Group in the United States, under this premise, it really doesn't matter whether it makes money or not, otherwise the Horse Weapons Company does not need to spend so much money on public relations, after all, 500,000 US dollars has exceeded the annual profit of the Horse Weapons Company.

Change the company, if the annual public relations expenses only account for 10% of the annual profits, the boss may smile crookedly, but in the Junma Group, this proportion is too big, Junma Power, Junma Telecommunications, Junma Automobile, the annual public relations expenses are less than one percent of the profits, in addition to the public relations costs of Junma Construction are higher, but the profit margin of Junma Construction is also higher, the proportion is still not high, and the money earned is not a lot.

"Okay, I'll take note, I'll talk to Tom when I get back." Although Kenneth Trollope disagreed, he was still based on Zhang Leye's opinion, Tom is the director of the quality inspection department of the Horse Arms Company, and the quality inspection system of the Horse Arms Company was determined by Li Mu at the beginning: "This year's new workers have completed the internship period, and most of the interns' comments are excellent, and they can all get engineer positions, and my opinion is to enrich them to Springfield, Colt, and Winchester, so that it won't be long before the technical strength of Springfield, Colt, and Winchester can be filled. But what Marcy means is to keep them in the factory, so that we can enrich our high-end talent, what do you think? ”

Since two years ago, the horse arms company has not recruited employees, the graduates trained by the vocational college, more mature than most of the skilled workers trained in the factory, but also more potential, after all, they have a certain cultural foundation, learn to accept faster, and are better at solving problems, so the graduates of the vocational college in the past two years have all entered the horse weapons company to work, which is actually good for both graduates and for the horse weapons company, the only bad is probably because there are no graduates to the society, Makes the vocational college discredited.

If you don't have a reputation, you don't have a reputation, anyway, Li Mu doesn't need a vocational college to enhance the influence of Junma education, it is enough to have Springfield Institute of Technology and a medical school, the graduates of the vocational college are all from Junma affiliated schools, they have a strong sense of identity with Junma Weapons Company, and they don't have too many requirements for personal treatment, what else can they ask for?

Of course, there is no requirement, it does not mean that the horse arms company will ignore it, the benefits of the horse weapons company are well known, three meals a day, enough clothes for all seasons, you can apply for a single dormitory just after you join the company, you can allocate community housing after starting a family, there is a headache brain fever medical expenses are all reimbursed, it can be said that in addition to not sending a daughter-in-law, the horse arms company has improved all the logistics services, just need to work hard.

It can't be said that there is no daughter-in-law, the horse arms company has a supporting garment factory, kindergartens, primary schools, clinics, and workers' clubs, most of the staff in these places are unmarried women, both the traditional oriental jasper, and the blue-eyed blonde Yanma, the horse arms company has created conditions for single workers as much as possible, if this can not solve personal problems, then can only find the reason in themselves.

Compared to the first generation of immigrants, the second generation of Chinese is definitely lucky.

"You're right, place all of them in Springfield, Colt, and Winchester, even the best graduates, they are not directly qualified to join the Horse Arms Factory, only Springfield, Colt, and Winchester perform well are eligible to join the Horse Arms Factory, tell Marcy that joining the Horse Arms Factory is an honor, but also a responsibility." Zhang Leye wants a bowl of water, although most of these graduates are Chinese, but there will be more and more Chinese in the future, and it is impossible for them all to enter the horse weapons factory.

"Okay, one last thing, Mr. Mayor invites you and me to dinner in the evening, and he'll announce his candidacy for the next governor of Massachusetts this evening." Kenneth Trollope was not very happy, this kind of invitation, under normal circumstances, wants to attract sponsorship, and it is impossible to say that more or less will be donated at that time.

After the annexation of the Springfield Arsenal, the Horse Arms Company is the largest company in Massachusetts, and similar sponsorship activities will occur several times a month, each time costing thousands to tens of thousands of dollars, and this time it should be higher, after all, it is a gubernatorial campaign.

The mayor of Springfield is still Richard Wesley, who is also an old friend of Li Mu, who teamed up with Li Mu to pit Amos Ackerman, and now Richard Wesley is taking a step further, which is a good thing, and Zhang Leye will definitely support it.

"Is it necessary? Mr. Governor is fine, but Mr. Wesley is probably going to be disappointed. Zhang Leye is not optimistic about Richard Wesley, and the current governor Bruce Motley and Li Mu also have a good relationship, so it is the same for everyone.

Hearing Zhang Leye complain, Kenneth Trollope just made an American-style grimace and did not pick up the stubble, it doesn't matter whether Richard Wesley can be successfully elected, the key is not to break Richard Wesley's face, whether to donate 5,000 or 10,000?

I'll leave that to the general manager.

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