The Mauser brothers hurriedly thanked him on the ground and knelt down.

These two have already taken over several of their other young brothers, their father Mauser Lao, their mother and grandmother, which is equivalent to the whole family taking them to Shengjing. Now the family is living well for their fortune and the reward of the empire for them.

The generous treatment completely relieved the worries of the old Mauser and the Mauser brothers, and made them full of gratitude and able to develop the Mauser rifle with peace of mind. And some of Feng Yunshan's instructions often made the Mauser brothers suddenly, adding to the respect and reverence for His Majesty the Emperor.

"Get up! I heard that you have developed metal bullets and put them into production, and you have also improved the original Type 59 rifle a lot, and now the energy is produced, which is a great contribution to me and the Chinese Empire, although such a reward is huge, but you deserve it! Feng Yunshan personally helped the two of them up: "I just want to put a little pressure on you, continue to study, and use the idea of adding a barrel magazine under the barrel that I said last time, that is, adding a tubular magazine under the barrel, you work harder to solve this problem and develop it." ”

The Mauser brothers nodded again and again: "Your Majesty, your servant Mauser brothers promise you that it will be developed!" ”

"Alright, without further ado, let's go, take me to see your production line of mass-produced Mauser rifles!" Feng Yunshan waved his hand, and the Mauser brothers hurriedly led the way.

Brown looked at the Mauser brothers with some burning eyes. Although he is the director of the Shengjing Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, he is not proficient in rifle development because he is biased towards management, so not only is he not as high as the Mauser brothers, but even Martin, who was a mechanical technician he introduced, is not as good as Martin, although he also has 200 Shengyuan per month, but he still feels a little uncomfortable.

Feng Yunshan glanced at him, ignored it, and followed the Mauser brothers towards the Mauser Arsenal.

The Mauser Arsenal is located at the very core of the Shengjing Manufacturing Bureau, with only four courtyards in total.

The first one to enter, is the Mauser brothers and other staff office, the Mauser brothers placed their families in the Shengjing City, the two of them stayed in the arsenal of Qianzhou Island, therefore, this first courtyard, although it is an office, is also a residence, and even equipped with a kitchen, convenient for the workers in the arsenal to eat and sleep. The Mauser brothers also lived here regularly, only returning to their homes in the city every two or three months.

Feng Yunshan took a look at it, the style of combining Chinese and Western styles is very exquisite, but not luxurious, it is mainly practical. It seems that the Mauser brothers did not have too many requirements for their residence, and their minds were all focused on the improvement of the Mauser rifle and the manufacture of metal bullets. For this kind of simple-minded foreigners, Feng Yunshan is happy to see them, and he will not treat them badly.

Feng Yunshan saw that there was a long distance between the first courtyard and the second courtyard, and there was still a large open space, so he replaced Brown and said, "You can build a small garden in this place, so that they can develop rifles and relax here for a while." ”

The second courtyard is the place where the Mauser rifle was developed and improved, and it is very messy. Feng Yunshan looked at this chaotic place, imagining that if there was a word for R&D center, I don't know what the effect would be?

He didn't bother to say anything, perhaps, the more chaotic it was, the more comfortable the Mauser brothers would feel, as long as they improved the Mauser rifle to them, they could do anything. In fact, the Mauser brothers probably knew that the emperor gave them such favorable conditions, and they must give up some other things, such as freedom, and the entire Shengjing Machinery Manufacturing Bureau was under strict protection and surveillance.

The back two courtyards, which occupy a much wider area than the front three, and the walls are high and thick, and the style is built according to the factory building, which looks relatively new, and it should not be long before the new construction, which is the production workshop of Mauser rifles and the production workshop of metal bullets. Feng Yunshan came this time to see these two places.

Outside the courtyard wall, the sound of machines turning and tapping inside can already be heard. Looking at it from the outside, as soon as he entered it, Feng Yunshan found that there were several factories inside, dozens of lathes or all kinds of machines, all of which were rotating and roaring, and hundreds of people were busy there, looking hot.

At the door, Feng Yunshan may have been here a few times, the soldiers guarding had already recognized Feng Yunshan, and they were so frightened that they quickly knelt on the ground, and were about to shout long live, Feng Yunshan stretched out his finger and blew it on the corner of his mouth, making a silent movement, stopping the soldiers' visit. Feng Yunshan didn't want to disturb the workers who made Mauser rifles, so he was ready to go out after two looks.

However, although the soldiers did not shout, a few workers who saw it had already seen and recognized it, and even forgot to stop the machine, so they knelt directly on the ground and shouted: "The grass people greet His Majesty the Emperor, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!" ”

This call alarmed the other workers in the entire factory, and they all stopped their work and knelt on the ground to pay respects. It is no wonder that although these workers have seen the world, after all, they have experienced the Manchu era for many years, and the idea of respect and inferiority is still very serious, plus Feng Yunshan overthrew the Manchu Qing Dynasty and took charge of the throne of the Chinese Empire, after several years of development, the people's lives have been significantly improved compared with the Manchu era, and the people are grateful, with their simple and simple thoughts, they are naturally grateful to Dade. In particular, most of the workers in these arsenals were originally craftsmen such as blacksmiths or carpenters near Shengjing, and after training in night schools or schools, they learned to read and write, and with the teaching of Western technicians, they learned to use machines and lathes to process and other skills. This undoubtedly made them extremely grateful to Feng Yunshan and regarded them as gods.

