Early in the morning of September 16th, Zhang Wei received a reminder from Xiao Yu'er again: "Young master, now that the conditions for upgrading to the town level have been met, are you upgrading now?" “

Zhang Wei thought about it for a while and said, "Noon, the upgrade will start at 12 noon." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ“

"Yes, young master"

Zhang Wei took advantage of this time to discuss with Han Xin, and Han Xin meant that there is already an infantry battalion in the manor now, and the defense force is sufficient, and there is no military force that can threaten him on Kalimantan Island at present, so there is no need to make a fuss, just ask the troops to be on guard.

So, Zhang Wei continued his exchange business, and deposited all the gold needed today and tomorrow morning in the basement of the manor, so that the normal foreign exchange business would not be affected, and the system would be able to return to normal at noon tomorrow.

Due to the preparations this time, the exchange business was not affected in any way, and Zhang Wei was not restless like last time, everything was normal, but the troops strengthened their vigilance.

After a day of waiting,The upgrade was completed at noon on September 17th.,But this time it's not as exciting as last time.,All kinds of changes are basically known.,It's just not clear that the unlocked items are.。

Zhang Wei said to Xiao Yu'er: "You can introduce the changes in the system first." “

"Yes, young master, the system has been upgraded to the town level, and your system warehouse has now reached 64,000 cubic meters; The perception range is now 90 meters; The system is unlocked to 20 years beyond reality, that is, it can buy materials before 1925; For crafting unlock items is administrative; The crafting speed is now 40 seconds. “

In fact, what Zhang Wei is most eager to unlock now is the navy, with the navy can compete with the Netherlands for the East Indies, now there is no navy, even the seaside cities dare not occupy, and the banks of the great rivers do not dare to occupy, it is indeed very aggrieved. And I don't have any plans to establish an administrative system at all, and unlocking the administration is a chicken rib.

"Xiao Yu'er, when will you be able to unlock the navy?"

"Young master, I don't know about this."

Since there was no way to change it, it could only be accepted, so I asked the price question that I was more concerned about: "Xiao Yu'er, can it be cheaper to buy the previous materials?" “

"Yes, young master, the materials of each early level are 20% cheaper, and the lowest price is the cost price of materials, but this is only for industrial products, such as grain, salt and other non-industrial products The price will not change, and it is not in this preferential ranks."

Zhang Wei thinks about it, the price of grain is low enough, and there is no way to be lower, and it is already a great advantage for him to be cheap for industrial products, which is one of the foundations for his future domination of the world. Moreover, we have a system, before the important technology comes out, I will register a special train in advance, so that the research costs of other countries will be wasted, we will always lead the new trend of the world, and always occupy the forefront of the world's technology.

After the system was upgraded, it would be possible to purchase materials for 1925 or before, so Zhang Wei first invited Han Xin to discuss the selection of artillery for the troops.

"Young Master, what do you want me to order?" Han Xin asked.

"Staff Officer Han, the artillery has not been decided, and now that the system has been upgraded, I want to start equipping the troops with artillery after the artillery model of the army is set, and I always have no sense of security without the artillery unit."

"Does the young master have any goals?"

"Staff Officer Han, the island of Kalimantan where we are located has backward infrastructure, inconvenient transportation, and many hills and jungles, so it is definitely not appropriate to choose heavy artillery. I want to choose a lightweight small-caliber gun, and even if I need a large-caliber one, I can go directly to the front line, just buy it on the spot, and the standard configuration is still flexible and practical for small guns. ”

"Young master, there is nothing wrong with choosing a small cannon for practicality, but I feel that it is not necessary for the time being, the Kingdom of the Netherlands does not have an army stationed in Kalimantan, and the local natives don't even have rifles, who are we going to fight if we buy artillery?"

"What if the Dutch troops come? We can't afford to be unprepared, can we? Always be prepared. ”

"Young master, anyway, there is no artillery I like at the moment, the most important thing in troop selection is practicality and saving money, we can completely upgrade to the county or city level without alarming the Dutch governor, and it is not too late to buy guns at that time, otherwise it will all be obsolete in a few months, neither practical nor cost-effective."

"I don't feel safe without artillery."

"Young master, not to mention heavy artillery, even the current 75mm mountain artillery or field artillery are stupid and coarse, and transportation here is a problem, I don't like it at all."

"Is there a smaller caliber?"

"Smaller-caliber ones? Even the 60mm mortar weighs dozens of kilograms, which is not convenient at all, and soon all of them will be outdated, and when they are upgraded to the municipal level, the 60mm mortar will be more than ten kilograms, and they will have to be reequipped to the troops. “

"Could it be that this question still stumped Senior Staff Officer Han?"

"Or, this way, young master, let's set up an artillery battalion first, choose small artillery, and when there is better artillery in the future, we can disassemble this artillery battalion and equip it with the infantry battalion."

"Okay, so do you have any options?"

"I feel that the French Schneider M1906 65mm mountain gun is good, only 400 kilograms, a horse can pull it, and this gun technology is quite advanced, there is no problem with using it for decades, if it is disassembled, only 6 horses can be carried around, which is very convenient."

"What about the other performance metrics?"

"The French Schneider's M1906 Type 65mm mountain gun uses a forward-rushing gun with a soft recoil principle. 20 times the diameter, the gun weighs 400 kg, the shell weighs 4.4 kg, the range is 6500 meters, and the rate of fire is also fast, it can fire more than 15 shells per minute. In the future, it can be used as a battalion-level support artillery, and what is not wasted if you buy it now is that the price is high. “

"In that case, it's better to directly allocate the 65mm mountain artillery to the battalion, and the regimental level will talk about it later, now I'll synthesize a 75mm mountain artillery regiment and put it in the system, if there is a war, I can buy artillery at any time to participate in the war, so that I can feel a lot more at ease."

"Okay, that's a good idea, young master, when do you expect to be promoted to the county level?"

"There will be more than 10 days at most, it should be at the beginning of next month, and when I came here, I ordered them to occupy Mandor, as long as they occupied Mandol and the villages along the way, it would be enough for the county level. What's wrong? “

"In that case, you should continue to synthesize infantry, and don't stop, otherwise it will be too late to temporarily synthesize when needed; Now I will be armed and organized according to the standards of the county level; If you go to the city level, there will definitely be a conflict with the Dutch army, until then, we will continue to synthesize soldiers, accumulate strength, and deal with it calmly when the time comes; At the same time, increase the exchange of silver and accumulate some family funds, otherwise when the war comes, there will be no channel to earn points. “

"Okay, but you have to hurry, or my synthetic troops will be messed up."

"Yes, young master, I'll give it to you tomorrow."