With the assistance of Brooke's attorneys and Paul's status as a German, mine registration and tax payments went smoothly. On April 12, after ten days of going out, Liang Hong finally returned to the base.

Before leaving, arrangements were made, the mine was not suspended, and the balance on the fund account was changed from 20,000 yuan to 50,000 yuan, which is a happy thing. In addition, during this time, many tribes sent people to contact the purchase of guns and ammunition. Looking at the soldiers here holding brand-new German rifles, it is natural to think that this newly rising ethnic group has a source of guns.

Now that there is the Fenian Society, a way to sell fierce gunpowder, Liang Hong is not worried about the lack of real-world currency, and does not plan to sell guns on a large scale to surrounding tribes for the time being. First, this will narrow the gap in force between them, which may pose a threat to his own security, and he prefers that guns and ammunition can be used as a means of friendship to be sold or even given to friendly tribes, especially those who believe in Mingjiao. The second point is that the tribes have a large number of guns, which is also a devastating damage to the biological and ecological balance of the grassland. More importantly, the third point is that he doesn't want to be too publicized and be noticed too early. The technological level of the base, which was twenty years behind the times, especially the fact that it could only manufacture small arms, was his fatal wound.

Things often do not depend on people's subjective will, Liang Hong wants to keep a low profile and not be noticed, but he doesn't know that he has now been classified as an enemy.

Passing through the Kimberley's railway, which runs from Cape Town to Mafretin, this railway is an important corridor for the UK's 2C scheme. According to the plan, the railway will continue to Rhodesia, eventually as far as Cairo, Egypt.

On the platform, soldiers lined up to enter the carriages, and white officers shouted loudly on the platform, occasionally bursting into a few foul mouths. Shirtless black coolies carried wooden boxes onto the gangplanks and loaded ammunition, food, tents and other supplies into the wagons.

This is the army that is about to go out, two hundred white mercenaries, five hundred Bechuana black gunners. White soldiers were armed with Lee Enfield magazine rifles, while black soldiers were armed with Martini Henry rifles. The most conspicuous weapons of the entire group were six Maxim machine guns and a 70 mm mountain gun, which were mounted on the carriage racks and could be easily towed on the march.

"Sir, please believe that we are about to deal a fatal blow to the natives, and all enemies will be corpses."

Barron, who was in uniform, stood straight in front of Rhodes and said solemnly.

"Well, Lieutenant Colonel Barron, General Sherman of the United States said that the only good Indian he has ever seen is a dead man. Now I say that the best enemy is the dead, and that the so-called Ming tribe does not need to exist anymore. ”

"Yes, sir, this tribe will soon disappear completely."

Barron gave a military salute, turned and strode onto the carriage. Although he has retired, it does not prevent him from still calling himself a lieutenant colonel. A few days ago, the news came from the undercover agents of the Boers that the Boers had not attacked the prospecting team. On the contrary, it was other investigations that made the suspicion of the Ming tribe of the yellow race more and more suspicious. The indigenous tribes were all armed with German Mauser rifles, and although the style was a little backward, it was also in line with the indigenous identity. Suspecting that this was yet another plot by the Germans, Rhodes resolved to eradicate it once and for all in order to warn the restless Africans.

The officers and men of the expedition were highly motivated and confident in sending troops against the indigenous Africans. They were well-armed and well-trained, and this time it was likely to be a more disproportionate slaughter than in Rhodesia. From time to time, there was a lot of talk in the carriage about the bonuses promised by the South African companies, the loot that might be plundered in the war, and in their eyes victory was about to be within reach.

The train whistle blew, and in the white smoke emitted from the front of the train, the train slowly moved towards the north. The soldiers will get off at Mafujing and then march on foot to the upper reaches of the tributary of the Lin ** River. The Barron Expeditionary Force would cross the border in the name of the South African Company to attack the natives who attacked the prospecting team, and although it was domineering, in the white world, this retaliation could stand on the moral high ground.

Liang Hong didn't know this, he was still busy preparing for his first deal with the Fenian Society. A thousand pounds of Nobel jelly, or New Dana, is not a small amount. The weapons workshop has a production capacity of 10 kilograms per hour, which is equivalent to 22 pounds, and it takes more than two days to produce it day and night. In order to increase production capacity, Liang Hong built another weapons workshop in the fence of the base, and after the new workshop is completed, the production capacity will be doubled.

"Captain Liang, there is a new situation that needs to remind you now."

In the bronze mirror, Xiaobai, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly appeared. This girl is still as handsome as ever, and her appearance seems to be frozen and will not change. Liang Hong secretly compared Xiaobai and Anne, Yan is thin and fat, Xiaobai is more delicate, the image of a traditional beauty in the minds of the Chinese, Anne is slightly plump, and has a unique exotic style.

"What's new?"

"You've got three conditions that meet the requirements for base upgrades, and the other two are already very close."

The base is about to be upgraded!

Liang Hong was so excited that he almost jumped up. The backward technical level of the primary base has brought about many serious consequences. For example, he felt guilty that pollution from the smelter would harm the health of workers. Another example is rifles, he can only make black powder single-shot rifles. And now he can only make small arms, and he was born in an artillery academy, how much he hopes to destroy the enemy with artillery with his own hands.

"After upgrading, it should be possible to build artillery."

"The technical level of the secondary base is ten years behind the times, it is possible to build weapons workshops, capable of manufacturing light racked guns." Xiaobai replied mechanically, his tone was as flat as an automatic answering machine, "Remind you again, there are still two conditions that have not been met, please continue to work hard." ”

Light frame recital artillery, well, that's also artillery.

There are two other conditions, Liang Hong is holding his fingers, and he remembers the five conditions very clearly, and three of them have been achieved:

All the types of buildings that can be built are complete, and he has done it. The area within a radius of fifty kilometers should be about the same now, there are no hostile natives in this area, and the missionaries sent out have spread Mingjiao to every surrounding tribe, and the number of followers is increasing every day. The base commander knew the official language of the locality, and on this trip to the two cities in the Transvaal, Dutch was basically able to speak to the locals.

As for the other two conditions, he is also very promising. He has spent more than 100,000 yuan in a year, and now he has consumed more than 50,000 yuan, and he still has a balance of 50,000 yuan on his books. Having at least one engineer to serve should be achievable if Brian can start working on it soon.

"There's an engineer who serves, and I've got a service contract now, doesn't that count?"

"Engineers have to provide practical services, such as designing drawings of the same level and manufacturing prototypes of primary products." Xiaobai replied.

It seems that it is necessary to make money in the real world as soon as possible and put it into Brian. So I had a little more expectations for the deal with the Fenian Society.

The other item also reached the target first, and Liang Hong began to spend money on a large scale. The first is to create weapons, and Hall rockets are very powerful, and in the absence of artillery, the range is the farthest and most deterrent. Fortunately, the Hall rocket launcher belongs to the weapon category, and it does not conflict with the production of ammunition at full load, so 20 will be built first. As a result, the entire arsenal was fully capped, and even rifles and pistols needed to be produced later.

At the same time, the gunpowder produced at full capacity could not make bullets, so Liang Hong ordered it to the barracks again and continued to make soldiers. Now there are more than 200 soldiers under his command, and he can increase the number of troops by 10 every day at full capacity. With the current production capacity, it really takes a process to spend 50,000 yuan.