Feng Yunshan had no choice but to raise his hands and shout: "My people, you have worked hard! Let's all be even, continue to work hard for me, make more rifles to defend my country, and defend your own homeland and good life! ”

Hearing the emperor say this, the excited Arsenal workers were even more sensational, but fortunately, Brown and several foremen of the Arsenal reacted in time to convey the emperor's will, and these Arsenal workers gradually quieted down and returned to work hard.

Seeing these workers behaving like this, Zuo Zongtang, Mao Qi and others who followed the emperor secretly sighed that the emperor's prestige and kindness were already so strong among the people.

And Feng Yunshan was also very pleased. On the one hand, it is naturally a happy thing to get the sincere support of the people, on the other hand, he is also pleased to see that the people are not afraid of him and treat him with the attitude of ants looking at the gods, although he still bows down, but he is not overly afraid of his imperial power, compared with previous years, it has been much better.

Maybe one day, the emperor will become the leader of the country in later generations, and in the eyes of ordinary people, he is just an official with a high status. When that day comes, it may be time for democracy to come.

Feng Yunshan withdrew from this Mauser rifle production workshop and asked with interest: "How much can this Mauser rifle produce now?" ”

William. Mauser replied: "Your Majesty, it is just starting now, and the production is still small, and it can only produce more than 600 strokes per month. However, + on the side of the General Bureau, Director Brown has arranged for the separate manufacture of the buttstock handle, barrel, bayonet, magazine, etc., required for the Mauser rifle, and the Mauser Arsenal will carry out the production of the bolt and the final assembly of the whole gun, so that the output will be increased a lot, and it is expected to reach about 1,400 shots per month. ”

1,400 strokes per month is actually a lot, but Feng Yunshan still feels that it is not enough. After all, the number of captives in the Chinese Empire is now in the millions, and it is increasing at a rate of more than 100,000 per year. The annual output of less than 20,000 strokes is naturally seriously insufficient. Feng Yunshan hoped that the various muskets in the hands of the entire captive army could be replaced with a unified Mauser rifle in the world, and the victory or defeat of the land war in the future, especially the field battle of the army, would be determined more by the firepower of the rifle, rather than just the artillery that attacked and captured the city.

Moreover, once this rifle is on the market, other powers will definitely imitate it, especially the bullets customized with metal shells, Feng Yunshan thought of this, and secretly told himself that he must let people strengthen control and keep the Mauser rifle and bullets secret.

When he came to the last courtyard where metal bullets were produced, because he had greeted him in advance, he did not alarm the busy workers inside, and Feng Yunshan only watched from the window.

The ground was full of copper skins, ingots and broken copper powder, and the machines in the factory roared loudly. Next to several stamping machines, a group of workers are around, operating up and down. Originally, it was stamped and formed. Feng Yunshan somewhat understood. Further back, there is also a lever-like loading machine, which is supposed to complete the two processes of charging the propellant and compacting the warhead. As I was watching, there was a sudden crackling sound, which should have been a problem in the process of compacting the ammunition, which detonated the gunpowder.

But the workers must have seen it no surprise and stopped the machine, took out the waste shells stuck there, and repacked them to continue compacting.

Brown stood up at the right time, and without waiting for Feng Yunshan to ask, he took the initiative to talk about the output, and he reported in a low voice: "Your Majesty, this copper-shelled bullet can produce more than 200,000 rounds of ammunition per month, and it should not be a problem to supply the 1,400 Mauser rifles that are produced accordingly." It's ......"

Feng Yunshan looked at his appearance of wanting to speak and stopped, and said, "If you have something to say, say it directly!" ”

"It's just that copper is too expensive," Brown said. After all, this copper-shelled bullet is much more expensive than the original paper-wrapped custom bullet. We have calculated that the all-copper bullets supplied to the Mauser rifle are 57*7.92mm, costing 17 grams of brass materials and 5 grams of lead, and the more than 300,000 rounds of bullets produced in this short period of time alone cost 5 and a half tons of brass, which is really amazing. ”

As soon as Brown said this, Feng Yunshan really remembered one thing. Not to mention that copper mining is extremely inefficient nowadays, and copper is also involved in the production of currency, which makes domestic copper very scarce. Even 100 years later, because of the shortage of copper, China gave up the use of copper-clad bullets, and used copper-clad steel instead of brass to make steel-shelled bullets.

It seems that we have to look overseas and find some copper mines. The United States and Chile are undoubtedly the two countries with the largest copper output, especially Chile, which is also rich in natural saltpeter.

Feng Yunshan looked at Brown, remembering the fiery eyes he had seen Mauser being rewarded before, he smiled and said: "Brown listened to the order, and served as the director of the Shengjing Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, dutiful, loyal to the empire, and fully supported the Mauser Arsenal's development of the Mauser rifle and the production of all-copper bullets. ”

Brown was flattered by the sudden reward, and he quickly knelt on the ground and wept: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward!" Weichen will be conscientious, for His Majesty, for the empire to develop the Shengjing Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, for the empire's strong efforts! ”

Feng Yunshan comforted Brown again, and although this technology is not very good, he still recognizes his ability to manage and develop the machine factory.

At this time, Liu Shengbang, who had been guarding on the side, quietly approached Feng Yunshan's ear and reported that there was news from Shengjing that the French Foreign Minister and Prince William of Prussia had come to Shengjing, both of whom were royal nobles of their country and wanted to visit him. Feng Yunshan saw that it was not too early, so he returned to the Holy Capital City. 8)