The requirements for industrial technology, especially for basic industries, are quite high, and it does not mean that you can design it and finish it, you still have to mass-produce, and you must maintain a relatively cheap level.

In the early years, the purchase price of the 12-pounder field gun front-loading smoothbore gun used by the army was about 1,000 yuan, while the purchase price of the same 12-pounder front-loading rifled gun, that is, the artillery that the army mainly procures and equips at present, is about 1,300 yuan.

But what about breech-loading rifled guns? For example, the purchase price of the 120-millimeter 1857 120-millimeter naval gun, which is currently the most equipped in the navy, is as high as 12,000 yuan a set, and as for the 150-millimeter naval gun, it is as high as more than 18,000 yuan a set.

As for several smaller-caliber rear-loading guns designed by the Linde Machinery Factory, such as the 80-millimeter rear-loading guns specially designed for the army, their quotations reached 6,600 yuan a set, which directly frightened Han Xiangfang, who was in charge of ordnance procurement, and he didn't even dare to purchase a sample gun.

When the navy purchases naval guns, more than 10,000 yuan for a gun is nothing, but for the army, it is very difficult to accept the price of a divisional support gun if it exceeds 2,000 yuan, let alone more than 6,000 yuan.

Moreover, the Linde Machinery Factory also made it clear that even if the army has deep pockets and can accept this price, their production will be very low, and the annual output will definitely not exceed 150 guns, and it will seriously affect the production of front-loading rifled guns.

Such a low production, a high price, and the weight of the gun was so much heavier than that of a full-fledged front-loading gun. These factors are unacceptable to the Army.

So until now, although the Navy has been equipped with breech-loading rifled guns on the main battleships. However, the army's plan for rear-loading artillery equipment still exists only on paper.

Compared with rear-loading artillery, in fact, the army now pays more attention to the equipment of rear-loading rifles!

The Army, for its part, is now armed with at least 40,000 breech-loading rifles. According to the Army's estimates, the Army will need to purchase at least 300,000 rear-loading rifles in the next three years to initially meet the Army's comprehensive reloading needs.

Shi Qingxuan and other army generals drooled with envy when they looked at the rear-loading rifled guns of the navy, especially in the navy, during the voyage, they also specially carried out the artillery delay, and the scene of the six main guns on the Suzhou firing in unison not only had a profound impact on Lin Zhe, but also made the generals of the army envious.

When they arrived in Dangtu, Shi Qingxuan and the others still remembered the plan of the army to equip the rear loading guns!

Careful thinking about these subordinates. Lin Zhe was naturally impossible, when he got down from the Suzhou, he saw that Guo Longyun, the governor of Anhui, and Bi Xuanxi, a Taoist in southern Anhui, were already waiting at the dock.

"Minister Guo Longyun and Bi Xuanxi supply the emperor and Niangniang!" As soon as Lin Zhe stepped on the land of the dock, Guo Longyun, Bi Xuanxi and others had already greeted him in unison.

Lin Zhe nodded: "Well, all Aiqing have worked hard, let's go!" ”

As Lin Zhe spoke, he looked back slightly behind him.

Behind him stood the smaller Fang Defei, who was wearing a veil and staying with a few maids, and saw her footsteps a little hesitant. It seemed that he didn't dare to walk with Lin Zhe at this time, Lin Zhe also deliberately lagged behind, and then walked side by side with Fang Defei.

For this scene, Bi Yutong and Shi Qingxuan and others who came with them were not surprised. It's no secret that Lin Zhe likes to take Fang Deconcubine with him when he goes out, and he took Fang Deconcubine out of the palace several times last year, but in the past, Lin Zhe was still afraid of the influence. Generally, he will not appear in public with Fang Defei, especially when summoning courtiers, he will not take her with him.

But today it is clear that Linde is too lazy to take into account the thoughts of these courtiers. Directly got off the boat with Fang Defei, and took her to accept the courtier's welcome.

However, officials such as Guo Longyun and Bi Xuanxi, who are serving in local places, are a little confused about this situation. Some time ago, the people in the palace department also said that the emperor would bring his concubines over, but they didn't expect that Lin Zhe would take Fang De's concubine to accept the courtiers' visit.

It stands to reason that the only person who can stand with Lin Zhe and accept the courtier's visit is Empress Chen Jing, and it is impossible for ordinary concubines to have this political treatment.

But today, this situation has occurred, and it is natural for Guo Longyun and others to have doubts!

All of them are muttering in their hearts, they have long heard that the emperor is the only favorite of Fang Deconcubine among the beauties of the harem for more than ten years, and today I finally saw it, and some people even thought, according to this situation, will there be such a thing as a waste queen in the future?

