With a long whistle, the front of a steam locomotive imported from England dragged a few short carriages into the Montgomery, Alabama train station. This train was followed by a strange-looking train, covered from end to end with riveted steel armor, with two locomotives one in front and one behind, and a steel armor battery on the roof, with the muzzles of the black holes of the two Bessewheat rear-loading guns sticking out. There were also firing holes on both sides of the compartment, and the barrel-shaped muzzles of the Jason-style machine guns were sticking out. This was an armored train designed according to Zhu Jishi's instructions, and the Ming Army had more than a dozen of them, which were used to control the railway line to Siberia and the outer northeast. However, this armored train was not exported by the Ming Dynasty, but by Jason of Richmond - a product of the Churchill Arsenal. Virginia has not yet openly seceded from the Union and joined the Union State, but the Union has lost control of much of the state, including Richmond. That's why Jason-Churchill Arsenal was able to deliver such a powerful weapon to Montgomery, the temporary capital of the Confederate States.

The politicians in the south of the United States who greeted the visiting Daming ambassador to the United States, Wu Chunqiu, on the platform, were attracted by this ironclad car, and they all had experience in the army, so of course they could see the value of this ironclad train! The railway line has a very high military value in the future Civil War, and there is a good chance that the two sides will start a big war around the railway line! If you have a few such ironclad cars in your hands, you can almost be undefeated. The same applies to ironclad ships, as long as a few battleships with ironclad covers from top to bottom control the middle and lower reaches of the Potomac River, it is not impossible to take Washington, the capital of the United States!

The train slowly approached the platform, and after a long beep. Then the churning steam came to a steady stop. While the steam is not yet gone. I saw Wu Chunqiu wearing a red robe. Chen Yucheng, who was wearing a black veil and wearing a gray military uniform with the rank of major general of the Ming Army, walked down one after the other, followed by a group of attachés in military uniforms behind the two of them. The two of them were the first foreign envoys to visit after the establishment of the Confederate States of America, and they were also serious ambassadors and military attaches of the Ming Empire to the United States. Davis, Secretary of War Robert Murphy. Toombs and Pierre, who was tasked with organizing the Confederate Army. General Beauretgaard personally greeted him at the station. The two groups shook hands and saluted each other on the platform. In fact, they are already old acquaintances, and some time ago, politicians in the southern part of the United States had no less contact with diplomats from China, France, Britain and Mexico in the United States!

Wu Chunqiu pointed to the armored train that came with the train he had chartered. He smiled at President Davis and said, "This is a gift from His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to the Confederate States of America, hoping to use it to defend the freedom and independence of the Confederate States!" ”

President Davis nodded quietly and said with a smile: "The whole Union will not forget the generosity of His Majesty China, but the current situation is very tense, and all the states in the north controlled by the federal Republican Party have mobilized militias, and the federal parliament has also passed a decree authorizing the federal government to recruit up to 200,000 volunteers to join the army, and also authorizing the federal government to issue public bonds to raise $500 million in military spending." I'm afraid that an armored train alone will not be able to defend the Union State! ”

When Wu Chunqiu heard Davis's words, he glanced at Chen Yucheng beside him, and Chen Yucheng beckoned behind him. Immediately, an attaché handed him a Jason-Model 1858 rifle, and he handed it to President Davis with both hands.

"Mr. President. And what if you add 10,000 Jason-1858 rifles and 1 million rounds of ammunition? ”

"Jason - 1858 rifle?" President Davis was a military graduate, a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, who fought in the War of 1812, the Black Falcon War (Indian) and the Mexican-American War.

"This is a rear-loading gun? But...... Where did the bullets come from? ”

"From here, to the right of the rifle, here can be opened." Chen Yucheng speaks fluent English, and he has been in the United States for many years, so he is naturally proficient in this foreign language.

"This is a lever-type bead rifle that uses a barrel magazine and fires a 38-caliber round-nosed bullet that can be loaded with 8 rounds at a time, and is 10 times more powerful than the Bassemak rifle! The price is 50 Mexican dollars each, and the price of the bullet is 5 Mexican dollars for 100 rounds. If the Confederate government needed to buy them, the Richmond Arsenal had 10,000 Jason-1858 rifles and 1 million point-of-38 rifle cartridges in its warehouse. ”

This is...... Door-to-door arms sales? President Davis, Minister Tumbs, and General Borregard exchanged glances. 50 Mexican silver dollars a Jason - 1858 rifle is not cheap! 10,000 rifles plus 1 million rounds of ammunition cost 550,000 Mexican dollars...... If you buy a Besemai rifle, 550,000 silver dollars is enough to buy 50,000 rifles!

Seeing that the three Yankees were a little hesitant, Chen Yucheng said unhurriedly: "In addition, there are more inventories in Mexico, which are all produced by Lan Fangxing in Daming and Jason-Churchill branch in France, and the quality is absolutely guaranteed." As for practical performance, there is no problem even more, and now the Ming Army, the French Army, the British Army and the Mexican Foreign Legion have all begun to reload this rifle. ”

That's right! The Ming Empire is not the only country that is now armed with the Jason-1858 rifle. Our Emperor Zhu is an international arms dealer! Since it is an international arms dealer, it is necessary to sell weapons internationally, even if the buyer is a potential opponent or even an enemy of the Ming Empire!

At the same time that President Davis, Secretary Tooms, and General Boregard were hesitating to buy this death-high breech-loading repeater for silver. A man named Henry. The DuPont man was holding an identical rifle to Abraham, who was about to become president of the United States. Lincoln and Simon, who had a long beard and a dignified face, and would soon become Secretary of War in Lincoln's cabinet. Cameron performs target shooting.

"Bah, Bah, Bah......"

With a crisp burst of gunfire, several wine bottles three hundred yards away shattered one by one! Lincoln, who was tall and thin, with a face that looked like an orangutan, showed a surprised expression, the firepower of this rifle was so amazing, it could actually fire eight rounds in a row, and the range accuracy seemed to be no less than that of the Besemai rifle!

"Simon, what do you think?" As soon as the gunfire stopped, Lincoln immediately asked Cameron, who was next to him, "Do we need to buy this rifle?" ”

Simon. Cameron was noncommittal, frowning and looking at Henry, the head of DuPont. Dupont said: "Mr. Dupont, this rifle is made in the United States?" ”

Henry. DuPont nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, this Jason-1858 rifle was developed by the weapons chamber of the Jason Central Arsenal in the United Kingdom. Wesson has been authorized to produce, and DuPont's Jason, DuPont, is Smith. Sen is the majority shareholder of the company. In addition, the Richmond Arsenal, wholly owned by the Jason-Churchill Company, also had a production line capable of producing the Jason-Model 1858 rifle and the Dot 38 metal cartridge. ”

Simon. Cameron's brow furrowed even tighter, and he looked at Dupont with a gloomy gaze, "Mr. Dupont, which means that the Southerners will have this kind of rifle?" ”

Henry. Dupont smiled wryly and nodded. Simon. Cameron gritted his teeth, "And this large pile of companies that produce Jason-1858 rifles actually have shares in the emperor of China!" He sold this rifle to both the North and the South of the United States, let's use cannibalism? ”

Henry. DuPont smiled awkwardly, shrugged, and said, "That's the case, but ...... We still have to buy it! Otherwise, what guns do we use against Jason of the Confederate Army - 1858? Is it with a Springfield rifle? Front-loading guns have already proven to be no match for rear-loading guns in the last war against Russia. (To be continued......)