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Qin Lang looked at the calendar on his desk, there were still ten days before Christmas, and then, in another week, the world would enter 1897 - time flies so fast.

He furrowed his eyebrows. Neither in the past nor in the present, the New Year is not a happy thing for him, because the New Year is always more than any other time to make him realize that his life is a little less, but other than that, for a person like him, Christmas and New Year are also extremely boring.

And a little bit of loneliness.

Especially now. "You're still at sea when Christmas comes, Duncan, so you're going to have to celebrate the holidays on a passenger liner." Qin Lang said with a smile.

In fact, it wasn't just Duncan, Rachel was also in the Pacific Ocean on Christmas Day, just closer to his destination than he was - but Duncan didn't care about her, he just wanted to protest for himself.

"Why do I have to go now? Why can't it be after the New Year's celebration? "Duncan didn't want to celebrate Christmas on a passenger ship sailing in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and he couldn't find a suitable female companion other than Fan. Desmond and several of the guards couldn't even find an acquaintance to celebrate with.

It would have made Christmas 1896 the worst Christmas of his life!

This must not be the case.

"I think I should stay for the time being." Duncan went to great lengths to find a reason for himself, and certainly one of them seemed appropriate. "You see, Yi Shui stays in Guangzhou Bay at Christmas, Rachel is still on the passenger liner, Elizabeth is either in the lab or with her parents, and if I leave too, it will be you and Sean to celebrate the most important holiday of the year......"

"Two things, first, I'm not a Catholic, so Christmas is not an important holiday for me; Second, Sean will celebrate Christmas in Los Angeles. ”

"In that case, I shouldn't leave, Qin." Duncan said quickly.

But Qin Lang cocked up his right index finger and shook it from side to side. "Absolutely not, Duncan. Everything is ready, you have to leave immediately. ”

Everything was ready, the machinery and equipment needed by United Textile Technology and the first batch of cotton provided by the Chicago consortium had been loaded on the East Coast, and all the American employees recruited by the company had arrived in San Diego, so Qin Lang thought it was time for Duncan to leave.

He hoped that the United Textile Technology Company would make its first business in the first month of 1897...... In fact, this is not only his personal hope, but also the Chicago and Cleveland consortiums. Just like the timeline that he, Morgan and Rockefeller prepared for Union Carbide -- just February, specifically February 14, the company's first plant will be officially operational.

A schedule is something that must be strictly adhered to, and this is true for anyone.

However, Duncan felt he could be an exception. "But ......"

"No, but." Qin Lang's whispers were more unquestionable than any shouting.

Helpless, Duncan reluctantly accepted his arrangement, and then began to sigh. However, he quickly came out of his frustration and became excited again—Christmas on a luxury liner, which he had never experienced before, still seemed to be worth looking forward to, and maybe a young and beautiful single lady could still be found on board—and after being happy for a while, he began to care about Qin Lang.

"What are you going to do if everyone isn't in San Diego?"

"If possible, I can celebrate Christmas with Elizabeth and her family." However, Mr. Daubs's two sons did not welcome him, and it was not pleasant to be with Mr. Daubers, so he prepared another arrangement. "And I still have some work."

Yes, there is still some work, such as maintaining his military trucks, and at the same time Qin Lang is also preparing to design a new gun for the civilian weapons market - first of all, this is his hobby, and secondly, the products of the Great Viper Weapons Company are still too few, and most of the products are biased towards the military weapons market...... Of course, the police will also buy some, and in order to continue to expand his influence among gun enthusiasts, he needs a new product with excellent performance.

A rifle for long-range hunting, using high-powered ammunition and scopes, capable of mounting a bipod, like the Remington M700 he had, and it would be better to have multiple calibers for different users.

Qin Lang was very sure that he would complete a sample during the time when everyone was away...... Copy a Remington M700 using traditional materials and spend more time perfecting it. This is not a difficult thing for him, it is much easier than designing an ammonia plant, there is only one small problem to note: according to the current optical glass manufacturing process, his new product can only choose a sight of two and a half to four times at most, and not the more suitable eight.

2.5 to 4 times the sight...... The rifle can only achieve an effective range of only 250 to 400 meters, which is a little closer, and it seems that it lacks sufficient security for the user.

Of course, if the user uses careful camouflage, he can still avoid the target from discovering himself, but how to disguise is a completely new technique that has not yet been systematically generalized and has not yet been popularized, and even the most seasoned hunter does not necessarily have experience with auxiliary tools such as camouflage nets, and there are no such tools on the market, so ......

Maybe I could write a manual on camouflage techniques, and long-range shooting techniques to go along with them...... Sniper Skills...... I can create a professional book that can be used as a teaching material. Qin Lang suddenly had a thought, an idea, and a plan in his mind, and then he became happy: Look, I have found another meaningful thing for myself that will make me not so boring outside of the eight-hour work hours and during the Christmas and New Year holidays.

And it's not just about killing time. Sniper! It seems that a new combat unit can be added to the mercenary, and the two-man sniper team that is roaming around and looking for valuable targets on its own, the hidden threats on the battlefield, especially the kind that is suitable for mercenary combat, can be extremely powerful for mercenaries who lack heavy weapons. Moreover, the two-man sniper team also means that the company can open up a new business: assassination.

There will be people who love this business. The only problem is that, unless they have a high-magnification scope, today's snipers need to get closer to their targets than their future counterparts, limiting their mission flexibility.

Either way, it's still a good idea.

