Chapter Forty-Seven: Mauser Comes

"Hey, Alice, it's such a coincidence, you're here too" Young Master Liang gave the doll a smile back.

"My dad brought me here, Ronnie, aren't you going to school anymore?" Doll seems to regret that she can't continue her friendship with him.

Young Master Liang nodded: "I don't want to go to school anymore, because there are no good schools in Hong Kong." And I didn't want to go to distant Europe, so I visited three teachers and studied literature and martial arts with them."

"Martial arts?" The doll obviously didn't quite understand, and Young Master Liang didn't want to dwell on this issue anymore, because he didn't know how to explain it to make this little Lori understand, so let's change the subject: "Alice, are you still studying in Hong Kong?" ”

"I really couldn't find a suitable school in Hong Kong, so I was ready to go back to China. I'm interested in architecture now, maybe I'll be an architect in the future," the doll was probably influenced by his father, who ran an architectural design office in Guangzhou.

"Architect?" Young Master Liang made up the image of little Lori when she grew up: "Okay, Alice, I wish you to become an excellent architectural designer, I hope you can help me design many beautiful houses in the future."

After speaking, Master Liang and the doll came to a farewell hug, and the slightly shy doll also kissed each other's cheeks, forcing Master Liang to return the salute awkwardly, but the two who had done nothing parted in a little panic.

Alas, juvenile feelings are always poetry.

Returning to the Hainan base, Young Master Liang began to adjust the positions of these grass-roots officers in the squad, platoon, and company, according to the observation of the previous three months, those with strong ability and good performance were promoted, and the officers who were originally in service were dismissed or demoted if they did not perform well, and Young Master Liang must create a fair competition pattern in his army, and the army is a place where the capable speak and eat according to ability, and there is no human relationship and other factors that are mixed in, so that the army's combat effectiveness will continue to improve. A virtuous circle is formed.

Tieqiao San and Huang Qiying served as the deputy commanders of the 1st and 2nd Teaching Battalions respectively. The two martial arts masters cooperated to create a set of sword techniques, a total of twelve moves, both offensive and defensive, suitable for fighting in the army. Young Master Liang named this set of knife techniques "Twelve Great Swords" and quickly promoted it in the army.

In the evening, Young Master Liang and Fifth Uncle Liang Haowen were discussing the revision of the next training plan at the regiment headquarters, and a voice came from outside the door: "Report", "Come in".

"Report to the head of the regiment, call from Guangzhou", "Okay, leave it to me", "Yes", the signal soldier saluted and left the room.

"Great, Fifth Uncle, the machinery and equipment of the steel plant and the cement factory have finally arrived", Young Master Liang shouted happily.

"I'm also wondering why the American arms have arrived a long time ago, and why the Prussian machine hasn't arrived yet."

"Oh, the arms of the United States are ready-made products, which are placed in warehouses and can be shipped after receiving orders, while these machines and equipment are not ready-made products, and they are produced according to customer requirements after receiving orders, and there is a production cycle, so the time is relatively long."

"Oh, that's the case, no wonder the five ships you ordered haven't arrived yet, they also need to be customized."

"Yes, but we don't need to buy it from outside in the future, our own shipyard has been put into production, and this kind of transport freighter can be built by ourselves."

The fifth uncle is also very excited, there are too many changes this year, which has overwhelmed him, and a large ship of several thousand tons can be built by himself, this kind of thing was unimaginable before, not to mention that now the Liang family has an army of more than 2,000, and of course he knows that the combat effectiveness of these armies can already beat the officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty all over the place!

The Prussians attached great importance to the business from the Qing Dynasty, and sent 31 engineers and technicians with the ship to be responsible for the installation and commissioning of machinery and equipment in the steel and cement plants. The Liang family only needs to arrange enough workers to help them, but Young Master Liang thinks this is a good learning opportunity, so he said to the fifth uncle: "Fifth uncle, you go back, organize a group of young and clever workers, bring them over to learn from these Prussian engineers, and train some of our own technicians, if there are outstanding among these people, we can send them to Prussia for further study in the future, do you think this method is feasible?" ”

Liang Haowen understood as soon as he heard it, of course, this kind of opportunity should not be missed: "Okay, I will go back to Guangzhou tomorrow to find someone, and I will go back to visit relatives by the way." He has already married a family, and after staying on the island for a long time, he is already holding back and is about to burst into flames.

"Oh, why didn't I think of this, I should have let you go back a long time ago, otherwise the fifth aunt would definitely scold me if she found out in the future" Young Master Liang said with a smile.

Master Liang's work schedule is about to change, and steel and cement factories will also be his focus for some time to come.

Two days later, four Prussian freighters docked at the newly built pier by the sea. Young Master Liang pulled the entire engineer battalion over to help unload the goods, just so that these young people could come out to exercise, and I believe that with the help of these more than 500 strong guys, these things can be done soon.

Young Master Liang personally received the Prussian engineers, when a Prussian with a mustache came out of the crowd and asked in German: "Hello, I want to find a Mr. Ronnie, can you help me?" ”

Young Master Liang replied a little strangely: "I am Ronnie, what do I need to help you with?" ”

The mustache looked surprised: "Oh, are you Ronnie?" My God! How is that possible? ”

Young Master Liang saw that he looked like a god, and immediately replied affirmatively: "I promise God that I am Ronnie, may I ask what you are looking for me?" ”

"Oh well, I'm Paul. Mauser, I am a Prussian gunsmith, it was Captain Loew who gave me a rifle blueprint, he said that it was designed by a Mr. Ronnie from the Qing Empire, and I came here to talk to this Mr. Ronnie about it."

"I see, you are Mr. Mauser Jr., yes, I drew the design of the rifle, and it was in Mr. Loew's office, and Mr. Loew can testify to this."

"Oh my God, you really painted it? It's amazing! Does this rifle you designed really live up to those indicators? ”

"As long as the quality of the steel is qualified, there will be no problem with my rifle," Young Master Liang replied calmly.

"Does your rifle have high demands on steel?" Mauser Jr. immediately got to the point of the problem.

"The requirements are not very high, and the steel of your Prussian Krupp cannon is quite capable of meeting the requirements".

"Oh, that's great, can you tell me more about the design and construction of this rifle?" Little Mauser was very happy, it seems that this time there was no run in vain.

"Of course, Mr. Mauser, please come with me to the reception room, where we can have a good talk" Young Master Liang thought to himself, but he would have to slap him hard.