Of course, everyone present is a human spirit, and they will never show any thoughts in their hearts, so they still bow their heads respectfully, and they can't see the slightest abnormality.

Fang Defei looked at the large group of people in front of her, and she was also a little apprehensive in her heart, even though she had gone out with Lin Zhe many times, but it was the first time she was publicly visited by the courtiers, her appearance was not the top among the concubines in the harem, and she didn't have any outstanding talent, dancing, singing, embroidery, or anything else, and there was no special extraordinary, and there was no special bed kung fu that made Lin Zhe happy, but she had a characteristic that other concubines did not have: that is, she did not regard Lin Zhe as an emperor, she regarded Lin Zhe as her own man, Be coquettish when you should be coquettish, and get angry when you should be petty.

Not to mention, men, most of them are cheap bones, those concubines Lin Zhe who are obedient and even take the initiative to flatter don't look down on them, and treat them like wood, but they have a soft spot for this Fang De concubine, who often plays petty sex.

Although she monopolized Lin Zhe's favor in the harem, it was the first time that she received such solemn political treatment like today, which was only the treatment of the queen, and Concubine Fang had never accepted the courtier's visit in such a serious way before.

So she was nervous!

Lin Zhe saw her nervousness, so he was one step behind, and then accompanied her through the crowd, and finally got into the carriage together.

As soon as she got into the carriage, Fang Defei exhaled loudly: "I'm scared to death!" ”

Looking at her expression of being scared to death, and patting her chest with her hand, Lin Zhe also showed a smile, and Fang Defei's smile was obviously more than when she was in the palace, when she was in Suzhou, Fang Deconcubine, who took the battleship for the first time, was extremely excited, and pulled Lin Zhe around the ship several times, asking why the ship could run without hanging sails? What is a steam engine?

Seeing her smile, and remembering that she often sighed when she was in the palace, with a sad look on her face, Lin Zhe's heart was a little hesitant, in his opinion, Fang Deconcubine did not belong to the palace, and she could not adapt to the life of the deep palace.

In the huge China Palace, she didn't have a single friend, the other concubines all rejected her collectively, and even those concubines never called her when they asked to play cards together, and the courtiers and family members who entered the palace, although they didn't dare to give her a look on the surface, most of them were unwilling to take the initiative to contact her.

She wanted to pass the time by playing cards or other games, so she could only play with a few of her maids.

Maybe Fang Deconcubine herself doesn't know, and the other concubines don't know either, Fang Deconcubine attracts Lin Zhe because of her character, but what makes Lin Zhe spend most of her free time on Fang Deconcubine is because she has no one to talk to her except Lin Zhe, and no one wants to stay with her.

But she couldn't escape, and the China Palace locked her up like a prison!

When Lin Zhe wasn't with her, she was lonely and lonely!

So whenever he had the opportunity, Lin Zhe always took her out of the palace, and whenever she left the palace, she was always able to smile very happily, and Lin Zhe liked her smile.

But what Lin Zhe didn't know was that the better he was for Fang De Concubine, the more he let the other concubines in the harem reject Fang De Concubine!

This time I came to be Tu, although it was a business matter, but Lin Zhe still brought Fang Deconcubine, and this time it was at least three or four days, which was enough for Fang Deconcubine to change her mood.

Accompanied by a large number of subordinates, Lin Zhe and Fang Deconcubine soon arrived at the temporary palace, saying that it was a temporary palace, but it was actually an ordinary mansion.

Since before the patrol, Lin Zhe had already ordered everything to be simple, and he was just going to inspect, not to go on vacation, so there was no need to be extravagant, and after the subsequent decision to take the waterway, he revoked all the receptions along the way.

The cabinet only approved a meagre 50,000 yuan for this inspection, which is not enough for food and drink, let alone a new palace.

This temporary palace is actually a suburban courtyard of a family surnamed Li in Dangtu, because the courtyard is larger, and the construction is more luxurious, when the Li family heard that the palace department was looking for a suitable house to serve as a temporary palace, it was a lot of connections to find it, and then let their own courtyard become a temporary palace, and promised a free trial, and can even bear the expenses during the stay of the royal family.

However, in order to demonstrate the harmonious relationship between the royal family and the people, Lin Zhe absolutely did not allow the requisition of private houses for no reason, so the palace department paid a rent of 1,000 yuan.

But when the Li family saw that the palace affairs department actually returned the rent, they dared to collect money, so they directly took out a few thousand yuan of the money and renovated the courtyard in a short time.

Don't think that the Li family is losing money by doing this, other families don't have the ability to do this, this own courtyard has become a temporary palace, what a big boast capital it will have in the future.

When talking about business with others, come and say, 'The most noble emperor in the world has lived in my house!' 'What a long face!' (To be continued.) )