A smile suddenly appeared on Qin Lang's face.

However, he forgot one thing: Duncan was still in the office and was looking at him. So his smile immediately made Duncan nervous - because it usually meant his misfortune...... It's not unfortunate, he quickly corrected it, but it just means that I have another responsibility to bear.

Duncan showed a bitter look on his face, waiting for Qin Lang to announce the new arrangement. However, the expected voice did not sound, which made him feel very strange, and after waiting for a few minutes, he finally couldn't resist the temptation and asked cautiously, "Qin, uh...... Is there anything else you can do? ”

"Nope." Qin Lang came back to his senses, "What's the problem?" ”

"Nope."

"Well, then, I suggest you go home and pack your bags now, friend." Qin Lang's suggestion made Duncan extremely confused, and it was hard to believe his ears—there was no expected new responsibility, although it was unusual...... It's just wonderful, though. He was secretly happy and immediately left the office according to Qin Lang's suggestion.

Qin Lang restarted his thoughts...... Recall. He had to recall all the camouflage skills he had learned in the shooting club, organize them into teaching materials that could be learned and mastered, and finally turn them into real words. Although this knowledge is too shallow compared to the knowledge possessed by the professional snipers of the future, it is completely sufficient for the snipers of this era.

It's like the periodic table in chemistry. In a hundred years, that's the knowledge that every junior high school student needs to master, but in Dimitri. At the time when Mendeleev discovered the periodic law, anyone who could draw a complete periodic table could definitely go directly to the Royal Academy of Sciences...... Qin Lang suddenly stopped and began to think about whether the material and immaterial wealth he had left to this world was too much.

Probably a little more. He thought about it again, and it was. The most important part was the chemistry that was taught to Elizabeth and, to a lesser extent, the ammonia synthesis process, the combined alkali production method, and the tactics used by the mercenaries...... If you add camouflage skills and incidental sniping knowledge to that now, American polytechnic universities should hire him as a visiting professor, followed by West Point and Fort Benning.

Qin Lang began to laugh, laughing and laughing.

He didn't know that Duncan was eavesdropping outside the door - in fact, he was just worried about whether Qin Lang really didn't have a new task for him to complete, and then fell back after leaving. Although the Pentagon's offices were soundproofed quite well, Duncan left without the door completely closed, so he heard a little laughter.

and a slight cough - Duncan turned and saw Novotny looking at him.

He immediately became embarrassed.

"Mr. Sandy, what are you doing?" Novotny asked, pretending not to know, which added to Duncan's embarrassment.

"Nothing, uh...... Oh, by the way, I'm checking to see if the door is closed. He pretended to twist the doorknob a few times, and then said, "Is there anything wrong with you, Mr. Novotny?" ”

"I came up with a new design and wanted Mr. Qin's approval."

"I'm afraid you didn't come at the right time, Qin is thinking now, I think ......"

"Who's out there?" The door suddenly opened, and Qin Lang stood in the doorway—Duncan's action of twisting the doorknob just now made him realize that there was someone outside the door—he looked at Duncan first, but without saying anything, he turned directly to Novotny. "Mr. Novotny, is there anything you can do?"

"I have a new design in mind and I want your approval." Novotny repeated.

"Please come in." Qin Lang turned sideways to make way for the designer, glanced at Duncan again, and then closed the door; He walked back to his place, sat down, and asked, "What's your new design, Mr. Novotny?" ”

"I analyzed Mr. Browning's automatic rifle, and if it were to be changed to a semi-automatic rifle with a better-machined high-precision barrel, I thought it would be a good fit for the U.S. civilian market." The designer explained that "it will be popular with shooting sports enthusiasts and hunters." ”

Qin Lang blinked. Because of the many suggestions he received during the design process, the BAR automatic rifle designed by Browning was actually an M14A1, and the semi-automatic civilian model of the M14, the M1A, was selling well in the American market - Novotny was basically correct, except for one point: if there was no scope, few shooting sports enthusiasts and hunters would choose semi-automatic rifles, because they were not as accurate as traditional manual bolt rifles, which made it more difficult to hit the target.

"You should know, Mr. Novotny," he said slowly, "that the accuracy of firing from semi-automatic weapons is always a problem. ”

"So, I recommend putting a scope on it."

"Scope?"

"In my hometown, Jena, there is a company that specializes in optical glass and camera lenses......

Jena, optical glass, camera lens, these keywords can only make Qin Lang think of an answer. "Carl. Zeiss? ”

"Yes." The designer nodded in surprise, "You know it?" ”

"Of course, I've heard about it for a long time." For someone who came from a hundred years later and grew up in the city, he had not heard of Carl. Zeiss was undoubtedly a very bizarre thing, and it was obviously impossible for this to happen to Qin Lang - although his experience was even more bizarre - he smiled and began to rhythmically tap his fingers on the armrest of the chair again, was silent for a while, and then asked before the atmosphere became oppressive: "Carl. ZEISS, can it develop and produce a six- or even eight-fold magnification scope? Preferably the kind with variable magnification. ”

He still wants to get a high-magnification scope. Optical glass technology in the United States is still not advanced enough, but Germany has always maintained a leading position in this area. Zeiss was a well-known company in the field of optical glass and measuring instrument manufacturing, and he felt that it might meet his needs, but his question seemed too specialized to Novotny, and the designer knew only a little about the famous companies in his hometown that he could not provide an accurate answer at this time.

"I need to write a letter to ZEISS, Mr. Qin."

"Immediately, please." (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )