While Xia Jun asked Li Shengguo and Yue Ben to negotiate, he was also doing a situation that was very likely to face a two-front battle.

In the event of a local war with Yueben, the Fujian First Division would not be able to respond to the Xinhai Revolution, so the militia would have to be mobilized to fight.

Xia Jun had already trained 100,000 militiamen at this time, although these militias lacked a lot in training, but they could be conscripted into the battlefield at any time, plus the leadership of some regular troops, it was definitely not a problem to fight for territory.

In order to increase fiscal revenue and self-sufficiency in firearms, Xia Jun ordered a production line of Springfield rifles from the United States through Modoma in mid-July, with an annual output of 200,000 Springfield rifles, at a cost of $3 million.

The Xinhai Revolution was about to break out, and there was a strong market for firearms in China, not only for warlords of all stripes, but also for private individuals to defend against bandits.

The price of a German Mauser rifle has generally soared to 50 silver dollars among the people, and the price of the American Springfield rifle is not much different, so the profit from selling arms is very high.

In this era, arms are not only hugely profitable, but can also be used as a means of diplomacy, such as providing arms to a certain power.

There are so many Chinese in Nanyang, you can give them arms aid! There are also oil-rich countries such as Saudi Arabia, which at this time are either not founded or under the colonial rule of European countries, and they can also provide them with arms to build good relations.

The competition between the United States and the United States in Asia is very fierce, so the United States urgently needs to support a power that can compete with the United States, because the United States is not ready to go to war with the United States.

The Americans were happy to provide assistance to the rise of the pro-American force of Fujian's autonomous political axe, and Modoma even asked Xia Jun if he wanted a loan.

Xia Jun asked if the loan was interest-free, but Mo Doma did not respond.

At this time, the foreign exchange in Xia Jun's hand has reached more than five million US dollars, which is equivalent to 10 million silver dollars (the previous text is wrong, 1 US dollar = 2 silver dollars).

After purchasing a rifle production line, Xia Jun bought a production line with an annual output of 200,000 Mauser rifles from the system.

The Mauser 98B production line is relatively cheap, a production line with an annual output of 200,000 units only costs 5 million points, compared to the M1 Garand production line is twice as expensive.

It is very cost-effective to produce rifles by yourself, let's say that the production line of this Mauser 98B, with an annual output of 200,000 rifles, with the system only 10 points per piece, the output of two years can recover the investment, if you count the cost of your own production, you can recover the investment in four or five years at most, and the production after four or five years is completely profitable.

In order to reduce the cost of rifle production, Xia Jun purchased stamping technology.

The stamping technology in the system is divided into ten grades, with the first stamping technology leading for 10 years, the second stamping technology leading for 20 years, and the third stamping technology leading for 30 years.

Each stage of stamping technology costs 10 million points, and this stamping technology can be used not only in the production of rifles, but also in the production of other products.

To this end, Xia Jun upgraded the stamping technology to level 3 in one go, spending 30 million points, and the stamping technology can reach the level of 1941.

With the use of advanced stamping technology, the production cost of Mauser rifles can be reduced by 50%, and if other parts are replaced with cheaper ones, the cost can be reduced by at least 70%.

That's what Germany did during World War II, but the quality of the rifle didn't drop much.

At the same time, the production line of Springfield rifles shipped from the United States can be modified, and the cost can be reduced by more than 50% after modification, and the production of M1 Garand rifles in the United States during World War II cannot keep up, so the manufacturing process is simplified with stamping technology.

The U.S. production equipment arrived at the end of August, and Xia Jun's two rifle factories were quickly built to produce cheap Mauser and Springfield rifles.

Xia Jun wants to do the arms business, and there is obviously no way to be a rich man, after all, the market has been controlled by various countries, so he can only do the business of the poor.

On the other hand, Xia Jun did not completely use these two rifle factories to make money, even if the rifle could not be sold, it could be used to aid some forces worth wooing.

The two cheap rifles are not very good in appearance, because they do not even have burrs and look rougher. In order not to fall behind the reputation that Chinese products do not have high-quality products, two rifle factories also produce some high-quality products.

In terms of the production of bullets, Xia Jun ordered to increase the number of production, some of the bullets currently manufactured are the bullets used in the American Springfield rifles, most of them are German bullets, and the number of 7.62mmnato bullets is not too much, after all, the army needs so much, there is no need to make so much, and German bullets are mainly used for militia training.

The reason why the militia is equipped with Mauser rifles is because Mauser rifles are the most produced in the world, so a large number of Mauser rifles will not arouse the suspicion of other countries, if they are equipped with Chuntian rifles, the American political axe will be surprised, they obviously do not sell guns, how did they get so many Chuntian rifles?

Xia Jun needed so many bullets, mainly for the militia training. After the summer harvest, the finances improved greatly, and the funds were suddenly much more abundant.

Xia Jun does not seem to have any taxes in Fujian, but in fact, the taxes on agriculture are higher than those of all countries, which country dares to levy 100 kilograms of grain on one acre of land?

Only Xia Jun dared to do this, because he had high-yield crops, and it was actually not inappropriate for farmers to increase their output by a few hundred kilograms.

It is precisely because of this that Xia Jun's income in agriculture is relatively high.

The people's income from agriculture has also increased, and more importantly, the outflow of capital from Fujian has been largely curbed.

Because of the tariff protection established by Xia Jun, many foreign goods have lost their markets in Fujian, and at the same time, drugs have also been banned, and the outflow of funds has been reduced by more than half.

In this way, there will be more bank deposits, and if Xia Jun needs money, he will first borrow from his own bank, rather than from banks in other countries.

It is also possible to borrow from other countries, but there will be an interest rate, and it is relatively high. Foreigners are happy to take out loans because they generate benefits.

This is why Xia Jun rejected Modoma's offer, and he did not need to apply for a loan from a US bank at all.

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It can be said that the training of the Fujian First Division is in full swing, and the training of fortifications, infantry and artillery coordination, and arming training is constantly being carried out.

The artillery regiment has shooting training every day, and Xia Jun instructed them to shoot shells at will! As long as you can improve your skills in a short period of time, it doesn't matter how many shells you shoot.

In the vicinity of the military district, rumbling artillery could be heard every day, and two howitzer battalions, under the command of the command, with the cooperation of scouts, carried out heavy shelling of hypothetical targets.

The battlefield communication system of the artillery regiment is very advanced, and the battlefield communication of various countries in this era is not as convenient as that of the first division, especially the communication mode of artillery.

With a convenient communication system, the artillery regiment can mobilize as many artillery pieces as possible in the first time in an artillery battle to carry out intensive bombardment of targets, and the reaction speed is definitely faster than that of the artillery regiment.

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