After a while, Lan Guiren turned his head and asked, "What did you and McChason say, what is the matter with the Rice Committee?" ”

Ye Zhao didn't want her to hear it, and said with a smile: "It's a long thing to say, it's like this......"

Some people say that science starts with measurement, and Ye Zhao's research support for precision measurement has not relaxed for a moment, and the promotion of the ten-digit rice system began when the steel mill was set up a few years ago, and was first implemented from the factory, and now the whole society has gradually accepted this new system of weights and measures.

Something that doesn't mean you're a maverick is a good tradition, especially when it comes to measurement, and the positive impact on industrial progress is significant when it comes to the most widely used system of weights and measures in the world, and the decimal unit of measurement is not questionable for its advanced surname.

In fact, since the rice system was proposed by the French, the major industrial countries have been enforced, but different countries have different ways to convert to the rice system, the difficulty and cost of conversion basically depend on the level of scientific and technological development of the country, the higher the level of scientific and technological development, the more difficult the conversion, the greater the cost, and China, but obviously this pain has not caused any adverse effects.

Nowadays, the political axe in southern China is made of rice original ware from platinum alloy. Ye Zhao intends to replace the "archival rice" kept by the French Archives.

The concept of rice was proposed by the French, and the archival meter was made by the French in 1799 according to the measurement results of a platinum rod with a short section of 3.5 mm × 25 mm, and the distance between the two ends of the pole was set at 1 meter, and handed over to the French Archives Office for safekeeping, so it is also called "archival meter". This is the earliest definition of a meter.

However, the deformation of the platinum rod is serious, and it is imperceptible to the naked eye, which is a great error for precision measurement.

Ye Zhao is preparing to convene a meeting of the "International Metric Committee" in Guangzhou with the participation of representatives of countries that adopt the metric system, sign the "Metric Convention", and establish the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM) and the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM).

At this meeting, it is natural to establish the original rice of the platinum alloy of the southern political axe as the international rice prototype, and as the world's most authoritative length reference instrument in Guangzhou, China, and the rest of the platinum alloy ruler as a sub-ruler distributed to the participating countries.

At this stage, Europeans have long believed that the center of civilization in the world is in Europe, and the rice countries are almost all European countries, and the convening of an international conference in the Far East is naturally extremely resistant, and Ye Zhao is also eager to get the support of ministers from various countries, and naturally relies on the error of "archival rice" and the authority of the original rice produced in Guangzhou.

If it can be realized, it will be a meeting of extraordinary significance for China, not only for the promotion of China's status today, but also from the perspective of the entire world development history.

Of course, Ye Zhao didn't have much hope, but even if the final meeting was still held in London or Paris, it would be a major step forward for China to participate, or even become a member of the initiating countries.

Ye Zhao tried his best to explain to her in a language that Lan Guiren could understand, and said with a smile: "Imperial sister-in-law, now is also the time to send ministers to the main countries of Taixi. After years of training in foreign exchanges, Ye Zhao is confident that it will not be a problem for the ceremonial room to send a few officials who are familiar with foreign affairs.

What kind of rice system, rice original, decimal system, Lan Guiren seems to understand it, even if he wants to disagree, he doesn't know how to talk about it, so he can only pin his cheeks: "You have an idea." ”

Glancing at the "brother-in-law", this man who was lazy and looked like a scoundrel, but when he was serious, he seemed to be a man who had passed through the heavens and the earth, Lan Guiren's heart was in a trance for a while, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Ye Zhao smiled again and said: "I also tell the imperial sister-in-law a good news, the scale of our arsenal has expanded again, and the new firearms brother is named the Royal 1835 rifle, which is a bit unusual, but firstly, it is to confuse outsiders, and secondly, it is also the first birthday gift for the imperial sister-in-law this year." ”

“1835？” Lan Guiren was a little puzzled, after all, although she knew the Gregorian calendar, she never paid much attention to it.

Ye Zhao said with a smile: "1835 is the fifteenth year of Daoguang Ye. "It is also the birth year of Lan Guiren.

Lan Guiren was stunned for a moment, and after a while asked, "You say, name the latest musket Royal 1835?" ”

Ye Zhao smiled and nodded.

Lan Guiren stopped squeaking, turned his head and looked out the window silently.

Guangzhou firearms factory, now there are nearly 1,000 lathes, with the emergence of new precision measuring instruments in Guangzhou, such as the micrometer that can be accurate to 0.000001 meters of screw table, the precision of the lathe is getting higher and higher, in fact, some measuring devices have been able to measure the device standard accurate to one millionth of a millimeter, of course, this is not to say that it can be measured to one millionth of a millimeter, but the error of some parts processed by the machine tool, the smallest degree that can be achieved theoretically.

And the Guangzhou firearms factory produces a reciprocating crankshaft punch for the bullet case, which can be pulled out with the bullet, which is very fast and convenient, the royal 1835 is later the famous Guangzhou made, its standard bullets, the Guangzhou firearms factory has a production capacity of tens of thousands of rounds per week, if in wartime, the industrial machine is fully running, increase the lathe, then it is another scene.

Guangzhou Gunsmith Factory, from ordinary milling machines, universal milling machines to multi-axis drilling machines, screw milling machines and turret lathes, and Ye Zhao believes that when the power application is mature, the arsenal system will be introduced, and the gear cutting machine, cutting machine, and grinding machine can be greatly improved again.

In fact, Ye Zhao is not proud of these, Ye Zhao values the most, but the establishment of the technical school, the rapid training of mechanical talents, only learn the required mathematics, physics and chemistry knowledge, rather than step-by-step learning, in fact, focus on cultivating hands-on ability than mechanical learning for more than ten years students may be more daring to think and dare to do, although somewhat deformed, but it is the inevitable result at this stage, these pioneers may have more than enough momentum, but lack of stamina, after all, there is no solid theoretical foundation, but when they are not enough, The new technical talents can be completely promoted, and the pioneers who learn knowledge and accumulate experience can sometimes make big articles, which is all proven by historical practice.

Thinking about it, Ye Zhao also looked out the window, opened the curtains, and outside the glass window, there were stars, it was really a good weather.

…… At this moment, on the south bank of the Xinjiang River in Raozhou, dark clouds cover the moon, and in the woods next to the swarthy mud and stone pond, leaning against the trees, there are black shadows sitting in twos and threes, counting them carefully, there are probably one or two hundred people in the woods.

No one spoke, not even the sound of coughing and panting was inaudible, and the occasional sound of pulling the bolt was so cautious.

Ding Qimei leaned under a dead tree, fiddling with a brand-new rifle in her hand, a slippery yellow wood handle, a barley grain sight, the gauge was from 200 meters to 1500 meters, in fact, the best shooting distance was naturally within 500 meters, one by one the bullets were pressed down from the top of the shell, and a magazine full of five bullets was found, the metal was cold, but it was very comfortable to touch, she was very fond of it, as if the playful little girl had found her favorite toy.

In the test stage of this latest rifle, Ding Qimei participated in the whole process and provided opinions from the user's point of view, and now it has become a gun, and the first batch is also equipped in the Flying Tiger Battalion.

In fact, there are only more than 200 branches, because the technicians will have to solve the problem of standardized production of some parts lathes, and more than 200 branches of Royal 1835 can be called experimental products, which are semi-mechanical and semi-manual grinding.

"Made in Guangzhou", this is the new name given to it by the soldiers who want to save trouble.

Ding Qimei knows better than anyone that this rifle is different from the Angela 1856 that is equipped on a large scale in the Pingyuan Army, not to mention the great increase in the rate of fire and range, not to mention the convenience of loading bullets, the safety and simplicity of the failure rate is extremely low, the jamming situation is greatly reduced, and in the fierce battle, the technology of automatically throwing out the empty bridge clamp is a must, in the eyes of Ding Qimei, this rifle can almost be said to be perfect.

And today, it is the first battle after the birth of "Made in Guangzhou", Ding Qimei caresses it lovingly, just like stroking a lover, tonight, it will definitely bloom with endless light, thinking of this, Ding Qimei's heart is a frenzy.

This is within the territory of the bandits, and it was learned from the channels in Shanghai that a batch of gunpowder was transported to Nanchang from the Raozhou waterway to give the puppet king Li Xiucheng a strong momentum.

According to the strict order of the prince, this batch of gunpowder must not be allowed to enter Nanchang, and the Flying Tigers team of nearly 200 people led by Ding Qimei have been sneaking into the bandit realm in disguise for several days, and they have been far away from the village, relying on canned food, and they have not disturbed the place at all.

Not far away, you can hear the neighing of mules and horses coming to meet them, and you can hear that there is a foreign gun team composed of more than 1,000 people to escort them, and that the bandits are still being escorted by heavy troops, which shows the importance of these materials.

"Here we are." Birdsong was heard in the distance, one after another, and a sturdy female guard hurried over, her face full of excitement.

Ding Qimei got up slowly and made a gesture.

On the banks of the Xinjiang River, wooden sailing boats docked one by one, and coolies in cloth shirts and bare feet carried wooden boxes ashore and loaded them onto horse-drawn carriages.

Zhang Lvshuai is the commander of the front hall under the throne of the Heavenly King, brave and good at fighting, married the goddaughter of the Heavenly King, known as the golden sword and horse, and the long scar on his face was left when he broke the Jiangnan camp.

Now that the north and the south are negotiating peace, I heard that a temporary ceasefire agreement has been temporarily reached, but the details of the peace treaty are still being negotiated, and Tianjing naturally has to step up preparations for war to guard against the attack of the demons from the north and the south.

The shipments to Nanchang, including copper pellets, cannonballs, and 2,000 rifles, were obtained at high prices on the Shanghai black market.

Recently, an underground arms market has gradually formed in the British and French concessions in Shanghai, and the leader of the Green Gang, Jiuwenlong, has faintly become the general charge d'affaires of the Chinese of the [***] fire merchants.

Not only did the Taiping Army and the Twist Army buy weapons and ammunition from the Nine Pattern Dragons, but even the Northern Political Axe sometimes took goods from him, not to mention the local armed forces, and most of the militia groups in the north went through his channels.

Although the nine-patterned dragon is greedy for money, at least, the Taiping army has a relatively stable source of arms, which is also a great blessing.

"Lighter, lighter!" Seeing the two coolies throwing a box of copper pills onto the carriage as if throwing a sack, Zhang Lushuai was furious, stepped forward, kicked one of the coolies to the ground, and scolded: "Dog thing! Death! ”

Immediately, the two soldiers went up to chase the coolie, and the corner of the coolie's mouth was bloody, and he begged for mercy.

Zhang Lvshuai snorted, waved his hand and said: "Forget it, it's an unintentional mistake, Lao Tzu is afraid of blowing up, and our lives are not guaranteed." ”

"Bang bang bang", suddenly a gunshot like fried beans rang out, and the red turbans guarding near the carriage screamed and fell.

Not far away, in the mud and gravel pond, there were countless mud figures, all of whom had just waded from the woods, and the air was filled with the piercing sound of bullets, and thousands of meteors shot at lightning with an unstoppable force, and the majestic pressure of the rain of bullets in the night sky was almost breathless.

The red turban screamed and fell down one by one, Zhang Lvshuai was stunned, his left arm was numb, he had been shot, and then a huge pain came, he staggered a few steps and sat down on the ground.

"Damn, it's the Grey Army, the Gray Army." The red turbans were terrified, such a dense rain of bullets, it is conceivable that they must have been ambushed by the gray-headed army brigade, some of them bravely lay down and shoot, and some of them ran away, especially when they saw the boss being shot, the red envelopes were even more chaotic. The coolies scattered in a hurry, and some of them were screaming from stray bullets, and the terrible screams made the scalp tingle.

The cold night sky, on the banks of the Xinjiang River, was filled with blood.

Zhang Lvshuai's heart sank to the bottom violently, and a large group of demons from the Southern Dynasty appeared in Raozhou, could it be that Nanchang has fallen?

The pain was so painful that his body was sweating for a while, but he endured the severe pain and got up, and shouted loudly: "Protect Wang Niang, protect Wang Niang, get on the boat, get on the boat!" ”

This time with the transport team to Nanchang, there is also the king of Zhong's favorite just married Wang Niang, the first in the beauty of Tianjing, this is in the fief of the king of Huizhou Zhongwang, but the king of Zhongwang wants someone to take Nanchang, in order to boost the morale of the army, showing that he can defend Nanchang will also be able to defend Nanchang.

"Bang", Zhang Lushuai's head burst into a bloody mist, turned over and fell.

The red envelopes that gradually formed a line of defense under the shouting of the generals of each team immediately had no fighting spirit, and they were defeated with a bang, and the four fields fled, and those who were close to the boat rushed to the boat, rowing and supporting, but there was no slender man, and where could the boat on the shore move, so they all jumped off the boat and fled, and the red envelope head was squeezed into the river like a duck and shouted for help, and the ups and downs wailed, and it was unbearable to see.

"Wang Niang?" Ding Qimei became excited, defeated the bandit transport team like a devastating force, and did not chase the fleeing enemy in the four fields, and the soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army drank the chariots and horses one after another, and moved those materials down, preparing to burn them.

There are also soldiers who stand on the riverside and shoot at the red turbans that rise and fall in the river, with a strange light in their eyes, war, often makes people cruel, cold-blooded, and even mentally not very normal, more than a hundred years later, the same.

"Here it is!" A soldier in grass green camouflage cheered and shouted loudly as he lifted the curtain of the carriage.

Ding Qimei walked over quickly, but saw that in the carriage, there was a beautiful and dazzling beauty in a gorgeous dress, who was desperately shrinking back, covering the small embroidered shoes with a pomegranate skirt.

Ding Qimei jumped into the car, pinched her chin, only to feel that her skin was like clotted fat, and her tentacles were smooth and greasy, wonderful.

The female soldier next to her smiled and said, "What a fox." ”

Ding Qimei's face was cold, and she said, "Take her and dedicate it to the prince," she said and jumped out of the car.

Seeing this beauty, the burly female soldier couldn't help but pinch her pink face, and said with a smile: "It's really enjoyable, you, go back and use your eighteen skills to serve my prince, and use all the strength to scratch the waves, but you have to serve our prince comfortably, and your life may be saved." ”

The beauty was shocked and angry, a trace of hatred flashed in her eyes, and she just didn't speak.

(To be continued)