After sending Xu Liangzhi away, Hong Tao set his sights on the north again. There are vast savannas, and there are countless animals roaming the grasslands, and it would be a waste not to get past the addiction of hunting. Not only did he have to go, but he also had to take Senya and Saifei with him, so that they could also enjoy the fun of hunting.

But neither mother nor son can use guns, and they have no ability to protect themselves at all. Although their identity saves them from a lot of dangers, they can't be pressured by art, they can't sail a sea boat, and they can't use weapons on land, so they can't say it.

Learn! Must learn! This is Hong Tao's order. At home, he is still the emperor, and he is a very domineering emperor, an emperor who follows his word!

But after studying all morning, Hong Tao gave up. It's not that Senya and Saifei are too stupid, it's not that they don't want to learn, but there are indeed objective reasons. The current front-loading smoothbore gun is too heavy, and Sefei can't hold it at all, and Senya can barely hold it steady, but as soon as the gun is fired, she has to let go and can't hold it.

"I said Lao Qi, what time is it, why are you still sleeping? …… Hey, you're secretly drinking! "If the gun is not in hand, Hong Tao can only go to Qi Zu to find a way. No matter how many ideas you have in your head, someone has to be able to realize them, and it is basically impossible to rely on yourself to make a gun by hand with those simple machinery, which is a common problem of mouth traffickers.

"Have a few sips ...... idle" Qi Zu's spirit was a little sluggish, and when he saw Hong Tao, he also drooped his eyelids and ignored it. He didn't have a house in Cape Town, and he didn't want to live in the dormitory of a machine factory, where the living conditions were indeed not enough to meet the needs of a top craftsman in the empire, so he stayed in Hong Tao's imperial estate. But it's not a house, but living with the Cixi couple.

"What's the matter, there are problems in the development of the gun latch again? Tell me, I also have something to ask you for help, let's do it together! "Qi Zu has had this kind of time in the Imperial Metal Group before, but it is not as serious as now, Hong Tao thinks that it may be that he is old, he can be indomitable mentally, but he is a little physically powerless.

"Let's talk about you first, I'm fine, I'm just a little tired." Hearing that Hong Tao had something to do with him for help, Qi Zu reluctantly raised his spirits.

"Yes, then I'll talk about it first. Well, yesterday morning I took Senya and Sefei to shoot and teach them to go hunting in the north. As a result, I found a problem, our smoothbore gun was too heavy, more than ten pounds, and neither of them could lift it. I wondered if I could design a lighter firearm that didn't have too long a range and didn't have to reduce the cost, as long as I could hunt well. ”

"You see, here's a sketch I made, called a double-barrel shotgun. That's the rough idea, but the ignition inside has to change. This time, I'm going to make a direct primer, which is to put gunpowder in a small barrel made of copper, and then ...... Hey, what's wrong with you, don't shed tears if you're jealous that I'm smart! Hong Tao took out a few drawings, unfolded them one by one, and then pointed to the patterns on them to explain.

But while talking, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, if it was usual, Qi Zu, a mechanical maniac, would have snatched it up when he encountered a mechanical device that he had never seen, and he had to interject to ask what it was, where it was, why it was like this, and so on, but now there was no movement. When I looked up, it was amazing, Qi Zu was lowering his head and shedding tears, and he wasn't listening to himself at all. This is the first time Hong Tao has seen Qi Zu cry, he may have cried, but he definitely never cried in front of himself, it was too abnormal.

“…… Woowoo...... Woo...... "It's okay not to ask, this question, Qi Zu cried even more sadly." An old man cried, how much grievance this was.

"Tell me honestly, is there someone in the new factory who is bullying? They are blind and dare to squeeze you! Tell me who it was and I hung him on the dock...... If you don't say it, I'll ask Cixi, and let him come to see how you look like you have a big beard and secretly shed tears. Hong Tao was a little stunned, but the old man couldn't cry and didn't speak, and he couldn't help him, so he had to come up with a killer weapon and threaten!

He ...... They wouldn't let me do research...... Say yes and say there is no such funding...... Let me be in charge of the technical guidance of the whole factory......" worked, as soon as I heard that Hong Tao was going to call Cixi, the old man couldn't hold his face. He can cry in front of Hong Tao, but he will never do this in front of other outsiders.

"Suck and slip...... What's being produced here? Smoothbore guns, deck guns, bearings, and farm implements, do you need my guidance? My apprentice can do these things, and I need an old man to travel so far to direct this! "If you don't open your mouth, you won't open your mouth, and if you open your mouth, you can't stop the grievances, and they all sprayed Hong Tao, along with a piece of spitting stars.

"Then you didn't tell them that the cannon you studied is more advanced than all the cannons in the empire at the moment?" Hong Tao didn't have the habit of going out with a handkerchief, so he simply took off the linen soft hat and gave it to the old man as a towel.

"The officials of the Ministry of Industry and the representatives of the group companies here are stupid people, they will only follow the rules and regulations, and they will not move their brains at all! They didn't directly refuse me, saying that they would help me make a report and go to the group company and the ministry for instructions. Isn't that nonsense! If I can continue the research and development of the group company smoothly, will I still use it here? I don't want much, just give me a small workshop and a dozen workers, but they just won't give it. I have two apprentices who are in charge of technology here, and it is useless for them to help me ask for them, and I can't even command a worker or a forging hammer without seeing the approval of the group company and the Ministry of Industry! They treated me like a piece of shit! The old man became more and more angry, and at last he began to growl, and then sat down on the bed again, and stopped shedding tears, and gasped for air. The venting just now exhausted his strength, mainly because of his mental collapse.

"Don't worry, drink your saliva smoothly, and listen to me first. Well, they're doing the right thing, the group is too big, and there are already four large metal bases, and if you don't manage it like this, there will be problems every day. But in this matter, the group company has not done the right thing, and it can't just patronize the tattered exports, so as to delay its own research and development of new projects, and it should not throw off the burden of old heroes like you. ”

"I will write to Bo Jiao about this matter, and ask him to fully consider it and see if he can allocate some manpower and funds to focus on the development of this project in your hand. But I'll say another frustrating thing, I really don't need other powers, and now I'm an idler, and no one cares about me except for my wife and children all day long. We are all in the past of the empire, and the rest of the road is for the next generation to walk, so let's open up. ”

If it is other problems, such as life and treatment, Hong Tao has a way to solve it for Qi Zu, even if he wants to build a test ground alone. Medini can meddle in these problems, but Hong Tao and Medini can't intervene in the internal affairs of the Imperial Metal Group, let alone take the initiative to intervene. This is a military-industrial enterprise, a rendicated emperor and a lonely governor of Medini, desperately interfering in the personnel and project arrangements of the military-industrial enterprise, what do you want to do? It's too sensitive.

"I understand this, so I haven't been able to talk to you. It's okay, I just can't figure it out, and no one speaks, so I talk to you, and my heart is smooth. Come, I'll take a look at this drawing...... Although I don't have any rights anymore, I still have the ability to make a few guns. Several masters in the factory, most of them are my apprentices and grandchildren, let them do a favor, and dare to say no! If you want to do it, make a few more, and I'll follow you to hunt in the future. Let me give guidance to farm tools, I really don't have that ability, I haven't started it for so many years, and I have long forgotten how to make a hoe. Qi Zu didn't continue to entangle, he also understood what Hong Tao said, but he suddenly retired from a master craftsman who said everything, and became a retired consultant who ran into walls everywhere, and he felt a little uncomfortable, even if he found someone to vent, what else could he do?

(To be continued.) )