h2> "This is true, it was Yang Yuanzhao who promised me personally, by the way, there is a corresponding price!" ”

Yang Du's words made Yuan Shikai fall into deep thought, could it be that the previous idea was wrong, or that the powers that supported Baotou had great strength, he thought about it for a long time, but he didn't figure it out, and asked, "What about the specific price?" ”

Yang Du opened the paper, and on the next page, there were several numbers, rifle, 25 yuan, Makqin 420 yuan, bullets, 400 rounds a piece, 75 shells, 5 yuan a piece. The price is very clear, the low is outrageous, you know, now, with the turmoil in China, the German commission 1888, the original, costs 55 yuan, the bullet is 50 rounds of one yuan, Makqin is close to 1,000 yuan, as for the 75-gun shell, 100 yuan three rounds are not negotiable, these have almost been reduced several times.

"What is the quality of these weapons?"

"They assure that the rifle is Commission 1888, will not be worse in quality than the original, or even better, and can be tested by German officers, and the rest, all with a slight increase." Yang Du said confidently.

"Did you bring back a sample?"

"Before I came back, I brought back a rifle, and when I returned to Beijing, it had already been tested, and it was even better than the original German one, and the German officers were even curious about which German arsenal produced these products!"

"A native arsenal?" Yuan Shikai thought of a certain possibility, his eyes widened, this seemed to be a little unacceptable, is it really like the previous rumors, Germany is behind it!

"I'm asking a friend to investigate and see if I can find out this arsenal!"

"What do you think, what do you want to do with this Baotou, and do we have to agree to their conditions?" Yuan Shikai heard so many more and more, better and better conditions, and he was a little dazed in his heart, he seemed to understand Baotou's thoughts, but he didn't seem to understand, what are the benefits of doing this to Baotou, does the other party really have such a large production capacity, or rather, foreign forces, their support for them is so great.

As far as these weapons and equipment are concerned, they are very cheap, and even if he wants to expand the army, the cost is only one-third of the original, and there is no need to consider some additional conditions, which is very attractive to Yuan Shikai.

"Otherwise, let's take it first, promise them, and it will be done according to the situation!" Yuan Shikai tried to say that no one doesn't like the meat in front of him, and no one doesn't want to get it.

"Won't this anger the Northwest!"

"Angry?" Yuan Shikai was stunned for a moment, he then remembered that Baotou is different from other places, he is a powerful armed force, otherwise, he would not have to send Yang Du to contact, touched his head, and said a little central said: "If you don't say so first, the railway is not so easy to repair anyway!" ”

Yang Du pondered for a moment, shook his head a little firmly, and said: "Before our consideration, Baotou was supported by a foreign force, and now, if he can really come up with such a huge batch of arms, we have to reconsider the strength of Baotou." ”

What Yang Du said is exactly what Yuan Shikai is worried about, with the support of foreign forces, and now China, if it wants to have some rights, it will not work at all without the support of foreign countries, whether it is Yuan Shikai or Sun Yat-sen.

China is relatively barren, a lot of things can't be produced, on the contrary, the Taixi countries, the strength is strong, just leak a little, it's enough for them to use, the reason why Yuan Shikai was able to return to Beijing and control the power is not because of the support of the United Kingdom, the current Baotou has attracted the attention of the whole world, which is behind the support, as long as it is not the United Kingdom, it will definitely not show up casually, such support, relatively speaking, is also very limited, so that under the elimination of the other, he will not be afraid of him, Although his strength may be sideways for the Beiyang Army now, in the future, with the power of the Beiyang Controller, under the impetus of various resources, it is only a matter of time before Beiyang surpasses him.

"But then again, if this batch of weapons is produced by them, this is a different story!" Yang Du suddenly said with a point.

Yuan Shikai stared at Yang Du deadly, the idea of Baotou production flashed in his heart, but he didn't believe it, because even Yuan Shikai himself felt that such an idea was a bit unbelievable, but he didn't expect that Yang Du would suddenly mention it, and he asked in surprise: "Huizi, do you know, what do you say again?" Did you find anything in Baotou? ”

"Of course I know what I'm talking about, to be honest, if I don't get to Baotou, I can never imagine that Baotou is powerful!" Yang Du slowly, told what he had seen and heard in Baotou, combined with the news about Baotou that they had gotten before, they found that Baotou not only has money, but also has a strong industrial base, and all kinds of equipment that only the great powers can complete.

Yuan Shikai knocked lightly on the table, not knowing what he was thinking in his heart, and finally, he said in a deep voice: "Okay, promise to come down first, see if he can get such a batch of arms, and get the benefits in his hand first!" ”

Yuan Shikai made a decision, Baotou, he will put it in the position of a big trouble, but he will not rashly offend him, compared to other forces in China, Baotou is too powerful, if those weapons are really produced by them, I am afraid that the Beiyang Army will not be able to do anything to them if they get such a batch of arms.

Yang Du sighed and said, "I'll report to Bao Fa!" "Yang Du's connection with Baotou, on the one hand, is the idea of establishing Baotou, but on the other hand, it also has a connection with Baotou, as the two strong in the north, Baotou already has the strength to sit on an equal footing with the Beiyang Army, in this case, a smooth connection, indispensable, if there is this before, he does not have to run in person.

The radio waves crossed thousands of miles and were transmitted to Baotou, and the Baotou telegraph command post immediately reported to Yang Yuanzhao after receiving the signal of this separate radio band.

"Agreed!" Yang Yuanzhao clenched his fists, the railway is what he must build, and the highway is even put behind, at the beginning of the 20th century, throughout the 20th century, the railway is an eternal topic, a qualified railway, for the transportation capacity, for the consolidation of national defense, and even the development of industry and commerce, will have a far-reaching and strong impact, he will directly change the political and economic development of a region.

Yang Yuanzhao, who has seen the development of modernization, knows very well that the construction of a city can often begin to take shape in a few years, and 15-20 years is enough to build a modern city.

Committee 1888, compared to the rifle used in Baotou now, is a lot weaker, but before the construction of the new army, before the design of the new gun, or used a part, about tens of thousands, by the way, open this production line, whether it is the north, or the south, along with a variety of military confrontation, the production of weapons will become an eternal theme, Yang Yuanzhao does not want to waste the country's resources and wealth in the civil war.

However, the current situation is special, the north and the south have irreconcilability, the north hopes to use the foundation of the Qing court rule to establish a new ruling center, and the south wants to arm China with a democratic republic under the guidance of Sun Dacang.

The two concepts are completely different, and they create antagonism, that is to say, no matter what, the civil war is inevitable, but since we know that the civil war is inevitable, at this time, instead of letting this money be earned by foreign countries, especially Japan, it is better to let our own money, at least a huge amount of weapons support, so that if the two sides are similar in strength, maybe the command will be confrontational, and it will not cause war.

At present, the production of artillery steel has been basically formed, but it is not yet possible to produce more than 100 heavy guns, 75 guns and mortars produced by seamless steel pipes, which have been basically finalized, and these will become a mainstream of China's arms market in the future, that is, one of the fist products of Baotou.

Artillery, for a long time, has always been something strictly controlled by the great powers, which is also the fundamental reason for the scarcity of artillery and the arrogance of the Beiyang Army.

Arms production can not be concentrated in the same place, Taiyuan, Datong, Suiyuan, three places, three large arsenals immediately set up the project, because their technical conditions are not as good as the second machine factory, by the second machine factory to support a lot of skilled workers, they can still produce qualified guns, relying on the Baotou high-grade steel, plus the design of the assembly line, batches of guns, along with the production line, three factories, each Nissan rifles, are more than 3,000 pieces, The task of more than 200 and 70,000 Makqin was completed in less than a week.

New guns plus re-rifled old guns, in fact, throughout the period of the Republic of China, the great powers also dumped arms in China in this way, whether it was Britain or Germany, after they reloaded the weapons, except for a small part of the mothballed, the rest were refurbished, and began to be released, placed in these backward places, in the historical facts of later generations, there were a large number of various guns and ammunition, sold in China, these funds, all turned into the strength of the powers, take Japan as an example, every time in China, sell a rifle, the money earned is enough to arm 2-3 rifles in Japan, so to speak, the entire Republic of China supported Japan, gradually armed, from second-rate to first-class. And this source started from the Republic of China, in order to weaken Japan and strengthen China, Yang Yuanzhao even if he was unwilling, he still preferred to establish and produce factories. R1152